While talking, the group of people had already arrived at Princess Seventeen's residence. Although it was a bit remote and not as tall and spacious as Hanzhang Palace and Mingguang Palace, it was relatively quiet. Several maids were looking in front of the door and saw Princess Seventeen.

When the princess came back, she came forward to greet her. The seventeenth princess took Zhixin to find her residence, made arrangements, and went to have a rest.

Zhixin entered her room and took a look. Although it was not as spacious as her own peony garden, it was extremely exquisite. The clothing, food, and make-up items were different from those in the common people. Two female attendants served her to bed. She lay on the bed,

Thinking about what happened during the day, I experienced two changes in one day, as if I was dreaming, tossing and turning, and it took a long time before I fell asleep.

The next day, just after dawn, she heard the sound of someone talking outside and the sound of footsteps coming and going. It turned out that although the people in the palace were all wealthy, they all got up early. This made her a little uncomfortable. Of course, she was not used to it.

, Zhixin used to get up earlier than this when she was in Ruyin, because she had to cook, wash, pick mulberries, go to the fields, work as a female worker, and take care of her sick mother every day. Since she came to the Shi family, she didn’t even wake up at the beginning.

Adapting to the life of a wealthy lady, she still got up early every day as before, but after getting up, she found that she had nothing to do, no housework to do, and no homework. Gradually, she followed the local customs and got up very late. In the past few years in Shifu,

I lived a pampered but confused and chaotic life, living one day at a time, hoping for nothing, having no goals, and not knowing when it would end. This was completely opposite to when I was in Ruyin. At that time, although my life was

Although she is poor, her heart is full of hope, because she knows that her goal is to stay and fly together with Shu Yan and get married. Thinking about her future, even if her life is harder, she will be full of motivation every day.

Now, two palace maids were preparing to help her wash up. Zhixin resumed her habit of getting up early, and suddenly she felt that she had a glimmer of hope in life. Although there was still no Shu Yan, she looked at the morning glow outside the window and thought about herself.

The title of female doctor, the Book of Songs, teaching, etc., made her see the value of life again.

Before breakfast was finished, Princess Seventeen came running over. Zhixin asked, "Where is our library?"

Princess Seventeen said: "Our library has been decorated, and it is located next to Hualin Garden. There are not only all kinds of flowers, plants and trees in the garden, but the scenery in spring, summer, autumn and winter has different characteristics. There is also a large pond, which is very beautiful.

.When we get tired from studying, wouldn’t it be nice to go to the garden and enjoy the scenery?”

Zhixin smiled and nodded. After eating, she went to the library with the seventeenth princess. They still walked through the palace and passed the palace for a long way. Looking to the north, there was indeed a large garden with lush trees and bamboos.

, the tall treetops are already covered with traces of green, but because they are far away, it is difficult to tell what kind of trees they are. Under the cover of the trees, a clear pool is reflecting the strong morning sunlight.

Just as Zhixin was enjoying herself, she unknowingly followed the seventeenth princess to a palace.

"Here we are, look, this is our library." Princess Seventeen pointed with her finger.

Zhixin looked up and saw that this palace faced north and south. The jade steps and carvings were not very luxurious, but they were spacious and bright. There was a plaque hanging on the lintel, which was bare and had no writing.

After looking at it, Zhixin said in surprise: "This museum must have been established for a while. Why is there no name inscribed on the door plaque?"

"This museum has indeed been established for a long time. There were several female ministers teaching before you, but I don't know whether they were too self-effacing or not high-level, and they refused to inscribe the name of the museum, so this plaque has always been there.

empty."

"There are so many famous scholars in the imperial court and so many famous Confucian scholars in Imperial College. Why not invite them to write inscriptions?"

Princess Seventeen snorted and said: "No matter how knowledgeable those famous scholars are, they are still men. They already look down on women. If our women's library lets men inscribe the name of the library, they will laugh at it even more."

Zhixin nodded in agreement and secretly admired how this seemingly carefree little girl had such a big heart.

