"I'm not afraid, I just miss my mother." Li Hong left Wu Mei's arms, looked at her with a smile, and suddenly kissed her on her beautiful face.
This kiss made Wu Mei roll her eyes at him helplessly, sighing and saying, "I've been fooled by you again, little thing. But do you think your mother won't punish you for doing this today? You have no royal etiquette at all, you deserve to be punished. Come on, bring new clothes for the King of Dai to change into."
"Ah? Mother, you still have my clothes here?" Li Hong was shocked. He had been living with palace maids since he was three years old. How could his clothes still be here?
"Hmph, do you think that your mother won't miss you after you leave?" Wu Mei rolled her eyes at him.
The maid quickly took out a set of clean and tidy clothes from the bedroom and said with a smile: "Prince Dai, this was made by the Queen herself. Every stitch was sewed by the Queen herself. I didn't even have any hand in it."
It didn't matter to Wu Mei where the child, who was not even four years old, changed his clothes. She reached out to help Li Hong take off his coat that was wet by the flower rain.
Li Hong had no choice. It was not easy for his mother to show her maternal side. If he did not cherish it, such opportunities would probably become less and less in the future. So he opened his arms with a smile, waiting for Wu Mei to help him change his clothes.
Wu Mei's hands had just helped him unbutton a few cloth buttons from his armpits, when Li Hong's expression suddenly tensed up, his clever eyes darting back and forth. He lowered his arms and pressed Wu Mei's hands and said hurriedly, "Mother, I'd better change myself. I'll go to your bedroom and change myself."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Hong hurriedly dodged Wu Mei's hands and reached out to grab the new clothes held by the palace maid next to him.
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Wu Mei had already noticed that something was wrong with this guy. Just as she helped him unbutton two buttons, she saw the little guy's eyes rolling around, as if he remembered something and immediately wanted to change himself. How could the little guy's expression escape her sharp eyes? She immediately realized that this naughty boy must be hiding something from her.
He took a step forward and grabbed Li Hong, saying, "What are you up to, you naughty boy? Do you know how to dress yourself? Don't think I don't know that you let Xia Zhi and others dress you every day."
"No, mother, I'm already grown up and can change myself." Li Hong tried hard to break free from Wu Mei's arms.
The little guy was quite strong. Although Wu Mei was not wearing formal court clothes, the so-called casual clothes worn by the queen, a half-sleeved shirt with wide sleeves and a long skirt that reached the ground, plus the headdress on her bun, were also extremely solemn. After struggling in Li Hong's arms, her breasts were half exposed, her hair was slightly messy, her face was flushed, and she was slightly panting.
"Someone, hold this little thing down for me. I want to see what you, Li Hong, have been hiding from your mother." Wu Mei grabbed Li Hong's little hand in embarrassment and said breathlessly.
Suddenly, several palace maids came up from both sides. Although they did not dare to hold down Prince Dai with extra force, several pairs of white, tender and slender hands quickly surrounded Li Hong's entire body.
No matter how he twisted to get away, it was of no avail. Li Hong did not dare to scream like a wolf, for fear of being punished even more severely by Wu Mei.
Li Xian, who was held by a palace maid, was excited at the moment. He waved his two little hands vigorously and stared at his royal brother with wide eyes. He was pressed on the carpet and unable to move.
Unbuttoning the outer robe was already a struggle for Wu Mei. She couldn't help but slap Li Hong on the butt and scolded him with a smile: "You naughty monkey, you are so strong when you are less than four years old. What will you be like when you grow up? Hmm...? What is this?"
Wu Mei slapped Li Hong on the butt, but it seemed to be blocked by something thick. She clearly felt that her light slap did not hit Li Hong's butt.
As soon as she became suspicious, she wanted to find out the truth. At this time, Li Hong's resistance was even more fierce. The palace maids who were holding him down were in disarray, exposing their breasts. The white skin on their chests was very eye-catching.
Finally, Li Hong resisted the clutches of several seductive women. His pants were taken in Wu Mei's hands and turned over. She saw a thick cloth pad sewn on the buttocks inside the pants.
Wu Mei's forehead, which was oozing with sweat, suddenly had black lines on it again. It seemed that this little guy had been prepared for this. No wonder every time she caught him and spanked him to punish him, he would run away with a smile on his face as if nothing had happened. It turned out that he was protected by this cloth pad.
"Pa" a slap hit Li Hong's butt hard. Li Hong screamed immediately. Although it was not very painful, it was a shame for a grown man to be naked and held down by several women.
Wu Mei quickly looked through his trousers with both hands and found two thick cloth pads at the knees. Needless to say, these were used to make him avoid kneeling as punishment by her. This little guy was really thoughtful.
As Wu Mei read through the pages, she recalled every time she punished Li Hong to kneel. After each punishment, he did not suffer from kneeling pain or difficulty standing up like the other princes. After each punishment, he would stand up and run away quickly, as if he had never kneeled. Great, it turned out that he had been prepared.
The only piece of clothing on her upper body was also taken off. At this time, Wu Mei was like an ordinary mother tidying up her child's clothes. She picked up the shirt and shook off the non-existent dust. Only a few small pieces of wood fell out of the sleeve pocket of the shirt.
