Chapter 1323: Apprenticeship Banquet, Master, 11

It has been a long time since anything major happened in the Nanchen Palace. For the Nanchen Palace, their major events were basically going out to fight, and they rarely celebrated the Spring Festival in the palace.

But today is different. Today is a very important day for the Nanchen Palace.

The noble lady of the Qinghe Yi family wants to worship the young Nanchen King as her teacher, which means that there is a connection between the Qinghe Yi family and the Nanchen Palace. This is a matter of great significance to both parties and Beichen, and both sides attach great importance to it.

The Yi family's people live in the post station, so Zhou Chen sent Zhou Tianxing to lead people to welcome them into the palace early in the morning.

Today, Zhou Chen changed into a white long gown, and even ordinary clothes made him look very dazzling.

Living changes the spirit, and raising changes the body!

As the young Nanchen King, a royal child, the original body was originally a majestic temperament, and Zhou Chen lived for hundreds of years. He had been an emperor, a prince, and a top elite in various industries. The momentum he cultivated was stronger than the original body, but he rarely showed it.

Except for Zhou Tianxing who went to pick up people, the other nine disciples were also in the palace, and they were ready to attend today's apprenticeship banquet.

In the TV plot, the ten disciples, except for the first four who appeared more, the other six almost did not appear. When watching TV, Zhou Chen had never even seen them, let alone know their names.

But now, he is very familiar with his disciples. The last six disciples may not be as outstanding as the first four, but they are also talented generals in the army. After all, they can be valued by the little king Nanchen and accepted as disciples. Under the influence of what they see and hear, it is impossible for them to become mediocre.

In fact, these brothers and sisters are also very curious about the younger sister, Shiyi.

All ten of them are orphans, and they are all adopted in the palace, but Shiyi is different. She is a noble lady of Qinghe Shi's family, and the only daughter of the Wushuifang branch. In terms of status alone, she is no worse than the royal princess.

They all make a living in the army and rarely come into contact with famous families like the Yi family, let alone a famous lady like Yi Shiyi. How could they not be curious?

In the main hall of the palace, Zhou Chen sat quietly, while Hong Xiaoyu and other disciples gathered together and discussed the apprenticeship banquet to be held later.

The palace does not have so many rules, and these disciples are treated as family members, so the relationship between each other is very good, no different from brothers and sisters. They respect their master very much, but they are not as strict as other famous families.

Soon someone came to report that General Zhou had brought people from the Yi family into the palace.

This time, it was Yi Sanniang of the Yi family who came in person with her daughter and nephew. As the owner of the palace, Zhou Chen, in order to show respect, naturally went out of the hall to greet them in person.

As soon as he walked out of the main hall, he saw Zhou Tianxing leading the Yi family members coming over, and Zhou Chen and his disciples went to greet them.

As a family of scholars, the Yi family has strict rules. The difference can be seen from their words and deeds. Only Yi Sanniang, Yi Feng and Yi Shiyi looked straight ahead and held their heads high. The rest of the guards and maids all lowered their heads and followed in small steps.

Fortunately, this was not the first time Zhou Chen had traveled through the ancient feudal society, and he was no longer surprised by these rules and behaviors.

When the two sides met for the first time, Yi Sanniang immediately led people to salute.

"Little King Nanchen."

Zhou Chen also returned the salute: "Madam Yi."

Yi Sanniang looked at Yi Feng next to her and introduced to Zhou Chen: "This is Yi Feng, Sanlang from my brother's family, Sanlang, come and meet His Highness."

Yi Feng immediately saluted: "Your Highness."

"No need to be polite, Madam Yi, please come in."

Zhou Chen led several people from the Yi family into the main hall. After he sat down in the main seat, Yi Sanniang sat down on the left, and the others stood on both sides.

Dressed in green, Shiyi walked in slowly from the doorway, holding a plate with a handful of celery, lotus seeds, red beans, dates, longan and dried meat on it.

These are the traditional etiquette of apprenticeship, just like the modern apprenticeship of giving gifts, and the same is true in this era. As a prominent family, Shiyi is naturally the most particular about these etiquettes, and everything is in accordance with the rules.

Shiyi walked to Zhou Chen with the plate, bowed first, then walked to Zhou Chen's desk, knelt down, and raised the plate with both hands.

Zhou Chen took the six gifts and placed them on the desk, and Shiyi began to kneel down.

After the ceremony, she still knelt on the ground, straightened her body, smiled without showing her teeth, and looked at Zhou Chen respectfully.

