Li Lanzhen looked up, waiting for Xuan Shen to say something else.
Xuan Shen put down the white porcelain teacup in his hand and looked at Li Lanzhen.
"Auntie, the Emperor has ordered Han Yinan to go to the capital to serve as the Crown Prince's tutor."
Li Lanzhen was stunned!
"Is the Crown Prince accompanying his son in his studies?"
Li Lanzhen learned from television and movies that none of the princes' tutors ever had a good ending.
I was really resistant to it!
"Can we... not go?" Only after asking did Li Lanzhen realize that the Emperor's words were law. Although there was no imperial edict, one could not disobey the Emperor's verbal command; otherwise, it would be considered defying the imperial decree!
As if sensing Li Lanzhen's thoughts, Xuan Shen smiled.
"Auntie, don't worry. It was the Crown Prince who made that request to the Emperor."
The Crown Prince also said that Han Yinan should bring a few of his good friends along.
Since we can't refuse, let's arrange for more children to go together.
She dotes on her eldest grandson, yet the royal family is the most ruthless place.
“Xuanshen, Yinan and Zheng Sanwang have already passed the preliminary examination for the imperial examination.”
Han Qingfeng learned that he would have to take the preliminary examination for the imperial examination next spring.
"If these children all go to Beijing, will it affect their ability to take the exams?"
Xuan Shen shook his head and looked at Li Lanzhen with a smile.
"Auntie, no, they received the best education there."
The same applies to taking the exam even in the capital.
"But they have to take the exam there, won't it be more difficult?"
"How could that be? Auntie, the exam questions are all the same in Lichao."
"Okay, I'll tell their families in a bit."
If they don't want to go, don't complain about them.
"Oh, Auntie, Han Yinan and the others already know."
The Crown Prince sent them a letter, which I gave to Han Yinan as soon as I disembarked.
Li Lanzhen glanced at Xuan Shen and sighed helplessly.
If this were my own son, I'd really like to slap him on the back of the head.
Unable to resist the urge, I picked up the teacup in front of me, gulped down half a bowl, put down my rice bowl, and said, "Let's go eat in the dining room."
Xuan Shen followed behind Li Lanzhen, striding out of the courtyard.
The upturned corners of his mouth revealed his great joy at that moment.
Before his departure, the Empress and the Emperor had a long talk with him for more than an hour.
They told him in detail about their next decision.
At that time, Xuan Shen was very nervous and really didn't want to listen. He wanted to leave. How could he possibly tell him about the affairs of the imperial family!
One day, he might inevitably face a fatal disaster!
This time, the Prince of Jin, in alliance with the Consort's maternal family, attempted to force the Emperor to abdicate, but the Emperor had already laid the groundwork.
They wiped out the Jin King and the Consort Gui's faction in one fell swoop.
Those rebellious ministers associated with them were either beheaded or exiled.
It can be said that this time, the forces in the court who wanted to seize power were purged.
Xuan Shen did not expect that the emperor, who had seemed indecisive since ascending the throne, would be so ruthless this time.
It was only during this conversation that he came to understand the love that parents in the highest positions in Korea had for their children.
The emperor told him that he wanted to spend three years purging the court for the crown prince, and then abdicate in favor of the crown prince.
The emperor said that if it weren't for the secret letter from the late emperor summoning him, he would have no interest in the throne at all.
All he wanted was for his wife and children to be by his side, and for him to be happy every day.
Now, this country has just gone through three years of famine and war, and the people are starving. The country is in dire need of rebuilding.
It wasn't the right time to pass the throne to the crown prince; he didn't want to leave this mess to his son.
They wanted to improve the country's governance before handing it over to him.
When Li Lanzhen was mentioned, both the Emperor and Empress spoke gently.
They said they met Li Lanzhen by chance.
Moreover, the emperor had once sent the Imperial Guards to secretly investigate Li Lanzhen and the people of Hanjiacun.
In the end, it was determined that Li Lanzhen was just an ordinary peasant woman.
This makes me admire and appreciate Li Lanzhen's series of righteous deeds even more.
Because of their affection for Li Lanzhen, the Emperor and Empress also greatly favored her children and grandchildren.
And he trusted them very much, which is why he sent Han Yinan and the others to the capital to serve as the Crown Prince's study companions.
Firstly, the Crown Prince had been recuperating here for nearly a year and had also formed a friendship with Han Yinan and the others.
When the Crown Prince returned to the palace, he told the Empress and the Emperor in detail what he had thought, seen, and experienced in Peach Blossom Spring.
The emperor also carefully examined the materials brought back from Peach Blossom Spring.
This includes several notebooks kept by Su Beisheng, as well as all the materials brought back by Du Yanqing from the Ministry of Revenue of the Imperial Court.
I believe that with the start of spring planting next year, the Le Dynasty will usher in a brand new era.
But he couldn't say these things to Li Lanzhen.
I had no choice but to pick and choose what I could tell her.
I believe that Li Lanzhen is so intelligent that she will surely understand the reasoning behind it through her conversation with him.
Indeed, Li Lanzhen had a rough idea of what was going on.
However, what was unexpected was that Emperor Yuan of Jin wanted to abdicate after three to five years on the throne and hand over the country to the crown prince.
She only thought that perhaps the emperor wanted to cultivate a group of capable subordinates for the crown prince.
That's why they wanted Han Yinan and the others to come to the capital to be the Crown Prince's study companions, to accompany him from a young age.
Now that things have come to this, Li Lanzhen stopped dwelling on it.
The welcome banquet at noon featured a very lavish spread of food.
The staple food is white rice, without any added brown rice or old rice.
Two pigs were slaughtered, and everything was cooked into dishes: pork stew, braised pork belly, stewed ribs...
Han Mingjiang and Xue Bao received imperial rewards, but no one in Hanjiacun wept with joy.
In Hanjiacun, this would be recorded in an ancestral hall and recorded in the ancestral register.
Since there was no Han family ancestral hall in Peach Blossom Spring, the idea of building one was proposed.
They didn't agree on any particular surname, and after arguing for a while without reaching a conclusion, they said they would go home and discuss it together.
More than half an hour later, the people had eaten their fill and laughed enough, and then they all dispersed.
The village committee members, along with Xu Laofuzi, Lu Boyan, Han Mingxiang, Han Minghai, Han Mingjiang, Xue Bao, and of course Han Yinan, Zheng Sanwang, Han Qingfeng, and Han Zhidao, were discussing matters in the dining room.
After looking around at everyone, Li Lanzhen directly told them what Xuan Shen had said.
"So, that's how it is. Let me ask you kids first, are you willing to go?"
As soon as Li Lanzhen finished speaking, everyone's eyes turned to the children.
Everyone could see that these children were clearly very excited and eager for this long journey, especially to the capital city.
Sure enough, they all stood up in unison and shouted, "We're willing!"
Li Lanzhen gestured for them to sit down. "Okay, it's your own choice. But you still need to ask your parents if they agree when you get home today."
Han Qingfeng stood up and said, "Aunt Lanzhen, my grandmother is willing to let me go."
She said she's living a good life now, and she'll stay here with you so I can do what I want to do.
As long as you don't kill or commit arson, or do anything that is morally reprehensible, it's fine.
"Let me be a good person and study hard."
Looking at the happy and excited Gou Dan, Li Lanzhen remembered that on the day they fled the famine, he and his grandmother were also abandoned in the village by the villagers.
He looked at her with a stubborn yet pleading gaze, asking if she could take him and his grandmother with him to escape the famine.
The child has grown up!
Li Lanzhen looked at Zheng Sanwang again. "Sanwang, have you discussed it with Shanxing and the others?"
Zheng Sanwang stood up and spoke respectfully.
"Aunt Lanzhen, after Han Yinan told me this news, we went to Lishu Village and discussed it with Dunzi Maisui. They all agreed that I should go to the capital so that I can study hard there and pass the imperial examinations!"
Li Lanzhen nodded. "Alright, village chief, do you have any objections?"
Han Dazhong slapped the table and laughed heartily, "This is a great thing, let this kid go along and get some experience."
I'm just afraid he'll hold everyone back.
Master Xu looked at his students and smiled as he spoke to Li Lanzhen.
"Lanzhen, let nature take its course. They will have better resources there. I believe in them. Cherish this opportunity and learn something!"
Another suggestion I make is that Mingxiang and Lu Boyan should go together this time.
Find a good academy in the capital and study hard for half a year to prepare for the imperial examination.
I will teach the remaining children here.
Li Lanzhen thought this was a good idea. "Master Xu's words make a lot of sense. Mingxiang, Boyan, what do you two think?"
Han Mingxiang nodded, "Okay, I'll go with Yinan and the others."
Lu Boyan frowned and did not answer immediately.
Li Lanzhen knew that he was worried about Manniang and the two children, so she smiled and said to him.
“Lu Boyan, if you want to go alone, you can rest assured that Manniang and the two children are here.”
"If you're willing to bring them along, they can stay with Han Mingxiang. It'll be good for them to live in the same courtyard and look after each other."
Upon hearing Li Lanzhen's words, Lu Boyan's brow twitched, and he smiled slightly.
"Thank you, Auntie. I'll go home and discuss it with Manniang."
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