The second prince's ability to comprehend and learn is impressive enough, but it depends on who he is compared with. If compared with his eldest brother, it is not impressive at all.
The prince had a bad temper, was arrogant, and had no self-cultivation, but Chu Qing had to admit that this little guy was definitely better than his brother in terms of "mathematics" alone.
In addition, since the prince moved to Taowu Hall, his complexion has become more and more rosy, and his physical condition has obviously improved.
Chu Qing had just finished his morning class that day and came to the door. He saw that the person who brought the food box was not the eunuch from the dining room, but Sun An.
Behind the old eunuch were many palace ladies, carrying many exquisite food boxes.
"Mr. Chu, the food for the palace banquet is a reward from your majesty."
When he came to Chu Qing, the old eunuch smiled.
"Your Majesty rewarded me?" Chu Qing looked at the food box that was brought into the room, with confusion on his face: "Why did your Majesty reward me for no reason?"
"The palace is in good repair. The palace is in good repair. You teach the prince all day long. You are not considered an outsider. We will not hide it from you. His highness the prince is ill and has not recovered for a long time. But a few days ago, your majesty asked the prince to move into Taowu.
Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's body is getting stronger and stronger, and His Majesty's face is overjoyed."
Chu Qing said what he was doing, but his heart was filled with doubts.
He built the house, and he only put a lot of thought into the interior decoration. There can be no "healing" buff.
If Taowu Palace had not "cured" the prince, could it be that there was something wrong with the prince's original palace?
It was not because the prince moved into Taowu Hall that the prince's health recovered, but because the prince moved out of his previous palace, he slowly got better.
Chu Qing guessed this in his mind, but did not say anything. After saying a few polite words to the old eunuch, he turned around and returned to the Yangyi Hall.
Originally there was a place to have meals in the palace, but Chu Qing thought it was too far to go, so he usually ate in the Yangyi Hall.
Seeing that it was a palace banquet food box, the prince was too lazy to leave, so he opened it and started to feast on it.
Chu Qing said angrily: "The emperor gave it to me."
"In this palace, I can eat whoever I want."
Chu Qing didn't bother to think about it, so he grabbed a few pieces of cake and stuffed them into his mouth, taking a casual bite.
The so-called palace banquet refers to royal food. One is the meals given by the emperor to his ministers, and the other is the dishes served when ministers are entertained on important festivals. Chu Qing belongs to the former, with twenty-eight food boxes and twenty-eight dishes, which are very exquisite.
, as for the taste, just like that, mainly for the sense of ritual.
In the afternoon, Chu Qing still "focused on taking care of" the second prince Changxian, explaining some key points. Nangong Shou listened to the book of heaven all the way. After all, the prince Changyu was just learning and couldn't keep up with many things, but he couldn't help but take the initiative to ask, Chu
Qing Ye happily pretended not to notice.
The afternoon passed in such a hurry. The second prince made rapid progress. The prince and Nangong Shou were just like auditors who had not paid their tuition. Chu Qing ignored them.
He left the palace as usual, and was about to leave with Fu San, who had been squatting for another day, when Chu Qing suddenly saw a sedan falling in the distance.
He had seen this sedan before, twice. The first time was at the gate of Tao Mansion, and the second time was at Jingzhao Mansion. Not only was it a sedan, there was also a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar standing next to him. It was Zhang, the third housekeeper of the Li family.
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Zhang Yun saw Chu Qing walking out of the palace and whispered something to the sedan. Li Lin opened the sedan curtain and walked out, facing Chu Qing.
Fu San subconsciously touched the short knife behind his waist: "Young Master, it's the Li family!"
"Why are you so nervous at the entrance of the palace?"
Chu Qing smiled and walked up quickly.
"Young Master Li."
Li Lin smiled slightly and cupped his hands: "Master Chu."
Both of them were smiling and very polite, greeting people when they needed to, and bowing when they needed to, and there was no trace of the fact that they wanted to strangle each other to death.
