The emperor's eldest grandson, Zhu Youxiao, returned to the main hall, sat by the bookcase without saying a word, and quickly knelt down with Gao Qiqian, since his brother did not salute Zhou Guan, how could he dare to act rashly, otherwise wouldn't it show that his brother was not polite.

Zhou Yanru knew that the emperor's eldest grandson was a little resentful of him, so he didn't look like a teacher and blamed the emperor's eldest grandson for being rude, Zhou Yanru thought to himself that the emperor's eldest grandson was young, even if he was a little dissatisfied with him now, but as long as he distorted it as an explanation, let the emperor's eldest grandson understand that he was loyal, and I believe that in a few days, the emperor's eldest grandson's mustard will disappear, after all, it is a twelve-year-old child - Zhou Yanru said slowly: "Please read the first chapter of "University" three times. ”

Unexpectedly, Zhu Youxiao said: "Mr. Zhou didn't ask what Mr. Zhang taught last time?" When he asked, his eyes were on the book.

It's like a slap in the face, Zhou Yanru didn't have time to dodge, he could feel the burning pain in his cheeks, his breathing was suddenly short, he barely calmed down, and explained: "Your Highness, the little minister is not-"

"The way of the university is in Mingmingde, in being close to the people, and in stopping at perfection. Knowing and then there is determination, determination and then can be quiet, quiet and then can be peaceful, peace and then can be considered, and then thinking can be ......"

Zhu Youxiao didn't listen to Zhou Yanru's explanation at all, it was useless to be humble and courtier, he picked up the book and read it aloud, and Xiao Gao behind him followed and recited it in a low voice, the first chapter of "University" was only two hundred words, and it didn't take half a moment to read it three times, after reading it, Zhu Youxiao kept a straight face and said nothing, although he was a twelve-year-old boy, but his noble identity was there, and such a cold and speechless appearance still made others feel flustered and depressed - the burning sensation on Zhou Yanru's cheeks gradually subsided, thinking that the young man was angry, Or don't explain it for the time being, even if it is explained now, the emperor's eldest grandson can't listen to it, it will only add fuel to the fire and backfire, he was silent for a while, opened the four books, and said: "Today, I will talk about the second chapter of the university, I will read a sentence, and His Royal Highness will read a sentence." ”

Zhu Youxiao did not say "yes" as usual, but sat there silently.

Zhou Yanru raised his voice and said, "Did Your Highness hear me?" ”

Zhu Youxiao replied: "Mr. Zhou, I have something to say. ”

Zhou Yanru said in his heart: "As long as you are willing to speak, I know what you think in order to explain and enlighten." Wen Yan said: "Your Highness, please speak." ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "Mr. Zhou recited it when he first told me "University", I was reading the book at that time, and found that Mr. Zhou missed a word, and said it to Mr. Zhang the next day, Mr. Zhang taught me that Mr. Zhou was a small mistake, an unintentional mistake, and should be tolerated, but what about Mr. Zhou? Hmph-" Zhu Youxiao didn't bother to say it.

These words of the young man Zhu Youxiao were equivalent to another slap in the face, and Zhou Yanru's young and fair face turned red again in an instant, and he got up and argued: "Your Highness, please listen to me-"

Zhu Youxiao said with a straight face: "Mr. Zhou, I have a rare opportunity to study in the pavilion, don't talk nonsense, please give a lecture." ”

Zhou Yanru didn't expect that this emperor's eldest grandson, who looked a little stupid, would be stinging with each other, just like Zhang Yuan treated him in the front hall, how could Zhou Yanru stand it, he must explain things clearly, otherwise how could he be in the mood to give a lecture, and said: "Your Highness, you must be sincere before studying, since Your Highness is prejudiced against me, then Your Highness can't listen to what I say, I must explain things clearly to Your Highness, and then give a lecture——"

Zhu Youxiao looked left and right, in addition to him and Zhou Yanru in the main hall, there were only eunuch Zhong and Xiao Gao, both of whom were helping him, so he simply said: "It's good that Mr. Zhou understands, I just don't like to listen to your lectures, it's useless for you to say anything." ”

Zhong Benhua had been watching the play, and then he reproached: "Brother, don't be rude to Mr. Zhou." The tone was simply gentle.

