"Your Highness the Crown Prince, Your Highness the Third Prince, Your Highness the Fourth Prince, Your Highness the Eighth Prince!" Her voice was neither humble nor arrogant, and her eyes accidentally met the Crown Prince's without any dodging.
"Are you Hua Xiangrong?" asked the prince.
What she hated most was people asking questions even though they knew the answer. Seeing that she didn't answer, Ling'er quickly knelt on the ground and said, "Your Highness, Miss Hua just entered the palace yesterday." Sweat broke out on her forehead. Hua Xiangrong's identity and status were indeed a difficult situation. She couldn't lose face for the royal family, nor could she disobey the emperor's order.
"Ling'er, wait outside." She frowned. The high cost of living already gave him a headache. If he added all these troublesome etiquette, she couldn't think of any reason not to get angry, so she strode down and sat down.
The Grand Tutor left and then came back. He paid no attention to Hua Xiangrong, but continued with what he had said yesterday. It was nothing more than the way of a gentleman, reciting the wheel of history and famous sayings, but she had no interest in it. Ling'er had said that there were many heirs in the palace, and those who could study in the Shangshufang were the most outstanding. The others who did not were tutored by people hired by the various palaces. The Emperor spent a lot of time in the Shangshufang, not only to constantly urge them to study hard, but more importantly, to allow them to work together on state affairs.
The Grand Tutor knocked on her desk with his ruler and said, "After all this talk, I wonder what Miss Hua thinks?"
She stood up and asked, "I wonder what the Master is asking about?"
"Just tell me what you think about managing exiled refugees." The arrogance between her eyebrows surprised the tutor.
"Whether it's a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, people choose exile for survival. As long as they are provided with a safe place to live and some opportunities to work and gain something, it doesn't matter where they go." She said it simply, without beating around the bush or having a specific plan.
At this time, applause was heard outside and someone walked in.
"Your Highness!" The Grand Tutor knelt down.
"Greetings, Father!" The four princes also knelt down.
"Why don't you kneel down when you see the emperor?" said the tutor sternly.
She didn't want to move, but she had never knelt before anyone.
"Get up!" The emperor looked her up and down, "You look exactly like my deceased sister." As he said this, he became sad again.
"Your Majesty, can I ask you a question?" Based on her experience, the emperor did have a deep affection for her mother.
"What's the problem?"
"When can I leave the palace?" According to Ling'er, the emperor intended for her to be the future Crown Princess and didn't care about close relatives. Although she was a woman now, she had a man's soul and could not marry a man under any circumstances.
"Hahaha, I didn't expect that Zihua, who just entered the palace yesterday, would want to leave the palace today." He was not angry, but very happy. He looked at the four princes and said, "The palace is different from the outside. There are more rules. So, I decree that Zihua does not need to perform formalities in the palace."
It was said that the emperor favored Hua Xiangrong, and this news quickly spread throughout the imperial city. However, her goal of leaving the palace was not achieved. The palace was guarded by layers of security, and leaving the palace was not an easy task.
After class in the Shangshufang, the Eighth Prince, who was half a year younger than her, ran to her side and said, "Zihua, we are going horseback hunting tomorrow. Do you want to come with us?"
Ouyang was also a little curious. He took off his sunglasses, put away his guide stick, and sat down next to the many children. Dong Ya saw that there was no one around and said, "What are you doing?"
"watch TV!"
"What's so good about this?" Dong Ya looked around. It was workday, and the only people in the alley were children and women doing laundry and cooking. He was beginning to think Ouyang was being too casual, but there was nothing he could do about her. He could only find a place that looked comfortable.
The TV series has reached its exciting moment. At the hunting ground, all the civil and military officials brought their families to the scene. The emperor sat on a high seat, watching all this.
The hunting ground naturally has its own rules. Women are always the foils of men, and they can only admire these men. Hua Xiangrong sat next to the emperor, and she seemed very casual without any shyness. She drank tea with a lazy look. The tea here was all handmade, and for this reason, she liked to savor it carefully. As for the various rituals below, she didn't care. In the past, he also learned horse riding and bow and arrow shooting, but it was just for fun. But here, riding and archery have become human skills, making the competition a little cruel. She never doubted that an arrow would suddenly fly out from an unknown place and enter someone's body, and eventually die due to the lack of hemostatics, disinfectants, tetanus vaccines, etc.
"Zihua," the emperor said, "the princes will be going hunting soon. Who do you think will shoot the most prey?"
Hua Xiangrong then looked up at the other princes on horseback, all dressed up and ready to go. The Emperor had always been optimistic about the Crown Prince, and he must have wanted her to give him some encouragement. However, she raised the corners of her mouth and pointed at the Fourth Prince: "Him!"
Everyone looked at the Fourth Prince. He had accidentally injured his foot a few days ago and could now barely get on the horse.
The emperor frowned: "Zihua is too casual."
"Your Majesty, how about we make a bet?" Hua Xiangrong said.
"Oh?" The emperor became interested. "Is this how you bet?"
"It's simple," she said, "If the Fourth Prince wins, you will give him a mansion and let him sit as the Prince of Xiaoyao."
"Haha," the emperor said happily, "What if he loses?"
"I won't see the sun tomorrow." She said it firmly and was not joking.
Of course, everyone around them could hear their conversation, but no one dared to speak, including the princes.
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