"Why...are you all looking at me?"
In the restaurant room, Chai Chai asked in a low voice, confused and uneasy, with a bamboo vegetable basket containing spinach, yam, and water shield on his knees.
"call..."
Li Ang slowly exhaled a breath, digested the fact that his maid was actually a genius, and then said after considering his words: "Cui Qiao, do you want to... take the exam for the Academy?"
"Take the Academy exam? Who? Me?"
Chai Chai shrank his head subconsciously and waved his hands quickly: "No, I don't usually read much. Well, I have read a little, but they are all miscellaneous books."
“It’s okay to give it a try.”
Li Leling, who was sitting next to Chai Chai, patted her knee gently, turned to Sui Yi and said softly: "Senior Sister Sui, I remember there was a similar case in the academy before, right?
After reaching a certain age, the spiritual veins grow, and they immediately show learning talents that are far beyond ordinary people. "
"Yes."
Sui Yi nodded and said: "There have been several doctors in the history of the Academy. When they were young, their qualifications were mediocre and their thinking was even slower than that of ordinary people. They were suspected of being born with intellectual disabilities and were bullied by their peers in their hometown.
After the spiritual veins grow, he returns to normal and grows into a genius.
Similar to the concept of 'sudden enlightenment' in Zen Buddhism. "
"Um."
Ren Chao also nodded and agreed: "Although there is not much evidence to support the theory that the number of spiritual veins is related to intelligence, there are indeed many cases."
"With twelve spiritual veins, the entire city of Chang'an may not be able to produce even one in a year."
Li Leling said to Chai Chai softly: "How about taking the exam and giving it a try?"
"this..."
Chai Chai shrank his neck again. During the year he came to Chang'an, he saw how much the entire Yu Kingdom relied on and respected the Academy. No need to elaborate in words.
Any student of the right age has a life ambition of being admitted to a school, and any parent regards sending their children to a school as a major event to honor their ancestors.
"Then let me try?"
Chai Chai said hesitantly: "But do you have enough time? I don't remember much. Ahem, Dalang read a lot of books last year."
"I will handle it."
Seeing Chai Chai agree, Li Leling said confidently: "The questions in the first exam of the Academy are still very simple, and there are other methods besides answering papers for the re-examination and the final exam."
First try... is it easy?
It is difficult for ordinary students, but Li Leling is Princess Guanghua. Most of the academic doctors who are responsible for preparing the preliminary examination papers work part-time as teachers in the palace, and occasionally give lessons to the princes and princesses.
From her point of view, the teacher who wrote the test papers and the teacher who judged the test papers were both her own teachers, so it was indeed not difficult.
Li Leling was full of confidence and immediately stood up and said to Li Ang: "Ri Sheng, then I may have to come to your house frequently in the next month or two to bother you.
Time is running out. If Cui Qiao wants to pass the exam, she has to work harder than others. "
When Chai Chai heard the word "effort", he immediately leaned back, his face muscles tensed slightly, and his eyes tilted towards Li Ang, conveying a strong desire to survive.
"OK."
Li Ang hesitated for less than half a second before nodding and agreeing to Li Leling's plan.
He actually didn't want Chai Chai to get involved, but... the Zhao Ming Organization was not an easy person to deal with.
In addition, there are countless alienated objects hidden in the dark side of the world, all of which may bring danger to ordinary people.
Only by becoming a monk and constantly becoming stronger can we survive safely in this world.
After the matter was settled, Li Leling hurried back to the palace with her maids and guards, and carefully selected teaching aids for Chai Chai.
Ren Xuan and Sui Yi filled in Chai Chai's specific information on the paperwork and reported back to the academy in the evening.
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In the following period, Li Leling had to bring teaching materials to Jinchengfang every day to make up for Chai Chai's homework, which made Chai Chai miserable.
In the courtyard, Li Leling held a bamboo pointer, clicked on the blackboard, and asked Chai Cuiqiao, the only student in front of her: "Confucius's seventy-two disciples spread Confucius's words in various countries. Who are they?" .”
"Well..."
Chai Chai twisted in his seat uneasily, "Kongbu elements?"
"Huh? What is that?"
Li Leling blinked in confusion, "I asked for their names and cousins."
"Oh. Yan Hui, whose courtesy name is Ziyuan. Min Sun, whose courtesy name is Ziqian. Ran Geng, whose courtesy name is Boniu..."
Chai Chai stumbled on his back and memorized the seventy-two sages completely. Then Li Leling memorized some content from "Poetry", "Zhou Li", and "Spring and Autumn". Chai Chai could also answer some questions. eight.
"great!"
Li Leling held up the pointer and clapped her hands, pinched a piece of toffee wrapped in oil paper from the secret-color celadon plate next to it, and handed it to Chai Cuiqiao.
Chai Chai chewed the sweet but not greasy toffee happily, and the distressed expression on his face faded a lot.
"Then there are poems and poems. Remember what I said before? You can use beautiful words and phrases when writing poems. When writing poems, you need to figure out the examiner's intention."
Li Leling placed a stack of test papers on the table in front of Chai Chai and encouraged her softly: "Don't be afraid of making mistakes. There is still time. Take your time. I believe you. Come on, eat another piece of candy."
"Um."
Chai Chai took the toffee from Li Leling and chewed it while holding a brush and writing quickly.
Seeing that she was immersed in the exam papers, Li Leling quietly took a few steps back and stood next to Li Ang. The two of them looked at Chai Chai's struggling back with relief.
"Cuiqiao is actually not stupid at all."
Li Leling said softly: "I feel like she is much smarter than our brothers and sisters. It's just that some things usually don't require her to think or use her brain, so she looks lazy."
"Well, that's my problem. I never thought much about her spiritual talent before. I thought it would be nice if she could be happy and safe."
Li Ang nodded and said softly: "Thank you for your trouble, Princess."
"Just call me Leling. Don't ask me to say it again."
Li Leling waved her hand, looked at Chai Chai's back, and said leisurely: "Actually, I envy Cui Qiao.
Be carefree and live only for yourself.
Although the palace is nice, you have to be careful, even if you want to take risks - other innocent people will be punished. "
Li Leling's tone sounded a little lonely. She had been in poor health since she was a child. Emperor Yu and Queen Xue were worried about her and sent many maids and servants to protect her.
Even if she was just playing by herself and bumped into each other, the servants would still be punished for it.
"Mr., ahem, Leling is kind-hearted, which is good."
Li Ang nodded. They were all daughters of the clan surnamed Li. The reputations of the other princesses were not very good. There were often reports of being arrogant, arbitrary, and bullying their husbands' families.
"Thank you, would you like some candy?"
Li Leling smiled slightly, handed Li Ang a piece of toffee, and said fondly: "I used to like to play with my younger brothers and sisters. Some of them especially liked running and jumping. I couldn't catch up with them, so I thought of a way.
Whenever they do something right, I will give them candy. If they do something wrong, I will give them candy. They have to let them tell what they did wrong and think about it carefully before they can eat candy.
Over time, when they encounter something, they will first weigh what is right and what is wrong. If you do the right things, you can be happy without eating sugar. "
...Pavlov’s theory of conditioning? Behavior modification method in behavioral psychology?
Li Ang looked at the smiling Li Leling in surprise while chewing toffee.
Um? Why do you feel like something isn't quite right?