Zhou Yanru looked at the emperor's eldest grandson condescendingly, and said in a deep voice: "Is this the way of His Royal Highness's respect for the teacher!" ”

Zhu Youxiao was afraid of the emperor's grandfather, his father, Zheng Guifei, and Xi Li, but he was not afraid of Zhou Yanru, and he was even more ruthless at the moment: "Mr. Zhou, your character and knowledge are far inferior to Mr. Zhang, I think you seem to be a minister." ”

The word "annihilation" was said by Zhu Youxiao last time he heard the emperor's grandfather scold the imperial historian Liu Guangfu, and he felt very sharp, so he decisively used it on Zhou Yanru's head today, making Zhou Yanru tremble with anger, and the emperor's eldest grandson said everything to such an extent, it is impossible for him to endure the humiliation and burden, and scold him as a "annihilation minister", who can stand this!

With a "snap", Zhou Yanru threw the book in his hand on the bookcase, brushed his sleeves and strode away, Zhong Benhua shouted "Mr. Zhou, Mr. Zhou" and wanted to keep it, but Zhou Yanru didn't look back, and went all the way, which shows that he was extremely ashamed.

Zhu Youxiao was frightened at this time, his face turned a little blue, and he asked Eunuch Zhong: "Master Zhong, will Mr. Zhou go to my father to sue me?" ”

Zhong Benhua hurriedly ordered his son Xiao Gao to follow Zhou Yanru's whereabouts and see where Zhou Yanru was going?

Gao Qi sneaked and ran out, and ran back in less than half a tea time, wiping his sweat with his sleeves, his face was happy, and he said: "Brother, don't worry, Zhou Lecturer went to Donghua Gate." ”

Zhu Youxiao was a little relieved, but asked again: "Could he have gone back and written a note to scold me?" ”

Zhong Benhua expected that Zhou Yanru would be shameless to tell Chitose Ye what Brother Fang Cai ridiculed him, because no matter what, he, the speaker of the East Palace, was already at the end of his life, and if things got bigger, his reputation would only be worse, so he comforted: "Brother, don't be afraid, Speaker Zhou will not come again, and you don't have to talk about it to others today." ”

Zhu Youxiao nodded again and again: "I know, I won't say it-Xiao Gao, you are not allowed to say it." ”

Gao Qiqian wiped his sweat again, and responded: "How dare the little one talk nonsense." ”

Zhu Youxiao asked, "Master Zhong, if my father asks Mr. Zhou how he left, how should I answer?" ”

Zhong Benhua said: "Brother just said that somehow, let me answer." ”

Zhu Youxiao said happily: "Thank you, Master Zhong." ”

Without a lecturer, Zhu Youxiao casually wrote a few pages of big characters, and when he saw that noon was approaching, he went back to Ciqing Palace for lunch.

According to the usual practice, at noon, Guanglu Temple will set up a banquet under the east house in Fengtianmen to entertain the two East Palace speakers who entered the lecture, and Qian Longxi, the young Zhan of the James' Mansion, told the crown prince about the "Book of Changes" "Hexagram", and then came to the east of Fengtianmen to prepare to enjoy the palace food, and waited for a while to see Zhou Yanru coming, so he asked the chamberlain to go to the main hall to ask, the chamberlain came back and said that the main hall was empty, Qian Longxi ate alone, and only told the crown prince Zhu Changluo about it in the afternoon, Zhu Changluo asked Wang An to go back to Ciqing Palace to ask, Zhong Benhua told Wang An the truth, Wang An shook his head and said, "Nonsense, nonsense." ”

Zhong Benhua said: "It would be best if you could change the lecturer, my brother really has no intention of listening to Mr. Zhou's lecture again, father-in-law, you know, my brother is quite a surname, and Mr. Zhou and Mr. Zhang have a disagreement, and the discord between the lecturer is not good for teaching my brother." ”

Wang An said: "Speaker Zhou left the palace angrily at that time, there will definitely be an explanation afterwards, and it depends on what he says." ”

Back in the Wenhua Palace, Wang An said to Zhu Changluo: "Master Chitose, Mr. Zhou occasionally felt unwell when he came to lecture in the morning, so he went out of the palace to rest first. ”

Zhu Changluo nodded, didn't care, and continued to listen to Qian Longxi talk about the Book of Changes.

…… Zhou Yanru did not return to the Hanlin Courtyard after leaving the palace in shame, because Zhang Yuan was in the Hanlin Academy, if asked why he left the palace so early, he really didn't know how to answer!

The sun is shining in the afternoon in late July, the sky is high, the golden wind is cool, the autumn of the Beijing division is the best season, but in Zhou Yanru's view, it is simply dark, he hired a carriage to go back to the chessboard street apartment outside the Daming Gate, did not eat lunch, and slept with a stuffy head, and after a while, he got up again to grind ink and write his resignation, saying that he felt the wind and cold, and could not enter the palace to speak for the time being, in order not to delay the education of the emperor's eldest grandson, please Hanlin Academy, Guozijian, and James Mansion to select another talent to teach the emperor's eldest grandson, after the resignation was written, he was waiting to call the servants to send it to the Hanlin Academy to be handed over to Mr. Guo, The porter came to report that Master Yao had come to visit - Zhou Yanru knew that Yao Zongwen was here to hear the results of his impeachment of Zhang Yuan, but the fact that the Wenhua Hall and the Lord Jing Hall were now embarrassing to him, too humiliating, he became famous as a young man, and he was proud of his heart and arrogance, but this time he was so miserable that he didn't even have the courage to tell people for a while, and he didn't want to listen to the comforting words of others, he wanted to take care of his illness to slowly adjust his mood, and said: "Let's just say that I am seriously ill and can't see guests for the time being." ”

Yao Zongwen ate the closed-door soup, extremely puzzled, yesterday at dusk when Zhou Yanru came to see him, he was full of spirit and said that he wanted to let Zhang Yuan's career end, why did he come out of the palace so early today, and he fell ill as soon as he came out, Zhou Yanru is only in his early twenties, young and healthy, and he is not as old as Wu Daonan, how can he say that he is sick, this must be a pretext, presumably the impeachment of Zhang Yuan failed-Yao Zongwen was very upset, but he didn't know what happened today, and he was very uncomfortable.

…… The next day, it was Zhang Yuan's turn to enter the palace to speak, and it was Guo Shu who gave a lecture to the crown prince, and the two entered the palace together. ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Regarding the education of the emperor's eldest grandson, Zhou Shi said that there was some misunderstanding about me, and he made it clear in front of His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

Guo Shu took out a note from his sleeve and said: "This is the resignation letter sent by Zhou Shitan yesterday afternoon, requesting to resign as a lecturer in the East Palace, saying that he is incompetent for the time being due to illness—why is this?" ”

Zhang Yuanxin said: "Didn't Zhou Yanru swallow his anger and apologize to me yesterday, and then went to the main hall to give a lecture, why did he suddenly resign from illness?" He replied, "I don't know why, but since Zhou Shi said that he is sick, then we still have to visit him." ”

Guo Shu nodded, didn't ask anything more, entered the Wenhua Hall to explain the matter to the crown prince, and handed over Zhou Yanru's resignation.

