[Red House] The First Imperial Merchant

Chapter 18 Bet with the Third Prince

The third prince has a super high interest in his new wife, and he is uncharacteristically obedient and serious in class. In the past, the third prince was still distracted and mischievous even if he was strictly punished in class. Anyway, if he is severely punished, he can only be beaten while reading, and if he is punished for writing in big characters He's not afraid, it's just a few words.

When Yan Yanqing taught the three princes, because the ages of the three princes were very different, especially when the two princes were adults, the progress was naturally different from that of the third prince who was underage. In addition, Yan Yanqing was busy in the previous court, so it was very difficult for the third prince. The attitude of herding sheep and grazing, assigning homework checks and reciting, focusing on talking to the first prince and the second prince about current affairs, state governance and people's livelihood, and the attitude of the two adult princes towards the third prince is also indifferent. If Emperor Pingkang loves the third prince, they We can join forces to deal with it, but it can be seen that Emperor Pingkang was very indifferent to the third prince, and the two princes began to fight to the death. In the past few years, they have even been tit for tat regardless of big and small matters.In short, in the harem of the past dynasties, the childhood of the third prince was considered good. He remembered that the elder brother moved out of the palace to build a mansion when he was an adult, and the second elder brother didn't bother to bully him as a baby. He was actively preparing to be a good prince, and learned knowledge to be able to martial arts .

Xue Pan looked through the previous homework of the third prince, and came to the conclusion that the third prince was smart, quick-witted and impatient. At the beginning of an article, his handwriting was neat and tidy, but later it became more and more chaotic——Glanced at the third prince sitting under his eyes. Prince, but I can't sit still for a quarter of an hour. I don't have a good attitude when I don't play crickets, but I can see that I am trying my best to endure it. I look at him eagerly, and I can feel that I want to go out and have fun sitting there. look.

"Third Prince, how long do you think I have practiced to reach the number of strokes on the tree today?" Xue Pan put down the article in his hand and asked with a smile.

The third prince became interested when he heard this question, propped his chin with one hand, and guessed: "Three or four years? I asked the teacher who taught martial arts, and he said that as long as I practice diligently for a year, I can learn some boxing kung fu, teacher." If you are so good, then four years?"

Xue Pan shook his head, and said directly: "I started practicing martial arts when I was ten years old, and I was already 16 years old when I was able to do light kung fu." Of course, the real situation cannot be said, this progress is the situation of ordinary martial arts learners, "Three The prince Rongchen asked, how long was the longest you insisted on one thing in the past?"

The third prince was questioned by Xue Pan. He used to like reading, but after more than a month he became tired and started to relax. Later, he liked to practice martial arts. The martial arts teacher said that he would punch if he persisted for a year. Powerful, Wang An can't even beat him, don't think he doesn't know that Wang An lets him, he also likes archery, flute, and painting, but he doesn't insist on it-----

Seeing that the third prince was already deep in thought, Xue Pan asked again: "Which one of the third princes is the best at present?"

The third prince shook his head, feeling a little discouraged, "I'm half-baked at painting, my martial arts are not as good as Wang An's, and I can only play one piece of flute proficiently..." Wang An is one of the companions, ten years old this year.

"The prince is so smart that he should know what I mean by asking this question. No matter what you do, you should stick to it. Just now, the prince wanted to learn martial arts from me. If you don't accept the prince, the first thing is to hinder the entrustment of the emperor. The minister is here to teach the prince. Second. , the conditions for accepting apprentices are very strict, the prince can't just give orders to teach you because of your high status, this will work, but the ability lies with the minister, and no one knows the depth of the minister's teaching." Seeing that the third prince listened, Xue Pan said : "Whether it is learning martial arts or learning is a boring thing, but you will feel happy if you get into it. From my point of view, the third prince is far from the requirements of Dachen's disciples, so let's not mention the matter of learning martial arts." , Today is the first day I give the third prince a class, this class does not talk about anything else but patience, if the prince listens to it in his heart, he can accomplish anything after he learns it."

Although the third prince is only eight years old, he is smart enough. He found a loophole in Xue Pan's words, and said enthusiastically: "What are the conditions for the teacher to accept apprentices? Does it mean that if I become a teacher, I can be my master?"

As long as this leather monkey can be made more obedient, how difficult is it for Xue Pan to teach some outside skills?Smiling and nodding, "As long as the third prince can meet the conditions proposed by the minister, the minister will accept the third prince as his apprentice and teach the third prince kung fu."

"Really?" The third prince's eyes were filled with determination.

Xue Pan stopped laughing and nodded seriously, "I keep my word."

The third prince smiled with satisfaction, and then asked Xue Pan about his conditions.Xue Pan thought for a while, pointed to the two accompanying readers behind the third prince, and said, "You two will be witnesses today. The third prince and I have a regular appointment for one year. If the third prince never misses class during the year, we will Concentrate on everything, and, listen to me, one year later I will accept the third prince as my apprentice today, but we will not mention any things that give up halfway or have the slightest bitterness and complaints, and the third prince must not be entangled in learning martial arts, but OK?" His eyes looked at the third prince.

"Don't care about the two of them, the man has said his word. Since I made an agreement with the teacher, I will not regret it and will not give up halfway. The teacher just waits for my apprenticeship tea in a year." I vowed to make this new wife look at her with admiration.

