Ye Jingshu got up very early and went to Yingyue Palace to pick up Ye Jingyu in high spirits.
However, upon arriving at Yingyue Palace, they were turned away at the door.
The gates of Yingyue Palace were tightly closed. Ye Jingshu sent someone to knock on the door, and after a long while, a palace servant came to open it.
Upon seeing Ye Jingshu, the palace maid immediately knelt down to beg for forgiveness.
"Where is my third sister? I've come to fetch her to study at the Wenhua Hall." Ye Jingshu asked directly.
To everyone's surprise, the palace maid looked troubled, "The Third Princess—"
Seeing his stammering, Ye Jingshu immediately turned cold and questioned, "Father has already issued the decree, ordering Third Sister to study at Wenhua Hall. Consort Liang, are you trying to defy the decree?!"
"Princess, please calm down. The Third Princess has already gone to the Wenhua Hall," the palace servant said hurriedly.
"You've already left, why are you stammering?" Ye Jingshu was a little disappointed to hear that Ye Jingyu had already left, but then she thought that Ye Jingyu's initiative was a good thing, it showed that she really wanted to study!
She ignored the palace servants and walked towards the East Palace.
Having studied in the Wenhua Hall for so long, and most importantly, having to do morning exercises every day, Ye Jingshu had become accustomed to walking like the wind over time, even when she couldn't run.
She walked ahead alone, while the palace servants of Chaoyang Palace jogged behind her.
As they approached the East Palace, Ye Jingshu saw a small figure walking alone ahead.
"Third sister?" Ye Jingshu called out because the figure looked somewhat like Ye Jingyu from behind.
The other person turned around at the sound and, sure enough, it was Ye Jingyu.
Ye Jingshu quickened her pace and walked to Ye Jingyu's side, asking in confusion, "Why are you alone? Where are your palace servants?"
“My mother won’t allow them to come along,” Ye Jingyu said calmly.
When the emperor's decree was issued, Consort Liang naturally dared not disobey, but she had other options.
She forbade any of the palace servants in Yingyue Palace from escorting Ye Jingyu to the East Palace. She refused to believe that Ye Jingyu, who had never been to the East Palace before, would dare to go there alone.
After all, Yingyue Palace is quite a distance from the East Palace, and Ye Jingyu is only a five-year-old child. It's still early in the morning, and how could a five-year-old child dare to go out alone?
She was convinced that Ye Jingyu wouldn't dare.
If Ye Jingyu herself is afraid to go out, that is Ye Jingyu's own problem, and it does not count as her disobeying the imperial decree.
That way, even if the emperor questions her, she will have a reason to respond.
Ye Jingyu doesn't even dare to go out alone, so how could she possibly have the courage to study at the Wenhua Hall?
What she didn't expect was that after Ye Jingyu learned about this, she left Yingyue Palace alone without hesitation for a second.
Consort Liang was both angry and furious. She immediately ordered the palace gates to be closed so that even if Ye Jingyu got scared halfway and wanted to come back, she would not be allowed to enter.
Sure enough, after a while someone knocked on the door. The palace servant guarding the door had received orders from Consort Liang. At first, he did not intend to open the door, but later he felt that the force of the knocking did not seem like that of a child. Looking out through the crack in the door, he discovered that the person knocking was actually a palace servant from Chaoyang Palace.
Even their own master dared not offend Chaoyang Palace, so the palace servants guarding the gate naturally dared not either. They hurriedly opened the gate and saw the Princess standing outside with an unhappy expression.
Ye Jingshu finally understood why the palace servant had been stammering when she asked the question earlier.
Consort Liang actually forbade the palace servants from accompanying Ye Jingyu, leaving a five-year-old girl to go to Wenhua Hall alone. This is simply too much!
“Since your mother doesn’t like you studying at Wenhua Palace, you might as well not go back to Yingyue Palace anymore. You can come to Chaoyang Palace with me. That way, we can go to and from school together every day and keep each other company,” Ye Jingshu said to Ye Jingyu.
