Chapter 34 Chapter 34 I accidentally confirmed my illiteracy.

Li Shuyao was deeply moved by what she heard, and then she rejected her with an extremely firm attitude.

She is now determined to give up, thinking that if the plot really dislikes her, then just kill her. It is better than being bullied here every day. Who knows, she can return to the modern era after death?

Although she is not a real man, she can still be powerful and unyielding.

However, Qingyao is different from her. When Qingyao entered the palace, she was burdened with a family mission. Moreover, she was the Concubine Yi, who was deeply favored by Emperor Kangxi and the most beautiful concubine in the palace in history.

She still has a long way to go. How can I give up everything and spend my whole life with her in the house?

Li Shuyao would never do such a thing as forcibly distorting history.

No matter how Qingyao tried to persuade her, she just kept shaking her head, and even brought up the word "breaking off the friendship", trying her best to stop Qingyao from doing anything stupid for her.

Qingyao looked depressed and somewhat worried.

Li Shuyao was also listless.

The two of them hugged each other, like two crabapple trees that had been ravaged by a violent storm all night. Although the flowers and leaves had withered, their roots were still upright, as if they could still draw nutrients from the comfort of each other's closeness. They hugged each other quietly for a while, and their expressions and states gradually recovered a little.

Li Shuyao suddenly reached out and pinched Qingyao's soft fingers. When she spoke, her tone was heavy, as if she had gained enlightenment from some Buddhist teachings: "Now I know what it means to endure the most difficult hardships..."

Qingyao blinked, wanting to say that she had also heard this sentence, "Only those who endure the most hardships can become the best people."

However, just when she was halfway through her thought, Li Shuyao's next sentence came out -

“Only then do you realize that all the suffering is in vain.” [1]

Guo Luoluo Qingyao:? ?

Is this what the original words said?

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Li Shuyao didn't stay in Qingyao's room for long.

In the small kitchen, Lingluo was still preparing snacks for Li Shuyao, but Li Shuyao was suddenly called out by someone sent from the Palace of Heavenly Purity.

Upon asking, she found out that it was the emperor who wanted to summon her.

Qingyao immediately revealed a worried expression, but Li Shuyao was able to calmly hold her hand and comfort her cheerfully, "It's okay, it's okay!"

At worst, kill her.

After saying this, regardless of Qingyao's attempts to stop him, he smiled at the young eunuch and said, "Let's go."

The young eunuch immediately turned around and led the way, and Li Shuyao quickly followed.

About a few minutes later, Li Shuyao stood at the gate of the Qianqing Palace, and stepped over the threshold with a desperate courage.

In the imperial study, the scent of ambergris wafted through the air.

All the palace servants in the hall were dismissed. When Liang Jiugong and Li Shuyao passed by each other, Li Shuyao clearly saw a look of resentment in his eyes, and then he limped out with his hands on his knees.

Li Shuyao:?

Her knees were broken because of kneeling to the little prince, and what was the reason for Liang Jiugong's knees?

Also, why was he looking at her like that? His knees weren't broken from kneeling on her!

Li Shuyao snorted unhappily, then turned her head and looked at the door of the imperial study. She wanted to straighten her back and walk in with dignity. She slapped the imperial desk with her hand and shouted with a strong will, "Just kill me!"

However, for some reason, as soon as she stepped into the imperial study, her head subconsciously lowered, her eyes looking at the empty space in front of her toes. She took slow steps, little by little, to the empty space in the middle of the imperial study, and knelt down on the carpet.

"This servant greets His Majesty."

Oh, what should I do if I can’t change my slave nature?

There was no movement above Li Shuyao's head for a long time.

After a long while, when Li Shuyao was getting impatient, the emperor finally spoke slowly, "Have you met the Crown Prince today?"

"In reply to the Emperor, yes."

"Baocheng wants you to serve him. What do you think?" the emperor continued to ask.

Li Shuyao: "In reply to Your Majesty, I am stupid and can't think of anything. I will obey Your Majesty in everything."

emperor:"……"

He almost couldn't help laughing when Li Shuyao said he was "stupid".

He paused for a long moment before regaining his low voice: "If I agree, what if I let you serve Baocheng?"

Li Shuyao knocked her head down and rested it on the back of her hand, "I will obey the emperor."

The emperor's gaze lingered for a moment on the velvet flowers on Li Shuyao's bun, and he immediately noticed some dust stains on her cuffs and the hem of her skirt. Looking more closely, he could see that the hair on her forehead had been wetted by water, and there were a few strands of hair scattered at her temples.

...This is not common in a little girl who loves to dress up beautifully and keep herself clean and tidy.

His thoughts couldn't help but drift away.

After a moment, he came back to his senses, "What if I don't agree?"

"...Then I will obey the emperor." Li Shuyao was still kneeling on the ground.

The latter part of the sentence seemed to sound happier, with the ending tone of the word "that" rising slightly.

