"Royal brother, he's going crazy! Let him go and get away from him!" After hesitating for a long time, Ye Jingshu finally mustered up her courage and reached out to pull Ye Jingchen away.

As she drew closer, the child in her arms, whose body had been gradually softening, stiffened again.

“Royal sister—” Ye Jingchen sighed helplessly, “Stay away from me for a bit, so as not to frighten Jinghe.”

"Your kindness is wasted! I am your own sister, and all you do is protect this little madwoman!" Ye Jingshu said angrily, flicking her sleeve and sitting back in her seat.

“Jinghe isn’t a little madman, he’s your brother too!” Ye Jingchen emphasized.

"He's not worthy! I am a noble legitimate princess. You are my only brother. No one else is good enough!" Ye Jingshu said disdainfully, her head held high.

Curing "princess syndrome" is a long and arduous task!

"Elder sister, if you think like this, Father will be heartbroken. If he's heartbroken, he might not agree to let you study at Wenhua Hall," Ye Jingchen had no choice but to threaten her.

"Hmph!" Ye Jingshu snorted coldly, crossed her arms and sat there, finally falling silent.

Hearing his brother firmly defend him in front of Ye Jingshu, Ye Jinghe felt a sweet warmth in his heart, and all his anger vanished.

He snuggled against his brother with great affection. His brother hadn't disappointed him. That was wonderful!

Noticing Ye Jinghe's subtle movements, Ye Jingchen knew that he had probably calmed down.

He could roughly guess why Ye Jinghe had gone mad. This child was far more intelligent than ordinary children and was particularly sensitive to people's emotions. Ye Jingshu's arrival made him feel uneasy, and Ye Jingshu's hostility towards him was so obvious that he instinctively revealed his sharpest side to resist.

Ye Jinghe became the way he is now because he suffered too much in Changchun Palace. He was a small child who was bullied and no one loved or protected him. He could only protect himself in this extreme way.

"Jinghe, if anyone makes you unhappy in the future, tell your brother, okay? Your brother will protect you!" Ye Jingchen patted Ye Jinghe's little head and solemnly promised.

Ye Jinghe reluctantly pushed Ye Jingchen away, looked up at him, and his dark, bright eyes were filled with joy.

He stood on tiptoe to try, but couldn't reach it, so he reached out and tugged at Ye Jingchen's sleeve, asking softly, "Brother, could you bend down a little?"

"What's wrong?" Ye Jingchen bent down and asked him.

Ye Jinghe tiptoed closer to Ye Jingchen's face and carefully kissed his cheek.

He remembered that his brother liked to kiss him when he was happy, and he was happy now, so he wanted to kiss his brother too.

That kiss practically melted Ye Jingchen's heart.

"Xiao Jinghe, how come you're so lovable!" He picked up Ye Jinghe and kissed him on the face several times, making Ye Jinghe giggle.

"How come he's not crazy again? Was he faking it just now?!" Ye Jingshu looked at Ye Jinghe, whose eyes were crinkled with laughter, and found it unbelievable.

How could that be?

She felt deceived; Ye Jinghe was a little liar who had fooled them all!

"Royal sister, a person's nobility is not determined by their status or bloodline, but by their heart. Only by possessing a kind, generous, and tolerant heart can one be called noble! So you are not a noble princess, you are a proud princess!" Ye Jingchen said to Ye Jingshu while holding Ye Jinghe.

Noble and arrogant, though only one word apart, have completely different meanings!

"Are you blaming me? You're actually blaming me for him?" Ye Jingshu slammed her hand on the table and stood up, trembling with anger.

"I haven't done anything to him yet! I only made a few sarcastic remarks, and he couldn't take it and went crazy. What does that have to do with me? How dare you accuse me for such a little bastard? I don't have a brother like you!" Ye Jingshu kicked over a chair and ran out like a gust of wind.

Ye Jingchen: ...

"Brother, it's all Jinghe's fault. Jinghe was wrong and couldn't control herself, which angered the Empress. Brother, please go and bring the Empress back!" Ye Jinghe said dejectedly.

Ye Jingchen: ...

If you really want me to go after Ye Jingshu, then let go of me! Don't hold me so tightly around the neck!

"Jinghe, you're so young, don't drink so much tea, or you won't grow tall!" Ye Jingchen sighed and said helplessly.

Children may be naive and easily fooled, but their possessiveness can be deadly.

Moreover, precisely because they are young, they never hide their possessiveness and make it very clear. Ye Jinghe is like this, and so is Ye Jingshu.

Ye Jingshu never returned after leaving Wenhua Hall, but she didn't move her desk either.

After the morning classes, Ye Jingchen called Fangfei over and instructed her to deliver some of Ye Jingshu's favorite snacks and trinkets to Ye Jingshu's Chaoyang Palace.

If you upset a little girl, you always have to coax her.

Although Ye Jingshu's princess syndrome is a bit severe, fortunately she is still young and can be treated.

His principle is to never abandon any of his brothers and sisters.

As for Ye Jingshu's preferences, Fangfei was always very sensible in handling these matters, so Ye Jingchen was quite at ease leaving them to her.

At Ye Jingchen's request, the afternoon class was changed to archery and charioteering.

He also required that one day out of every three days be dedicated to teaching horseback archery.

Having survived an assassination attempt and nearly been shot through the head with an arrow, he dared not let his guard down.

While feigning illness, one must not slack off on physical fitness, martial arts, and archery.

Although practicing martial arts is hard work, now that we've reached this dangerous era, I can't remain a useless person like I was in my previous life.

Although he has the protection of Chenxi and many guards by his side, and the Eastern Palace Guards when he goes out, if he himself is too useless, and if the people protecting him are not up to the task, wouldn't he become a piece of pork on the chopping block, a lamb to be slaughtered?

Moreover, although he did not want to go to the battlefield, he had to have the courage and ability to do so.

He dared to slack off a little when studying because he had the foundation from his previous life and was influenced by the five thousand years of Chinese civilization. Taking a break was no big deal, but he dared not practice martial arts or horsemanship.

In his previous life, apart from occasionally dreaming of being a chivalrous knight-errant at night and indulging in the fantasy of light-footed water-skimming skills, he was essentially an ordinary person with no martial arts foundation or experience other than the "Eighth National Set of Broadcast Gymnastics" and a simplified version of "Tai Chi Eight Forms".

The only advantage of having the soul of a thirty-year-old adult inside you is that you can be more persevering and endure more hardship than an ordinary child.

They can't possibly endure any more hardship!

As it turns out, he overestimated himself. He had never suffered in the previous thirty years, so how could he possibly endure hardship in a different body?

What's more, this body belongs to a child!