After telling Aisha where Tingfeng Cottage and the martial arts training ground were, what time Master Bai taught martial arts every day, what time Mr. Jiang taught reading and writing every day, and what time the masters who taught various skills started their classes in the evening, Yu Zizhen sent her back to rest.
The meals for their family, like those for the servants, guards, and staff of the palace, were prepared by the main kitchen.
Yu Zizhen asked the kitchen to prepare Aisha's meals according to the standards of the other masters who taught various skills in the mansion, and her three children's meals were prepared according to the standards of the errand boys in the mansion.
Aisha was only grateful for this, after all, her three children had free meals. Not only that, they also lived in the palace and attended the palace school for free.
And to be honest, the food provided by the errand boys in the palace was not bad, especially compared with the food their family had enjoyed before.
With her high-standard portion to eat together, their family's food standard has directly improved from eating coarse food and skipping meals to having a full meal every day and balanced nutrition.
The living environment and food standards have been greatly improved, and Aisha and her family have settled down in the palace with peace of mind since then.
Perhaps children who have suffered know how to cherish opportunities better. Aisha's two sons' academic performance is getting better and better. Master Bai and Jiang Yunshan praised them to Yu Zizhen more than once in the following period of time.
But even so, they will not be able to surpass others in a short time.
The reason was very simple. Before entering the palace, they had no chance to learn anything other than musical instruments, and Yu Zizhen's subordinates were all more talented than each other under her guidance.
Since arriving in the capital, Yu Zizhen has started to invite teachers to his subordinates one after another.
She had people teach them how to read, practice martial arts, learn techniques and rules. In order to motivate both teachers and students, she set up a corresponding point system for both of them.
The teachers' teaching results and the students' learning progress are directly linked to their monthly salary, rewards and promotion mechanisms.
With Yu Zizhen's die-hard fans Yuheng and Yaoguang taking the lead in starting a crazy internal competition mode, how could those who also work for Yu Zizhen dare to slack off while others are working hard?
They were overwhelmed with a sense of crisis and couldn't help but get involved.
Not to mention those young people, even Mrs. Zhang has learned simple addition and subtraction and about half of the commonly used Chinese characters thanks to her daughter's continuous tutoring.
Yu Zizhen was very satisfied with this. As the king of files, she naturally didn't want to see her subordinates lying down and doing nothing every day.
After settling Aisha, the cover she had specially found for Xiao Yuanjin, Yu Zizhen resumed her fulfilling daily life of madly seeking knowledge and secretly completing tasks. However, after that, she began to take Xiao Yuanjin out of the palace from time to time.
After returning to the palace that day, Xiao Yuanjin had a secret conversation with his father, the emperor.
The father and son were very cautious. Because the matter was of great importance, they did not even communicate directly verbally. Instead, they chose the silent method of communication of writing on the table with their fingers.
When the emperor learned that his son's body had completely recovered, the remaining poison was cleared, and his leg was healed, he burst into tears.
He didn't dare cry out loud or for too long, for fear that others would notice something.
He restrained himself and shed silent tears for a while before he seriously thought about what Xiao Yuanjin said, that Yu Zizhen wanted to teach him martial arts.
The emperor was both happy and worried that Xiao Yuanjin and Yu Zizhen could become such good friends.
Yu Zizhen has a special identity. For Xiao Yuanjin, she can be both a protective umbrella and a death warrant.
It is precisely because he knows this that the emperor has mixed feelings about her closeness to Xiao Yuanjin.
But as Xiao Yuanjin said, it's always better for him to have more means of self-protection.
They, father and son, had always lived in the deep palace, depending on the mood of the Empress Dowager, Mrs. Lu.
If Da Lu wants them to live now, they can live. If Da Lu suddenly doesn't want them to live anymore one day, they may die quietly at any time.
It would be an exaggeration to say that they are fish on the chopping board.
But even ants would be greedy for the chance to live, not to mention that they, father and son, are living people just like Da Lu.
The emperor thought so and gritted his teeth and agreed to let Xiao Yuanjin leave the palace from time to time.
After the father and son finished their secret discussion, they reached a consensus on the matter. Xiao Yuanjin then took the excuse that he wanted to learn the erhu to bring up the fact that he had to leave the palace from time to time.
This time, the father and son talked to each other directly in the study, so soon the informants of the elder and younger Lu reported the matter to their respective masters.
After receiving the news, Mrs. Lu couldn't help but frown.
She didn't mind Xiao Yuanjin leaving the palace, nor did she mind him learning the erhu, and she didn't mind if Xiao Yuanjin would do something behind her back. After all, with her control over the palace, no matter how much Xiao Yuanjin tried, he would not be able to escape her control.
What bothered her was Yu Zizhen's closeness to and protection of Xiao Yuanjin. Although Xiao Yuanjin was considered a cripple by the world, and as long as the Second Prince was around, there was no chance of him ascending to the throne, what if the Second Prince was gone? Or what if the Second Prince was also crippled?
When the two people's situations are the same, the eldest prince's status as the eldest son will become a powerful bargaining chip in competition.
She tapped the teacup in her hand lightly with the lid of the teacup. Amid the crisp and rhythmic tapping sounds she created, she began to think about whether she should arrange for someone to attack Xiao Yuanjin on his way out of the palace.
It is actually very easy to take action against Xiao Yuanjin. Even if Xiao Yuanjin does not leave the palace, she has at least a hundred ways to take his life. The reason why she has not completely eradicated him is because she does not want to lose the emperor, this obedient puppet mascot, for the time being.
Although Xiao Shaoke was raised by her, she could let him replace the emperor and become her new legitimate son to inherit the throne at any time in an emergency. However, Xiao Shaoke was still young and his personality had not yet been fully formed. Who knew if he would still be willing to live a humble and cautious life like he does now once he sits on the throne and becomes older and more independent.
You should know that in the royal family, it is normal for fathers and sons to kill each other, and for brothers to kill each other. Everyone is cold-hearted, cruel, patient, and kind-hearted. The current emperor has obvious weaknesses and is willing to be controlled by her for the sake of a disabled son. He is a mutant of the royal family and a rare creature.
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