Chapter 1844 Punished
We're not scolding him, why is he hiding?
He listened and actually felt in a good mood. He had been taught by Kong Jijiu since he was a child. When he was young, the teacher and student relationship was very good. But later, it seemed that he noticed that he preferred martial arts to literature, so Kong Jijiu would scold him from time to time. The prince hated Kong Jijiu's class.
In the past few years, the relationship between teacher and student had deteriorated to the extreme. Kong Jijiu resigned from his official position more than once just to stop being his teacher.
The teacher and the student even had a quarrel in class. The prince had made Kong Jijiu faint from anger more than once, and Kong Jijiu had also made the prince lose his mind from anger more than once. The teacher and the student were very hostile to each other, and their relationship had deteriorated to the point that they would not show courtesy to each other when they met in person, and would just turn their heads and leave as if they didn't see the person.
I didn't expect that he hated Kong Jijiu's scolding so much, but now he was so happy to listen to him scolding others.
The prince listened for a while, then felt in a good mood and turned to leave. He also instructed Eunuch Wu, "Tell the kitchen to send some delicious food to the students who were scolded by Kong Jijiu, and say that I gave them a reward."
Eunuch Wu: "...then, who was praised by Master Kong?"
The prince snorted and said, "Don't worry about them."
So, at lunch, Lu Yue and several students who faced Kong Jijiu's scolding had two extra dishes.
The eunuch who brought them the food boxes respectfully said that this was a reward from the prince, who appreciated their hard work.
Lu Yue and others: ...
They seemed like they should be happy, but at this moment, they were feeling complicated and not very happy. Bai Shan and the others all turned their heads to look at the food in their lunch boxes. Lu Yue and the others were angry: "What are you looking at?"
A few people looked away, with only a hint of regret in their eyes, and they said they were not envious at all.
After the meal, when they walked out of the dining hall, they saw Mr. Zhuang standing in the yard looking at the sky. When he heard the noise, he turned around and looked at them. Without saying a word, he turned around and went to the Chongwen Hall in front.
Bai Shanxian reflected on himself, but couldn't find what he had done wrong. He looked at Manbao and Bai Erlang suspiciously, "Did you two do something wrong?"
Manbao and Bai Erlang were silent and followed Mr. Zhuang in silence.
Bai Shan looked at it and wondered what else he didn't understand. He could only tell Yin Huo and then go with them to see the teacher.
Mr. Zhuang was sitting alone in the office, and the three men were standing in front of him obediently.
Mr. Zhuang said, "Bai Cheng, copy the "Historical Records: Music" ten times. If Zhou Man finishes, you will be responsible for cleaning the Chongwenguan office for this month."
Bai Erlang almost cried out loud, and Manbao was about to cry.
But in front of Mr. Zhuang, the two did not dare to cry and nodded their heads down.
Mr. Zhuang then asked them, "Do you know why you are being punished?"
They both lowered their heads and said, "I know, we are not sincere."
Mr. Zhuang snorted and said, "How can you fool me, Master? Go down and write another article admitting your mistakes."
The two men nodded their heads, and Bai Shan saluted them and left.
On the way back, Bai Shan said, "I can't copy the articles, but I can still help with the cleaning."
Bai Erlang only just remembered and couldn't help but pouting in grievance, "Master is also partial."
Bai Shan asked him, "Dr. Li told us to memorize the book when he taught us the Records of the Grand Historian. Why didn't you memorize it?"
"How can I memorize so much? And I'm not the only one who hasn't memorized it. Go ask Liu Huan if he has memorized it," Bai Erlang said confidently. "Do you think everyone is like you guys, who can memorize an article just by reading it twice more?"
Bai Shan shook his head. "Such a thick book requires me to recite it carefully before I can memorize it. Otherwise, even if I memorize it at the time, I will forget it in two days."
Manbao nodded. "Some of the things in The Book of Music make a lot of sense. The world is complex, but education can make things simple. So it's worth reading. You should memorize it."
Bai Erlang turned and left, ignoring them.
Manbao thought about the extra task she would have to do tomorrow, so she sighed and went back with her head hung. "I'm going back to prepare for class. I'm going to be very busy tomorrow."
The next day, Manbao came back from class at the Imperial Medical Bureau. Just in time to rest his eyes and brain, he rolled up his sleeves to fetch some water, and then went to wipe the tables for the lecturers at Chongwenguan.
There are four lecturers in one office, a total of two offices, and there are two tea rooms next to them for them to rest.
In addition, there is a small tea room dedicated to teaching the prince, as well as a separate office for Kong Jijiu.
Manbao brought water and cleaned each room one by one.
The lecturers didn't know she was being punished, and were surprised when they saw her. "What is Editor Zhou doing?"
In terms of official position, she is still above them.
Manbao smiled embarrassedly and looked at Mr. Zhuang, not knowing how to explain.
You can't say that they conspired to cheat Kong Jijiu and that's why they were punished by Mr. Zhuang, right?
How bad would it be for Kong Jijiu to say it out loud?
Mr. Zhuang smiled and explained, "The child is naughty, and I saw that she has a lot of time, so I asked her to clean the table for everyone."
Everyone understood as soon as they heard it. It must be Zhou Man who made a mistake and her husband was punishing her.
The lecturers smiled and asked Zhou Man to clean up.
Although Zhuang Xun's official position was lower than Zhou Man's, she was his disciple. It was a moral code for a disciple to serve his master. No one thought there was anything wrong with Zhuang Xun ordering Zhou Man to do things. This was not an official matter.
Manbao cleaned two offices. When he arrived at the tea room, Bai Shan and the others had also finished school at noon, so he brought a basin of water to help.
When he came to Kong Jijiu's office, he asked them with great interest, "Is this a punishment for eating and chatting in Chongwenguan yesterday?"
They didn't dare to say that they were punished for cheating, but they didn't dare to respond to Kong Jijiu, so they lowered their heads and dared not speak.
Kong Jijiu smiled and shook his head, saying kindly, "Mr. Zhuang is too strict."
Before Manbao could even mentally agree, Kong Jijiu continued, "But a strict teacher produces excellent students. It's precisely because Mr. Zhuang was so strict with you that you've achieved what you have today."
After sighing, he said, "It's a pity that the prince is so noble that it's hard to punish him. Otherwise, who knows if he can teach a good student?"
Bai Shan asked as he cleaned his bookshelf, "Sir, does a good student make a good king?"
Kong Jijiu was stunned for a moment and sat down to think.
Bai Shan and Man Bao waited for a long time and saw that Kong Jijiu was just in a daze and didn't say anything, so they looked at each other, shrugged, and continued cleaning.
After they finished cleaning, they saw that Kong Jijiu was still in deep thought, so they didn't disturb him and turned around and left.
The two men handed the wooden basin to the eunuch outside, let out a long sigh, and went back to the dining hall to eat.
Yin Huo and the others were still sitting in the dining hall. When they saw them come back, they pointed at the food boxes and said, "Eat quickly, it's still hot."
The two sat down, opened their lunch boxes and started eating.
See you at 9pm
(End of this chapter)
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