Although Li Wei did not intervene in Li Shi's case out of thin air, he would inevitably ask a few questions about the progress.
This morning, after talking to the concubines and concubines, Li Wei planned to go to the Wenhua Pavilion to see how the princesses were studying. The car was already ready, Li Wei straightened her clothes and walked out.
After getting in the car and driving east for a distance, she raised the curtain and was about to talk to Lan Hui, but suddenly she saw people from Yongshou coming in and out. She saw with her own eyes a woman wearing an eggplant and purple armor holding a woman in her arms. A swaddling baby. The baby in the swaddling cloth must be the child that Princess Ping gave birth to shortly after birth. It is also one month old now, so I brought it into the palace to show to Concubine Jing.
Li Wei was startled and whispered a few words to Lan Hui. Lan Hui said: "Your Majesty, please don't worry. I will be there right away."
As expected, Lan Hui went and interfered a little with the people over there. After a while, as expected, the woman came over with the baby in her arms. When she got to Li Wei's car, she knelt down and saluted respectfully.
Li Wei opened the curtain and looked at the baby, and said with a smile: "This is Princess Ping's child. I haven't seen him since he was born. Can you give me a hug?"
The queen mother made a request, and there was no one she dared not to obey. The nanny carefully presented the child. Li Wei took the child from the nanny's hand. She lowered her head and took a closer look. The baby's face, which was just one month old, was still red and wrinkled. , I can’t really call it cute.
The child is still sleeping at this moment, looking extremely peaceful.
"The child was born well."
"Thank you, Grandma Imperial, for your compliment." The wet nurse thanked the child.
Li Wei was startled by this title. Is she a grandmother? !
Li Wei exchanged some more pleasantries before ordering the car to move on. Previously, Princess Ping had stayed in the capital to wait for her childbirth on the grounds that she was pregnant, so Li Wei soft-heartedly agreed. Now Princess Ping has successfully given birth to her child, and her confinement period has also begun. Now that the seats are full, it’s time to consider returning to the fiefdom. Since the incident with King Shu, Li Wei had to be careful when dealing with these vassal kings.
She came to the Wenhua Hall, where Zhan Yunbai was teaching these noble women to learn "Book of Rites". The orthodox teaching goes: "Great happiness must be easy, and great rituals must be simple."
Mr. Zhan came to see the Queen Mother, and as usual, he did not stop teaching.
Li Wei stood on the back door and looked into the room. It seems that these female students have been studying for a while, and they don't know how well they have studied. They have to find a way to test their learning results.
Instead of just standing for a moment and leaving as usual, she had a chair brought over and sat in the back row to watch Zhan Yunbai teach with her own eyes.
Mr. Zhan is over fifty years old, but he is rich in knowledge, including classics, history, music, chess, calligraphy and painting. It is said that he is also very good at riding and shooting, and is a true gentleman.
Li Wei was in charge personally, and the children who used to be careless by nature had restrained themselves a bit and followed the master carefully.
Zhan Yunbai nervously finished a section and asked the princesses to rest for a while. He held back his sweat and went to greet the Queen Mother.
"The Queen Mother is quite free today. It's rare to see her for so long."
Li smiled and nodded: "Yes, come and take a look if you have nothing to do. Thank you for your hard work, old man."
"Try your best to fulfill the Queen Mother's entrustment, and don't dare to mention hard work."
Li Wei then added: "The princess has been studying here for a while, and I don't know how well she has learned. The children are of different ages and have different knowledge, so we have to invite Mr. Zhan and others." The two gentlemen will discuss and give a set of test questions to test the learning results. What do you think, sir?"
Giving test questions to these young female students? Zhan Yunbai saw that the Queen Mother was so cautious and could not be perfunctory, so he said: "I will discuss with them and discuss an assessment method based on the actual situation of the princesses' studies. After coming up with a feasible method, I will ask the Queen Mother for instructions."
Li Wei said: "Okay, let's wait for your results."
Li Wei called Shujia over and asked with a soft smile: "My ninth princess, do you understand the two sentences that Mr. just taught you?"
Shujia was the youngest, so it was naturally more difficult for her to learn than others. She said truthfully: "When the teacher first started talking, I couldn't understand a word. Later, when the teacher explained it in detail, I understood it a little bit."
"Oh? Then tell me what you mean."
"The best and most lofty music is simple and approachable, and the best and most complete etiquette is simple."
After hearing this, Li Wei smiled and touched Shujia's head and said, "It's hard for you to understand it at such a young age."
Zhan Yunbai took the opportunity to say: "Queen Mother Qi, although the ninth princess is young, she is very serious and hardworking."
Li Wei said: "It's rare for her to be so sensible."
She stayed at the Wenhua Pavilion for a while before returning to Chongqing Palace. In addition to the princesses going to school, she was also thinking about Princess Ping. It seemed a bit unkind to let her go just after giving birth to the child. At best, she Give me another two months' grace, when the weather will cool down and travel will be easier.
Just a moment ago, the sun was shining brightly, but in the blink of an eye, the sun hid behind the dark clouds. The sky suddenly darkened, and there was a faint sound of thunder. It looked like it would rain soon.
Then strong winds came up, and heavy raindrops fell down.
Qiu Chan and Yu Chang were instructing several young eunuchs to move the pots of flowers to the corridor. After several efforts, the flowers were finally rescued. Li Wei opened the window herself and was standing under the window watching the rain hitting the banana trees.
At this time, she saw several people pouring in from the courtyard gate. Through the rain curtain, she could see clearly who came.
The heavy rain came in an instant. She walked out of the room, and the visitors also came to the corridor. The one in the lead was soaked in many places by the rain.
The broken hair around her ears had stuck to her face, and her shoulders, sleeves, and corners of her robe were all wet.
"The rain is coming as soon as it comes, and it happened to pass by here, so I came to the Queen Mother's palace to take shelter."
Whether he did it intentionally or not, Li Wei invited him to rest in Linglong Pavilion.
After entering the house, Li Wei frowned when she saw the dampness on his clothes and asked, "Does the prince want to change into dry clothes?"
Zhao Qian chuckled: "Even if I want to change, you don't have the right one here."
This was true. Li Wei ordered people to serve hot tea and fruits to greet Zhao Qian. Zhao Qian was not polite, lifted up his robe and sat down opposite Li Wei.
The two hadn't seen each other for some time, so Zhao Qian took the initiative to mention Li Shi's matter to Li Wei.
"The people from Dali Temple have come to ask for my advice. I'm thinking about your idea of letting them handle business matters. I guess they can understand it. The case should be heard in a few days, and the jail sentence may be avoided, but The official is just afraid of losing it.”
Li Wei had expected this result a long time ago. This was the evil done by the elder brother himself, and he could not blame others.
Li Wei said calmly: "We are all adults, and we must accept punishment if we make mistakes."
(End of chapter)