"Someone is prejudiced against our Justice Hall. What's wrong with having so many talented students in our school? It turns out that they are just raised by a stepmother."

Zhao Rong heard this but remained silent.

Gu Yiwu sighed and said, "There are six halls in the academy. Each hall will organize some fixed entertainment and relaxation activities after class. Ziyu, you know that."

"Your Ruxing Hall likes to organize students to go out and play together, to appreciate the autumn and climb mountains; the Xiudao Hall next door likes to get together and hold essay collections and poetry gatherings; and there is also Guangye Hall..."

Zhao Rong nodded slightly.

He had heard a lot about these things, but so far, the students of Ruxing Hall had never called him once for their after-school activities.

However, Gu Yiwu often invited him to attend the Hall of Justice.

But Zhao Rong usually declined because he was too busy.

Gu Yiwu continued:

"In our Justice Hall, I organized a Cuju Club, which is a popular recreational sport in some dynasties down the mountain."

"The academy is very supportive of these extracurricular activities. Everyone likes Cuju, so our Justice Hall also runs it in a lively and colorful way. I even went to find the chief priest and borrowed a few pieces of vacant land from the academy. I took great pains to turn it into a stadium and also brought in a few other academies to join in..."

"Now, as soon as Mr. Meng... came back, we banned all of these!"

Gu Yiwu said with an indignant look:

"The most annoying thing is that the activities of the other five schools were all useless, but she chose to compete with our Justice Hall, saying that Cuju is a vulgar acrobatic sport that is immoral and out of place... Isn't it just that she doesn't like our Justice Hall? She even made a sarcastic remark about us. I went to argue with her... and I was punished."

Zhao Rong patted him on the shoulder, not knowing what to say.

"By the way, Brother Gu, this is just one demerit. There is another one for what."

Gu Yiwu said casually, "Oh, that's because he wasn't wearing his student uniform. A few days ago, this new school rule was suddenly announced, and many of my classmates fell into trouble."

He was a big man, and he looked very out of place as he was sweeping the floor with a thin little broom.

Zhao Rong looked somewhat ashamed when he heard this.

Gu Yiwu just happened to look up and saw it, and patted his shoulder with a smile.

"Brother Zhao, don't feel too guilty. In fact, Meng Xuezheng is not targeting you. She has been disagreeing with the chief priest about whether or not to force students to wear student uniforms since the opening of this year's Mochi Academy."

"However, I didn't expect that after Meng Xuezheng returned to the academy this time, the master of the imperial wine still backed down and asked her to change the school rules."

Zhao Rong smiled and started to clean up the fallen leaves with peace of mind.

On an autumn morning, just after dawn, a gentle breeze blew across the ink pool, bringing a slight chill.

Gu Yiwu seemed to remember something and suddenly said, "Brother Zhao."

Zhao Rong lowered his head and said, "Yeah."

"Speaking of which, you really need to pay more attention to Meng Xuezheng. Don't let her catch you and punish you again."

Zhao Rong didn't think much about it and responded without raising his head, "Oh, Brother Gu, too, we have remembered it twice, and the third time is better than the last time."

Gu Yiwu shook his head and said in a serious tone:

"Of course, but Brother Zhao should be more careful. I guess that in the eyes of Meng Xuezheng, Brother Zhao should be very annoying."

Zhao Rong raised his head and glanced at him.

Gu Yiwu added, "It's not just because of Brother Zhao's status as a son-in-law."

Zhao Rong frowned slightly and also felt that something was a bit strange.

The conflict between him and Meng Zhengjun was actually not that big.

As a result, the day after they met, she started to target Zhao Rong by issuing new school rules.

It’s similar to being targeted by the dean in the previous life and treated as a scoundrel.

Could it be that she really hates her son-in-law so much that she won't stop until she expels him from the school?

Is it that a little girl is hard to raise?

Zhao Rong was a little confused.

Gu Yiwu pondered and said:

"I also heard about what happened between you and Meng Xuezheng that day. I think you two may have really had a lot of conflicts."

"Hiss, think about it carefully, Brother Zhao, you seem to have hit all of her targets, not just the son-in-law."

