Just like the two in front of her, the Eighth Princess and the Seventh Prince, with whom she had once shared a plate of pastries and two pieces of candy, did not return to their own palaces during lunchtime, but stayed to have lunch.
They first greeted Yue Fuguang very politely, and only after receiving permission did they sit down next to her.
The Eighth Princess asked, "Is the Junior Tutor settling in well here?"
She overheard the Junior Tutor's inner monologue about how boring it was, and she was genuinely worried that he might actually stop coming to class.
Yesterday, the Emperor summoned all those who could hear his thoughts and instructed them to take good care of her at the school and to make sure she didn't develop a dislike for studying.
Princess Xie Zhiyin, though small in stature, had many things she couldn't understand. If she had such an impressive status, had seen different worlds, and had eaten so many special things...
If she were to return to this tedious and boring school, she would also grow tired of it. She greatly admires that Master Shao is willing to come.
Yue Fuguang didn't mince words, saying, "I'm not used to it. It's incredibly boring here."
She's just an ordinary person; she can't muster any thirst for knowledge, nor can she become a sponge that absorbs knowledge.
The Seventh Prince looked delighted, as if he had found a kindred spirit. "You, Grand Tutor, also find school boring? I knew it! I wasn't the only one who thought so!"
Seeing her overly excited seventh brother, the Eighth Princess quickly said, "Seventh brother, sit down. If you don't eat properly, Father will punish you again."
Most importantly, if the Junior Tutor is found to be averse to studying, then Seventh Brother's backside won't be much better off than Fourth Brother's.
The Eighth Princess couldn't help but shudder at the thought of her Fourth Brother, who had been beaten so badly yesterday that he was barely breathing.
The Seventh Prince was obviously thinking about Xie Zhiwei's bloodied buttocks, and he didn't forget to forcefully steer the conversation back to the topic when he sat down to eat.
"Young Master, the morning classes were indeed a bit boring, but we have a horse riding class this afternoon, so we can go horseback riding!"
The eyes of the seventh prince and the eighth princess lit up at the mention of horseback riding.
【Master, riding a horse this season is like the horse running while the wind is chasing it; one lap and someone's frozen to death.】
"This season is definitely not suitable for a free-spirited woman! Little Pearl, remember to put a protective shield on me when the time comes."
Since we have these conditions, there's no need to force ourselves to suffer!
The two siblings poked at the rice in their bowls with envy, silently turning their envy into appetite, and buried themselves in their food.
After lunch, the Seventh Princess led Yue Fuguang and the other two to the backyard of Hongwen Hall. They went out through a small door and walked for another seven or eight minutes before arriving at a side hall that resembled a Taoist temple.
It was clearly recently renovated, with the carved beams and painted rafters featuring elements of immortal herbs and elixirs, and its layout was different from other sleeping quarters.
Seeing the puzzled look on Yue Fuguang's face, the Seventh Princess explained, "This was originally a pill room that Father Emperor repaired for the Taoist priests to use for alchemy."
But for some reason, construction stopped before the house was finished.
Later, because it was closest to the Hongwen Hall, it was converted into a rest area by the Ministry of Works.
Yue Fuguang thought to herself, "What else could it be? It must be that the Crown Prince told Emperor Mingxi that the elixir was poisonous and that he dared not take it!"
I wonder if they started researching gunpowder based on their own suggestions.
As for turning it into a lounge, it must have been planned by the emperor before the new year for her and the system to come and study.
"System, you'd better study hard! Look at you, misusing words! You've angered the emperor so much that he sent us to the Hongwen Academy for further studies!"
[Host, there are many books in this world in the system's data. I'm a cultured system user; I only mentioned the emperors on purpose!]
Yue Fuguang lay on the soft, comfortable bed, next to her second and fourth sisters.
She was a bit light sleeper and couldn't fall asleep for a while. She saw that her older sisters seemed to be asleep, but judging from their breathing, they weren't either.
"Little Bead, play some soothing music to help me sleep."
【Master, wait here. Little Bead has many beautiful melodies from the mortal realm.】
The system first played Moonlight Sonata for her. The soothing and ethereal music gradually relaxed her brain, which was filled with classical Chinese phrases.
She was asleep, but little did she know that Yu Ningxin, who loved music, was listening to the music next door and couldn't fall asleep no matter how much she tossed and turned.
The instruments used in this piece are completely different from those of the Dayan dynasty. The timbre is pure, with the high notes being crisp like water droplets and the middle notes being warm and rich. Yu Ningxin seemed to see the bright moon hanging high in the sky, sprinkling its clear light on the earth.
Yu Ningxin turned and looked at the unique moonlight, who was sleeping on the Thousand Craftsmanship Canopy Bed. This seventh sister usually seemed very easy to get along with.
However, she always kept her distance from her family. At first, she didn't understand why, but one day she suddenly heard her inner thoughts and realized that she was different from them.
The reason she was able to bypass her third sister, Yu Ningzi, and become the seventh sister's study companion was because Ningzi's aunt was the third aunt's dowry maid.
When my third aunt gave birth, besides Granny Liu, her aunt also took care of her and the baby...
After finishing her riding lesson in the afternoon, Yue Fuguang collapsed into the carriage like a giant cat pancake.
"System, what kind of life am I living? Going to court, going to school, going to school, going to court... when will this end?"
[Host, reveal more information and earn more points. We'll buy you traditional knowledge initiations, so you won't have to work yourself to death to learn them.]
Moonlight instantly became alert. "How many points does this empowerment require?"
The system fawned, "[Host, it's not much, just 98,888 points. You won't lose out, you won't be cheated, you...]"
"Stop!" Before it could continue its sales pitch, Yue Fuguang ruthlessly interrupted it. "By the time I'd saved enough points to buy it, I'd already learned how to do it myself!"
The system replied, "[This can be paid in installments, up to a maximum of ten years.]"
Yue Fuguang remained unmoved. She had never had a mortgage in her past life, so why would she have to take on a knowledge loan in this one?
"With the points I have to buy it, I'd rather spend 108,000 on a martial arts manual for initiation, or even 188,000 on an immortal cultivation technique for initiation!"
Hearing her say that, the system perked up again. [Really, host? You really want to buy this?]
"It's fake! I'm not using my own body right now. Even if I practice immortal cultivation techniques and leave this place, won't I just be back to square one?"
At this moment, Yue Fuguang also noticed something was wrong with the system. "System, tell me honestly, are you hiding something from me? The store is still closed, yet you're urging me to buy tutorials. Where can I buy them?"
The system data paused for a moment, and the little dumpling in the system space even showed garbled characters. It was a little panicked. Had the host discovered so quickly that it wanted to earn her points?
It was a little nervous, but still honestly replied, "Host, we have...we have ways to smuggle non-physical items through the back door of the shop, even if the shop is closed."
"Steal? Aren't you afraid the main system will find out and format you?"
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