Daqin: My weak and virtuous minister

Chapter 198 First Meeting with Hu Hai

"From now on, you will study with the teachers in the morning and go to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion in the afternoon."

Hearing this, Hu Hai raised his head and looked at his elder brother in surprise.

Eldest brother’s teacher?

"You go at 3 p.m. and come back in an hour. Don't disturb the teacher's rest too much. Do you understand?"

Hu Hai nodded hurriedly.

"Tell me, what should we do when we go to the Right Prime Minister's residence?"

???

Hu Hai carefully considered his words before speaking.

"When Hu Hai goes to the Right Prime Minister's residence, he must learn from him carefully and absolutely not cause any trouble."

There was a serious look on Nadudu's face, and he blinked his big eyes after he finished speaking.

I’m just afraid that it would look a bit funny with that dirty face.

Fusu nodded, "These are secondary."

"???"

Hu Hai didn't understand. Didn't his elder brother ask him to study?

"When you go to the Right Prime Minister's residence, you must not act naughty or cause trouble for him. You must accompany him well and make him happy."

"Do you understand?"

Hu Hai was stunned for a long time before finally understanding what his elder brother meant.

It turns out that my elder brother didn't ask me to study, but to entertain the Right Prime Minister and make him happy.

Isn’t this much easier than studying!

Hu Hai happily agreed and began to look forward to tomorrow.

Fusu prepared to leave when he saw that Hu Hai understood his meaning.

Before leaving, she did not forget to instruct the maids: "Clean up your young master and don't forget the time when you go to the Right Prime Minister's residence tomorrow."

Zhangtai Palace

"Why did you take so long to go to your teacher's place? What's the matter?"

Ying Zheng looked at Fusu who came in and arranged for Shi Yi to prepare dinner.

Fusu looked at the situation and it was obvious that his father was waiting for him.

"Father, Fusu just went to Hu Hai's place, so he came back a little late."

"Why did you go to see Hu Hai? But that kid got into trouble again?"

Fusu shook his head and said, "Father, I went to see my teacher today and found that he was the only one in the huge Prime Minister's Mansion. It was really lonely. Therefore, I thought of asking my younger brother Hu Hai to accompany him."

"I won't disturb the teacher's rest too much. I'll only be there for an hour every day."

"You arranged it well."

Ying Zheng nodded and said, "Tell Hu Hai not to mess around with your teacher."

Fusu nodded in agreement.

Shi Yi and his men set up the dinner. The father and son ate together, then went out for a walk before returning to continue handling government affairs.

The next day, Hu Hai arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion on time.

Looking at the magnificent mansion gate and the guards on both sides, Hu Hai took a deep breath and got off the carriage.

Entering the Prime Minister's Mansion, Gao Yi led Hu Hai all the way to the study.

"Hu Hai meets the Right Prime Minister."

"Sir, please stand up and sit here."

The gentle voice soothed the tension in Hu Hai's heart.

He raised his head curiously and looked carefully at Zhang Yuanqing who was sitting there.

The Right Prime Minister looks so thin. Did he not eat enough?

Perhaps infected by Zhang Yuanqing's easy-going aura, Hu Hai spoke directly from his heart.

When he heard Zhang Yuanqing's chuckle, he realized what he had just said.

He subconsciously raised his hand to cover his mouth, then put it down again.

"Right Prime Minister, Hu Hai didn't mean anything else. He just meant that the Right Prime Minister should eat more so that he can grow stronger."

He thought about how before he came here, not only his eldest brother had told him, but several of his younger brothers had also warned him not to act naughty, not to make the Right Prime Minister angry, and not to talk nonsense.

Hu Hai was so anxious that he was a little incoherent.

"Haha, okay, sit down quickly."

"Sir, there's no need to be so restrained. I'm not a tiger, so why would I scare you so much?"

Feeling the kindness of the Right Prime Minister, Hu Hai quietly raised his eyes and looked at the Right Prime Minister.

As expected, the brothers did not lie to Hu Hai. The Right Prime Minister was very kind and handsome.

"Sir, can Hu Hai call you that?"

"Naturally."

"The prince asked you to come to me to study every day, so I can be considered your teacher."

Hu Hai was even happier after getting permission.

Talk more casually.

"Sir, the brothers all say you know everything. Hu Hai, can I ask you a question?"

Facing the naive Hu Hai, Zhang Yuanqing also showed extreme patience and nodded immediately.

"Sir, birds can fly, so why can't humans fly?"

"The ball thrown by Hu Hai will fall to the ground again, so why don't the birds in the sky fall to the ground?"

"Also, why can the clouds in the sky fly so high? How come they don't fall down?"

"The sun, the moon, and the stars, why don't they fall down?"

The childish talk sounded absurd, and even Qingque and others couldn't help laughing secretly.

Zhang Yuanqing looked at Hu Hai in surprise.

Hu Hai thought the teacher was going to blame him for his wild thoughts, so he pouted and was about to lower his head when he heard the teacher's laughter and praise.

"Young Master is indeed smart."

"Sir, do you really think Hu Hai is intelligent?"

"Other teachers said Hu Hai talked nonsense all day and didn't know how to study."

Zhang Yuanqing shook his head. "The fact that you can think of these things at such a young age already proves that you are intelligent."

"You don't need to care about what those gentlemen said."

"They don't agree simply because they haven't thought about these issues."

It was the first time that Hu Hai's teacher affirmed his intelligence, and his eyes sparkled with joy.

"Then is it that the other gentlemen are not as smart as Hu Hai, so they haven't figured out these problems?"

Zhang Yuanqing chuckled, "When they were young, they probably weren't as smart as you."

Zhang Yuanqing slowly stood up and walked outside.

"Follow me, sir. I will answer your questions."

Hu Hai happily stood up and followed.

The two walked to the old tree where Zhang Yuanqing often rested.

Zhang Yuanqing quickly folded a paper airplane with the paper in his hand and threw it out.

"Whoa, what is this? It flew out."

Hu Hai ran over happily and picked up the paper plane that flew away for a distance.

"Cough cough cough,"

Seeing that Zhang Yuanqing started coughing again because of his previous action, Qingque nervously stepped forward and wanted to help Zhang Yuanqing sit down, but Zhang Yuanqing raised his hand to block him.

"I'm fine."

"Sir, please remember what I am going to say next."

Seeing that the teacher was so serious, Hu Hai took out the small notebook he had prepared.

He prepared this after asking several brothers.

The brothers have all said that everything the teacher said is very important and should be written down carefully.

Zhang Yuanqing looked at this familiar scene and smiled with curved eyebrows.

Under the old tree, an elder and a young person were talking and taking notes, in great harmony.

Seeing this, Qingque and others quietly retreated to a distance so as not to disturb them.

An hour later, Hu Hai reluctantly left the Prime Minister's Mansion after being reminded by Lu Yao.

As soon as he returned to the palace, he was called to Zhangtai Palace.

"Greetings, Father, elder brother."

"Well, are you well behaved when you go to the Prime Minister's Mansion today?"

Ying Zheng put down the pen in his hand and looked at Hu Hai below, as if he saw the young Fusu.

"Father, Hu Hai listened very well to you today and asked you many questions."