Wife's Observation Log

"Master Lan, it stands to reason that I should call myself a 'student' the day I met you. It can be seen that Dou really doesn't want to go to school or become an official, so he just wants to think about these things."

"But there is no one who can use me as an official. Besides, this is not the official who is in charge of the prefect. You can just study, discuss with other old masters occasionally, and see what the principles of their things are. Just write it down." Lan Wei There are routines for persuading people, and I have also learned to avoid the important and ignore the less important. To deceive a Sun Jiandou who is under 20 years old and does not even have a word, it is really... not enough.

Sun Jiandou really "doesn't know how to compliment". Lan Wei doesn't admit that she has no ability to persuade people, but she cherishes her talents and wants to work hard to make him change his mind, so he did this research.

So Lan Wei inspected Sun Jiandou all day long, and whenever he went to Sun Jiandou's place, he must ask a few words of persuasion.The positions of servants and other positions have been confirmed, but the title of servant research has been left vacant, waiting for Sun Jiandou to nod.

Although Lan Wei knew that she already had a girlfriend who was more powerful than ten thousand people, she couldn't resist them not making it public.Furthermore, the knowledge of craftsmen is also limited to the region. It may be better for those in the city to have seen female officials, but those who are blacksmiths and plasterers in the countryside are not much different from the man in Beizhili.

Therefore, rumors spread in Tiangongyuan.

Some said that most of the chief officials were too old to marry, and they were rushing to follow Sun Jiandou;But in short, Hu Le suppressed him, although what he said was "the official is bigger than the magistrate, we can't talk about it, be careful to lose your head", but Lan Wei had already looked at him high, thinking that there was indeed someone down there. The leadership style and prestige are there, and the mind is very clear.

So Sun Jiandou was unwilling to take the seat, and finally gave it to Hu Le.

When Lan Wei drew up the list and submitted it to Xie Zhen, Xie Zhen didn't plan to read it again, but Xie Zhen didn't read it. Lan Wei didn't feel at ease about herself at all, so she asked her to read it.

Xie Zhen opened it and asked, "On what basis did your servants be selected?"

"Capable." Then Lan Wei narrated what happened before, but Xie Zhen's face sank, and his eyes swept sharply. smiled easily.

Of course she should be jealous, Lan Wei thought belatedly, but Xie Zhen really treated her too well, and couldn't bear to scare her with a cold face.It's just that if it's so good that it's so affectionate and gentle, it's too uncomfortable to swallow that vinegar by yourself.

Lan Wei poured her a cup of tea, leaned the stool closer to her, and started to work as a maid who squeezed her shoulders and beat her back. Xie Zhen ducked to the side and pressed Lan Wei's hand involuntarily. Go down: "Don't."

Perhaps Lan Wei's disappointment was too obvious, so Xie Zhen added: "If you want to do this job of serving people, as long as you know it in your heart, that's enough."

But what makes up for this is that there is always a tone of being disheartened by being cuckolded and can only let it go. It makes Lan Wei feel strange to hear it, but after all, this is another kind of freshness that can appear in Xie Zhen, not a simple one. The mood of joy, anger and majesty, from this perspective, she didn't know whether to be happy or sad.

"Your Highness..." Lan Wei called out and realized that something was wrong. She was already a girlfriend, and Xie Zhen also called "Lan Lan" affectionately and tenderly, but Lan Wei had no choice but to be "Your Highness" like.

As a prince and minister, yes, Lan Wei always called her "Your Highness" as her duty, and Xie Zhen calling her "Lanlan" was an honor, so she shouldn't overstep the bounds.But as a lover, even if Lan Wei's mind shouldn't be moved, it still makes her fascinated.

Want to say why you are fascinated?While spitting out the dirty thoughts in her mind, Lan Wei couldn't help but imagine that when she and Xie Zhen were rubbing each other's ears, she could speak softly and light the bed mat with an "Ah Zhen".

Then, going further, Lan Wei's mouth became fussy: "Since Your Highness doesn't want me to do this job of serving, do you still want them to do it? Your Highness is a blessing to everyone, but I'm going to be unhappy."

"...'Blessings of the people of Qi' is not used in this way." Xie Zhen's focus was not right. "In Mencius, the people of Qi have a wife and a concubine, and they are just begging beggars, but they play awe-inspiring at home. It’s probably the so-called blessings of those lazy idlers’ delusion.”

When Xie Zhen paused, his eyes became deeper, and when she spoke again, Lan Wei knew that His Highness would not miss the point: "Although I have both talents and virtues, but fortunately my parents are in the shadows, it is definitely not counted. I don’t want to eat leftovers for a feast, and I won’t let my wife cry and think that I can’t rely on it for a lifetime. And since I don’t want my wife to hug another woman, it’s even less likely to have concubines to bother each other ——Are you still not happy?"

Lan Wei hesitated: "No."

"I'm really upset about Sun Jiandou's matter, but you know that when he entered the Tiangong Academy, he was considered an official like a good scholar. What is the crime of not obeying the transfer order?"

Xie Zhen's familiarity with criminal names is definitely better than that of civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty. After all, he has been immersed in case review since he was a child, and ordinary Dali temple officials can't do it for so long.Therefore, when she asked such a question, Lan Wei felt bad, so she had no choice but to answer: "Just talk about the punishment?"

"It's important to abandon the city. Although I won't replace your subordinates, you should take care of it anyway." After Xie Zhen clicked this sentence, he slightly changed the topic, "I usually don't care about the progress of Tiangongyuan. I will ask you, I really don’t understand technical matters, but if there are administrative problems, I can still point them out.”

