With the concerted efforts of the entire Yaoxueyuan palace maids, Princess Pingkang finally announced that she had completed her homework. Xia Houshu glanced at it inadvertently, and the word could be described as "ghost-painted peach charms". Even her People who usually like to be lazy are amazed.
In this world, many things are hard to come by. Just like Princess Pingkang, she only pursues quantity to pass the test, but the result is no quality guarantee. Anyone who reads it will know that it is not the handwriting of one person.
However, Princess Pingkang still lacked self-awareness and claimed that she had never failed in her homework.
After seeing this, Master Chen shook his head and sighed, and walked away with a bitter look on his face. After all, his student was the emperor's sister, so he couldn't be too serious, and he didn't dare to offend easily.
The female teacher named Xia who previously taught Princess Pingkang was talented and well-behaved. She had tutored several noble ladies. She had rich teaching experience and a good reputation. Empress Dowager Yao personally hired her to teach the princess in the palace. Because she was too strict and serious, Princess Pingkang forced her to resign and hid in the countryside.
Mrs. Chen and her family are all in the capital, and they have no plans to retire and return to their hometown for the time being.
The eldest princess Jingyi, Dugujiao, who also attended class, always came to school on time. When she came, she sat quietly aside and listened to Master Chen's lectures quietly. She never asked questions or answered questions. But her homework was Of all the people, she was the most timely. She had clean pages and neat handwriting. It was obvious that she had been taking her studies very seriously.
But she never received a word of praise from Master Chen, and occasionally he would accuse her of having incorrect views.
Isn’t it said that there is no distinction between education and distinction? She is also a princess, so why is she still classified as high or low in his eyes?
When Xia Houshu saw Master Chen being so snobbish, he immediately became angry. Before, she had only kindly persuaded him to change his teaching methods, but he had glared at her and almost kicked her out of the school. This time Princess Pingkang's attitude was so arrogant and presumptuous. , he just sighed. When she leaves the palace, she must find an opportunity to have a good talk with him in private.
Princess Pingkang cannot afford to offend her, so does she, the daughter of the Duke of Yue, have no majesty at all?
After the homework was over, Princess Pingkang returned to her daily routine of making jokes and looking for trouble everywhere. She was either instigating Yao Xueyuan's chamberlain to fight with Princess Jingyi's chamberlain, while she clapped her hands beside her and applauded; or she was talking about herself. After losing something, she encouraged the palace maids around her to go through Princess Jingyi's bookcase. If the attendants around Princess Jingyi dared to resist, she would personally knock on the door.
Princess Jingyi lives in the Shicui Pavilion in the south of Yaoxueyuan. It is the most secluded place in the entire princess palace. Few noble people usually come here. Princess Pingkang takes a fancy to this and can get it every time. There was a lot of chaos and chaos. Princess Jingyi was timid by nature. She knew that her mother-in-law had a low status and she couldn't get along with the Queen Mother Yao, so she hid whenever she could and cried when she couldn't.
When Princess Pingkang saw her crying so sadly and helplessly, she gradually became bored, so she would be merciful and let her go.
Xia Houshu felt that the eldest princess Pingkang had some psychological problems. She had not learned the royal princess's dignity at all, but she had learned the essence of her bad habits of bullying the weak and fearing the strong, and being arrogant and domineering. So when eldest princess Pingkang said that she had lost an emerald hairpin, When she was about to attack Princess Jingyi, she immediately stopped her.
"When the princess went out, she wore two hairpins inlaid with yellow tourmaline. There was no emerald hairpin as you mentioned. Did the princess remember it wrong?" Xia Houshu said expressionlessly. Then she glanced at the other party's clothes and added
: "Besides, the jade hairpin doesn't match your makeup today!"
Princess Pingkang is wearing an orange-red palace dress with lotus flowers embroidered on it today. It is indeed not suitable for wearing an emerald hairpin.
Unable to get what she wanted, Princess Pingkang immediately glared over and said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about? I clearly remembered to wear it!"
"The princess is indeed not wearing it." Xia Houshu said firmly. After saying this, she felt that this might make Princess Pingkang lose face, so she pointed it out and said: "Maybe she wore it a few days ago, and the princess's memory was confused.
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"That's nonsense!" Princess Pingkang refused to admit it. She just wanted to find a reason to humiliate Dugujiao, so she was not in the mood to take it seriously. She turned around and glanced at the girl who was as weak as a little chicken.
Princess Jingyi suddenly reacted, pointed at her and said to Xia Houshu: "I think you just want to protect Ah Jiao!"
It seemed that he was not too stupid. Xia Houshu smiled.
Princess Jingyi was stunned when her name was mentioned, glanced at Xia Houshu quickly, and immediately lowered her head.
Princess Pingkang suddenly became unhappy again and said angrily: "Xia Houshu, don't forget that you are a member of my palace. Are you going to go against me for an outsider now?"
"I have no intention of going against anyone." Xia Houshu said, "Besides, to you, princess, am I not also an outsider?"
"You..." Princess Pingkang choked. Knowing that she could not defend Xia Houshu, she turned around and continued to question Princess Jingyi, "Tell me, where did you hide my hairpin? If you don't tell me,
I will tell everyone that you stole my hairpin!"
Princess Jingyi looked like a frightened deer. She lowered her head and said in a voice as loud as a mosquito: "Sister Sixth Emperor, I really have never seen your jade hairpin, let alone kept it privately. Maybe you remembered it wrong."
