Chapter 58 Chapter 58 Xiaoyue
Xiaoyue followed Zijuan into the room and upon seeing Daiyu she knelt down and kowtowed, "Thank you so much, young lady, for saving my life."
Daiyu hurriedly helped her up and asked about Zijuan's condition.
"The doctor gave her acupuncture and she woke up, but she couldn't get out of bed. Luckily, the maid in the mansion was strong enough to carry her to the carriage," Zijuan replied with a smile. "The stolen items were recovered, and the assailants were handed over to the authorities. The village head has also been notified, and he will help look after Xiaoyue's house."
The sisters had only heard about such things as defeating bullies and helping the weak in opera stories before, but when they actually did it themselves, the feeling was very different.
Especially Baochai and Tanchun, who are usually more opinionated, saw that a casual word or two from the crowd could change a person's life. They faced the power of power for the first time, which made them both excited and secretly yearning.
The sisters didn't notice anything unusual about the two. After listening to Zijuan, they happily comforted Xiaoyue and asked someone to take her downstairs to wash up and eat.
Lu Chen also came up to pull Zi Juan: "You are too slow. The food I left for you is cold."
After hearing this, Daiyu also smiled and urged Zijuan, who had been running all the way, to have dinner.
After they went down, the people sent by Princess Zhongshun to investigate the Zhang family also came back. She found a reason to let the sisters return to Xianyun Tower, and then let someone in to answer the call.
After knowing that the situation was almost the same as Xiaoyue said, he felt relieved and ordered people to take good care of the mother and daughter. He also called Wu Tianyue over and scolded him.
Wu Tianyue never thought that he would still be scolded after so long, but he didn't dare to refute and could only accept the scolding.
Fortunately, not long after, Zijuan and Xiaoyue finished their meal, and the Jia family sent someone to ask Daiyu and others when they would return because they had been waiting for their sisters for a long time.
Princess Zhongshun then stopped talking, went out and asked Xiaoyue a few simple questions, then ordered someone to send her to accompany her mother, and then packed up and asked Wu Tianyue to send the sisters back to the Jia Mansion.
After a few days, Xiaoyue and her mother felt much better. They gladly accepted the method discussed earlier, hurriedly thanked Princess Zhongshun, and moved to the house next to the Grand View Garden.
When Wu Tianyue heard that Daiyu had ordered someone to bring Xiaoyue in to talk as soon as they arrived, he also hurried to Xiaoxiang Pavilion.
Daiyu saw him coming, afraid that he would show his displeasure and make Xiaoyue uncomfortable, so she hurriedly said, "Your poetry has declined a lot in recent days. I wrote a few poems these days. Take them back and have a look."
Wu Tianyue withdrew his scrutinizing gaze, took the poem handed to him by Daiyu, but did not leave. He sat down and read it slowly.
Seeing Xiaoyue still sitting there obediently and Wu Tianyue not saying anything unpleasant, Daiyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then she saw Xiaoyue staring at the paper in Wu Tianyue's hand and smiled, "Xiaoyue, do you want to learn how to write poetry too?"
Xiaoyue blushed, a rare occurrence: "I...I can't read."
Daiyu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll teach you."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Tianyue stared at Xiaoyue again. This kid is definitely not simple.
Seeing him do this again, Daiyu stood up and pulled Xiaoyue to the desk and stepped hard on Wu Tianyue's foot.
Wu Tianyue retracted his foot in pain and felt even more disgusted with Xiaoyue.
In the following days, Daiyu was busy teaching Xiaoyue to read. Xiaoyue was indeed very smart and learned very quickly. Daiyu also found it interesting and stayed with her all the time.
After Wu Tianyue recovered from his injury, he still had to go out and be busy. Now he finally had time to spend with Daiyu. Seeing that her attention was diverted by Xiaoyue, she was very unhappy and ran to Xiaoxiang Pavilion all day.
The big one and the small one were having a lot of fun fighting for Daiyu's attention.
That day, Wu Tianyue came up with another brilliant idea and hurried to Xiaoxiang Pavilion.
