If he was drinking tea at this moment, Zhang Shou guaranteed that he would have spat out a mouthful of tea.
Is Zhang Chen really determined to please Princess Yongping? Otherwise, why would he, a future Duke of Qin, learn to write eight-part essays
Not only him, Zhu Er also looked at Zhang Chen sideways. Even though he had never heard of Zhang Chen's clamoring to marry Princess Yongping, when someone made such a request, even a fool would guess that way. Then, he couldn't help but think of how Lu Sanlang pursued Zhu Ying just for show, and now thinking of Zhang Chen's change of direction, he suddenly felt a fire rising.
Are you all using my sister as a cover
He immediately sneered and said, "Zhang Chen, you want to learn eight-part essay? It's too late! Even if you learn it now, you may not be able to pass the examination to become a scholar in ten or eight years. If you want to use this to deceive beautiful women, you may not be able to succeed in thirty or fifty years!"
Zhang Chen was immediately furious, forgetting that this was not the street or anywhere else, but the Qianqing Palace. He angrily retorted, "So what? It's better than learning martial arts at such an old age! If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have done it in the first place! When you were fishing for three days and drying the nets for two days, did you think no one saw you?"
Seeing that the two were getting more and more outrageous, Zhang Shou finally couldn't stand it anymore and coughed heavily. At this time, the two top noble sons who were staring at each other suddenly came to their senses, carefully glanced at the emperor who was sitting on the throne without showing any emotion, and immediately lowered their heads and stood with their hands hanging down, looking as honest as possible. Seeing this, he sneered: "You still know that this is in the Qianqing Palace?"
Seeing that neither of them dared to say anything, he said in a deep voice: "You two, what did Ada say about Aer? If you don't work hard when you are young, you will regret it when you are old. You are all the same! Zhu Erlang, you may not be able to learn any results by learning martial arts now, but it is better to learn than not to learn. It is better to have mediocre martial arts than to be completely powerless! As for you, Zhang Chen, what do you want to do by learning eight-part essays?"
"I..." Zhang Chen blurted out this to Zhang Shou. Knowing that he couldn't hide his thoughts from Zhang Shou, he simply said, "I heard that Princess Yongping values those talented people who are good at writing eight-part essays the most..."
After this was said, not only Zhang Shou and Zhu Er, but even the emperor couldn't help laughing. But he didn't just stand there and watch Zhang Chen's joke. He patted the armrest and laughed and scolded: "Mingyue hosted the Yuehua Tower Literary Meeting. There were at least 10 to 20 talented writers who stood out, if not 30 to 50. Among them, there were always talented people with both talent and beauty. When it comes to eight-part essays, who is not better than you?"
Zhang Chen was speechless for a moment, and then he subconsciously looked at Zhang Shou. Noticing his gaze, Zhang Shou simply asked angrily and amusedly: "From what you said, you are applying for the election for Princess Yongping?"
"No..." Zhang Chen denied instinctively, but when he noticed that the emperor's eyes looked a little strange, he hurriedly explained, "I just wanted to give it a try, and I don't have any unreasonable thoughts... Really, I just... I just can't accept it..."
When he said the word "unwilling", Zhang Chen finally hung his head and whispered, "I heard what the young master said just now. Although I am very excited when I think of being proud in front of my father, if this continues, how can I be better than my father... My grandfather is such a powerful person, but my father is just a nerd. I am not as good as my father. What should I do in the future?"