Although the Hanlin academicians who came to the Southern Study to give lectures were mainly responsible for teaching the princes, Yu Zizhen had a special status and had caused such a commotion before, so today the old tutor Ge Tonglin specially followed Zhou Wenyong to the Southern Study.
He came to check out the situation. The old man was afraid that someone would make the little ancestor unhappy, and the little ancestor would make a fuss about going back to the north.
Fortunately, Yu Zizhen behaved normally today. She listened attentively while Zhou Wenyong was giving lectures. After Zhou Wenyong finished teaching the eldest prince and others, he came to test Yu Zizhen's learning level, and Yu Zizhen cooperated obediently.
The old tutor breathed a sigh of relief, stood outside the window for a while, and then quietly left.
What he didn't know was that at the same time he felt relieved, Zhou Wenyong in the classroom had also discovered Yu Zizhen's true level.
After his questioning and examination, Zhou Wenyong discovered that Yu Zizhen, as the prince of Zhenbei, could only recognize a few words. She had not even learned the common enlightenment reading materials nowadays in their entirety. In Zhou Wenyong's view, this was equivalent to knowing nothing.
In other words, her true level is actually no level at all...
Zhou Wenyong was very surprised, because as far as he knew, all the descendants of the Zhenbei Palace, without exception, started to learn at the age of four.
How come the Prince of Zhenbei only learned so few characters in three years, from the age of four to seven?
Yu Zizhen was sharp-eyed. She saw the flash of doubt in Zhou Wenyong's eyes. She frowned nonchalantly and said to him, "Sir, to be honest, I learn other things very quickly, but when it comes to reading, it's like someone has stolen most of my brain."
Lu Heng sneered, "If you're stupid, just call yourself stupid. Is it fun to make such an excuse?"
Zhou Wenyong glanced disapprovingly at Lu Heng, who was gloating and mocking his classmate. Lu Heng was not afraid of Zhou Wenyong, but at the same time Zhou Wenyong was looking at him, Yu Zizhen also squinted his eyes and looked at him.
Seeing Yu Zizhen's suddenly tense face, Lu Heng's memory of death immediately came back to life.
He remembered what Yu Zizhen had done yesterday, and was afraid that he would irritate Yu Zizhen and make him go home in a rage, so he snorted coldly, lowered his head and continued to do his homework.
Zhou Wenyong sighed and didn't say anything more to Lu Heng.
He couldn't afford to offend them. Although he had the title of "Mr.", these kids all had their own backgrounds. He was just an ordinary young Hanlin without any strong family background. He couldn't afford to offend anyone.
Turning back, Zhou Wenyong tentatively said to Yu Zizhen, "Prince, you are young, and your academic progress is somewhat behind that of the eldest prince and the others. You need to catch up as soon as possible."
Although the emperor would not reward him for teaching Yu Zizhen well, nor would he do anything to him because Yu Zizhen did poorly in his studies, Zhou Wenyong still had some basic sense of responsibility as a teacher.
Now that he has taken over the child, he must fulfill the most basic teaching responsibilities for the child.
Upon hearing this, Yu Zizhen looked straight at Zhou Wenyong with clear eyes, "Then can you give me some special lessons? I will study very hard."
Zhou Wenyong was startled, but soon he smiled and nodded, "Of course."
After a pause, he continued, "Sir, if you are free every afternoon, feel free to come to the Hanlin Academy to find me."
Yu Zizhen nodded vigorously immediately, "Okay, then I'll trouble you, Mr. Zhou."
Hanlin Academy, that is one of the three places with the richest collection of books in this era. It would be great if she could go there from time to time.
Thinking of this, Yu Zizhen said again: "By the way, Mr. Zhou, from now on, you should continue your classes at the current pace. You don't need to take extra care of me."
The little original owner prefers martial arts to literature, and since she is not a boy, there is naturally no need for her to start learning at the age of four.
As for Yu Zizhen, she had been here for too short a time and had spent a lot of time traveling and practicing martial arts, leaving her with only a very short time for reading and writing. The foundation she could lay was naturally very limited, and it was not surprising that she could not keep up with the learning progress of her peers.
She didn't want to be ridiculed by people like Lu Heng for delaying other people's learning progress, so she simply took the initiative to suggest that Mr. Zhou continue teaching as usual.
Zhou Wenyong didn't expect Yu Zizhen to say that. After all, the tough impression she left on Zhou Wenyong yesterday was too deep.
But this did not prevent Zhou Wenyong from admiring her. He said, "Okay."
Anyway, he has suggested that he can give Yu Zizhen private lessons at any time. He believes that with his private and careful guidance, Yu Zizhen will be able to catch up with the academic progress soon.
Well, it seems not entirely true. After all, the kid just said that when he starts reading, it's as if someone has stolen half of his brain.
Zhou Wenyong felt a little uneasy, but then he thought, he was not the only learned man in the Hanlin Academy. If he couldn't teach Yu Zizhen, he could just find a better teacher to teach him.
For example, the old tutor, Mr. Ge, is a good choice.
The old Taifu Ge Tonglin is a rare old minister in the court who does not participate in party struggles. He is old and comes from an ordinary family. His son and son-in-law are both minor officials with mediocre talents. In order to ensure that his descendants can continue to live a stable life after his death instead of being liquidated and retaliated, the old Taifu mostly hums and haws and tries to smooth things over, trying not to offend anyone.
If it weren't for his status, the old tutor would not even be willing to enter the palace to teach the prince.
However, according to Zhou Wenyong's observation, the old tutor actually liked children with unique personalities. For example, the frail and ill-equipped eldest prince, yet aloof and noble. Another example was Yu Zizhen, who was honest and straightforward, could not tolerate being wronged, and had an extremely unique status.
Zhou Wenyong believed that, given the old tutor's character, he would definitely take care of Yu Zizhen within his ability. Especially if he could give Yu Zizhen some private lessons, and use the excuse of "duty" as an excuse, the old tutor would definitely not refuse this good relationship.
Yu Zizhen didn't know that Zhou Wenyong had thought so much in just a short moment. She thanked Zhou Wenyong, and then like everyone else, picked up her pen and started to complete her own homework.
Her handwriting was much better than when she first came here, but in Zhou Wenyong's eyes it was still ugly...with a strange structure.
Yu Zizhen pretended not to notice the uncomfortable expression on Zhou Wenyong's face, as if he had eaten something wrong. She held the pen and began to write carefully, stroke by stroke.
Seeing how serious she was, Zhou Wenyong's facial expression couldn't help but relax.
He thought that it was not scary if students had a poor foundation or learned slowly. What was scary was that students with poor foundation and slow learning were not willing to put in enough effort to improve themselves.
Just because of Yu Zizhen's seriousness, Zhou Wenyong felt that he would be able to achieve great success in his studies and amaze the world in the future.
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