Walking into the museum, she saw a portrait of Confucius hanging in the middle of the wall facing her. Zhixin secretly laughed in her heart: It turns out that this place is not immune to the customs. There were already two or three princesses waiting here, followed by their own maids. When Zhixin arrived,

, I saw them all one by one. After a while, I saw several palace maids arriving surrounded by three princesses.

The Sima family has many daughters, the older ones are already married, and the remaining ones are about the same age as the seventeenth princess, some are not yet married, and some are married to others.

Each of these princesses is dressed luxuriously, and they also look a bit domineering. Because these princesses are no better than the princes, Sima Yan does not have strict requirements for their studies, so they have more respect for their teachers than their royal brothers.

A kind of arrogance, there is no need to please the teacher so much. Zhixin saw it in her eyes, but before she could say anything, the Seventeenth Princess said first: "Everyone is here. Before the teacher teaches, I think it is necessary to reiterate the rules. Although we are

Princess, but here, since we are Mr.’s disciples, we should respect Mr. Sir as our elder, and we cannot be arrogant, Princess.”

A princess below said: "That's natural. Although our imperial brother is the prince, he still has to salute when he meets the prince's third master. It's just our first meeting with this gentleman. How should we call him?"

The Seventeenth Princess smiled and said: "I have had a relationship with you before, and I know that your name is Shi Zhixin, but the second character in her name violated the taboo of our Queen's name, so I jokingly called you "Shi Zhixin" yesterday.

‘Dr.

Only then did Zhixin understand the meaning of "Dr. Xin" mentioned by the Seventeenth Princess yesterday. Now that she thought about it, the name was quite nice, but she also heard that they wanted to change their name to "Dr. Shi", so she was a little reluctant.

Because her surname was Han, she came to the Shi family involuntarily. Although her family was a humble and humble family, while the Shi family was a wealthy family, she never forgot her roots in her heart.

"The name Dr. Shi is not pleasant. We women should be like water. Stone represents hardness and stubbornness. Calling him this name makes it seem like I am stubborn. Although I am your husband and you are my students, you are noble after all.

As a princess, I am a commoner's girl after all, so it's okay to call me by my name. You should call me by my name. The Seventeenth Princess is right. Since my name conflicts with Her Majesty the Queen, then omit that word.

If you don't, just call me 'Dr. Xin', I like it very much."

After hearing this, everyone said: "Since you said this, we will follow your teacher's wishes and call you 'Dr. Xin'."

Zhixin nodded. Princess Seventeen said: "Dr. Xin, you probably don't know the princesses yet. Let me introduce the sisters to you: This is Princess Yingchuan, this is Princess Xingyang, this is Princess Wu'an...

"

Zhixin listened to the introduction of the Seventeenth Princess, nodded and wondered in her mind: "I thought these princesses were all the same as the Seventeenth Princess, and their names should be Sixteenth Princess, Eighteenth Princess, etc. Why do each of them have different names?

The names are very special? Don’t they have the same name as the Seventeenth Princess?"

Just as she was making wild guesses, she heard Princess Yingchuan say: "Dr. Xin, we are not in a hurry to teach. Before teaching, I think we should inscribe the name of the library first, so that it looks more formal."

Everyone nodded in agreement and said, "Please Dr. Xin give me the name of the museum."

Zhixin declined for a while, but seeing that everyone insisted on their request, she also felt that what Princess Yingchuan said was reasonable. After thinking about it for a while, she said: "I think since we are all women, we should choose someone softer, and you all

It’s a golden branch and jade leaf, so in my humble opinion, how about calling it ‘Jade Leaf Pavilion’?”

"Jade Leaf Pavilion?" Princess Seventeen clapped her hands, "Okay, okay, this name is good, let's call it this."

Princess Xingyang, however, raised her voice and said, "Now that the name has been chosen, I would like to ask Dr. Xin to spare no expense in his calligraphy."

Zhixin heard that Princess Xingyang was deliberately trying to embarrass herself. She wanted to see her calligraphy skills and see if she was really capable. She could speak with her mouth and write with her hands. See Seventeen

The princess also looked at her, and Zhixin also became interested. She did it as she was told, and ordered: "Bring me a pen and ink."

