Empress Zhang and Prince Zhu Houzhao each ate two bowls of acacia porridge, and the sweetness of the acacia flower went straight to the heart and lungs, and it was wonderful beyond words.

Where is Empress Zhang's usual amount of food, she seems to have eaten too much today, with a smile on her beautiful face, looking at Zhou Zhi, she likes it more and more. According to Empress Zhang's temperament, she is in a happy mood today because of Zhouzhi, and she will inevitably be rewarded for Zhouzhi. But Queen Zhang suddenly saw Mama Xia's face that was very dissatisfied with Zhou Zhi, so she smiled faintly and was fine.

Mama Xia has served her for ten years, and she has rewarded her with a delicious meal, and she is even more dissatisfied, which is a little uneconomical. After all, Zhou Zhi's position in her heart is far from that of Mama Xia, and there is no way to compare. What's more, now Zhou Zhi is just a talent in the countryside, and letting him be the prince's companion is like a special favor for Zhou Zhi.

However, through this meal, Empress Zhang also firmly remembered Zhou Zhi. Today's delicacy is naturally to be talked about in front of Emperor Hongzhi, so that Emperor Hongzhi heard Zhou Zhi's name for the first time, which is also very important to Zhou Zhi. After all, if the queen wants to come, with her thoughtful talent, she will be promoted in the autumn examination this year, and she will be admitted to the Jinshi in the palace examination next year, and she will definitely become an official in the future.

After making up her mind, Empress Zhang stood up and said with a smile, "The cooked acacia flower I ate today is very supportive, Xia Lan, you guys will accompany the palace to the back garden for a walk!" ”

Mama Xia hurriedly nodded happily in agreement, and said secretly, finally let Zhou Zhi, this kid get out. Wait, as long as the queen slowly forgets Zhou Zhi, that is when I Xia Lan will act on Zhou Zhi.

In fact, Mama Xia also thought in her heart that it was best for the queen to eat the cooked food of acacia flowers, and her body could feel a little uncomfortable. Note that she is only slightly unwell, although Mama Xia is vicious, she will definitely not hope that something big has happened to the queen and she has any serious illness.

You must know that Mama Xia's status and everything now are given by Queen Zhang. Without Queen Zhang, she Xia Lanxia Mama would not be a fart, and she would have no status at all.

But what disappointed Mama Xia again was that Queen Zhang was in surprisingly good spirits at this time, and her expression was also very normal, it seemed that she would not have any discomfort at all after eating the two sophoria cooked foods made by Zhou Zhi.

The queen mother was leaving, and the prince Zhu Houzhao naturally stood up immediately, he and Zhou Zhi were getting longer and longer, and he became more and more familiar with Zhou Zhi, and sometimes he didn't have the prince's frame when he spoke, it was very casual.

Zhu Houzhao is fourteen years old this year, and he is not short, not much shorter than Zhou Zhi. He walked up to Zhou Zhi in a few steps, patted Zhou Zhi's shoulder gently, and said with a smile, "Zhou Zhi Xiucai, you are really amazing!" Prince Ben finds that he admires you more and more. ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is extremely intelligent, how dare Zhou Zhi compare with the Prince? When His Highness said this, he was very thoughtful! Zhou Zhi said hurriedly.

"You two don't have to argue, Zhou Zhixiucai, you've been busy for so long, it's time for you to return to China to study." Empress Zhang said softly.

Although it is meant to chase away customers, it is obviously a gentle voice.

Zhou Zhi hurriedly agreed.

But the crown prince Zhu Houzhao quit, and said hurriedly, "Queen Mother, no, there are a lot of things that Erchen needs to learn from Zhou Zhixiu, and Erchen and Zhou Zhixiu still have a lot to do in the afternoon." ”

"Humph! Is there anything that isn't it about having fun? Emperor, didn't you just say that you admired Zhou Zhixiucai? Zhou Zhi reads hard, and that's exactly what you need to learn from him. The palace will be in charge today, and from today onwards, Zhou Zhixiu can only accompany you to study in the morning, and you need to go to Guozijian in the afternoon. The emperor also has to study in the afternoon. Empress Zhang's face sank slightly and said.

