Chapter 266 Zhao Lingmeng begins to teach his apprentice seriously
"If father hadn't told me, I wouldn't have thought about it that way, and of course I had no expectations! Now that my expectations have been dashed, I feel so bad. Father..." After Yang Chengchen said this, he thought he would be beaten by his father. He felt that he was still able to withstand a beating.
But what surprised Yang Chengchen was that his father simply pulled off the jade pendant from his waist, threw it on the table, and hurried away. Yang Chengchen had reason to suspect that his father had fled.
If the eldest prince knew that he was reluctant to beat his son, and that this was the result of his son's evaluation, he would probably feel sorry for his jade pendant and would definitely go back and beat him up.
Seeing the eldest prince fleeing in panic, the eldest prince's wife reached out and touched Yang Chengchen's head, saying helplessly: "Your father is still good to you, so don't make him angry."
Seeing that her son was about to retort, the eldest princess was now afraid of his mouth and quickly waved her hand, "I'm tired, you two brothers, please leave!"
Yang Chengchen could only swallow his rebuttal and followed his elder brother in paying respects to the eldest prince's wife before bowing and leaving. Before leaving, he did not forget to take the jade pendant left by the eldest prince, which was his trophy.
Yang Chengchen waited until he left his mother's yard before making a gesture to his younger brother, saying, "You're so powerful."
"It's just a small matter!" Yang Chengchen acted cocky, waved happily to his elder brother, and then played with the jade pendant in his hand, walking back to his own courtyard with a detached gait. He was particularly satisfied with his acting today, thinking to himself that he was indeed the smartest child in the world.
However, Yang Chengchen's performance did dispel the last bit of fantasy of the eldest prince and his wife.
The next morning, Yang Chengchen woke up early and, as usual, rushed to the Imperial Academy with his men. After a night of calming down, he decided he still had to take the top spot. Otherwise, his cousins would all have achieved academic success, while he didn't. How could he have a place in his aunt's eyes? He had to impress her.
If Zhao Lingmeng knew that taking this kid to watch the heavy crossbow test yesterday could inspire Yang Chengchen's enthusiasm for taking the imperial examination, she would definitely sigh and say that the power of idols is really amazing.
Although Zhao Lingmeng hadn't sensed anything unusual about Yang Chengchen, Zhao Houyang had! Today at the academy, this guy had gone after the teacher and asked him a lot of questions, a completely unprecedented move.
Especially at this moment in the carriage, Zhao Houyang saw that Yang Chengchen took out today's homework like him and looked at it, so he looked at him with strange eyes.
After all, when I was reading in the carriage, this guy was either looking at the scenery outside the carriage, pointing and talking, or eating the cakes in the carriage non-stop. He had never been so quiet.
"Cousin, why are you looking at me like that? Is there something wrong with what I'm wearing today?" Yang Chengchen asked while looking at his clothes. He felt that there was nothing wrong with it! He looked at Zhao Houyang with a puzzled look.
Zhao Houyang looked at Yang Chengchen suspiciously, with a puzzled look on his face, "Something's happened to you today. Why are you working so hard? It's not like you anymore!"
"Oh, what was I talking about? So that's it! I thought about it last night. My aunt is so capable. As her only disciple, I still have to pass the imperial examination. Otherwise, she'll think I'm not capable enough and lose face for her. What should I do?"
He originally wanted to take the imperial examination and become the top scholar, but he felt that as long as he passed the palace examination, the emperor would know it was him and the probability of him being chosen as the top scholar was slim. He decided to just take the imperial examination and become a Jinshi, just like his cousin.
Anyway, Yang Chengchen would never admit that he couldn't pass the imperial examination. But he never thought that he would not even pass the imperial examination. He thought he was still quite smart.
Zhao Houyang rubbed his forehead. He was confused. It was fine if he had two brothers fighting for his mother, but why did he have to have another Yang Chengchen? He could only nod weakly, "As long as you are happy!"
Zhao Houyang silently made a decision in his heart to read for an extra hour every night. He didn't want to be the one with the lowest academic rank among the four people in the future.
I can only say that men’s desire to win has existed since childhood.
After Zhao Houyang and Yang Chengchen returned home, they had lunch with Zhao Lingmeng. Zhao Lingmeng didn't let them go to bed today, but instead took them to a newly decorated study room inside Menglin Courtyard. There was no way she was going to let these two little guys mess around in her study.
"Today I'll teach you how to draw a blueprint! Today we'll draw something used to purify wine."
Zhao Houyang and the other man nodded happily.
Seeing this, Zhao Lingmeng gave each of them a piece of paper, a pen, and a ruler. She first explained the principles of liquor distillation and purification to them, and how it worked, and then asked them to draw their own ideas based on their understanding.
Then Zhao Lingmeng also took a pen and started drawing. Once she got serious, she tended to forget about the two little ones.
Zhao Lingmeng finished drawing a set of distillation tools in one breath before putting down her pen to look at the two of them.
She didn't immediately comment on their abilities, but instead listened carefully to their thoughts and then discussed them with them. Overall, Zhao Lingmeng felt they were both talented. Although their drawings weren't great, their ideas were quite consistent with what she had said.
After Zhao Lingmeng finished discussing with the two of them, she asked them to draw their ideas again. While they were drawing, she handed her drawings to Chunqing and asked her to hand them over and build them as soon as possible.
After Zhao Houyang and his friend finished their paintings, Zhao Lingmeng listened to their ideas and discussed with them why this method was not suitable. Then they started painting again.
In the end, they continued to draw and discuss with Zhao Lingmeng over and over again. They actually seemed to be getting stronger with each setback. This was mainly because Zhao Lingmeng didn't completely deny them and would occasionally praise them.
In the end, Zhao Lingmeng accompanied them from noon to night, and finally, when the moon was high above the branches, the drawing was barely usable. Anyway, Zhao Lingmeng felt that the principle was correct, and as for the effect, they would see when the time came.
"Okay, you two have done a great job today." Zhao Lingmeng collected their drawings, handed them to Chunqing, and told her to make these two as well.
Zhao Houyang and Yang Chengchen finally heard Zhao Lingmeng say it was done, and they instantly collapsed in their chairs. Their brains had been racing furiously all afternoon. Now that they relaxed, they both felt like they could fall asleep instantly. It turned out that a simple blueprint required so much consideration.
Zhao Lingmeng looked at the two exhausted people and smiled, "So, are you two still going to have dinner?"
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