"Don't worry, Your Highness. I will do my best to protect those beggars, teach them how to make a living, and give them food and clothes."
Helian Yu: "Yeah. The class owner is a good person."
The troupe owner was busy and modest: "No, no, Your Highness is a good man! A very good man!"
The troupe leader believed that only people like Helian Yu who were selfless and served the people could be considered good people.
Helian Yu did not refuse the request. He said a few polite words and then sent someone to see him off.
After lunch and a short nap for half an hour, Helian Yu just woke up and was forced by Fang Zhengjin and the other two to sit at the desk in the study to do his homework.
"Your Highness, you must finish writing before dinner today! You can't play around all day and get up in the middle of the night to write. If you keep doing this, your body won't be able to bear it!"
"That's right, Your Highness. It will cause kidney deficiency! My father was like this when he was young, so I and my brother are the only two children he has today."
Everyone looked at Shu You, sizing her up curiously.
Shu You glared and took a step back: "Why are you looking at me! I don't have kidney deficiency! I'm fine! You should be concerned about His Highness! She——"
"Hush, I am going to read, please keep quiet."
Three people: “…” - For several days in a row, Helian Yu was corrected by the three people to return to a normal routine. She no longer secretly got up at night to make up for her homework, and her little face became much rosier.
At the same time, Chang'an's investigation into the monks' lobbying also yielded results.
Inside the pavilion in the middle of the county government lake, Helian Yu picked up some fish food and threw it into the lake.
"They are the monks from Luoxia Temple outside the city. Chang'an has specially inquired about them. Luoxia Temple is not very big, and there are only more than 30 monks. But this year is particularly strange. Luoxia Temple suddenly expanded, and the number of monks has reached 300. The incense has also become prosperous."
“The monks first gave lectures from the surrounding villages, and then gradually came to the city.”
Helian Yu threw fish food into the pond. "It's a planned encirclement strategy, and a large-scale activity. It's quite interesting. Can you find out who built it?"
"The one who funded the construction of the temple was Mr. Hong Wu from Yangzhou. It is said that he used to run an escort agency and is currently engaged in the antique business. He has a daughter who married into the Lin family. The current mistress of the Lin family is from the Jiangnan Mu family."
Helian Yu stretched out her hand and let Chang An clean it for her: "It's the Mu family again. Let those monks do what they want first. Ask the government office to post a notice that children aged seven to twelve can be sent to school from May to July. There is no tuition fee, and if the children succeed in their studies, they will be rewarded with up to 100 taels of silver."
"Master, there are enough children, but I'm afraid there are not enough teachers." Chang An hesitated, "There are at least tens of thousands of children of school age in the county, so there are definitely not enough teachers."
"It will be enough." Helian Yu walked out of the pavilion, "Yingyue Caiyun went to do this on the day she came to the county."
Chang An lagged behind Helian Yu by one step, and followed behind her. Looking at her small figure which was a little taller than at the beginning of the year, his eyes suddenly felt hot.
When did she bear the current weight on her shoulders?
She seemed to have changed, yet she seemed to have not changed.
Helian Yu always felt something strange behind her. She turned around in confusion and met Chang An's red eyes, which frightened her.
"Is there sand in your eyes?"
Chang An quickly calmed down and said, "Yeah, that's right."
"Summer is fine, but winter and spring are when yellow fog is more common in Zhaoyang County." Helian Yu pinched his shoulders and said, "Let's send the more than 300 monks we captured to plant trees."
Chang An nodded, and an idea suddenly occurred to him: "Why not add another batch of convicts from the prison? That way we can finish the job sooner."
"You decide."
Helian Yu gave up his power and returned to the yard.
As soon as I got back, I was dragged to the study by Fang Zhengjin and two others.
Helian Yu: "..."
Another day of missing Master! Master! - Imperial Master's Mansion.
Chang Zuo stood in front of the medicine shelf drying herbs, and said briskly, "Sir, Miss Ruan just knocked on the door again. I sent her away, but she knelt at the door again and refused to leave."
Chang Zuo hesitated: "Sir, is that Miss Ruan really capable, or is it something else?"
"other."
After understanding, Chang Zuo continued to dry the herbs. After a while, he couldn't help asking, "Master, can I throw her out of this street?"
Xie Rangchen: “…”
Something seems to be wrong with Chang Zuo? Xie Rangchen didn't know what he felt in his heart, but seeing Chang Zuo staring at him eagerly, he said slowly: "Go."
In the blink of an eye, Chang Zuo leaped onto the roof, stepped on the tiles, and jumped out of the house.
When they came back, Chang Zuo went through the main gate, followed by Helian Chi and Zhuo Liu.
"I heard that the Imperial Master had returned to the capital, so I came here specially to visit him."
Xie Rangchen brought Helian Chi into the main hall and the maid served tea.
Helian Chi picked up the teacup, took a sip, raised his eyelids and glanced at Xie Rangchen, then spoke carefully: "I heard that Zhaoyang had an accident a few days ago. I wonder how he is? Is he scared?"
"Nothing, nothing."
Seeing that Xie Rangchen was unwilling to say more, Helian Chi did not ask any more questions and decisively changed the subject: "A few days ago, this palace kidnapped a woman from the Mu family and sent her to Jingzhao Yin. What could the Imperial Master have seen?"
"That's what the Fourth Prince wants."
Xie Rangchen said it simply, but Helian Chi understood it clearly.
After getting the definite answer, Helian Chi felt much more at ease and understood how to proceed.
But there is one more thing.
Helian Chi spoke in a low voice with difficulty, as if he was a thief and felt very embarrassed: "Master, can you calculate my true love?"
Xie Rangchen's eyes remained still: "What is destined to happen will happen."
The next sentence popped up in Helian Chi’s mind: Don’t force what is destined to happen.
If that was the case, he would feel relieved.
Helian Chi didn't understand it, and he didn't want to force Xie Rangchen to explain, so he said goodbye and left.
When Helian Chi came to the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion, the Crown Prince, the Second Prince, and court officials came one after another to greet him, to greet Princess Zhaoyang and to greet the Imperial Preceptor, and they were particularly attentive.
So Chang Zuo moved another chair and sat in front of the gate of the Imperial Master's Mansion to refuse visitors.
Summer rain is suddener than wind; it comes suddenly and can last for days.
The rain was so deep that the roads were ankle-deep, and the usually bustling streets were deserted with few people.
This is true in the capital and also in Zhaoyang County.
Helian Yu was too lazy to go out, so he just stayed on the couch and read a storybook.
Fang Zhengjin took just one look and then squeezed next to Helian Yu.
Yan Tiantian and Shu You didn't really want to study. One played the piano and the other painted, but their levels were average and they were just having fun.
Xingchun and Cidong each had their own things to do, so Yingyue and Caiyun arranged for the teachers in the school and stayed in the county government to take care of Helian Yu's daily life.
"Master, these are the lychee meatballs that the kitchen just cooked. Ten lychee trees were just delivered to the Imperial Master's Mansion. The lychees were just picked and are still fresh."
In the lychee stuffed meatballs, the lychee flesh is white and crystal clear, the meatballs are small and exquisite, the soup is light golden and clear, and sprinkled with chopped peonies, it adds three points of beauty.