Upon learning that Li Huaigu was also going to visit Mr. Yue Ming, Chen Yi put away his oil-paper umbrella, climbed into the carriage, and headed for Guiyun Academy with him.
Li Huaigu sized him up, then asked with a smile, "Brother Qingzhou, have you made up your mind already?"
Chen Yi nodded, putting on a helpless expression. "It would not do to wait until my teacher wrote me a letter to lecture me before going."
He still remembered how Mr. Yue Ming had written to Master Juyi, who was far away in Jinling, asking him to persuade Chen Yi to go to Guiyun Academy.
Bringing it out now as a shield was just right.
"Of course, Brother Fang Gui's advice yesterday also made me ashamed of myself."
Seeing his teasing tone, Li Huaigu could not help shaking his head. "Brother Qingzhou's way of thinking truly differs from everyone else's."
In his view, if any scholar received an invitation from their teacher, there was no way they would refuse it.
They would be more likely to agree on the spot.
Yet Chen Yi had not only failed to accept the invitation, but had repeatedly put it off. Everything he thought and did was entirely different from ordinary people.
Li Huaigu could not make sense of it and could only guess that it was "simply his nature."
Chen Yi glanced at him and did not continue that topic, instead asking:
"Why did Brother Fang Gui suddenly think to visit Mr. Yue Ming? Yesterday, you said the Provincial Administration was swamped with official duties."
Li Huaigu revealed a bitter smile. "Something happened in the Administration..."
Then, as if recalling something, he asked, "Brother Qingzhou, have you heard any rumors recently?"
This matter would surely reach Marquis Dingyuan's Estate today. Even if he