Chapter 403 The Third Princess's Thoughts
Xiaoliu was tricked by Chen Qing into working hard to surpass the master. After that, he became serious in learning. The master was very surprised. Children of this age should be very naughty and difficult to teach. The master thought it was normal that he asked questions that were difficult for him to answer from time to time. As a result, it seemed that he suddenly got the idea. It was really a teachable child. The master was very pleased.
The teacher never thought that this kid was just hoping to make him speechless in class one day so that he could find a new teacher.
It's no secret that Xiaoliu works hard. Xuanyuan Ling knows it and is still very proud of him. He doesn't know what Shen Qing promised Xiaoliu, but seeing him making progress like this, he really thinks this kid is very good.
He was also ambitious when he was a child, but his mindset was different. To be honest, the source of Xuanyuan Ling's ambitious mindset when he was a child made him reluctant to look back now. He worked hard at first just to get more praise from the empress dowager and to get more praise from the late emperor so that the empress dowager would be happy. That was really the reason at the beginning.
Later he found out that no matter what he did, the Queen Mother still felt the same way about him. He was depressed for a while, but the older he got, the more he realized that his motivation to move up was not just for the Queen Mother, but also for himself. It's just that the psychological condition of this process was a bit tragic.
But Xiaoliu is different. He grew up under Shen Qing's care. He didn't have the same mental journey as him, but he was still very motivated. Xuanyuan Ling felt that it was Shen Qing who taught him well.
The more you think about it, the better it gets.
And the fact that Xiaoliu was good at studies attracted the attention of more than just Xuanyuan Ling. If it was said that Concubine Shun paid more attention to other princes because of Xuanyuan Ling's suggestion to make a virtuous prince the crown prince, and she was originally worried that the emperor would favor the sixth prince, and now that Xiaoliu was doing well at studies, she felt uncomfortable. Then the one who was even more uncomfortable than her was the queen.
The Queen had people try their best to teach the Fourth Prince, but the Fourth Prince just wouldn't make progress, and later on he became very timid. But the Sixth Prince was never shy when asking the teacher questions in class, and he knew how to work hard. Defei taught the Third Prince well, but Defei came from a noble family, and it was understandable in the Queen's eyes that she could teach a child well. But someone like Shen Qing, who used tricks to gain favor, was impossible for the Queen to teach a child in her opinion. But the Sixth Prince went to school and seemed to be very outstanding.
"Her luck is really amazing." Even the queen couldn't help but envy Chen Qing. How could her luck be so good? She was favored all the way, and she was safely promoted to the position of concubine, and had the emperor's protection and gave birth to a child. The emperor had been pampering her like crazy for so many years, and now her child looked so outstanding.
The emperor said that a virtuous person should be chosen as the crown prince. The queen naturally knew that the third prince was also outstanding, and Prince Huai might not be uncultivable. However, it happened that only Chen Qing's sixth prince was outstanding, which made her feel very uncomfortable.
However: "It's better this way. The more the Sixth Prince attracts attention, the more he will be remembered."
Jinzhi echoed the Queen's words: "That's right, I see that Concubine Shun is very concerned about this matter now."
The queen felt relieved after hearing this.
The struggle for imperial power has never been peaceful. Let’s fight for it. It’s better to fight for it.
The days passed one by one, and summer came after spring. In previous years, people would go out to escape the heat, and this year was no exception, and the princes and princesses would also be taken with them.
The matter was notified to all the palaces, and concubines with children were naturally qualified to go.
But the third princess was informed, which made her particularly happy that she was not seen.
Wan Zhao sighed in his heart when he looked at the Third Princess's appearance. He had served the Third Princess for many years. The Queen Mother was kind to the child and the Third Princess had always been thinking about her. Last month the Queen Mother was ill and the Third Princess found out when he went to deliver medicine. Since then, the Third Princess has been thinking about her ever since.
It's not that the concubines in the cold palace can't go, outsiders can go, but the third princess has a special status. Firstly, Wan Zhao is afraid that the third princess will get close to Qin and make the emperor unhappy, which is not good for the third princess. Secondly, Qin's appearance, he is afraid that the third princess will be affected when she sees her.
The older the Third Princess got, the more she understood the reasons and naturally she did not blame Wan Zhao. She knew Wan Zhao was doing it for her own good, but Qin was sick after all, and she, as a daughter, was sad that she could not help.
Moreover, as Prince Huai got married, the Third Princess also thought for the first time that she was almost old enough to choose a husband. After two years of waiting, the princess would wait until she got married. When she got married, how could she care about Qin in the cold palace?
All these years had passed, but when the time came, she couldn't let it go and didn't know what to do. The third princess was worried.
"Eunuch, I will ask my father to bring my mother out of the cold palace before I get married. I don't need to restore her to the throne, but just ask her to come out and take good care of her in the future."
She didn't have much hope.
Those who were sent to the cold palace were rarely allowed to come out, not to mention that Qin was sent there because she had committed a crime.
However, although the hope is slim, the third princess is thinking about giving it a try. Once she gets married, her father will not be willing to part with his daughter. She can take the opportunity to mention this matter. Maybe there will be a turning point.
Wan Zhao sighed after hearing this: "Princess, please do what you can. If the emperor doesn't like it, the princess will always have to take care of herself."
The third princess listened to it, but she was still thinking about Qin, so she asked Wan Zhao to go to the cold palace to give Qin some more things. After all, he was worried about Qin's recurring illness, so Wan Zhao went there naturally. Wan Zhao came to the cold palace many times and was familiar with the guards. However, he had to give them some benefits, otherwise anything Qin said in there would not be able to be spread out. Although he couldn't spread anything important, he could still take care of her as she was short of food and clothing, so that she wouldn't have a hard time in there.
However, even with this care, Qin became visibly haggard in the past few years.
Concubine Yu was favored in the past, so she was naturally good-looking. But she has become less and less beautiful over the years. Although she is taken care of now, she has aged. She is clearly in her early thirties, but she has white hair, fine lines at the corners of her eyes, and her complexion is a little yellow. She no longer looks as pretty as before.
When Qin saw Wan Zhao nod, she couldn't smile, but her mood eased. It was better than being alone.
"The Third Princess learned that you were ill, so she specially ordered this servant to come here."
Qin felt both sour and soft in her heart. She had not been able to see the Third Princess over the years and could only rely on Wan Zhao to know about the Third Princess's current situation. The best thing she had done was probably to send Wan Zhao to serve the Third Princess before the accident. He was loyal and reliable, and she felt at ease with him by the Third Princess' side.
Wan Zhao put down some of the things he needed and told the emperor that the third princess was going to leave the palace to escape the summer heat. He also told the emperor that she was going to ask the emperor to release her from the cold palace before getting married.
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