I am a cat in the palace

At first glance, he looks like an ordinary person.Younger than I expected, at most 23 or [-] years old, with a decent appearance, but there is nothing outstanding about the whole person.She was wearing a long pale-colored gown, wrapped around her waist with black brocade, all of which were made of ordinary materials that were not worth a tael of silver, and there was not a single extra ornament on her body. I think it was probably because he was relatively poor, so Nothing to adorn.It's just that this kind of dress looks much cleaner and neater than those scholars who like to hang jewels and emeralds all over their bodies nowadays.To be honest, after watching this for a long time, I didn't see anything special about this person, but all in all, it was pleasing to the eye, and I didn't find it annoying.

Just one thing, this Wei Yin is quite tall, standing with him, Zhao Hao, who is only a little shorter in court, is almost compared to a short stature.Probably Zhao Hao also quickly discovered his own disadvantage, and immediately distanced himself from Wei Yin unhappily, walked straight to Lu Chaozhong, and began to chat with him.

However, Lu Chaozhong's attention has always been on Wei Yin. He is the elder of the three dynasties and a serious teacher of the current emperor. Based on his understanding of the emperor, he probably doesn't believe that the emperor will just casually He refers to himself as his son's teacher, so just like me, I am also full of curiosity about this young man named Wei Yin.Wei Yin should have also felt Lu Chaozhong's frequently inquiring eyes, but he only returned a polite smile occasionally, and didn't take advantage of the situation to go up to talk to him. He just sat peacefully in the chair where the eunuch led him to sit down until the emperor came in. He didn't even lift his ass.In Zhao Hao's eyes, this kind of behavior was probably very restrained and cowardly, and his occasional glances at Wei Yin were full of undisguised contempt.Lu Chaozhong was fine, seeing that he didn't get a response to his two hints, he looked away and only focused on talking to Zhao Hao in a low voice.

Wei Yin sat on the seat very quietly and did not act strangely, but after a quarter of an hour, I still felt something strange.That is, the sense of existence of this young man named Wei Yin is getting weaker and weaker. Maybe others will think that this is nothing strange, just like Lu Chaozhong and Zhao Hao, they are still discussing knowledge by citing classics, and Zhao Hao is still very humble. Ask Lu Chaozhong about his experience teaching the prince.None of them noticed that their voices were gradually increasing, and they seemed to have forgotten that there was still a stranger sitting in the room, or a person they had been deliberately guarding against before.

This feeling is very strange, I squinted my eyes, this person named Wei Yin...

I was staring at Wei Yin wondering what was going on with this person, when the person who had been sitting quietly in his seat, keeping his eyes on his nose, his nose, his nose and his heart, suddenly raised his eyes.In an instant—that pair of black eyes that were originally lacking in brilliance suddenly burst into splendor and locked onto my pupils straightly. A strong coercion rushed towards me. I was defenseless and almost scared " Meow" jumped up.After finally regaining my composure, I perched on the top of the cupboard with my hair blown up, leaned down and bared my teeth angrily at him, responding fiercely to his provocation.But that Wei Yin seemed to have seen something interesting. When he saw me baring his teeth at him, he even slightly hooked the corners of his lips to reveal a faint smile. Just with this smile, those eyes that were as bright as cold stars suddenly appeared again. Returned to a normal look.

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"The emperor is here! His Royal Highness Second Prince is here! His Royal Highness King Zhen is here! His Royal Highness Fourth Prince is here—"

I turned my head and licked back the blown hair. I felt very cold for a while. Even calling a name in this palace is flattering. It seems that the eunuch ordering at the gate of the imperial study is also a member of the queen's line. But it is really long enough.

"The ministers pay homage to the emperor, His Royal Highness King Zhen, the second and fourth princes!" Seeing the emperor coming in, Lu Chaozhong took the lead and stood up to salute the emperor and the princes.

"Pingshen, Pingshen!" The emperor looked in a good mood today, and he stretched out his hand to help Lu Chaozhong with a smile, "Teacher, you don't need to be too polite, and your two lovers don't need to be too polite. So much trouble."

"This is the duty of the ministers, and I will do my best to teach the princes." All three bowed their heads to the emperor and the princes, and then were lifted up by the emperor again.

At this time, Chang An, the eunuch who was following the emperor, approached the emperor and reminded with a smile: "Your Majesty, the auspicious time has come, and it is time to salute."

Immediately after the emperor nodded, the eunuch who was in charge of ceremonies came forward and guided the prince and his teacher to sit down, salute, and serve tea in turn.These etiquettes that are performed according to the rules are very boring to me, and my attention is only on Rourou and his "unknown" new master.

Before the ceremony, Rourou had already carefully studied the various etiquettes to be performed during the whole ceremony with the people sent by the director of ceremonies. Yesterday, Fulin specially rehearsed the whole process with Rourou. Therefore, the whole ceremony today Rourou's performance during the process was remarkable, and there were almost no mistakes in the progress of his actions. I could clearly see the surprise on the face of the eunuch sent by the Rites to follow Rourou to remind him.

As for Rourou, the young man Wei Yin, who is said to not even have a Jinshi degree, was temporarily selected by the emperor from the juren of this period to be Rourou's teacher. Like a poor boy who has never seen the world.After the ceremony was over, the princes were arranged to sit under their own masters, while the emperor sat safely on the upper seat and chatted with several prince masters occasionally. This time was actually deliberately reserved by the emperor for the new prince master and his new master. The opportunity for disciples to get to know each other.

Lu Chaozhong is both an important minister in the court and the current emperor's teacher. Of course, it is understandable that he sits first on the left hand of the emperor, and the second prince who sits below him is the frail second prince. The second prince's thin shirt beside him had already been put on a sleeveless fine cotton jacket.Looking at the pale and blue face of the second prince, I was really worried that he would pass out while sitting, but, speaking of it, the second prince's health has improved a lot in the past half a year or so. I remember that during the Chinese New Year, he was still too sick to get out of bed.