Although she said this, she obviously did not have a strict death requirement for Zhu Houzhao.

But at this time, Zhou Zhi was very happy, and the queen finally understood me Zhou Zhi and gave me freedom. With her words, it should be very simple to refuse Zhu Houzhao in the afternoon in the future.

Zhu Houzhao pulled down his face and was sullen. I wanted to play tricks in front of Queen Zhang, but where did Queen Zhang give him a chance, and took Mama Xia and others to walk out of the side hall.

Zhu Houzhao was helpless, so he had to shake his hand and said, "Reading, what's the point of reading all day?" ”

The muttering also came out of the side hall.

Zhou Zhi followed closely behind Zhu Houzhao, smiled and comforted him, and finally said goodbye to Zhu Houzhao and left the palace to return to China.

For almost half a month, Zhu Houzhao was pestered by Zhu Houzhao, and he didn't have any classes in Guozijian in the afternoon. Fortunately, Zhou Zhi spent a long time studying in Yilun Hall every night, and the speed of reading was also very fast, and he accompanied Zhu Houzhao to study in the morning, and received the teachings of Yang Ting, Dong Yue and Li Dongyang, and made great progress.

Through the exchange of two acacia delicacies for getting rid of Zhu Houzhao every afternoon, Zhou Zhi was immersed in the tension of reading and listening to lectures every day.

Maybe Empress Zhang is very effective in Zhu Houzhao's teachings, or maybe Zhu Houzhao has found new and interesting things these days, in short, about a month of hard work, Zhu Houzhao has not pestered Zhou Zhi to have fun in the afternoon.

In this month, Zhou Zhizai was tired of reading and writing, so he went to the inn outside Guozi Prison to meet his wife Kou Peihan.

Kou Peihan, the wife of Jiao, is very measured, she is worried that she will affect Zhou Zhi's reading, Zhou Zhi has to ask a few words every time she comes over, and even preach a few words to Zhou Zhi to encourage Zhou Zhi to study hard.

Of course, the so-called preaching is an understatement.

Kou Peihan knows Zhou Zhi's temperament too well, and he knows Zhou Zhi too well. She knew that Zhou Zhi did everything very well, and she would naturally grasp it very well in reading.

Kou Peihan is a person who can't be idle, it's just a month's time, she has almost transformed the huge capital, and she is very familiar with the capital. Where there are interesting things, where interesting things happen, every time Zhou Zhi comes, he will naturally talk to Zhou Zhi with great interest.

Hehe! The so-called show talent knows the world without going out.

It was only at this time that Zhou Zhi deeply realized the truth of this sentence.

It's true, Xiucai knows that everything in the world turns out to rely on his wife to wander around and listen.

However, Zhou Zhi really knows a lot about the capital through Kou Peihan.

In addition, Kou Peihan is the granddaughter of the Empress Dowager of Xiaosu Zhou, and she has a waist card to enter and exit the palace freely. Naturally, it is indispensable to go to Qingning Palace to meet the Empress Dowager. With Kou Peihan's well-behaved little mouth and being able to argue, these days, the relationship with the Queen Mother has really deepened.

Moreover, Kou Peihan also learned that Wu Jing's power in the palace seems to be getting bigger and bigger these days. Wu Jing was in a big swing, and somehow, he actually said that the emperor was moved and Jiang Bin was activated. Now Jiang Bin has gone to Ulzhou Wei in Datong Prefecture, Shanxi Province to serve as a general bannerman.

When Zhou Zhi heard this, he chuckled in his heart, and secretly sighed, the wheel of history cannot be stopped after all, Jiang Bin, the minister, finally came out, and he officially stepped onto the stage of history from now on.