A palace maid carried a ladder over, and two people held it. Zhixin climbed up the ladder, and someone handed over a brush and grinded ink. She looked at the palace maid who laughed and scolded the brush and said: "How can you use ordinary inscriptions on the plaque?"

Where's the pen? Change it to a bucket pen." The bucket pen is a very big pen and is usually not used. The palace maid searched for it for a long time before bringing it over.

Princess Seventeen was very interested just now, but when she saw Zhixin climbing up such a high ladder, she became worried for Zhixin: "Dr. Xin, can you do it? If you are afraid of heights, I can ask the eunuch to take off the plaque for you.

Write again.”

Who knows that Zhixin has been used to climbing ladders and climbing trees since she was a child, so she doesn't care at all: "It's okay, there is someone holding the ladder, what are you afraid of?" To be honest, compared to climbing, writing with a pen is a challenge for Zhixin. Because

Although Zhixin is very good at writing with brushes, she is really not good at this kind of fighting pen that is specially used to write large characters. Not only does this kind of fighting pen have thick hair, but also the barrel is thick, and even the posture of holding the pen is different from ordinary brushes.

. She grabbed the pen, dipped it in ink, took a deep breath, and thought to herself: Everything is the same. No matter how big the characters are, the writing principle is the same. Just like the cook Ding is good at understanding the cow, it is because he sees it.

It's not a whole cow, but a bone gap to be decomposed. Thinking of this, although there are no words on this plaque, the three words "Yuye Pavilion" are already reflected in her eyes. She picked up the pen and ink, and it was true.

Don't hesitate, don't stop, just brush, brush, brush, and finish with one stroke of the pen.

Some of the people below were worried about Zhixin, and some wanted to see her jokes. But before they could react, Zhixin had already finished writing and got off the ladder. Everyone was surprised, started to clap and applaud, and secretly admired Dr. Xin.

Sure enough, there was a twist.

After finishing the inscription on the plaque, Zhixin led them back to the library, where they worshiped Confucius first, and then began to teach. Although there were not many students, they had all learned a little bit of the Book of Songs before, and everyone's learning progress was different.

, so Zhixin started from the first chapter "Guan Ju". Just halfway through, she saw Princess Rongyang standing up and said: "Dr. Xin, how can you teach us this kind of licentious poem?"

Zhixin was stunned and asked: "What's wrong with this poem?"

"What about 'A fair lady, a gentleman is so eager to win', and what about 'I don't get what I want, but I sleep hard and think about it'? Our previous teachers never dared to teach us this kind of poetry!"

"So that's why. The princess was wrong. Although the man's words in the poem "Guan Ju" are a bit frivolous, they are also a true expression of his love for his beloved woman. Is it normal for a man to pursue a woman?

"

"However, it uses the dove to imply a secret meeting between men and women. Isn't this misleading young women into not observing etiquette?"

"That Jujiu is just a metaphor. We women only need to keep our responsibilities."

Princess Seventeen and Princess Wu'an looked at each other and said with a smile: "Dr. Xin has only finished half of this poem. I haven't understood it yet. How can Princess Xingyang know the meaning? She also said that this poem is frivolous.

I must have studied it secretly many times!"

After hearing this, Princess Xingyang blushed with embarrassment. Zhixin smiled and said, "I wonder if the princess has read The Analects of Confucius?"

"Are there any relationship between The Analects of Confucius and Guanyong?"

"There is no direct relationship between the two, but the Analects of Confucius records what Confucius said about "Guanyong", saying that the poem is "happy but not obscene, sad but not sad." If you don't believe me, you always think of Confucius' words.

Should I be convinced?"

Princess Xingyang looked at the statue of Confucius on the wall and was speechless.

These princesses are no better than the princes, let alone the imperial students who are waiting to take the imperial examinations, the imperial students and the imperial students in the Guozixue. Their purpose of learning poetry and calligraphy is just to recognize the characters, understand some etiquette, and learn some women's skills.

There is no pursuit of fame and wealth, and they are leisurely and leisurely, so there is no need to rush to talk too much about the content every day, and Zhixin feels very relaxed. But after all, these students have special status, and sometimes it is inevitable that they will have a princess temper. Fortunately, Zhixin’s knowledge
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