Seeing Zhao Yao staring at a page of the book, the fourth prince didn't turn the page for a long time, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Looks like something is missing." Zhao Yao flipped through a few more pages, and it was still the same. He picked up another book and opened it, and it was still the same. Now that he thinks about it, he has read all the books like this, there are no broken sentences, and he has to learn to break sentences by himself. "That's not right."

The fourth prince asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?" ”

Zhao Yao pointed to the content of the "Living Note" and said: "There is no broken sentence. "The book that Zhao Yao read in the dream has broken sentences. They use punctuation to break sentences, which will be very convenient for reading books. By the way, there is also pinyin.

"Naturally, there are no broken sentences." The fourth prince said softly, "Because you only started reading this year, the books that Mr. gave you are all broken sentences." Normal books do not break sentences, and the person who wants to read the book breaks the sentences himself. ”

"How inconvenient a book without broken sentences looks." Every time he reads a book, he feels strange, and he always feels that something is missing. Now I finally remember that there is a lack of punctuation. Besides, not everyone can break sentences. Also, not everyone is right to break sentences. ”

The fourth prince didn't think much about Zhao Yao's words, but said: "When Mr. is teaching, he will teach how to break sentences. ”

Zhao Yao muttered and said: "There are a lot of books, Mr. doesn't teach, how do you break the sentence when you read it?" ”

"If you read too many books, you will naturally break sentences." The fourth prince said, "If you can't break sentences when you read books in the future, you can come and ask me." ”

"Okay." Zhao Yao still finds it convenient to break sentences with punctuation. "Fourth brother, I want to take this "Living Note" back to read, is it okay?" He read a few pages of Emperor Xia Ling's living notes, and thought it was too strange and funny.

"Not now, you have to organize and collect these books now, and when someone copies them, you can take them and read them."

"How long will that be?"

The fourth prince thought for a moment and said, "That's it, you come to Lanyuan Pavilion every day to see." "This will allow the tenth brother to have more contact with the ministers, and also let the ministers understand the tenth brother.

"Okay, then I'll come and see it every day." Zhao Yao put down the "Living Note" in his hand, squatted down and sorted out the pile of books in front of him.

This pile of books is very miscellaneous, including history books, poetry collections, codexes, local chronicles, etc. Zhao Yao found a book inside, there was only one "technique" on the cover, and opened it curiously to look at it, the content inside was all about calculating farmland and chestnut rice.

He looked at it seriously. When he watched it, he was still counting it in his heart.

"It's easy."

"What's simple?"

"Fourth brother, I mean the content on this is simple." Zhao Yao pointed to the contents of the book and said, "Today there are fifty steps, from sixteen steps." Q: How much is there in the field? —From "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic".

"You think there's geometry."

"One acre."

The fourth prince was a little surprised, "How did you figure it out?" "The tenth brother has only been studying for three months, and the gentlemen have not taught him arithmetic yet, could it be that Zhaoyi Niangniang taught him?

"That's how it was calculated."

"How is this calculated?"

"After reading it, I have the answer in my head."

When the fourth prince heard this, his face was full of shock.

Seeing that the fourth prince looked incredulous, Zhao Yao pursed his lips a little unhappily: "Fourth brother, what I said is true." ”

"Then the fourth brother will test you again." The fourth prince took the "Technique" from Zhao Yao's hand and chose a random question, "Today, someone buys things together, each person gives eight yuan, and the surplus is three yuan." Someone gave seven dollars, less than four dollars, and asked the number of people. What are the prices? —or from "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic".

Zhao Yao said without thinking: "Seven people, the price is fifty-three yuan." ”

The fourth prince was shocked, and then he took the exam for Zhao Yao.

Zhao Yao still didn't hesitate to say the correct answer.

took Zhao Yao's five questions in a row, and Zhao Yao answered all of them correctly, which made the four princes surprised and delighted.

"Tenth brother, I didn't expect you to be so smart in arithmetic."

Zhao Yao blinked and said, "Is this difficult?" ”

The fourth prince reached out and touched Zhao Yao's little head, and said happily: "I know that the tenth brother is smart. ”

"I'm not smart in reading, I'm very smart in other ways."

The fourth prince returned the "Technique" in his hand to Zhao Yao and instructed him: "You read this book carefully first." If you don't understand something, you can ask me. ”

"This book, I can take it back?"

"Yes."

"What if I finish reading it and don't understand anything?"

"If you like it after reading it, the fourth brother will give you a book on arithmetic to read." The fourth prince felt that Zhao Yao was very talented in arithmetic and could not be wasted.

"Fourth brother, I like it." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "I think this book is much better than the Analects, and it is much more interesting than the Analects." ”

"If you like to watch it, then watch more." Arithmetic is a "crooked way" in the eyes of the world, but the four princes don't think so. Now that Zhao Yao likes it, he naturally supports it.

