Chapter 734 At the beginning of life, human nature is good.
Kunning Palace.
"Shu Ronghua slept in the Qianqing Palace last night." Early in the morning, Lianye rushed to Jiang Fenghua to tattle, she was furious.
"During the two days that Her Majesty was not in the palace, Consort Shu often went to the Imperial Study to deliver snacks to the Emperor. At that time, she did not see the Emperor, and this servant thought it was not important and did not pay much attention. Unexpectedly, after the Emperor returned from Kunning Palace last night, she blocked the palace gate again, and the Emperor actually let her in and she stayed inside all night."
Jiang Fenghua woke up at the same time as Xie Ziyan. Now that Xie Ziyan and Xie Hongyou have gone to school, she has also found a book about the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty and is reading it.
She said calmly, "The craftsmen will come to repair the side hall today, won't they?"
Lianye was stunned. "Your Majesty doesn't mind that the Emperor has favored other concubines?"
Jiang Fenghua said, "What's there to care about? It's not like he doesn't have other concubines. If I get angry with them, how can I maintain my position as Empress? I'm already busy enough with jealousy and anger all the time. The Jiang family's affairs are already giving me a headache. If I get involved with them, will I even be able to live?"
Lianye suddenly felt as if the old empress had returned.
"Have you found out the situation? What's the situation in the Golden Palace?"
Lianye said, "Lord Zhang and His Highness Prince Qi have already presented the witnesses and evidence to the Emperor and his ministers. Judging from the time of Madam Li's death, it doesn't match the time when Master Jin left the city. Lin Yu brought Yu Laoba into the palace. Would Your Majesty like to go and see him?"
Jiang Fenghua asked, "Did Xie Ruoyi go to the palace to study today?"
"She's in the palace." Lianye added, "Yesterday morning, the Fourth Prince didn't hold back when he beat Princess Yi, but she still went to the palace to study today. Princess Yi has been spoiled by the Fourth Princess Consort and should have been taught a lesson long ago."
Jiang Fenghua put down her book. "Accompany me to the school first! Overturning Jin Ji's case won't be easy; it will probably take a lot of time. Later, I'll think of a way to bring the Fourth Princess Consort into the palace."
"Your Highness's intention is to use Princess Yi to bring the Fourth Princess Consort into the palace." Lianye added, "How about I have someone push Princess Yi into the water as well? The Fourth Princess Consort will naturally come to the palace when she hears the news."
Jiang Fenghua gave her a cold look. "You can do something so immoral. Children shouldn't have to bear the mistakes adults make. Xie Ruoyi is only six years old. She's just spoiled."
“Your Majesty, some people are born bad, and no matter how you teach them, they can’t be taught well,” Lianye added.
"At the beginning of life, people are inherently good. I believe she was not born so bad. Her temper and personality are largely related to the Fourth Princess and the Fourth Prince."
Lianye pouted and muttered to herself, "But she can't even recite the Three Character Classic, all she does is cry. How can someone like that be taught well?"
Jiang Fenghua's lips curled slightly, a sly glint in her eyes. "Although we can't actively harm others, we can guide them to make mistakes. Why should we actively become bad people instead of the victims? Victims are more likely to elicit sympathy."
While Lianye was still in a daze, Jiang Fenghua had already left the main hall, where she saw Granny Wang directing the palace maids and eunuchs to clean inside and out.
Granny Wang stepped forward to greet her: "Is Your Highness going out?"
Granny Wang already knew that Shu Yan slept in Qianqing Palace last night. She didn't come to complain to the Empress. There are so many women in the harem. If the Empress had to care about and guard against them all, she would only be exhausted.
"I'll take a stroll around. Granny Wang, please take good care of the little princess in the palace."
Granny Wang replied, "Yes."
At this moment, Ao Xue also returned, and Jiang Fenghua asked her, "Still haven't found the person."
Ao Xue shook her head. "No."
Jiang Fenghua still let Aoxue leave the palace last night, but she returned so quickly.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid something might happen to him." Aoxue's eyes were full of worry and exhaustion.
"You've been working hard all night, go and rest for a while. Lin Feng has already sent someone to look for him. Ye Ying's martial arts are so high, he'll be fine." That was all Jiang Fenghua could say to comfort her.
After Aoxue returned to her room, Lianye said, "Aoxue has liked Yeying for many years. I don't know why, but even though Yeying confessed to her, she rejected him. She said she was afraid that if she were with him, her feelings for him would change. I don't understand what kind of feelings they have."
Jiang Fenghua knew that Aoxue was Lin Yu's older sister. The sisters were separated when they were very young. Aoxue was adopted by her master when she was young and later became a bodyguard. Being a bodyguard was also very hard. There was no family to care for or love them. If they wanted to survive, they had to learn that only the strong could survive and only the fittest could survive.
Her feelings for Ye Ying are more likely admiration; she might not be able to accept it if such feelings turned into love.
Jiang Fenghua said calmly, "Sometimes liking someone doesn't mean it's love, nor does it mean you have to be together. Not everyone can be like you and Lin Feng. Hongxiu and Cheng Feng have love between them, but there are other entanglements. Actually, love is a very small emotion. Aoxue's feelings for Yeying may have gone beyond love!"
"But she clearly said that she had liked Nightshade since she was a child. Isn't that love?"
“Perhaps it’s family ties,” Jiang Fenghua added. “She doesn’t believe Ye Ying would betray her. If it really was Ye Ying who set the fire, she’ll eventually have to ask for an answer.”
Upon arriving at the school, Jiang Fenghua saw Xie Ruoyi playing in the garden from afar, with her wet nurse and maidservants accompanying her, protecting her as if she were her own eyes.
She was playing with a red bead in her hand.
Jiang Fenghua approached, her eyes fixed on the beads in Xie Ruoyi's hand. The maids and nannies quickly bowed, "This servant greets Your Majesty the Empress."
"No need for formalities!" she said calmly. "Why didn't the young princess go inside to study?"
The maid said fearfully, "Grand Tutor Jiang asked the princess to memorize the Three Character Classic, but the princess couldn't memorize it, so Grand Tutor Jiang told her to memorize it outside first before going in to learn it."
"Since you're supposed to be reciting texts, why are you bringing the princess here to play?"
Neither of them spoke. They were illiterate themselves, so how could they teach the princess? The princess hadn't insisted that the princess memorize everything, so...
Jiang Fenghua naturally knew what they were afraid of. Xie Ruoyi was the mistress, and they were servants. If the mistress was unwilling to recite, it was none of their business.
Xie Ruoyi had no desire to go to the school to listen to the tutor's rambling lectures. Being kicked out to memorize texts was exactly what she wanted; she just wanted to play.
Jiang Fenghua smiled gently, her face full of tenderness. "Yi'er, don't you know how to recite the Three Character Classic? Your Fifth Aunt will teach you, okay?"
Xie Ruoyi was a little scared. As soon as she heard that she had to memorize something, she resisted. "I won't memorize it. My mother said that I will naturally memorize it when I grow up and my memory is better. There's no use in memorizing it now."
Jiang Fenghua continued, "But if you can't recite the texts, you can't go in to study. If you don't study, you won't understand more principles or distinguish right from wrong. And no one will play with you. How lonely it will be for you to play here all by yourself!"
Xie Ruoyi glanced at the group of people reading by the window. She heard their orderly reading voices. They all called her a crybaby and wouldn't play with her. She could play by herself.
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