Come on, Your Highness

"So, Wu Xiang took twenty slaps for Xiao Yi?"

"Ah."

"Tomorrow, do you think it will be me who gets the draw?"

"Probably."

Xiao Hong looked at He Xichao and asked, "Then should I recite it or not?"

He Xichao glanced at him, "A person who sleeps all day long and treats the classroom discipline as a decoration, after the Spring Festival, he can actually recite the text, what do you think?"

Xiao Hong said, "I'm afraid you will be beaten."

He Xi raised his eyebrows, "He wants to hit me, so why don't you let him hit me?"

"Of course not, anyone who wants to touch you, please touch me first!" Xiao Hong patted his chest and said with great pride.

Only then did He Xichao let go of his puffy hair, humming, "It's good to know."

Eunuch Chang brought in a chessboard, put it on the desk, and put two cans of black and white pieces, and asked, "Master Xichao, what else can I order?"

"Thank you, Eunuch Chang, it's done."

Xiao Hong looked at the chessboard, wondering: "Want to play chess, Xi Chao?"

"No, I will teach you the formula of ninety-nine multiplication."

"Ah?" Xiao Hong stared, "Didn't I recite it already?"

"Then do you understand how this formula came about? Do you know what exactly multiplication is?" He Xichao asked while grabbing a handful of white stones in his hand.

Xiao Hong said: "I know roughly, my father has talked about it."

He Xichao put a white piece in each row of the chessboard, and put it in a row, "It's okay if you know, just strengthen it and count, how many white pieces are there in total here."

"nine."

"What about now?" He added another row after the row of white stones.

"Eighteen."

"How much horizontally and vertically?"

"Nine horizontally, two vertically."

"How much is twenty-nine in the formula?"

"eighteen……"

"Okay, let me put another row, how many horizontally, how many vertically?"

"Nine horizontally, three vertically, 27."

"Okay, I'll swap the horizontal position with the vertical position, now?"

"Three horizontally, nine vertically, 27."

"Very good, now let's do a practical question. Today there are court ladies listening to the training. There are eight horizontal rows and five vertical rows. They just form a square formation. How many people are there?"

Xiao Hong answered immediately, "The multiplication of eight and five is forty."

He Xichao was satisfied, "It seems that I have not forgotten, this is the simplest multiplication, multiplying two numbers upside down will not affect the result, that's how the formula came about."

Xiao Hong said: "That's quite simple."

He Xichao raised his eyebrows, "Simple is the best. Let's continue. I will add another row after Zongjiu. How much is it now?"

After He Xichao finished playing, Xiao Hong looked at the chessboard, added it slightly, and replied: "Three horizontally, ten vertically... thirty."

"Then what if I put a column after the horizontal three?"

"Four horizontally, ten vertically...forty."

He Xichao placed another row after horizontal four, looking at Xiao Hong.

"Five horizontally, ten...fifty vertically."

Bai Zi placed two columns behind the horizontal five.

"Seven horizontally, ten vertically...seventy."

After the horizontal five, the white sons are placed in three rows, forming ten vertically and ten horizontally, completely filling up a square field.

Xiao Hong said: "It's one hundred."

He Xichao put down the flag with a smile and asked, "What pattern have you discovered now?"

Xiao Hong nodded, "Multiply the number by ten, and it will be directly enlarged by ten times."

"Smart, recite this conclusion too, all numbers are multiplied by ten, and all numbers are expanded by ten, until ten multiplied by ten is... a hundred."

"It has been recited."

He Xichao was relieved, and then said: "Then let's continue to do the problems, the same one. The maids listened to half of the training, and another part of the court ladies rushed over after hearing the news, and hurriedly sneaked into the team and stood up. The horizontal row is [-], the vertical row is [-], and the matrix is ​​still the same, ask, how many people came later?"

"Fifteen times five?" Xiao Hong was a little embarrassed.

He Xichao gave him the chess pieces, motioning to show them off.

After Xiao Hong arranged it, He Xichao said: "Number the horizontal rows by ten, and move the remaining five horizontally and vertically five to the side, and see if this can be counted?"

In this case, the left is ten horizontal and five vertical, and the right is five vertical and five. Xiao Hong immediately reflected, "Fifty plus 25 is 75 people."

"Yes, it seems much simpler to use the division method. Divide a larger number into familiar single numbers, multiply each of them first and then add them together. The result is the same." This is the distributive law of multiplication for later generations.

Xiao Hong was thoughtful, and suddenly he asked: "But what if it is fifteen times fifteen?"

He Xichao smiled, "Ah, that's a good question, but before I teach you multi-digit arithmetic, I have to ask you to memorize some symbols and numbers."

He Xichao wrote the Arabic numerals from zero to nine and the corresponding characters on the paper, as well as the five basic symbols of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

WTF?Xiao Hong was at a loss.

"If I say that 110 times 99 equals 110, will your eyes be dizzy?"

"Why is it so big?"

"The national tax and bank add up to hundreds of millions, do you think it's big?"

"Well, it's quite troublesome, and I can't react immediately." Xiao Hong admitted.