Zhou Chen looked at the thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl in front of him. In such an era, a girl like Shiyi's age could have married.

However, he is from modern society. In his eyes, Shiyi is still a little girl. In the future, she is just in junior high school. Even if she is more mature, her physical age is there, and you can see her immaturity at a glance.

"Shiyi, you are called Eleven at home, right?"

Shiyi nodded slightly.

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "It just so happens that I already have ten apprentices. I will call you Eleven in the future, okay?"

Shiyi nodded happily, and then she was a little confused. She didn't know what to do after she finished paying homage to her master, so she couldn't help but glance at her mother behind her.

After getting her mother's signal, she was ready to kowtow again, but was stopped by Zhou Chen.

"Okay, there are not many rules in the Nanchen Palace. Don't care so much about these etiquettes. Get up first."

Yang Shiyi immediately stood up happily, and then Zhou Chen pointed to the ten disciples next to him and told Yang Shiyi that these were her senior brothers and sisters. Yang Shiyi immediately saluted respectfully, and the ten senior brothers and sisters returned the salute one after another without showing off.

At this time, someone came in from the door and reported that someone from the palace had come and brought a gift from His Majesty.

Zhou Chen frowned slightly. After all, he was not the original Zhou Shengchen, and he had no respect or loyalty to the little emperor who was far away in Zhongzhou.

But at this time, of course he would not show it, and ordered very calmly: "Let them come in."

Just like in the plot, it is the eunuch Zhao Teng who carries the ban sword, Huang Yue, given by the emperor.

When Zhou Shengchen went to Zhongzhou to see off the late emperor, the young emperor had given him these two items, but Zhou Shengchen rejected them, so he sent them again this time.

When Zhao Teng said, 'I am the emperor, and I should accept the gifts given by the emperor,' Zhou Chen sneered disdainfully in his heart. He knew that the little emperor was a cowardly person and was unlikely to say such a thing. , it is estimated that this was done deliberately by Zhao Teng and others.

But he accepted Ban Jian and Huang Yue without saying anything.

Zhao Teng continued: "Your Highness, Your Majesty also sent a painter this time to make a portrait of Miss Yu, which will be sent to the East Palace in the future."

Hearing this, Zhou Chen felt unhappy. After so many years, he was used to being domineering. Shi Shiyi was his mission target and the person he valued. Who did Liu Zixing dare to covet Shi Yi?

But this matter was an agreement between the Emperor and the royal family. Although he became the master of Emperor Shiyi, he was not qualified to make decisions for Emperor Shiyi. What's more, Emperor Shiyi's mother was present at the scene and she didn't object. Naturally, he had no objection. Reasons were given against it.

However, after traveling through time, he has decided to change the tragedy and will not make Shi Shiyi as miserable as the original plot, but all this needs to be done slowly.

After Kao Shiyi left with the painter, Kao Sanniang deliberately stayed and talked to Zhou Chen, saying three things in total.

The first thing is to ask Zhou Chen to allow two thousand soldiers of the Yang family to stay and protect Yang Shiyi.

The second thing is to hope that Zhou Chen can allow Kaojia Sanlang Kao Feng to stay in Xizhou and join the army.

The third thing was about Shi Shiyi's loss of speech, and he told the whole story. The implication was that he was reluctant to leave his daughter and hoped that Zhou Chen could take more care of her.

Zhou Chen naturally understood what Sanniang meant, so he replied solemnly: "Madam, please rest assured. Now that Shiyi has become my disciple, I will do my best to teach her and take good care of her."

Hearing this, Sanniang was very grateful. Since her daughter was born, this was the first time that mother and daughter had been separated for so long. Naturally, she, as a mother, felt extremely reluctant to let go, but no matter how reluctant she was, she couldn't change it.

In the afternoon, Kao Sanniang was about to leave. Kao Shiyi and Kao Sanniang's mother and daughter were reluctant to leave, and they said goodbye with tears.

Outside the palace gate, Miao Shiyi bid farewell to her mother, shedding tears with great reluctance and unable to look away for a long time.

Zhou Chen didn't rush her. After she recovered a little, he said, "You are new to the palace, I will take you to your courtyard."

Jian Shiyi couldn't speak, and he was not familiar with Zhou Chen yet, so he just nodded lightly.

Zhou Chen took Yang Shiyi into the palace, and walked through the pavilions and pavilions one after another to the courtyard belonging to Yang Shiyi.

The palace is very large, and the courtyard belonging to Mao Shiyi is also one of the best courtyards. It is very large and has just been decorated in the past few days. Everything is basically new.

