Chapter 308: Marquis’s Bastard (8)

Classmates in the academy found that Ji Changze had changed. Not only did he listen carefully in class, but he was also not as gloomy as before. He seemed to be relaxed.

Sometimes when they met at the door on their way home, Master Ji Jiu, who used to look down on them, would take the initiative to smile and greet them.

This academy is considered a place for the children of the rich and powerful in the capital to go to school. Mrs. Ji also spent a lot of effort to send her youngest son here.

The original owner was not very popular in the academy. The classmates didn't like him very much because they thought that the original owner always looked down on them. They were all teenagers of similar age and most of them were lively. If they met outside, they would greet them happily.

What happened to the original owner? When others greeted him, he treated them as air. Even a three-year-old child could see that he was perfunctory.

So, the classmates gradually didn't want to play with the original owner, thinking that he was arrogant and looked down on them.

Ji Changze has been acting out of character these days, even showing a smug and happy mood. They were confused and wondered if there was some conspiracy.

Hasn't he always looked down on them?

Why is he so enthusiastic all of a sudden, as if they are very familiar with each other.

Ji Changze had been eyeing a rare book in the hands of a gentleman for several days. After pestering him for several days, the gentleman reluctantly lent it to him. He took the book and walked back to read it. On the way, he saw two teenagers whispering together, and he freed one hand to wave to them with a smile.

"Zizhi, Rao Ling, haven't you gone home yet?"

The two classmates who were called out by their names and greeted them enthusiastically: "..."

Since they were smiling, they were embarrassed to face them coldly as usual, so they could only force out a dry smile: "Yes, you are going home too?"

"Yes, what a coincidence, why don't we go together, I remember that our three families are on the same route."

When Ji Changze heard this, his eyes lit up, and he walked over and naturally put his hand on the shoulder of one of his classmates.

Classmate: "..."

We didn't agree.

Why do you look like you will definitely agree without asking?

We are not familiar with each other!

As if he didn't see their frozen faces, Ji Changze took two steps and didn't see them following him. He turned around in confusion: "What's wrong? Let's go."

The two: "..."

They looked at each other, but they couldn't lose face in the end. They could only drag their slow steps and reluctantly follow behind, and from time to time they had to listen to the familiar guy in front of them saying: "You walk so slowly, it seems that you didn't study martial arts well."

No, you understand, we walk slowly because we don't want to walk with you, okay.

But fortunately, everyone went home in a sedan chair, and they could disperse at the entrance of the academy.

Then, at the entrance of the academy, they fell into silence when they faced Ji Changze who had no carriage to pick them up.

Ji Changze still smiled brightly: "What are you doing, let's go."

Wang Zizhi: "Where is your carriage?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the smile on the face of the smiling boy in front of him suddenly dimmed a little, and a little sadness appeared in his eyes.

Ji Changze lowered his head slightly and whispered: "My father punished me and forbade me to ride in the mansion's carriage. I was only allowed to walk to the academy."

Of course, the facts were a little different from what he said.

Master Ji was ordered by the old marquis not to use the mansion's things, including the carriage, so every time Master Ji went out to play, he had to walk by himself.

He found the right time and took the carriage when Master Ji went out, deliberately showing a smug and sarcastic expression on his face. Sure enough, the other party forced him to get off the carriage with an angry face and scolded him for a long time in front of the servants at the door of the marquis' mansion.

Then, Ji Changze "obeyed his father's order" and stopped taking the carriage to school.

The two were surprised: "Walk? The marquis' mansion is not close to the academy."

For young masters who have been picked up and dropped off by cars since childhood, it is simply a fantasy to walk back to school by themselves.

"Yeah."

Ji Changze still looked gloomy, but soon his face showed joy again: "But this is worth it."

Worthy?

What is worth it?

Ji Changze: "Although I have to walk to school, I can study with peace of mind in the future, which is not bad."

It sounds really worth it.

But the question is.

Can't you study with peace of mind in a carriage? ?

They were confused, and saw Ji Changze with a bright smile on his face, and patted the two shoulders again. His smile was as dazzling as the sun, and his face was full of happiness: "And I can also interact with you. It's just a little walk, not worth it."

After that, he waved his hand: "Then you can go back in the carriage, I can walk back by myself, see you tomorrow."

After that, he turned and left.

Only two classmates who were more and more confused as they listened looked at Ji Changze's back full of joy with blank faces.

