Soon, the door of the palace opened, and Ouyang, who was sleepy, walked in suspiciously, and asked as he walked, "What happened?"

As soon as Ouyang woke up, he found that it was lunch time, but Qi Yunheng was not by his side, nor did he send anyone to call him. When he casually asked the palace people around him, they all looked embarrassed and spoke vaguely.

Ouyang suddenly became suspicious, so he simply got up and went to the front hall, wanting to find out for himself.

Hearing Ouyang's question, Qi Yunheng was as difficult to answer as the palace servants, so he sighed, stretched out his right hand to Ouyang, motioned for him to sit beside him, and said at the same time: "Don't ask Chongyan, I have dealt with these Niezi will explain to you again."

Ouyang didn't know the cause and effect, so he didn't dare to say something rashly. Besides, these bear children were not born by him, so it had nothing to do with him how to deal with them. He immediately shut his mouth and quietly came to Qi Yunheng's side, where Wei Yunheng The father-in-law sat down on the chair brought by himself.

Seeing Ouyang sitting down here, Qi Yunheng turned his head and called his name again, "Qi Yulin, why can't you recite poems?"

"...No memorization." The second princess Qi Yulin gave an extremely simple reason expressionlessly.

Naturally, Qi Yunheng would not be satisfied with such an answer, but he didn't ask directly, he just looked at Qi Yulin with a cold face, also expressionless.

After the father and daughter stalemate for a while, Qi Yulin finally lowered his eyelids and said again, "Poems are useless."

This answer finally relieved Qi Yunheng a little bit of his anger, but he didn't praise him, he just said indifferently: "Tell me why you think it's useless."

"Can't eat, can't drink, and can't use it." Qi Yulin replied word by word.

"That's all?" Qi Yunheng couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, but then he realized that his youngest daughter was only a child under six years old. It was already very good if he didn't obey the teacher's advice, and he could settle down to judge the value of a skill. It is even more commendable. If you really think about the level of being helpless to the country and benefiting the people like an adult, then... too monstrous!

Qi Yunheng was about to stop here, but Qi Yulin suddenly raised his head, stared at his father, and asked, "What's the use of poetry?"

Qi Yunheng couldn't help being taken aback.

Before Qi Yunheng could give the answer in his heart, Ouyang next to him said: "Catchy, easy to read and understand, pleasant to hear, and interesting to taste."

"...It's still useless." Qi Yulin pursed his lips, talking to himself indifferently.

"There are still some uses." Ouyang retorted solemnly, "Poetry is like singing and dancing. The reason why it exists is to please the eyes and the eyes, to entertain oneself and others. After all, even the beasts in the mountains cannot spend twelve hours a day When it comes to hunting and eating and drinking, there is always time for leisure. People are the same. It is impossible to be busy with life-and-death serious things all day long. You have to find ways to entertain yourself and make yourself happy, and then you can continue with a good mood. Do the right thing, do the right thing well.”

"Since poetry is like singing and dancing, why can the poet be an official, but the dancer be a slut?" It was not Qi Yulin who questioned, but the eldest prince Qi Yuche.

"Good question!" Ouyang smiled brilliantly, but then turned to look at Qi Yunheng, "Your Majesty, why don't you take this question as a homework and leave it to the princes and daughters to answer?"

"Good!" Qi Yunheng readily agreed, "Chongyan and I want to go together."

Before the words were finished, Qi Yunheng's expression narrowed, and he turned his eyes back to the four children, and said in a deep voice: "You should have heard it, I said it when I was in the side hall, next, you The school will be suspended for ten days. During this period, the Taifu, the lecturer, and your companions will not come to the palace to disturb you. What you need to do is to think about the question of the imperial father and what happened today, and come up with an answer—— ——Why can a poet be an official, but a dancer is a lowly one? Is it right or wrong for a lecturer to punish his companions? If right, why is it right; if wrong, why is it wrong?"

The four princes and daughters below were suddenly a little dazed.

For example, the eldest prince Qi Yuche felt that his father was simply embarrassing them, while the second prince Qi Yuming began to think about why his father asked them to complete such homework. The second princess Qi Yulin was depressed and found that she could not think of an answer that would satisfy him. The princess Qi Yulu was completely confused by this series of right and wrong.

However, Qi Yunheng didn't stop here, and continued: "The topic I proposed is not a simple choice between two, you can't only discuss whether it is right or only judge what is wrong, you must have both. When you get the right truth, you also have to think about the reason for the wrong thing——do you understand that?"

"I don't understand!" Qi Yuche's brain nerves have been burned due to overclocking. Hearing Qi Yunheng's question, he subconsciously spoke out what was in his heart. It was only after he had spoken that he realized that the person who asked the question had never given the answer. His father, who looked so good at him, quickly covered his mouth, as if he wanted to use this action to prevent Qi Yunheng from finding out that it was him who spoke.

But this kind of possibility can only exist in his delusion, as soon as Qi Yuche raised his hand, Qi Yunheng's gaze swept over like a sharp sword.

Fortunately, Qi Yuche was not the only one who was said to be confused. Before Qi Yunheng challenged the eldest son, the second son followed suit, "Father, how can one thing be both right and wrong?"

