Chapter 4 How did a royal relative appear?
"Zhu Lan, you are slandering me!" Xiang Wenyuan was so angry that he jumped up and down, pointing at Zhu Lan and cursing.
"I haven't even told you who it is yet, why are you so anxious, Brother Xiang?"
"Who's anxious? Who's anxious?"
"Enough." Ouyang Ye's voice carried a terrifying sense of oppression, and the air suddenly became quiet.
Ouyang Ye glanced at Xiang Wenyuan coldly, then turned his gaze to Ding Xiaoqiu.
"Your father's case is still under trial and no result has been announced yet. If others are talking about it, you can argue with them or turn a deaf ear to them. You must believe that the innocent will be innocent and the guilty will be guilty. Whether your father is innocent or not has nothing to do with what others say."
Ding Xiaoqiu's eyes trembled and he nodded vigorously.
After Ouyang Ye finished speaking, he asked Xiang Wenyuan and others if they had anything else to say.
Xiang Wenyuan stared at Zhu Lan, gritting his teeth: "She said she came here to discuss academic matters, but I don't agree! She must have been a blind cat that caught a dead mouse, and she only knew a few sentences and deliberately recited them to you!"
Ouyang Ye pondered for a moment and asked Zhu Lan if he could recite other passages.
Zhu Lan hesitated for a moment and nodded: "I'll do it reluctantly. Please ask Lord Ouyang to test me."
"Yeah." Ouyang Ye didn't even take a look at the manuscript and casually mentioned the names of a few articles.
Zhu Lan was worried that if he could recite all of it, it would arouse suspicion, so he deliberately said he didn't know some passages, and recited others haltingly, but he still managed to recite the entire text.
After Zhu Lan finished reciting the last passage, not only did Xiang Wenyuan and the others look horrified, even Ouyang Ye couldn't help but look her up and down again.
How could a little girl who was not even 15 years old, and was in the Dingzi class, have such a high level of knowledge about the Book of Songs?
What Ouyang Ye admired even more was her courage.
Most students in the academy dared not say a word when they saw her, let alone complain when copying books. But she could stand up and argue with reason, and her speech was clear and calm, and she would take the initiative to seek justice for classmates who were wronged.
Despite his young age, he has an ancient style.
It seems that I have to have a good talk with Master Xie when I have time.
Ouyang Ye looked at Xiang Wenyuan and the others who were speechless, "You guys are disrespectful to your teachers, so you will be punished to copy the Analects ten times. You spread rumors and slandered your classmates, so you will be punished to copy it ten more times, and hand it in tomorrow morning."
"Lord Ouyang, you can't--" Xiang Wenyuan shouted anxiously.
Ouyang Ye glanced coldly: "Forty times."
Ouyang Jiabei is indeed worthy of his reputation.
Xiang Wenyuan finally shut up completely and lowered his head like a quail.
Ouyang Ye looked at Zhu Lan: "What's your name?"
Zhu Lan turned around and bowed respectfully: "Student Zhu Lan, thank you Master Ouyang for today."
"Nothing to thank me for." Ouyang Ye looked up at the clouds in the sky and said calmly, "It's almost time, let's go to class."
On the way back to the study, Ding Xiaoqiu followed Zhu Lan closely with great respect in his eyes.
"Junior Sister Zhu Lan, do you usually sit or stand when you recite?"
"Junior Sister Zhu Lan, do you rest at night? I have to sleep for two hours every day. Am I too lazy?"
"Junior Sister Zhu Lan..."
"Brother Ding, do you know why your grades haven't improved?"
Zhu Lan suddenly stopped and looked at him seriously.
Ding Xiaoqiu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly understood something and took a step back. He bowed deeply to Zhu Lan and said excitedly, "Please give me some advice, Junior Sister Zhu!!!"
He completely forgot that Zhu Lan was ranked lower than him.
Zhu Lan said with a straight face: "First, tell me what the examination system of our academy is like."
Ding Xiaoqiu thought Zhu Lan was testing him, so he immediately told him everything he knew.
