Volume 2 Chapter 7

With those words finished, Zhu Bafu's stool was intentionally kicked away by Wang Qi, and the books on her desk were deliberately snatched away by someone.

"Hey! Give me back my book." She reached out to take the book back, only to watch as her book was tossed around by the academy students across the entire main hall, refusing to return it to her.

"Since Lord Zhu already holds the emperor's favor, you have no use for such books of sages. It is better to give them to your fellow students for diligent study."

"That is right. Anyway, Academy Student Zhu does not need to be loyal to the country like us; you only need to act as a flatterer and serve your master well."

"No making a scene!" A reprimand from Master made the whole room fall quiet. "Old man, I am still right here and you are already turning the house upside down. After class, copy this poem 'Reading Books South of the City' a hundred times, attach your reading reflections, and submit them to me tomorrow!"

Master shook his head in disappointment and left after class. Yet, after she used all her strength to snatch her book back, she found that it had been torn completely to shreds in the back-and-forth tossing.

"Oh dear. The book is ruined. Now how is our Academy Student Zhu going to copy the homework left by Master?" Wang Qi shrugged, chuckling secretly as he looked at that thoroughly shredded book in Zhu Bafu's hands.

She gritted her teeth, ignoring him, and sat back down at her desk. Holding the paper down with the paperweight, she picked up her brush, dipped it in ink, and wrote gracefully and swiftly on the white paper in somewhat scribbled yet fluid handwriting—precisely the poem "Reading