Xiaoyue had naturally arrived early in the morning and was sitting upright at the desk in front of the window, writing. Daiyu stood beside her, leaning slightly against the chair and instructing her.
That was my position before, Wu Tianyue shouted in his heart, but when he remembered his own method, he smiled again, just wait.
Daiyu looked up and saw him standing there. She felt a headache and wondered how long these two people would continue to quarrel.
Wu Tianyue saw Daiyu looking over and hurriedly stepped forward with a smile: "Sister, you get up very early these days."
Seeing that his face was full of "I'm going to make trouble", Daiyu held her forehead and asked: "What are you going to do now?"
"What did I do?" Wu Tianyue said aggrievedly, "I've been staying at home to recuperate recently and haven't gone anywhere."
Daiyu glanced at him and teased him, "If you don't want to talk, don't get in the way here. Xiaoyue has made great progress recently. I'm busy."
"No, no, no, that's what I'm saying." Wu Tianyue said hurriedly, "I thought you've been teaching her pretty well recently. Why don't you open a small school and find a few little girls in the mansion to teach her? You'll have something to do instead of being stuck in the house all day. They can also learn a few words and won't be deceived in the future."
Daiyu listened, lowered her head and thought for a moment, then said, "Let me think about it."
Wu Tianyue became happy. Xiaoyue looked up at him. Although she thought he was childish, she had no reason to persuade the girl not to agree.
In the afternoon, Daiyu went to take a nap as usual, but she was annoyed by the noise and drove them both out.
Wu Tianyue felt that he had won back a victory today, so he hummed a tune as he returned to Yihong Courtyard.
"Please wait a moment, my prince."
Wu Tianyue heard the sound, stopped, and turned to look. He saw Xiaoyue coming out of Xiaoxiang Pavilion. He frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xiaoyue stepped forward, knelt down and bowed, saying, "I know the prince doesn't like me and is afraid that I have bad intentions towards you."
Wu Tianyue raised his eyebrows but said nothing. Xiaoyue continued, "Please rest assured. The young lady saved my mother and me. I will never hurt her."
"If you think like this now, who knows if you'll be deceived by your father after he's been released from prison in the future." Wu Tianyue had seen that she had no ill intentions for the time being, so he said frankly, "I've seen many people betray their friends for the sake of so-called filial piety. What is there about you that I can trust?"
"You don't have to worry about that, my lord." Xiaoyue assured with a smile, "Ever since I can remember, it's either that man beating my mother or creditors coming to collect debts. He left my mother and me at home. I wished he would never come back. How could he betray me for the sake of filial piety?"
Then he bowed again and said, "I would also like to thank the prince for allowing my mother and I to get rid of him."
She is really smart. She can guess all this at such a young age. Wu Tianyue thought about it and became worried again. Although Daiyu is smart, she is kind and simple, and easily soft-hearted. This person is so smart that he is almost a demon. If he lets her stay by Daiyu, even if someone is watching her, she can't do anything. But if she betrays her in the future, Daiyu will be sad.
Xiaoyue had wanted to tell him that she had known about Zhang Fu for a long time and would never avenge her father, but she had aroused his vigilance instead. He couldn't help but panic: "I just saw Uncle Feiyan often following the prince, so I guessed blindly. But you can rest assured, prince, I don't consider Zhang Fu as my biological father at all."
"Your Highness is a man, he doesn't know how it feels for a woman to be trapped in a house all day. The girl stays in the house every day, either sitting and reading or reciting poetry to the bamboo. Even if Your Highness buys her all kinds of fun and beautiful things, she'll eventually get bored." Xiaoyue finished speaking, and seeing that his eyes still didn't relax, she hurriedly said, "Now, I'm just a toy that the girl hasn't gotten tired of yet. Your Highness, why don't you let me go and help her relieve her boredom? If she ever gets bored, I'll definitely leave on my own and won't bother her."
Xiaoyue touched upon Wu Tianyue's sore spot. He was already very dissatisfied with Daiyu being tied to the house by the rules and regulations of the world. Everything he did now was mostly to allow Daiyu to have more freedom in the future.
