Crazy! Crazy batch of chief ministers reduced to subordinates

Chapter 7 What is the meaning of "The king regards the world as his home"?

At three o'clock in the morning, Furong Hall.

Lang Zhuo appeared on the stage dressed in a blue-purple official official uniform, a one-foot-wide collared robe with large sleeves, a jade belt around his waist, and a black gauze hat on his head. He had the temperament of a compassionate saint and a pair of naturally carved compassionate eyes.

He had a question paper rolled up in one hand and a ruler about three feet long in the other. His expression was serious and business-like.

Beisheng stared blankly, while Nanyin had resentment in her eyes. However, both of them were worried. What they knew was that they were the master and the student. They probably thought that Lang Zhuo was ordered to handle the case. As for who the suspects were, they were Xu Nanyin and Xu Beisheng.

Lang Zhuo couldn't help but frown when he saw Nan Yin and Bei Sheng. The two identical and delicate women were like lotuses side by side. He was in a daze and couldn't tell who was who.

If you see someone with injuries on their face, you will know how to tell them apart.

"Student Xu Nanyin sends my regards to Mr. Lang!"

"Student Xu Beisheng pays his respects to Mr. Lang!"

Lang Zhuo remained majestic, "Since I am your master, just call me master from now on. Sit down."

"Yes, Mr. Lang." The sisters sat down cautiously.

Lang Zhuo raised his eyebrows, and the master just called him "Master Lang", as if they had many masters.

Bei Sheng glanced at Lang Zhuo secretly and then lowered his head.

If she had known that Lang Zhuo would become her wife, she would definitely not have spoken back to him on the way back to Beijing, and she would have spoken to Lang Zhuo meekly.

Now that some time has passed, I don't know if Lang Zhuo is still angry with himself.

Lang Zhuo placed the rolled-up question paper on the desk and smoothed it out. Perhaps sensing Bei Sheng's peeping, he glanced up and coughed twice, "Miss Xu Er's face... is really beautiful."

Xu Beisheng was startled, and Xu Nanyin's heart tightened.

Master, if you have any opinion, just say it openly, "It's really beautiful." What does it mean? Laughing at her?
  Lang Zhuo is famous for being serious, and he also laughs at his own students?
  Nanyin was afraid that Lang Zhuo already knew that the injury on Xu Beisheng's face was caused by him.

Xu Beisheng stood up and bowed to Lang Zhuo in a polite manner, "To reply to Master, student... the student accidentally got scratched by a branch while chopping firewood, Master, please don't take offense."

Xu Beisheng was talking nonsense seriously, and Nanyin glared at her. This is such a well-written lie. There is no one in the house for you to chop wood? But since she didn't tell anyone about the fight between the sisters, Nanyin raised her eyebrows and smiled, and didn't care.

The corner of Lang Zhuo's mouth raised slightly, "My father-in-law and his wife are both people who are not afraid of hard work. The second girl has inherited their talents and should be praised. The eldest girl should also learn from the second girl, be diligent and self-reliant."

Nan Yin couldn't help but frown. What nonsense was Lang Zhuo talking about? Can such a person who tells lies with open eyes be someone's husband?

Yes, not only can he be a master, he is also the teacher of the prince.

Xu Nanyin stood up and saluted perfunctorily, glaring at Bei Sheng secretly, and said insincerely: "Students please obey the Master's teachings."

Xu Beisheng lowered his head in shame and had no choice but to crawl into the cracks in the ground. Lang Zhuo mocked both the sisters with one word.

Lang Zhuo lifted up his clothes and sat down, finally getting down to business today.

He said: "My father-in-law has asked me to give lessons to the two girls. I don't know what the background of the two girls is yet. I will take the school exam today. After the two girls finish answering the questions, I will make another class based on their knowledge." Develop teaching content.”

The question paper was handed out to each person in his hand. Bei Sheng took a rough look at it. Most of the content on it had been learned when she participated in the selection of the crown princess in the Saga Palace in her previous life, so she was not considered tricky.

But...there are several questions above that make Beisheng feel like he is in mourning. Such as:

"Be as defensive as a city and keep your mouth as tight as a bottle." What's the meaning?