"Okay, if I use 1111 to represent one thousand 110 one, 9999 to represent nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine, and 99 to represent one thousand one hundred and eighty-eight thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, don't worry about whether you can understand it or not, is it a lot cleaner? ?”

"Yes..."

"So, go and memorize it." He Xichao said, seeing that Xiao Hong was still hesitant, he added, "Not only numbers, but even hours and days can be represented by this. In the future, you and I will communicate closely, you say... "

Xiao Hong immediately said: "I will carry it."

He Xichao smiled lightly, and said to herself, don't resist, you will find it easy to use soon.

On the second day, Xiao Hong rarely lay down and fell asleep, but closed his eyelids and muttered something.

He Xichao wondered, "What's wrong?"

"I can't sleep."

"why?"

Xiao Hong said: "What if he hits you and I'm fast asleep?"

He Xichao was taken aback, bent his eyes, and laughed lowly. He looked at Xu Zhi who glanced here from time to time and said, "It won't happen today, don't worry about sleeping."

"how do you know?"

He Xichao said: "The children in the study room haven't finished their rounds yet, and the ones who should be beaten haven't been beaten yet. It won't be your turn."

so sure?Xiao Hong was a little worried, so he simply picked up a pen to write and draw.

He had memorized the numbers and symbols that He Xichao asked to memorize yesterday, and the strokes were awkward and a bit strange.

He Xichao was actually not sure.

According to his past observations, Xu Zhi may be very knowledgeable, but he is very ordinary.He turned a blind eye to this group of heavenly nobles, and he didn't want to provoke anyone, but if he had a little responsibility to be a teacher, He Xichao would not have been bullied so miserably back then, and Xiao Hong had made such a big fuss.

But suddenly this person changed his style of painting and started to be strict. He Xichao always felt a little strange, but after all, there was an emperor above him, so there might be nothing he could do.

He Xichao planned to wait and see.

If Xu Zhi really started to take up the responsibility of being a teacher, Xiao Hong should not openly violate the classroom discipline, and should also show an appearance of suddenly awakening and start studying seriously when the time is right.

However, He Xichao always felt that it was not that simple.

Half an hour before the end of class, Xu Zhi began to withdraw. This time it was "The Analects of Confucius".

"The Analects of Confucius" was copied by Xiao Hong, a thick book, with twelve chapters in it, each with several chapters, the number of words is really quite a lot.Even if you have recited it before, it is normal to forget it now.What's more, it is really difficult to memorize the whole book to consolidate in one night.

Xiao Ming has always been known for reading books, and Concubine Shu asked to memorize them by heart, no matter which book he has already learned, he can come to it with his mouth open, and he is not afraid of reciting.

So like yesterday, it was still him who started, He Mingrui was not worried at all that he would be punished for Xiao Ming.

But he wasn't worried, it didn't mean that the other companions also had a master who could read.These accompanying readers know what level they are at.

It's okay to specify one or two articles, but the whole book is really too difficult.

After Xiao Ming, except for a few who were confident, no one wanted to get their master.

Xiao Hong didn't fall asleep this time, he also waited for Xu Zhi's roll call with the others.

When everyone thought that Xiao Hong would become the next Xiao Yi and that He Xichao could win, Xu Zhi chose Prince Guang's son.

This Prince Guang's son is the one with the highest status besides the prince. He is the son of the prince. No accident, he is a prince who is firmly established. He does not need to fight for power, so no one forces him to study.

He was probably the most ignorant person after Xiao Hong, and of course he couldn't recite memorization.

His companion stretched out his hand wanting to cry but without tears, received twenty heavy blows, lowered his head, and wiped his eyes. Although it hurt, he breathed a sigh of relief after the beating, as if he knew this would happen.

After Prince Guang's son, there is Prince Pingjun's son, the two are of the same nature, there is no need to compete for the title, and it doesn't matter if you read well or not.

Naturally, his companion is treated the same as Prince Guang's son.

The two usually get close, and the companions are naturally familiar with each other. They looked at each other with red eyes, and saw the words "lucky" and "helpless" in each other's eyes.

There are only three princes, Xiao Hong, Xiao Ming, Xiao Yi, and the rest are princes.

The crown prince is much more relaxed than the crown prince. What Xu Zhi told the emperor is not as effective as the crown prince, so as long as they are called, none of the companions can escape.

In the study room, there were only two princes and sons counting by hand. Seeing that the round was over and it was time for class to end, Xu Zhi stopped pumping his back.

"Today is not ideal, please continue to work hard, continue "The Analects of Confucius" tomorrow, and I will retire first."

"It seems that I'm the only one who hasn't been drawn." Xiao Hong said.

He Xichao shrugged, "Aside from He Mingrui, I'm the only one who hasn't been beaten before."

They glanced at each other and shook their heads.

The other side was unconvinced.

"It's because His Highness the Third Highness knows how to recite it, Ming Rui was not beaten, so what is there?"

"What the hell does Master Xu mean, just catch us and have a good fight, cooperating with him is not the same as us?"

"If you can't get him in the next class, we can't forget it like this."

"Yes, it's not the case to favor one over another. There is a special case in the result of strict requirements. Are we blind and can't see when we sleep like that?"

