After communicating with each other, the father and son finally explained what happened clearly.

The emperor believed that although the little monkey was naughty, he would never lie to him.

The balance in my heart has already tilted towards An Jingzhi.

In fact, the cause of the incident is very simple.

An Jingzhi started going to school again in the new year, but he was so lazy that he never showed up on time. However, the teachers all turned a blind eye to it. The most important thing was that they had no idea what the emperor was thinking.

So they chose to acquiesce and keep things as they were. As long as An Jingzhi didn't go too far, they would pretend not to see anything.

So he became the prince that most people in the entire school envied. He could be late and leave early, and the teacher would not say anything to him. Of course, even if the teacher said something, it would just go in one ear and out the other.

The Fourth Prince was filled with anxiety when he thought about having to get up before dawn to go to school and work hard on his homework every day to please his father.

As for An Jingzhi, his fifth brother, he was simply rotten in the mud. But even so, he had never heard of his father punishing him. He even found out that when the entire imperial palace cut down on expenses, Fengluan Palace remained as usual.

Although he didn't dare say anything openly, he would be sarcastic.

An Jingzhi is not the kind of person who would suffer injustice. Besides, with his current status, he doesn't have to be afraid of anyone.

If he got angry, he would fight back directly. He didn't let Jiang Bowen do it. After all, if he fought, it would still be a matter between brothers. No matter how capable Jiang Bowen's father was, he was still a subject after all. If he got involved, the nature of the matter would change.

Although he is only four years old, he has the mind of an adult, and it is not difficult for him to deal with an eight-year-old child.

After An Jingzhi finished speaking, he still looked aggrieved, "Father, Fourth Brother said I was a rat shit, isn't that talking about you? How can I tolerate this? Father loves me so much, I won't allow him to say that about you!" His little face was full of indignation.

But this statement is a bit bitchy.

However, the emperor was very pleased with it. His anger disappeared and he even felt a little distressed. "He didn't hit you, did he?"

Although the Fourth Prince seemed to be in a more serious condition, he still looked fair and tender, but he might have internal injuries. After all, between a 4-year-old and an 8-year-old, he didn't think the 8-year-old would suffer the loss.

"Father, I'm fine. I ran away when Fourth Brother was about to hit me. He missed and ended up bumping his head against the table."

The emperor smiled slightly and said, "I'm glad you're alright."

When the emperor saw the wounds on the Fourth Prince's face, he thought An Jingzhi was in similar condition, but he didn't expect him to be so smart.

No wonder he couldn't catch the little monkey after chasing it for a long time. If he hadn't asked the eunuch for help, he wouldn't have been able to catch it.

He felt a little dissatisfied with the Fourth Prince. An 8-year-old child was so intolerant that he even dared to speak nonsense about his own brother.

He still listened to what An Jingzhi said. Yes, this little monkey is a rat shit, then what is his father the emperor?

I originally thought that the Fourth Prince's injury was quite serious and wanted to send someone to check him out.

Now I feel that the beating was too light and he deserved it.

Besides, an 8-year-old child fought with a 4-year-old child and was beaten black and blue. How could he have the face to complain?

"Mr. Gao told me that you come and go as you please in the school every day. Do you see anyone else in the school like you?" The emperor felt that although he did not want An Jingzhi to study too well, he also did not want to have an illiterate son.

"Although I came late and left early, I didn't affect others. I just left quietly from behind." An Jingyi said innocently, "I'm still a child. How can I get more sleep to grow taller?"

The emperor was speechless. "All the children in the Imperial College go to school at your age, and I haven't heard them say that I can't grow taller if I sleep. I think you are just lazy."

"But I have learned the words I need to know."

The emperor suddenly said, "Do you think learning to read is enough?"

An Jingzhi shrugged. "What else do I need to learn? I won't need the knowledge I learned in the academy. When I grow up, I will go to my own fiefdom. I won't be needed for other things. There will naturally be people to take care of them."

This reason was so perfect that it left the emperor speechless.

He wanted to say something, but he felt that what the other person said was indeed correct.

But he felt that it was a perverse logic, so he paused and said, "You have to learn this knowledge before you can control the people who use this knowledge." The emperor regretted it as soon as he said it, because this was the mentality of an emperor.

An Jingzhi remained calm, his face showing an ignorant look. "Why would I control them? If they don't do their job well, I'll just kick them out. Besides, don't we still have Father? Father, will you help me pick the best people to help me?"

The emperor was stunned. He looked at An Jingzhi's eyes which were full of trust in him.

I suddenly felt a little warm inside.

Like a father, he smiled kindly and touched An Jingzhi's head. "Yes, father will pave the way for you and help you choose the right person."

The two talked for a while and then talked about another thing.

"Did you invent mahjong?"

An Jingzhi nodded slightly. "Yes, it's too boring to be in the palace when the weather is cold, so I thought of making something to play with."

Mahjong has become popular throughout the harem now, and the little tricks that happen in daily life seem to have become less common.

The entire harem seemed to have suddenly entered a peaceful period, with everyone gathering in groups of three or four to play mahjong.

The emperor only found out about it later. At first, he was busy with disaster relief, and after that was over, he was busy with spring sowing.

Now that he has some free time, he suddenly realizes that the concubines in the harem seem to have not come to see him for a long time. When the entire palace cut expenses, concubines would come to him to cry every few days. During this period of time, he didn't seem to notice that anyone came to see him.

When he asked Eunuch Wang, he found out that all these concubines had their own hobbies.

Not only the concubines, but even the eunuchs and palace maids started playing mahjong in the entire palace, and this trend even began to spread outside.

After all, these concubines also have their own families, and they can often invite their families into the palace to talk, and the palace maids and eunuchs can go out to purchase things. As a result, the families of the ministers in the court and the country also knew about this.

What the superiors like, the subordinates must follow. The female members of the family also want to learn, partly to keep up with the trend. After all, for them, anything that comes out of the palace must be good.

Secondly, it was to please the empress and concubines in the palace so that they would have a common topic when they got together.