Being able to say that skipping classes is so natural... Shanzhang Yue felt that the Zhang Shou he met today and the Zhang Shou he met two days ago during the Imperial College Open Day coincided with the recruitment of new students for Jiuzhang Hall, seemed to be two completely different people. But thinking about it carefully, the same free-spiritedness and recklessness confirmed his impression of Zhang Shou based on those rumors.
When the emperor brought the fourth prince out before, he asked him about something that Zhang Shou asked Zhu Ying to tell the fourth prince. Although he guessed that Zhang Shou would skip class today, he immediately became interested when he heard such a reason.
Even though he has been on the throne for so many years, the naughty kid has long since turned into a tall and handsome young man, but the emperor's temperament has not changed. He is still the maverick and unconventional emperor, but in the past, when it was not necessary, he would hide these characteristics and pretend to be a wise king in front of his ministers. Once his old ways relapse...
Haha, for example, today he suddenly came to visit this Xinglong Teahouse, last year he suddenly went to the Imperial College for inspection, last night he suddenly went to the abandoned temple to pay tribute to his lost youth, and by the way, he burned a stick of incense for some innocent monks who were killed or injured that year... All these are things that an emperor would do.
Even if the Queen Mother in the palace heard it, she would just make a bet with Chu Kuan and laugh it off, because if she got angry at every turn after giving birth to such a son, she would definitely be pissed to death!
At this moment, the emperor questioned Zhang Shou with great interest about how the election method for the head of Jiuzhang Hall was carried out. When he heard that Zhang Shou had left it all to a group of students to decide on their own and excluded the third prince, his eyebrows couldn't help but raise slightly.
The fourth prince beside him couldn't help it. He suddenly asked loudly: "Teacher, how can you exclude the third brother from the candidate for the head of the temple!"
The fourth prince called him "teacher", but his words were rather annoyed. The nobles and ministers around him fell silent. The fourth prince realized from the reactions of others that his attitude was wrong, and hurriedly bowed and said, "Teacher, I am anxious, but this is not fair to my third brother. We should compete fairly..."
Two days ago, the Fourth Prince left in anger because he failed to get into Jiuzhang Hall. He was soon found by an attendant of Zhang Shou. Not only did he apologize honestly, he even made a bold statement that he would enter Jiuzhang Hall next year. The news had already spread like wildfire. Now, when everyone saw that the Fourth Prince still called the Third Prince "Third Brother" and "Teacher" all the time and even spoke up for the Third Prince, most people couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.
What brothers are at odds, what hatred is born out of anger... The brothers, the Third Prince and the Fourth Prince, are still as harmonious as before! As for the Fourth Prince, even though he has doubts about Zhang Shou at this time, it can be seen that he still respects him very much!
When Zhang Shou saw that the Fourth Prince's voice was getting lower and lower, he couldn't help but reach out and touch the round little head. He didn't pay attention to other people's expressions towards his action, and said with a smile: "If the Third Prince participates in the election, Fourth Prince, do you think that others have the possibility of becoming the head of the temple?"
Sure enough, as soon as he said this, he saw that the Fourth Prince's eyes were a little erratic, and he was evasive and didn't dare to look him in the eye. Then he smiled and said, "If the Third Prince was four or five years older, then I would definitely not exclude him from the list of candidates, but he is too young now. If he becomes the head of the temple just because of his family background, it would just be a case of forcing things to happen."