"Mr. Chu's official career has been very prosperous. Not only has he become an official in the Eastern Palace, but he has also become the prince's arithmetic teacher. He is quite enviable by others."
"Master Li, it's just luck. It's just luck. You are quite well informed."
"Are you following Master Wei's path?"
Chu Qing's smile faltered, and he was stunned for a moment before realizing. The other party asked whether it was because of Wei Changfeng that he became an official of the East Palace and taught arithmetic to the two princes.
"If I say that the emperor favors me, Master Li may not believe it."
Li Lin laughed: "Yes, how could the emperor know about a nobody like you?"
"That's right. How could the emperor know that I am a nobody in Master Li's eyes?"
This time, it was Li Lin's turn to stop smiling and said calmly: "You really think that after becoming an official of the East Palace, I, the young master, can't touch you."
Chu Qing shrugged.
This means that I have become an official of the East Palace. If I were still in the Ministry of Household Affairs, I would have already investigated all the tax affairs of your Li family members who were officials.
"I think so. Mr. Chu must be a talented and knowledgeable person. If not, let alone teach arithmetic in the palace, there would be no place for you even in the Ministry of Household Affairs." Li Lin smiled again: "I am the young master who has looked away.
, Mr. Chu is quite capable."
"It's not bad. When you go out to hang out, you have to have some skills at your side. You can't always rely on dad's reputation to gain popularity."
Li Lin laughed loudly: "So you also know that you are relying on your father..."
Halfway through, Li Lin couldn't stop laughing because he suddenly realized that the other person seemed to be talking about him.
Chu Qing had a teasing look on his face.
"Suddenly I remembered the last time you and I met in Jingzhao Mansion." Li Lin looked Chu Qing up and down and said, "But I still remember you asking me why I didn't recruit you."
Chu Qing nodded: "That's what I asked you."
"Li Jiabao, how about you rise to the top and be promoted to the sixth rank of officialdom within ten years?"
"Young Master Li means..." Chu Qing couldn't laugh or cry: "Following you, can I be promoted to the sixth rank in ten years?"
"Yes, you will become the loyal dog of my Li family."
Chu Qing gave it up, it was even slower than Chen Yan's promotion.
"That's what you usually say when you recruit others. Just tell them to be your Li family's dog?"
"Yes, the Li family has this qualification."
Li Lin seemed to be recruiting Chu Qing, but his appearance was condescending, as if he was giving alms to someone.
"This young master has never taken the initiative to recruit anyone. Mr. Chu is the first one. Those who dared to offend my Li family in the past are now buried in mass graves with their wives, children, and children."
"Oh, if you say that, I will understand. Either I will follow you, or the graveyard is my only place to belong, right?"
Li Lin smiled and said nothing.
"Master Li." Chu Qing asked seriously: "It's not that I don't want to give you face, and it's not that I don't want to hang out with the Li family. There's just one thing that makes me particularly curious..."
At this point, Chu Qing put away his smile and said with a cold expression: "I'm very curious as to why you let me, Chu Qing, be buried in a graveyard with my wife, children, and children. Because of my curiosity, I decided not to follow you. Not only did I not follow you,
, one day, there will definitely be such a day, I will kill you, I dare not say all the people in your Li family, but you, Li Lin, I will definitely kill you, so that you can try for yourself what it feels like to be buried in a mass grave.
"
Li Lin was not angry but smiled: "Okay, I will first let you lose your status as a tutor in the East Palace, and then slowly spread the dirt from the graveyard on your body."
After finishing his sentence, Li Lin stopped talking nonsense, turned around and got into the sedan.
Chu Qing looked at the leaving figures of Li Lin and Zhang Yun with a gloomy expression.
"What a loud tone." Fu San sneered: "You still want your wife, children, and young master to be buried in a mass grave. If this word gets out, people will laugh at you."
Chu Qing was happy: "You also think he is bragging, don't you? He does not pose any threat to this young master at all."
"That's natural. Master, you haven't gotten married yet. Where did you get your wife and children? Who will he bury?"