Gu Cheng was stunned for a moment, then he realized that the military strategy that Gu Yanwei had just used was actually the introduction to military strategy that the teacher had taught them in the first class!
The military strategy says that you can defeat the enemy with fewer people, and if you don't have the advantage in numbers, you should divide and conquer. When he looked at the fifty guards, the first thing he thought of was to use brute force to break through a hole, and then go in to get the pen. But fifty people against five people is like an egg hitting a copper wall, how can it break through.
But if the number of people dispersed, a thousand-mile dam would collapse because of an ant hole. Why didn't he understand such a simple truth at that time? Gu Cheng was shocked and angry, but the emperor didn't want to say more. Both of them took the golden pen, but he gave the golden pen to Gu Yanwei, which also showed his attitude.
"You two should think carefully about this exam, especially you." The emperor looked at the seventh prince meaningfully.
"I know."
"Father, we want to go to Brother Nine's yard to play!" Seeing her father's fierceness, Princess Nine hurriedly pulled his sleeve. The emperor's face turned helpless. He wanted to take his daughter with him, but his son's eunuch came to report that Master Lin had entered the palace. The emperor could only leave his daughter to his son, "These three little girls are pestering me to go to your yard..."
Gu Yanwei said: "Don't worry, father, I will take good care of Lingling."
The emperor then left with satisfaction. Concubine Rou wanted to serve the emperor. Thinking that she was going to Gu Yanwei's palace, she arranged for several eunuchs to serve her.
"Ninth brother is really capable. This is the first time I see father admire a prince so much." After the emperor left, Gu Cheng spoke indifferently.
Gu Yanwei still had the same expression as before, "Your Majesty, thank you for your compliment."
He was just like a dull melon, with no expression at all. Gu Cheng wanted to vent his anger, but it was like hitting cotton with a hammer, making himself angry.
The Ninth Princess did not notice the tension between the two. She was in a hurry to pick grapes, so she urged: "Brother, I'm so thirsty——" Gu Yanwei smiled, glanced slightly, and saw Shen Qingqiu with a slightly impatient look on his face. Knowing that she was impatient and probably tired of waiting, he also said: "I'll take my leave first."
Shen Qingqiu and his group followed him to Gu Yanwei's palace.
Although the sickly prince was favored, the palace was still somewhat desolate, with only four or five servants serving him. If Concubine Rou had not specially assigned a few eunuchs, I'm afraid there would be more masters in this room than servants. Seeing the strange expressions on the faces of several people, Gu Yanwei smiled: "It's not that the Queen Mother treated me harshly, I always like cleanliness, so I dismissed some servants."
The few of them nodded, and soon a group of eunuchs came in from outside the hall, and the delicious food covered the entire table.
The Ninth Princess wanted to pick other people's fruits, but she was too embarrassed to come empty-handed. "Ninth Brother, Mother asked the imperial chef to prepare a large table of food for me today. Furong Qiu'er and I can't finish it. Can we eat together?"
Gu Yanwei's eyes fell on Shen Qingqiu's face on the side, while she stared at the food on the table, licking her tongue from time to time, obviously she couldn't wait. Gu Yanwei smiled lightly, "If you bring such a large table of food, I, the brother sitting here, will feel embarrassed to eat it all. Wang Xi." He ordered.
The eunuch beside him came over with a few servants. There was some clear fruit juice in a white porcelain bottle. Before it got to him, the intoxicating aroma of grapes was already refreshing.
"It smells so good!" Changhe couldn't help but say.
Shen Qingqiu naturally smelled it too. The three of them took a sip, and their eyes lit up immediately. In summer, this kind of thing actually tasted better than the cold honey water and lotus seed soup! "You still have time. If you tell me in advance, I'll ask the servants to add ice to it."
As if thinking of that taste, Shen Qingqiu couldn't help but said: "You can also add ice now."
Seeing her greedy look, Gu Yanwei smiled and said, "Adding ice cubes directly will ruin the taste of the grape juice. It can only be cooled from the outside. Otherwise, the ice cubes will cause the water to flow in. Although it will be cooler, it won't taste as good as before. Besides, it's not good for girls to drink ice directly."
Shen Qingqiu nodded thoughtfully.
The Ninth Princess drank in small sips. Princess Changhe beside her drank faster. She was not shy about strangers. After she finished her drink, she held out her cup and said, "Ninth cousin, is there any more? I'd like another cup."
Gu Yanwei said, "Not much, actually. The grapes that were planted a few days ago were all used by Wang Xi to make this. I only got a small bucket. If you want to drink it, I will ask Wang Xi to tell the imperial kitchen to prepare it."
The few of them hadn't thought much about it at first, but they were all stunned when they heard the word "grape". If the grape juice they were drinking was made from grapes, and the grapes were picked from the yard, then what did they pick today? "Brother Jiu, do you still have grapes in your yard?" Princess Jiu asked expectantly.
Gu Yanwei shook his head. The Ninth Princess instantly wilted like a grape hit by frost. Wang Xi knew what was going on and knew that the children were just having fun. He smiled and said, "The grapes grow very fast. There will be more next batch. Many of them are green. If you want to pick them, I will watch over them for you. I will call you when they are ripe."
