Chapter 2413 Extra: The Rice Eater Mianmian

Mianmian chuckled, "Daddy, are there any other chapters?"

Meng Yunzheng, “…” Are you planning to cover the entire picture with a stamp?

He still has the seals, of course, but they are all in the academy.

Mr. Shanju rarely uses his seal now, so he keeps it at home, but he always carries a personal seal with him.

Meng Yunzheng shook his head. "It's not here anymore."

"What a pity." Mianmian sighed, but when she looked at her painting, she was extremely satisfied. After the ink dried, she carefully rolled it up.

Just as he finished rolling, Xia Yan's voice rang out from outside, "Master, Miss, it's time for lunch."

Little Mianmian immediately jumped up, "Let's go, let's eat! I still need to go to Great-Grandma's for a nap."

When the father and son walked hand in hand to the flower hall, Shu Yu was already there.

She seemed to be in a good mood, and without saying a word, Xiao Mianmian hugged her leg, "Mommy, did you miss Mianmian?"

"...I miss him." It's only been three hours since we last met, what's there to miss or not miss?

Mianmian was overjoyed. "I miss my mother too. I've missed her so many times."

"Haha, does Mianmian miss Grandpa?" Meng Pei strode in from outside the door, picked up the little one, and tossed her up in the air.

Little Mianmian screamed excitedly, "Higher, higher!"

The grandfather and grandson played for a while before Meng Yunzheng pulled them down to sit and eat.

Meng Pei loved holding the warm little one and wished she could feed her, give her water, and wipe her mouth at every meal. But Shu Yu, as the child's mother, had a rule at the dinner table that she should eat by herself.

Meng Pei could only regretfully place the little one on the dining table, tie an apron on her, and let her hold the spoon and eat heartily.

Little Mianmian played all morning and is now focused on eating.

The other three took this opportunity to discuss their plans for the future.

Meng Pei looked at Meng Yunzheng, "Has the date for going to the capital been set?"

"It's settled. We'll be leaving in three days."

Meng Yunzheng was going to the capital to attend the imperial lectures.

The Imperial Lectures were special lectures held by the emperor for discussing classics and history. This was the first time His Majesty had held such lectures since ascending the throne, with Imperial Tutor Zhang Mao as the chief lecturer.

This lecture not only invited renowned scholars and Confucian masters from various regions, but also the heads of academies from different places.

Meng Yunzheng, the headmaster of the rising Zhenglu Academy, was naturally among those invited.

Besides him, there were two other great scholars from the academy. However, only Mr. Hejiang, whom the emperor was more familiar with, would go, while Mr. Huai'an would stay behind to oversee the proceedings.

Zhenglu Academy is different now than before. Last year marked the three-year period between the emperor and Meng Yunzheng.

At that time, only fifteen students from the academy went to Beijing to participate in the imperial examinations. Of these, half of them only stayed at the academy for half a year.

However, the results of the provincial examination shocked everyone. Apart from the five people who did not perform well in the provincial examination and the three who were just there to gain experience, all of the remaining seven people passed the examination.

Five of them were ranked in the second tier, which was more than the number set by the emperor.

This result caused an instant sensation in the capital and quickly spread throughout the academic community.

Originally, Meng Yunzheng was summoned to the capital by imperial decree after the results of the palace examination were announced.

However, so many students came upon hearing the news that Zhenglu Academy was suddenly very busy. Meng Yunzheng couldn't get away, so it was delayed until now.

(End of this chapter)