"Thank you for helping me, Your Highness. I'm already very grateful to be able to go to school." Ye Jingyu's expression remained calm.
“Going to Chaoyang Palace will only make Mother even more unhappy.”
However, he politely declined Ye Jingshu's suggestion.
Ye Jingshu couldn't understand how there could be mothers like Consort Liang and Consort Wen in this world.
She genuinely felt that she was incredibly lucky.
She was both lucky and regretful. If her mother hadn't died young, she couldn't even imagine how happy she and her brother would have been!
If she were Consort Liang or Consort Wen's child, she would probably have turned Yingyue Palace and Biyue Palace upside down long ago!
“It’s okay if you don’t live in Chaoyang Palace. I’ll pick you up from school at Yingyue Palace from now on, and you can walk with me after school too. It’s too unsafe for you to go out alone.” Ye Jingshu patted Ye Jingyu’s shoulder and said to her.
"Thank you, Your Majesty," Ye Jingyu said gratefully.
Walking beside Ye Jingyu, Ye Jingshu subconsciously slowed her pace to keep up with her.
She looked Ye Jingyu up and down at her outfit today. It was fine; there were no extra accessories on her head or body. She wondered if Consort Liang had deliberately left her alone, or if Ye Jingyu had chosen to dress like this herself.
If it's the former, then Consort Liang is truly despicable!
If it's the latter, then it has to be said that Ye Jingyu is truly intelligent.
"Third sister, studying in the Wenhua Hall is very interesting. You'll see when you get there," Ye Jingshu said to her.
"Don't be afraid. In the Wenhua Hall, besides us princes and princesses, there are only the four study companions of the emperor. Wu Zemin is gentle and polite, Gu Beichen is a bookworm who usually only reads books and doesn't pay attention to people, Yun Shu is a little fat boy, but he is very fun, Xie Chang'an—never mind him, we won't have to deal with him anyway."
"The second prince is steady, the third prince is lively and cute, the fourth prince is studious, and the fifth prince—the fifth prince, just ignore him, he won't pay attention to you either. Anyway, he'll only stick to the prince, he's a clingy little devil!"
Ye Jingshu spoke of Ye Jinghe with considerable resentment.
"Then—what about my elder brother, the Crown Prince?" Ye Jingyu asked with some confusion after hearing Ye Jingshu mention everyone in the Wenhua Hall but not the Crown Prince.
“My younger brother is exceptionally talented and intelligent. He knows a great deal and has many unique ideas. It was he who inspired me to study at the Wenhua Hall. He also reminded me to come and study with you and my second sister,” Ye Jingshu said.
Ye Jingyu never expected that her ability to study at Wenhua Hall was thanks to her elder brother, the Crown Prince. Although she hadn't had a good impression of him from their few previous meetings, people can change. Wasn't her elder sister completely different from the one she had before?
She couldn't help but feel even more excited about the Wenhua Hall.
Led by Ye Jingshu, Ye Jingyu arrived at the East Palace.
The weather cleared up today, and since the morning exercise was in the garden, Ye Jingshu led the person directly to the garden.
"Elder sister, why did we come here?" Ye Jingyu asked.
"Morning exercise," Ye Jingshu replied as she walked.
"Your Highness has changed morning reading to morning exercise. He runs in the garden to improve his health. But don't worry, there are teachers reading aloud while we run. Once you get used to it, you can read along with the teachers. It's much more effective than studying by rote in the Wenhua Hall!" Ye Jingshu explained to her.
running?
Reading while running?
Ye Jingyu felt that she didn't understand and was completely confused.
Wu Zemin, Gu Beichen, Ye Jingming, and Ye Jingyu had already arrived at the meeting point in the garden.
Ye Jingshu glanced at it, not surprised at all.
Here, the first to arrive will always be these four.
"Third sister, let me introduce you to these people first." Ye Jingshu led Ye Jingyu toward them.
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