With both parents deceased, Yu Tingwan lived under others' roofs, diligently working from dawn till dusk. Her maternal aunt was cruel, intending to sell her to a lecherous gentryman well past s...
Shen Zhiyi was still actively introducing.
Yaoyao was looking back.
That man walked the slowest. His eyebrows were sparse, and he had no deliberately carved nobility. Instead, he reminded people of Shen Tan Jingxue, the elegance that came from a century-old family.
Shen Zhiyi followed Yaoyao's line of sight and said, "He is the prince of Shunguo Mansion."
"He follows the rules and is gentle and polite to others. However, he is just standing on the boundary line of etiquette and is unwilling to take more than half a step."
Yaoyao didn't know if she heard it or not.
Xiao Huaiyan couldn't stand her praising others: "We can hear it."
Shen Zhiyi was still restrained: "Then we... speak softly?"
Yaoyao wondered: "Why should we speak softly?"
"You and I are speaking openly, and what we say is also the truth. Why should we avoid it?"
Shen Zhiyi:...
It seems so.
Xiao Huaiyan's eyelids twitched. He didn't know why these two people were so talkative!
It would be better to have a real fight.
If they get together, what will happen?
He called Shen Zhiyi: "Come here."
Ning Yunling sneered: "Will she listen to you?"
Shen Zhiyi did not listen.
Ning Yunling always wanted to create chaos. He said to Yaoyao: "Half of the Imperial College will spread the news that you want to deal with someone, but what's the matter? I came all the way here to cheer you up, but you forgot about it!" Yaoyao
glanced at him seriously.
"Don't rush me."
Wasn't she waiting for someone to come!
Shen Zhiyi was curious: "Who are you going to deal with? Who offended you?"
Maybe she would be willing to help deal with them together.
Yaoyao: "What's Shen Zhiyi?"
Shen Zhiyi was stunned: ? ? ?
No, did I offend you?
Yaoyao: "Do you know her?"
"I think... I know her well."
Seeing that her face was not right, Yaoyao comforted her quietly: "Why are you panicking? I'm not taking my anger out on you."
"No, do you know her? Are you going to punish her?"
"No. But my sister knows her."
Shen Zhiyi realized it later, maybe he knew he recognized the wrong person.
The daughter of the Lu family doesn't have a sister.
Yaoyao: "She should be very touched."
Shen Zhiyi sneered.
With a good sister like you, how could Gu Wu dare not move.
Yaoyao sighed: "I rarely spend time on others."
Ning Yunling: "It's really an honor for Shen Zhiyi!"
Yaoyao said seriously: "Although you are not smart, I am willing to listen to what you say."
Ning Yunling didn't expect that he had caused another scandal.
He turned his head to accuse.
"Brother!"
"Why don't you write articles?"
He thought that Yaoyao had just arrived and didn't know many things, so he said loudly.
"Miss Gu, are you afraid that the teachers in your girls' school will take away the articles written by my brother, and use them to assign homework for you in various ways."
He thought Yaoyao and the others were just too idle.
"By the way. Last time your school had an assessment, my brother helped to make the test paper."
Ning Yunling was very proud!
Yaoyao frowned, particularly disgusted.
"Then he is really annoying."
Wei Zhao narrowed his eyes unexpectedly and looked up.
The girl was already delicate and beautiful, and all the jewelry on her body was exquisite. She had baby fat, which made her look particularly delicate.
Noticing his gaze, Yaoyao was not embarrassed at all for being caught.
She even looked back. Their
eyes met.
Yaoyao: "Let alone anything else, you..."
Yaoyao's eyes were still straight, very sincere: "You are so picky."
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Yaoyao and Wei Zhao didn't have much contact.
After that, they never met again.
But Wei Zhao often heard his classmates mention how successful the daughter of the Grand Tutor was in the girls' school.
——"When the teacher was teaching, she would tear up waste paper and fold flowers. She would give a flower to anyone who asked for a favor."
She really made great progress. She
didn't even tear up books anymore.
——"She often couldn't sit still, and every time she would consciously tell the teacher that she wanted to stand outside the door as punishment."
What a fresh and unconventional excuse for skipping class.
——"If it weren't for the Taifu, the teacher would not tolerate her."
——"That... not really." ——
"The teacher intentionally conducted a spot check last time and asked the students to recite the article they learned half a month ago. She hadn't come yet, so the teacher exempted her. Guess what? She had nothing to do, so she picked up the article and read it a few times, closed it and started to recite it."
——"Except for a few words she hadn't learned and forgot how to write, she wrote down everything else. The teacher's eyes lit up when he found such a treasure."
Wei Zhao didn't pay much attention to these.
To him, Yaoyao was just the teacher's daughter, nothing more.
There would be no intersection, and there was no need to pay too much attention.
Until half a month later, the Cold Food Festival. The Imperial College's chief priest waved his red pen and let it go for seven consecutive days.
During this period, Wei Zhao visited the Taifu's mansion.
Gu Fu Ju was very surprised to learn that he was coming, and quickly asked someone to invite him to the study to talk.
"Why is Guizhi here?"
Wei Zhao greeted him respectfully: "In a few days, your mansion will hold a small banquet, and I have sent you an invitation."
Not everyone has to make this trip in person as the prince. It can be seen that Wei Zhao respects him.
Gu Fuju took it and glanced at it.
It was the Shunguo Mansion that held a flower-viewing banquet, and invited him and the women in his family to go together.
In fact, according to the clan system, this banquet should be organized by the palace. It happens
every year.
But after His Majesty ascended the throne, he never appointed a queen.
The Empress Dowager is old, and His Majesty does not want her to worry. The marriage between the prince and the daughter of the Yao family has been decided, but the ceremony has not yet been held.
Who in the harem can take care of it? So the Wei family was asked to do it.
"You are thoughtful."
Wei Zhao was about to say goodbye and leave.
"Guizhi."
Gu Fuju smiled: "Since you are here, have dinner at home. Your father often said that you are good at chess, but I have never had the opportunity. Come, play a few games."
Wei Zhao did not refuse.
For a while, apart from the sound of tea being boiled, there was only the clatter of chess pieces dropping in the room.
The black and white pieces on the chessboard were intertwined like stars. Gu Fuju tapped the chessboard with the black piece and suddenly said, "When I was your age, my family was in financial difficulty. I was the only scholar, and the villagers were honest and kind. They all contributed more or less to help me get the money to go to Beijing for the imperial examination."
"So, I dared not slack off, and could only study hard and work hard to climb up." "
But you are different."
Gu Fuju: "You work harder than I did back then. You study and practice martial arts without delay, but you still have to rest when you need to. Do you think you are made of iron?"
Now that the world is stable, Ning Suchan is not as strict with Wei Zhao's studies as before.
But...
Wei Zhao: "Student... I'm used to it."
He had developed a non-stop work and rest schedule a long time ago, and it was really hard to change.
Gu Fuju frowned.
At this moment, someone came out of the study rubbing his eyes.
That was the small cubicle where Gu Fuju usually rested.
Wei Zhao saw the teacher get up.
"Why aren't you wearing shoes again? You're not afraid of the cold."
Gu Fuju lifted her to the chair with concern, and asked Yaoyao to wait. He turned around and went to the compartment to get shoes and socks for her to put on.
"But did Daddy bother you?"
Yaoyao: "I want to drink water."
Gu Fuju poured her another glass.
Then he sat down opposite Wei Zhao again and watched the chess game.
"In everything, you should put your body first."
"Master is right."
"Since you think what I say is right, you should listen to me."
(End of this chapter)