The villain prince is three and a half years old

"Now that things have come to this, how can we be indecisive!" Yi Qiu looked determined.

Holding a wet towel, she slowly approached the bed, gritted her teeth, and pressed the towel on the Ninth Prince's face!

"Woo——" The Ninth Prince struggled violently.

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In the main room, Xiao Yue was sewing clothes when she saw Yi Qiu running out of the bedroom and running behind her.

The Ninth Prince clenched his fists and chased after Yi Qiu.

"Mother, Yi Qiu wants to murder me!" Xia Jing hugged Xiao Yue's legs and complained to her.

"I didn't!" Yi Qiu hurriedly explained, "The young master said last night that you must go to the study on time today, and asked me to wake you up. It was you who suggested wiping your face with a wet towel!"

Xiao Yue smiled, put down her needlework, and hugged Xia Jing in her arms: "Okay, wash up!"

Rendong brought out the washbasin, Xiao Yue squeezed out the towel, and wiped Xia Jing's face.

In her warm embrace, Xia Jing felt sleepy again.

But I can’t stay in bed today, because this is the big day when the Ninth Prince is going to tidy up the study!

After having breakfast and drinking soy milk, Xia Jing got on the sedan chair and headed to the study.

"Young master got up really early today." Xiao Tianzi exclaimed.

"A day's plan begins in the morning, how can we be lazy?" Xia Jing said in a deep voice.

If Xiao Tianzi had not seen the Ninth Prince yawning, rubbing his sleepy eyes, and curling up on the sedan chair to take a nap, he would have believed it.

He asked the eunuchs carrying the sedan chair to be steady and not disturb the Ninth Prince's rest.

When they arrived near Qianqing Gate, the sedan chair did not enter the upper study but the tea room.

Before class started, Qi Ruhai was drinking tea in the tea room. When he saw several eunuchs carrying the ninth prince in, he looked confused.

Xia Jing stretched, bowed to Qi Ruhai as a student, and handed over the imperial edict from Emperor Kangning.

Qi Ruhai took it and looked at it doubtfully, then he was overjoyed: "General, please teach me!"

The general, the ninth prince, handed over the Little Red Flower Plan again.

Qi Ruhai watched, praising it constantly, quoting scriptures and saying that this reform had the legacy of sages.

When they talked about the implementation process, his expression changed. He was worried that using the little red flower to comment on the prince was disrespectful, and he was also worried that the prince would not obey and cause trouble...

Xia Jing understood that Qi Ruhai was a giant in thought but a dwarf in action.

"Forget it, leave everything to this general, Lord Qi just needs to continue teaching." Xia Jing said.

Qi Ruhai smiled happily: "That's great! Thank you for your hard work, General."

After thanking Xia Jing, he became worried again: "Will this matter implicate the Ninth Prince?"

Xia Jing never expected that Qi Ruhai would ask such a question.

Qi Ruhei certainly did not mean that the princes would retaliate, but rather that the Ninth Prince was too conspicuous and would be involved in the struggle among the princes.

As a person trusted by Emperor Kangning, Qi Ruhai had frequent contact with Emperor Kangning and had long noticed that the position of the crown prince was not stable.

Xia Jing replied: "Nothing, these are the Queen Mother's wishes."

This is putting everything on the Queen Mother's shoulders.

Although others may not necessarily believe it, suspicion and certainty are two different concepts.

Qi Ruhai felt relieved.

There was still some time before class started, so the two went to the study to make arrangements.

When the bell rang for class, the princes entered the study and noticed the difference at a glance.

There was something like a screen behind Qi Ruhai's desk.

It looks like a screen, but not quite. It is too narrow, and there should be pictures or words on the paper of a screen, instead of being blank.

This strange thing attracted the attention of all the princes. Even Ning Chengrui raised his head and looked at Qi Ruhai.

Qi Ruhai smiled, picked up a pen and wrote down the names of several princes, then took out a bunch of small red flower paper-cuts.

He introduced the reward and punishment mechanism of Little Red Flower.

Several princes disagreed, and Ning Yuanzhong and Ning Wenhuan even sneered. "Just using this piece of paper, you want to reward or punish the princes? What difference does it make if there's one more piece or one less piece?"

Qi Ruhai said with a smile: "All the princes who attend class on time will receive one flower."

He used a needle to pin a small red flower behind each prince's name.

The princes didn't feel anything at first, but when they saw a flower after their names, they suddenly felt it was quite pleasing.

No one can refuse honor, especially a minor.

But at this time, they just thought it was pleasing to the eye.