Before finishing speaking, there was a light and short whistle from outside the door, Xie Zhen pursed his lower lip, and Fang said to Lan Wei: "Someone is coming, should you go first or stay here?"

Lan Wei thought that the fact that she had the Tiangong Institute was standing in front of her, so she naturally wanted to stay, and Xie Zhen agreed.

The one who stepped into the threshold was Princess Jingyun. Two or three years later, she has entered school. Since entering school, she has always come to Xie Zhen to memorize new chapters. It seems that Xie Zhen played the spot check homework The parent role of the parent—wait!

Playing the role of parent?

Lan Wei thought of Xie Zhen's words "what's wrong with taking the father and the emperor's youngest son as the successor" in a blink of an eye, and realized how thoroughly Xie Zhen was taking care of her affairs.

She really didn't intend to give in to any rumors, but Emperor Changning actually acquiesced, Lan Wei didn't think of any more tricks, but Xie Zhen asked her to greet each other with Jing Yun. Lan Wei naturally wants to be respectful, but this little devil who has always been fearless is also very polite, which makes Lan Wei a little surprised.

But Xie Zhen was not surprised, and Lan Wei could only think that learning about etiquette might be due to the innate proficiency of the Xie family's children, except Kang Wang.And after some greetings, Xie Zhen sent Lan Wei to drink tea elsewhere. Yi Shui, who had changed from serving inside the house to waiting outside the house, obviously knew what Xie Zhen meant. After a detour, Lan Wei instead Sitting in the inner room of the outer hall of Qingning Palace, one can know what's going on outside without listening carefully.

"The so-called self-cultivation lies in rectifying one's mind. If there is anger in the body, it cannot be rectified. If there is fear, it will not be rectified. If there is pleasure, it will not be rectified. If there is sorrow, it will not be rectified. If the mind is absent, it will not be rectified. Turning a blind eye, listening but not smelling, eating but not knowing its taste. This is called self-cultivation is rectifying one’s heart.” Jing Yun stood in front of Xie Zhen’s case, although his voice was shaking his head and stretching out very long, he recited it very smoothly, but most people couldn’t help but praise it. Things are effective even if you put them in your heart, but if you go on, Jing Yun gets stuck, "So-called...so-called..."

Her voice was getting lower and lower, and Xie Zhen didn't urge or remind her, but after mumbling for a long time, she choked out a sentence: "The so-called sincere ones."

She paused, and then continued with "Don't deceive yourself", her tone was almost filled with joy, but as soon as she said this, Xie Zhen interrupted: "Don't deceive yourself."

Xie Zhen's interruption was not strong, but with a kind of teaching patience, and the persuasive words were actually a little gentle, but Jing Yun cried out with a "wow". Xie Zhen didn't coax her, but Jing Yun quickly changed to sobbing, and cried intermittently: "Second sister... Nana didn't do it on purpose... Next time, you must memorize it carefully... Don't hit Nana... Cough cough cough"

Sobbing and sobbing, Jing Yun choked up his breath and coughed dryly. Then there was the sound of Xie Zhen's footsteps outside, and then he hugged Jing Yun: "Nai Nai, I can't recite "University" completely at the age of seven or eight. It doesn't matter, although Father said to entrust you to me to teach, but I haven't hit you for so long, right?"

Jing Yun let out a hoarse cry, "Mm", and then said eagerly: "So the second sister won't..."

Lan Wei guessed that what she was going to ask was "won't you hit me?", but her words were swallowed, apparently stopped by Xie Zhen, who was not in a hurry to speak, but the most frightening thing was this kind of After waiting for a long time, Lan Wei was sweating for Jing Yun.

It was Xie Zhen's voice that landed on the ground: "But, have I taught you not to deceive yourself?" I taught you sentence by sentence last month and explained it to you. I understand everything, so today, when I can’t remember the content to be memorized, why do I deliberately recite the wrong but proficient paragraphs in order to get away with it? So, today I really want to punish you. "

Jing Yun's sobbing stopped suddenly.

"Ten times."

Xie Zhen yelled "Yi Shui" outside the door, probably telling her to take the tools, Lan Wei couldn't sit still, and Emperor Changning hit Xie Zhen, she felt so distressed that she felt a little empathy, Xie Zhen hit Jing Yun It's not a problem either.

Therefore, as soon as he heard the sound of the board hitting his body, Jing Yun's cry was accompanied by Lan Wei's frantic coughing inside, but Xie Zhen did not waver, and smoked again the second time.

Lan Wei finally walked out: "Your Highness... I have something to play."

"You're being rude." Xie Zhen looked a little cold, she was always cold-faced towards others, but as far as she was caring for Lan Wei, coldness already meant anger.In fact, Jing Yun's clothes are still extremely neat, and there is not much struggle, which means that it is not very painful. Lan Wei regrets that she did not trust Xie Zhen's sense of propriety and ran out rashly, and also regrets not being considerate and taking Xie Zhen's face.

It's just... corporal punishment itself is wrong.

The board in Xie Zhen's hand was round and narrow, with a wider front end. She put the board on the table and made a gesture of getting up. Bu stood aside, but his eyes were fixed on Lan Wei, full of messages for help.

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Additional historical background:

Jing Yunbei’s passages come from "Great Learning", which is generally the first to be read in the Four Books. It is regarded as the foundation.