This made Li Shimin anxious, and he wanted to trade one for one with me.

Zhang Anan had been observing Li Shimin's expression. Seeing that his face had turned ashen, he asked in confusion, "Your Majesty, why does your face look so pale?"

Li Shimin clenched his fists, both shocked and furious, and said, "I've been tricked by Cheng Jun again..."

He called Cheng Jun over to vent his anger for Li Tai, and at the same time, to order them not to make things difficult for Li Tai.

Now, whether the Prince of Wei performs well or not depends on whether he can defeat the Crown Prince. Isn't this just giving them a reason to severely discipline Li Tai?

Li Shimin muttered to himself, "Oh no, oh no, I wanted to avenge Qingque, but now I've become the one causing her trouble. What am I going to do..."

The thought of Li Tai's tearful face under those seven teachers filled Li Shimin with heartache and remorse. "I was careless! Cheng Jun changed the subject with just a few words..."

Seeing Li Shimin's face turn from pale to purple, Zhang Anan immediately said, "Your Majesty, Imperial Censor Cheng hasn't gone far. Should I call him back?"

Li Shimin glared at him and said, "Why did you call him back? To make me get scolded? You know how awful his words can be!"

Zhang Anan was also conflicted. "Your Majesty, what should we do now?"

Li Shimin stood up and paced back and forth in the hall, pondering how to deal with the situation. Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind, and he stopped in his tracks, turning his head and saying, "Ananda, go to the Lizheng Hall and tell Guanyinbi to keep an eye on things. With her there, Qingque won't suffer any losses."

Your Majesty has decided to use Zhong Kui to fight the ghost… Zhang Anan’s eyes lit up, and he bowed admiringly, saying:

"The slaves obey the order."

…………

The Living Quarters of the King of Wei.

When Cheng Jun returned, he found that Kong Yingda and the others were already sitting in the hall, and the King of Wei had also returned.

Li Tai sat in the head seat in the middle of the hall. When he saw Cheng Jun walking towards him, a sly glint flashed in his eyes. He must have been severely scolded by his father...

Kong Yingda, Wei Zheng, Li Gang, Quan Wanji, Changsun Wuji, and Du Ruhui also saw Cheng Jun. Kong Yingda was the first to stand up and ask, "How is he?"

His implication was that he was asking if His Majesty had made things difficult for him.

Cheng Jun shook his hand in response, then glanced at everyone sitting in the hall, found a cushion, sat down upright, and then, under everyone's gaze, said in a deep voice:

"There is something I would like to ask you all."

Everyone sat up straight.

Li Tai looked at him, wondering what he was up to.

Cheng Jun looked at Kong Yingda and asked, "Chancellor Kong, as a descendant of the most revered teacher Confucius, you bear the responsibility for the rise and fall of Confucianism. When you see someone disrespecting their teacher, is it wrong for you to ask them to correct their ways?"

Kong Yingda replied decisively, "No!"

Cheng Jun removed the xiezhi crown from his head, slammed it heavily on the table, and shouted:

"However, there is such a powerful student, quite remarkable indeed, who actually managed to run to His Majesty and impeach us while we were teaching him!"

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes narrowed, and they all looked at King Wei.

A look of panic immediately crossed King Wei's round face. So, he was going to scold me...

Cheng Jun said in a deep voice:

“We just said that this student didn’t know how to respect teachers, and the student immediately went to complain about his teachers, and even argued that he knew what respecting teachers meant and didn’t need us to teach him.”

"Is there really such a respectful attitude towards teachers?"

Cheng Jun said indignantly.

The crowd immediately glared angrily at King Wei.

The King of Wei panicked, stammering, "I didn't..."

boom!

"You're still trying to deny it!"

Cheng Jun slammed his hand on the table and said sternly:

“King Wei, if you hadn’t impeached us, why did His Majesty summon me to the Ganlu Hall to berate me and your teachers?”

"If you hadn't reported us, how would His Majesty have known about what happened here?"

The King of Wei opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a complete sentence, "I, I..."

Cheng Jun continued to berate him: "Don't you feel ashamed? Don't you feel embarrassed? Ask yourself honestly, have you done right by us teachers who care about you?"

After speaking, Cheng Jun looked at the others and said, "Gentlemen, I just came back from His Majesty's place. His Majesty said that he doesn't care how we teach the Prince of Wei; he only cares about the results."

"Twenty days from now, His Majesty will review the results of our teaching. If the Prince of Wei performs well, we will be forgiven; if he performs poorly, we will be held accountable!"

Li Gang asked, "What would be considered a good performance by the King of Wei?"

Cheng Jun said, "I have already found out about this. His Majesty said that if the Prince of Wei surpasses the Crown Prince, then he has performed well."

Upon hearing this, everyone frowned.

They looked at Cheng Jun, and seeing his calm expression, they stopped asking questions.

Cheng Jun is not one to suffer losses; since he agreed, he must have a way to deal with it.

Cheng Jun continued, "So, everyone, we need to think carefully about how to make the Prince of Wei outperform the Crown Prince in the next twenty days."

After a moment of thought, Quan Wanji asked first, "How about having him copy the book?"

Cheng Jun gave him an approving look and said, "This is a good suggestion. As the saying goes, 'Read ten thousand books and your writing will flow like a god's.' The more books the Prince of Wei copies, the more he will be able to surpass the Crown Prince."

"Copy more books..." Everyone's eyes flashed, and they understood his implication. Kong Yingda said, "I am a Confucian orthodox scholar, so I will arrange which books the Prince of Wei should copy."

Li Gang slowly said, "In order to make sure that the King of Wei remembers it more deeply, I think it would be good to copy it several times."

Du Ruhui nodded and said, "I think it would be best if someone was around to keep an eye on him."

Wei Zheng said, "King Wei is young and strong, and can endure it. I think he can write from dawn to dusk without any problem."

Changsun Wuji remained silent, which clearly indicated his stance at this moment.

King Wei felt a wave of dizziness wash over him. With them around, he feared he would be unable to do anything or go anywhere in the future.

He wanted to retort, but seeing the seven people in front of him talking amongst themselves, he couldn't get a word in edgewise and had to shut up. He realized that even if he spoke, it would be useless; these seven people were now ganging up on him and naturally wouldn't listen to him.

To unite everyone in hatred against a common enemy, we need to create a common foe… Cheng Jun thought to himself as he looked at the silent King Wei.

At this moment, Li Gang's voice rang out: "According to the rules, each of us will teach the King of Wei for one day."

Who's coming first today?

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Cheng Jun.

Without hesitation, Cheng Jun said, "I'll go first on the first day."

Wei Zheng said, "Then I will come tomorrow."

Quan Wanji chimed in, "It'll be my turn the day after tomorrow."

Li Gang nodded and said, "I will take over the reins the day after tomorrow."

Du Ruhui said, "It's my fifth day."

Kong Yingda nodded and said, "It's my sixth day."

Changsun Wuji concluded by saying, "I'll take the seventh day. We'll take turns every seven days."

Looking at their now resolute demeanor, Cheng Jun pondered, "Simple alliances are the easiest to break down one by one. I need to add fuel to the fire..."

Thinking of this, he said, "It's hard to distinguish between the first day, the second day, and the third day like this. I think we can do it this way."

Cheng Jun said seriously:

"We can call the first day, the second day, all the way up to the seventh day Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday."