Zhao Yao looked at the empty seat beside him, his eyes filled with envy.
The owner of the vacant seat is the Eighth Prince. He did not come to Wende Hall to study today, but followed the prince to Hulong Temple. He will accompany the prince to pray for blessings at Hulong Temple for seventy-seven and forty-nine days.
Zhao Yao also wanted to go to Hulong Temple to pray, so that he could not study for forty-nine days. Unfortunately, Bago said he was too young to pray at Hulong Temple.
Bage also said that meat was not allowed in the temple and could only be vegetarian, and he was worried that Zhao Yao would not be able to endure the hardship after going there. For Zhao Yao, the pain of not being able to eat meat is not as painful as studying. He would rather go to the temple and eat vegetarian food every day than come to the Wende Hall to study every day.
Sigh...I envy my myna...
When the fourth prince heard Zhao Yao sighing, he turned back to look at him and asked with concern: "Tenth brother, what's wrong with you? Why do you keep sighing?"
Zhao Yao leaned forward, bringing himself closer to the Fourth Prince, and then lowered his voice and said, "Fourth Brother, I'm fine, I just envy Bage."
The fourth prince frowned slightly and asked, "Why do you envy him?"
"I envy him that he can go to Hulong Temple to pray for the late empress." Zhao Yao's face was full of "I am so envious" expression, "I also want to go to Hulong Temple to pray for the late empress."
When the fourth prince heard this, he immediately knew what Zhao Yao was planning. He stretched out his hand and pinched Zhao Yao's little face, and said funnyly: "You want to go to Hulong Temple because you don't want to study."
Zhao Yao didn't feel embarrassed at all when the fourth prince pointedly revealed his inner thoughts. On the contrary, he was very calm: "Yes, as long as I can stop studying, I am willing to become a monk even if I am allowed to..."
Before he finished speaking, his little nose was pinched by the Fourth Prince. The fourth prince deliberately said with a straight face: "Don't talk nonsense." In order not to study, he can even say such things as becoming a monk. The tenth brother is really...
Zhao Yao smiled beggingly at the fourth prince: "I won't talk anymore." After saying that, he sat down obediently and picked up a pen to copy what he had just learned.
He just started to learn to write at the beginning of this year, and his handwriting is very ugly. Thanks to this blessing, he didn't have to copy Buddhist scriptures and pray for the late queen.
Zhao Yao can write very well with a quill pen, but not with a brush.
Mr. Xiao came down and checked whether the princes had copied the books carefully. When I walked to Zhao Yao, I saw that his handwriting was crooked. He walked behind Zhao Yao, immediately bent down, held Zhao Yao's hand, and taught him to write.
Zhao Yao raised his head and looked at Mr. Xiao in surprise, who suddenly held his left hand, "Sir..."
Mr. Xiao glanced down and said expressionlessly: "Write well."
Zhao Yao instantly became well-behaved and wrote seriously.
Mr. Xiao taught Zhao Yao how to write step by step and corrected his writing posture.
Zhao Yao is the only one among the princes who writes with his left hand. When he first learned to write, all the gentlemen corrected him to change his handwriting, but Mr. Xiao never let him change his handwriting.
Mr. Xiao must have said something to other gentlemen. After that, no gentlemen persuaded him to change his right hand to write.
Although Mr. Xiao is old-fashioned and serious, he is very responsible for his students. He taught Zhao Yao to write very patiently. After teaching for a while, Zhao Yao's handwriting became much better.
"Your Highness wrote very well." Mr. Xiao praised.
Zhao Yao was naturally very happy to be praised. He raised his little head and smiled sweetly at Mr. Xiao: "Mr. taught me well."
Seeing Zhao Yao's clear and clean eyes full of happiness, Mr. Xiao also had a smile in his eyes.
"Your Highness, don't be in a hurry when writing. Write slowly, stroke by stroke."
"I understand, sir." Zhao Yao's temper was a bit impatient, and he was also a bit impatient when writing, so the words he wrote were floating.
Mr. Xiao couldn't hold back, reached out and touched Zhao Yao's little head, and then asked warmly: "Did your Highness understand what you just said?"
When Zhao Yao heard this, his writing hand stopped. He did not raise his head, lowered his head and whispered: "No, no..."
"It's okay if you don't understand." Mr. Xiao said, sitting down in the Eighth Prince's seat, "I will tell His Highness again."
Zhao Yao was embarrassed and said there was no need to trouble Mr. He nodded obediently: "Sorry, sir."
"Your Highness said something serious, this is what I should do." Mr. Xiao took Zhao Yao's book and began to explain it to Zhao Yao word for word.
Zhao Yao listened to it again, but still didn't quite understand it. He explained it again.
After explaining it back and forth for more than ten times, Mr. Xiao was not impatient or disgusted at all. It was not until the eleventh time that Zhao Yao finally understood.
When Zhao Yao understood, Mr. Xiao also praised "Not bad".
Before leaving school, Mr. Xiao told Zhao Yao that if he forgets what he learned today tomorrow, he can come to him and he will continue to explain it to him.
Zhao Yao thanked Mr. Xiao and immediately left the Wende Hall with the fourth prince.
"Fourth brother, where is Mr. Xiao from? Does he have any family?"
