Tang Ze asked curiously, "What does my father want with me? We always eat separately."
If the father and son bumped into each other outside, they would pretend not to know each other, if it weren't for the fear of being labeled as having a rift between them.
Master Tang was having dinner with his colleagues and didn't want his son to get in the way. Tang Ze also preferred to eat with the Prince of Yanping and his group.
How could the tacit understanding that the father and son had maintained for several years suddenly be broken?
Tang Ze reluctantly put down his chopsticks and got up to go next door.
After Tang Ze left, Prince Yanping and his entourage continued eating. Tang Ze returned shortly afterward.
The Crown Prince of Yanping asked, "You're back so quickly?"
Tang Ze said, "My father doesn't want to see me."
"Who is that?" asked the Crown Prince of Yanping.
Tang Ze looked at Zhou Yuanzhi, and the others looked at him too. Then, this newly crowned top scholar, who didn't even know how to use chopsticks, asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Tang Ze patted him on the shoulder, "You weren't arrested, were you?"
Zhou Yuanzhi, “…???”
Zhou Yuanzhi didn't react for a moment. He was bewildered. "Why are you arresting me?"
Tang Ze said, "It's like finding a son-in-law after the imperial examination results are announced."
Zhou Yuanzhi's face turned bright red.
As soon as he came out of the council hall, several ministers came up to ask him if he was married. He knew about the "marriage contest" and was so frightened that he quickly fled.
Zhou Yuanzhi shook his head.
Tang Ze patted Zhou Yuanzhi on the shoulder and said, "My dad has taken a liking to you... oops, I mean, my dad has high hopes for you and wants me to find a husband for you right after the exam."
Zhou Yuanzhi, "..."
Looking at the chopsticks in my hand.
Is it too late for him to leave now?
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