Qianlong walked out of Chuxiu Palace and stopped to look up at the square sky. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"Let's go to the Shang Study and see how the boys are doing."

Qianlong rarely went to the Shang Study because he was traumatized by the parents and teachers lying at the back door when he was young.

Now that he was the Emperor, not only would it affect the children's listening, but the teachers would also be scared to death.

But he couldn't always leave them alone. It would seem that he, The Emperor, didn't care about the education of his children.

So he should go there from time to time …

Three sons and one younger brother lined up. Except for Yonglian, the other three were like mice that saw a cat. Their heads were so low that they wanted to stick it in their pants.

"Ai, it's easy to make me think that you've done something wrong. All of you are lowering your heads so much.

You're all standing straight with your chests out. You're all a bit like teenagers. "

Qianlong never tested the content of their recitation. He only asked the children what they thought.

So that they wouldn't all become stubborn and only know how to follow the script without knowing how to be flexible.

But Yonghuang and the others didn't feel that this was lowering the difficulty. Instead, it was better to test rote memorization.

God knows what kind of strange questions the Emperor Ama (Imperial Brother) would ask …

Looking at the little ones, Qianlong had a headache and knocked on his head.

Yonghuang was now fourteen. He didn't choose anyone for this year's draft, but he would have to choose someone for the next draft.

This child's mother died before Qianlong ascended the throne. After Qianlong ascended the throne, he was posthumously given the title of Consort Zhefei. In addition, they were all children of the Fucha family. The Empress usually paid attention to Yonghuang.

Yongzhang's mother, Consort Chun, was also quite quiet. She was quite respectful to the Empress.

With her son by her side, Consort Chun began to live out her old age in Zhong Cui's palace.

As for Hong Kuan's mother, she was even more transparent. She was waiting for Hong Kuan to grow up and take her out of the palace to be the old imperial concubine.

They were all low-key, so Qianlong felt much more at ease.

"Next month, Yonghuang and Yonglian will attend the Imperial Court together. Yongzhang and Hong Kuan still have to study for a few more years. You can enter the Imperial Court after you turn twelve."

After Qianlong finished speaking, he did not want to disturb his master's lecture and left the Shang Study Room. However, it was difficult for the children to focus on the books in front of them …

After Consort Chun heard some rumors, she pondered for a while and calculated the days. She dressed very inconspicuously and took the palace maids to the Empress's Palace of Earthly Tranquility.

It was almost time for the palace maids to leave the palace. Besides this matter, Consort Chun also made a suggestion.

The Emperor only said that he would reduce the age of the palace maids, but he did not say how the age of the palace maids would be changed.

Some palace maids entered the palace at the age of twelve or thirteen. They were still children themselves. It was good enough that they could take care of themselves, much less serve the masters and concubines of the palaces.

Training palace maids was also a waste of money. It was better to increase the age of the palace maids to enter the palace until they were fifteen.

Then the palace maids that were trained with great difficulty could not be released after two or three years.

The age of the palace maids could not be lowered too much. Twenty-two was about right.

One side raised three years, the other side lowered three years.

The Empress felt that Consort Chun's suggestion was very reasonable. She nodded and said, "Your idea is good. Ben gong will explain it to The Emperor when the time comes.

If His Majesty accepts it, this consort will also reward you. "

Consort Chun was sent away happily by the Empress.

After a while, the Empress asked Ming Yu and Yingluo what they thought of this matter.

Ming Yu was very loyal to the Empress. She had an expression that said she would stay by the Empress' side and would not leave the palace even if she was beaten to death.

Wei Yingluo had not found out the cause of her sister's death and naturally did not want to leave the palace.

"Ah, it really should be like The Emperor said and introduce more guards to you … …"

Which young girl did not yearn for love?

It was just that they had not met the right one and were stubborn.

"Hahaha, what did zhen say?" Qianlong came in halfway and raised his hand to dismiss everyone's greetings.

The Empress smiled and repeated what she had said before. Naturally, she led the topic to the age of the palace maids.

The reason that the palace maids were not willing to leave the palace was because they were too old after leaving the palace and could not find a suitable family. Even their livelihood would be a problem after leaving the palace.

Qianlong heard the Empress say Consort Chun's thoughts and nodded in agreement.

"We were in a fit of anger earlier and didn't think things through thoroughly.

