Chapter 12: Sympathy for the Same Pain "It turns out that the Prince Consort is good at painting..."
Chapter 12
Perhaps Lin Zhiyi's gaze was too focused, and Jing Yue, who had been trying to concentrate on reading, found it difficult to ignore it. So she raised her eyes again and looked at Lin Zhiyi inquiringly: "Does your Majesty have any other advice?"
Lin Zhiyi came back to her senses, shook her head, her eyebrows curved like crescent moons: "No~ Princess, please——"
Jing Yue looked at Lin Zhiyi twice more, confused, but couldn't see anything unusual. She then looked down at her own robe, but didn't find anything wrong. Then she muttered to herself, "What a weirdo!", and concentrated on reading.
Lin Zhiyi also smiled and opened the book in his hand.
She is quite interested in ancient vernacular novels.
The name of the storybook is "Record of Strange Dreams" and the author is called "The Guest in the Book".
It's a very elegant name and very stylish.
The ancients were also quite charming when they wrote literary works.
This story tells the story of a five-year-old girl who experiences various strange events in her dreams.
There are gods, monsters, knights and magicians... It is very imaginative and interesting.
Lin Zhiyi originally opened the book with the intention of just reading it to kill time, but later he immersed himself in the story and experienced the joys and sorrows with the protagonist.
It was not difficult for her to understand the words in this world. She had the memories of the original owner, and she had held calligraphy art events in the name of her company in this world. She also liked calligraphy, especially cursive script... So, she could understand it.
Moreover, she didn't expect that this storybook was different from the ancient storybooks she had imagined before reading it.
——She thought that most of the ancient novels would be about love affairs, but it turned out that there were such wonderful fantasy stories.
The author of "The Guest in the Book" must be very interesting.
The carriage was moving quietly. The two people in the carriage were flipping through the books in their hands. When they saw that their eyes were a little tired, they drank a few sips of tea and ate a few snacks. The journey back to Beijing was very pleasant.
Yuanbao was almost stretched out like a pancake, lying on Lin Zhiyi's knees, sleeping soundly.
While Jingyue was reading, she would occasionally look up at the person opposite her.
He hadn't expected Young Marquis Lin to be so composed—there were many playboys in the capital, and ninety-nine percent of them were idle. Young Marquis Lin had a relatively good reputation, but it was rumored that he and the young master of the Zhou family got along well, so Jing Yue initially thought he would be the kind of person with a lively and energetic personality.
Of course, Lin Zhiyi's personality is indeed not dull, in fact he is quite interesting, lively, enthusiastic and measured.
So this is what he looks like when he is quiet.
As expected of the man taught by Marquis Ding'an, he is proficient in both civil and military affairs.
Jing Yue thought about this and suddenly felt uncertain again - was he really a master of both civil and military skills? He could pretend he was excellent in the 'civil' aspect for now, but... martial arts? Young Marquis Lin hadn't escaped the horse's startling accident twice.
Jing Yue complained a little in her heart, and then her eyes were attracted by Lin Zhiyi's action of turning the pages of the book.
——He reads very fast, almost reading ten lines at a glance.
And very immersive.
Jing Yue prides himself on being a serious student with a photographic memory. If he hadn't been dressed as a woman, he would have earned a reputation like Jing Zhuowen, with the reputation of being a 'brilliant writer' and 'elegant in writing'.
It's just... fate.
It's no use for him to have a good reputation if he can't become a prince.
As a princess, he had to keep a low profile.
Does Young Marquis Lin really not care that his official career path will become bumpy because of the position of the imperial consort?
We are all men, who doesn’t want to achieve great things and become famous?
If Lin Zhiyi is really talented, then because he and Lin Zhiyi share the same problem and are unable to display their talents, he will try his best to help him plan a relatively smooth career path and help him realize his extraordinary ambitions.
The two of them read at about the same speed and finished turning the pages of the book at almost the same time.
Lin Zhiyi closed the cover reluctantly, feeling overwhelmed with emotion.
Seeing his expression of being immersed in the world of books, Jing Yue couldn't help but smile and asked, "So the prince consort likes to read storybooks."
Lin Zhiyi smiled back, "It's quite interesting. It seems the princess likes it too?"
"Hmm... The guest's words in the book are unique, I find them quite interesting." Jing Yue also began to refer to himself as 'I'. It was clear that after just over an hour of being together, he had become increasingly relaxed in Lin Zhiyi's presence.
Lin Zhiyi blinked: "Anything else?"
Jing Yue: "...There's another one." He took out another from the locker next to him and handed it to Lin Zhiyi. "The books written by the Book Guest are novel and interesting, but there are too few of them, only three."
Lin Zhiyi said with some regret: "Ah? Only three parts... isn't he/she going to write anymore?"
It would be nice if we could urge updates like we do in the modern world.
Jing Yue: "Maybe he encountered some unexpected incidents and has temporarily stopped writing. However, the public is most eager for the Shu Zhongke's storybook, so perhaps we will soon be able to wait for his/her fourth volume."
Lin Zhiyi leaned forward and asked with interest, "Do you think the guest in the book is a man or a woman?"
Jing Yue: "..." He sat up slightly, a little further away from Lin Zhiyi, and then asked, "What do you think, Prince Consort?"
Lin Zhiyi said: "I think she should be a girl."
"How do you know?"
"Look, first of all, the protagonist of this story is a cute little girl. It's rare for people who write storybooks to make the protagonist a little girl, right?
"The second thing is the story content - in the vernacular stories written by men, the protagonist is either a man, wielding a sword and wandering the world, enjoying the beauty of the world, or the protagonist is a love-hate relationship between immortals, ghosts, demons and monsters, which is more touching and more suitable for the general public.
"Finally—the writer's writing style is delicate and gentle, and her imagination is unconstrained. So, I think she must be a woman who loves fantasy."
Jing Yue nodded as she listened, "Your Highness, what you said makes sense. After we get married, we can go to the market together and try our luck to see if we can meet this mysterious 'guest from the book'."
He talked about marriage so lightly that Lin Zhiyi listened calmly, only interested in the dialogue and its author.
"Hurrah."
The journey back to Beijing was not too far. Lin Zhiyi and Jing Yue read books and chatted in the carriage. They did not feel the distance was long, but only felt that time flew by.
"Your Highness, Prince Consort, we have arrived at Zhuque Street." When the carriage stopped and Su Lian's voice came from outside, they realized that it was time to say goodbye.
After getting familiar with the environment along the way, Yuanbao now dares to nestle in Jingyue's arms and wag his tail.
Lin Zhiyi dried the design he had just drawn and handed it to Jingyue: "Your Highness, take a look at it. Do you like it?"
Lin Zhiyi felt a little guilty because he had been riding in the princess's carriage all the way, so he wanted to give the princess a gift - a gift related to ingots.
It happened that in the second half, Yuanbao began to get close to the princess, and the princess also fell in love with Yuanbao.
She is a designer, so it is no problem for her to design a cartoon doll image of Yuanbao.
The cartoon ingots on the drawing are vivid and distinctive.
Jing Yue was delighted after reading it: "It turns out that the prince consort is good at painting, and it is so unique and interesting! With just a few strokes, he captured the charm of the ingot... I like it very much. I will order the Shangyi Bureau to make the finished product according to the drawing, and then give one to the prince consort."
After a pause, he remembered that there were still four daughters in the Marquis' Mansion, so he changed his words and said, "No, give five. There are also some for the four sisters."
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