When Chen Yichen answered, the entire lecture hall was in an uproar. No one expected that he would make such a choice.

Crazy?

Even if I went to the inner courtyard in the name of the attached school, it was still essentially different from the outer courtyard, let alone the prince’s personal reward. If I missed this, I’m afraid I would never have such an opportunity in my life.

On the other hand, when he heard the choice given by his "son", Duke Cheng's eyes became more and more sharp. He stared at Chen Yichen, as if he wanted to see through the other party's true thoughts.

As Chen Yichen thought, Zhu Yong initially regarded his rhetorical question as an impatient ambition and greed, intending to take advantage of the situation to gain the status and wealth of the Lord's children.

This is also considered a kind of inertial thinking of Zhu Yong after he was used to various speculative ambitions in the officialdom.

But Chen Yichen's final rejection was equivalent to overturning the previous assumptions. Zhu Yong also discovered that this maid who used to dare not look directly at him, seemed to be looking at him all the time today, without even a little bit of evasive eyes.

Zhu Yong has always been in charge of the army, and as a superior, he knows the aura of being uneven and powerful. Many times, even the subordinates of officials are afraid to dodge themselves. Can a young man like Chen Yichen be stronger than them?

"Okay, you can continue to go to school in the outer school."

Zhu Yong did not see through what Chen Yichen wanted to get, but this was not important. With Duke Cheng, he didn't have to care about what Chen Yichen thought at all. What happened today was just a little episode for Zhu Yong.

After leaving this sentence, Zhu Yong nodded to Li Tingxiu and waved his sleeves and left.

"You go back to your seat to attend class, too."

Seeing Duke Cheng leave, Li Tingxiu gave Chen Yichen an instruction and then started teaching as usual. However, this time Li Tingxiu looked at Chen Yichen's back as he walked towards the seat, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

Back to his seat, Chen Yichen had just finished his seat, a somewhat thin young man at the same table immediately leaned over and muttered with an incredible expression.

"Chen Yichen, you just refused the opportunity to go to the inner courtyard to study. Are you confused or didn't wake up in the morning?"

Faced with the question of this thin boy, Chen Yichen first thought not about how to answer, but about the other party's identity.

However, soon, the name "Zhao Hongjie" appeared in my mind, the son of Zhao Yong, the commander of the Beijing Guardian. Although the family school in the outer courtyard of the Duke of Cheng Guofu allowed the children of trusted subordinates to study together, not just any cat or dog can come in.

Take Zhao Hongjie as an example. His father, the commander of the Beijing Guard, was a third-rank official, and before the collapse of the military officer's status in the early and mid-Ming Dynasty, he was considered a high-ranking official. However, in the second-generation group of the private school officials in the outer court of the Duke's Mansion, the third-rank official was very ordinary.

On the one hand, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, valued martial arts and neglected literature, and set the rank of military officers too high, which led to the number of military generals and "high-ranking officials" later. On the other hand, Zhao Hongjie was not the legitimate wife and son, so like Chen Yi, he used to be bullied in the outer court.

As the saying goes, when the same disease is the same, the two of them gather together to keep warm, and their grades are firmly at the bottom of the family school, which is even more of a "revolutionary" friendship like a brother and a brother!

But then again, although there are many objective factors, in Chen Yichen's memory, Zhao Hongjie is his only friend in the private school in the outer school. At least he will not be sarcastic about his identity, nor will he seek inexplicable superiority in himself.

“None are not.”

"Why the hell?"

Zhao Hongjie simply couldn't understand. As Chen Yichen's friend, he knew very well how eager the other party to recognize his ancestors and get rid of his illegitimate identity.

Not to mention that you will definitely be able to enter the genealogy when you go to the inner courtyard to study, but at least there is a way to enter the threshold, and this path was given by the Duke himself, so he gave up just like that?

"There is no reason, I just think the outer courtyard is also good. Besides, if I go to the inner courtyard to study, you will be the last one in the outer courtyard in the future, and that life will probably be difficult."

Chen Yichen didn't want to explain too much, because the emotions were too complicated at that moment, and even he could not straighten out the topic for a while, so he could only shift the topic elsewhere.

"It's okay, I can pass the scholarship exam and go to the inner school with you."

Zhao Hongjie's answer made Chen Yichen so confused that he didn't know what to say. He was also a poor student who had not even passed the exam for several years. Can he pass the exam for scholars?

"Haha, Zhao Hongjie wants to get a scholar with just your knowledge. Being able to get a child in this life is considered to be a accumulation of virtue from your ancestors."

Chen Yichen didn't say anything, but the whispers between them were heard by a tall school child in the back table. When Chen Yichen was scolded by Li Tingxiu for being late, he also spoke sarcastic words in the audience, and now he even spoke sarcastic about Zhao Hongjie.

Hearing this, Zhao Hongjie's face became a little ugly. He looked back at the other party and wanted to say something, but in the end he was scared and turned his head back.

Chen Yichen also looked back and remembered that the college boy was named Li Da. His father was Li Zheng, the assistant general of the Left Army Governor's Office, and his second-rank official title was considered the confidant of Duke Cheng Guo Zhu Yong in the Beijing Guard.

The children in the private schools in the outer court are all children of the military officer system, so they naturally tend to be the "martial arts are respected". Li Da is tall and has a very advantageous figure. In addition, his status as a legitimate son and father status make him faintly feel a bit "boss" in the school.

Chen Yichen has a bad relationship with him on weekdays, because even if he is a maid, he is still a bloodline of Duke Guo, and it is impossible to be someone else's younger brother in Duke Guo's house's private school.

On the other hand, Li Da also felt that Chen Yichen was pretending to be a silly, and the other schoolchildren were respectful in front of him. This kid was just an illegitimate child. He would never have the chance to join the genealogy of the Duke of the Kingdom in this life. Do he really treat himself as a young master?

However, no matter what, Li Da still dared not attack Chen Yichen. At most, he would say something sarcastic behind his back. However, he was not so polite to Zhao Hongjie. It was common to laugh at him in person, and Zhao Hongjie could not compare with all aspects, so he could only swallow his anger.

This is the case with the family of lords and officials. Even if you are just in the elementary school lecture hall, the concept of status and status has already appeared.

"It seems that your ancestors are quite unethical, otherwise you wouldn't be able to pass the exam for a child?"

Chen Yichen replied to Li Da’s back table with a playful smile on his face.

In the past, Chen Yichen was very unhappy when facing this kind of ridicule, but he could only bear it as if he didn't hear it. After all, if he really started to act, except for his fists, his identity as an illegitimate child was useless and could not suppress others.

But now is different from the past. At least Chen Yichen is not as weak as before, so he is so weak that he doesn't even dare to say a word.

"What did you say!"

This sentence stabbed Li Da's pain point and the sound became louder in an instant.

Because this guy's academic performance is as good as Chen Yichen and Zhao Hongjie, he is at the level of being half a dozen, and he has not even passed the exam for several years.

Maybe this is related to the inheritance of the military general family. Most of the students in the private schools in the outer school have poor grades. And this is not the point. The point is that these second-generation officials seem to lack such a little bit of calculating in their own understanding.

Are you just a smart dragon? You are also a joke about Feng Chu?
Chapter completed!