Zhou Zhi met Li Dongyang with excitement and reverence. Li Dongyang's old eyes had actually looked Zhou Zhi up and down in detail. Because the queen had the idea of leaving Zhou Zhi by the prince's side, Li Dongyang also did his homework in advance and learned a lot about Zhou Zhi's past.

Li Dongyang learned that Zhou Zhi was just a country scholar, but it was this countryman who repeatedly made a lot of noise. In Baekak Village, in Gyeongdo County, and in the surrounding areas of Gyeongdo County, Zhou Zhi has a great reputation. He was appreciated by Peng Ze, the prefect of Baoding, and even more favored by Yang Yiqing, and accepted as a student.

Not to mention in Guozijian, Zhou Zhi's many knowledge and thoughts are even very surprising to Li Dongyang, and he has never heard of or seen it.

Of course, the most important thing is that Zhou Zhi is a student of Yang Yiqing, in Li Dongyang's opinion, since Yang Yiqing can be optimistic about people, it will definitely not be wrong. You must know that Li Dongyang and Yang Yiqing have a close relationship. In the entire Ming Dynasty, if Li Dongyang has the best relationship and the most confidant, it is none other than Yang Yiqing.

So Yang Yiqing Dynasty Empress smiled indifferently and said, "Queen, Weichen has heard some about Zhou Zhisao, this person studies hard, not to mention, he is also very scheming, knowledgeable, and has a lot of knowledge, even Weichen has never heard of it, as if it is very advanced."

We are a big country, but we must also move forward. In Weichen's view, this Zhou Zhi is a model for young people and a representative of young people.

Also, thoughtful character Weichen has also heard it very clearly. Zhou Zhi and the queen just now, Zhou Zhi's speech and actions, Wei Chen was also carefully observing, Wei Chen thought it was very decent. So Weichen thought that this person was the best person to accompany the prince to study. ”

The queen nodded slightly.

Zhou Zhi was already stunned.

Didn't you say that you want to play with the prince Zhu Houzhao? I don't have that kind of spare time. But why did it change to accompany the prince to study now?

Accompanying the prince to study, that is the prince's attendant. How did I, a poor man in the countryside, have such a situation?

You must know that the prince's attendants are all the heirs of some royal relatives, and they have excellent talents and character. Even if the prince is occasionally selected from the people to study, it is a rare person who is outstanding among the people.

Zhou Zhi's mood couldn't help but become more and more excited.

But then Zhou Zhi thought again, although it is good for the prince to read, but it also depends on who the prince is? I am accompanied by Zhu Houzhao, who is famous in the history of the Ming Dynasty and has a very bad reputation.

Zhu Houzhao's future is a life of fun and brutality, and he does not do his job. I accompanied him to study, and his reputation was stinky in the future, and didn't the courtiers and the people of the world have to blame themselves for many crimes?

There is no companion to read!

So it seems that this prince can't really do it.

Thinking like this, Zhou Zhi's very excited heart slowly cooled down. He began to think about how to reject this beauty in the eyes of others.

At this time, I suddenly heard the queen say, "Hehe, Lord Li, this palace knows that you have a lot of relationship with Yang Yiqing and Lord Yang, and this Zhou Zhi is a student of Yang Yiqing, so you will speak in favor of him." ”

Li Dongyang's face changed slightly, and he said, "Empress, you can wronged Weichen." The crown prince is the future monarch, since he is choosing a companion for the prince, and since the queen has summoned Weichen, it is the trust of Weichen.

How can Weichen abolish the public because of private interests, how can he show favoritism. ”

"Hehe, this palace knows, it's just a casual talk!" Empress Zhang said with a smile.

The two of them talked, looking very casual, but Zhou Zhi clearly felt the depth of the scheming of the two of them. There seems to be a deep meaning in each of their words.

Then Empress Zhang suddenly looked solemn and said to Zhou Zhi, "Zhou Zhi, you also heard what this palace and Master Li said just now. However, this palace still has something to say to you, this palace knows that you study hard, and you were admitted to the small three yuan of Baoding Mansion at a young age, and the time of studying is not very long.

My Chaoguo Zijian is a good place, there are talented people in the world, and my husband is also a first-class gentleman in my dynasty, you will definitely benefit a lot from studying there. However, compared with the gentleman of the prince and the prince's attendant, there is still a gap in the palace.

