The white-covered boat stopped at Xuanjin Bridge near Xi'an Gate.
On the bow of the boat, Lao Liu, who had unloaded his burden and was looking relaxed, smiled apologetically at Liu Li and Miaoqing who were standing in front of him: "I should have sent you back, but the palace gate is about to close, so I have to ask you to send me back."
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This avoids the problem of who to send first and whom to send later.
"Brother Six, just go ahead and don't forget to pick up your homework from my house tomorrow." Xu Miaoqing said softly.
"You want to have lunch at my house?" Liu Li smiled and said, "I'll cook your favorite food..."
"Okay." Lao Liu smiled and nodded: "I also have to see Master."
Then he said to Miaoqing: "Let's go to Sister You's house for dinner."
"Then you won't go back to the palace?" Miaoqing was very happy.
"I'll go back to school after dinner." Lao Liu sighed.
"Then I'll prepare early." Xu Miaoqing nodded.
"Okay, I decided happily." Lao Liu laughed and got off the boat, leaving only the two girls in the Shura field and the homework they brought back.
On the pier, Xu Zengshou, Liu Xiang, Hu Xian, and Deng Duo cast admiring glances at His Royal Highness the Sea King.
Unexpectedly, His Highness settled down with his childhood sweetheart and Tiansheng in such a short period of time. He even openly discussed with them whose house he would go to for lunch and whose house he would go to for dinner in the evening.
No wonder they are Neptunes and we are not.
But is it really settled? Lao Liu knows best in his heart, how is it possible?
The performance of Liu Li and Miaoqing today made him secretly exclaim that they were invincible. If these were placed in female novels, they would be perfect heroines.
But when the two Yuliang met like this, the calmer the surface was, the more the undercurrent was surging underneath, but the people who shouldn't see it couldn't see it...
Alas, His Highness the Sea King held up his turban and sighed secretly. If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight.
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Lao Liu, in the spirit of saying that things don't exist if they can't be seen, forced himself not to think about the secret fight between the two women who stayed on the white-topped boat, and entered the palace through the Xi'an Gate calmly and calmly.
Wang Ma had been waiting at the gate of the palace for a long time. When she saw Lao Liu, she naturally expressed her condolences to him.
Zhu Zhen was already a little impatient with the attention he received today. After a few perfunctory words to Wang Ma, he asked: "What's new in the palace recently?"
"Yes, Concubine Zhou has given His Highness an eighteenth younger brother." Wang Ma smiled and said, "Your Highness's congratulatory gift, the Queen has already helped you out."
"Being a royal concubine is different. It's comprehensive." Lao Liu praised.
"The Emperor is at the Qianqing Palace. Your Highness will go to see you first, and then go to Kunning Palace for dinner." Wang Ma explained the arrangements for tonight.
"Oh?" Lao Liu was keenly aware of the strangeness and asked in a low voice: "Are there conflicts again?"
"Haha, I dare not say that." Wang Ma smiled and lowered her voice and said, "It seems like this happened after Princess Yan came here."
"Does it have nothing to do with me?" Lao Liu asked guiltily.
"It definitely doesn't matter." Wang Ma smiled.
"I understand." Lao Liu nodded.
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Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Yuanzhang was stretching his posture and splashing ink.
"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Chu has arrived." Eunuch Wu said softly.
"Ask him to come in." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.
Lao Liu came in like a storm. Before he could kowtow in greeting, Zhu Yuanzhang greeted him and said, "Come and take a look."
"Hey." Zhu Zhen happened to skip kowtowing and went to the imperial case to take a look. He saw two big characters with flying phoenixes——
‘Zhu Chu’!
"Good guy..." Lao Liu kept calling him. "What is this?"
"The name of your eighteenth brother." Zhu Yuanzhang said proudly.
"That's enough to make up for it." Lao Liu swallowed and wanted to help Lao Shiba and change his name.
"You are still an illiterate son of the state!" Zhu Yuanzhang said even more proudly: "The word "pian" is not pronounced as you think."
"Then let's change it to another one." Lao Liu said kindly: "There are too many people who can read half of the Chinese characters, and I won't be the only one."
"No change." Zhu Yuanzhang said firmly: "Once our pen is written, there is no reason to change it."
"Oh, okay." Lao Liu secretly sympathized with his eighteenth brother, whom he had never met before, and would have to live with such a name for the rest of his life.
It feels worse than going to the kang or Youdun'er...
"Send this to Concubine Zhou." Zhu Yuanzhang ordered, and Eunuch Wu quickly caught it on a yellow silk tray and named Lao Shiba.
Zhu Yuanzhang took the wet wipe, wiped his hands, and asked Lao Liu: "How is it? What are your experiences in Guozixue?"
"The time is too short, I still can't tell," Zhu Zhen said respectfully. His attitude was very upright this time, lest the old thief increase his strength, and he would really be beaten to death.
"Say what comes to mind." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hands and said, "I'm not asking you to draw conclusions. Let's talk about your feelings first."
"Okay." Lao Liu nodded and said, "The biggest feeling is that the food is too unpalatable. The students are full of complaints, but they are forced by the school rules and cannot reflect. I think something will happen if this continues."
"How is that possible?" Lao Zhu said with a look of disbelief: "Everyone eats two meals a day, but we let him eat three meals a day. We provide more oil, salt, rice and noodles than the soldiers."
"I didn't say it was not full, but it was too unpalatable." Lao Liu sighed: "And the students cannot waste a grain of food, otherwise they will be put in solitary confinement and deprived of food and drink for several days. It is simply outrageous."
"What's wrong with not wasting food?" Zhu Yuanzhang said disapprovingly: "You just live a good life."
"My children also have to eat, okay?" Lao Liu rolled his eyes and said, "I won't waste a grain of food, but making the food so unpalatable and not allowing anyone to have any leftovers is just torturing people. "
"What I mean is that you can have strict requirements, but there is no need to deliberately torture the students. This is not the way to educate people." Zhu Zhen said seriously again.
"Yeah." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, not knowing whether he heard it or not, and asked: "Don't just stare at it and eat it. Is there anything else?"
"Furthermore, at first glance, Guozixue is quite good. The formulation and implementation of most of the academic rules are quite reliable." Lao Liu quickly picked up the good words and said:
"The subject setting is also very rich, especially the arithmetic class, which is really useful and completely beyond my expectation."
"Hahaha," Zhu Yuanzhang grinned and smiled happily: "Right, you are quite good, right? If you are not allowed to go to the Guozi School to experience it, you think you are the only one who can do it, and everyone else is.
Where’s the trash?”
"I never thought of it that way," Lao Liu said with a bitter smile.
"We see that you have this tendency, it would be better if we put it out for you as soon as possible. Boy, you must know that there are people outside the people, and there are mountains outside the mountains." Zhu Yuanzhang patted Lao Liu on the shoulder and said in an old-fashioned way: "I'm very capable, I'm quite capable.
You will learn this for a lifetime."
"Yes, I will take my father as my example and work hard to improve myself." Zhu Zhen lowered himself to the dust.
"..." Zhu Yuanzhang was originally in a bad mood today and wanted to find an excuse to take out his anger on Lao Liu. He didn't expect that this kid was so well-behaved and didn't give him any excuses.
I had no choice but to teach him a few more words and then let him go to Kunning Palace.
Before leaving, he told Lao Liu: "Go to your mother and say a few nice words for us, and I will let you stay at the Imperial College for a few days."
