Zhao Chenhan said angrily: "How do you know you can't win if you don't compete?"
Du Yun said nonchalantly, "You lost the competition."
Zhao Chenhan was furious: "That's because Zhao Lin is good at flattering, not because I'm not as good as him."
Du Yun was referring to the palace examination.
Du Yun sighed and said, "Flattering is a skill. In the officialdom, apart from Your Majesty, who doesn't flatter? Look at Li Chengqian, Shao Yutang, Fu Chengwang, etc., they are all flattered by others now, but when they were young and hadn't reached their current positions, who among them didn't flatter others?"
Du Yun said meaningfully, "Young man, don't look down on flattery. Zhao Lin won the top spot in the imperial examination by flattery. What you should do is learn from Zhao Lin's success, not despise him."
Zhao Chenhan was furious: "Don't even think about asking me to learn from that bastard!"
Du Yun said sternly, "He is the general's biological son, how could he be a lowly child? Do you know what would happen if the general heard this?"
Zhao Chenhan was startled, knowing he had said something wrong, and said, "I said the wrong thing in a moment of haste. Please don't tell my father."
Du Yun stared at Zhao Chenhan, seeing his terrified expression, and said, "The general asked me to teach you. If he knew you were like this, he would blame me for not fulfilling my duty. Well, I will pretend I didn't hear that. You are not allowed to say it again in the future, not even thinking about it, understand?"
Zhao Chenhan said repeatedly: "Yes, thank you sir."
Du Yun said: "Zhao Lin is the general himself, and you two are brothers. You should support each other in the future. How can you always be enemies?"
Zhao Chenhan sighed and said, "That's why I have to hurry up and become an official. Otherwise, I will be left far behind by my elder brother. How can I still have the face to be his brother? Outsiders will say that what is fake is fake and not as good as the real thing. Sir!"
Zhao Chenhan squeezed out a few tears and pretended to be sincere: "Please give me some advice, sir."
Du Yun sighed and said, "It's not that I don't want to help you. The general has already made arrangements. If I help you, it will be against the general's orders and will anger the general. Prince, the general will not harm you. It's better to listen to the general's arrangements."
Zhao Chenhan was furious in his heart, but pretended to be helpless on the surface: "Forget it, since Mr. Lian said so, I will continue copying books in the Hanlin Academy. I won't disturb you anymore, Mr., goodbye."
Zhao Chenhan left Du Yun's residence.
Du Yun watched Zhao Chenhan leave and murmured, "General, General, you don't want your biological son who became the governor at the age of 18, but want a narrow-minded adopted son. What are you trying to achieve?"
Zhao Chenhan couldn't hide his thoughts at all in front of someone like Du Yun.
But Zhao Chenhan is Zhao Jingzhou's beloved son. He even gave up his own son for him. What can Du Yun, a subordinate, say?
I can only pretend I don’t know.
Zhao Chenhan was so angry that he came to Chunyi Pavilion to drink.
He had already been going to brothels when he was fifteen, but at that time, in order to satisfy his desire, he only drank and did not talk about love and romance.
But now he asked two girls to drink with him.
When I was drunk, I heard a noise outside.
Zhao Chenhan was already annoyed, and the noise made him even more annoyed. He smashed his wine glass to the ground and said, "What are you doing outside? Are you trying to kick me out?"
The madam came over quickly and said, "Please calm down, my lord. There's a poor scholar drinking wine and not paying. I'm going to kick him out right now."
"Let him go."
Zhao Chenhan said impatiently.
Just as the madam was about to leave, Zhao Chenhan said, "Forget it. This prince will pay him whatever the amount is. Put it on the account."
The madam laughed repeatedly and said, "The prince is such a kind man. It's really a blessing for him to meet him."
The madam left, and a moment later a scholar in a clean, starched gown opened the door and bowed deeply to Zhao Chenhan. "Zhou Shi'an thanks you so much for your generosity. When I pass the imperial examinations, I will repay you for your kindness."
"Passed the exam?"
Zhao Chenhan laughed: "Even if you win the first place in the imperial examination, it will be useless to me. Let's go."
Zhao Chenhan waved his hand.
Zhou Shi'an angrily said, "How can being the top scholar be useless? The former top scholar, Zhao Lin, is already the governor of two provinces. If I'm lucky enough to be the top scholar, who knows if I can become a governor like him?"
"Zhao Lin, it's Zhao Lin again!"
Zhao Chenhan gritted his teeth: "Why can I hear him everywhere?"
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