"Let's see tomorrow!"

Xiao Hong walked past these people with He Xichao, listened to them, then looked back at them, and then sneered, his eyes were extremely contemptuous and provocative, this attitude made the eyes of the unhappy child instantly ignite anger.

He Xichao followed him step by step with his bookbag in his hands, but his eyes were too burning, and it was hard to ignore the feeling of injustice.

The corner of his mouth curled up in a sarcastic arc, which is really interesting, neither he ordered nor did he do it, and as a result, instead of staring at the culprit, the group turned coldly at him, the little fish who slipped through the net.

So He Xichao also turned his head, gave a bright smile like the winter sun, and patted his chest lightly, looking very grateful, which made people very angry.

The eyes of the accompanying readers whose palms were still red were about to bleed.

One day passed in a blink of an eye, and on the third day, at the same time, Xu Zhi began to roll his name and twitch his back.

But before he ordered people, Prince Guang's son suddenly said: "Master Xu, you don't need to order people who have been ordered. It is fair to find someone who has not been ordered before?"

As soon as this remark came out, there were many responses. Prince Pingjun said: "Yes, you can't see such a big living person right under your nose, right?"

"I see, it should have been ordered earlier, who knows if there is anything involved in it." Xiao Yi, as the first person to be punished, pointed out very bluntly, although he was not the one who was actually punished.

"Who doesn't know that His Highness the Third Highness is very knowledgeable. He has recited it twice, but some people haven't opened their mouths yet, right, Xiao Ming?"

Xiao Ming thought the same way deep down in his heart. Ever since he broke up with Xiao Hong, the two brothers haven't reconciled yet.

And every time he wanted to get back together a little bit, or pass a conversation, the latter would just ignore it, obviously not wanting to play together anymore.

That's fine, he is also arrogant, just ignore it.

This time Xiao Ming really wanted to stab Xiao Hong, but just as he was about to speak, He Mingrui pulled him away, "Your Highness, what does it have to do with us?"

Xiao Ming was taken aback for a moment, and immediately stopped talking.

In fact, it has nothing to do with him, he is not afraid of having his back pumped, and He Mingrui will not be punished, so there is nothing wrong with it.

He just thinks that He Mingrui's attitude is very strange, shouldn't he be happy to see Xiao Hong and He Xichao have bad luck at this time?Just following a few words of cynicism and sarcasm, forcing Xu Zhi is what should be done.

He Mingrui saw Xiao Ming's doubts, but he didn't explain.

One Spring Festival, a few incidents, punishment kneeling in the ancestral hall, Wei Guogong's heartfelt words... These let him know that He Xichao is not as harmless as livestock and ignorant as he looks on the outside, on the contrary, this guy is a wolf in rabbit's clothing!Although he didn't admit it, he was indeed no match for this cousin.

He was vaguely looking forward to He Xichao's next move, he knew that the other party would not be beaten honestly.

Under everyone's glances and words, Xu Zhi looked at Xiao Hong helplessly: "Prince, please memorize the second and third chapters of "The Analects of Confucius."

This time, Xiao Hong sat on the ground and looked at him steadily, then asked with a smile: "What if I can't recite it?"

Xu Zhi seemed to have expected it a long time ago, holding the teaching ruler in his hand, he said: "Then Weichen can only follow the usual practice, and He Ban reads it on behalf of the palm of the hand twenty times."

Xiao Hong nodded, and said simply: "I can't recite it."

"Ha, then you will be punished!" Prince Guang's son said.

"I've been beaten, don't worry, it will be fine in two days." Xiao Yi said with a smile, holding his head, "Look, Ah Xiang's hands are no longer red."

Wu Xiang's hands were not red, but her face was red. This kind of thing is disgraceful, but Xiao Yi still brought it up to the public, which is really stupid and stupid.

Xiao Hong didn't even want to give him a look of disdain.

Xu Zhi walked in front of He Xichao, with a solemn face.

If He Xichao had been the same as usual, now he would have turned red eyes with aggrieved eyes, begged Xiao Hong for help, then stood up reluctantly, and held out his hand forbearingly.

But what was surprising was that He Xichao still had a smile on his face, sitting upright like Xiao Hong, and didn't even have the intention to get up.

He said, "Master Xu, I can recite that article."

Xu Zhi shook his head and sighed, "But the eldest prince can't."

"So..." He Xichao tilted his head and began to start, and then Xiao Hong continued, "You should come to me."

"Your Highness can't recite it?"

Xiao Hong nodded, "That's right, I really can't recite it."

Xu Zhi's voice was a little cold, "Then He Bandu should be punished."

Xiao Hong sneered when he heard the words, "It's weird, I can't recite it, but you hit my companion, what's the reason?"

Xu Zhi frowned, "It's his fault that He Xichao, as His Highness's companion, failed to persuade His Highness to study hard."

"I see." Xiao Hong nodded, but before Xu Zhi turned to He Xichao, he heard him say again, "The duty of the companion is to persuade students, so I can't recite it, and he has to take the responsibility for me. That problem Come on, Xi Chao is just a companion, and I have to take the palm of my hand, so as a teacher, if you can't teach well, what punishment should you suffer?"