then Li Sao

Zhou Tang woke up very early that day, and the maids and eunuchs who were in charge of serving him were surprised. This little master has always been sluggish, so why is he so energetic today.

The two servants served him a cold breakfast with a sullen face, and didn't give him a good look at his clothes.With such an unfavorable master at the stall, they didn't say anything, but they were unwilling in their hearts.

The people in the palace are the most powerful. When the master gains power, even the servants will be superior to others. Seeing that the slaves of other princes are delicious and fun, they are soft-handed, and they live in poor food all day long, and their lives are not as good as the stables next door. Naturally, the animals that are kept in the house will not have a good face towards their master.

Zhou Tang knew that they didn't have the heart to serve him, and he was used to this kind of thing for a long time, so he didn't bother to take it to heart.

After taking two mouthfuls of dry and hard steamed buns, he couldn't swallow them so he spit them out. After finishing the bowl of cold porridge in a huff, Zhou Tang left the bowl and chopsticks and ran outside.

He remembered that the drunk young master said that he would teach him to read.

Thinking of the appearance of that person telling him "Oath of Shepherd" word by word yesterday, he felt happy.

Passing by the Tai Academy, there was a teaching sound that he had envied, but now it doesn't attract him at all.

Because he has a little wife, his own little wife...

His feet were as light as the wind, and he walked around the winding palace wall. After leaving the palace, he walked all the way to the Hanlin Academy. At last, Zhou Tang simply started to trot.

However, the closer he got to the Hanlin Academy, the more uneasy he became. Will that person appear as promised?

Listening to what he said yesterday, it seemed that he didn't pay attention to his father and brother at all. Can such an arrogant person be trusted?

Could he be trying to use him, or just play tricks on him?

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. Before he knew it, he had reached the gate of the Imperial Academy. Zhou Tang was so nervous that his palms were sweating.

Leaning against the corner of the side hall and looking into the courtyard, there are civil servants, editors and other civil servants coming and going. They all wear similar official uniforms. How can you tell who is who?

Zhou Tang was a little at a loss. Just as he was thinking about whether to leave, he suddenly heard a commotion in the yard.

Looking intently, he saw a person snatch the booklet from Shizhao's hand and walk out angrily.

Regardless of other people's obstruction, the man said in his mouth: "What does Wu Shangshu mean? He wants to frame others, and drag our Imperial Academy into the water! I will not let the emperor be confused by this book! You don't have to, Mr. Li!" Difficulty, I will go to meet the Holy Majesty, if there is anything I will do, I will never implicate you, my lord."

Then he walked out of the main hall while everyone was staring dumbfounded.

Even Zhou Tang was dumbfounded, he recognized it, and that person was his little wife.His little wife... is clearly more impulsive and reckless than him, with such a temper, why did he have the nerve to let him "bear" yesterday?

After the shock, Zhou Tang laughed out of nowhere.

He hugged his stomach and bent over laughing.

Just such a person who is not up to the Tao, said to be his master?He, Zhou Tang, was short-hearted, so he was counting on him to help him.It is a problem that this kind of person can live in the officialdom for a few days!

Forget it, let's go back.

Zhou Tang turned around disheartened, and was suddenly patted on the shoulder.

"Your Highness, how long have you been waiting?"

He raised his head in astonishment, and in front of him was the "not up to the mark" little master.

Zhou Tang couldn't react immediately: "Hey? You, didn't you go to see the father?"

"Just looking for an excuse to come out," Luo Ping said with a smile, "I saw you poking around here, so I just came here to look for you. Why, don't you dare to go in?"

Zhou Tang choked for a long time with his mouth open: "...Did you make such a fuss just for me?"

Luo Ping didn't answer him, but took him to a secluded small room, and said: "I drank a little too much yesterday, I didn't explain many things clearly, please don't take offense, Your Highness."

"Well."