The Warring States Period·Gu Liangchi's "Gu Liang Biography·The Thirty-Two Years of Duke Zhuang" said, "It's better to keep something secret than to keep it secret, and if you keep it secret, it's better to hide it. If you want to see something, it's better to keep it secret." What does it mean to keep something secret as deep as possible?

How to talk about "Keeping secrets but not revealing them enables power to be achieved, not based on calculations."?
  ……

Bei Sheng knew that Lang Zhuo would not come to be their wife for no reason. He just came to silence her about the prince's affairs.

If she didn't give Lang Zhuo a good answer today, would he kill someone and silence her?
  The tip of Beisheng's pen was dipped in ink and he was about to answer the question when Nanyin screamed, "Master Lang, are you preparing this test paper for us? Not all the Confucian students in the Imperial College can answer it!"

"What do you mean by 'the king regards the world as his home'? How about 'as long as the emperor exists, the princes will not be able to specialize in the land'... Mr. Lang, we are not princes or generals, why are we being tested?"

Nanyin's brows furrowed, it was difficult to understand and write.

Bei Sheng looked over his own question paper and couldn't find these two questions. Could it be that the questions Lang Zhuo gave them were different?
  Lang Zhuo raised the ruler and tapped the desk three times, "Although the two girls are not princes or generals, the ones they will marry in the future are princes and generals. If you don't know what important matters of the family and country are, how will you assist your husbands in the future?" "

Nanyin curled her lips and murmured in a low voice: "My mother never learned this..."

Lang Zhuo knocked on the desk twice more, "Answer quietly and don't make any noise."

While they were arguing, Bei Sheng had already started writing.

"Be as defensive as a city and keep your mouth as tight as a bottle." What's the meaning?

Beisheng answered seriously: "If the bottle mouth leaks, smash the bottle to pieces with a hammer and throw it away."

The Warring States Period·Gu Liangchi's "Gu Liang Biography·The Thirty-Two Years of Duke Zhuang" said, "It's better to keep something secret than to keep it secret, and if you keep it secret, it's better to hide it. If you want to see something, it's better to keep it secret." What does it mean to keep something secret as deep as possible?

Beisheng's forehead was dripping with sweat. She scratched the ink on the inkstone with her pen and wrote with trembling hands: "This matter is of great importance and will never be publicized. Don't worry."

How to talk about "Keeping secrets but not revealing them enables power to be achieved, not based on calculations."?
  The original intention of this sentence is to persuade others not to be too conservative. It is not the best policy to let the powerful get their way. But Bei Sheng saw Lang Zhuo's counter-intention, and it would definitely be a bad idea if she answered according to her original intention.

He rubbed his sweaty hands on his clothes before he started writing.

Nanyin saw that Bei Sheng had started writing, and took a sideways glance. She saw that she had interpreted "Keeping secrets secret, so as to gain power, not based on calculation." means "Swearing to keep secrets to the death, and never letting powerful people gain their power, is the only way to be superior." "The best thing to do", I couldn't help but laugh out loud.

He is usually sharp-tongued and eloquent, but unexpectedly he turns out to be a clay Bodhisattva. Also, growing up in a small place like Dingxiang, and being raised by a servant girl, it's good to be able to recognize a few words, but how can I understand the true meaning of these words.

Originally, there were some weird people who gave Bei Sheng a test paper that was simpler than his own. Now it seems that Bei Sheng is not even worthy of such a simple test paper.

Lang Zhuo gave them an hour to answer the questions, from 3:30 to 3:30 noon.

Nanyin stopped answering halfway through and rested his pen on the question paper and fell asleep.

I missed lunch and didn’t eat. I was so hungry that I couldn’t find the energy to answer the questions. Complete the answer if you can, leave it blank if you don’t.

Lang Zhuo ignored her and found a book from the bookshelf behind him to read at will.

Bei Sheng answered the entire paper eloquently. There may be some discrepancies in some parts of the answer, but it was mostly the same. Anyway, he was loyal and full of sincerity.

(End of this chapter)