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Chapter 949 - Chapter 949 Wary

Chapter 949: Wary Chapter 949: Wary Editor: Atlas Studios The three little princes had no concept of money at all, especially the Third Prince and the Fourth Prince.

They only knew how to say a few simple words and didn’t even know what money was for.

When they heard that the Crown Prince wanted money, they ran back to their palace and urged their wet nurse to open the box.

After filling up a box, they carried it over.

Having followed the Crown Prince out of the palace twice, the Second Prince knew that money was used to buy things.

However, this thing was useless in the palace, so he was not stingy with it.

He directly asked his personal palace maid to bring over the small box containing money.

Little Treasure sat in the pile of money with a dreamy expression.

It was so easy to obtain money?

Looking at his younger brothers who were gathered around to snatch the music box, Little Treasure turned around and wrote an IOU for them.

Then, he folded it and handed it to their wet nurse.

“Consider this as a loan.

Keep the promissory notes well for them.” Actually, Little Treasure wanted to rope his younger brothers into the business so that he wouldn’t have to return the money.

However, his three younger brothers were still young and weren’t capable of thinking yet, and couldn’t tell good from bad.

He had already bewitched them to borrow money from them, so it naturally wasn’t good to make their pockets bleed again.

After all, although there was some progress in the businesses of raising pearls and making music boxes, it wasn’t certain if they would succeed in the end.

Although the wet nurses of the three princes held the IOU in fear and trepidation, they heaved a sigh of relief in their hearts.

Since so much money had disappeared all at once, the empress and consorts would definitely ask.

With the Crown Prince’s IOU, they could at least keep their lives.

After Little Treasure put the money away, he planned to get someone to send it to Little Bear.

He was also very broke.

After being conferred the title of Crown Prince, he had been receiving a monthly salary.

In addition, his Royal Father and Mother had given him a lot of monthly allowance.

However, the recent opening of the Treasure-Bear Academy in Ningbo had used up a lot of his money.

Now, Treasure-Bear Academy was no longer solely supported by his and Little Bear’s monthly allowance; it also had the support of the local people.

Now, there were donation boxes at the entrance of every Treasure-Bear Academy.

Passers-by could donate money via the boxes, and those who wanted to support the Treasure-Bear Academy could also contact the teachers of the school to donate.

However, because the background of the school had not been announced, no one knew that this school that was dedicated to recruiting poor children was opened by the current Crown Prince and Prince Rong’s son.

Therefore, very few people went to donate.

The source of funds had increased, but it was mainly supported by Little Bear and Little Treasure, so the two of them were as short of money as before.

It wasn’t that Li Jinghua didn’t know.

There were a few times when she wanted to help, but Qi Xiuyuan stopped her.

With a smile, Qi Xiuyuan said, “Let the children figure this out slowly.

Ah Ling is right.

If we give them the money, they might expand beyond a scope that they could handle.

For now, since they can only rely on their own money and a small amount of donations, they are forced to advance steadily step by step.

This way, it’s unlikely that any major issues will crop up.” Did that mean that in the past few years, the Treasure-Bear Academy had been smooth-sailing without any problems?

Of course not.

There had been many conflicts over whether the students should study for the Imperial Examination or learn craftsmanship.

For a period of time, there had even been fights between the students from both factions.

If the operations were expanded, even an adult like Qi Xiuyuan might not be able to withstand it, let alone two children.

This was because education had always been a huge problem in governing the country.

However, because their schools were small and had few branches, there wasn’t a huge fuss even when problems did occur.

The two children were sharp and resolved it bit by bit, improving the school’s system and operation mechanism bit by bit.

Until now, the school gradually matured and began to expand the funding sources.

Qi Xiuyuan had been watching because he wanted to see how far the two children could go and what kind of education system they could create.

If it was good, it might be promoted throughout the country and benefit Great Qi.

If it was not good, it would not affect much if they stopped.

Seeing his son having such tight finances, Qi Xiuyuan’s heart ached.

When he raised his younger brother, he was afraid that he would suffer, thus giving him money whenever he had the chance.

However, when it came to raising his son, he had to suppress his heartache and let him worry about money.

Because of this, Qi Xiuyuan knew that the Crown Prince had cheated his three younger brothers of their money.

Although he had summoned him here to lecture him, he was actually not very angry.

Little Treasure drooped his head and said, “I wrote them an IOU, and my younger brothers agreed.” “Other than your second brother, do your other two younger brothers know what borrowing money means?

Do they have any idea what money is?” Little Treasure lowered his head in shame.

“Then should I return the money?” Qi Xiuyuan sighed and shook his head.

“Forget it this time.

Remember to return the money to your brothers in the future and don’t trick them into handing you money next time.” Little Treasure nodded repeatedly.

“It won’t happen again.” Qi Xiuyuan knocked on the table and asked, “What do you think your brothers should do in the future?” Little Treasure’s eyes were filled with confusion, so Qi Xiuyuan explained, “If you want to be the Emperor in the future, your brothers will be Princes.

However, they can’t just be idle Princes, right?

You’ll have to find something for them to do.” “Isn’t this up to them?” Little Treasure was very puzzled.

“They can do whatever they want.

In Uncle’s family, my younger cousins choose their paths themselves.” Qi Xiuyuan pursed his lips and asked, “Did your cousins all say that they wanted to be generals?” “That’s right.

Tiger Head wants to be a general, Little Lion wants to be a marshal, Little Bear wants to be a general, and Little An wants to be a military advisor.” Qi Xiuyuan said disdainfully, “This is all because your uncle has been nagging them to pursue this since they were young.

Your younger brothers are starting to become sensible.

But before that, they just go along with whatever others say.

So Royal Father wants to ask you, what do you want your younger brothers to do in the future?” Perhaps Little Treasure was influenced by the deep relationship between Little Bear and his brothers.

Little Bear often wrote letters to tell Little Treasure about his younger brothers and Little An, telling him what trouble they had gotten into again, making Little Treasure extremely envious.

In addition, a few children were born in the palace one after another.

Little Treasure was an elder brother, so he consciously often took his younger brothers out to play.

Fortunately, the Empress was virtuous and did not suppress the concubines and sons of concubines.

She also allowed Little Treasure to interact with the little princes.

Seeing the children getting along so well, Qi Xiuyuan was naturally happy.

However, he did not want this to only be the case when they were young.

As the children gradually grew up, they would definitely develop their own thoughts.

In addition, they would be influenced by their biological mothers and clans.

The older the children, the more thoughts they would have.

Therefore, it was better to settle it now and tell the children their future goals.

Would they be idle kings, virtuous ministers, or princes who led the troops?

They should be nurtured in advance so that they would not all rush to compete with Little Treasure for the ruler’s position in the future and ruin their father-son or brotherly relationship.

Of course, Qi Xiuyuan also had his own selfish motives.

Since all four were his sons, he naturally hoped that they would live happily, so he did not want them to compete.

However, considering this position was too tempting, he was not sure that all his sons could resist the temptation.

He could only teach Little Treasure to be stronger and prepare early.

However, it was obvious that Little Treasure could not understand his father’s painstaking efforts.

Smiling, he replied, “It’s better to wait for my younger brothers to grow up and let them choose for themselves.

What if they want to learn how to play the piano now, go to the battlefield tomorrow, and then desire to become the top scholar later?

What if I choose something that they don’t like?”