"Why is the Ninth Prince not here?" Ning Yuanzhong asked.

"Neither does Prince Yan." Ning Gaoxiang asked.

Yan Nanque had already arrived at the Upper Study Room. She was a combination of an international student and a transfer student, and in Xia Jing's previous life, she would have been a popular figure, but in the Upper Study Room, no one paid any attention to her.

Ning Chengrui was busy sizing up his new study partner, Ning Gaoxiang felt that the prince of a defeated nation was not worthy of friendship, Ning Wenhuan was only interested in books of sages, and Ning Yuanzhong was too lazy to even read his own brothers, let alone those of others.

The little unknown prince is seated behind Ning Chengrui and has no study companion yet.

At this moment, she was looking around curiously.

When she heard Ning Gaoxiang mention her, she shrank her head and moved closer to the edge.

Qi Ruhai explained with a smile, "This is a rule set by the Empress Dowager, designed to reward diligent princes. The Ninth Prince is the supervisor appointed by the Empress Dowager. Although the addition and removal of red flowers is handled by the senior officials, the Ninth Prince has to make the final decision when problems arise. As a supervisor, he naturally cannot add his name to the list to compete with other princes."

The princes thought about it and didn't think there was anything wrong with this kind of supervision. Ning Chengrui sighed. He even wanted to use his fists to force Qi Ruhai to give him more red flowers!

Ning Gaoxiang frowned. He and Xia Jing were close to falling out, and Xia Jing taking over the supervision made him feel uneasy.

It's just a little bad. At worst, I don't need those little red flowers. What's the point of all this fancy stuff? The first place winner of the day is just a big red flower to wear on your body.

Seeing that they had no objections, Qi Ruhai continued, "As for Prince Yan, he has just entered the Upper Study, and his study partner has not yet been decided. He will not participate for now. Wait a month or two, and when he is familiar with the lessons, his name will be added."

In fact, the Ninth Prince did this because he didn't want to cause any trouble.

If the little red flower was given to the Yan prince, the Ning princes would certainly be dissatisfied. If she didn't give any to the Yan prince at all, she would feel uneasy. It would be better not to take her to play.

Because of this, Qi Ruhai admired the Ninth Prince greatly. Despite his young age, the Ninth Prince acted so thoughtfully, unlike the other princes who were always scheming.

Chapter 144: I have a project here

Empress Dowager You arrived at the upper study, looked out the window, saw the five princes studying seriously, and nodded.

Several princes who were originally a little impetuous, caught a glimpse of the figure of Empress Dowager You in their peripheral vision and became much more restrained.

When Empress Dowager You made a surprise attack, she poked her head out of the window, grabbed Ning Gaoxiang who was playing with the small round mirror, and dragged him to stand against the wall. The remaining princes became more serious.

Qi Ruhai took away a little red flower from Ning Gaoxiang.

During the one-day course, he raised a few small questions, did some small interactions, and asked the princes to volunteer. Only Ning Chengrui raised his hand, so two little red flowers appeared behind Ning Chengrui's name.

At the end of the day, the one who received the most red flowers was Ning Chengrui!

"Congratulations, Eighth Prince." Qi Ruhai took out a big red flower made of red cloth, hung it around Ning Chengrui's neck, and congratulated him.

Ning Yuanzhong and Ning Wenhuan glanced at it, then stood up and left without taking it seriously.

Ning Gaoxiang, who had been standing all day, did the same. He glanced at the red flower, quickly packed up his stationery, and left the study without waiting for Ning Chengrui.

He went to the Imperial Garden to relax. Empress Dowager You had only raided the Upper Study once, and caught him there, which made him very depressed. The same thing happened when Emperor Kangning came before, but he only tested his homework and beat him with a stick!

He felt that he had been particularly unlucky recently.

He didn't realize that all his bad luck was because of one person.

On the day Emperor Kangning came, it was because he wanted to bite the Ninth Prince, and coupled with Zhang Zanyu's previous complaint, that Emperor Kangning vented his anger on him.

Empress Dowager You made a surprise attack today. Ning Chengrui was in a daze, Ning Yuanzhong was reading a book, and Ning Wenhuan was writing a letter. They were all absent-minded. Empress Dowager You chose Ning Gaoxiang because of the conflict between him and Xia Jing.

Ning Gaoxiang sat in the pavilion of the Imperial Garden for a long time. He ran to pick a dozen flowers and stomped on them hard, and finally he relaxed a little.

He returned to the Summer Palace. His sister Ning Sisi was playing with rabbits in the yard, and his mother Concubine Rou was standing under the eaves, talking to Concubine Ying.

