The villain prince is three and a half years old

Chapter 140 General Ninth Prince

Xia Jing wiped the sweat from his forehead and felt the wind in the alley was a little cool.

He prayed that it was the new teacher in the upper study who invited the imperial physician Wen for him, and not Emperor Kangning.

He retreated to a distance and asked Honeysuckle to go in first to find out the news.

After a while, Yi Qiu came out and spread his hands to Xia Jing. This was a gesture he learned from Xia Jing, meaning that he was powerless.

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An hour later, Xia Jing sat in the Yangxin Palace with his head lowered. He was very honest and well-behaved.

Opposite him, Emperor Kangning was reviewing memorials.

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Emperor Kang Ning suddenly slammed the table and said angrily, "Who wrote this?"

Xu Zhongde hurried forward and took a look: "Your Majesty, don't be angry, it's Master Yi."

Hearing that it had nothing to do with him, Xia Jing felt relieved. He looked up and saw that the letter was completely black, with densely written small characters, which almost triggered his intensive phobia.

"It's him again! Didn't I allocate funds to him and let him buy more memorials?" Emperor Kangning was still angry, but his anger had subsided a lot. At least the hand that had slammed the table was put back on the pen.

"Your Majesty, please don't blame me for being nosy. Given Lord Yi's character, the silver you gave him wouldn't be used to buy the vouchers. He must have used it to make up for some deficit somewhere!" Xu Zhongde whispered.

Xia Jing hated these incoherent stories the most. Couldn't they just start from the beginning like on TV? It made it so boring that I couldn't even eat the melon!

Fortunately, he had played many Riddler games in his previous life, so after thinking about it for a while, he figured out the whole story.

Lord Yi was an honest official who did not seek money. He even used his own money to help Emperor Kangning, so he was extremely frugal because he did not have enough money.

This frugality extended to Emperor Kangning. Paper for making folding folds was too expensive, so he wrote in extremely small, densely packed characters.

Unfortunately, Emperor Kangning has poor eyesight because he works at his desk day and night, and he can't see the emperor's small handwriting at all. Isn't he annoyed?

Emperor Kangning sighed, picked up the memorial and asked Xu Zhongde to read it.

Xu Zhongde smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, Lord Yi's writing is really too dense this time. I am old and can't read it clearly."

Emperor Kangning looked around and set his sights on the Ninth Prince who was peeking around.

"You come and read." He pointed at Xia Jing.

"Yes, father." Xia Jing stood up and glanced at Xu Zhongde as he passed by him.

Did Xu Zhongde really not see clearly, or did he deliberately give himself the opportunity to read the memorial?

Xia Jing thought it was the latter possibility.

He sighed in his heart, thinking that his ability to develop peacefully in Jingyixuan was inseparable from Eunuch Xu's mediation with Emperor Kangning.

Xu Zhongde lowered his head, feeling a little uneasy.

Although he knew from Huijing that the Ninth Prince was intelligent and could recognize quite a few characters, he was still worried that the Ninth Prince would not be able to read the memorials submitted by the ministers, which often used old-fashioned and obscure words.

If he hadn't known that Emperor Kangning wanted to ask the Ninth Prince for something, he wouldn't have dared to take this step.

What he and Emperor Kangning did not expect was that although the Ninth Prince hesitated a little, he read the entire memorial.

Emperor Kangning had no intention of changing his mind about the memorial. He picked up a book and began to test the Ninth Prince.

Xia Jing knew his limits and only answered the questions that were on the task list Zhang Zanyu had given him.

"Okay!" Emperor Kangning smiled.

Although knowledge is not important, a smart brain is very important, and knowledge is an effective tool to test the brain.

He thought of Zhang Zanyu's evaluation of Xia Jing. He originally thought it was excessive, but now he felt it was very pertinent.

Xia Jing handed the memorial back, Emperor Kangning took it and put it down.

Because the Ninth Prince was intelligent and Emperor Kangning hadn't found any evidence against Xia Jing, his attitude was relatively gentle.

Just now, after Wen Daosheng examined the Ninth Prince, he said that he was a little listless and prescribed some tranquilizers, confirming that the Ninth Prince was ill.

Xia Jing was feeling a bit lethargic. It was impossible for anyone to be energetic after spending a long time poring over technical information in a dream. By some strange coincidence, he had avoided the accusation of feigning illness.

But he was not recuperating in Jingyixuan, and his mistake of going out to play could not be covered up.

Emperor Kang Ning used this as a starting point to talk to Xia Jing. Although it was difficult to achieve the original planned effect, he had no time left.