"I borrowed this place from a servant. It's a bit shabby, but there is a lotus pond and rockery outside the window, and the environment is not bad. I am an imperial official, and it is not convenient for me to contact the prince openly. Fortunately, it is secluded and quiet enough here. What trouble did you cause? From now on, you can just come here and wait for me, and I will come over."

Zhou Tang responded casually, looking at his small private school curiously.

There are brooms, dustpans and other things piled up in this room, which is probably a utility room.But it was obviously cleaned by someone carefully. There is a wooden table and two chairs inside, and the pen, ink, paper and inkstone are also fully placed.

Zhou Tang reached out to touch the inkstone, smelled the ink inside, and said in a daze, "It smells so good... what they said is true, the ink is fragrant."

Luo Ping saw a little black ink on the tip of his nose, and laughed out loud.

Zhou Tang asked, "What are you laughing at?"

Luo Ping nodded his nose with his hand: "It's stained with ink."

Touched by the slightly cold fingertips, Zhou Tang shrank back instinctively, but after shrinking, he regretted—although he was embarrassed, but he wanted Luo Ping to wipe off the ink for him—this person helped him yesterday The gentle movements when washing his face and wiping the wound made him feel very comfortable.

To his disappointment, this time Luo Ping just dipped a cloth in the basin and handed it to him to wipe it himself: "Your Highness, you really don't have the slightest sense of being a prince."

Zhou Tang blushed, took the cloth towel and said firmly: "It's not my fault! No one told me what a prince should be like, besides, no one in this palace regards me as a prince."

"Even if everyone doesn't treat you as a prince, you still have to treat yourself as a prince. You have to show your prestige to frighten them, and you have to behave like a prince. This is your dignity." Luo Ping said, "Of course, you don't need to put on airs of a prince in front of me, because in my opinion, you are just a student who knows nothing."

Zhou Tang felt hot when he heard the first half of the sentence, but felt unwilling to hear the second half: "Hmph, sooner or later I will be stronger than you!"

"My humble servant is waiting for that day to come."

In Luo Ping's memory, that day is not far away at all.

In the not-too-distant future, this person will rule the world, and he will have unmatched prestige and power. He will never remember a drop of light ink on the tip of his nose.

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Before the lecture, Luo Ping took out a paper bag from his pocket.Put it on the table and open it. Inside are two glutinous rice balls and a white porcelain bowl.

He said: "My place is not as good as the Taiyuan Academy. I don't have delicious food to entertain you. If you are hungry, you can eat some of these to fill your stomach. I will bring you tea. There is no tea cup, so just drink it from a bowl."

Zhou Tang was very happy to see that the table was full of food, drink, and writing.He was worried about this person's "unpredictable intentions" and "bullying and teasing" before, but he threw them all out of the blue.

The glutinous rice dumpling in his mouth was always sweet to the bottom of his heart. He felt that it was the most delicious food in his life. Compared with those hard steamed buns and dry buns, they were so unpalatable and disgusting.

After Zhou Tang wolfed down his meal, Luo Ping began to teach the simplest literacy content.

That day after Luo Ping taught him for an hour, he let him review by himself. Zhou Tang asked him why he was going, and he said: "Just now I made a big fuss in the Imperial Academy, and I can't do without giving them an explanation. Anyway, I must see the emperor's side, and I must say what should be said."

Zhou Tang was taken aback: "Are you crazy? I thought you were joking, but are you really going to sue your father for some kind of Shangshu? Do you know that if you are not careful, your father will kill you?" your head!"

Luo Ping smiled: "No, I'll be fine."

"How do you know you'll be fine!" Zhou Tang became very anxious when he thought that his head would fall to the ground. "Little master, don't mess around. If you really want to go, I, I will go with you!"

"You are so afraid of your father, what's the use of going with me?" Luo Ping stroked his back and comforted him, "Trust me, I will be fine. Instead of punishing me, the emperor will reward me .”

"Reward you? How can you, a little editor, beat that Shangshu? Does Emperor Father believe you or not?"

