Xie Qing looked at Qin Wan with admiration: "Wan Wan is so smart, it's really admirable."
Qin Wan squinted at him and said, "Don't tell me you don't know the old prince's temper. You just don't tell me, so let me tell you."
Xie Qing denied it three times: "It's not that I don't have it! How can you deny your intelligence?"
Qin Wan couldn't help but laugh out loud. All the fatigue in her body was swept away in the laughter and playfulness with him. She tilted her head to look at Xie Qing and suddenly sighed: "How could I be so happy to talk so much nonsense with you?"
Xie Qing picked up Qin Wan and walked towards the couch: "Aren't husband and wife supposed to talk nonsense for the rest of their lives? If we have to talk about something meaningful every day, wouldn't it be too tiring?"
Qin Wan hooked her arms around his neck and tilted her head back to kiss his chin.
It was rare to see her so proactive. All the fatigue in Xie Qing's body disappeared, and he pounced on Qin Wan like a hungry tiger, pushing her down on the couch.
Qin Wan's breathing was a little hurried: "Um... I didn't have breakfast..."
"Wait a moment." Xie Qing pulled off her belt and put his hand on her belly. Before he could move, he heard a series of loud gurgling sounds. Their bodies were so close to each other that he couldn't tell whose stomach was growling.
"puff."
Qin Wan smiled, and the beauty in the room disappeared in an instant.
Xie Qing turned over and collapsed on the couch, unable to help laughing: "Hahahaha!"
Qin Wan couldn't help but nudge him with her elbow: "Stop laughing, it's inappropriate for others to hear us. Our father is seriously ill, and we're laughing like this in the East Palace."
Xie Qing turned over and hugged Qin Wan, asked someone to serve the meal, then buried his head in her neck and closed his eyes to rest.
Qin Wan didn't want to rest, fearing that she would fall asleep as soon as she closed her eyes. However, as she listened to his shallow breathing, her eyelids drooped and she fell asleep as well.
Zigui brought people in to prepare the meal and saw the two people sleeping soundly. She retreated without hesitation and asked someone to put the food in the small kitchen to keep it warm so that they could eat it after they woke up.
Qin Wan and Xie Qing were worried about something and woke up soon after sleeping. After breakfast, they started to change their clothes.
The news of the emperor vomiting blood has been kept secret from the outside world. Today is the first day of the new year, and many members of the royal family will come to the palace to pay New Year's greetings. Qin Wan and Xie Qing must keep up the occasion.
Fortunately, no one is causing trouble in the palace now, and Concubine Min is also helping Qin Wan with all her might, so this New Year can be said to have passed peacefully.
On the third day of the New Year, the emperor's health improved a lot, and Qin Wan finally breathed a sigh of relief. She took some time out with Concubine Min to reorganize the people in the palace.
Now that Li Zhaoyi has lost her power, it is naturally impossible for her to manage the palace affairs anymore. The places she previously managed were all managed by her people, and now they naturally have to be readjusted to prevent Li Zhaoyi from using them to do something again.
For example, if it weren’t for Li Zhaoyi, how could such a thing happen at the palace banquet?
Concubine Min got angry when she thought about it, but how to torment Li Zhaoyi was her business, and she would not tell Qin Wan. She wanted to talk about something else: "The Sixth Princess has been staying at Xiao Qi's place these days. Do you want to go see her?"
"Sixth Princess?" Qin Wan frowned. "Her problem is not easy to solve. I can divert her attention."
Concubine Min breathed a sigh of relief. "As long as I can distract her, it's fine. She's just a child. Although they're engaged, they don't spend much time together. How can they have such deep feelings for each other? She's just temporarily upset. If you can find a way to get her to do something else, that's fine."
Qin Wan's plan was to do it after the Chinese New Year, but now in order to comfort the Sixth Princess, it would be better to do it earlier.
The first thing to do is to set up a school in the palace.
Qin Wan directly called the Sixth and Seventh Princesses and told them about this matter: "I have three things to ask you to do for me."
The Seventh Princess glanced at the Sixth Princess and promised herself, "Sister-in-law, leave it to us! You give your orders!"
Qin Wan nodded, winked at the Seventh Princess, and then said to the Sixth Princess, "Sixth sister, my sister-in-law needs your full support. Can you help her?"
The Sixth Princess came to her senses. She had been unable to concentrate on anything these past few days. The Seventh Princess deliberately tried to make her angry or to make her laugh, but she remained indifferent.
Now even the Crown Princess is taking the trouble to take care of her affairs. The Sixth Princess lowered her head, feeling very embarrassed: "I don't know how I can help my sister-in-law."
Seeing that she was willing to respond, Qin Wan breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "I have a lot of things I can help you with. Look, isn't it time for my eighth and ninth sisters to start school? You need to help me clean up Yuhua Pavilion, and then select female officials from the palace to teach them. After the fifteenth day, they will officially go to Yuhua Pavilion for classes."
The Sixth Princess regained some spirits and nodded in agreement, "Don't worry, sister-in-law. I will do my best."
Qin Wan added, "There's one more thing. You just need to ask the palace maids to clean up Yuhua Pavilion and check on it every day. You still have other things to do."
"What's up?"
Not only the Sixth Princess was curious, but the Seventh Princess was also curious. In order to find something for the Sixth Princess to do, what tasks did Qin Wan assign to them?
Qin Wan said, "Think about it. As princesses, you can't even study even if you want to. What about the girls from poor families outside? Do they have access to education? So my idea is to open a girls' school outside the palace, and you two princesses will be in charge of it."
The Sixth Princess' eyes widened. "Letting a girl from a poor family go to school? How is that possible?"
In the past, the Sixth Princess did not understand what kind of life these poor families lived, but after getting engaged to Young Master Yu, they exchanged letters, and she learned a lot about what was happening outside.
For example, in poor families, it is not easy for men to go to school, let alone women.
Qin Wan smiled and said, "Why not? I have opened several schools on my farm, and all the children there, both boys and girls, go to school. Now that I have opened a girls' school in the capital, I will let these girls come and be the first batch of students."
The Sixth Princess was puzzled: "But why do we let them learn to read and write?"
The Seventh Princess had no idea what was happening outside. She looked at the Sixth Princess, then at Qin Wan, and asked curiously, "Why did sister-in-law think of letting them study?"
Qin Wan picked up the account book at hand and said, "I'm not asking these girls to take the imperial examinations or achieve great success. I have a very vulgar idea."
"People say a virtuous wife brings blessings to three generations. Why does a virtuous wife bring blessings to three generations? Because a virtuous wife knows when to advance and when to retreat, and understands the principles. To achieve these two things, you must read more."
"One virtuous wife brings blessings to three generations. What about one hundred, one thousand virtuous wives? By then, wouldn't the millions of people in our Great Zhou be the beneficiaries?"
Qin Wan looked at the Sixth Princess steadily and said, "Let's take a step back and assume that these women may not all become successful, but if they can read and calculate, then wouldn't it be easier to manage household chores in the future? And life at home will get better and better."
The Sixth Princess couldn't help but think about herself. If she knew when to advance and when to retreat, and understood reason, would she be able to stop her mother...
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