This morning, Qi Ruhai went to the upper study room to teach a class. In less than an hour, the upper study room became a mess!

Tomorrow is the day when the hostage from Yan State will enter the Shangshufang. Emperor Kangning does not care about the opinion of a hostage, but he is very concerned about the future education of the prince and the hostage, so the discipline of the Shangshufang must be rectified!

He can't watch over them every day, someone has to suppress the arrogance of those troublemakers!

This person can only be the Ninth Prince recommended by Zhang Zanyu.

Emperor Kangning made a request: "You, boy, are the most undisciplined person on weekdays. I now appoint you as the Inspector of the Shangshufang to maintain order in the Shangshufang. If the Shangshufang gets into chaos, I will hold you accountable!"

Emperor Kangning thought the Ninth Prince would readily agree to this request. He even mentioned the title of "Supervisory Inspector of the Imperial Study"! When Ning Shouxu and the Crown Prince were young, their favorite thing was for their father, the Emperor, to confer official titles on them.

"Ah?" Xia Jing was shocked. "Isn't this bad? I'm the one who violated the most disciplines. How can I control others?"

"It is precisely because you commit the most crimes and know best how to commit them that I gave this task to you." Emperor Kangning thought Xia Jing was frightened and said in a gentle voice, "I believe you can manage yourself well."

But I don’t want to take care of myself!

So, what happened in the Upper Study that prompted Emperor Kangning to issue this mission?

Xia Jing was confused and shook his head to refuse: "I am the youngest, so this matter should be left to my fifth brother."

Emperor Kangning frowned, looking at the young prince with new eyes. He was actually not tempted by the title of 'Supervisory Inspector of the Imperial Study'!

He said, "Then what if I appoint you as the Grand General of the Imperial Study?"

Xia Jing's eyebrows twitched. Did Emperor Kangning treat him like a child? What difference would it make if the Inspector General was replaced by a General?

He did not object anymore, realizing that Emperor Kang Ning was determined to let him take charge.

He adjusted his strategy. Since he couldn't escape, he had to respond proactively and gain the greatest benefit.

"I wonder what rank the General of the Imperial Study is?" he asked.

Now it was Emperor Kangning's turn to twitch his mouth.

"It has no rank, but it reaches the emperor's ears directly!" Emperor Kangning said nicely.

Xia Jing pretended to be disappointed and asked, "I wonder what the General of the Upper Study is in charge of?"

This was what he really wanted. He just wanted to tease Emperor Kangning and make him relax on the jurisdiction issue this time because he was feeling uneasy about the last rejection.

"Except for Lord Qi, you are the most powerful. You can take care of everything that Lord Qi can take care of!" Emperor Kang Ning deliberately spoke vaguely. Only by being vague can there be room for interpretation, and the right of interpretation is of course in his hands.

This ambiguity was exactly what Xia Jing wanted. As long as he knew how to handle things, the Upper Study would be his world.

It was true that the right of interpretation lay with Emperor Kangning, but he was in the Yangxin Palace, not the Upper Study. In other words, as long as the matter didn't reach the Yangxin Palace, Emperor Kangning had no right of interpretation; he, the Ninth Prince, had the final say!

"Your Majesty, please write a written agreement. Otherwise, my brothers and brothers will not listen to me," said Xia Jing.

"I will write an edict for you!" Emperor Kangning was very satisfied with the successful solution of the big problem.

He took out a blank letter and pretended to write a letter to Xia Jing appointing him as the general of the study, and even printed his own seal on it.

The private seal has no effect. If the ministers knew about it, they would just think that he and the prince were joking.

After closing the memorial and thinking it over carefully, Emperor Kangning confirmed that there was no problem with his plan and handed the memorial to Xia Jing.

He smiled and patted Xia Jing on the shoulder: "General, I'm leaving my study to you. Do whatever you want!"

"Your Majesty, rest assured. I will go through fire and water without hesitation!" Xia Jing clasped his fists and saluted.

"Okay, go back!" Emperor Kangning was very quick to get rid of the donkey after it had served its purpose.

"Your Majesty, I will take my leave!" Xia Jing left the Yangxin Palace solemnly, holding the memorial in his hand.

Outside the hall, Xiao Yue, Ren Dong, Xiao Tianzi and Yi Qiu were all waiting. When they saw him come out, they surrounded him nervously.

"What happened? What did the emperor say?" Xiao Yue asked anxiously.

"It's okay, go back." Xia Jing comforted them.

"The emperor specially summoned the young master, how could everything be fine? Young master, if you have something wrong, please tell me. Although I can't do anything about it, I can still share your worries!" Yi Qiu's eyes were filled with tears.

