The First National Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 96

Xu Tian clapped his hands with the book, still chuckling lightly, "So how can you say you've studied all of this? I don't quite believe it."

“I really have learned all of that!” Li Zhuozhi suddenly stood up and looked at him seriously. “You can ask me anything else!”

“Alright, let me ask you again, how did Liu Xiu of the Eastern Han Dynasty defeat Wang Mang?” Xu Tian asked again.

Li Zhuozhi blushed even more, lowered his head slightly, and replied, "I haven't learned this part!"

"Then you should sit down and listen to me properly." Xu Tian patted his head.

When Li Zhuozhi saw that he dared to pat his head, he was furious and instinctively shouted, "You little teacher, how dare you hit my head?!"

"how?"

"I am a prince!"

When Li Zhuozhi said this, the entire school was in an uproar, and Xu Tian was even more incredulous.

"Are you a prince?" he asked.

"Yes, I am a prince!"

At this moment, Xu Tian assumed that the other person didn't want to listen to his lecture properly, and he felt a little angry, his brows furrowing slightly.

"If you can't answer or don't want to listen to my lesson, fine, but you didn't have to lie to me and say you're a prince. In that case, you can go stand behind the blood sugar counter. Anyway, you don't want to listen to my lesson, do you?" Xu Tian said, somewhat angrily.

"You...you actually made me stand as punishment?!" Li Zhuozhi was furious.

Xu Tian ignored him and continued lecturing.

Li Zhuozhi was furious at this moment. His eyes were almost red with tears because of Xu Tian's treatment of him.

No one knew that the guards who were secretly watching, upon seeing their prince being punished by the tutor, immediately returned to the palace and entered Li Er's imperial garden.

Li Er looked up at him and asked, "Is there something you need, Your Highness?"

"Your Majesty, the teacher actually ordered the prince to stand as punishment in the school."

"Punishment by standing?" Li Er, who was reading memorials, put them down upon hearing this. "You mean the prince was really made to stand as punishment? What was the prince's attitude?"

"The prince... is somewhat unwilling."

The next second, the guard heard a burst of laughter coming from in front of him.

He was momentarily stunned.

"Hahaha..." Li Er continued laughing, "In front of?"

"Really." The guard, unsure of Li Er's thoughts, nodded nonetheless.

"That's good! In the past, he relied on his status as a prince and didn't care about his studies at all. Now that's good, it's good that he can study properly!"

The guard's voice became hoarse.

At this moment, the eunuch outside the door hurried in and said to Li Er, "Your Majesty, Lord Fang has arrived."

"Send it quickly!" Li Er said.

He had barely finished speaking when Fang Xuanling, who had heard him clearly from a distance, walked over on his own.

Xu Yuan overheard Li Er's conversation with the guards, so he immediately bowed and asked, "Your Majesty, is Xu Tian really punishing the prince by making him stand?"

“Yes.” Li Er nodded.

Fang Xuanling hesitated, but seeing how happy Li Er was, he ultimately said nothing.

But... this Xu Tian is far too much above imperial power.

The Tang Dynasty valued propriety and law; how could such reckless behavior be tolerated?