He remembered that there were some books on arithmetic in his grandfather's library, and there were also many books on this subject in Taixue. When the time comes, I will borrow it for the tenth brother to see.

"Fourth brother, I'd better help you sort out the books first." Zhao Yao put aside the arithmetic book in his hand, squatted in front of a pile of papers again, and sorted out the book. He found that there were very few books on arithmetic, and there were all kinds of books. "Fourth brother, you are here to participate in the revision of history now, will you not go to study in the Wende Hall in the future?"

"I'm not going."

"Huh?" Zhao Yao was shocked, he hurriedly put down the book in his hand, and asked anxiously, "Fourth brother, you really don't go to Wende Hall to study?" ”

"Reluctant Fourth Brother?"

Zhao Yao nodded again and again: "Reluctant." Fourth brother, if you leave, then I will be left alone to study in Wende Hall, then I am too pitiful. "Let him study with the third brother and the ninth brother every day, it is better to kill him." I also told my father that I would also come to Lanyuan Pavilion to help you sort out your books, or bring tea and water. ”

The fourth prince was amused by Zhao Yao's words: "You still obediently study in the Wende Palace." ”

Zhao Yao let out a heavy sigh: "Alas, you and the starling brother are not here, so I am left with a pitiful one." ”

The fourth prince stretched out his hand and rubbed Zhao Yao's little head, "You can come to Lanyuan Pavilion to find me at noon, and you can go to Xingde Palace to find me at night." ”

He said again, "If you don't understand anything, you can come to Lanyuan Pavilion and ask me, or ask the adults." The adults who came to Lanyuan Pavilion to study history were all knowledgeable. ”

The corners of Zhao Yao's mouth were a little stiff and said, "No need." "In the Wende Palace, he already has a lot of gentlemen, as well as the fourth brother and the starling brother, two Mr. Xiao. If he comes to Lan Yuan Pavilion to find Mr. again, then he will not be able to live his life.

The fourth prince shook his head helplessly and dotingly: "You, ......"

As long as you don't study, let Zhao Yao do anything. He helped the four princes sort out the books and tidy up for an hour, and he was not tired.

At noon, the four princes asked Zhao Yao if he would go back to the Kunde Hall for dinner, or stay in Lanyuan Pavilion to have lunch with them.

Zhao Yao hadn't had lunch in Lanyuan Pavilion, so he naturally wanted to stay for lunch.

Lan Yuan Pavilion has a dining room. Every day at noon, the eunuchs in the imperial dining room would bring the lunch on time. Because I can't eat meat during this time, the dishes sent are all vegetarian dishes. However, the cooking skills in the imperial dining room are good, and even the vegetarian dishes are delicious.

The fourth prince took Zhao Yao and the ministers to sit in the dining room for lunch. The two cousins of the four princes sat at the same table with them, and the other ministers sat at the table next to them.

I had seen the two cousins of the Four Princes at the celebration banquet before, and Zhao Yao didn't have a point in talking to them.

Taichang Cheng and Shaofu Cheng knew that Zhao Yao liked to eat delicious food, so they chatted with him about delicious food in various places like last time.

As soon as he chatted about delicious food, Zhao Yao chattered non-stop. Although he had not been anywhere else, he had seen a lot of food in the local annals.

Zhao Yao chatted for a while, found that He Xiang and Liu Taishi were not there, and asked suspiciously, "Aren't He Xiang and Liu Taishi coming for lunch?" ”

Tai Changcheng said: "He Xiang and Liu Taishi don't come to the dining room to eat, they all eat directly at their own tables. ”

Shaofu Cheng added: "He Xiang and Taishi Liu are very busy, and their lunch is in a hurry. ”

When Zhao Yao heard that He Xiang was so busy, his eyes rolled slightly. He sighed with emotion: "It turns out that He Xiang and Mrs. Liu are so busy." "Then he should be good at stealing orchids later.

As soon as the fourth prince saw Zhao Yao's appearance, he knew that he was playing some bad idea.

After lunch, the fourth prince asked Zhao Yao to go back to the Kunde Hall to drink medicine and rest.

Zhao Yao originally wanted to continue to stay in Lanyuan Pavilion to avoid drinking medicine, but he didn't expect to be seen by the four princes.

Seeing that Zhao Yao was reluctant to go back, the fourth prince had no choice but to say, "I'll send you back to Kunde Palace." ”

"Fourth brother, no need, I'll go back by myself." Zhao Yao stood up with a sluggish movement, "Fourth brother, two cousins, I'll go back." With that, he ran out.

He asked Tongxi to help him keep an eye in advance, went downstairs to the orchid garden, and saw that He Xiang was not staring, he hugged a pot of orchids that did not bloom and ran away.

Fourth Prince: When the tenth brother comes to Lanyuan Pavilion, the ministers will definitely find out that the tenth brother is good.

Concubine Li: You really think about the Ten Princes everywhere.

(End of chapter)