Ming Dynasty: I risked my life to teach the prince, the emperor begged me not to die

Chapter 264 Join in the fun

Yang Yuzhen never expected that his 'godfather', who was so busy, would actually have the time to go out for an outing.

He quickly stood up to greet Chen Ce, and said with a smile: "Boss, you are here to cultivate your sentiments as well?"

Several Confucian scholars on Su Hanmei's side looked at the scene in a daze. The Confucian scholar just now was even more stunned, and his mouth was unable to close.

It turns out that he had been bragging for a long time in front of that kid just now, saying that he knew the third manager of Shuntian Newspaper and that he introduced his connections to Su Hanmei, etc., in order to highlight how wide his network is, just to make Su Hanmei look at him with new eyes.

What happened? The connections he was so proud of turned out to be someone else's lackeys?
This... is embarrassing.

Of course, Su Hanmei and the others had no time to care about the embarrassed Confucian scholar. They all looked incredulous. No one had expected that the mysterious behind-the-scenes manager of Shuntian Newspapers in their hearts was actually alive in front of them.

Chen Ce said to Yang Yuzhen, "Okay, you go ahead. Xiao Zhu and I will go somewhere else so as not to disturb you from cultivating your sentiments."

Yang Yuzhen said, "Okay."

Chen Ce nodded slightly to Su Hanmei, then smiled and nodded to the group of Confucian scholars as a greeting to them.

For a moment, this group of people were flattered.

When Yang Yuzhen came back, he saw a group of people who were as dumbfounded as fossils. He couldn't help but touch his chin curiously and asked, "What's wrong with you guys?"

Are you impressed by my godfather’s handsomeness?

Indeed, he is handsome enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with me, but he shouldn’t be so handsome as to make you feel the same way, right?
It was only at this time that Su Hanmei and the others reacted. They were at a loss as to what to do and smiled back at Chen Ce, feeling quite flattered.

Before this, they had all privately speculated about the owner behind Shuntian Press, but no one expected that the person would be so young, low-key, and so cultured!

Even though the scholar just now intended to offend others, they didn't mind and even nodded and smiled to greet them.

Comparing the two, Chen Ce's vision is truly admirable!
"Yang, Brother Yang, is he the owner of your newspaper business?"

Yang Yuzhen chuckled and said, "Yeah, you're young, right?"

"You won't see him today. Our boss always goes in and out of the palace, and the people he meets are all high-ranking officials like the ministers and officials."

Yang Yuzhen was just bragging a little to show off how awesome Chen Ce was.

Of course, it’s not really bragging because what he said is all true.

Hearing this, everyone was even more respectful, except for the Confucian scholar who had been pretending to be cool. He was now a little worried, fearing that his little tricks would be seen through by Chen Ce, and he would be retaliated against.

If someone wants to take revenge on me, isn't it as easy as crushing an ant?

He thought too much, because Chen Ce never cared about him at all, and the two of them were never on the same level.

Their world is full of romance and love, but Chen Ce's heart is filled with the entire Ming Dynasty.

Even though Chen Ce envied them and wanted to be like them, carefree and talk about love with a group of women, and recite poems with a group of friends, he couldn't do it. He didn't have so much free time...

……

Lun Wenxu was born into a poor family. He was a child prodigy since childhood and was very famous in Guangzhou.

After passing the imperial examination and becoming the top scholar, he was appointed as an editor in the Hanlin Academy, and his future was limitless.

Liang Chu, a scholar from the Hanlin Academy, personally introduced Lun Wenxu to Ning Zhijun, and today Lun Wenxu and Ning Zhijun made an appointment to go out for an outing.

Ning Zhijun was unwilling, but could not resist Ning Cheng's persuasion, so he had no choice but to go through the motions with last year's top scholar.

On the grass outside Peking, Lun Wenxu was walking and chatting with Ning Zhijun. Lun Wenxu was indeed talented. He could follow up every word Ning Zhijun said and even quote from classics.

