Houfu Key Class

"Thank you for your compliment, Your Highness. I am ashamed to accept it." She bowed her head and said humbly.

The little devil's head did not move. He curled his lips in disapproval, then frowned and felt that it seemed right.

After the prince finished asking, he waved to him: "Jincheng, come here."

When the little devil heard him being called, he immediately ran over with a smile on his face and shouted happily: "Your Highness, you finally saw me."

The prince smiled and said to him: "I have always seen you, but I didn't talk to you because I was asking your mother about your studies just now."

The little devil said proudly: "Your Highness, am I really amazing? I have learned so many things in half a year. I am super super powerful, right?"

The prince was amused by him, but because of his emotional fluctuations, he couldn't help coughing several times. His pale finger joints curled up and pressed against his chest. He shook his head helplessly and chuckled: "Don't make me laugh."

The little devil stuck out his tongue and never dared to show off again.

However, the prince still praised him very considerately: "Just now I heard Master Pan say that you can remember everything you read and study hard, which is why you have surpassed many students along the way. But this is far from enough. I want you to become a powerful person like your father. Do you have confidence?"

The little devil thought about his father, blinked his eyes and said: "Pass the exam to become the top scholar?"

The prince smiled and nodded.

The little devil turned his head to look at Xu Wan, and saw that her eyes were also very frank, without the slightest fear, as if she felt that his passing the exam to become the top scholar was not a fantasy at all.

The prince asked him to pass the exam to become the top scholar, and Xu Wan was not afraid.

The little devil was certainly not afraid either.

He said proudly: "Your Highness, don't worry, I will definitely pass the exam to become the top scholar!"

What Hanlin North Academy, what Tongke Class, what Qin Ye.

All of them are waiting to be trampled by this young master!

This top scholar, I, Zong Jincheng, have taken it!

Seeing that he was full of ambition, the prince turned to Xu Wan and said, "I just saw the study plan prepared by Cheng Zhidong, which is all for preparing for the Tongzi exam. But these things are not very helpful for the imperial examination, do you know?"

Xu Wan wanted to say that she understood.

But she remembered the prince's interrogation just now, so she pretended to know half of it and said, "I think these are the basics, and you should master them fully before you can move on to the next step of learning."

In fact, before Jincheng got into trouble, she did think so, but facing the oppression of Luo Jingfeng, Xu Wan's oppression by this era was almost unbearable.

She wanted Zong Jincheng to become a good official who really knew how to work for the people and contribute to the country, not just a person who only knew how to take exams and talk about it on paper.

So in the past few days, she thought of many plans to cultivate Jincheng, but she had not found a suitable time to bring them out. Now that the prince is here, maybe today is the day.

The prince shook his head and said, "If you want him to grow up quickly, you should let him broaden his horizons, learn about history and laws, understand people's livelihood and human nature, and be good at military affairs and management, instead of just memorizing the Four Books and Five Classics, poems and songs."

Xu Wan thought, what a coincidence, what a coincidence.

But on the surface, she still pretended to be enlightened and nodded, saying, "Thank you for your reminder, Your Highness. I will ask Cheng Zhidong to make a new study plan for Jincheng."

The prince looked up and looked at the entire large study room. The familiar layout evoked long-lost memories. He sighed, "I haven't been here for ten years. The large study room built by the Marquis' Mansion specifically for Zong Zhao... The second floor seems to be this big."

Xu Wan nodded and said, "Your Highness, the second floor is full of books, calligraphy and paintings, and not often visited. If Your Highness likes, you can often come to the second floor to sit, and no one will disturb you."

The prince nodded with a smile and said, "That's great. Then let Jincheng come up and sit with me on the last day of every month."

Xu Wan's pupils dilated, as if she understood what he meant.

Come every month, on a fixed date, and sit alone for a day.

In connection with the study plan he mentioned earlier...

Is this sitting with me?

This is probably a one-on-one class!

Xu Wan clenched her handkerchief and began to think about the complicated relationship between the prince and Zong Jincheng. This attitude did not seem like guilt. Who would feel guilty and make such a big compensation? He is the prince, how precious his time is!

But if it is not compensation, but just pure love, then why didn't he have such a preference before, and only became like this today.

Xu Wan couldn't figure it out, and didn't dare to think deeply.

She was just a minister, and didn't want to or dare to guess the ideas of the big guys. She could only wait for the prince to finish teaching Jincheng and ask the little devil privately.

Zong Jincheng didn't understand these, and only thought that the prince would come to play with him every month in the future. He was so beautiful that he didn't know his name and surname, and was so excited that he wanted to turn around a hundred times.

"I will study hard and wait for the prince to come for inspection!" The little devil promised with a smile on his face.

The prince stood up with a smile, touched his head and said, "Let's stop here today. I have something else to do. See you at the end of the month."

"See you at the end of the month. I'll see you off."

"Okay."

Zong Jincheng jumped out with him, talking and gesturing, and occasionally made the prince laugh so hard that he wanted to cough.

Eastern Palace.

When the crown princess saw the crown prince coming back, her usual pale face had turned a little rosy, and she looked in a good mood.

She walked up to him and took his arm, teasing, "Your Highness, are you amused by Jincheng again?"

The prince smiled and said, "Well, this child is very pleasing."

The crown princess nodded and said, "Other people's children are likable no matter how you look at them. When our own child is born in more than seven months, your highness just don't feel worried."

The prince's smile paused slightly, understanding that she was asking him.

Does Jin Cheng have anything to do with him?

If she had asked a few months ago, maybe he would have answered.

But now, he's not sure.

Because he already had a plan and started to implement it.

The prince did not answer her words, but held her hand and asked: "Today at the Marquis Mansion, Gu asked Mrs. Xu why she was willing to marry Zong Zhao, who did not know whether she was alive or dead. She said it was because she liked Zong Zhao's mother and wanted to make up for her. The missing maternal love.”

"What about you? Why did you marry Gu?"

The Crown Princess was originally the only daughter of the Duke of Wei. Her ancestor was a founding official. She had subordinates and disciples all over the world, and she was very powerful. As for the prince, he was just the son of a deposed queen. His mother's family was afraid of being exterminated, and he was physically weak. He was a thorn in the eyes and flesh of many princes and concubines in the palace.

When everyone thought that he was either deposed or killed, the princess resolutely married the prince regardless of Wei Guogong's obstruction and kept his status in the East Palace.

The Crown Princess smiled innocently and said softly: "I have followed my father since I was a child. I have heard and seen the faces of too many officials. Everyone is afraid of making mistakes and weighs the pros and cons of doing things. Only Your Highness is not afraid of the powerful. He is not afraid of life and death, maintains a kind heart, and lives for the people. However, His Highness, who is so loved by the people, is not tolerated by his colleagues in the officialdom. I hope someone can stand up to protect His Highness. "

“I’m lucky enough to be that person.”