Concubine Ru and Concubine Li came to plead again, causing the Emperor to be both annoyed and to have a headache.
He looked at the two of them, sobbing and wailing, and said while massaging his forehead, "The fourth and fifth princes are young, one is ten, the other seven. Sending them so far away from the Capital, can you really bear to part with them?"
The two of them bit their lips and nodded, "Your concubines can bear it."
The Emperor angrily said, "I cannot bear it!"
Continuing to cry, they said, "Your Majesty, recently they... they are not striving for improvement. Perhaps if they leave the Imperial Palace and are locked in Qingshan Academy with strict teachers to educate them, they will start to make progress! While they're young, we should correct this lack of progress early, lest they become waste in the future."
