After marrying the heirless prince, I gave birth to three children

But she was still a little skeptical about what Xiao Ji said, so after returning to the palace, she immediately summoned the imperial physician to ask him.

This time Xiao Ji did not lie. What the imperial physician said was exactly the same as what Xiao Ji said.

Xiao Ji's body is gradually weakening, and the degree of weakening is faster than that of ordinary people, but there will be no other impact in the short term.

Some nourishing herbs can delay the degree of weakness.

Although Xie Yao was worried, she felt relieved when she heard this. She and Xiao Ji owned the whole world, so the thing they had the most was nourishing medicinal herbs.

Xie Yao ordered everyone outside to secretly look for a doctor, and at the same time ordered the imperial physicians to prepare various precious medicinal foods and watch Xiao Ji drink them every day.

By the time Xie Yao calmed down from this incident, it was already spring again.

Xuan Yue gave birth to a daughter. As for the four-month vacation given by Xie Yao, she only took two months and then returned to work as usual.

As for the children, the Xuan family has Tutor Xuan, Madam Xuan, and a wet nurse and servants, so it won't affect them at all.

Xuan Yue is really busy this winter. After all, he distributed potatoes in the middle of the year, and now he has sweet potatoes and corn to distribute.

These were all distributed during the winter, waiting to be planted in the spring.

There are also several major events this spring.

This year's imperial examination included not only men but also quite a few women. The number was even greater than last year's female official examination!

Xie Yao was very excited and looked forward to everyone getting good results.

Of course, Xie Yao felt it was very risky.

Because Xie Zhan and Xu Ping'an will both be taking the field this year. Both of them are young geniuses. Although they are not very old, they also participated in the distribution of seeds last year and went to various places to investigate the people's conditions.

In addition to their extraordinary talent, hard work and diligence, Xie Yao has also read their articles, which are indeed very good!

Just as the potatoes were being harvested, this year's palace examination also came to a successful conclusion.

Just as Xie Yao expected, Xu Ping'an was the top scorer, Xie Zhan was the third, and the runner-up was also a woman.

Xie Yao was quite satisfied with this.

As more and more people supported Xie Yao in the court, her control over the entire Xia Kingdom became stronger and stronger.

There were some things she no longer had to do herself; she could just give an order and someone would do it immediately.

Xie Yao just felt that life was becoming more and more comfortable.

But not everything went so smoothly. On this day, Mr. Qingshan entered the Yangxin Palace.

When he saw her, the smile on Xie Yao's face immediately disappeared.

"Mr. Qingshan." Xie Yao stood up personally and showed great respect to Mr. Qingshan.

Mr. Qingshan clasped his fists and said, "Empress, I have come here today to discuss the Crown Prince's teachings."

That’s right, last year, after Zhaozhao and Suisui turned four years old, Xie Yao and Xiao Ji started to educate the two children.

The teacher invited was not someone else, but Xu Ping'an's teacher, Mr. Qingshan, a great scholar from the Xia State.

All this is done for Xu Ping'an's sake.

Mr. Qingshan was grateful to Xie Yao for introducing such an outstanding disciple to him, so he agreed to Xie Yao's request and came to teach Zhao Zhao every year.

"Mr. Qingshan, please sit down first." Xie Yao's scalp tingled.

Mr. Qingshan paused, then sat down. He said, "Your Majesty, please forgive my frankness, but the Crown Prince may not be suitable for studying."

Xie Yao: “…”

"When I was teaching, Her Highness was very clever and quick-witted. Although she was young, she could draw inferences from one instance to another. I think Her Highness's talent is probably not inferior to Ping An's."

After a pause, Mr. Qingshan said in an embarrassed tone, "But His Royal Highness... is completely different. I taught him a poem for three days, but he still couldn't memorize it."

"After observing for these days, I have discovered that His Royal Highness is neither unable to remember nor unintelligent."

"Your Highness the Crown Prince just doesn't want to learn."