After sending Shi Shiyi to the hospital, Zhou Chen said, "Eleven, you have come a long way, so you should have a good rest in the past few days. I will start teaching again when I figure out how to teach you."

Nao Shiyi saluted and nodded in agreement.

"There is a library in the backyard of the palace. You are from the Qinghe family. You should like reading. If you feel bored, you can go to the library to read."

When she heard this, her face immediately lit up with joy. She really liked reading, because when she was in the mansion, she couldn't seem to find any other entertainment besides reading.

Zhou Chen took out a key from his arms and placed it in front of Miao Shiyi.

"Today I accepted the apprenticeship ceremony from you, but I did not give you the apprenticeship ceremony. I usually don't live in the palace for a very long time. In the past, when I was not in the palace, the door of the library was locked. This is the collection of books. The key to the building is today’s apprenticeship ceremony.”

At first, Jian Shiyi was too embarrassed to accept it, but when he heard that it was a apprenticeship ceremony, his face suddenly became happy, he took it with respectful hands, and then saluted Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen stretched out his hand to support him and said softly: "Do you still remember what I told you when I became a disciple? There are no rules in Nanchen Palace. You don't need to salute all the time. You have also forgotten the rules in the Yang family. In the palace, you don't have to do that. It’s better to be more relaxed.”

"Also, I heard that your aristocratic family has strict rules, and there will be some kind of morning and dusk pilgrimage, but our palace does not like these, so you don't have to abide by these rules."

Yang Shiyi suddenly looked confused and couldn't understand Zhou Chen's words. She usually said hello morning and evening when she was at Yang's house.

Paying homage in the morning and dusk, isn’t this a rule and etiquette that all disciples should abide by?

Zhou Chen saw her doubts and said with a smile: "I am the biggest in the palace, so my rules are the rules of the palace. Since you have entered the palace and become my disciple, you must listen to me. That's it." Get off, take a good rest first.”

After giving a few instructions to Shi Yi, he left Shi Yi's yard.

Kao Shiyi stared at Zhou Chen's back in confusion, her little head still very confused. Before becoming a disciple, her mother told her a lot of things to pay attention to, especially in terms of rules and etiquette. As the daughter of the Yao family, her words and deeds represent the Yao family. Shi, so she has always been careful about her behavior.

But what Zhou Chen said just now confused her. She didn't know whether she should listen to her mother or her master.

Returning to the main hall, I found that Hao Feng had been waiting for a long time.

"Your Highness."

Looking at Yu Feng, Zhou Chen said, "Do you really want to join the army?"

Nianfeng replied without hesitation: "Yes."

"You are Saburo Kao. If you want to join the army, there are many places to choose from. Why do you have to come here for Eleven?"

"It is true that I can't let go of my sister, but I also admire His Highness and the Nanchen Royal Army. I want to be one of them and follow the Nanchen Royal Army to protect our home and country and protect the borders."

Zhou Chen nodded and said: "It's rare for you to have such an ambition. I have agreed. From now on, you will follow Xiaoyu. Xiaoyu will leave it to you to make arrangements."

"Yes, Master."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Zhou Chen, who has watched the entire plot, naturally knows what kind of person Yu Feng is. He is a true gentleman and very capable.

In fact, with the identity of Iesaburo Fengfeng, it is really easy to become an official. It may be difficult to be like his father Guangguang, but it is still relatively easy to be an official with real power. At least it is better than joining the army. Enlisting in the army is much better.

But Feng Feng is still willing to join the army, which also shows that he is determined and has his own ideas, which is rare.

At night, Zhou Chen was meditating in his study. It had been a few days since he came to this world, so he naturally did not forget to practice.

Modern society cannot cultivate internal strength, but this world is ancient. Although Zhou Shengru's world is not even a low-martial world, he feels that there is still a high possibility of cultivating internal strength.

Just like in the world of Zhifu, it does not belong to the world of low martial arts, but he still developed Yangzhou Slow Internal Strength, and he believes that it is also possible in this world.

It has to be said that his physical talent after traveling this time is really outstanding. In just a few days, he has already felt the sense of Qi. He is sure that he will be able to develop his internal strength in a few days.

Even in the world of martial arts, such a speed would be considered an outstanding talent. In this ordinary world, he would definitely be considered a genius and a martial arts wizard.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes, and then someone approached the study, but before he came in, he was stopped by Zhou Tianxing, who was guarding outside.

"You are not allowed to break into His Highness's study."

"I have something to ask you to see Your Highness."

