The eldest prince usually looks cold and arrogant, as if he doesn't want to talk to anyone. The second prince is actually a little afraid of his elder brother.
But during the time he studied with the eldest prince, he had keenly realized that the eldest prince, who had always been demonized by Little Lu, actually did not have the kind of jealousy and hatred towards his half-brother that Little Lu said.
These days, he watched coldly as his study partner Wu Mingyu was only focused on Yu Zizhen, while Yu Zizhen was obsessed with memorizing, memorizing, and memorizing. Even when he was occasionally free, Yu Zizhen's eyes would never turn towards Wu Mingyu. This made the second prince's mood change from the initial grievance and sadness to speechless and funny.
A child, especially one who hates studying, cannot speak as many flowery words as older children who read a lot. But as the strong and weak positions between him and Wu Mingyu, and between Wu Mingyu and Yu Zizhen seamlessly switched, the Second Prince vaguely understood that Wu Mingyu was pursuing interests.
He knew that Yu Zizhen must have something that Wu Mingyu was eager to get. At the same time, he also realized that Yu Zizhen would never let Wu Mingyu get what he wanted.
This made the negative emotions in the second prince's heart disappear, and he even felt more grateful to Yu Zizhen.
What he didn't know was that although Yu Zizhen was not helping him vent his anger regarding Wu Mingyu's matter, and his good mood was entirely a by-product of Yu Zizhen's teasing Wu Mingyu, but in other matters, Yu Zizhen was indeed intentionally helping him.
Since the eldest prince was also tutoring Yu Zizhen at the same time, Yu Zizhen, the fake poor student, usually did his daily homework with the second prince, the real poor student, at the eldest prince's place.
In order to rebuild the Second Prince's confidence, Yu Zizhen exacerbated her dull nature. When the First Prince tutored her, she performed much worse than the Second Prince.
The eldest prince Xiao Yuanjin, who had tutored Yu Zizhen many times, naturally knew that Yu Zizhen was pretending. When Yu Zizhen did this for the first time, he asked Yu Zizhen privately what he was trying to do.
Yu Zizhen didn't hide it from him, "The Second Prince has completely lost confidence in his studies after being hit by Little Lu. I have to make him feel that I am dumber than him, so that he can rebuild his confidence."
Although Xiao Yuanjin felt that Yu Zizhen was making a crooked argument, he didn't stop him from trying. After all, the Second Prince's situation was truly difficult, and he didn't have the confidence to completely turn him around. Since Yu Zizhen's words were convincing, then... he would let him give it a try.
As it turned out, Yu Zizhen's method was quite useful.
The second prince was very scared when he first heard the eldest prince say that he would tutor him. He was afraid that if he did not do well enough to satisfy the eldest prince, the eldest prince would look at him with disappointment.
However, the eldest prince was always very patient, and the expression on his cold and handsome face never changed.
No, more than that, the eldest prince is dumber than him. No, it’s the prince of Zhenbei who is even dumber than him. His expression and tone are also very patient.
Because he had said in his mind that Yu Zizhen was stupid on the first day, the second prince felt guilty for the next few days. But he soon discovered that although Yu Zizhen was worse at reading than him, he relied on his perseverance to never give up, and under the guidance of his eldest brother, he learned and completed all the lessons with difficulty.
From the perspective of others to himself, the second prince couldn't help but think when he saw this scene, since Yu Zizhen could learn the lessons with some difficulty, then he... as long as he worked hard, could he do better than he is now?
The tiny spark in her heart, with continuous progress day after day, gradually restored the Second Prince's confidence in studying, and Yu Zizhen finally didn't have to pretend to be an idiot anymore.
As for the little Lu in the harem, she had many eyes and ears in the palace, so she naturally knew a long time ago that the second prince was taken to his place by the eldest prince, but she did not cause trouble for the second prince because of this.
Although she hated the eldest prince, he was raised by the emperor himself after all. If the second prince went to him, it would be like going under the emperor's nose, which meant he had more opportunities to show off in front of the emperor.
So after the queen learned about this, she only vaguely told the second prince to behave well, instead of restricting him from contacting the eldest prince.
She even openly said to her trusted maid after the Second Prince asked to leave, "I didn't expect that cripple was quite sensible. At such a young age, he already knows how to please the future crown prince."
The second prince paused at the door. He felt that this was not the case, but he did not dare to refute the queen.
The second prince felt ashamed of the eldest prince's care and returned to his own palace dejectedly.
As for the emperor, who is often seen as the mascot of his second son and eldest daughter in his eldest son's bedroom recently, although he attaches great importance to the eldest prince, the other princes and princesses are also his children after all.
Normally he didn't dare approach them for fear of bringing them trouble, but whether in the past or now, every time he saw them, he would be particularly friendly.
Perhaps it was because he gave the two children kindness and warmth that was extremely rare in this deep palace, the second prince and the eldest princess both had a good impression of their father, whom they could only see occasionally during the New Year holidays.
Even though Little Lu often complained to the Second Prince about the Emperor's shortcomings, the Second Prince was still like the eldest princess, and had some admiration for their father.
Now that they finally have the opportunity to be with their father openly, they both like to sneak a peek at their father cautiously.
On the one hand, the emperor was afraid that his eldest son would think too much if he was too enthusiastic, and on the other hand, he was afraid that his second son and eldest daughter would be sad if he was too cold. He was in a dilemma and he would worry about the right balance every day.
Xiao Yuanjin was speechless about his father's useless behavior. He complained to Yu Zizhen privately, "If I minded, would I let them all come to my place?"
Well, strictly speaking, the eldest princess was not called by him. She came with Yu Zizhen.
Ever since Yu Zizhen helped her, this girl has completely become Yu Zizhen's little tail. She is not like Wu Mingyu. Wu Mingyu always wants to disturb Yu Zizhen and always wants to get something from Yu Zizhen, but the eldest princess just wants to stay quietly not far away from Yu Zizhen.
She would not disturb Yu Zizhen. When Yu Zizhen read books and practiced calligraphy, she would also read books and practice calligraphy. When Yu Zizhen practiced martial arts, she would also follow him to practice. Although her movements were random, she looked so serious and clumsy, and she tried hard to stand far away so as not to hinder Yu Zizhen, which was very cute.
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