“It is indeed quite heavy,” Ye Jingchen said, going along with his words.

"Can I also be exempted from morning runs and morning classes, just like the Fifth Prince?" Yun Shu asked cautiously.

"That's not enough! How about I waive your afternoon classes too, so you can go home and catch up on your sleep right now?" Ye Jingchen said generously.

Yun Shu's smile froze for a moment. "You don't need to go home, right?"

Will he get a beating from his father with a feather duster when he gets home?

The day's plan starts in the morning. The hardest step of the day is getting up early. He's already up, so why should he risk getting another beating just to be lazy?

"There's no place like home! If you need to catch up on sleep, lying in your own bed is the most comfortable! It's alright, since you feel you haven't rested well, you can go home and take a nap. I'm a very understanding person!" Ye Jingchen said in a particularly considerate manner.

Yun Shu's smile was about to fade.

"I suddenly feel like I'm not sleepy anymore, Your Highness. I feel incredibly energetic right now, I could run for a quarter of an hour straight!" Yun Shu clenched her fists to encourage herself.

"Are you sure you don't need to go home and rest? Missing a day of class is nothing, your health is the most important thing, you absolutely can't push yourself too hard!" Ye Jingchen, still not done acting, looked at Yun Shu with a worried expression.

Looking at Ye Jingchen like this, Yun Shu felt both moved and guilty.

Waaaaah, His Highness the Crown Prince is so kind!

But he lied to the Crown Prince because he didn't want to go to class. He really is a bad kid!

"Your Highness, you are so good to me, I will be loyal to you for the rest of my life!" Yun Shu said to Ye Jingchen with great sincerity.

At such a serious moment, Ye Jingchen felt like laughing.

Xiao Yunshu is indeed a poor student; she used the wrong idiom!

Wu Zemin and Gu Beichen's expressions were somewhat distorted, Ye Jingming's lips twitched, and Ye Jingyu felt that something was off about Yun Pangpang's words, but he, who also disliked studying, didn't realize it immediately. Ye Jingyu, on the other hand, was too young to understand the meaning of 'unwavering loyalty,' so he remained calm.

Xie Chang'an showed no respect to Yun Shu, who unilaterally regarded him as a good friend, and directly sneered.

Ye Jingshu went the furthest, bursting into laughter, "Little Fatty Yun, I told you not to study properly! How can you be absolutely loyal to my imperial brother? It should be 'unwavering loyalty'! Unwavering loyalty is your vow to your future wife!"

Yun Shu wasn't angry at Ye Jingshu's mockery. She just scratched her head awkwardly and gave Ye Jingchen a somewhat silly smile. "Anyway, the meaning is pretty much the same. As long as Your Highness understands what I mean, that's fine!"

Although the two words have very different meanings, the child's loyalty should not be betrayed.

"I understand," Ye Jingchen nodded.

But before Yun Shu's smile could widen, Ye Jingchen said with a grin, "Let's start our morning exercise, Yun Shu, you just said it yourself, fifteen minutes!"

Yun Shu's smile froze on her face.

Although Ye Jingchen led them in running every day, he never made any strict requirements; how long each person could run depended entirely on their own initiative.

He and Xie Chang'an had always insisted on running for half an hour, while Ye Jinghe could last for about 35 minutes. The progress of the others was also reported to him by the Donggong Guards.

Yunshu has the shortest persistence time among these children, not even fifteen minutes, and it's about the same every day, with almost no progress.

"Jingyu, you'll supervise Yunshu today and see if he manages to run for a full fifteen minutes." Ye Jingchen had also found a supervisor for Yunshu.

"Brother Crown Prince, I will definitely keep Yun Pangpang in check!" Ye Jingyu was particularly excited to receive a task from his brother Crown Prince for the first time.

Yun Shu couldn't understand why, when he had initially intended to skip his morning run, he ended up not only failing to do so but also having to run for longer than usual.

Ye Jingchen led them in warm-up exercises, and then he and Xie Chang'an took the lead and ran ahead.

Yun Shu, heartbroken and devastated, lagged behind, while Ye Jingyu stayed by her side the whole time.

After running for a while, and getting further and further away from the main group, Yun Shu suddenly realized that His Highness the Crown Prince had only set a time limit for him to run, but not a distance. He could run slowly.

As he thought this, he unconsciously relaxed and started running slower and slower.

"Yun Pangpang, this won't do. What's the difference between running so slowly and walking? You're cheating!" Ye Jingyu noticed that Yun Shu was getting slower and slower, and said to him seriously with a stern face as he ran.

"But I'm tired, I can't run anymore!" Yun Shu said, feigning weakness.

Whether he's tired or not, only he knows. If he says he's tired, then he is tired.

"You're lying!" But Ye Jingyu had sharp eyes and immediately saw through his little trick.

“When you were tired before, you would be panting and your face would turn red. Now your face is white and you're not panting with your mouth open. You're not tired at all!” Ye Jingyu not only exposed his lie, but also presented it logically and with evidence.

Yun Shu's mouth dropped open in surprise.

Isn't the Third Prince far too clever?!

"Even if you want to pretend to be tired now, it's too late! If you continue to dawdle, I will report this to the Crown Prince! You just pledged your loyalty to him, but you don't even listen to his words. Your loyalty is worthless!" Ye Jingyu criticized.

Yun Shu quickly covered her mouth with her chubby little hand.

He wasn't pretending to be tired; he was just too surprised!

"Don't tell His Highness the Crown Prince, I'm not dawdling anymore!" Yun Shu said, speeding up.

"That's more like it! If you admit your mistakes and correct them, then you're still a good kid!" Ye Jingyu said as he ran, jumping up and down to pat Yun Shu's shoulder.

"Is the Fifth Prince really just catching up on sleep because he didn't sleep well?" Xie Chang'an asked as he ran ahead.

Based on his understanding of Ye Jinghe, if he had simply not slept well, he shouldn't have missed his morning exercise.

After all, he followed Ye Jingchen closely every day like a ghost, wishing he could stick to Ye Jingchen, how could he bear to be separated from Ye Jingchen?

"He's catching up on sleep, but not because he didn't sleep well, but because he didn't sleep at all last night," Ye Jingchen said.

"Why? Did the poison take effect last night?" Xie Chang'an guessed.

He was deeply impressed by Ye Jinghe's poison. In his previous life, he had suffered a lot because of this poison and almost died at the hands of the crazed Ye Jinghe.

Ye Jingchen glanced at Xie Chang'an and said irritably, "Can't you wish him well for once? You're such a grown man, why are you always arguing with a four-year-old? Don't you think that's beneath you?"

Upon hearing Ye Jingchen mention his age, Xie Chang'an, remembering his question, immediately asked, "How old are you?"

Ye Jingchen glanced at him and answered, "Eight years old."

“I’m asking about your actual age—your age in your dreams,” Xie Chang’an reminded him.