"Think about this kind of question yourself!" Qi Yunheng replied coldly.

Qi Yuming obviously couldn't figure it out, but he was as afraid of his father as his elder brother, opened his mouth, but finally stopped talking.

"Let me give you a hint!" Ouyang interjected with a smile, "There is a saying: Children only tell right from wrong, and adults only have interests in the world. If you understand this sentence, you will also be able to understand your Majesty. What kind of homework do you want to complete?"

The two opposing terms children and adults clearly touched the heartstrings of the four children, even Qi Yuche unconsciously let go of his hand, pondering the inner meaning of this sentence.

However, before they could come up with a result, Ouyang continued: "But you also need to know that there is no such thing as a free lunch in the world. As the price of getting a reminder, I would like to implore Your Majesty to make it more difficult for you—maybe you I’ve heard a saying: If a minister does not keep secrets, he loses his body; if a ruler does not keep secrets, he loses his country. Although you are still young, you should try to learn some things—for example, keep secrets.”

The four children still half understood, but Qi Yunheng already understood Ouyang's intentions.

This guy was probably in a panic because of his idle time, so he even made fun of the four children, seemingly instructing them, but in fact he was just looking for trouble, and even suspected of sowing discord.

But such training is also a good thing.

Qi Yunheng himself was trained by Ouyang in his early years. Afterwards, he has a deep memory, and after thinking about it again, he has benefited a lot-at least it can teach him not to get stuck in the same routine.

Sure enough, Ouyang then announced the confidentiality request——

There is a group of accompanying readers who are witnesses. It is impossible to hide what happened today, and it is also difficult to keep the things that His Majesty left them a secret. Moreover, with the age and experience of the four of them, they want to rely on their own wild imagination It is extremely difficult to hand in a perfect answer sheet, and it is inevitable to consult classics and even ask others for advice.

This step can be completed openly, but after this step, the answer sheet they finally handed over cannot be known to anyone.In other words, they can find someone to help them answer the questions, but when copying the answer sheet, they have to send away their attendants and avoid relatives, and then hand the answer sheet into the hands of their father without going through the hands of others.

"To put it bluntly, you can ask anyone for the answer, or you can ask no one and think for yourself, but you must never let anyone know what you wrote on the final answer sheet and whose answer you used. Or it's useless to anyone." Ouyang said with a smile, "Do you understand?"

Qi Yulin lowered his head and began to meditate, Qi Yuming and Qi Yulu made eye contact again habitually, only the eldest prince Qi Yuche was restless and seemed to want to say something.

"Ask if you don't understand!" Qi Yunheng really disliked the eldest son more and more.

"If the answer is not good, what will happen?" Qi Yuche swallowed his saliva and asked cautiously, "I mean..."

"Nothing." Qi Yunheng gave the answer straightforwardly without waiting for him to finish speaking, "If you don't answer well, I won't punish you; if you answer well, I won't reward you either."

"Hey?!" The four children were all stunned.

Qi Yuche blurted out: "In that case, wouldn't it be okay not to do this coursework?"

"It doesn't matter." Qi Yunheng raised the corners of his mouth, and there was a hint of mockery in his smile, "The homework I left you, no matter whether you complete it or not, whether you complete it well or not, it will not involve rewards and punishments, it's just—"

Qi Yunheng's voice changed, his face darkened, and he said coldly: "If you don't even want to do it, then don't think about being a crown prince or being the heir apparent of a country!"

Qi Yuche and Qi Yuming were shocked at the same time, revealing expressions of astonishment.Qi Yulu's eyes widened, as if she couldn't believe what her ears had just heard.But Qi Yulin, who was the youngest, was still calm, as if the matter had nothing to do with him, his face was slumped as always, and he couldn't see the slightest expression.

"Do you have any questions?" Qi Yunheng asked with raised eyebrows.

"That..." Qi Yulu couldn't help opening her mouth, "We...I mean, my second sister...isn't it related to the matter of Prince Li...isn't it related?"

"Why?" Qi Yunheng asked coldly, "Aren't you my heir?"

"Of course it is! But...but..." Qi Yulu always felt that something was wrong with this matter, but her head was dizzy, and she couldn't think of a suitable reason to refute her father.

What made her palpitate even more was that if the emperor really didn't intend to limit the affairs of the prince to the two elder brothers...

For a moment, Qi Yulu couldn't help imagining that she was wearing a dragon robe, a crown on her head, and sitting on a shining golden dragon chair...

——What a breathtaking sight!

Qi Yulu couldn't help being distracted, but Qi Yulin at the side still had a paralyzed face and didn't respond.

The expressions of the two princes changed completely because of what their father said.

At this moment, the imperial concubine Jiu Qiansui interrupted again with a smile on his face, "Of course a daughter's inheritance right is ranked behind the son's, but according to the practice of the past dynasties, it is also higher than other nephews within the five uniforms." The priority is much higher. If your brothers go wrong and cannot assume the responsibility of heirs, you daughters will naturally have to assist them or even replace them to stabilize this country, so that the Qi Dynasty can be safe and long-lasting Handed down."

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