Emperor Hongde choked up, but still patiently coaxed, "But your friends are all ordinary people, kids around your age, who can't even read many words. The older ones are already in school, and they won't be in the same class as you, so how are they going to play with you?"
Jiang Shumiao paused for a moment, then said seriously, "I can teach them to read."
Emperor Hongde: "..."
He had never seen a two-year-old child so eager to learn.
"You really want to go to school?"
Jiang Shumiao nodded emphatically.
"think."
Emperor Hongde thought for a moment, "Alright, but at least until you turn three."
Jiang Shumiao was dissatisfied.
Emperor Hongde hurriedly said, "I have to choose the most suitable teacher for you all. Otherwise, what if you kids are too noisy and drive the teacher away?"
Jiang Shumiao retorted, "My friends don't cause trouble; they're all very obedient."
"Didn't you just say they were chattering away?"
"That's because they want to learn bird language, insect language..."
"You know all this?"
"Of course, I know everything."
Emperor Hongde found her proud and adorable appearance quite endearing. “Alright, alright, but the Imperial Academy has never had a student under the age of five. We’ll have to prepare a new set of desks and chairs for you.”
Otherwise, it would be awkward if a bunch of little kids were not even as tall as the table.
Jiang Shumiao felt discriminated against because of her height, but she couldn't argue with the facts, so she had to keep quiet.
The following day, Emperor Hongde issued an imperial edict to open a preschool class at the Imperial Academy, admitting only children aged three to four, and ordered the Court of Imperial Sacrifices to expedite the process.
None of the ministers understood his meaning.
Emperor Hongde coughed lightly and said, "Princess Fule is intelligent and eager to learn. I cannot bear to waste her talent, so I established this school. All of you with children of school age are welcome to attend, so they can keep Princess Fule company."
In other words, a special study companion class was set up for Jiang Shumiao.
Traditionally, only princes and princesses had companions, and at most two.
Jiang Shumiao has more influence than them; after all, even the emperor's beloved fifth princess can only be her 'playmate'.
But no one objected.
Compared to Wen Zhixuan, whose background is unknown, whose scheming nature is deep, and who is difficult to win over, Jiang Shumiao, who comes from a noble family and is young and easy to fool, naturally wins the hearts of the aristocratic families more.
To have been classmates with a goddess is something to boast about for a lifetime, and it should be a family heirloom for future generations.
But their young children didn't want to, and they all cried.
Then we get a unified answer—
“Princess Fule has already moved into the palace. If you want to see her in the future, you can only do so at the Imperial Academy.”
So the rich young men who wanted to learn animal language and watch Jiang Shumiao perform magic tricks and draw talismans had no choice but to shut their mouths in grievance.
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