The prince's attendant is now Yang Tinghe, and the great Confucian Dong Yue, presumably you also know some of these two people's talents, so there is no need to say more about this palace. and Li Dongyang in front of you now, Master Li, also has to teach the prince from time to time.

Therefore, from the perspective of this palace, if you enter the palace to be the prince's companion, it will only be good for you, and there will be no harm. Besides, the prince only attends classes in the morning, and in the afternoon and in the evening, you can still study in the country.

Zhou Zhi, this matter is so decided, from tomorrow, you will enter the palace and start studying with the prince. ”

At the beginning, Empress Zhang spoke to Zhou Zhi in a consultative tone, and she made it very clear that there was something to discuss with Zhou Zhi. So much so that Zhou Zhi felt that Empress Zhang was a very amiable woman from the beginning.

But now it seems that he has made a will, so that Zhou Zhi can't refuse.

Zhou Zhi thought about what he was afraid of delaying the prince, and his talent was not enough to be the prince's companion, and his wife was also in the capital, and he sometimes had to take care of his wife, and asked the queen to find another suitable candidate, etc., but now he can't say it.

Zhou Zhi couldn't help but cry bitterly.

A strong woman is a strong woman after all, and she finally showed her domineering side.

The matter of being the prince's companion is obviously impossible to change, and it is not thoughtful. Zhou Zhi had no choice but to kneel down to thank him, and said words such as "Thank you for the queen's love".

Empress Zhang's beautiful cheeks turned kind again, and said, "The emperor of this palace likes to play a little more, and his mind is a little wilder, and when he accompanies him to study in the future, Zhou Zhixiu still needs to slowly infect him." ”

Obviously, Empress Zhang still knows a little about Zhu Houzhao.

Zhou Zhi nodded in agreement.

From tomorrow onwards, Zhou Zhi will be the prince's companion. In Zhou Zhi's mind, this is naturally a chore. The only thing to be thankful for is that, as the queen said, the prince's attendants are Yang Ting, Dong Yue and Li Dongyang, and the talents of the three of them are indeed higher than those of the gentleman of Guozijian. I will also have contact with the three of them because of this, which will definitely be beneficial to my future exams and as an official.

After bidding farewell to Empress Zhang and Li Dongyang, Zhou Zhi came out of Kunning Palace.

The man who led him out of the palace was a thirteen-year-old eunuch named Gao Zhong. In the future, Gao Zhong would go to Guozijian early every day to pick up Zhou Zhi, and then take Zhou Zhi to the East Palace of Prince Zhu Houzhao.

Gao Zhong was a very talkative little eunuch, and he obviously had a lot of respect for Zhou Zhi.

It's no wonder, but whoever can get close to the queen and get close to the queen is not a very smart person. Gao Zhong can naturally see that Empress Zhang likes Zhou Zhi very much, although Zhou Zhi is still just a talent now, but the future is definitely limitless.

He is younger than Zhou Zhi, and he has a good relationship with Zhou Zhi, maybe when Zhou Zhi soars in the future, he can still get Zhou Zhi's light.

In these years, especially in the palace, there are many friends and many roads, and sometimes it may be because of the friends made inadvertently, which can make people escape from death.

Zhou Zhi did not return to Guozijian until the end of the night. Qi Yanwu was already anxious at this time, he thought that if Zhou Zhi didn't come back after waiting for another half an hour, he would go to the inn to find his sister-in-law Kou Peihan, and let his sister-in-law Kou Peihan enter the palace to listen to the news.

The sister-in-law Kou Peihan has a waist card given by the Queen Mother, and he can enter and leave the palace at will. Although the palace gate has long been closed now, it will still be very simple for the sister-in-law to enter the palace.

Fortunately, Zhou Zhi returned safely, and Qi Yanwu was naturally overjoyed. As for what happened to Zhou Zhi in the palace, Qi Yanwu didn't inquire. He just saw that Zhou Zhi was fine, and his heart settled down. This is Qi Yanwu's cleverness.

Liu Wenhuan and He Jingming are both hard-working people, and when they returned from studying in Yilun Hall, they hurriedly came to Zhou Zhi's room to inquire about Zhou Zhi.

Zhou Zhi let out a long sigh, "Alas! Life is hard, today is the palace that the queen let the little brother in, and the queen wants the little brother to be the prince's companion. ”

When the two heard this, they were surprised and envious. Then I thought that this week Zhi really got cheap and behaved, and he said that his life was hard to read as the prince's companion, is there any reason for this? If this is also a bitter life, we are willing to suffer for the rest of our lives.