manynovel Chapter 403 Deliberately making things difficult
Chapter 403 Deliberately making things difficult
After reading the note, the second prince was thoughtful. It was undoubtedly a good thing for him that Qian Chongen failed to accept Jiang Youzhen as his apprentice.
However, this also means that other people in the court have also noticed Jiang Youzhen, which is not good news.
There are pros and cons to this matter, but he has never been a person who would dwell on it. Other things can be discussed later. Jiang Youzhen is not a fool, and not everyone will serve him.
No matter who did it, Jiang Youzhen would never be able to befriend him.
"What has the prince been doing lately?"
Jin Ming shook his head when he heard this. "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been very well behaved recently. He has been staying in the East Palace to have fun. No one has entered the East Palace."
The second prince sneered, "He won't be so honest, he's probably doing something bad behind the scenes! Have people keep a close eye on him. His Grand View Garden has been very busy lately, so have people keep an eye on it. We can't let down our guard about those officials on the previous list, they might be in contact with each other secretly."
"Yes!" Jin Ming nodded.
Qian Chongen? The second prince shook his head. This branch of the Qian family had been away from the capital for too long, so long that he had forgotten the bloody struggles in the court.
He wanted to take Jiang Youzhen as his apprentice, but he didn't even consider whether he had the ability to suppress those evil spirits.
If Jiang Youzhen wants to be a loyal minister, he can only be a lone minister.
"Prepare a gift to Qian Chongen's house. No need to make a big fuss. Just consider it as a token of sympathy!"
A small reprimand was certainly not worth his attention, and he did this for Jiang Youzhen's sake.
Jiang Youzhen rested for five days before going to the provincial school. As soon as she arrived at the study, she attracted everyone's attention.
Jiang Youzhen calmly put away the four treasures of the study and began to grind ink, while his classmates beside him began to whisper.
"Is this a failure in becoming your disciple?"
"Isn't this nonsense? You are already a useless person, how can you teach and impart knowledge?"
"Alas! All I can say is that everything is determined by fate, and we have no control over it!"
"Actually, this is nothing. With Jiang Youzhen's knowledge, it doesn't matter whether she becomes my disciple or not! It won't stop her from becoming the top of the monthly ranking."
The person who spoke had a sour tone, but he was telling the truth.
"That's true, but it's unlucky that something like this happened on the day of the apprenticeship ceremony!"
"This is an accident! It's not something Jiang Youzhen can control, right?"
"I say, can you guys stop being so jealous? It's not that hard to admit that others are excellent, right?" The speaker was Wang Yun, who had asked for Jiang Youzhen's calligraphy before and had a good impression of Jiang Youzhen.
"Yes! Junior Brother Jiang is knowledgeable and talented, and his character is precious. It is not gentlemanly for us to talk about others behind their backs. Read more books! Otherwise, if you lose your place in the monthly exam next month, you will be laughed at."
Zhang Xin also helped. He was a student who had written poems and couplets with Jiang Youzhen at Qianzhang Pavilion before, and he admired Jiang Youzhen's talent.
Everyone was talking, and Jiang Youzhen glanced at everyone in the study with a cold look.
Suddenly, the study was completely silent. Jiang Youzhen's eyes were too cold. Even though she was young, her aura was very strong.
"Hey! What's the big deal?" A classmate felt embarrassed about being frightened and shouted unconvincedly.
Through the large window, Jiang Youzhen saw a figure walking quickly towards the study.
It’s Pan Changye!
As soon as Pan Changye entered the study, everyone sat upright, but he turned his eyes to Jiang Youzhen.
"Jiang Youzhen!" He put down the book and immediately called Jiang Youzhen's name.
"Master!" Jiang Youzhen stood up and bowed.
When he heard the word "Master", Pan Changye's face stiffened slightly, and then he smiled faintly.
"You took leave a few days ago to take care of Teacher Qian, so you missed a lot of schoolwork. There are a lot of homework assigned in the past two days, so you have to catch up quickly."
"Yes!" Jiang Youzhen did not argue. In fact, her learning progress has always been faster than that of her classmates, and she has learned all the content that will be tested in the provincial examination.
Even if she were to take the test now, she was confident that she would be on the list, but it was still necessary for her to improve her writing.
Pan Changye raised his eyebrows, but did not embarrass her. He just asked her to sit down.
"Copy the annotations of the Spring and Autumn Annals twice today. I will check them before the next class."
As soon as Jiang Youzhen sat down, Pan Changye assigned homework.
With a slight smile, Jiang Youzhen agreed.
In fact, to check whether the notes are remembered firmly, you can just do a spot check. Copying everything twice is a complete waste of time.
Based on Jiang Youzhen's monthly ranking, he should study essays. Pan Changye's arrangement is more disadvantageous than beneficial to Jiang Youzhen, but if he wants to find fault, he can't find any.
Jiang Youzhen thought to herself, this person is really petty, is he still holding a grudge against her for refusing to be his disciple?
If that was the case, she could already imagine the future.
She just hoped that the teacher for next month would be changed. After all, she didn't want to waste so much time. If she had a knowledgeable teacher and instructor, she could learn more.
Pan Changye teaches according to individual ability, much like a private school teacher. He provides one-on-one guidance to each individual and assigns different homework.
This was a good thing for other classmates, but he did not stop when he passed by Jiang Youzhen's desk several times, as if he had already forgotten Jiang Youzhen.
Jiang Youzhen's expression remained normal. He just copied seriously without showing any dissatisfaction.
The day passed quickly, and even though Jiang Youzhen wrote quite quickly, he only managed to finish the two rounds of annotations before school was over.
After cleaning the brush in the brush washer, Jiang Youzhen slowly put away the four treasures of the study.
At this time, Pan Changye finally came. He walked to Jiang Youzhen first, picked up the paper that Jiang Youzhen had hung aside and started to read it.
He knew that Jiang Youzhen's handwriting was good, but he didn't expect that Jiang Youzhen's handwriting had improved significantly after just two or three months of not seeing him.
I have to say that reading depends on one’s comprehension, and some people are just so comprehension-savvy.
For some reason, not only is Jiang Youzhen’s handwriting beautiful, but even the layout is pleasing to the eye.
Leave some pauses when terminating a sentence, which makes people feel relaxed and comfortable.
In fact, this is all thanks to the punctuation marks that Jiang Youzhen learned in her previous life. It's a pity that there are no punctuation marks in this life, but Jiang Youzhen is not used to not having sentence breaks. Therefore, when she writes herself, there will be habitual intervals, which are counted as sentence breaks, which makes it easier to read.
"Go back and copy the annotations of the Book of Changes. I will check it tomorrow morning."
Jiang Youzhen frowned slightly. Not only did she have to copy during the day, but she also had to copy at night. How could she have the time to write?
The Book of Changes is obscure and difficult to understand, and has many annotations. It would probably take two or three hours to copy an entire chapter.
"Teacher, I have memorized the commentary on the Book of Changes. I think it is meaningless to copy it again."
Jiang Youzhen couldn't bear it any longer. This person was clearly targeting her.
Everyone gasped. Respecting teachers is particularly important. Jiang Youzhen openly disobeyed the master. Isn't this embarrassing for the master? Can the master let her go?
Pan Changye's face darkened. "I just came to the prefectural school to teach. How can I know your learning progress? I asked you to copy the notes to deepen your impression. Are you confident that you can't make mistakes?"