Everyone left the bustling Jiaxiang Palace and returned to the eldest prince's bedroom in silence.
Seeing that there were no more outsiders around, Chen Hushan couldn't wait to ask Yu Zizhen, "What were you doing just now?"
But he saw that when that weird princess scolded them, the eldest prince did not allow Yu Zizhen to fight back. Yu Zizhen just stood there obediently, letting her scold him obediently without showing any anger or humiliation.
But when Empress Dowager Da Lu looked over and shouted at her daughter, and the strange eldest princess stopped staring at them and turned to talk to Empress Dowager Da Lu, Yu Zizhen's face changed in an instant, revealing complete grievance and resentment.
Yu Zizhen sat down on the high-backed chair beside the eldest prince. "It's nothing, just some mental damages."
After a pause, she added, "You should also have a share."
After all, everyone was scolded together, and the Empress Dowager Da Lu couldn't treat everyone differently when comforting them.
Everyone was silent for a while, and finally it was Chen Hushan, the most talkative one, who broke the silence, "You... are short of money?"
"What does this have to do with whether I'm short of money?" Yu Zizhen looked at his friends as if they were idiots. "Just because I'm not short of money, she can scold me at will?"
She was very restrained, wasn't she? If he hadn't been a guy secretly dubbed a "mad dog," she would have burst into tears in Jiaxiang Palace just now.
The eldest prince patted her arm and said, "Some people should not be provoked. Don't act impulsively."
Yu Zizhen nodded obediently, "I know, that's why I didn't make a fuss."
The eldest prince looked relieved, but the others looked speechless.
You "didn't make a scene"? You've already performed your face-changing skills for the Queen Mother, what else do you want to do?
Yu Zizhen didn't care what they thought. She asked the eldest prince, "Is it okay if we don't go back?"
The eldest prince nodded, "Okay."
To be more precise, it was really impossible for them to go back. After all, Empress Dowager Da Lu sent them out so that they could avoid the weird eldest princess.
If they go back, who knows what that weird princess will say or do.
If she really angered Yu Zizhen, and Yu Zizhen rushed out of the palace crying, "I want to go back to the north", it would be difficult for Empress Dowager Lu to deal with the situation.
If she wanted to punish her daughter, she couldn't bear it. If she didn't punish her, she wouldn't be able to appease Yu Zizhen, who couldn't bear to suffer any loss. The King of Zhenbei in the northern border would definitely take the opportunity to put pressure on her and the Lu family. Just thinking about that situation was enough to give Lu a headache.
Anyway, they have already presented the birthday gifts, so there is no impoliteness in not showing up again.
When Yu Zizhen heard him say this, she immediately said that she would go to the eldest prince's study. "It just so happens that I brought the medical books into the palace. Since I don't have to go to Jiaxiang Palace anymore, I might as well hide here with you and memorize the medical books."
Everyone: ...
Chen Hushan grabbed one of Yu Zizhen's wide sleeves and said, "You hid the book in your sleeve, so why didn't your sleeve fall down at all?"
This is also what others are puzzled about. How can Yu Zizhen's sleeves, which are like a treasure chest, be as light and flowing as other people's sleeves that are empty?
Yu Zizhen pulled back his wide sleeve and said, "I fixed it on my arm."
Chen Hushan didn't give up, "What about the snacks you brought?"
Those all have smells. How did this guy manage to hide it from everyone's sense of smell?
Yu Zizhen chuckled, "Well, this is an exclusive secret, I won't let anyone else know."
Without waiting for anyone to ask further questions, she swiftly turned the tables, "You're not like His Highness, who can't leave the palace. You can just buy whatever you want. Aren't you ashamed of thinking about my little snacks every day?"
The upright gentlemen Fang Huaiying and Yang Shixian's faces immediately turned red. Fan Zhongming and Chen Hushan, who had been living a life of luxury since childhood, also stopped talking. Yu Zizhen chuckled secretly and personally pushed the eldest prince towards his study.
The group stayed in the eldest prince's study until dusk. Only then did Yu Zizhen put away her medical book and said goodbye and left with Yang Shixian and others.
On the way out of the palace, Fan Zhongming asked her half curiously and half tentatively, "I see you can memorize medical texts very fluently, but why is it that when it comes to Confucian classics, your memory is so much worse?"
Yu Zizhen's face suddenly turned bitter. "I want to know too! The teacher always says that diligence can make up for lack of talent, but look at me. I am diligent enough, right? But what is the final result? I work so hard, but in the end I can only stumble and barely keep up with your progress."
Everyone: They really can’t accept this…
Comforting them was meaningless, and if they forced compliments against their conscience, Yu Zizhen would most likely not buy it. But if they honestly replied, "You're right, sometimes there is something called talent at work," they felt they would definitely get beaten...
Everyone was strangely silent, but Yu Zizhen didn't mind admitting that he had limited talent.
She sighed, "All I can say is, 'hard work can make up for lack of talent' is true, and 'talent determines the upper limit' is also true."
Just like her, although she had to pretend to be unteachable when studying Confucian classics, she was completely true to herself when learning the arts of music, chess, calligraphy and painting...
She played chess with her classmates and lost nine out of ten times. The one time she won was due to luck.
Although her handwriting and paintings looked similar at first glance, they were without exception devoid of any spirit. Even if the teachers wanted to praise her, the most they could say was "fairly neat."
As for the music she played, Yu Zizhen could only say that it was a true sound attack, the kind that could kill people if listened to for too long.
At this moment, Yang Shixian and others all recalled Yu Zizhen's various behaviors during this period. They looked at each other quickly and then tacitly changed the subject.
Everyone left the palace and returned to their homes. Then, as Yu Zizhen had expected, they received generous rewards from the Queen Mother Dalu.
Although the eunuchs who came to deliver the gifts did not mention the eccentric eldest princess even a word, they clearly expressed that Empress Dowager Da Lu liked the several birthday gifts sent to her by Yu Zizhen and others.
"The Empress Dowager really liked the birthday gifts that the young masters prepared for her. As soon as the birthday banquet in the palace ended, the Empress Dowager sent us out of the palace to deliver the gifts to the young masters."
This can be regarded as a vindication of Yu Zizhen and others. With the Queen Mother's actions, no one will be able to use Princess Anqing's weird remarks to criticize Yu Zizhen and others in the future.
After receiving the benefit, Yu Zizhen performed a Sichuan Opera face-changing for the eunuchs on the spot. She smiled and rewarded the eunuchs who came to deliver the gifts. Her smile was so bright that people could not tell that she had a frown and a pout before.
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