Daqin: I was overheard by Zulong

Chapter 250 Rejection
"Zhang Cang, you are really giving me face. Why are you bringing so many people to the gate of the Prince's Mansion to play monkeys this early in the morning?"

Zhao Yi walked out of the mansion, and looked at Zhang Cang fiercely. He was holding back his anger at the moment, and he didn't care to hide anything. His whole body was full of evil spirits, and his eyes dropped all over the place.

"Hey, Prince, this is... very imposing, it looks like His Majesty!"

"I'm just kidding. It's His Majesty's fault. How could his momentum be weak? But in this case, Zhang Cang will be in trouble."

"It's all Qiang Yu's fault and Yang Duanhe's trouble. If this messes up Zhang Cang's apprenticeship, Zhang Cang will definitely hate those two fools!"

"It shouldn't be the case. Zhang Cang is also a close minister of the prince, and he is also in a high position of power now. If the prince wants to win people's hearts, now is the best opportunity!"

"That's hard to say. Looking at the current appearance of the prince, it is completely carved out of the same mold as before His Majesty was about to get angry!"

In the crowd, Ying Zheng stared at Zhao Yi with great interest when he heard everyone's discussion, and couldn't help laughing when he realized that this was really the case.

And Zhang Cang, who has been with Zhao Yi for a long time, saw the prince's expression, and his tone obviously didn't sound right, so he hurried forward to explain, "His Royal Highness, I didn't mean that, and these people were not called by me. Misunderstanding!"

"I admire the prince's amazing calculation ability and come here specifically to worship the prince as my teacher. Please accept Zhang Cang as your disciple!"

As Zhang Cang said, he pushed a cart of gifts beside him to Zhao Yi, and then he was about to bow down to Zhao Yi.

"Zhao Tuo, Shaoqin, I'm being supported by Gu!" Zhao Yi waved his hand, and Zhao Tuo and Cao Shaoqin came out together, and immediately supported Zhang Cang who was about to kneel down to Zhao Yi.

"Zhang Cang, Gu Ke didn't agree to accept you as his apprentice, why did you rush to kneel down? Are there any rules?"

Hearing Zhao Yi's unkind tone, Zhang Cang was a little confused and blurted out: "Your Highness, do you mean that you don't want to accept me as your disciple?"

The courtiers who watched the excitement around were also shocked when they saw this. What is Zhang Cang's status? He is the grandson of the former prime minister Zhang Yi, a direct disciple of Xunzi, a powerful Confucian, and his status is higher than that of Kong Jia.

Moreover, he is still one of the most influential figures in the contemporary era. With such a status, it is already considered a great honor to have Zhao Yi as his disciple, and it will definitely be of great help to Zhao Yi's reputation.

But to Zhao Yi, these are nothing but bullshit, "Master Zhang, when did Gu say that he wanted to accept a disciple? Besides, you said that you wanted to take Gu as your teacher, but Gu still has to agree to you? How can there be such a thing in the world? reason?"

Hum... Zhao Yi replied like this, and Zhang Cang's blood immediately rushed to his head. Fortunately, Zhao Tuo and Cao Shaoqin were supporting him, otherwise he would have fallen to the ground at this moment.

The surrounding courtiers, including Ying Zheng, were dumbfounded. No one expected that Zhao Yi actually rejected Zhang Cang.

"No way, the crown prince really rejected Zhang Cang, my God, this is too exciting, there must be something good to watch next!"

"Hahaha...that is, if you want to become a disciple, does the prince have to accept it? But this is really a slap in the face!"

"I really didn't expect that Zhang Cang's apprenticeship failed, and the crown prince refused to accept him. If it spreads out, I'm afraid it will be a big joke!"

Ying Zheng also smiled in the crowd, "He is my son after all, which is interesting. Today's trip to the palace is not in vain!"

Zhang Cang was going crazy at the moment, he managed to calm down, and cupped his hands towards Zhao Yi and said, "His Royal Highness, can I ask you why you don't want to accept me?"

Zhao Yi raised his eyebrows, "What I just said is very clear. I have never said who I want to accept as a disciple, nor do I want to accept anyone as a disciple. Is it possible that you still want to force Gu to accept you as a disciple?"

Zhao Yi simply retorted, no matter what Zhang Cang thought, Zhao Yi would not wrong him for anyone, and he did not want to cause trouble for himself by dragging his feet.

In front of so many people, Zhang Cang was directly rejected by His Highness the Crown Prince to become a disciple. This was really a slap in the face, which made Zhang Cang so ashamed that he wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl in.

Of course, Zhang Cang also understood that Zhao Yi had no other intentions, but simply didn't want to accept disciples.

Zhang Cang also knew that Zhao Tuo wanted to worship him as a teacher before, and Cui Wenzi and others wanted to worship the prince as a teacher, but they were all rejected by Zhao Yi. Unexpectedly, it was rejected.

Seeing that the situation was at a stalemate, Ying Zheng was worried that something might happen, so he walked forward slowly, "Okay, I think Mr. Zhang Cang is a great Confucianist in the world, an outstanding scholar, the prince How can you be qualified to be his teacher, just let it go now!"

Zhao Yi was relieved to see that Ying Zheng finally came forward, and Zhang Cang was also sensible. Seeing that there were steps, he simply went down the donkey to avoid causing trouble to everyone in the back.

At this time, Zhao Yi saw Ying Zheng winking at him, knowing that he wanted to save face, so he had no choice but to agree.

"This, this, Mr. Zhang, you and I are both teachers and friends. There are some difficult problems that we can sit together and discuss with each other. There is no need to get really divided over some trivial matters."

Zhao Yi's words gave Zhang Cang a lot of face. Zhang Cang quickly caught the words and said, "In this case, I would like to thank the prince. This car is a gift from a friend. Please accept it, your highness."

"Then respect is worse than obedience, Shaoqin, arrange someone to take it in!" Zhao Yi simply accepted the gift directly.

Seeing Cao Shaoqin move his gifts into the prince's house, he was relieved. Although he failed to become a disciple, he still didn't lose face after all.

Then Zhang Cang said his farewell, and the farce of apprenticeship finally came to an end, everyone left one after another, and the Prince's Mansion finally returned to tranquility.

Cui Wenzi's pharmacy, Xu Fu and Gongsun Zhui laughed and walked in from the outside.

"What good thing happened to you guys? Telling it makes me happy!" Cui Wenzi saw that the two were smiling happily, and couldn't help asking while decocting the medicine.

"Old Cui, you don't know, that guy Zhang Cang lost face today, hahaha..."

"Yeah, I guess it won't be too long, and it will spread throughout Xianyang City. It's really interesting."

"Zhang Cang wanted to pay homage to the prince, but was rejected by the prince in public. If it weren't for His Majesty, I'm afraid it wouldn't be over!"

Hearing what Xu Fu and Gongsun Zhui said, a strange light flashed in Cui Wenzi's eyes, and after asking the ins and outs of the matter, he was unexpectedly relieved.

Cui Wenzi also wanted to worship Zhao Yi as his teacher, both openly and secretly, but Zhao Yi directly rejected them.

Now that he heard that Zhang Cang wanted to worship Zhao Yi as his teacher, but was also rejected, he couldn't help feeling gloating.

"Hey, by the way, Old Cui, I heard that before you, you also had the experience of wanting to worship the prince as a teacher. Tell us, did the prince agree to accept you as a disciple?"

But at this moment, Xu Fu's words made Cui Wenzi's expression change instantly.

(End of this chapter)