"Rao Ling, did you understand what he said?"

Zhou Raoling shook his head in confusion: "What about you?"

Wang Zizhi also shook his head.

"I understand every word he said, why don't I understand it when they are put together?"

What do you mean it's worth it to be able to interact with them without taking a carriage?

Doesn't this mean that if you take a carriage, you can't interact with them?

They are all children of the rich and powerful. Is it possible that someone can threaten the grandson of the Marquis?

The two of them couldn't figure it out.

But they were sure of one thing.

"Could it be that Ji Changze didn't associate with us before because someone didn't allow him to do so?"

Wang Zizhi was stunned.

"Isn't he like this because he looks down on us?"

Zhou Raoling asked a soul-searching question: "Why does he look down on us? Although he is from the Marquis's Mansion, he is just a bastard, and we are legitimate sons. I heard that there are more than ten bastards in the Marquis's Mansion. We should be better than him."

In the past, classmates were upset that Ji Changze was just a bastard and was so unwilling to get close to them.

If he was really a prince or noble, it would be fine.

But the Marquis's Mansion is no longer what it used to be, and Ji Changze is just a bastard. He himself is not very strong, and his mother's family is not an official family.

Why does he look down on them?

The indignation in the past has now become evidence.

"Yes, he had no reason to look down on us before. We are much better than him."

So...

Ji Changze never associated with them before. Was it really forced by someone?

But even if he is a bastard, he is still a bastard of the Marquis's Mansion. Who can force him?

As the two of them continued to guess according to the clues given by Ji Changze, Ji Changze was walking back with the book.

The original owner did look down on his classmates in the academy. The reason why he looked down on his classmates was not because he was so outstanding, but because he wanted to be classmates with better people.

The powerful are also divided into levels. Those who are really capable and well-connected are all in the Imperial College.

Like Ji Changyan, as the eldest grandson of the Marquis's Mansion, he was enrolled in the Imperial College. He was gentle and made many good friends. Although those friends had not yet entered the court, their families were either rich or noble.

The original owner was very envious of his elder brother's connections, and he wanted to emulate him. As a result, there was only one quota for the Imperial College in the family. If his elder brother went, he would not be able to go.

If the old marquis or Master Ji thought of ways to get him in, it's not that they couldn't find a way to get him in, but Master Ji had a lot of illegitimate sons, and even if he was raised by Madam Ji, he was not so important that it was worth the two of them to bother paving the way for him.

So, the original owner felt a lot more unwilling in his heart.

He didn't want to associate with these "insignificant" classmates, and felt that they were not really connections. After all, no matter where they were, the ones who had a say were the eldest sons, and these students sent to the academy were not the eldest sons.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been without a place in the Imperial College.

Over time, he became the least popular one in the Imperial College.

Everyone was a precious young master at home, so who would be willing to go and get a cold shoulder.

Recalling the confused expressions of Wang Zizhi and the others just now, Ji Changze estimated that within three days, the fact that he didn't communicate with his classmates for some other reason would spread throughout the academy.

After all, these two people were famous gossip kings in the academy.

Sure enough, when Ji Changze came to the academy the next day, many students looked at him openly or secretly, and some even came over to greet him tentatively. After receiving his enthusiastic response, they first looked surprised, and then looked like they were telling the truth.

In the morning, at least a dozen students came to greet Ji Changze.

Ji Changze was very close to them, as if his previous gloomy and unsociable appearance was just an illusion.

The most outrageous thing was that after the test, Ji Changze was actually at the top of the list.

You know, he was barely in the middle before.

These classmates were also very proud. No one directly said that they suspected Ji Changze of cheating, but they tentatively approached to ask about the content of the test. As a result, Ji Changze not only answered fluently, but also caught him and talked about the meaning of the scriptures for a long time.

The poor student was dizzy and felt terrible when he came back. He took a long time to say, "He definitely didn't cheat. What he just told me was much harder than the previous exams."

"That's strange. Hasn't he always been a bad student?"

"That's not a big deal. Didn't he top the list before? He just suddenly fell down. The main thing is to figure out why he changed so much. He smiled at me before, and I almost thought I was still asleep."

"What happened? I heard that he was threatened and not allowed to go with us, so He just avoided us before."

"Under the emperor's feet, who is so arrogant that he dares to control the students of our academy."

Wang Zizhi squeezed into the middle of the students who were discussing, and saw that no one was paying attention to them (in fact, they were all eavesdropping secretly), lowered his voice, and said to them with an attitude of "I have a big gossip":

"I heard from the father-in-law and grandson of the nephew of my third aunt's mother-in-law that every time Ji Changze did well in the exam, his father would find an excuse to scold him. Over time, Ji Changze gradually [became bad]. "

As soon as these words came out, the whole audience was in an uproar.

The young men who were pretending to eavesdrop stopped pretending and came forward one after another: "Is this true? Why would his father do this? If Ji Changze is successful, it will be a great honor for him."

"Maybe it's for the legitimate son? If the illegitimate son is better than the legitimate son, it's not justifiable."

Wang Zizi had a "you are all too out of date" expression on his face: "It's not for the legitimate son, I heard that the legitimate eldest grandson of the Marquis's Mansion is also like this, and he is often scolded."

"Zizi, where did you get this information? Is it reliable? Why does this sound so mysterious to me?"

Wang Zizhi curled her lips: "You still don't believe me? That was the words of the servants serving in the inner courtyard of the Marquis' Mansion. If it weren't for my wide connections, I wouldn't have been able to find out after all these twists and turns."

"And before, Ji Changze said in person that his father didn't let him take the car. If he really loved his son, why wouldn't he let him take the car in such weather?"

Everyone looked dazed.

When they went back, they looked at Ji Changze who was reading seriously, and they were surprised and doubtful.

Could it be that they really misunderstood Ji Changze?

Ji Changze was not arrogant and poorly educated, but he had to do this because of filial piety?

But... why?

Ji Changze listened quietly, pretending not to feel that a group of people around him were peeking at him, and he was conscientiously doing his best as a student and copying notes.

When they went back, the students who did well in the exam took their test scores and planned to go back to take credit, while those who did not do well in the exam secretly hid and tried to pretend that this incident had never happened.

Zhou Raoling was hiding happily with his head buried, and suddenly found out from the corner of his eye that Ji Changze was hiding as well.

He was the top of the list!

"Ji Changze, aren't you going to take these back to show your family?"

After saying that, the young boy next to him panicked for a moment, and smiled awkwardly: "No need, if I take them back, people will think I'm showing off."

How could that be?

Everyone knows that Ji Changze's eldest brother was a famous talent when he was in the Imperial College, and all the illegitimate brothers who were admitted to the school had very good grades, so how could people think he was showing off.

Zhou Raoling asked his question.

The smile on Ji Changze's face became more and more forced. He lowered his head as if he was very disappointed and whispered: "My father... was not very knowledgeable when he entered school. If he saw it, he would feel bad."

Zhou Raoling: "..."

Ji Changze looked around and whispered to the big mouth Zhou Raoling: "Don't tell others about this. My father is the most face-saving."

Zhou Raoling: "..."

He squeezed out a voice from his throat with difficulty: "So before... it was also your father who didn't let you associate with us?"

Ji Changze sighed: "When my father entered school... his relationship with his classmates was not very good."

"I was relieved when my grandfather knew about this a while ago, but I still can't be too high-profile."

Zhou Raoling: "..."

No wonder.

No wonder.

A father teaches his son, can the son refute it?

All unreasonable things are reasonable with such a father.

Seeing Zhou Raoling's expression changing, Ji Changze whispered: "Anyway, don't tell anyone. After all, he is my father, and I can't say anything about him."

Zhou Raoling immediately looked up, and his eyes looking at Ji Changze contained infinite sympathy and hesitation.

He patted the poor classmate who was actually jealous of his own father on the shoulder, and his face was full of sympathy: "Don't worry, I promise to keep it a secret. This is a secret between the two of us."

Seeing Ji Changze smiling gratefully at him, he sympathized with this classmate even more.

Why didn't I find Ji Changze so pitiful before.

"Brother, if you have anything to say, just tell me."

Ji Changze nodded and reminded again: "Don't tell anyone, I don't want them to sympathize with me."

"Don't worry." Zhou Raoling patted his mouth: "I will never tell anyone about our little secret."

Ji Changze, who carefully selected a big mouth, walked away humming a song in a good mood.

At this moment, Zhou Raoling really wanted to keep the secret for this poor classmate.

But after holding it in for about an incense stick, he couldn't help it.

"Zizhi, I'm going to tell you something, you mustn't tell anyone else."

Zhou Raoling smacked his lips.

Zizhi's last name is Wang, not a surname, and he doesn't call people.

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