"Mr. Xiao has no family." Mr. Xiao has some connections with the fourth prince. Mr. Xiao studied at the Li family when he was young.
When he was young, he was a bookworm and read books day and night. He has read all the books in the Li family's collection. He was obsessed with reading and never cared about things other than reading, so he was very accomplished in reading.
The grandfather of the fourth prince once wanted to recommend Mr. Xiao to become an official in the court, but Mr. Xiao did not have this ambition and rejected the recommendation. Later, the fourth prince's grandfather recommended him to teach in Taixue, and he agreed.
Although he is rigid and serious and has a bit of a weird temper, he teaches very well. After Emperor Wu of Zhou learned about him, he ordered him to enter the palace to teach the princes how to read.
The grandfather of the fourth prince originally thought that Mr. Xiao would refuse. After all, he had no interest in power and was not willing to serve as an official in the court. Unexpectedly, he agreed immediately.
He told the grandfather of the fourth prince that it was a great responsibility to educate the prince. Providing good education to the prince is a good thing for the country and the people. If the prince is not taught well, it will not only harm the court, but also harm the country and the country. Therefore, he was willing to teach the prince.
"Doesn't he have a single family member?" Zhao Yao asked in astonishment, "Didn't he get married and have children?"
"Mr. Xiao is an orphan and has no family." The fourth prince understood Mr. Xiao's situation, "He is not married."
"Is Mr. Xiao so pitiful?" I didn't expect Mr. Xiao to be alone.
"Mr. Xiao doesn't feel sorry for himself. For him, as long as he has books to read, it is a very happy thing."
When Zhao Yao heard this, a look of horror appeared on his face.
“It’s really scary to think that reading is a very happy thing!”
"You are completely opposite to Mr. Xiao," the fourth prince said. "Actually, Mr. Xiao likes children very much. He will be very happy if you often ask him about reading."
When Zhao Yao heard this, he wrinkled up his face and looked very embarrassed.
"Fourth brother, this... is a little difficult for me..." Although he likes Mr. Xiao very much, he doesn't like to ask about reading.
The fourth prince was amused by Zhao Yao's troubled appearance, "You don't need to ask him about studying. You can just talk to him."
"Ah, what did you say?"
"Tell me what you like to eat."
"Mr. Xiao, do you like to hear what I say?"
"like."
"Okay, then I'll talk to Mr. Xiao when I have time." That's right, he can have a good relationship with Mr. Xiao now. When he grows up and becomes a king and a fief, you can ask Mr. Xiao to teach in his fief.
"Mr. Xiao will be very happy."
"Fourth brother, I'm going back first. See you in the afternoon." Zhao Yao waved to the fourth prince and skipped away.
"Your Highness, Your Highness is like a little rabbit." It's so cute. "Your Highness, why did you ask the Tenth Prince to go and talk to Mr. Xiao?"
"First, let the tenth brother accompany Mr. Xiao, and secondly, I hope that the tenth brother can get Mr. Xiao's teachings." The fourth prince chuckled, "Maybe the tenth brother will like reading after staying with Mr. Xiao for a long time."
Wei Mian didn't quite believe it: "Is this possible?" His Highness is still young, so it is normal for him not to like reading. In a few years, when His Highness is older, he will unconsciously like reading.
"How will you know if you don't try." In fact, the fourth prince's purpose in letting Zhao Yao get close to Mr. Xiao was not what he said.
"His Highness Ten, if he knew that you asked him to talk to Mr. Xiao to make him like reading, he would definitely blame you." Wei Mian said, "Your Highness, actually when His Highness Ten grows up, he will be willing to study. "
"But, I won't be here by then." In two years' time, the fourth prince will leave the palace and be crowned king, and by then he will go to his own fief.
When Wei Mian heard what the Fourth Prince said, he instantly understood the Fourth Prince's painstaking efforts.
"Your Highness, you asked His Highness Tenth to approach Mr. Xiao because..."
"Two years later, I won't be in the palace, and I won't worry about my tenth brother." The fourth prince did not think that the eighth prince could protect Zhao Yao. "Mr. Xiao is deeply respected by my father. Ninth brother and the others dare not act presumptuously in front of him."
"But, Your Highness, didn't you plan to take Mr. Xiao to your fief before?" Wei Mian said in shock, "Didn't you plan to build an academy on your fief and invite Mr. Xiao to teach there?"
"When the tenth brother grows up and is crowned king, it will be too late to invite Mr. Xiao." Although the fourth prince will not be crowned king for two years, he has already thought about what he should do when he goes to the land.
"Your Highness, Your Highness the Tenth Supreme Protector."
"When I leave the palace, I'm afraid that the competition between the crown prince and the acting king will become more intense. The tenth brother may be involved in the palace." The fourth prince always thinks too much. He didn't make the king or the land, but he had already thought about what the capital would be like after he went to the land two years later. "Liang Zhaoyi is not favored, and the Liang family does not have any power. I am afraid that when the time comes..." At this point, the fourth prince did not continue.
"Your Highness, you have thought carefully."
"My tenth brother is different from us. I hope he will be well."
"With you protecting His Highness Tenth Highness, His Highness Tenth Highness will definitely be fine."
Zhao Yao, who had returned to Kunde Hall, did not know that the fourth prince was worried about him.
The fourth prince is a good brother.
(End of chapter)