Frowning in confusion, Wu Mei watched the palace maid hurriedly pick it up and put it in her hand. She picked up a small wooden block and examined it carefully, only to see that there seemed to be some "words" engraved on the small wooden block.
Wu Mei asked the palace maid to help Li Hong put on his clothes. It was still a little chilly in the morning after the rain, so she must not let the little one get sick.
Then Wu Mei took the small wooden block and looked carefully at the "words" on it. She frowned and stared at it for a long time, but still didn't understand whether those words were engraved on it or not. So she unconsciously drew in the air along the strokes on the wooden block with one hand.
"Virtue?" Wu Mei murmured softly. The word was written backwards, and it seemed to have been stained by ink. There was black ink residue on the side where the word was engraved.
Wu Mei changed to another one and this time it was easier to recognize. She saw the word "夫" (husband) written backwards on it. She changed to another one and saw the word "行" (traveling) written backwards on it.
"What is this?" Wu Mei asked Li Hong, who was dressed neatly.
"Oh, it's not something new. I carved it for fun because I was bored." Li Hong said nonchalantly, walked up to Wu Mei and was about to take it away and put it in his pocket.
"Did you carve it?" Wu Mei asked suspiciously.
The wood of this small piece of wood looks very hard. How can a child of more than three years old have such great strength to carve the words? There must be a hidden reason.
"Xia Zhi, what on earth is this? Tell me the truth." Wu Mei's pretty face was cold. Facing the palace maid, the expression on her face was not as gentle as when she faced Li Hong. The majesty of the queen was fully reflected.
With a plop, Xia Zhi was so scared that he quickly knelt on the ground again, trembling. He secretly glanced at King Dai from time to time, but didn't know what to say.
"Tell me quickly, what is this used for and who carved it?" Wu Mei's voice turned cold.
"Your Majesty, it was the King of Dai who ordered me to find someone in the Imperial Household Department to carve it." Xia Zhi said tremblingly.
"What's the purpose of carving it?" Wu Mei continued to ask coldly. Her intuition told her that this small wooden cube must be extraordinary.
"Mother, please don't make things difficult for her. This is my fault. I will go to the door and kneel down as punishment." Li Hong saw that he could no longer hide it and was afraid that his mother would punish Xia Zhi, so he said dejectedly.
"Explain it to me clearly first and then kneel down at the door." Wu Mei said as she placed a few small wooden cubes on the table.
"Uh... well, this is for me to copy the "Admonitions to My Son"." Li Hong said with his head down.
"'Instructions for My Son'? How to use it?" Wu Mei pressed on step by step, not giving Li Hong a chance to breathe, and asked quickly.
"A few days ago, Shangguan Yi punished me to copy the 'Admonitions to My Son' a hundred times. I was afraid that I would not be able to finish it within the specified date, so I... used this." Li Hong said hesitantly.
"Zhuge Kongming's 'Letter to My Son' has a total of 86 words. How can you copy it with these few small wooden blocks?" Wu Mei was obviously not only an expert in palace fighting who understood the art of power and intrigue, but was also well versed in some famous works by famous authors.
Li Hong looked distressed, scratching his head and hesitatingly saying, "These were broken a few days ago, so I asked someone to carve them again. I can copy them with the others."
"How to copy?" Wu Mei's face turned pale. This little naughty boy must be playing tricks. No wonder Li Zhi had been bragging in front of her a few days ago that the little guy was studying hard. He said that Li Hong could copy the "Book of Admonitions" and "Thousand Character Classic" assigned by Shangguan Yi in neat handwriting. Now it seems that this naughty boy has deceived everyone again!
Li Hong sighed inwardly. It was over. He would definitely not escape his fate today. He was punished to kneel, but he didn't know how long his mother would let him kneel. It was already so late, why didn't his father leave the court? Hurry up and save your son...
Li Hong walked up to Wu Mei obediently, picked up the small wooden blocks, turned the inscribed side upwards, and arranged them neatly on the table. He then motioned to Xia Zhi to bring ink and a piece of cloth.
Then, under Wu Mei's watchful eyes, Li Hong picked up a cloth and gently dipped it into the inkstone with ink. He secretly glanced at Wu Mei, whose expression was gradually relaxing, sighed again, and resigned himself to evenly smearing the ink on the inkstone onto the small wooden block.
"alright."
"Is it done?" Wu Mei understood a little and signaled the palace maid to bring a piece of paper to Li Hong.
Li Hong had a sad face. He picked up the paper and gently spread it on the small wooden block. He gently and evenly smeared the white paper with his hand, and then took the white paper off the small wooden block.
I saw that the blank white paper was now neatly written with the words "husband, virtue, conduct, sadness, etc."
Li Hong handed it to Wu Mei and said, "That's it. No matter what the teacher asked me to copy, as long as I arrange the different characters in order. Oh..." Li Hong saw that Wu Mei seemed to understand, and further explained, "For example, copying the "Book of Admonitions to My Son": A gentleman's conduct is to be quiet to cultivate oneself and frugal to cultivate virtue. I will pick out the wooden blocks of these characters, arrange them, and then repeat the previous action, and I'll have finished copying."
"Go out and kneel down." Wu Mei pointed outside the door with trembling hands, gritted her teeth, and said with a headache!
"oh."
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