Just after Chief Hong scolded Zhang Shou, he was even merciless to the Fourth Prince. The onlookers were already in mixed moods while watching the show. When they realized that a group of ministers had tacitly forgotten Chief Hong when recommending the East Palace to lecture, they became even more certain of their judgment.
But now the emperor gave the gold while keeping Hong, and I don't know how many people were shocked. But before everyone could figure out whether Principal Hong really said such a bright and sunny resignation in front of the emperor, the emperor suddenly changed the subject and said: "Engrave two more silver seals, one for the principal of the school, and give it to Yongping, and one for the supervisor of the school, and give it to Zhu Ying."
Many people have heard about the women's school. Princess Yongping presided over it and Hong assisted. Most people thought this arrangement was reasonable. But... but what was the point of adding Zhu Ying? Zhu Ying was notoriously difficult to learn!
In the Wenhua Hall, which was warm as spring due to the heating of the floor, Zhu Ying, who also came to attend the lecture, smiled brightly and beautifully, so much so that Princess Deyang beside her even felt that spring had arrived. As for the other princesses and daughters of various families, they were very sorry that Princess Yongping was not there, otherwise, they could probably see how Princess Yongping would treat Zhu Ying's interference.
After the emperor suddenly said this off-topic remark, he then asked, "Do you have any other recommendations?"
Although there were many people attending the Wenhua Hall Lecture, everyone saw the person who had just made the recommendation, and everyone had a clear mind. The dozen or so candidates recommended by the bigwigs were the ones who performed outstandingly in the lectures at the Wenhua Hall Lecture. Of course, there was a young man who performed the most outstandingly on the first day and even had a heated debate with the Prime Minister Kong Daxueshi, but that was not mentioned.
Of course, the most important thing is that all the bigwigs who made the recommendations are of the fourth rank or above!
However, when the rest of the people were wondering whether it was worth taking the risk to recommend someone close to them, Zhang Shou suddenly stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I recommend the former Minister of War, Mr. Liu Zhiyuan."
In an instant, the huge Wenhua Hall fell silent. While others were still hesitating whether to break the obvious tacit understanding of rank, Zhang Shou's sudden speech was earth-shattering. Firstly, it was because Zhang Shou surpassed the ranks of those who recommended him before, and secondly, of course, it was because the rank of Liu Zhiyuan, whom Zhang Shou recommended, before his retirement was much higher than that of the Eastern Palace lecturer.
Even the Third Prince showed an obvious look of surprise, not to mention the Fourth Prince. Everyone could see his lack of understanding from his wide-eyed expression.
Some people even effortlessly read a sentence from the brothers' expressions - Teacher, why didn't you say it earlier
Of course, the person who read out such a sentence was none other than Miss Zhu. She raised her eyebrows in confusion, and then she felt that Princess Deyang beside her seemed to touch her lightly with her hand, and heard a voice like a mosquito in her ear: "Yingying, don't you know either?"
"What do you know? Ah Shou never told me! Mr. Liu is my eldest brother's teacher. If he had told me earlier, I would have recommended him to the Emperor and the Empress Dowager... Or I could have just talked to the Third and Fourth Princes!" Zhu Ying snapped her fingers in annoyance, and then said with some dissatisfaction, "If he had told me earlier, Dad could have recommended him too!"