Chapter 141 Old Father Experience

Xia Jing left the Yangxin Palace safely. The atmosphere that should have been relaxing was disrupted by Yi Qiu, turning it into a sad atmosphere where the sensible Ninth Prince only reported good news and not bad news.

Xia Jing had no choice but to raise the imperial edict: "What do you mean by 'young master'? When you are out, don't call me so intimately. Call me by my position!"

Yi Qiu was stunned. Was there something wrong with calling him "young master"?

Xiao Yue took the "imperial edict," unfolded it, and completely relaxed. She glanced at Yi Qiu, thinking, "This girl just loves to worry about things."

Yi Qiu came forward, her eyes wide open, about to scream, but fortunately she remembered that she was in front of the Yangxin Palace, so she swallowed her words and asked excitedly, "What rank is the general in the upper study?"

Xia Jing never expected that the question he had just asked Emperor Kangning was asked again by Yi Qiu.

He now understood Emperor Kangning's helplessness at that time.

"The Emperor and Jing'er are just joking," Xiao Yue patted Yi Qiu's head gently, "Where in the world are there officials who are only four years old?"

Yi Qiu mumbled and whispered a few titles. They were all emperors who ascended the throne at a young age. Although not as early as four years old, they were not much later.

At least she knew the importance of the matter and spoke very lightly.

Xia Jing glanced at her and didn't expect that this maid had such high expectations of her young master.

"Does mother know what happened in the study?" Xia Jing took the imperial edict and changed the subject.

If there hadn't been something going on in the Upper Study, Emperor Kangning wouldn't have called him in. The emperor would only think of the mule in the backyard when he needed to grind the millstone.

"I only heard that a new master was appointed, and I don't know anything else." Xiao Yue shook her head.

Xia Jing thought for a moment and decided to go to the study to take a look.

It should be just a short while since class started.

After saying goodbye to Xiao Yue and Yi Qiu, Xia Jing went to the study room with Xiao Tianzi and Ren Dong.

After sending the Ninth Prince home, Xiao Tianzi turned around and went to the Imperial Stables. Rendong sat in the servants' rest area, took out a military book to read, and waited for his master to finish school.

She had just read one page when she heard a commotion coming from the study.

What's going on? The girl looked up at the study room in confusion.

In the study room, Ning Chengrui punched his companion in the face, knocking him to the ground, then sat on him, punching him left and right, hitting him non-stop.

He was just afraid of Xia Jing, not reforming. His study partner had just been rude to him, and he didn't hesitate to attack him.

"Alas, a gentleman uses words, not fists. Eighth Prince, calm down!"

Mr. Xin Qi Ruhai tried to mediate the fight.

Unlike Zhang Zanyu, who is eight feet tall and has broad shoulders and a thick waist, Qi Ruhai fits the impression given by the old gentleman on TV. He is as thin as a bamboo pole, has an elegant face, and speaks softly.

Such a gentleman certainly cannot control the little princes.

Xia Jing held his chin and looked slowly. He didn't want to reveal his identity as the general of the study room, so he had to find out the enemy's situation first.

Ning Chengrui beat his study partner even harder.

The dispute between the tutor and Ning Chengrui is rather complicated. In short, the tutor is from Rongpin's family. After Rongpin's death, Ning Chengrui became Yingpin's daughter. The tutor cannot be kept, but it is not easy to cut off ties with him immediately, so he is used first.

Ning Chengrui was a big talker and told his tutor about the whole thing. The tutor felt that he had done Ning Chengrui a favor but was betrayed, so he had been passive and lazy these days, pretending to obey but actually disobeying his tutor.

How could Ning Chengrui just sit there and wait? He resorted to fists.

Ning Chengrui and his study partner fell from the desk to the podium, and in the commotion, they slammed open the door of the upper study room. One chased the other and they fled away from the study room.

If Ning Chengrui hadn't punched his study partner so hard, Xia Jing would have thought that these two people were skipping classes together!

"Eighth Prince! Eighth Prince!" Old Man Qi shouted at the door, watching helplessly as the two figures disappeared.

If it were Zhang Zanyu, he would have called the eunuchs to arrest Ning Chengrui and file a complaint at the Yangxin Palace. No, if it were Zhang Zanyu, he would have been able to take control of the situation after Ning Chengrui landed the first punch on his companion.

Qi Ruhai did nothing, but just had a worried look on his face, unable to make up his mind.

He turned his head and looked at the prince in the room for help.

"Fifth Prince, what do you think?" he said cautiously to Ning Yuanzhong.