There was no expression on the emperor's handsome face; only the speed at which he turned the ring on his hand revealed his reserved mind.

He moved the dial a little faster now.

Li Shuyao knelt on the ground, unable to help but wonder what the emperor was going to do.

Did you call her over just to have this meaningless conversation?

It makes people feel so upset, it would be better to just kill her.

Li Shuyao secretly complained in her heart, but no clues were shown on her face.

Of course, from the emperor's perspective, he couldn't see Li Shuyao's face clearly. He could only see a cloud of black hair and a few brightly colored velvet flowers.

There were also ten slender fingers as white as water pressed under the forehead, each of them was very well-proportioned, white and straight, the surface of the nails was as smooth as porcelain, and the fingertips were soft with a slight pinkness.

...are a pair of very beautiful hands.

The emperor seemed to notice Li Shuyao's fingers for the first time and couldn't help but look at them a few more times.

No one spoke in the study for a while.

Li Shuyao knelt for a while, and her knees felt a little painful, but she didn't dare to change her posture. She could only endure it as much as she could. After enduring for a long time, the emperor showed no intention of calling her to get up.

She couldn't bear the pain any more and her body trembled slightly.

The next second, she was noticed by the emperor who was staring at her fingers.

"You get up first."

"Your Majesty, I thank you." After saying that, Li Shuyao slowly stood up from the ground, her head still hanging down.

At this moment, the emperor suddenly let out a soft "tsk".

Still so timid.

But it's not a big problem after all.

He turned the ring a little faster, the corners of his lips slightly raised, and suddenly he remembered the topic he had not finished before, and his face became stern again.

But the tone didn't sound as low as before.

"Baocheng came to me today and begged me to transfer you to serve him, but I didn't agree."

"The child cried and begged me for a long time, saying that everyone in the Qianqing Palace was afraid of him and in awe of him, or else they would keep an eye on him everywhere, not allowing him to go here or there."

"He said he was bored and just wanted you to come over and play with him."

Li Shuyao remained silent, waiting for a "but" or "however".

Unexpectedly, the emperor changed the subject and suddenly mentioned the deceased Empress Hesheli, saying that when Empress Hesheli was still alive, she loved and loved this child so much, but unfortunately, God had no mercy on her. After giving birth to this child, she only had time to take a look at the child before she passed away.

He felt sorry for Baocheng because he lost his mother right after he was born. Despite the opposition of the Empress Dowager, he insisted on taking him back to the Qianqing Palace and taking care of him personally.

Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, he has grown so big...

The emperor's tone was tinged with deep emotion.

Li Shuyao said: ...

If she remembered correctly, the little prince had just turned three years old this year, right?

How come I'm old?

If the three-year-old prince is old, then what is she, an old woman with a frail figure?

What about the emperor? He is several years older than her. Doesn't that make him an old monster?

Li Shuyao had a hunch that the emperor was a little strange today.

The emperor on the other side seemed to be talking endlessly. After talking about the little prince, he started talking about the eldest prince.

After talking about the eldest prince, he began to talk about the eldest princess who was raised by the Empress Dowager in Shoukang Palace.

Li Shuyao felt like yawning when she heard this, and she had no empathy at all.

Fortunately, the emperor probably saw that she was bored, and quickly stopped talking. After a moment of silence, he said to Li Shuyao, "I won't let you serve Baocheng, but if you have time, you can go and play with him more often. You are in the Qianqing Palace anyway, so it won't take up much of your time."

It was just like the "clap one, clap two" game she had played with Guo Luoluo before. Just by moving her fingers, it could also train Baocheng's speaking ability. Not only was there no danger at all, but with her around, Baocheng at least wouldn't find the Qianqing Palace boring, nor would he keep thinking about moving to the prince's residence like last time...

Li Shuyao's eyes suddenly widened, no longer caring about the rules. She raised her head and pointed at herself: "Me? No, your servant, the emperor wants you to go..."

Huh? Why is it completely different from what she imagined?

She remembered that Kangxi valued the little prince very much, and looked at him as if he were his own eye. Not only did he not allow anyone with unknown origins to approach him, but it even developed to the point that whenever the prince said something wrong, he would subconsciously think that someone was instigating it.

No matter how many mistakes there are, they are all the palace maids' fault. Anyway, his beloved prince can never be wrong.

That's why Li Shuyao was so nervous before.

She was afraid that the emperor would think that she was taking advantage of the prince's young age and approaching him with ill intentions in order to achieve some ulterior motive.

But she didn't expect that the emperor would actually agree to let her play with the little prince?

After the emperor finished speaking, he probably didn't expect her reaction. He was stunned for a moment and said, "You don't want to?"

"Your servant... Your servant will obey the emperor in everything." Li Shuyao's mind was stuck for a moment, and she couldn't think of anything else to say, so she simply repeated the previous sentence.