The Ninth Princess became interested when she heard this, and she didn't even eat to let Wang Xi take her to see the grapevines. Princess Changhe was also dragged there, but Shen Qingqiu said he was hungry and sat here. The Ninth Princess thought it would be bad to leave her brother here alone, so she didn't force Shen Qingqiu to go.
There were only two people left in the hall.
Shen Qingqiu waved, "Stretch out your wrist."
Gu Yanwei followed suit, lifted his sleeves and placed his wrist on the table. Shen Qingqiu felt his pulse for him, frowned after a moment and said: "Nothing is abnormal, but you should get better after taking my medicine." It couldn't be the state he saw her in this morning. Gu Yanwei was embarrassed to tell Wang Xi that he had taken medicine of unknown origin and secretly sent it to the Imperial Hospital for examination.
Because of this, most of the medicine was ruined.
Fortunately, she didn't care about this too much. "Fortunately, I have collected most of the medicines for your treatment during this period. Now we only lack one ingredient to complete the task. But your body is too weak. It won't be enough to just take medicine. You should think of some ways to train your muscles and bones." Otherwise, he might explode and die as soon as he took the antidote.
Gu Yanwei nodded.
After checking the pulse, Gu Yanwei asked again, "Why did you come to the palace to be the ninth princess's companion?"
Shen Qingqiu said: "The royal family is selecting study companions, and every daughter of the appropriate age must come."
Gu Yanwei shook his head. That was not what he meant. With a personality like her, staying in the palace would be restricted everywhere. How could she be happy? "If you don't want to stay in the palace, I can help you."
Shen Qingqiu smiled. He looked sick, but he had a very thoughtful mind. "If I really didn't want to, I wouldn't have come in. I, Shen Qingqiu, keep my word. Since I promised to treat you, I have to be closer to the patient. There is no doctor in the world who can save people from thousands of miles away." If he really didn't want to enter the palace, she had many ways to do it.
Gu Yanwei stood there in a daze. Just as he was about to speak, he held back the words again.
He wanted to ask her if she entered the palace because of him, but he knew it was impossible...However, how could she do so much for him after only meeting him a few times? After calming himself down, he spoke again, "If you see Seventh Brother in the palace in the future, try to stay away from him."
Without waiting for Shen Qingqiu to ask, he continued, "He is usually competitive and always rolls his eyes at whichever brother wins in a competition. Although I asked you to help me today, it's inevitable that he will hold a grudge against you."
Shen Qingqiu had not taken Gu Cheng to heart at first, but after hearing what he said, she couldn't help but recall the man she met today. After a moment, she said disdainfully: "How can a prince be so petty?" After all, they were in the palace. Shen Qingqiu clapped her hands and said, "Forget it, if he comes looking for me, I will just avoid him. If I can't avoid him, I will just endure it and pretend." She entered the palace as the daughter of the Gu family, so it would be bad to cause trouble for the Gu family.
Gu Yanwei nodded. Soon, the Ninth Princess and Princess Changhe came back after picking the grape vines. She didn't neglect her new friend, and took Shen Qingqiu's arm and said, "I just went to see, there are still some green grapes. Wang Xi said they will turn purple soon. We can pick them together and eat them directly after washing them."
After he finished speaking, he seemed to remember something and looked at the owner of the grapevine, "Brother Jiu, can we pick some?"
Gu Yanwei smiled lightly, then looked at Shen Qingqiu who was also licking his tongue like a greedy cat, and secretly took note of it in his heart.
After asking Wang Xi to send those people away, he asked the servants in the yard to take care of the grape vines to prevent the vine seedlings from being exposed to wind and sun when those people came next time.
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Although they came to the palace to accompany the emperor in name only to study and play together, the princesses also had to go to school every day. Unlike the princes, who had to get up early and stay up late, they had to learn the necessary music, chess, calligraphy, painting, the Four Books and the Five Classics. These days were the first day of classes, and Shen Qingqiu asked Jin Cai to get up from bed early and put on her clothes.
As soon as he went out, Princess Changhe and the Ninth Princess were already waiting. They played for a long time before school started, and now they were old friends to his son.
"Qiu'er, hurry up!" The Ninth Princess waved at her, "Today is the first day of the court session, let's go grab a seat!"
It's still dark now. You know, the three of them can play together, but they are all lazy and like to eat.
Shen Qingqiu looked at them suspiciously. They were so eager to learn? As expected, the Princess of Changhe licked her fat face and said confidently, "We are short and took the seats at the back. We ate or played under the table. The master couldn't see us!"
Shen Qingqiu: ...
Several people hurried to the classroom. There were not many noble ladies coming. The gentleman was the first to arrive. He looked familiar. Shen Qingqiu looked at the white-haired old man in front of him. The Princess Changhe and the Ninth Princess beside him had already saluted, "Meet Master Lin."
Taifu Lin also returned the greetings to the two, "This old minister greets the Ninth Princess and Princess Changhe."
At first, Shen Qingqiu was suspicious that such an old man was a waste of talent to teach the princess, but when he turned around and saw the Ninth Princess shrinking like a quail, he immediately understood. If it weren't for such a loyal minister, how could he suppress these trouble-making little ancestors?
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