Then we'll do as the Empress said and change it to entering the palace at fifteen and leaving the palace at twenty.

When entering the palace, there will be a strict selection. When leaving the palace, each person will be given one hundred taels of silver. "

This was a small matter for Qianlong and the Empress. Rewarding Consort Chun with something was over.

Then the Empress asked how Er Qing was. Qianlong took a bite of the osmanthus cake the Empress had made and shook his head.

"The situation is not good. It must be treated carefully."

The Empress thought that Qianlong was only saying that Er Qing's situation was not good. Thinking that there was a taiyi, she was not too worried.

What she did not know was that Qianlong's emphasis was on the second half of the sentence.

There was indeed a problem with Er Qing's family background. The people who stuck to the pole followed the vine to find the melon and found out that the Xitara family was a very big melon. The degree of complexity was enough to write a book, 'The Legend of the Xitara'.

In order to avoid alerting the enemy, the news that Er Qing was brought to the outskirts of the capital had not reached the Hitara family. This was to wait for the people in the dark to lose their cool and take the initiative to pass the news to the palace.

Then the people in the Sticking Department would catch the people behind the Hitara family and catch them all in one fell swoop.

Thinking about how he was so cautious and conscientious, but was still labeled as an incapable ruler by those people, Qianlong was very unhappy.

Not to mention that they wanted to assassinate him.

Who did he offend … …

Qianlong was unhappy, but he could not vent his anger. He would record this hatred in his little notebook and return it a thousand times later!

Archiving completed.

"Ah, in a few days, it will be time for Yonglian to be conferred the title of Crown Prince.

I am too lazy to go through the trouble. Yonghuang and Yongzhang will be conferred the title of Prince at the same time. "

Anyway, the Empress was tailing Yonglian, and he was a Royal Prince. The Empress immediately agreed.

The Emperor was too lazy to go through the trouble, and his heart ached for the money.

Letting the palace maids out of the palace cost a hundred taels per person. This was not a small amount.

After Wei Yingluo returned to her room to rest, she could not help but recall what the Empress said before and shook her head hard.

"Other than the time when Bodyguard Fucha saved me, we don't seem to have any interactions. How could I fall in love with him at first sight?

Oh right, I still haven't thanked Bodyguard Fucha for saving me … … "

Wei Yingluo felt that she entered the palace to find out the cause of her sister's death. She could forget about talking about love.

With an attitude of thanks, Wei Yingluo gave Fu Heng a bracelet.

"Ah, I'll give you a bracelet as a thank you for saving me that day. Otherwise, I would still be lying in bed right now.

Don't think too much, I don't like you. "

Wei Yingluo turned and ran off after saying this. Fu Heng looked at the bracelet in his hand and then looked at Wei Yingluo. He began to develop an interest in Wei Yingluo.

This Wei Yingluo was really a clear stream among the palace maids in Kun Ning Palace … …

Half a month quickly passed. Qianlong woke up early to prepare for Yonglian's conferring ceremony.

On one hand, he found it troublesome, but on the other hand, he wanted to give the best to Yonglian.

In the end, Qianlong had to endure the humiliation and endure the sun until the end.

Other than Yonglian who was conferred the title of Crown Prince, Yonghuang was conferred the title of Prince Ding, and Yongzhang was conferred the title of Prince Xun.

Even Hong Xuan was taken care of and was conferred the title of Baylor.

At night, the family of four sat quietly in Kun Ning Palace and ate dinner.

Because today was Yonglian's birthday, Qianlong volunteered to make longevity noodles for Yonglian.

But as The Emperor, how could he go to a place like the kitchen?

In the end, the Empress cooked a bowl of longevity noodles for Yonglian. Qianlong only fried an egg.

Qianlong actually only knew how to make fried eggs, but this didn't stop him from wanting to be a chef … …

The next day was morning court. Qianlong specially comforted Yonglian and Yonghuang not to be nervous and to treat the court officials as pigs.

"If you're really nervous, then walk slowly. In any case, the court robes are wide and you can't tell that you're trembling. Just don't sit on the ground."

Yonglian nodded. Yonghuang took a deep breath and followed Yonglian into the main hall.

If there was something to report, then court was dismissed.

The court officials who had been scolded so badly not long ago didn't seem to have learned their lesson. This morning, they caused another big incident.