"Okay, the third prince is indeed a real man!" Xue Pan laughed.Young people just can't stand the excitement and are very energetic.

Xue Pan subdued the naughty monkey on the first day he taught the third prince.After the two agreed, Xue Pan asked a few basic questions, and the third prince could answer eight or nine without saying that the answers were fluent. After knowing the progress of the third prince, the time passed almost. Let's go, Xue Pan assigned homework, "I like noodles most, please bring some noodles to class tomorrow."

"Is this homework?" The third prince asked doubtfully.

"Yes." Seeing that it was getting late, Xue Pan saw that he ate at the cafeteria at work, and the food would not be good if he went late, so he just said: "The minister is gone, the third prince will see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow, teacher." The third prince respectfully saluted the students.

The sun was already high in early May, especially at noon when it was the hottest. Xue Pan walked under the sun and tried to pick up the shade as much as possible. In this way, when he arrived at the Imperial Academy, his back was covered with sweat. Xue Pan wiped his sweat, and Chen Muru saw him Passed a cup of herbal tea and said: "I left you some food, you can go and eat it quickly, take a rest at noon."

"Thank you, Brother Ruran." Xue Pan drank tea and went to eat. Yuan Xiujin who was next to him snorted coldly and said in a strange way: "Perhaps the third prince saved the meal, so why did you rush to post it?"

Chen Muru smiled lightly, "The three of us are also destined, and now the Gongsheng students of the first year are working together. It is necessary to help each other, it's just a trivial matter." Then he went to the side courtyard to take a nap.

Yuan Xiujin just sneered when he touched a soft nail, and said sarcastically: "It's all for taking the champion!" Swinging his sleeves, he also went out.

Xue Pan was alone in the main hall at the moment, seeing that there was no one there, he sat down to eat.Rest for an hour at noon, and start work at the beginning of Weishi. Recently, the Imperial Academy is editing and sorting out a book "Civil Use" that is suitable for agricultural and water conservancy seasons. There are also water conservancy tools and the like, in short, it is about agricultural hands, repair the incorrect ones before, and organize them into a book for county government distribution across the country. The book "Civil Use" has a lot of work in the early stage. After all, the books left by the predecessors are miscellaneous and messy. The boss assigned the task, and Xue Pan only picked books like water conservancy for revision. As for the lack of right and wrong in the later stage, he needed to be professional The water conservancy personnel came to check and comment.

The imperial court left work at the beginning of Youshi, that is, five o'clock in modern times, went to court at five o'clock in the morning, went to work at five o'clock in the afternoon, rested for three hours at noon, and took five days off for five days.Xue Pan, who looked down at the book all afternoon, moved his neck. The old boss had already left work at one o'clock, and the Imperial Academy was considered a leisurely office, so there was no pressure, unless Emperor Pingkang ordered how long it would take to edit the book, otherwise it would be like this The work is divided into daily cycles until the book is repaired. Sometimes it is common to spend three or four years editing a book. There is no concept of overtime here.Xue Pan greeted Chen Muru, and the two of them packed up and left the palace gate together. Outside the palace gate, Xue Qing was already guarding in his carriage. Seeing this, Xue Pan asked, "Brother Ruran, are you going together?"

Chen Muru's family was poor, and since he won the second place in the ranking, he wrote a letter to the county to pick up his elders to enjoy the blessings. The land in the county had already been sold to pay for his going to Beijing for the exam. Went in and out of Bangsan Mansion twice and received 500 taels of silver. After buying house slaves and furniture, the rest did not move. There was a letter from the family saying that my younger brother went to Beijing with his wife and children. It is estimated that he will arrive in ten days or so. With the rest of the money, he wants to marry his younger brother a daughter-in-law. The younger brother is still a bachelor at 25, and the poor family has only three huts left. The money earned by the younger brother’s long-term work is used to buy him paper, pens and books. The responsibility of supporting the family will be his in the future. , the cost can be saved naturally, and it will take half an hour to walk back after work.

"No, it's not on the way." Chen Muru refused.

Xue Pan did not force him to stay. Although Chen Muru said that his family was poor, he was not stubborn. He had seen many poor people who became poorer and insisted on a high-spirited character. , nodded immediately and said don't get into the carriage, Xue Qing drove the carriage back.

"Master, Jia Fulian's second grandma brought some girls over today." Xue Qing drove the carriageway.

Xue Pan thought it was too hot in the carriage, so he raised the curtain and said, "Is Jia Baoyu here?"

"Here we come." Xue Qing's complexion was not good, and he said angrily: "As soon as I came in, I went to the girl's yard, and Lian's second grandma didn't stop her. Fortunately, Zichuan Zilan was kicked out, and the girl was sleeping at noon at that time. ---" Feeling that his words had insulted the girl's reputation, Xue Qing lowered his voice, and muttered: "The Jia family has strict rules, why does this outsider break into the girl's yard every now and then—"

"Who are the girls from Jia's mansion? Are you leaving now?" Xue Pan interrupted.

"Miss Lin and the three girls from Jia's mansion, oh, by the way, brother Huan is also here. He looks sick and his face is not good. I didn't leave when I came. I don't know now..." Xue Qing said .

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