When Ning Gaoxiang approached, the conversation had already ended. He and Yingpin greeted each other and watched Yingpin leave the Summer Palace.

"I heard that there is a new rule in the upper study? Or was it set by the Empress Dowager?" Concubine Rou looked at Ning Gaoxiang.

"Yes." Ning Gaoxiang replied.

He thought that Ning Chengrui must have won the red flower and showed off to Yingpin, who then told his mother.

"Tell me in detail." Concubine Rou walked into the room.

Ning Gaoxiang didn't hide anything and told the whole story in detail, saying, "The one who gets the most red flowers every day is just rewarded with a big red flower, which is useless."

Concubine Rou nodded: "It's useless, and it was given to that kid Ning Chengrui."

Her tone was disdainful, Yingpin was showing off with a toy-like thing!

But disdain is often the infancy of jealousy.

The next day, Ning Gaoxiang returned from the upper study to discover a new concubine, Concubine Duan, in the palace. Concubine Duan's house arrest had been lifted, and she had been keeping a low profile recently. This was her first visit to the Summer Palace.

As for the purpose of coming, Ning Yuanzhong won the big red flower.

After Concubine Duan left, Concubine Rou became uneasy. No matter what it was, if others had it but she didn't, she would inevitably feel anxious.

What's more, Concubine Duan was a person who loved to show off. She described the big red flower as magical, saying that it represented the attention of Empress Dowager You and Emperor Kangning.

Concubine Rou thought about it carefully and felt that there was some truth to it. The little red flower was actually backed by the empress dowager, and the academic performance represented by the little red flower was what the emperor and the ministers in the court cared about.

She was a little anxious.

On the third day, no concubines arrived.

The winner of the big red flower today is Ning Wenhuan. Ning Wenhuan’s mother, Shunpin, is a low-key person.

Ning Gaoxiang breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he would not be interrogated today. However, during dinner, Concubine Rou took the initiative to ask.

"Ning Chengrui is pregnant, Ning Yuanzhong is pregnant, Ning Wenhuan is pregnant, why don't you have it yet?" Concubine Rou was no longer calm and questioned Ning Gaoxiang.

"It's just a few pieces of paper and a piece of fabric flower," Ning Gaoxiang said stubbornly. In fact, he had the same idea as Concubine Rou.

Everyone else has it, but I don’t. How embarrassing!

On the fourth day of class, he behaved himself and even raised his hand to answer questions, but because his movements were hesitant, Ning Chengrui got there first.

After school, Qi Ruhai gave the big red flower to Ning Chengrui again.

"Xiang'er," Concubine Rou stared at him during dinner, "Ning Chengrui has already had it for the second time. Isn't it time for you to have one too?"

Concubine Rou paused, then continued, "Yesterday, when I went to the Queen's Palace, the talkative Concubine Jing told me about the little red flower and even asked me what the big red flower looked like. Do you know how embarrassed I was? Tell me, how should I answer Concubine Jing?"

Ning Gaoxiang didn't dare to speak.

He made up his mind to win the big red flower tomorrow!

On the fifth day, Ning Gaoxiang entered the study room early, hoping to make a good impression on Qi Ruhai, but he discovered that there were four more names on the screen.

Those are the names of my study partners.

Qi Ruhai announced that his companions would also be included in the red flower system, and the number of red flowers their companions received would be added to their own princes. This turned the individual battle into a group battle.

Ning Gaoxiang worked hard all day and got more red flowers than all the other princes, but his reading companion lost to Ning Wenhuan's reading companion.

The seventh prince Ning Gaoxiang didn’t get the big red flower again!

On this day, the atmosphere at dinner in the Summer Palace was particularly depressing.

On the sixth day, when Ning Gaoxiang was already feeling desperate, the big red flower was finally worn on his chest.

With tears in his eyes, he trotted all the way back to the Summer Palace, threw himself into Concubine Rou's arms, and burst into tears.

Concubine Rou touched the big red flower on Ning Gaoxiang's chest and her eyes also turned red.

"Young master, you are awesome!" The eunuchs and palace maids of the Summer Palace surrounded the two of them, happy for Ning Gaoxiang.

This joy was not fake. The Ninth Prince was worried that the small red flower system wasn't effective enough, so he bribed Empress Dowager You and had her issue a verbal order that the Imperial Kitchen, the Laundry Bureau, and other departments should provide conveniences to those who had received the big red flower, such as not having to queue, or being able to choose their items first.

In this way, the matter of the big red flower became a matter in the harem, allowing the eunuchs and palace maids to join in the fun.