He even wanted to count for her how many toilets there were.
Zhu Lan took note of everything he said, and waited until he finished speaking before finally saying "hmm".
Ding Xiaoqiu waited anxiously for instructions, but after waiting for a long time, he found that Zhu Lan had not responded yet.
"Wish Junior Sister..."
"I think what you said is very good." Zhu Lan patted his shoulder, "Okay, go to class, Brother Ding."
Ding Xiaoqiu was left standing there in confusion.
"She just slapped me three times. Does that mean I should go to her in the middle of the night to teach her the trick of memorizing...?"
After thinking about it, I felt that it was not right.
"Bah, Junior Sister Zhu is a woman and lives in Qingya Garden. How can a man like me go in? Well, it must be that I want to go find her in three days!"
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There was a commotion at Guanfeng Pavilion, so Zhu Lan naturally missed lunch.
She returned to the classroom on an empty stomach, taking with her the information she had obtained from Ding Xiaoqiu.
Master Xie had not arrived yet, and the students had already eaten and drunk their fill. They were taking this opportunity to exchange information and talk about their identities after traveling through time.
It was Qiao Youyou's turn. She was an optimist. When she first came here, she was still worried about getting a job, but now she has accepted the reality and said with a smile:
"I'm lucky. My new father is a Hu merchant. He seems to be very rich. His family owns several camel caravans. Oh, by the way, have you ever seen a camel? They are so tall!"
As Qiao Youyou spoke, she stood up and stretched out her arms to gesture.
Qin Yuwei held her chin and teased her, "Don't be too happy. In ancient times, people valued the class system of 'scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans'. Your family is in the business world, so even if you are rich, your social status is still low."
"Yuwei, you are a big star. What is your current status? Tell us quickly!" someone asked curiously.
Qin Yuwei is a second-generation rich girl. During college, she was discovered by a scout because of her good looks and entered the entertainment industry. She was a popular young actress before she traveled through time. Because she took a different path from everyone else, she had less and less contact with them after graduation, and she didn't even know that her classmates were about to get married.
"As for me..." Qin Yuwei looked melancholy and pointed at her sleeves. There were several patches on the cuffs of her bluish-white hospital uniform.
"My father died, leaving me with my stepmother and a jerk brother. I can only earn money by doing embroidery. I have to thank my original body for threatening to die so that I can come to the academy for trial study.
Now my stepmother is hoping that I can learn a few more words so that I can be favored by a good family in the future and ask for more gifts for my brother to marry!"
The spoiled young lady suddenly became a poor and destitute "brother-supporting demon".
It’s so miserable.
Everyone looked at him with sympathy.
Zhu Lan continued to listen to what others were saying. Those who were in a better situation were from merchant families or declining noble families, while those who were in a worse situation were the sons of fortune tellers or coroners.
People from all walks of life are ordinary people.
Zhu Lan was considered lucky. His grandfather Zhu Yuanou was an old scholar. Although his father had died, the family still had a few acres of land, so their life was not too bad.
Zhu Lan felt a little embarrassed when his stomach suddenly made an inappropriate protest. Liang Zhou, who was sitting next to him, handed him a piece of exquisitely crafted water chestnut cake.
Zhu Lan looked up, slightly surprised.
This guy is usually careless and doesn't seem to care about anything, but he noticed that he didn't go to eat lunch.
She took the water chestnut cake and tasted sweet. The free lunch provided by Longchang Academy was of such high quality?
"I brought it from home." Liang Zhou saw her confusion and smiled proudly.
"Hey, Liang Zhou, it's your turn." Someone suddenly called him. It turned out that it was Liang Zhou who introduced himself.
He scratched the back of his head embarrassedly and laughed:
"My aunt is the imperial concubine, and my father is the emperor's uncle. I live in the emperor's uncle's mansion, and everyone is welcome to come and play."
What the hell?
How come a royal relative suddenly appeared! ? ?
Everyone looked at him as if he were a ghost:
Boy, your script is different from ours, right?
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