The two of them talked back and forth, and the Queen Mother became more and more angry.
Nanny Fu looked at Nanny Shou with a little surprise and lowered her head.
In fact, the Empress Dowager was very clear about educating her children. Otherwise, Emperor Ming Yan would not have been so outstanding.
But at that time, she was a concubine in the palace, and she was cautious in her words and actions in the palace. The child's progress was her ultimate hope, and all her thoughts were focused on it.
At this time, she had become the queen mother, the most noble woman in the world, so she could naturally be willful. Besides, she was old and loved her children the most... This time, she was really angry.
The next day, when Emperor Mingyan came to pay his respects, he talked to the Empress Dowager and asked Nine and Ten to go to the study.
The Queen Mother frowned and said, "Didn't I tell you before that after all, they are twins, born a few days prematurely, and are weak, so I'll wait until they are five years old before going?"
Emperor Mingyan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you don't know that Yue'er has been taking care of these two children in the temporary palace. They have finished learning the Thousand Character Classic and the Three Character Classic. They have also learned a lot of etiquette and manners. I just handed them over to the teacher while they are still obedient. Otherwise, they will start to behave again in a few days."
What do you mean by "he's been naughty again"? This is clearly saying that she didn't discipline him well!
The Queen Mother was angry and silent.
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Emperor Mingyan smiled and said, "Don't worry, mother. Yue'er has been taking them out for exercise these days. They are running and jumping around. They are very tough and nothing will happen to them."
The Queen Mother said angrily, "Your Majesty, if you have already made up your mind, why would you say anything more to me? You two, father and daughter, are taking advantage of my inattention to torture my grandson! I am old anyway, and I can't take care of it! So go ahead!"
Emperor Mingyan smiled and said, "My son knows that the queen mother loves him, but he should not neglect his studies. When he was four years old, he could recite the Thousand Character Classic, Hundred Family Names, Book of Songs, etc. by heart."
The Queen Mother choked and turned her head and said, "It's up to you!"
Emperor Ming Yan didn't care. He smiled and told others to take good care of him, then he stepped out.
After a while, Jiushi came over to pay his respects and say goodbye, looking very happy. Others were also packing up the things that Jiushi usually left here.
The Queen Mother asked, "What are you packing up for? Do you think even the elders will disappear after entering the school?"
Nanny Fu hurried out and gave orders, asking people to buy something else and not to move anything here.
The Queen Mother thought for a moment with a gloomy face, and said coldly: "In that case, call Fu Yan and the other two into the palace to have a look. They are both smart children, and I miss them very much. Come in and cheer me up."
Nanny Fu looked at the Empress Dowager's expression and did not dare to persuade her any further. She just responded and went out to pass on the message.
The message was quickly delivered to the Duke's Mansion.
Huo Qijing was not in Chang'an at the moment, and Yan Shiyue had gone out early in the morning. Sun Wuniang was the one in charge of the family, so she had to ask someone to pack up the things and go into the palace with Linlang, carrying the two little ones.
The two little ones had been to the palace before, so she didn't think much about it. She just followed what her superiors said and went directly to the Cining Palace.
Although Jiaozi Nian Gao was small, he had learned from Jie'er and the others these days, and he performed the greeting properly. He said in unison: "I wish you the best of luck, great-grandmother."
The Queen Mother nodded and said, "You are very polite. Come here and let your great-grandmother take a look."
The two little ones stepped forward as ordered.
The Queen Mother turned her head and took a closer look.
Jiaozi and Nian Gao look exactly the same, very much like Yan Shiyue, except that his eyebrows are like Huo Qijing's, which are thicker and darker than Yan Shiyue's.
The Queen Mother smiled and said, "Look at these eyes, they really look like Fu Yan. If it's a young lady, it would be great, but if it's a young man... I'm afraid he's a little too handsome." She patted Jiaozi's head and said, "Our little Jiaozi will have a lot of worries in the future!"
Several maids hurriedly joined in the fun and laughed, "Yes, there is a bit of charm."
"It is not a good thing that the young man is too handsome."
"I need to run more in the future to become stronger."
Jiaozi was extremely calm and precocious, but after all, he was just a kid under three years old. He blinked his big eyes and looked here and there, not knowing what the adults meant.
Sun Wuniang listened and felt that something was wrong, as if there was some malice in it. But in this place, she had no right to speak, so she just lowered her head and said nothing.
The Queen Mother had nothing to do in the palace for a long time. Although the grandson was not her own, he looked smart and cute, and could help her kill time.
The Queen Mother hugged them and talked for a long time, and then kept the two children for lunch.
Sun Wuniang was taken downstairs to have dinner. Seeing that the empress dowager was happy and seemed to like children, she felt relieved, thinking that she had probably thought too much.
The group stayed in the palace until the afternoon before leaving.
Two days later, the Queen Mother sent someone to summon him again, and from then on she sent for him every few days.
Emperor Ming Yan also knew about it, and he was only thinking about Nine and Ten going to the upper study. The Empress Dowager was bored and thought of the two children, so she did not stop them.
Yan Shiyue went out early and came back late, and was so busy that he had no time to take care of this side.
Glasses are indeed too difficult to make given the current level of technology.
After the eye chart is made, it is easy to measure the degree, but to make lenses with the corresponding degree is an extremely meticulous job.
Moreover, lenses involve not only the degree, but also things like pupil distance.
If the pupil distance error exceeds 2mm, you will feel dizzy and your vision will be distorted when you wear it, which will cause serious damage to your eyes. You really can't be careless at all. So they have a lot of work to do.
The first thing they studied was reading glasses.
Reading glasses are convex lenses, and myopia glasses are concave lenses.
The scholars of this era worked hard by lamplight, and the lighting was poor, so many of them were nearsighted.
Zhou Jianwei curiously asked her, "Why don't you make 'nearsighted' glasses first?"
Yan Shiyue said, "The Queen Mother's eyesight is blurry, and she has to use a magnifying glass to look at the embroidery patterns, so I made a pair of reading glasses first and presented them to the Queen Mother."
Zhou Jian smiled and said, "Prime Minister, your filial piety is commendable."
Yan Shiyue smiled but said nothing.
In fact, the Empress Dowager was certainly a reason, but she found that Emperor Ming Yan was in the habit of putting the memorials a little further away when reading them, which was a symptom of presbyopia, so she made reading glasses first so that Emperor Ming Yan could use them later.
No matter how these things are explained, others will only vaguely understand them if they haven't seen them with their own eyes, so she has to watch over them personally every day.
When she got home at night, it was already the hour of Hai (21:00 to 23:00), and the children had already gone to bed. Yan Shiyue went in quietly, not daring to turn on the lights. She looked at them one by one in the moonlight, touched their little hands and feet, kissed their foreheads very lightly, and then slipped out quietly.
As a result, when he came out, he almost bumped into someone. He immediately reached out and hugged her, and laughed softly: "I just went in to take a look. I haven't returned to the room yet, and I heard you come back."
After not seeing him for more than two months, she missed him so much that she turned around and threw herself on him.
Huo Qijing smiled and stepped aside, holding her hand, and they went back to the room. Yan Shiyue had taken a shower and changed her clothes, and was about to talk to him.
As a result, when she saw it, she was stunned and her eyes turned red.
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