Fourth Master was clearly angry. Although his face showed no sign of anger, he did not notice Li Chenjiao's subtle actions.
In the past, when Li Chenjiao waved her hand, Fourth Master's gaze would have followed her over.
However, when Fourth Master heard Li Chenjiao's words, he merely smiled and then lifted the curtain to enter the inner room.
Li Chenjiao followed behind, waving to the two maids to serve tea.
She followed him inside but didn't rush to speak to the Fourth Master. She glanced at the sky outside; it was already nightfall.
Li Chenjiao personally went to add more lamps before sitting down opposite the Fourth Prince. She then picked up the Manchu language primer on the table, which she hadn't finished reading yet, and began to read it.
Li Chenjiao was too lazy to play the role of a confidante; she knew that Fourth Master would eventually calm down when he was angry.
Let Fourth Master do as he pleases.
At this moment, Fourth Master really wasn't paying much attention to his surroundings; he was deep in thought, his brows furrowed.
Although the Fourth Prince was busy, he did not neglect his children. Whenever he had free time after returning home, he would always go back to see the children in the manor.
However, most of the time they stayed overnight at Li Chenjiao's East Courtyard.
The Fourth Prince had long heard about the fact that the eldest prince in the South Courtyard could walk, but he had never taken it to heart, after all, the eldest prince was still very young, not even a year old.
The princes of the imperial family are often pampered. The Fourth Prince remembers that the Fourteenth Prince was spoiled when he was a child. He didn't learn to walk until he was almost two years old. Even after he grew up, the Tenth Prince would often bring this up to tease him.
The Fourth Prince did not have the idea that princes of the imperial family should be pampered. Princes and princesses were all the same; it was just that it was not appropriate to be too early or too late.
However, when the Fourth Prince arrived at Wu's East Courtyard today, Wu was looking at the account books, and the First Prince was still sleeping.
Wu Gege and the Fourth Prince remained silent. Wu Gege had never known what to say to the Fourth Prince, and the Fourth Prince would never take the initiative to start a conversation.
Finally, Wu Gege could only say dryly, "The eldest prince has gained a lot of weight recently, and he's also thinking about the fourth prince."
Wu Shi and the Fourth Prince didn't have many opportunities to spend time together. When she first entered the mansion and gained the emperor's favor, she was pregnant. Although the Fourth Prince would come to see her when she was pregnant, he would never stay overnight.
After giving birth, Fourth Master came a few times, but only a handful of times.
On the surface, Wu said she didn't care about the Fourth Prince's favor, but in her heart she couldn't help but secretly wonder if it was because her appearance was considered inferior in the mansion.
Although Wu felt uncomfortable, she did not easily show it.
However, she became increasingly cautious when talking to the Fourth Master.
The two sat there until Pei Lan said that the eldest prince had woken up. Only then did Wu Gege's eyes light up as she asked the Fourth Prince if he wanted to see the eldest prince.
The Fourth Prince was thinking that the First Prince had just woken up and might not want to be held like the Second Princess, so he simply got up and went to the First Prince's room.
However, the Fourth Prince still remembers the scene he saw in the First Prince's room back then.
The room was filled with books for the child who was not even a year old. The eldest prince's room was completely sealed off, with not even a crack in the window letting in any air.
However, the Fourth Prince could not say that Wu was doing a bad job, since Wu Gege even looked at the account books next to the First Prince's room.
The eldest prince was still asleep when the wet nurse helped him walk. The fourth prince saw that the eldest prince was walking unsteadily, as if he was about to fall down at any moment.
Fourth Master did not reprimand him, but simply stood up and said, "It's good to hope your son will become a dragon, but you can't be too hasty or force him to grow too fast."
This is why Fourth Master felt a chill when he came to the East Courtyard.
Sitting opposite Fourth Master, Li Chenjiao felt that the ice chest in the room could be removed; with Fourth Master around, it was cool enough.
Li Chenjiao flipped through the book without looking up: "Master, have some tea to moisten your throat, it'll get cold later."
Fourth Master didn't move, only asking, "What are you looking at now?"
Li Chenjiao paused for a moment, but still answered truthfully: "Manchu language enlightenment."
The Fourth Prince's gaze was deep, and the books he had seen in the First Prince's room earlier inappropriately entered his mind.
But when the person in front of him was Li Chenjiao, the Fourth Master suddenly couldn't bring himself to say the words of reprimand.
However, the anger that had been building up in the Fourth Master's heart was amplified by Li Chenjiao's words.
"Second Princess is still young, what's the point of looking at these things?"
Li Chenjiao felt helpless, but she knew that in the end, her words would inevitably circulate back to the children.
She rubbed her forehead and laughed for a moment: "Why are the nannies all the same? As soon as they see that I'm reading a Manchu language primer, they assume that I'm going to teach the Second Princess. Can't it be that I want to learn it myself?"
"Besides, my skills are limited, how could I possibly teach Second Princess to read? Let's wait until Second Princess is old enough to let Fourth Master arrange things. After all, proper teachers are more skilled, and I won't show off my abilities."
Li Chenjiao had something else on her mind that she didn't say: now that she's teaching, how many of them will actually learn?
Of course, she wasn't constantly restricted to reading and writing from a young age, nor did she have the idea that a second princess should do certain things at a certain age.
To put it bluntly, the Second Princess is the daughter of the Fourth Prince, who is currently a Prince of the Second Rank and will eventually become a Prince of the Third Rank or even a Prince of the First Rank.
The Second Princess doesn't need to do so much at all. She doesn't lack those things, and there's no need for her to fight for anything.
However, the way princes and princesses are taught is indeed somewhat different, Li Chenjiao thought.
After she gives birth to a prince, she will likely be even stricter, making sure the little prince protects the second princess well.
The elder brother certainly bears more responsibility.
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