"Brother Gu, what do you mean?"

"Zi Yu joined the Ruxing Hall when she was not at the academy. You may not know that this Mr. Meng values ​​Ruxing Hall very much. If the old chief priest regards all the students of Mochi as the future pillars of the academy, then in the eyes of Mr. Meng, Ruxing Hall is probably the only place, plus Xiudao Hall, to truly cultivate pillars of talent."

At this point, Gu Yiwu and Zhao Rong curled their lips and shook their heads in tacit understanding.

Zhao Rong nodded. "So, as a gifted student, I got into Ruxing Hall midway and made her unhappy?"

"Well, there's more to it than that. You should know about the private conflict between Meng Xuezheng and Mr. Zhu, and you, Ziyu, are very favored by Mr. Zhu. Plus, your calligraphy skills are probably not appreciated by Meng Xuezheng."

"You are an assistant teacher at Ruxing Hall because of your good handwriting. Who knows if it will affect Ruxing Hall's exam results?"

Gu Yiwu paused and continued to review and explain everything to Zhao Rong.

"I also heard that you were punishing Yu Huaijin to copy characters that day, and she saw you. Yu Huaijin must be the one she likes the most..."

The burly man shook his head.

"As for not wearing the school uniform, let's not talk about that. Many of my classmates have been caught, but it's not something she will remember and hold on to."

"However, Brother Zhao is different. There is one thing about you that may be difficult for her to tolerate."

Gu Yiwu stopped talking and waved the small broom in his hand.

Zhao Rong seemed to be thinking about something. "Brother Gu, stop keeping us in suspense and tell us now."

"Well, Brother Zhao, what do you think of the relationship between Taiqing Mansion and our academy?"

Zhao Rong was slightly puzzled. Why was the gap so big?

He thought about it.

"The relationship is not perfect, but it is not bad. Taiqing Mansion is very close to our academy. I went to Taiqing Mansion with Mr. Yan to give lectures before, and I found that the exchanges between our two disciples are quite frequent."

Gu Yiwu nodded.

"Brother Zhao is right. Our students can enter Taiqing Mansion without any obstacles. However... if students of Taiqing Mansion do not have acquaintances in the academy to guarantee them, it will not be so easy for them to enter the academy."

Zhao Rong suddenly realized, "That's true. The first time Qian'er came to the academy to look for me, she was stopped outside the door."

He frowned, "Brother Gu, why is this? The academy has set limits on the exchanges between students from Taiqing Mansion."

Gu Yiwu did not answer immediately, but gave Zhao Rong a look that he considered carefully.

Zhao Rong was silent for a while, then spoke softly, "She made the rules?"

Gu Yiwu looked around and nodded cautiously.

Zhao Rong smiled, "There is a story."

Gu Yiwu blinked, "It's a long story."

"Long story short?"

"No wine, no talk."

Zhao Rong nodded.

He no longer inquired about the grievances and disputes between Meng Zhengjun and Taiqing Mansion.

Gu Yiwu coughed and said, "So she should be disgusted by the fact that our scholars and students in the academy have too close contact with the students of Taiqing Mansion, especially that kind of relationship."

"And Ziyu now not only has a wife who is a genius of Xiaoyao Mansion, but she is also his wife's son-in-law."

The corner of Zhao Rong's mouth twitched.

My goodness, he was hit by all these attacks.

The favorability level soared.

Gu Yiwu put down the broom in his hand and his face became serious.

"So this new school rule, I guess the schoolmaster has been planning it for a long time, and was going to implement it as soon as he returned to the academy, but you just happened to show up and it all went wrong... Hey, you must be extremely careful next time."

Zhao Rong: “…”

He lowered his eyes and looked at the autumn leaves on the ground.

No words spoken.

Gu Yiwu suddenly thought of something.

He glanced at the broom in his hand and sighed.

"Our Justice Hall is not much better than Tzuyu. For this mid-month exam, the other six arts are fine, but for the etiquette exam... I heard that she will send some students to take the exam outside, and it seems to be to the nearest Dali."

"Da Li?"

Zhao Rong sounded curious.