The two sat with Tian Yu for a long time, but Li Xingyun never came out to greet them. Finally, Tian Yu smiled and saw them off. Tian Yu felt her face was about to freeze from smiling; being a gentleman wasn't easy! Her body was stiff from sitting so long! She stretched, rubbed her cheeks, and asked Qiu Ju, "Where's my brother?"

"He should be in his room. Uncle hasn't been going out much lately. He spends most of his time in his room except when he's helping the young master with his studies and writing."

Tian Yu went to Li Xingyun's door alone, knocked on the door and said, "Brother, I'm coming in."

Seeing that no one answered, Tian Yu pushed open the door and peeked inside. Sure enough, she saw Li Xingyun buried in a pile of medical books, not even looking up. Tian Yu stepped forward and snatched the books from Li Xingyun's hands, laughing and saying, "If you keep reading like this, you'll become a bookworm."

"When did you come in?" Li Xingyun asked, picking up the medicine bottle next to him to take a look.

"I knocked on the door, but you were too engrossed to hear me."

"Give me back my book!"

"The weather's nice outside today, I'll take you out for a walk," Tian Yu said, putting her book aside.

"Forget it, I don't want to go out."

"That's not up to you, let's go!" Tian Yu said, pushing Li Xingyun out of the room. Li Xingyun's protests were ineffective, so he could only smile and shake his head, following Tian Yu's lead.

Tian Yu pushed Li Xingyun to a sunny spot in the yard, moved a stool over and sat down beside her. She took out the medicine Tang Wenli had given her from her sleeve and said, "Here, Tang Wenli gave it to me."

"I don't need it!"

"He said it has a miraculous effect on leg ailments. If you don't want it, you can return it yourself." Tian Yu said, placing it in Li Xingyun's hand.

"What do they want from you?" Li Xingyun asked, gripping the medicine bottle in his hand.

"They admire me, what else can they do?"

"Admiration?!"

"Hmm! You don't believe me?"

"That's because they haven't seen another side of you."

"What do you mean? I am, after all, the first female teacher in the Wu Kingdom."

"Yes, Mr. Tian, ​​I heard you wanted to hire a tutor for Tangyuan, how is it going?"

"I haven't decided yet. Fang Jue is willing to be Tangyuan's tutor. What do you think?"

"That's great. I've heard of Fang Jue too. He's one of the best in the capital. If he were to teach Tangyuan, Tangyuan's handwriting probably wouldn't be as bad as yours!"

"Can you stop teasing me? I just don't know how to use a calligraphy brush and I'm not used to it yet."

"How are the books you've published written? Can anyone understand them?"

"Brother, my handwriting isn't that bad, is it?"

"Yes, it's much better than before, but this bookstore must have taken a lot of effort!"

"Don't worry, it was Prince Wu who had someone rewrite a copy and send it out. It has nothing to do with the bookstore."

"Then Prince Wu must be really tired."

"Alright, stop teasing me. If you agree, I'll send someone to invite Mr. Fang over tomorrow."

"If you think it's good, then it's fine. You don't need to ask me."

"He's a retainer of the Tang family. I was just worried you'd be uncomfortable."

"I'm not feeling unwell, it's all in the past. Please, Mr. Fang, do the job. The others are unreliable. If they knew what you were like in private, you'd probably lose your position as Mr. Tian."

"Go ahead and insult me. Whatever makes you happy."

"Remember to coax the Marquis back as soon as possible. Don't forget why you came to the capital in the first place. Don't let someone else take him away."

"I understand. I'll personally visit you another day to apologize, is that alright?"

"Good to know!"

"I'm just giving way to the princess. If we push her too far, we'll all be in trouble."

"You know, it's only because of Zhao Moyan that he came up with such a terrible idea. If it were anyone else, they would have divorced you on the spot."

"I don't think it's that bad. I think it's fine."

“Go and find out which man in Wu Kingdom would be used as a wager by his wife. Do you not understand the status of wives here, or do you simply not care about Zhao Moyan at all?”

"No! Absolutely not! I only resorted to this desperate measure in the heat of the moment, otherwise I would have been punished!"

"What will you do if the princess still won't let go by then?"

"Hmm! Let me think... how about I reluctantly marry the princess, brother?"

"I'll marry her?! You brought this trouble on yourself, so you have to clean it up."

"That's true. By the way, what happened to Jiang Yuanyuan, whom you rescued along the way?"

"How dare you say that? Did you promise me I would marry her?"

"No, I just stepped in to help out and incidentally played matchmaker. Who knew you two would be so destined to meet?"

"Don't you dare connect any more wires to my house again, you hear me?"

"I know, you too. Why didn't you tell that girl you're my brother? Maybe it would have worked out! Look how old you are! What if you can't find a wife?"

"Tian Yu!"

"Okay, okay, I won't say anymore, I'll go cook! Cook!" Tian Yu said, glancing at Li Xingyun's livid face, and left happily.

When the Che Kingdom delegation was leaving, Tian Yu remembered that Tang Yuan had mentioned that Mr. Jiang wanted to visit. So, the day before they left, Tian Yu took the initiative to visit them. Tian Yu and Mr. Jiang chatted for a long time in the room. When Mr. Jiang walked out of the room with a big laugh, he said, "This trip was worthwhile, truly worthwhile."

To thank Mr. Jiang for speaking up for them in the main hall that day, Tian Yu specially prepared a lot of food for them to take on their journey. Hearing that Mr. Jiang loved to drink, she also specially found several kinds of fine wine in the city and sent them along with the food. This made Mr. Jiang very happy, and he invited Tian Yu to visit Che Kingdom if she had the chance.

Fang Jue arrived at Tian Yu's villa as promised to teach Tang Yuan to read. Tian Yu was worried that this ancient man was too rigid, so she repeatedly instructed him that the teaching content should be lively and interesting. If Tang Yuan didn't like it, she might fire him. Fang Jue smiled and nodded in agreement. They agreed to let them get used to each other for a month first, and if both of them felt it was good, they would consider the long term then.

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