The disgraced official I took care of was actually Zhu Houcong's childhood friend.

However, Tang Bohu's personality was absolutely unsuitable for being an official.

Too wild and unrestrained.

After Tang Bohu achieved first place in the provincial examination, he became increasingly unrestrained and frequented brothels.

Therefore, his friends Zhu Zhishan and Wen Zhengming kindly advised him to restrain his temper and not continue down this path.

The two wrote letters to advise Tang Bohu, but Tang Bohu was always like that—frank, unrestrained, and wild.

He even wrote back to Wen Zhengming, saying that he had always been like this, and Wen Zhengming knew that. If he didn't like him, then he shouldn't be friends with him.

Because of this incident, Tang Bohu almost broke off relations with Wen Zhengming. It was only because Wen Zhengming had a good temperament that most people couldn't stand Tang Bohu at that time.

These stories circulated widely among the people. Many admired Tang Bohu's calligraphy, paintings, and poems, but were somewhat dismissive of his youthful arrogance.

Especially in officialdom, people like Tang Bohu are the least tolerated.

Chu Li really liked the poem written by Zhou Chu. Ever since the poem circulated a few days ago, she couldn't wait to read it twice every now and then.

But fearing that his father might misunderstand Zhou Chu, he couldn't help but speak up to explain.

"What? Why are you so protective of Zhou Hengqi?"

Chu Heng looked at his daughter with a slightly teasing expression.

Upon hearing this, Chu Li blushed instantly and remained speechless for a long time.

"Of course I know what kind of person he is. Otherwise, do you think I don't know what you're thinking? If I didn't know what kind of person he is, would I allow you to associate with him?"

After saying this, Chu Heng sighed.

"Originally, I was hoping to wait until Hengqi grew a bit more this week and see if I could bring him into my Chu family as a son-in-law. I don't know if I'll live to see that day."

Chu Li was startled when she heard this.

Hearing the first half of the sentence should have brought joy, but upon hearing the second half, Chu Li's heart sank.

Seeing her father's worried expression these past few days, Chu Li had a very bad feeling.

"Father, has something happened to you lately?"

In the end, Chu Li couldn't help but ask.

"What could possibly happen? Even if something does happen, it's not something you should be concerned about."

Chu Heng looked at his daughter with some doting affection.

"Be nicer to your brother in the future."

Chu Heng subconsciously gave the instructions.

In fact, Chu Li and her younger brother have always had a very good relationship.

But Chu Heng didn't know when something might happen to him, so he thought he should take advantage of the moment to entrust everything he could to others.

Hearing this, Chu Li felt even more heavy-hearted.

It's not just the Chu family.

Zhou Chu's poem has been widely circulated in the capital these past few days.

The story of Zhou Chu, Tang Bohu, and Wang Yangming getting drunk under the moon has become a beautiful tale.

The wine at Zuixianlou was renamed Chenwang Niang.

Prince Chen was Cao Zhi, who was also an idol of Li Bai and Xie Lingyun.

They are role models for scholars, writers, and those who enjoy drinking.

This made the already incredibly popular Zuixianlou even more popular.

The cakes from Zuixianlou became a delicacy that even high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital could not obtain.

Countless high-ranking officials and nobles wanted to have a meal at Zuixianlou, but could not.

However, Zhou Chu did not dare to offend those in high positions of power. Any official of the third rank or above would be directly assigned a private room without having to wait in line.

We always keep one or two private rooms available for emergencies.

As for those below the third rank, with Han Jie, the Vice Minister of Revenue, keeping order, no one dared to cause trouble.

Fortunately, there are only a limited number of officials of the third rank or above in the capital, and they can't all eat at Zuixianlou, so the business can still function smoothly.

At this moment, Zhou Chu was at home discussing military strategy with Mu Yunjin.

It mainly discusses the contents of Qi Jiguang's Military Training Records and the New Book of Military Efficiency.

Zhou Chu had previously published papers on these two military treatises; while he wouldn't say he knew them by heart, he was extremely familiar with them.

In terms of warfare, up to the end of the Qing Dynasty, Qi Jiguang was the most accomplished general.

Many people in later generations only know about Qi Jiguang's resistance against Japanese pirates, but they don't know about his northern expedition against the Mongols.