7

"Oh," Pei Ye learned from Fang Jidao and knelt to sit by his side.

Zhu Wen asked him several questions, indicating that he could flip through the books to find answers. Pei Ye stumbled through his responses, but Zhu Wen offered neither praise nor criticism on his face. Once he had finished answering, Zhu Wen went over the parts he had read with him in detail from beginning to end and finally asked, "Is there anything you still don't understand?"

Pei Ye patiently listened, but eventually, he couldn't help himself, "Mr. Zhu, may I know at what phase is the Two Heavens Theory now?"

Zhu Wen looked at him, furrowing his brows for the first time, "One should concentrate on their studies. What does the Two Heavens Theory have to do with 'Rites'?"

"..."

However, it seemed that the Scholar indeed never got angry and said seriously, "Is there anything you do not comprehend in the book 'Rites'?"

"It's all clear."