After lunch, Xiao Mu asked Wang Chengen to invite Zhou Yanru over, planning to let him continue to lecture to himself and Lin Yi. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info makes Xiao Mu feel as if he has returned to his student days, and he has to attend classes every morning and afternoon. Of course, the student days here definitely do not include college, and Xiao Mu's entire college career basically did not take a full day of classes.

Soon Zhou Yanru was invited, and when he learned that the object of this lecture was not only the emperor alone, but also the queen's mother, he was similar to Qian Qianyi, and he was also a little nervous. However, unlike Qian Qianyi, Zhou Yanru quickly adjusted his mentality and signaled that he could start at any time.

It seems that Zhou Yanru's psychological quality is obviously much stronger than Qian Qianyi, this should be the self-confidence of the characters of Lian Zhong, in Xiao Mu's view, Zhou Yanru is like the kind of student who won the first place in every exam when he was a student, whether it is facing a teacher, a director or a principal, there is nothing to be nervous about, after all, good students have always been favored by teachers.

Soon the three of them got to the point, Zhou Yanru's understanding of "Zizhi Tongjian" was also very thorough, and the explanation was also very organized, Xiao Mu and Lin Yi listened attentively, and both of them felt that they benefited a lot, and there was no trace of the drowsy feeling that Xiao Mu had when he listened to lectures on literature and history before.

Unconsciously, an afternoon passed like this, because the afternoon was originally longer than the morning, plus Zhou Yanru was not as nervous as Qian Qianyi, and he didn't need to paint portraits, so in the whole afternoon, Xiao Mu and Lin Yi's learning amount was almost three times that of the morning.

When I first met Xu Guangqi, because of Xiao Mu's thoughts, he didn't leave Xu Guangqi to eat, so in line with the principle of treating everyone equally, Xiao Mu didn't have any intention of leaving any courtiers to eat since then. Therefore, after an afternoon of explanations, Xiao Mu and Lin Yi said hard work to Zhou Yanru, and asked him to go back and rest by himself. And Xiao Mu and Lin Yi naturally had dinner together.

"How does it feel to be in class?" Xiao Mu was eating, and he chatted with Lin Yi without saying a word.

"Well, it's so-so, although it's not as memorable as yours, but the general content is still memorized." Lin Yi replied after briefly recalling what he had heard today.

"Do you want to listen to it again tomorrow?" Xiao Mu didn't think of anything to talk about for a while, so he asked "nonsense" again.

"That's nature." Lin Ye's answer can be known without thinking about Xiao Mu.

"Then eat well, sleep well at night, and don't forget, you still have a future crown prince in your belly!" Xiao Mu said to Lin Yi, reminding her of the fact that she was still pregnant, and not forgetting to rest well.

"Of course I know this, don't worry, I won't treat your son badly." Lin Yi glanced at Xiao Mu, "Moreover, I listened to Qian Qianyi and them with you, which can be regarded as a kind of 'prenatal education', now I learn a little more, and your son will have more learning talent in the future." ”

"Then I, who is a 'father', have to thank you for 'my son'." Xiao Mu replied, and the words "Dad" and "My Son" emphasized the tone of his voice, making Lin Yi sound like he was gritting his teeth.

After dinner, Lin Yi went straight back to the dormitory to rest, and Xiao Mu had nothing to do—except for those government affairs he didn't want to do, so he wandered around alone. It stands to reason that at this time of the day, Xiao Mu chats with her in Lin Ye's dormitory and accepts Lin Ye's various ridicules, but today he has taken a whole day of history lessons with her, Xiao Mu has no interest in going to Lin Ye to continue chatting with her, isn't there a saying called "too much", Xiao Mu thinks that if he is with Lin Ye for too long, his spirit will become abnormal.

Xiao Mu wandered around aimlessly, and when he became conscious, Xiao Mu found himself running to the vicinity of Ciqing Palace, where Empress Zhang lived, again.

"Now that we're all here, it seems a little unreasonable not to go to see the imperial sister-in-law." Xiao Mu thought in his heart, and walked towards the Ciqing Palace.

When Empress Zhang heard that the emperor was coming, she naturally came out to greet her in person, and after being polite to Xiao Mu, she invited Xiao Mu to sit in the house, and at the same time ordered someone to serve tea to Xiao Mu.

Xiao Mu originally walked to Empress Zhang's place unintentionally, in fact, there was nothing special to say, after taking a sip of tea and paying attention to Empress Zhang's diet and daily life, he naturally communicated with Empress Zhang about the pregnant Lin Yi.

All in all, Xiao Mu always thought that only a female model like Empress Zhang could save the hopeless Lin Ye, so he naturally wanted Lin Ye to have more contact with her, and once again expressed his hope that Empress Zhang would go to Lin Ye more often.

Of course, Empress Zhang herself has always been very concerned about Ringo's pregnancy, but she doesn't need Xiao Mu to speak, she also plans to go to Ringo to see it often, and now Xiao Mu has told herself again, Empress Zhang naturally thinks that this is because the emperor cares about the queen very much, and she is also very envious of Ringo.

