Chapter 697 Xinbao's Grace

Now the twins still have four study companions, Sheng Chaohua, Wei Gui, and Luo Jue. After Zheng Xuan left, a new one named Huo Zicheng took over.

Except for Huo Zicheng's father who was a military officer and thought this was fun... Sheng's father and the others completely accepted their incompetence.

If this happened at home, they would have been beaten, but now it was the fifth and sixth brothers who took the lead, what could they do? ?

Not only can you not say anything, you have to praise, and praise hard.

Then everyone squeezed into one of the rooms to eat. It was not cold at all during the meal and the snow house did not collapse. After the meal, Brother Wu even invited them to sleep there together. Although several civil servants wanted to please the little grandson of the emperor, they still wanted to see the sun tomorrow, so they all declined.

Only Wei Xuanxiao, because he was loved by the twins and all the children, could not leave and was forced to stay.

Shen Shouyan was worried, so he stayed as well. Together with his tough father Huo, there was one adult on each side with two children, and Shen Shouyan also had a silly third brother.

In fact, it was not that cold. After all, who would dare to let the little prince freeze? Since he had to sleep outside, they sent some furs, spread them out on the ground, covered him with several layers of quilts, blocked the door, filled some hot water bottles, and allowed him to listen to a bedtime story. He slept quite well.

When the officials heard this, they had different feelings.

After all, it would be against the rules to let them watch this kind of thing.

This is not just unruly, they totally cannot accept it. How can parents not do anything about their child's behavior?

If it were just children doing this, someone would definitely say something in private. However, they once called Emperor Mingpei, and the emperor didn't say anything. Is it your turn to say anything?

But even though they didn't dare to say anything, this still went against the ideas of many people. They could only communicate implicitly: "The queen really loves her children..."

Subtext: A loving mother often spoils her child.

"I don't know if it's cold living there at night."

Subtext: This is too outrageous.

When Madam Huo was in Shengping Palace, she was also a member of Madam Lin's diplomatic corps and complained to Madam Lin in private.

Madam Lin chuckled, "They took advantage of the heavy snow and worked hard to build a snow house. It was built quite well. They also invited Ye Ye and their parents to come and stay with them out of filial piety. What's wrong with that? What's wrong with that? I think it's very good and right!! Not only will I not scold them, I will praise them! They are all good kids! Capable kids! As for you saying that we shouldn't build a snow house? Ha!"

"Don't those scholars often say, 'What is armchair warfare?' I also heard a saying in my hometown, 'Ten years of reading medical books but no cure.' It's like a person has read medical books for ten years and knows all the books by heart, but when asked to treat a disease, he is at a loss and cries, 'Why doesn't this person treat the disease according to the book?'"

"Actually, they all mean the same thing. This guy, who stays in his room every day and only knows how to read books... is he a good kid? If this guy is released to be a county magistrate, he may not be a good county magistrate! I think that in this world, whether it is civil or martial, decent or not, in short, except for those wrong things that really hurt people... you have to see everything and try to do it. It's not a bad thing. This is how I teach my children. If others think that I can't teach well and don't want to be with my children, then you can submit a petition and I will change a few reading companions. There's no need to make things difficult."

Mrs. Huo laughed repeatedly and spread her words.

Frightened, Sheng's father and several others hurried over to ask the Crown Prince for apology.

Emperor Mingpei heard about it and asked someone to spread the word that the emperor said that Lin was quite knowledgeable and had taught her children very well. However, some court officials were like trying to measure the sea with a clamshell, and were so foolish that they didn't realize it and were very ridiculous.

This one sentence concluded the matter, and no one dared to talk about it in private anymore.

In fact, this matter was not a big mistake at all. At most, it just looked indecent.

Liubajiu, who came but had no sense of presence, felt a little complicated. They really didn't dare to do such a free and easy behavior.

Fortunately, Yan Shifan has the character of an eldest brother and is very caring. He often takes the initiative to take these younger uncles out for a walk, which at least makes them show up, so the trip is not in vain.

Xinbao was very puzzled when he heard his subordinates report to Emperor Mingpei. He asked Emperor Mingpei, "Why do they do this when they know that Yeye and Daddy will be unhappy? Can't they just be patient?"

Even a fool like her knows that she shouldn't go against her boss, right?

Emperor Mingpei smiled and said, "You have to understand that anyone who has been in the court for a few years rarely has something to say. So they didn't say it because they couldn't help it, but because they had their own thoughts. For example, in this matter, they thought I might also feel it was inappropriate, so they said it."

In short, it was just to test his attitude and what the Emperor thought of the Crown Princess. After all, the Crown Princess's laissez-faire way of raising children was indeed inappropriate in the eyes of the aristocratic families.

That was why he had to spread the word instead of ignoring it, because if he did, his subordinates would think that he was dissatisfied with the Crown Princess, and someone would request a beauty contest the next year.

However, Emperor Mingpei did not tell Tuanzi the deeper details.

Tuanzi asked: "But why do they think it's inappropriate? Does Yeye think it's inappropriate?"

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

Emperor Mingpei said: "Ye Ye thinks there is nothing wrong with it, why do they think it is wrong? It is just because they have been fooled by the rules, so I say they are using a cicada to measure the sea."

Tuanzi looked at Yeye sheepishly and scratched his face with his little paws: "But what does this "holding a cicada to measure the sea" mean?"

She had never seen this idiom before.

Emperor Mingpei laughed and said, "Li means a ladle. Using a ladle to measure the sea means measuring the sea water. It means people use shallow eyes to look at profound things. This word comes from the biography of Dongfang Shuo in Ban Gu's "Book of Han", "Looking at the sky through a tube, measuring the sea with a ladle, and hitting a bell with a stick, how can one understand its principles, examine its text and logic, and make its sound?"..."

While explaining, he remembered again and asked Tuanzi: "Xinbao, don't you miss your second brother?"

Tuanzi nodded and shook his head: "I thought about it."

Emperor Mingpei said, "I thought about it, why didn't you tell Yeye to ask the second brother to come over?"

Tuanzi said: "Second brother needs to study at home!"

She looked at the people next to her and lowered her voice, "Second brother has been helping Xinbao with the medical department and doing other things for so many days. He must not have studied hard. So when he thought about the exam after the New Year, he became anxious and panicked. He had to cram and study for a few days. Xinbao can't disturb him."

Emperor Mingpei: “…”

He could only say silently: "Xinbao is right."

"Right," Tuanzi raised his chin proudly, "Although Xinbao is very good at predicting things and guessed it was like this, he didn't say it! Seeing through it but not saying it, this is called grace."

Emperor Mingpei: “…”

(End of this chapter)