Ming Dynasty: Empress Ma and I swapped clothes!

Chapter 46 Ma Wenxiang: Your Majesty is still too impatient!

After placing the brush on the brush holder, Ma Wenxiang held his calligraphy high and hung it aside to dry until the ink had dried.

Every day, various scholars would come to inspect his progress in learning about the Central Plains culture and education. With such guidance from all sides, he was not much worse than the Hanlin scholars in the palace, which made Ma Wenxiang quite satisfied.

I lay down on the bed, with a double-layered brocade quilt covering my body.

He thought to himself, "Next, I'll be able to easily take the top spot in the prefectural examination."

……

When you wake up, it will be forever.

Returning to Kunning Palace.

Ma Wenxiang was preparing to enjoy the benefits of his health regimen for the past few days when a wave of palpitations struck him. He felt a sudden tightness in his chest, as if something major had been weighing on his mind, and his body felt as if it were being haunted by a ghost.

Ma Wenxiang frowned slightly and examined himself, but did not find any illness or pain.

Looking outside, the sky was already faintly bright, and my biological clock had woken up just in time.

As soon as he made a sound, Sun Miaoran from Kunning Palace thoughtfully lit a candle. The faint light illuminated the room, making it no longer pitch black but more hazy.

"Your Majesty."

Sun Miaoran walked over carefully. Su Qing'er was already awake and was tidying up her clothes.

When the two men arrived, Ma Wenxiang's brows furrowed even more deeply.

If you are physically fine, then it must be due to your worries?

But what could have weighed so heavily on the mind of this empress that it burdened her body to such an extent, almost ruining the results of her health regimen over the past few days?

Once a heart ailment flares up, one's physical condition is already in poor condition.

If a serious illness were to strike at this time, it would be quite normal for the body to collapse immediately.

If the situation were more serious, he wouldn't have to wait ten years; he might have lost his life in the third year of the Hongwu reign and gone to the Yellow Springs Bridge of Helplessness.

Ma Wenxiang looked at Su Qing'er and Sun Miaoran and saw that they both looked worried, so he knew that they also knew the inside story.

"Your Majesty, why not recall the two young princes? They are blessed with good fortune and will surely have a bright future. Your Majesty must not continue to go to such lengths."

Su Qing'er said, her voice trembling with tears.

Sun Miaoran appeared more composed: "Your Majesty, I believe the two young princes have already learned their lesson. However, as Your Majesty said a few days ago, if we delay for another day or two, this matter will fall apart on its own."

"This servant truly does not know the key point."

Sun Miaoran's lack of understanding does not mean that Ma Wenxiang does not understand the deeper meaning of her words.

They were clearly waiting for him to step in and resolve this unexpected disaster that had arisen in the palace.

As the reigning empress, Ma Xiuying wielded unparalleled power.

Her relationship with Zhu Yuanzhang was by no means that of a favored concubine and an emperor, but rather that of a legitimate founding husband and wife.

In later generations, she would definitely be a powerful businesswoman with shares and authority, far surpassing any concubine.

Just as Ma Wenxiang was about to reconsider, a eunuch outside Kunning Palace knocked on the palace door. His voice was not shrill, but it could be clearly heard inside the palace: "Your Majesty, Lord Mao of the Imperial Guard Commandery has come to see you."

Seeing Ma Wenxiang's expression shift slightly, and Su Qing'er and Sun Miaoran beside him visibly relieved, they knew that this matter was also closely related to this Lord Mao.

As Ma Wenxiang tidied his clothes, the doors and windows of Kunning Palace opened as Mao Xiang stepped in. The eunuchs and palace maids around him seemed to wake from a dream and stood at attention, waiting for orders.

Mao Xiang was about to bow when Ma Wenxiang was preoccupied with this matter. Although her heart ailment had not yet subsided, she was in a very unpleasant mood while trapped in this mystery. If she did not resolve it quickly, it would cause big trouble sooner or later.

So he asked directly, "Speak frankly, what exactly happened?"

His tone carried a hint of imposing phoenix power that even he himself was unaware of.

Mao Xiang felt a chill run down his spine and quickly recounted everything that had happened in the past few days.

Only then did Ma Wenxiang realize that the root of his heart ailment actually lay with those two brats.

At this moment, Ma Wenxiang wished he could pull down the pants of these two brats and give them a good beating.

The saying goes, "Spare the rod and spoil the child."

When his parents used to beat him severely, he, as their son, always thought deeply that when he became a parent himself, he would never educate his children in that way.

But now it seems that back then...

Dad, your punches are still not fast enough or ruthless enough.

"Let's go find those two little brats!"

Ma Wenxiang was now seething with hatred, his eyes gleaming with malice.

Mao Xiang immediately breathed a sigh of relief, nodded in acceptance, and led the way.

On the way, Ma Wenxiang gradually calmed down and learned the ins and outs of the matter. He couldn't help but think to himself, "Your Majesty was too hasty this time."

"Many matters are better handled openly than secretly; the worst thing is when things can't be discussed openly."

"Otherwise, even blood relatives can easily develop resentment."

Despite his thoughts, he had complete understanding of Empress Ma Xiuying.

Ultimately, it's because I'm in the thick of it all, and I'm caught up in the situation, that my mind is in turmoil.

Father, like son.

Let alone myself, any kind-hearted parents in this world would probably do the same thing instinctively.

Hoping their sons will become dragons and their daughters will become phoenixes.

This original aspiration will at least never be wrong.

……

Early morning.

When Ma Xiuying woke up slightly, she saw the note left by Ma Wenxiang. She smiled faintly, then turned her gaze to the calligraphy she had painstakingly practiced, and nodded to herself.

Although he was still worried about those two good-for-nothing children, he was still a teenager, and those worries were no longer such a heavy burden on his body, and were within his tolerance.

Many things in this world are like this: once you fall into a bottomless pit of a vicious cycle, you can never get out. You will only grow thinner day by day and eventually give up on yourself.

The body is the foundation of everything, and it is also essential for bearing negative emotions. If the body is in poor health, more unknown hidden dangers will arise.

That's just how things are; it's never changed.

"It's already April, let's see how this kid handles it."

While different schools of thought may have their own approaches to education, they are generally similar in many ways.

Some people value strictness, while others value benevolence.

Although their methods are largely the same, the offspring they raise may become pillars of society or dissolute playboys.

It's unclear whether the problem lies in the way the child was raised, or in the child himself.

Or, to put it another way, the words of the sages emphasize teaching according to aptitude, but these words of the sages are ultimately just principles in books, and are utterly useless in practice.

Take the phrase "teaching according to aptitude" for example. It seems simple, but in practice it is harder than climbing to the sky.

At least in Ma Xiuying's view, handling state affairs was hundreds of times easier than educating those two good-for-nothing children.

Although Ma Wenxiang is currently in the palace and about to go to resolve the "ordeal" of those two good-for-nothing children, he is not too worried about the Empress at this moment.

Because within this mansion, the joyous celebrations to come will be the most comforting thing.