Hearing the sound, Zhou Chen in the study said loudly: "Tian Xing, let her come in."

Zhou Tianxing outside immediately accepted the order: "Yes, Master."

Cheng Xi walked into the study quickly. When he saw Zhou Chen, he immediately knelt down with a look of fear on his face.

"Your Highness, the girl is missing."

Zhou Chen was not surprised when he heard this. He knew that Shi Yi should go to the library to read.

However, Cheng Xi said in fear: "Your Highness, the daughter of a prominent family has disappeared late at night. If word spreads, it will damage the reputation. I dare not make it public, so I can only come to look for Your Highness."

Zhou Chen said calmly: "Don't panic, Shiyi won't wander around. You go back first, and I will look for her. She will go back soon."

"Your Highness..."

Cheng Xi was still worried, but Zhou Chen just looked at him and said, "Calm down, nothing will happen. You can go back first."

Seeing what Zhou Chen said, Cheng Xi did not dare to disobey, so she could only suppress the worries in her heart and left the study.

After she left, Zhou Chen stood up and felt funny in his heart. He had just given the key today and Shi Yi went to the library. It seemed that he really liked reading.

After walking out of the study, he went straight to the library in the backyard. He had spent a lot of time in the library in the past two days, so he was very familiar with it.

Walking into the library, as soon as I got to the second floor, I saw Jian Shiyi sitting there, lighting a candle and reading the slips seriously.

Zhou Chen walked behind Shi Yi and deliberately made a noise. When Shi Yi heard the sound, he stood up in a hurry. When he saw it was Zhou Chen, he breathed a sigh of relief and saluted Zhou Chen.

"I just gave you the key today and you came to the library. Is it because you missed home?"

Jian Shiyi nodded slightly.

Zhou Chen could understand her mood. After all, she had never left home, and she was only a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl. Suddenly living in the palace, she would naturally feel uneasy. It was normal to miss home and her relatives.

Shiyi was reading a book to distract himself.

Zhou Chen has experienced this kind of mood more than once. He felt it more deeply than Shiyi. But he has experienced it more, so he can control his emotions easily.

He slowly explained: "Your senior brothers and senior sisters have always regarded the palace as their home. Although they call me master, we all get along with each other as family members. You can be like them and don't have to be so formal."

Maybe his explanation had an effect, so Jian Shiyi nodded with a smile on his face.

Zhou Chen said: "It's getting late, you should go back and rest, otherwise your maid will go to find me again."

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Shiyi immediately realized that it was her maid Chengxi who went to find Zhou Chen, so Zhou Chen came to look for her. This made her very embarrassed and waved her hands at Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, let's go, I'll take you back."

After extinguishing the candle, Shi Yi followed Zhou Chen step by step and left the library.

Zhou Chen left only after sending her back to the courtyard and handing her over to Cheng Xi.

Cheng Xi was relieved to see that Xi Shiyi was safe and sound. She was responsible for taking care of Xi Shiyi. If anything happened to Xi Shiyi, she could only die to apologize.

Fortunately, fortunately, nothing happened...

I thought that after my reminder, Xi Shiyi would give up the morning and evening visits, but what Zhou Chen didn't expect was that in the morning of the next day, when he was preparing to practice in the martial arts field of the palace, Xi Shiyi came over with her maid Cheng Xi.

Xi Shiyi was about to pay respects and kneel down, but Zhou Chen stopped her first.

"Eleven, have you forgotten what I said to you yesterday? Our palace doesn't have this set, and you don't need to pay respects in the future. Just come to me directly if you have something."

Xi Shiyi looked anxious and thought Zhou Chen was angry. Of course, she remembered what Zhou Chen said to her yesterday, but after discussing with Cheng Xi, she finally decided to pay respects.

She couldn't speak, so she could only look at Cheng Xi anxiously.

Cheng Xi could only explain on behalf of his master: "Your Highness, these rules are all instructed by the Madam, and you must follow them."

Zhou Chen said lightly: "I don't care about your rules, but once you enter the palace, you should abide by the rules of the palace. Eleven, let's talk about what I told you yesterday. The rules of the palace are military orders, and everything else can be forgotten. Whether it's morning and evening visits, or eating, clothing, living and traveling, you don't have to follow so many rules. Do whatever you feel comfortable with. Do you hear me?"

Shi Yi saw Zhou Chen's serious expression and didn't dare to disobey, so he nodded immediately.

Cheng Xi on the side opened his mouth, but when he saw Zhou Chen's solemn expression, he didn't dare to speak.