Empress Xue snatched the child away, shaking her head helplessly: "Your Majesty, just let our little Kun have a few months of peace! Don't teach him so much at such a young age. Gu's second brother has only just been promoted to Vice Minister of Rites, and he's still a ways off from being a Grand Tutor. Can't you wait until Gu's second brother has had enough time before giving him little Kun?"
The crown prince's nickname was Xiao Kun, because he was born in Kunzhou. The emperor gave him this nickname very casually.
The Emperor and the Empress Dowager discussed that when Xiao Kun turned four, they would appoint Gu Shouxin as his tutor and have Lu Zheng and Xue Qianyu as his teachers to learn martial arts.
Although Empress Xue thought that four years old was still too young, she couldn't go against the emperor's wishes. She also remembered that the third prince had lacked education since childhood and that she had spoiled him, which led to his current predicament. Therefore, she still planned to listen to the emperor regarding the education of the young crown prince.
When the emperor ascended the throne, he was still young. Prince Qu secretly had people exert their influence, and Prime Minister Lin was also ambitious at the time. The emperor married Prime Minister Lin's daughter, thus removing one of the obstacles. Later, as the emperor grew up, Prince Qu became more restrained. The Empress Dowager and the emperor finally gained control of the court, only to find that the third prince was inferior to the seventh prince in many ways.
However, if the seventh prince were made crown prince, Prime Minister Lin's side would definitely become arrogant. Therefore, the emperor has never appointed a crown prince.
Now that Prime Minister Lin is gone and Prince Qu is also gone, the four sides of the Great Zhou are at least temporarily stable in the west and east, giving the emperor time to groom a crown prince.
But he still needs to worry about the unknown overseas areas to the east, northeast, and south. And since he's lazy, he's thinking about raising his son well as soon as possible.
His plan was to teach his son only one thing: not to regard the throne as dirt, and to instill in him from a young age the awareness to shoulder this responsibility.
As for other matters related to literary and military strategy, he planned to hand them over directly to Gu Shouxin and the two sons-in-law of the second branch of the Gu family.
If you ask him if he's afraid that Gu Shouxin will lead his two sons-in-law astray in educating the Crown Prince, the answer is definitely no; in fact, he'd love for it!
He wants to live a happy life, and he certainly wants his son to live a happy life too!
The emperor embraced his wife and child, saying affectionately, "Alright, alright, we'll do as the Empress says. But, Empress, you must promise me that when we turn fifty, we'll retire and travel around!"
Empress: "...Fifty? We're fifty already, and Xiao Kun is only eleven. Can he manage?"
The Emperor said, “Why not? With Gu Er, Xue Er, and Lu Er watching over things, I’m completely at ease. I’ve already asked my brother-in-law to find a route for us. I’ll take you, Empress, to travel all over the Great Zhou. Doesn’t the Empress want to go to the West? I’ll also make sure my brother-in-law goes there at least once every few years. You know my brother-in-law’s personality; when he goes out, he’s definitely looking for places to have fun. And Prince Kang, he’s always out there enjoying himself. It makes me so angry!”
The Empress could only smile in response. Her brother had long been spoiled by the Emperor. Raising her nephew Xue Qianyu was like raising a son. She wanted to make him outstanding so that her brother would have time to play. She had first set a path for him to enjoy eating, drinking, and having fun.
She didn't know if the most distinguished man in the world she had married was a good person or not. Anyway, all she knew was that this man had fulfilled all the promises he had made to her when she was young, and she hadn't married the wrong person.
She was quite curious and looked forward to what would happen after she turned fifty.
But their little Kun...
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