"You said you didn't see it because you didn't see it?" Princess Pingkang immediately retorted and looked at her and said, "Your mother-in-law used to like to steal other people's things, and she didn't even want to show her face. Like mother, like daughter.
, you are her daughter, you must be just like her! I have to search it myself!"
When she mentioned her biological mother, Princess Jingyi immediately turned red and couldn't bear it anymore. She cried and argued, "I didn't steal your hairpin! It was you who wanted to frame me!"
Xia Houshu didn't know what Princess Jingyi's mother concubine, Princess Yu, had done before, and whether she had offended Queen Mother Yao, but looking at the current situation, it was definitely Princess Pingkang who wanted to frame Princess Jingyi again.
She didn't want to get involved in the affairs of the palace, let alone the feud between the two sisters. She just felt that it was boring to continue the quarrel like this, which was not good for anyone. When other people looked at it, they might think that Princess Jingyi had done something.
What, but later on, everyone will only feel that Princess Pingkang is bullying others.
Brothers and sisters from the same family, their bones are broken but their tendons are still connected. This kind of thing that hurts both sides, as long as there is someone in the middle to persuade or stop it, it will not get worse and get out of hand. The person who just stands up to persuade or stop it will definitely
Princess Pingkang hates her, and Princess Jingyi may not appreciate it either.
Princess Pingkang became even more angry when she saw that Princess Jingyi refused to admit it. She immediately waved her hand to summon people to search Princess Jingyi's clothes and bookbox. The latter's attendants naturally wanted to protect their master, so the two
A scuffle broke out between the helpers.
After all, Princess Jingyi was a princess and an unmarried woman. The servants did not dare to take action in person, so they formed a circle to surround them to prevent them from escaping. Then the maids next to Princess Pingkang rushed up to search Jing.
Princess Yichang's maids were all as thin as their master, and they couldn't fight hard, so they had to protect her like an old hen guarding her chicks.
During the tugging, Princess Jingyi's clothes were soon messed up, her hair was scattered, and someone scratched her face with a red mark, which was bleeding. She was angry and hateful, but she had no way to fight back.
He had no choice but to squat on the ground and cry helplessly.
Xia Houshu couldn't stand it any longer. He rolled up his sleeves and walked over and knocked Princess Pingkang's chamberlain to the ground. He then tried hard to pull the maid of Yao Xueyuan away and said loudly: "Dugu Ti, Chang Jingyi."
The princess is your sister after all, don’t you think it’s too much for you to humiliate her in this way?”
The eldest princess Pingkang was watching the excitement when she was suddenly interrupted. She was very unhappy and said immediately: "What sister? My mother only gave birth to the emperor brother and me, and never gave birth to other daughters. Her biological mother was just a lowly person."
Your humble maid is lucky enough to be a concubine now, do you really think of yourself as a person?"
"Princess, please be careful what you say!" Xia Houshu said solemnly, "Whoever her biological mother is cannot change that she is the daughter of the late emperor. And before Your Majesty ascended the throne, Queen Mother Yao was only a virtuous concubine!"
The implication is that you are not a legitimate princess, so there is no need to feel superior to others.
"You dare to criticize my mother?" Princess Pingkang's eyes widened in shock, staring at her in disbelief, "You are so brave!"
"I'm just discussing the matter." Xia Houshu said, neither humble nor arrogant, "You and Princess Jingyi are both the daughters of the late emperor. There is no distinction between sisters, so please think about it before doing such a thing.
What would the late emperor think if he knew what you had done!"
Princess Pingkang was so angry that she stamped her feet and cursed angrily: "You dare to teach me a lesson, you daring little maid? I must tell my mother and brother! Let them punish you severely!"
Dugu Ti seemed to feel that her brother, who was a compatriot from her own mother, became the emperor, and that she was superior to everyone else. Therefore, everyone was a lowly servant, and everyone should be bullied by her.
But Xia Houshu was not someone to be bullied easily.
"Princess, please." Xia Houshu spread his hands indifferently and said, "You must go and file a complaint. You must go. Go right away. I will look down on you even if you don't go!"
It's best to make your queen mother and royal brother furious, and then drive me out of the palace. I will never be allowed to step into the palace gate again in this life!
"You dare to provoke me?" Princess Pingkang said in disbelief. Her anger was completely transferred to Xia Houshu.
"No." Xia Houshu said slowly, "I sincerely support you in filing a complaint!"
Princess Pingkang was furious when she heard this. She pointed at her, threatened and abused her, which was very unprincess-like.
The situation changed so quickly that Princess Jingyi was stunned for a while, then wiped away her tears, took the opportunity to stand up quickly, protected the clothes on her chest with both hands and ran away in humiliation. The maid next to her was worried that she was acting stupidly.
He quickly pushed aside the dazed chambermaids and maids in Yaoxueyuan and chased after him.
Princess Pingkang no longer had time to take care of Princess Jingyi, and continued to catch Xia Houshu and scold her. The main idea was that offending her would not lead to a good outcome, and it would definitely make her look good.
Xia Houshu was out of breath after hearing her scolding, so he calmly asked: "Have you finished scolding?"
Princess Pingkang looked stunned and said: "What did you say?"
"Didn't you just say that you were going to sue me in front of the Queen Mother and Your Majesty?" Xia Houshu reminded, "In that case, let's go now. I also want to see if the Queen Mother and Your Majesty will allow you to humiliate yourself in public.