Zhu Changluo said: "Speaker Zhou is sick, so he will wait until he is well before entering the palace to speak, why resign." ”

Wang Anxin said: "Zhou Yanru and his brother can't get along anymore, and it's best to resign due to illness." Said: "The slave maid Ming said that the Chitose Lord went to visit Zhou Shi and asked how his condition was, when he could enter the palace to speak, if he delayed for a long time, it would be better to choose another speaker according to what Zhou Shi said, so as not to delay his brother's studies." ”

Zhu Changluo was obedient to Wang An, nodded and said: "Then prepare some gifts to visit, and also prepare a gift for Zhang Xiuzuo, who almost wronged him yesterday, and must also be condoled." ”

Wang An bowed down and said, "The thousand-year-old lord is merciful, and the slave obeys the order." ”

…… Because it is Zhang Yuanjin who is speaking today, Zhu Youxiao is waiting in the main hall early in the morning, and he still has the anxiety of leaving Zhou Yanru yesterday, seeing Xiao Gao leading Zhang Yuan in, Zhu Youxiao immediately bowed and said, "Mr. Zhang is fine." ”

Zhang Yuan returned the salute: "Your Highness is well." His eyes turned on Zhu Youxiao's face and asked, "What is Your Highness worried about?" ”

Zhu Youxiao thought to himself: "Mr. Zhang is so powerful, you can see my thoughts at a glance." He said honestly: "I said carelessly yesterday that I annoyed Mr. Zhou, and Mr. Zhou went out of the palace at that time." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Your Highness misunderstood, Speaker Zhou didn't leave the palace because you annoyed him, Speaker Zhou suddenly fell ill and asked Bachelor Guo to send his resignation, and he will not serve as the speaker of the East Palace for the time being." ”

Zhu Youxiao's eyes widened, he looked at Wei Jinzhong, Zhong Benhua and Gao Qiqian beside him, and blurted out: "Great." Hurriedly changed his words again: "Mr. Zhou didn't annoy me, that's great." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled, I don't know how this emperor's eldest grandson ran Zhou Yanru away, and said: "Gossip and don't mention it, start reading, and today I will talk about the Analects, the prime minister Zhao Pu in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty once said that half of the Analects rule the world, and Zhu Shengren said that the Analects are the door to the Tao and the foundation of virtue, and I hope His Royal Highness will study it carefully." ”

Zhu Youxiao said respectfully: "Yes." ”

Zhang Yuan spoke for more than half an hour, and then let Zhu Youxiao rest for a while, then the conversation was much freer, Zhu Youxiao still regretted that he shouldn't have said everything to Speaker Zhou, and almost hurt Mr. Zhang-Zhang Yuan smiled: "Your Highness doesn't need to blame yourself, it's because Speaker Zhou is too scheming, and Speaker Zhou is also out of loyalty, worried that I didn't teach correctly." ”

"Ugh." Principal Zhu You sighed and said, "Mr. Zhang is so benevolent, Lecturer Zhou dealt with you like that, but you still said good things for him, even I am ashamed of Lecturer Zhou." ”

The twelve-year-old emperor's eldest grandson spoke in an adult-like tone at this time, Zhong Benhua on the side nodded secretly, and said in his heart: "I still have to study in the pavilion, our inner servant is just the emperor's domestic slave, how to teach my brother, my brother has been taught by Sun Chengzong and Zhang Yuan for less than a month, and he has already understood a lot, my brother is very smart, but he has always dropped out of school, and he is frightened all the time, and somehow he fell in love with carpentry——"

Zhang Yuan saw that the emperor's eldest grandson praised him for his kindness, and the thought of shame flashed away, and said: "I was also very angry at the time, but thinking about it afterwards, we must always be sincere and kind, and we must think more about the advantages and benefits of others. "This future Emperor of the Apocalypse has to be educated like this, and it is better to teach it kindly.

At this time, I heard Ke Yinyue say outside the hall: "Brother, is it time to rest now?" ”

Zhu Youxiao said happily: "Mr. Zhang, Mama Ke has brought me snacks, and Mr. Zhang can also eat some together." ”

Zhang Yuan followed Zhu Youxiao to the corridor of the hall, and saw Ke Yinyue holding a small lacquer box in front, followed by a palace maid, who was holding a little girl in her hand, but it was the little princess Zhu Huiyu who was frightened and incontinent when the Wanli Emperor summoned the officials last time.

(To be continued)