Zhao Hao sat on the first seat on the emperor's right hand. To be honest, the eunuch who took the seat had actually assigned that seat to Wei Yin. After all, today's matter is to worship the prince's tutor, and the prince's tutor should of course be seated according to the prince. They are arranged according to rank and seniority, but after the three princes entered the door, Lu Chaozhong sat down. Before the eunuch in charge could speak, Zhao Hao had already sat down on the first seat on the right. The eunuch was stunned for a few breaths before he came back to his senses, but he didn't say anything, instead he led Wei Yin to sit under Lu Chaozhong by mistake.And Wei Yin just glanced at the arrogant Zhao Hao, and sat down quietly under Lu Chaozhong without saying anything.Afterwards, the emperor led the princes in, and he didn't seem to notice the problem of seating. After the ceremony, the princes and the princes just sat down.

The emperor chatted casually with old Mr. Lu Chaozhong, and Zhao Hao added a few words from time to time, making both Mr. Lu and the old emperor nod their heads from time to time.Only Wei Yin completely ignored the conversation between the emperor and the other two princes. From the moment Rourou sat beside him, he kept looking sideways at Rourou, and quietly put the fruit plate in his hand to Rourou. The meat side pushed, as if he didn't notice at all that in this posture, he almost turned his back to the old emperor.

Rourou also opened his big bright eyes and carefully looked at himself, a master who was said to be worthless in the rumors of the palace people, his small face was full of curiosity.

"My name is Wei Yin." Wei Yin smiled lightly first.

"My name is Shangxin." Rourou responded softly but happily.

My hearing is top-notch, even if Zhao Hao's voice can be heard even outside the hall, I will not miss the slightest bit of conversation on the other side.

After a simple four-character introduction to each other, the teacher and the student looked at each other and smiled.My heart was slightly relieved, it seems that the first impression of both the teacher and the student was not bad.Afterwards, I heard Wei Yin softly ask a few simple questions about Rourou's age and whether he has ever practiced calligraphy or read books.Then I heard a eunuch come in to announce that the lunch is ready, and the emperor, the prince's teacher and the princes are invited to move to eat.

And when moving to the flower hall, Wei Yin held Rourou's hand when I noticed the high palace threshold, and then led him all the way to the flower hall.

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On the first day of apprenticeship, there was no homework arrangement, but the teachers and students met to go through a formality. After lunch, the prince could leave the palace and return home. The formal schoolwork officially started on the second day.

At the palace banquet, the emperor was not warm to Wei Yin, but he was not indifferent either. I thought about that strange sense of alienation, which seemed to be a bit of respect and distance.This vague and subtle feeling made me even more curious about this Mr. Wei. Who is this Mr. Wei?So after the palace banquet was over, I gave up the idea of ​​going back to eat first, and quietly followed behind him so hungry.

The second prince is different from Rou Rou and the fourth prince, his homework has already been arranged, so Mr. Lu did not leave the palace with the other two new prince teachers after lunch, only Wei Yin and Zhao Hao left the palace side by side.

"I haven't heard of Mr. Wei's name in Beijing before. I don't know how famous Mr. Wei is? Who did you learn from?" According to the rules, both Wei Yin and Zhao Hao have to go out from the east gate of the palace, and they can't take their own cars until they leave the palace gate. Horses and chariots go home.And it takes more than a quarter of an hour to walk from the imperial study room to the east gate of the palace. If you don't say a word during such a long journey, Zhao Hao, who always loves to joke with others, probably finds it really awkward, so he took the initiative to strike up a conversation with Wei Yin. It's just that the first sentence of this opening is full of provocation.

Wei Yin still had that tepid look: "I'm just a villager, and I have no job or title, so I won't disgrace the name of my teacher."

"I heard that Mr. Wei is the candidate to take the exam in Beijing this time. I wonder if Mr. Wei is still planning to continue to participate in this year's autumn exam?" I asked about his fame before, but now he said that he had heard that he was It's time to take the exam in Beijing, this Zhao Hao really doesn't take Wei Yin seriously, his words are completely arrogant, it seems that he treats Wei Yin as a fool.

Wei Yin replied as if he didn't care, "No, from today onwards, teaching His Highness King Zhen is my life's work, and I don't plan to enter the court either, and the matter of fame is irrelevant to me."

Hearing this, Zhao Hao's face was slightly surprised. Tete turned his head and took a deep look at Wei Yin, as if he wanted to see the truth of the words from his face, but soon his expression returned to normal, and he didn't care. Knowing what he thought of, a mocking smile appeared on the corner of his mouth again.Afterwards, Zhao Hao probably felt that there was nothing to talk about with Wei Yin, or that the two of them walked side by side, and the difference in height really made him feel very uncomfortable, so he soon found an excuse to part ways with Wei Yin. The little eunuch who led the way said hello and left by another way.After all, he is the teacher of the fourth prince. Although this place belongs to the imperial palace, it is within the scope of the previous dynasty when it leaves the imperial study room. Officials who have reached a certain level can come and go freely. Therefore, the little eunuch did not raise any objections, and only bowed respectfully to him. The body went with him.

My goal is Wei Yin, so naturally I don't bother to pay attention to that Zhao Hao's comings and goings. I just follow Wei Yin all the way to the east gate of the palace. Seeing that Wei Yin has been interrogated by the guards and is about to walk out of the east gate, I just feel bored , the man suddenly turned his head and flew towards the wall where I was squatting, that sharp gaze met mine again, meow!This time I couldn't hold it back, and just "meowed" out loud, blowing my hair again!