In one day, the news that the East Palace would soon have a master spread throughout the city. Moreover, this was not just gossip, but what the emperor said in public to a group of high-ranking officials who were at least third-rank. Moreover, the emperor did not say vaguely that he would appoint a crown prince, but clearly stated that he would appoint the third prince as the crown prince.
The Second Prince's Courtyard was taken over by the Ruiqi Battalion, and the Second Prince was said to be extremely angry and making a scene. This news spread like wildfire. However, compared to the First Prince, who at least had a good reputation before going to Cangzhou, the Second Prince, who had a bad temper and a bad reputation, had long been sympathized by no one. Therefore, even though many of his servants were dismissed on the spot by the Ruiqi Battalion, few people paid attention to his life or death.
In this situation where everyone was discussing the newly-appointed crown prince, Zhang Shou, who had detained all the students of Jiuzhang Hall and did not let them go out at noon, began his usual tactical bombardment of questions in the afternoon and found that there were indeed a lot more people passing by outside.
The only people who usually came to listen were Xu Heida, the supervisor of the Shengqian Hall, and Zhou Jijiu and Luo Siye who occasionally came to criticize. The rest of the students would just take a detour. But when he was patrolling the hall to check on everyone's progress, he found that some students actually came to look back and forth three or four times, even though they saw that the third prince was not there, they still persisted.
In the end, when Zhou Jijiu and Luo Siye, who had parted ways with him unhappily in the morning, came again, he knew that the news brought by the Fourth Prince was true. He walked slowly to Ji Jiu's desk and knocked gently. Seeing that he looked up at him, he immediately understood and continued to "write quickly". He knew that this head of the hall would control the others here.
He walked out of Jiuzhang Hall with his hands behind his back. With a quick glance, he found that except for Zhou Jijiu and Luo Siye, all the doctors in the Doctoral Hall were there. Even the teaching assistants and minor officials in the Bookkeeping Office came to join in the fun.
The only one missing... is Xu Heizi from the Rope Penalty Hall!
Knowing that Xu Heida was a straightforward and somewhat eccentric person, it was normal for him not to come at this time. Zhang Shou smiled slightly, then bowed and said, "Grand Secretary, Junior Secretary, and colleagues, are you here to listen to my lecture? For the sake of Zheng Rong's progress, and to let everyone review the old and learn the new, Jiuzhang Hall will have practice classes in the afternoon, and will not cover any new content. And..."
Zhang Shou was too lazy to say the rest. Besides Xu Heida, who regularly came to his place to audit the class and even asked for the textbooks to study on his own, you science scumbags who look down on mathematics, even if you stand on this day, can you understand
Although Zhang Shou did not say it explicitly, Luo Siye still thought of the embarrassing scene when Zhang Shou visited the Imperial College at night and was dizzy from being talked about by those proper nouns like "龟臑". So, he immediately coughed and said, "Doctor Zhang, there is news outside that the emperor is about to appoint the third prince as the crown prince of the Eastern Palace. In this case, it will be inappropriate for you to call him by his name in the future..."
Seeing that Zhang Shou disagreed, he didn't want to continue the topic, so he changed the subject: "Moreover, once the Third Prince enters the Eastern Palace, the Imperial College is located in the North City, and can be reached immediately from Bei'an Gate. There is no more suitable place for studying in the whole capital. However, the prince's studies are always one-on-one, and it would be inappropriate for him to be in the same class with so many people..."