When Shen Yichen's answer came out, the entire lecture hall was in an uproar. No one expected that he would make such a choice.

Crazy?

Even if you go to the inner courtyard in the name of being an affiliated student, it is still fundamentally different from the outer courtyard, not to mention that it is still a reward personally from the Duke. If you miss this time, I am afraid that you will never encounter this kind of thing again in your life. Chance.

On the other side, when he heard the choice given by his "son", Cheng Guogong's eyes became sharper. He stared straight at Shen Yichen, as if he wanted to see through the other person's true thoughts.

Indeed, as Shen Yichen thought, at first Zhu Yong regarded his rhetorical question as an impatient ambition and greed, intending to take advantage of the situation to obtain the status of the Lord's son and wealth and glory.

This can be regarded as a kind of inertial thinking of Zhu Yong after he was used to all kinds of speculative ambitions in the officialdom.

But Shen Yichen's final rejection was equivalent to overturning his previous assumptions, and Zhu Yong also discovered that this maid who had never dared to look directly at him in the past seemed to be looking at him all the time today, even a little averting his eyes. No.

Zhu Yong has been in charge of troops all year round, and as a superior, he is very aware of his unruffled and self-powerful aura. Many times, even officials and subordinates are afraid to dodge him. How can a young man like Shen Yichen be stronger than them?

"Well, you can continue studying in the outer courtyard."

Zhu Yong didn't see through what Shen Yichen wanted to get, but it didn't matter. With his status as Duke Cheng, he didn't have to care about what Shen Yichen thought. What happened today was just a matter of concern to Zhu Yong. Just a little interlude.

After saying these words, Zhu Yong nodded to Li Tingxiu, waved his sleeves and walked away.

"You should also go back to your seat and go to class."

Watching Duke Cheng Guo leave, Li Tingxiu gave Shen Yichen some instructions, and then started teaching as usual. Only this time, Li Tingxiu looked at Shen Yichen's back as he walked towards his seat, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

Returning to his seat, Shen Yichen had just sat down when a thin young man at the same table immediately leaned over and muttered with an expression of disbelief on his face.

"Shen Yichen, you just turned down the opportunity to study in the inner courtyard. Are you confused or just because you didn't wake up in the morning?"

Facing this thin boy's question, Shen Yichen's first thought was not how to answer, but the identity of the other person.

But soon, the name "Zhao Hongjie" came to mind, the son of Zhao Yong, the commander of the Beijing Guards. Although the private school in the outer courtyard of the Chengguo Palace allowed the children of close subordinates to study together, not just any cat or dog could come in.

Take Zhao Hongjie as an example. His father, a fellow commander of the Beijing Guards, had an official rank of third rank. Before the status of military attaches collapsed in the early and mid-Ming Dynasty, he could be considered a high-ranking official. However, among the second-generation private school officials in the outer courtyard of Guogong Mansion, he had a rank of third rank. His official title is very ordinary.

On the one hand, it was because Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, valued military affairs over literature and set the rank of military attachés too high. As a result, there were as many "senior officials" as dogs in the military generals later. On the other hand, Zhao Hongjie was not the legitimate son of his wife, so like Shen Yi, he used to He was the target of bullying in the outer courtyard.

As the saying goes, they feel sympathy for each other, so the two of them stick together to keep each other warm. In addition, their grades are at the bottom of the family school. It is a "revolutionary" friendship like brothers in need!

But having said that, although there are many objective factors, in Shen Yichen's memory, Zhao Hongjie is his only friend in the outer courtyard school. At least he will not be weird about his identity, nor will he seek inexplicable superiority in himself.

"None of that."

"Then why?"

Zhao Hongjie simply couldn't understand. As a good friend of Shen Yichen, he knew very well how much the other party wanted to recognize his ancestor and return to the clan and get rid of his identity as an illegitimate son.

Studying in the inner courtyard does not mean that you will definitely be able to enter the genealogy, but at least there is a way to get on the threshold, and this way was personally given by the Duke of the country, so you gave up like this?

"There's no reason. I just think that the outer academy is pretty good. Besides, if I go to the inner academy to study, you will be the only one left at the bottom of the outer academy. I'm afraid that life will be difficult."

Shen Yichen didn't want to explain too much, because the emotions at that moment were too complicated, and even he couldn't sort them out for the moment, so he could only move the topic elsewhere.

"It doesn't matter. I can pass the examination as a scholar and then go to the inner courtyard with you to study."

Zhao Hongjie's answer made Shen Yichen speechless. Shen Yichen didn't know what to say. He was also a scumbag who couldn't even pass the junior college entrance examination for several years. Did he really have no idea whether he could pass the scholar examination?

"Oh, Zhao Hongjie, even with your knowledge, you want to be admitted as a scholar. If you can be admitted as a boy student in this life, it is a sign of your ancestor's merit."

Shen Yichen did not speak, but their whispers were overheard by a tall schoolboy at the back table. When Shen Yichen was scolded by Li Tingxiu for being late, he was also making sarcastic remarks in the audience. Now He even mocked 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 timid and turned his head back.

Shen Yichen also took advantage of the situation and glanced back, remembering that this college boy's name was Li Da, and his father was Li Zheng, the governor of the Zuojun Governor's Mansion, with a second-grade official rank, and he was regarded as the confidant of Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, in the Jingwei.

The students in the outer courtyard's private school are all students of the military attache system, so they naturally tend to follow the culture of "respecting martial arts." Li Da is tall and has an advantage. Coupled with his status as the legitimate son and his father's status, he has a vague "boss" feeling in the school.

Shen Yichen didn't have a good relationship with him on weekdays, because even if a maid gave birth to a son, he was still of the Duke's blood, and it was impossible to be someone else's younger brother in the Duke's private school.

On the other hand, Li Da also felt that Shen Yichen was pretending to be a coward. The other students were respectful in front of him, and this kid was just showing off. He was just an illegitimate child. He would never have the chance to join the genealogy of the Duke of the country in his life. He really treated himself as a child. Father-in-law?

But no matter what, Li Da still didn't dare to make a move against Shen Yichen. The most he would do was make some shady remarks behind his back. But when he treated Zhao Hongjie, he was not so polite. It was common to laugh at him in person, but Zhao Hongjie couldn't compare to him in all aspects. Able to swallow one's anger.

This is true for people who come from a noble family of officials. Even in the Mengxue lecture hall, the class concept of status and inferiority has already appeared.

"Then it seems that your ancestors were quite wicked, otherwise why wouldn't you be able to pass the Tongsheng test?"

With a joking smile on her face, Shen Yichen replied to Li Da at the back table.

Faced with such ridicule in the past, although Shen Yichen was very unhappy when he heard it, he could only pretend that he didn't hear it and endure it. After all, if he really used his hands, other than fists, his status as an illegitimate child would be of no use and he could not suppress it. Residential.

Today is different from the past. At least Shen Yichen is not as cowardly as before, to the point where he doesn't even dare to reply.

"What did you say!"

This sentence stung Li Da's pain, and his voice suddenly became louder.

Because this guy's academic performance is about the same as that of Shen Yichen and Zhao Hongjie, and he didn't even pass the junior college entrance examination in the same few years.

Maybe this has something to do with the inheritance of the military general family. Most of the students in the outer courtyard school have poor grades. And this is not the point. The point is that these second-generation officials seem to lack a little bit of knowledge about themselves. number.
Chapter completed!