Seeing the unreliable person in front of him, the emperor hesitated for a moment, wondering whether the decision he had just made was correct.

He opened his mouth to take back what he had said, but Baocheng's black round eyes, which seemed to be about to cry, suddenly appeared in his mind, blinking, and could not be shaken off no matter what.

After hesitating for a moment, he decided to give up the idea of revoking the order and instead came up with another plan: "Also, you can only play with him. You are not allowed to help him learn Chinese characters. Do you understand?"

"When Baocheng is reading, you can listen from the side..."

Li Shuyao:?

It's so funny, it's like she's talking about how much she loves studying.

Wait, wait, what does he mean by this? Is he disgusted with her?

Li Shuyao finally reacted, puffed up her cheeks, and felt a little aggrieved. She couldn't help but argue, "Your Majesty, I don't need to learn calligraphy. I can actually recognize words."

"Oh?" The emperor suddenly became interested and remembered the background of the Li family that Liang Jiugong had investigated before.

It seems that I did go to school for a few years when I was a child, but I’m not sure how much I remember now.

His bony fingers tapped on the table, and then he picked up a brush and wrote a word on a blank piece of rice paper. He raised his hand and beckoned Li Shuyao to the imperial desk, turned the rice paper, and asked her, "What is this word?"

Li Shuyao glanced at it with frowning eyebrows, and answered confidently: "The word 'deer'!"

The emperor frowned instantly: "..."

He sighed slightly and said, "This is the character 'Li'."

A big question mark appeared on Li Shuyao's head, her expression suddenly became tense, and her eyebrows and eyes became more lively.

She hurriedly lowered her head to take one look, then another, and traced the handwriting with her fingers twice, hesitating, "It seems, it seems to be the word 'Li'. I just looked too quickly and didn't look carefully. I will definitely not make a mistake next time."

The emperor ignored her and took another piece of rice paper, wrote another word, turned it around, and pushed it in front of her.

Li Shuyao was extremely alert. She lowered her head and looked for a long time before answering hesitantly, "What's the 'Peng' in 'Peng Zu'?"

The emperor shook his head and sighed again: "This is the word 'yu', which means lush and green." [2]

But at least I know about "Peng Zu" this time, which is pretty good.

Li Shuyao looked at the large character that had at least thirty strokes and wanted to say that it was not necessary to go to such lengths to stump her...

It must be tiring to write with so many strokes.

Li Shuyao lowered her head dejectedly and scratched the snow-white rice paper with her fingers a few times.

The emperor's gaze lingered on her fingertips for a moment, and his nostrils smelled the sweet fragrance coming from the little girl in front of the imperial desk.

Suddenly, he took a piece of white paper and wrote a big word on it. He turned the paper over and pushed it in front of Li Shuyao, saying concisely, "Recognize."

Li Shuyao glanced at it absentmindedly, then her almond-shaped eyes widened in horror.

A strange ancient book...

She only recognized that this should be a very ancient form of writing, so ancient that it no longer had normal characters.

she:"……"

She was speechless for a long time, not wanting to even look at it a second time, and simply gave up: "I don't know!"

The emperor slowly pulled the rice paper back, picked up his brush and wrote another word in the blank space next to the big word. He then asked Li Shuyao, "What about this one?"

Li Shuyao leaned over to take a look. This time, she was truly confident. She clenched her fists and smiled broadly: "I know this character. It's 'soft'!"

"That's right." The emperor's tone was also very relieved.

This time I really believed Li Shuyao's "nonsense" that she knew some big characters.

But recognizing it is one thing, but writing it down?

As the maid in charge of the tea room and in charge of the tea book, you should be able to write some simple words, right?

Thinking of this, he handed the pen to Li Shuyao. After Li Shuyao took it with a confused look on her face, he threw a piece of rice paper over to her, raised his chin slightly, and said to Li Shuyao, "Write something for me to see."

Oh, it’s an exam.

Li Shuyao obediently wrote the first calligraphy in her life on the snow-white rice paper.

Then, with bright eyes, she pushed the rice paper in front of the emperor.

The emperor fell silent: ...

After a while, he asked, "What is this word?"

"'One', Your Majesty, is the 'one' as in one, two, three, four, five, six." Li Shuyao explained seriously.

The emperor picked up another brush and wrote another character under her "一". Then he said in a solemn tone: "This is '壹'."

Li Shuyao was confused for a moment and began to doubt whether what she was hearing was Chinese.

Which other 'one' could it be in one, two, three, four?

She looked down in disbelief, and was immediately surprised.

It was a bad idea.

She really forgot that one, two, three, and four also have traditional Chinese characters!

Suddenly, another thing came to her mind - no wonder every time she put labels on tea cans, the palace maids in the tea room looked at her with an expression as if they wanted to say something but couldn't.

She even thought she had accomplished some amazing feat and others were too embarrassed to praise her.

It turns out to be...

Woo, it's over.

I accidentally confirmed my illiteracy.