So after hearing these words, Wu Tianyue couldn't help but waver. He didn't know when he would be able to achieve what he had in mind. Daiyu taught him to read and write every day, which made her more energetic than before. If he really drove her away...
Wu Tianyue remembered that every evening when he came home, the maids would tell him that Daiyu had sent people to ask about him many times. His heart ached again, and he promised Xiaoyue, "Today is your last chance. If you insist on not leaving, you'd better remember what you just said. If she gets upset in the future, don't blame me for being ruthless."
The girl is so good, I won’t hurt her, Xiaoyue thought, and jumped up happily: "Thank you, Prince."
"Don't pretend in front of me." Wu Tianyue still couldn't stand her. "I'm not a girl from the garden. I won't fall for your tricks."
Although Xiaoyue was precocious, she was still a child. Her actions just now were subconscious. She didn't expect to be misunderstood by Wu Tianyue. She thought that this man was really annoying, but she stood up and saluted obediently: "Yes."
After saying that, he turned around and went back to Xiaoxiang Pavilion.
While walking towards Yihongyuan, Wu Tianyue was still trying to find a way to drive the girl away.
When he returned to Yihong Courtyard, he saw the little maid who had finished her work outside playing in the water being scolded by Lan Ye. Suddenly, he had an idea: Daiyu was obviously interested in opening a school, so why didn't he select a few little maids to go to Xiaoxiang Pavilion and let her give them some advice? After a long time, he didn't believe that there would be no one to replace those maids.
Thinking of this, Wu Tianyue asked Lan Ye to call the five or six-year-old girls in the mansion, and carefully selected a few with pleasing looks and different personalities, and sent them to Xiaoxiang Pavilion from time to time to deliver letters and borrow books.
Daiyu thought that he knew it was not easy for her to set up a primary school in a big way while she was living in her maternal grandparents' house, so he wanted to find someone to give her a try at teaching. She felt very pleased and kept these little girls with her every day to teach them how to read.
Xiaoyue watched coldly for a few days and found that these people were comparing themselves with her openly or secretly. No matter whether they were literate or embroiderers, as long as they were better than her in one aspect, they would be very happy. Then she understood Wu Tianyue's thoughts.
After knowing this, Xiaoyue worked even harder. Whenever Daiyu was tired, she would go to Tanchun, Baochai and others for advice. She was already smart, and now she worked so hard, so naturally she surpassed those people.
Daiyu was weak and had little time to teach every day. Although the little maids selected by Wu Tianyue were smart, they were not as smart as Xiaoyue. They were also young and inevitably playful. Daiyu picked a few of them to teach, and looking at their progress, she felt no sense of accomplishment and became a little lazy.
Seeing that Daiyu was far less happy and relaxed when teaching these little girls than when she taught Xiaoyue, Wu Tianyue had to temporarily give up the idea of driving Xiaoyue away, withdrew all the people, and ordered Lu Chen to keep a close eye on Xiaoyue.
In the blink of an eye, it was the end of October. Wu Tianyue's injury had healed. Although he still wanted to stay at home with Daiyu, he cheered himself up for the future, said goodbye to Daiyu, and went to the farm.
As soon as he reached the city gate, he saw a crowd of people in front of him. Wu Tianyue stopped his horse and asked, "What's going on over there?"
"There was a snowstorm in the north, and there have been a lot more refugees and beggars this month. The higher-ups have ordered the city gate guards to conduct strict inspections and not allow anyone in to disturb the people." Fei Yan rode forward to ask, then returned with, "There wouldn't be so many people in the past. Today, a group of people are coming to the capital to visit relatives, and there are so many people that they're crowded at the gate."
Wu Tianyue frowned and asked, "Why not provide disaster relief?"
"The emperor has sent people to the north, and the second prince has been asked to resettle the refugees outside the city."
When Wu Tianyue heard that it was Wu Wuyu who was doing the job, he felt that it was unreliable. However, he thought that the emperor had found many retainers for Wu Wuyu, so there should be no problem. So he did not say anything. After seeing that the inspection at the city gate was completed, he urged his horse to leave the city.
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