"It is said that the Sacred Heart is unpredictable, and who can guess what the emperor thinks accurately."

Leaving this unclear sentence, Luo Ping went to ask the face saint with that notebook in his pocket.

Zhou Tang waited restlessly until noon, almost unable to read a word.When he was so frightened that he jumped up and was about to find his father, Luo Ping finally came back.

With a tired face, but with a smile on his face, he said, "Look, am I okay?"

Zhou Tang gritted his teeth angrily while feeling relieved: This little master is heartless, really annoying!

He turned his face away to read the book as if nothing had happened, but Luo Ping didn't care about him, and just threw him a few books in the library of the Hanlin Academy: "These are all miscellaneous books, read them if you can understand them. I'll stop here today. I have a lot of things to do in the afternoon, so go back first."

Zhou Tang picked up the book and left, kicking the pebbles flying everywhere.

Luo Ping shook his head, thinking that Zhou Tang in this appearance was quite memorable.

Later, Zhou Tang heard from other people that Luo Ping confronted Wu Shangshu in Zhenyang Hall that day, with a tough attitude and fierce words, until he persuaded the emperor to carefully investigate the origin of the payment from the household department.

A lot of bad debts were uncovered, and Wu Shangshu was punished for several crimes such as embezzlement and breaking the law, intending to frame blame, deceiving the emperor, and so on, and finally ended up beheading and ransacking his home.

All kinds of incidents and people were implicated in it, but in just a few days, the emperor had already cleared them up swiftly and resolutely.

And Luo Ping, the new official, was praised by the emperor as a virtuous minister with "faithful words and direct advice", and suddenly became a big celebrity.There are those who flatter, those who disdain, and those who doubt.

Seeing that he acted recklessly and regardless of the consequences, those veterans in the officialdom secretly gave him the title of "frivolous child".But Luo Ping has always been calm.

Only he himself knows that any honest advice is all bullshit.

What he did in his last life was indeed to serve the court with a conscience that did not touch the sand in his eyes.At that time the emperor praised him and made him complacent for a long time, now he already understood that he just happened to get the emperor's mind right and gave the emperor an excuse to get rid of the person he wanted to get rid of.

He is a chess piece laid by the emperor, and when it is useless, he will naturally be eliminated.

Now that he is an outsider, he can see all these things clearly, and he doesn't take them to heart.Because what he had to face was no longer the official career he had been striving for back then, but only Zhou Tang alone.

On the contrary, Zhou Tang, after this incident, regarded him as a noble and upright person in his heart, and was quite grateful.

Even after realizing the deep scheming of this person later, he will still miss him with the words "Zhuo Qinglian but not demon".

Zhou Tang named the room "Sweeping Hexuan" because he sat in it with his back to the broom and facing the lotus pond.

His happiest thing every day is to sweep Hexuan, even if Luo Ping hasn't come yet, he would be happy just sitting there.

Zhou Tang is very smart and hard-working, and he can learn things easily.The recitation assigned by Luo Ping could be completed word for word the next day, and he could even recite the next few chapters to him.

Therefore, Luo Ping taught very easily. Usually, he only needs to spend one or two hours in that hut in a day, and the rest of the time can be busy with his own affairs.

The affairs of the Hanlin Academy were more or less said, but after he was appreciated by the emperor, Xueshi Li took special care of him, so he had much less free time.

But no matter how busy he is, he will find time to clean Hexuan every day.

This is how the two of them get along - teaching, reading, calligraphy, discussion, chatting, Luo Ping will bring some snacks, and a pot of tea, and they share the food and drink with bowls.

Zhou Tang felt very strange, obviously the two had never been in contact before, how could Luo Ping know so much about his favorite taste.He loves sticky glutinous rice, rough red bean paste, pure meat dumplings, and all the dim sum brought by Luoping.

He asked him why, Luo Ping didn't care, just said he brought it casually, just a coincidence.

Zhou Tang was dubious.

He always felt that his little wife seemed to be able to read people's hearts and understood him better than himself.