Safe and sound?
When Zhou Yi heard this, he suddenly remembered that he had just entered the palace.
I ate three large bowls of white rice in a row, and the sweet taste was still fresh in my memory. But then, I don’t know when, all the food I ate lost its taste.
He ponders people's hearts every day and thinks about calculations every day.
Listening to the intrigues with open ears, you become a different person before you know it.
Not to mention being able to have enough to eat, even if you pay tens of thousands of taels of silver in front of your face, you will not be satisfied at all, you will only want more!
Zhou Yi simply stopped standing upright and imitated the old deer lying on the steps, looking up at the sky. It was the blue sky with white clouds and clear sky, and his mind suddenly opened up.
"Old Lu, you don't want anything in this life?"
"When I was young, I wanted everything."
Lao Lu seemed to be recalling the past and murmured: "When the Supreme Emperor had not yet abdicated, we served in the Qianqing Palace. If foreigners had not besieged Kyoto, we might have become the Grand Eunuch."
Zhou Yi asked curiously: "What happened next?"
Lao Lu said: "After the Supreme Emperor returned to the palace, he was in tit-for-tat with His Majesty, and repeatedly wanted to be restored. We looked at His Majesty's methods and knew that the Supreme Emperor was no match, so we secretly reported the news!"
"..."
Zhou Yi was shocked. He thought he was a confidant of the Supreme Emperor, but he never thought he was a traitor and a nanny.
As expected, no one in this palace can be trusted!
Lao Lu continued: "After the death of the Supreme Emperor, His Majesty recognized our merits and agreed to come to this cold palace to retire."
Zhou Yi frowned and said, "Is this considered a reward?"
"Originally, we didn't think that cursing His Majesty was meritorious."
Lao Lu said: "Later, the eunuchs we knew died one by one, and new eunuchs came, and they died one by one, leaving us to live without any worries about food and drink."
"Do you think this is a reward?"
"Forget it."
Zhou Yi was not sure in his heart. Living a life as carefree as Lao Lu might really be a reward.
Lao Lu said: "You are young and energetic, even if you understand, you still can't see through it. When you get old, you will know that life... is more precious than anything else!"
"Is it."
Zhou Yi wanted to retort, "We won't grow old," so he changed his tone and asked.
"Is there any book to read in this cold palace?"
Lao Lu asked in surprise: "What are you doing reading?"
"It's so boring, I have to find something to do."
Zhou Yi said: "When I was a child, I saw those masters who could eat and drink after passing the exam. I was very envious. I once vowed to study and take the exam if I had the chance!"
The old deer pondered for a moment.
"When we had Little Wenzi, he almost died from Ran Fenghan, so we rescued him. I heard that he was in charge of the study, so if I ask Little Wenzi, I should be able to borrow some books!"
Little Wenzi, study room?
Zhou Yi raised his eyebrows, never wanting to go around in circles for eight years and return to the original starting point.
"Old Lu, why are you willing to help us?"
"It's time to get bored!"
As the old deer talked, maybe it was because the sun was making him feel comfortable, or maybe because he was old and lacked energy, he slowly fell asleep and snored slightly.
…
A few days later.
The waiter who delivered the meal brought two books in the food box.
"University", "Moderate".
Zhou Yi had heard that these two volumes were introductory Confucian classics. He flipped through them and found that he recognized many words in them, and when combined into sentences, they resembled Hu Hu.
"The way to a university lies in the clear virtue."
Lao Lu glanced at it and said, "This sentence means..."
Zhou Yi was surprised and asked: "Lao Lu still knows how to read?"
"We are the Chief of Ceremony. We are not barbarians who are on duty as Palace Supervisors. They only know how to fight and kill. We have been trained in the discipline from the beginning. The Four Books and Five Classics are just the introduction."
Lao Lu said proudly: "If you put it outside, you will definitely pass the Jinshi exam!"
"sharp!"
Zhouyi repeatedly praised Jinshi.
Same as Juren, he started out as the county magistrate, the Qingtian Grand Master who was in charge of the promotion of tens of thousands of people.
Lao Lu was alone in the cold palace and hadn't spoken to anyone for a long time. Today when he saw Zhou Yi reading, he suddenly became interested in being a teacher and pointed at "The Great Learning" to explain sentence by sentence.
Zhou Yi listened carefully, and under the influence of the thoughts of the sages in the book, the conspiracy and intrigues gradually disappeared.
Danhua does not disappear, but becomes more enlightened!
When reading, time passes quickly.
In the blink of an eye, half a year has passed, and Zhou Yi has become accustomed to life in the cold palace. Perhaps due to the influence of Lao Lu, he has become very undisciplined and does not get up until three o'clock in the morning.
In the past, Zhou Yi was on duty at the Royal Garden. In order to make a living, Zhou Yi had never been late or left early.
When I was on duty, I was slightly hunched over, physically and mentally tired, unlike now when I was lying on duty every day, sunbathing when I was tired from studying, and waking up again at dinner time.
"This life is indeed easy!"
Zhou Yi covered his face with "The Analects of Confucius" and was about to take a nap.
suddenly.
A sharp voice came.
"Where are the people? Where have they all died?"
Zhou Yi quickly took away the book, landed at the door of the house in a flash, and saw the father-in-law in red walking into the cold palace.
Lao Lu, who was old and frail, moved slowly and rolled up the quilt unhurriedly, not paying any attention to the father-in-law in red.
"You should stop taking care of me."
The red-clothed father-in-law did not get angry at all, but said: "The conditions in this cold palace are too bad, how about we change the area for you, and the palace supervisor can see how relaxed and comfortable it is!"
Lao Lu said, "Are you better at talking than His Majesty?"
Emperor Hongwu himself said that he would let Lao Lu live peacefully in the cold palace until his death, and no one would dare to offend him.
[To be honest, I’ve been using @ lately
At this time of turbulence, this cold palace cannot be kept clean. Just watch, someone will come soon! "