"For the emperor to care so much, my sister is really lucky." Empress Zhang thought in her heart, and couldn't help but think of her own husband, the deceased Emperor of the Apocalypse, "If the first emperor can purge the villains in the palace (referring to Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family) like the current emperor, and pay more attention to my pregnancy, then my Ci Ran child may not be a murderer." ”

Thinking that she was born as a stillborn child, Empress Zhang felt a little sad, and then she found that she seemed to be complaining about the first emperor, such an idea was obviously not the way to be a woman, and Empress Zhang felt a little guilty. The two negative emotions were superimposed, and even Xiao Mu, an idiot who didn't know how to read people's faces and atmosphere, felt that there seemed to be something wrong with Empress Zhang.

"It should be because it's night, after all, Empress Zhang is the widow of the first emperor, and it is natural to feel a little unnatural after being in the same room with herself at such a delicate time."

Thinking like this in his heart, Xiao Mu said that he was just coming over casually to have a look, so he wouldn't disturb the imperial sister-in-law's rest, so he was about to get up and say goodbye.

In fact, Empress Zhang had already gone to Lin Ye today, planning to see Lin Ye's fetal rearing, but found that Lin Ye had been listening to the ministers with Xiao Mu all day long. Since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there have been clear regulations that the harem shall not interfere in politics, and it is said that "women are virtuous if they are not talented", as a woman's family, if it is not necessary, contact those ministers, and what is the use of following the study?

Empress Zhang originally wanted to tell Xiao Mu about this matter, but she didn't control her emotions for a while just now, which made the emperor feel a little embarrassed and wanted to get up and leave, so it was not good for Empress Zhang to continue to mention this matter, "It doesn't seem appropriate to tell the emperor directly about this matter, let's remind the Zhou family sister directly another day." Empress Zhang had this plan in her heart.

If Xiao Mu could really know what Empress Zhang was thinking, he would definitely be stunned: "Who is Sister Zhou"? Just like the first time Lin Yi heard Empress Zhang call her like this.

So there was nothing to say all night, and in the blink of an eye it was a new day - on the fourth day of the sixth month of the first year of Chongzhen, after getting up in the morning and freshening up, Xiao Mu still asked Wang Chengen to invite Lin Yi and Qian Qianyi over as yesterday.

Qian Qianyi's performance today is not much better than yesterday, this is Lin Yi's first impression after seeing Qian Qianyi.

Xiao Mu also found that Qian Qianyi had changed his nervous appearance yesterday, but completely showed the morale of a literary hero, and like Zhou Yanru, he was also full of confidence in his gestures. Although he didn't know how to describe it, Xiao Mu could still feel that although Qian Qianyi and Zhou Yanru were both very confident and calm, their performances were still very different - this should be the difference in the unique character that Confucian education gave to each reader.

Xiao Mu and Lin Yi only deserved that Qian Qianyi had adapted to Lin Qianyi, the queen's audit, and didn't think much about anything else, in fact, Qian Qianyi was able to behave like this today, and there was a reason.

Just yesterday morning, when Qian Qianyi planned to continue to explain the part he explained to the emperor the day before yesterday, the emperor said that this paragraph did not need to be talked about, but skipped a large paragraph, and directly asked him to start from a new place.

Qian Qianyi, who felt that something was wrong in his heart, inquired after he went back yesterday, and then he understood what was going on - it turned out that in addition to himself, the emperor also found someone else to tell him a book.

"Zhou Yuxian, the talent of the champion should not be underestimated, I am afraid that he will be a strong opponent of the old man." After Qian Qianyi heard about another candidate to give a lecture to the emperor, he couldn't help but whisper.

After all, giving a lecture to the emperor is something that every Ming official dreams of, and the official who can win such an honor shows that he is already a figure of "Jane in the emperor's heart", how can the emperor not be promoted and reused in the future?

However, in fact, Qian Qianyi and Zhou Yanru did not have "Jane in the Emperor's Heart" at all, and Xiao Mu didn't even know these two people at all, and they were completely recommended by Wang Chengen based on their fame among scholars.

In fact, there are undoubtedly huge hidden dangers in such a recommendation, if Wang Chengen is not dedicated to the emperor's sake, but has selfish intentions, and recommends the best personal relationship with him, or to put it simply, recommends the officials who form a party with him, then the consequences will definitely be unimaginable. And these things, with Xiao Mu's current understanding of ancient politics, are definitely unthinkable, and he can only be obediently blinded. But fortunately, Wang Chengen did not have any cliques and personal interests, and the candidates he recommended were indeed well deserved.

All in all, giving a lecture to the emperor can bring you into contact with the emperor for a long time, explain your political ideas to the emperor, instill your own thoughts, and then be reused by the emperor. This kind of once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, of course, Qian Qianyi and Zhou Yanru will not let it go easily.

In this way, the competition between the two people in the original history was staged again and again in a new way after Xiao Mu crossed over here and changed the original historical process.