Chapter 286 What is sent

"Chi Nu, Chi Nu! Here, here!" In the Lizheng Hall, Empress Changsun squatted on the ground with her hands stretched out to her youngest son.

The chubby Ninth Prince raised his little hands and staggered towards his mother.

The wet nurse stretched out her hands nervously behind him, fearing that the Ninth Prince would fall.

"Ah!" The ninth prince took a few quick steps, threw himself into his mother's arms, and smiled happily, revealing a few tiny teeth.

Helan Rongrong covered her mouth nervously. Seeing the Ninth Prince fall into the Empress's arms, she exclaimed in surprise, "Empress, the Ninth Prince can really walk!"

"Mom, sugar, sugar!" The ninth prince blinked his bright big eyes at his mother.

"Rongrong, look, this child is so smart!" Empress Changsun was amused by the child.

When we clapped our hands and told him to walk, the little guy pretended not to hear. But when we told him there was candy, he immediately heard it and came over to ask for it.

"Mom, candy!" The ninth prince pried open his mother's hand to find the candy.

"Okay, let's have some candy!" Empress Changsun picked up the child and said, "Go get some candy!"

"Yes!" Helan Rongrong went out.

The retired emperor has moved from Taiji Palace to Da'an Palace, the Tian Khan and his wife have moved into Taiji Palace, the couple live in Lizheng Hall, and the crown prince Li Chengqian lives in the East Palace.

"Woo..." Princess Yuzhang took an exquisite gradient red conch and blew it, then put her ear close to it to listen.

"Woo..." There was a humming sound coming from the conch, like the sound of waves.

"Sister, listen!" Yuzhang put the conch shell close to Changle's ear.

"Yes, I heard it! The sound of the sea!" Changle listened carefully and said in surprise.

"Hehehe!" Yuzhang laughed happily.

Since receiving this box of treasures, the two sisters have loved this red conch the most. When they blow it, they can hear the sound of the sea.

The child, who had never left Chang'an, had no concept of the sea and could not imagine it. These days, he would pester the teacher in the Hongwen Academy to ask what the sea was and what was in it.

Questions keep coming up, and the teachers have never seen the ocean, so how many can they answer?

In the end, Empress Changsun found two palace maids who had seen the sea, and the little princesses' strange questions were finally solved.

The teachers are now most afraid of seeing princesses. They put conchs, corals and starfish on the desks in class and compete with each other to see who is more beautiful.

You can't interfere. If you do, the little princesses will have a hundred thousand questions, all of which are related to the sea.

Fortunately, the little princesses’ schoolwork is simple, not as heavy as that of the princes, so they can go wherever they like.

"Woo woo..." Yuzhang blew the flute as he walked, giggling non-stop.

"Sister, sister!" The ninth prince in Lizheng Hall heard the sound of the conch and fluttered to go out to see.

Empress Changsun had difficulty holding it, so she had to put it down.

The little fellow staggered out of the palace gate, making humming sounds, imitating the sound of a conch.

"Ah! Zhinu, you can walk now!" Yuzhang, who was blowing the conch, ran over in surprise.

Hugging Adi, "Sister, look, Chi Nu is leaving!"

“Woo woo…” The Ninth Prince whimpered with a smile and reached out to grab Yuzhang’s conch.

"Come, let me play it for you!" Yuzhang squatted down, blew the conch shell, and put it close to Adi's ear.

"Woo woo..." The Ninth Prince heard the humming sound from the conch, and his eyes widened in surprise, "Ah!"

"Mother!" Changle is one year older and more calm.

"Is school over?" The eldest grandson looked at his eldest daughter lovingly. Time passed so quickly, and in the blink of an eye, his eldest daughter was nine years old.

"Well, mother, can Zhinu walk now? I didn't see him yesterday." Changle sat down next to his mother and picked up the account book to look through it.

Her mother had endless palace chores to deal with every day, and she really hoped she could help share some of the burden.

Everything reported requires my mother's decision, and there is a lot of accounting to be done every month. Just thinking about it makes me feel exhausted. I don't know where my mother gets so much energy to deal with it?

"He just learned it. He comes rushing over as soon as I tell him there's candy. He's such a greedy little cat!" Empress Changsun said with a smile. "How was your abacus class today?"

"We will start learning multiplication and division today. The calculations are much more complicated! But this won't be difficult for my daughter!" Changle said with a confident smile.

The eldest grandson smiled and said, "This abacus is more convenient than counting sticks. It will make life much easier for the palace people who are in charge of the accounts."

The Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture also sent back abacus formulas from Lingnan, and strongly recommended them to Tian Khan, suggesting that all departments, especially the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Revenue, use them as soon as possible.

Calculations are fast and accurate, and only an abacus is needed, instead of fiddling with a large basket of counting beads for a long time.

It was taken to the Sino-Agricultural Ministry and the Ministry of Revenue and given to the officials who were in charge of accounting. People who dealt with numbers all year round would understand it at a glance.

After practicing for a few days, I was able to use it freely. It was indeed convenient and easy.

It soon became popular in three provinces and six ministries, and was even promoted to various provinces through official documents, and classes were offered in six schools and two libraries.

Every day after school, the princesses and princes would have a favorite thing to do, which was to compete in abacus playing to see who could play the abacus the fastest and most accurately.

Yuzhang used a conch to teach his younger brother how to blow it. The Ninth Prince was only one year old, so how could he have the strength? He whimpered into the conch, and it was covered with saliva.

"Oh, Zhinu, I won't blow it for you anymore, it's full of saliva!" Yuzhang felt distressed and took the conch to wipe it.

"Blow!" The Ninth Prince held the conch tightly in his fat little hands, shouting, "Woo, woo!"

The two siblings started fighting over it, and Yu Zhang anxiously coaxed them, "Chi Nu, you're still young, play with something else! Sister will give you something else!"

"Woo, woo, woo!" The Ninth Prince ignored her and held on to the conch stubbornly.

"It's time for some candy!" Helan Rongrong came in with a white porcelain plate with a piece of brown sugar on it.

The Ninth Prince immediately dropped the conch and chased after Helan Rongrong, "Tangtang!"

"Little greedy cat!" Empress Changsun laughed.

"Tangtang! Tangtang!" The ninth prince held Helan Rongrong tightly.

"Wait a moment!" Helan Rongrong smiled and cut the candy into finger-sized pieces with a knife.

"Empress!" A eunuch came to report outside the palace.

"What's the matter?" asked the eldest grandson.

"Fu Zhong's secret report!" replied the eunuch.

"Send it in!" Changsun looked outside the hall, curious about what Fuzhong would send this time?

Last time I picked out a big box of rare things at the port, and the kids loved them so much. Not only the kids, but I also developed a strong interest in the sea. It’s a pity that I didn’t have the chance to go and see it.

Several eunuchs came in carrying a small wooden box, a jar, and a thick letter sealed with wax.

"Sugar! Sugar!" The Ninth Prince sniffed and turned to chase the eunuch holding the jar.

"Here, Ninth Prince!" Helan Rongrong laughed and went to hold the Ninth Prince's hand.

"Tangtang, Tangtang!" The Ninth Prince shook off Helan Rongrong's hand and held on to the eunuch's robe tightly.

"What's in the jar?" asked Empress Changsun.

"Your Majesty, we don't know. The jar has not been opened yet. There should be sugar inside. We smell a faint sweetness." The eunuch replied.

"Oh! No wonder!" Empress Changsun suddenly realized, "Okay, go down!"

"Yes!" The eunuch left the Lizheng Hall.

"Sugar!" The Ninth Prince tilted his head and said anxiously to the jar on the table.