Lun Wenxu feels that Ning Zhijun is his ideal partner. She is dignified, intellectual, gentle, beautiful, and most importantly, quite talented.

"Zhijun." Su Hanmei spotted Ning Zhijun and Lun Wenxu not far away.

When Ning Zhijun saw Su Hanmei and her group, he looked a little flustered, as if he had been caught having an affair. He went up to them and said hello, "Hanmei, you're here too... um, what a coincidence."

Su Hanmei looked at Lun Wenxu who was standing next to Ning Zhijun. He had a rather ordinary appearance, dark skin, and a square face. He looked like a typical old farmer.

Su Hanmei asked curiously: "Zhijun, who is this young master?"

Ning Zhijun said, "He was the top scholar last year and is currently the editor of the Hanlin Academy. His name is Lun Wenxu, and his courtesy name is Bochou."

When they heard Lun Wenxu's name, Su Hanmei and her group were much more shocked than when they saw Chen Ce just now.

Chen Ce was at most the boss of Shuntian Press, but Lun Wenxu was the real number one scholar and a genuine Hanlin scholar!

Everyone hurried forward to greet him respectfully, except Yang Yuzhen...

What? Is it necessary for you to be rude at first and respectful later?

It was only last year that Brother Tang was delayed because of cheating, otherwise the top prize would definitely be Brother Tang. And who is Brother Tang? He is the traitor that my adoptive father expelled from the sect!

Isn't it just a number one scholar? Is it worth it for you to do this?

Lun Wenxu bowed and said, "Please don't be polite, everyone. Are you all Miss Ning's friends?"

Su Hanmei nodded and said, "Yeah."

Lun Wenxu smiled and said, "Since we've met, why not go on an outing together and have some fun together."

Everyone was eager for this. Who wouldn't want to know such a connection? They were not like Ning Zhijun who had a good father. Except for Su Hanmei's father who was an official in Shuntian Prefecture, most of them were ordinary people.

However, Ning Cheng was only the Tongpan of Shuntian Prefecture at the beginning. Now that he has been promoted to the Ministry of Rites, Su Hanmei feels that he is inferior to Ning Zhijun.

This group of Confucian scholars had a very pleasant conversation with Lun Wenxu, exchanging their experiences in the imperial examinations and discussing the contents of policy essays.

Su Hanmei and Ning Zhijun could not participate.

"Zhijun, what are you doing?"

Ning Zhijun glanced at Lun Wenxu, and the meaning was very clear: why did you come out alone with someone?
Ning Zhijun said helplessly: "My father asked me to meet him. He should be the matchmaker."

"I see. You two are a good match. Lord Lun is the top scholar. Don't you like talented people the most?"

"I remember you said before that your future husband would be a man of letters and would bring peace to the country."

Ning Zhijun smiled bitterly and did not refute. He did say these words, but now they don’t seem so important.

Su Hanmei smiled and said, "Many people may not be able to marry the top scholar even if they try to marry someone of high status. You two are a perfect match. In the future, Master Lun's achievements will definitely surpass your father's."

"By the way, we just met Master Chen. Do you remember him? He drew a sketch in the Plum Garden."

Ning Zhijun was slightly stunned. She was most worried about meeting Chen Ce outside and was afraid that Chen Ce would misunderstand her, but what she feared came true.

Not far away, Chen Ce and Zhu Houzhao were about to leave. Su Hanmei called Chen Ce and said, "Mr. Chen."

Chen Ce looked at Su Hanmei from afar, then saw Ning Zhijun standing next to Su Hanmei. He smiled and nodded in greeting, and then planned to take Zhu Houzhao away.

Yang Yuzhen ran over and said to Chen Ce, "Boss, go over and watch the fun."

Chen Ce: “No.”

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up, and he said to Chen Ce, "Little brother, let's go and take a look. It won't take long."

(End of this chapter)