Mingxiu returned to the palace, gave some instructions to those around her to be careful, and then put the matter aside for the time being.
Because someone from the Emperor's side came to invite her.
Mingxiu looked at the visitor with curiosity. "What brings Your Majesty here? Why have you suddenly summoned me?"
The young eunuch smiled and said, "Your Majesty is joking. How could a servant know about the Emperor's affairs? Please go to the Qianqing Palace as soon as possible."
Mingxiu nodded. Although she didn't know what had happened, she figured it couldn't be anything bad, so she turned around and went to the Qianqing Palace.
She entered the Qianqing Palace directly from the back, and as soon as she stepped inside, she heard Emperor Kangxi's voice coming from the front.
"Have you memorized it yet? Hurry up, one by one, come up and recite it for me."
Mingxiu blinked. "What are you memorizing?"
Peeking out secretly, I was immediately shocked to find that even the eldest prince, the crown prince, and the third prince were there.
What happened?
Liang Jiugong came out from inside. "Your Majesty, you've finally arrived!"
Mingxiu looked at Liang Jiugong curiously, "What is Your Majesty doing?"
Liang Jiugong sighed. "When the princes were in the Imperial Study, I don't know what they did, but they got into a fight with the Grand Tutors. The Emperor got angry and summoned all the princes. Now they're making them recite a thick book. They can't leave until they've finished reciting it."
Mingxiu blinked. Reciting the text—what did that have to do with her? As long as she could recite it, that was fine.
Moreover, Bao Cheng couldn't recite it, which made Ming Xiu very curious. You know, Bao Cheng usually can remember most of what he sees after reading it once, if not memorize it.
Just as I was about to say something, I saw Liang Jiugong make a gesture.
Mingxiu's mouth dropped open. How could anyone memorize such a thick book all at once? Mingxiu was now very curious about what they had been doing in the study.
But they've caused trouble, so why did the Emperor send her here?
"Eunuch Liang, it's not appropriate for all the princes to go in with me," Mingxiu said somewhat awkwardly. Moreover, judging from his voice, Kangxi was very angry, and she didn't want to go in and act as a fire extinguisher.
Liang Jiugong said, "Your Majesty is too kind. His Majesty has instructed that Your Majesty can simply go in upon arrival."
Mingxiu smiled awkwardly, having no reason to refuse, and went inside.
When Mingxiu walked in, she saw several princes standing below with their heads hanging down like defeated roosters.
The emperor held a book in his hand, his expression inscrutable.
When Kangxi saw her walking over, he beckoned her to come up.
Mingxiu approached Kangxi and bowed deeply, saying, "Your Majesty, I wish you good health."
Kangxi nodded, stood up, and took Mingxiu's hand.
The three princes beside her raised their heads, ready to pay their respects to Mingxiu.
When the Third Prince raised his head, Mingxiu was even more shocked.
Your son greets Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager.
Mingxiu froze on the spot, but when she felt Kangxi gently squeeze her hand, she came back to her senses and quickly smiled and returned the half-bow to the princes, telling them to get up.
Amused, Mingxiu looked at the three princes' painted faces and asked, "Your Majesty, what happened? Why are the princes' faces all different colors?"
Kangxi looked up at the three princes in front of me with a cold face and snorted.
These are his three sons. He favored the crown prince the most, but he also liked his eldest and third sons.
But things turned out quite differently. He had only been back for two days, and had only been busy for a short while, when these three princes had already caused a huge uproar.
Kangxi, with Mingxiu beside him, sat on a chair and looked at the people in front of him. "Who among you will tell your mother, Mingxiu, what happened?"
The three people looked at each other, and in the end, Bao Cheng and Ming Xiu were the most familiar with each other. Moreover, he was the Crown Prince, so he had no choice but to step forward.
“Mother Ming, my elder brother, my third brother and I were just giving some suggestions to the Grand Tutor and the others. Perhaps we didn’t pay attention to our attitude and the Grand Tutor got a little angry.”
Mingxiu blinked, extracting an important clue from it: what was this opinion?
Yinreng noticed the meaning in Mingxiu's eyes and could only helplessly say, "Today, my elder brother and I were in class. When get out of class ended, we were a little tired, so we got up and took a walk. Then we went to the side and saw my third brother reciting his lessons."
Mingxiu nodded. This is a good thing; isn't it normal?
"I saw that my third brother had already memorized it very well, so I went up to him and asked why he was still memorizing it. He clearly already knew it, and then I learned that the Grand Tutor had said that regardless of whether he knew it or not, he had to memorize it 200 times. I thought that since he already knew it, why not let the Grand Tutor check it? As long as he could recite it, he could move on to the next one. Making him memorize it 200 times was a waste of time. Then, for some reason, the Grand Tutor got very angry."
Ah, this… Mingxiu looked at the three children and then at Kangxi.
I don't know how to put it, because she also thinks it's fine.
Upon hearing Yinreng's words, Kangxi slammed his hand on the table. "You still have the nerve to say that? If you want to offer opinions, then do it respectfully. What's with that lecturing attitude of yours? Besides, the Grand Tutor is your teacher. How can you contradict your teacher? And what are you doing, scribbling and drawing with brushes in the Imperial Study? Look at the state of you all are in!" Kangxi angrily pointed at the three children in front of him.
Upon hearing this, the three children in front immediately fell silent.
They had no idea how what started as a discussion with the Grand Tutor had turned into a chaotic mess of scribbles in the Imperial Study.
Yinreng lowered his head guiltily, not daring to meet Kangxi's gaze, especially when he saw the ink on his clothes and thought of the ink on the walls of the study, he felt even more guilty.
Mingxiu looked at the three people in front of her and, combined with Kangxi's words, roughly figured out what they meant.
Somewhat speechless, I looked at the three of them, not understanding how they had gone from offering advice to the Grand Tutor to scribbling all over the Imperial Study.
In the end, the three of them had no choice but to each take a book back with them.
I have to memorize this book by tomorrow night, so I can only go back and memorize it now.
Mingxiu's lips twitched as she looked at the book in their hands. It was so thick; she had to memorize it by tomorrow. Oh no!
Fortunately, she was a concubine.
They weren't princes.
Thankfully, she wasn't the one punished.
But this has nothing to do with her, so why call her here?
Mingxiu looked up at Kangxi with some curiosity as the three figures had already walked away.
Kangxi coughed and looked at Mingxiu, saying, "The imperial examination, held every three years, is about to begin. Your younger brother has made great progress recently, so there shouldn't be any problems. Would you like to write a letter back?"
Mingxiu felt a warmth in her heart upon hearing this. This matter originally had nothing to do with Kangxi, but he came specifically to remind her of it in order to strengthen her connection with her family.
Mingxiu hugged the Emperor, somewhat moved, and nodded.
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