Chapter 46

Is that all?

She thought she had succeeded through her own methods, but in the end, she won because of her father.

Yunxi sighed softly, her feelings inexplicably complicated.

Fine, I'll do it for her father's sake.

Yunxi picked up a spoon, carefully scooped out a corner of the peony and put it in her mouth. The sweet aroma of watermelon spread in her mouth, and her eyes lit up immediately.

People from Luoyang really have a lot of tricks up their sleeves.

Meanwhile, Shen Rang went out the side door to Buwei Studio, where he took the Xuan paper he usually used for calligraphy practice, a tortoiseshell rabbit hair brush, a piece of Huizhou ink, and a Chengni inkstone.

These items together are worth over a hundred gold coins.

On the way to Liuyun Garden, Shen Rang instructed again: "Go to the street and find anything related to rabbits, and buy it all."

"Huh?" Jingyuan didn't understand, but still tried to comprehend. "As for the rabbit... Your Highness, how about three ways to cook a rabbit? It's delicious!"

The next second, he received a sharp glare: "You want ornaments that girls like, and you're not allowed to eat rabbits anymore."

Jing Yuan choked up, his face turning mournful.

What kind of situation is this?

He just casually mentioned, "Why can't we eat rabbit anymore?"

"Hurry up and go."

"......yes."

On the other side, Yunxi had just finished eating the Jade Dew Ball when Shen Rang arrived.

He picked up the Xuan paper on the table through the window and put his own things in for her one by one.

These writing implements must be extremely precious, and now that they're placed on this extremely simple table, Yunxi feels sorry for them.

"Don't write anymore after dark."

Yunxi snapped out of her daze and nodded.

Shen Rang didn't linger any longer. As he went out through the side door, he happened to see Granny Liu, who had come to deliver food to Yunxi.

When Granny Liu saw him, she was momentarily flustered, but she quickly realized what was happening and bowed.

Shen Rang's gaze fell on the food box.

Logically, he shouldn't have looked, but he was worried that the girl wouldn't eat well.

After hesitating for a long time, he still stepped forward and opened the lid of the food box.

"Your Highness, this old servant has come to bring you food."

Her words were a jumbled mess, but Shen Rang already understood what she meant and nodded, telling her to come over.

Turning around, Shen Rang frowned slightly.

Someone specially delivered meals to her, and the dishes were still plentiful. It really makes people curious about what identity this young girl came to Luoyang.

Meanwhile, Granny Liu handed the food box to Yunxi: "Miss, Doukou has bought what you wanted."

As she spoke, she carefully took a scroll of scriptures from her bosom.

Yunxi reached out and took it, then placed it on the table.

After Jixiang left in the afternoon, Yunxi asked her to go out and give Doukou a message, asking Doukou to buy a copy of "The Universal Gate Chapter of the Lotus Sutra" and bring it in.

With Duan Huaichuan's imperial examination approaching, she couldn't offer much help, but she sincerely hoped he could fulfill his lifelong wish. So all she could do was copy scriptures to do her best.

She practiced calligraphy today in preparation for copying scriptures, so that her handwriting wouldn't be messy and displease the gods and Buddhas.

Since Yun Wan was not here tonight, Yun Xi did not need to go to the front. She lit a lamp and studied the scriptures until late at night before blowing out the lamp and going to sleep.

Unbeknownst to her, the window at the back of the main bedroom remained open. A slender man stood by the window, his gaze deep and inquisitive as he looked at her closed window. Only after the dim light in her room went out did the man blow out the candle and go back to rest.

The next morning, Shen Rang got up and left as usual.

His day was destined to be busy. Sure enough, as soon as he arrived at the Hanlin Academy, Shen Rang was summoned to the palace.

It turned out that the eldest prince had entered the palace early in the morning.

The eldest prince was two years older than the crown prince, and his imposing presence made people afraid to look him in the eye.

“Father, in previous years, there have been frequent cases of cheating in the imperial examinations. Now that the special imperial examination is about to begin, I have a sudden idea. Perhaps we can add another layer of security on top of the existing system of anonymous grading and alteration of the examination papers.”