The carriage was swaying, and the three little ones huddled together, sometimes sleeping, sometimes studying, and sometimes eating and drinking. The only adult in the carriage, Mrs. Zhang, was very capable and took care of all the work on the way.
As for Mr. Jiang, he cherished the hard-earned peaceful days, so he readily agreed to be a teacher for the three little ones on the way to Beijing.
Every evening, he would sit at the table and patiently teach the three little ones how to read and practice writing.
Mr. Jiang's servant was a little unhappy. His master was a juren, so it was okay for him to teach the prince, but why did he have to teach those two little maids as well?
He felt sorry for Mr. Jiang, but Mr. Jiang himself didn't care.
Mr. Jiang had a rough life and only lived a well-fed and respected life after becoming an aide to the King of Zhenbei. He did not follow the arrogance of those scholars in the official career. Even when Yu Zizhen asked him to teach two servants at the same time, he did not feel offended.
Although he privately felt that it would be useless for him to teach someone like Xinghua, he still agreed.
After all, one sheep is the same as herding, two sheep, or three sheep are the same as releasing. The prince doesn't mind having the same teacher as the servants. Can he be more noble than the prince?
Mr. Jiang is open-minded. When teaching Yu Zizhen and the other two, he has a good attitude of coaxing children into having fun. He does not require them to learn to a certain level, so the three of them have been getting along very harmoniously these days.
They had a good relationship, and the atmosphere in the team was good. They ate and lived with other palace guards. She did not take the initiative to get close to Yu Zizhen, but she had been secretly observing her martial arts master Bai Tong, the prince of her family. Her heart finally settled down.
He was very clear that his personality was not likable. When Yu Zizhen and Nanny Hong confronted each other, he was really worried that Yu Zizhen would also dislike him because of his personality.
Seeing that she got along well with other people in the team these days, and was even more respectful to Mr. Jiang, the teacher who taught them to read and write, Bai Tong finally felt less worried about his future.
"By the way, sir, I'm fully recovered now. Can I continue to practice martial arts with Master Bai?"
Bai Tong was trying hard to make his expression look kinder when he heard Yu Zizhen's crisp questioning voice.
Mr. Jiang subconsciously shook his head in objection, "The prince has just recovered from a serious illness, so it would be better if he didn't overwork himself on the road."
The journey was tiring and meals were irregular. Mr. Jiang felt that it would be better for Yu Zizhen to rest more rather than practice martial arts diligently.
Yu Zizhen had her own plan. She said, "We won't practice too much. We'll just practice a little bit every day after we learn to recognize the characters."
Mr. Jiang thought for a moment and said, "If the prince has memorized all the new words I have taught him these days, I will ask Master Bai and Doctor Feng on his behalf."
Yu Zizhen nodded vigorously without any hesitation, "Then it's settled."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Jiang simply changed his teaching plan for today.
He did not teach Yu Zizhen and the others any new characters. Instead, he held up a scroll of "Thousand Character Classic" and watched the three children recite the characters they had learned a few days ago.
"The sky and earth are dark yellow, the universe is vast and boundless. The sun and moon wax and wane, the stars are spread out in a line. Winter comes and goes, summer passes, autumn harvests, winter stores. The extra leap year makes up the year, the rhythm of the melody adjusts the sun. Clouds rise and bring rain, dew condenses into frost. Gold is born in Lishui, jade emerges from Kunshan."
To his surprise, not only did Yu Zizhen, the person who made the conditions with him, write all the characters correctly, but even Ping An, who he was teaching, also wrote all the characters correctly.
The most outrageous thing was that Xinghua, who he thought was useless to teach, actually wrote the relatively simple "The sky and the earth are dark yellow", "The sun and the moon", "Autumn", "Winter", "Lv", "Cloud", "Rain", as well as "Gold is born in Lishui, jade comes out of Kungang" which they had just learned yesterday.
Mr. Jiang: ...
Mr. Jiang reflected deeply on himself.
He underestimated the children, and he underestimated three of them at once.
He kept his promise and asked someone to invite Doctor Feng and Master Bai to ask them whether Yu Zizhen's physical condition was suitable for martial arts training.
Doctor Feng carefully felt Yu Zizhen's pulse again and said, "Your Majesty's illness is no longer a problem, but you did injure your vitality. It would be best if you don't overwork yourself for the next year."
Yu Zizhen asked directly: "Then can I practice martial arts?"
Doctor Feng nodded. "Yes, but be careful not to rush into anything."
Yu Zizhen breathed a sigh of relief. It was just a matter of taking it step by step. There was no problem with that.
She looked at Mr. Jiang, and Mr. Jiang looked at Master Bai.
Upon seeing this, Yu Zizhen turned his gaze to Master Bai Tong who remained silent.
Master Bai said with a straight face, "I'll arrange it."
Yu Zizhen immediately smiled happily, "Thank you for your hard work, Master Bai. By the way, can you also teach Xinghua and Ping'an? I want them to be my guards in the future."
The King of Zhenbei had said that no one could be brought into the palace casually. Given her status and rank, she could only bring three people with her, and neither she nor the three of them could bring weapons.
In this situation, it is very necessary for her and her guards to learn some martial arts.
The three little ones looked at Bai Tong expectantly, but Bai Tong did not agree immediately. He swept his sharp eyes over Xinghua and Ping'an, and finally even pinched their arms and shoulders.
After confirming that the two little girls had good bones, he slowly nodded and said, "Okay."
Xinghua and Ping'an cheered in unison, and from then on, martial arts training was added to the three people's studies.
Unlike her mediocre talent in reading and writing, Xinghua made rapid progress in martial arts.
Ping An, who studied very hard in everything, lost to her friend in martial arts.
But she was not in a hurry. Whether it was studying or practicing martial arts, Liu Ping'an always followed the principle that if you lack talent, you can make up for it with hard work.
The three little ones who were inexplicably tangled together didn't think anything of it, but Mr. Jiang and Bai Tong, who had been secretly paying attention to their every move, were both shocked.
What shocked Bai Tong was that Liu Ping'an, who he thought had average talent and would not achieve anything in martial arts in the future, actually understood the principle of diligence at such a young age, and used her hard work to make up for the talent gap between her and Yu Zizhen and Xinghua.
Originally, Bai Tong was prepared to give Liu Ping'an private lessons in case she couldn't keep up with the progress, but Liu Ping'an proved that she could do it with her own actions.
Mr. Jiang was shocked by two things.
One is that he casually bought someone to serve Yu Zizhen, and he could actually buy a good boy like Liu Ping'an who wanted to learn everything, studied hard in everything, and was very hardworking without any adult supervision.
The other thing was that Xinghua, who was undoubtedly a fool in his and ninety-nine percent of the people in the world's eyes, actually did as Yu Zizhen said. Not only did she obey her every word, but she also had no intention of causing trouble for her or hindering her at all.
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