"Jingyan, you are so beautiful, and when you cry, you look even more pitiful. As long as you cry, no one will have the heart to bully you anymore." The words her mother once said floated into Ye Jingyan's mind.

In the Jade Moon Palace, her tears were indeed a powerful weapon; anyone who saw them would be at a loss.

But once she left Biyue Palace, her tears seemed to lose their power. She had shed so many tears today, but none of her brothers and sisters or her companions were moved in the slightest.

Oh, and the chubby boy even mocked her for crying.

Ye Jingyan couldn't understand why this was happening.

Could it be as the Emperor said, that her tears only work on those who care about her? Everyone in Biyue Palace cares about her, so her tears are very effective, but the people in the East Palace don't care about her, so they are unmoved by her tears?

But my mother clearly said that no one could resist her tears!

Most importantly—can shedding too many tears really turn into bleeding?

"Bleeding is not certain, but going blind is certain!" Ye Jingchen said leisurely.

Ye Jingyan: !

Did she actually say the words she was thinking just now?!

Ye Jingyan covered her mouth in alarm.

"Second Princess, do you know why your tears have no effect on us?" Ye Jingchen asked Ye Jingyan.

"Why?" Ye Jingyan asked immediately.

"Our eldest sister is the oldest here. Would you like to hear how she felt when she saw you crying?" Ye Jingchen asked, glancing at Ye Jingshu.

“I’ve shed more tears than you have this morning in all my years,” Ye Jingshu said, frowning at Ye Jingyan. “Second sister, if what my brother said is true, then you must not cry anymore, or your eyes will really go blind.”

Ye Jingchen: ......

Ye Jingyan: !

She was so frightened she wanted to cry again, but she didn't dare to.

"Royal sister, what are your other feelings?" Ye Jingchen reminded her somewhat helplessly.

"Annoying," Ye Jingshu said, uttering only one word.

"Second Princess, you're such a grown-up, yet you keep crying and crying. You're really useless," Ye Jinghe said casually.

"I—" Ye Jingyan wanted to refute, but didn't know how.

After all, Ye Jinghe is only four years old, while she is already seven!

Even if you asked her to cry only in front of Ye Jinghe, she wouldn't be able to, because she still has her pride.

"You see, you won't get any sympathy from people your own age or younger if you cry all the time," Ye Jingchen concluded.

"Second Imperial Sister, what's the use of gaining sympathy? A person can only rely on themselves!" Ye Jingyu said calmly.

"If you're not going to cry, then don't cry!" Ye Jingyan muttered softly.

Ever since she learned that crying too much can cause blindness, she has never dared to shed a tear again.

Once she returns to Biyue Palace, she will definitely ask her mother to invite an imperial physician to examine her eyes!

For the next day, Ye Jingyan sat in the Wenhua Hall and attended classes with them. She didn't shed another tear, but kept her head down like a quail.

Having learned her lesson from being too full at breakfast, Ye Jingyan dared not be coy at lunchtime. She tried her best to ignore everyone else and focused on eating.

The afternoon is for etiquette class.

Ye Jingyan has learned etiquette very well. Except for her lack of poise in her speech and behavior, she does everything else very well and has even been praised by the teacher who teaches etiquette.

However, she was no match for numerology. Her mother hadn't yet taught her how to manage a household, so she knew nothing about numerology and only a little bit of common sense.

However, common sense alone was not enough for her to keep up with her husband's pace.

Actually, in all these courses, as long as you recognize all the characters, there is no learning progress for the other courses. The teacher will explain the meanings separately, so there is no problem. Only numerology is difficult for beginners to understand because it requires a foundation.

After listening to just one class, Ye Jingyan's eyes turned into mosquito coil-like eyes.

Fortunately, school finally ended, and she could finally leave the terrible place that was the East Palace.

"Second sister, how did you feel studying in the Wenhua Hall today?" Ye Jingshu asked her on the way back to Biyue Palace.

Ye Jingyan found it difficult to answer this question.

In terms of learning alone, the teachers at the Crown Prince's Palace were naturally better than her mother's, but apart from taking classes in the Wenhua Hall, everything else there frightened her.

"Go back and get some rest. Your elder sister will take you to class again tomorrow. There's an archery class tomorrow afternoon, and we can play football after that!" Ye Jingshu said happily.

But the more Ye Jingyan listened, the more frightened she became.

"Elder sister, isn't archery and horsemanship one of the six arts of a gentleman? We are women, not men, so why do we have to learn this?" Ye Jingyan asked, puzzled.

It's already strange enough that morning exercise involves running, but to also teach men to ride horses and shoot arrows is utterly inappropriate!

What is Cuju?

"Why can't we women learn what men learn? There are women in history who went to war in place of their fathers and became great generals! Second sister, putting everything else aside, if you had agile skills, wouldn't you not have to be afraid of being bullied?" Ye Jingshu asked.

Ye Jingyan remained silent.

She was resisting it, but she didn't dare to express it.

Moreover, she subconsciously felt that her elder sister would not care about her feelings. Whether she wanted to or not, several strong palace maids would still rush into Biyue Palace and her bedroom tomorrow and forcibly take her away.

She was helpless against her elder sister's bullying.

Finally back at the familiar Biyue Palace, Ye Jingshu didn't want to face Consort Wen, so she didn't go in and instead let Ye Jingyan go back by herself.

As soon as Ye Jingyan returned, the palace servants guarding the gate immediately went to report to Consort Wen.

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