Xie Rangchen frowned and let go of his hand, and Helian Chi followed suit and also let go of his hand.
The wailing has not stopped, and has even become more "rampant".
"You hurt her." Helian Chi stared at Xie Rangchen and spoke first.
Without even raising his eyelids, Xie Rangchen replied, "It's you."
"I have been holding back my strength, but it is the Imperial Master who is doing it, haha."
"Your Highness just had a hideous look on his face."
"The Imperial Master is used to slandering people."
The two of them exchanged words with each other. Helian Yu wailed while crawling on the ground like a cricket pupa, heading towards the room.
However, she was tied up all over and could only walk on the floor, and her movements were quite funny.
A few people not far away started a new round of silence.
Lu Jing was the first to speak: "I see that your highness and the others are having a great time, so we should go back to the house and rest."
Yingyue asked weakly, "Can this servant help His Highness up?"
"Your Highness doesn't seem to need help." Zhuo Liu touched his head. "Look, he has already moved to the door and started banging his head against it."
"Wouldn't it be inappropriate for us to say such sarcastic things like this..." Yingyue hesitated for a long time and raised her foot to go over.
Yingyue had just taken a step forward when the two people who were arguing finally reacted - Helian Yu Cricket Pupa had run away.
The two of them stepped towards Helian Yu together. Yingyue silently retracted her legs, took a step back, and silently said: Amitabha.
Everyone huddled together, waiting to see how Helian Yu would be "dealt with", but three men entered the room and left them aside.
"Is this considered a reconciliation?" Lu Jing was old and could not stay up late. He forced himself to watch the fun despite being sleepy. Now he planned to say something polite and then leave.
Chang Zuo: “Not really.”
Zhuo Liu: “Not really.”
Yingyue: “Not really.”
Caiyun: “Not really.”
Lu Jing was silent. He glanced at the four people, wondering, are young people so polite nowadays? Must each of them reply to him? Lu Jing didn't care about the result. He barely kept his eyelids open, said goodbye to everyone, and returned to his room.
Inside the room, candles were lit, and the room instantly became warm, blocking out the purple-white whip and the surging darkness outside the window.
The hollow and exquisite white porcelain lamp on the table rotates when turned, and its many exquisite eyes form a mysterious and intricate pattern. The white porcelain, as thin as paper and as white as jade, can be tapped lightly, with a crisp sound like a chime.
Helian Yu was untied and lay on the table, pouting as he fiddled with the exquisite white porcelain lamp, refusing to pay attention to the two people sitting silently next to him.
After about half a minute, Helian Yu got tired of playing, propped himself up, and looked at the two of them: "Do you know you are wrong?"
Xie Rangchen had a blank expression on his face. He glanced at her but didn't say anything.
Helian Chi folded his arms across his chest, leaning lazily on the rosewood Eight Immortals Chair, and did not speak.
Helian Yu's dark eyes turned, he stepped on the table, slid to Xie Rangchen, and stepped on his arm with his little feet: "Master, what do you think of my suona playing just now?"
“…Excellent.”
Helian Chi stretched his neck and glared at Xie Rangchen. Are they now discussing whether she is good at playing the suona?
Helian Yu got a satisfactory answer, retracted his foot, turned around, and did the same thing, stepping on Helian Chi's arm while asking: "Fourth brother, I can't play the piano, I can only play the suona, do you think my suona playing is vulgar?"
Helian Chi's eyes twitched, and facing her cunning gaze, he really couldn't say anything to attack her, and followed in her footsteps in frustration: "No."
The two of them remained silent. Even though they knew they were being tricked, they still had to go along with it.
"good."
“It’s OK.”
"Then I will continue to play for you tomorrow!" Helian Yu crossed his legs, swayed his body, and looked longing. "I can play a lot of songs! I can play songs for weddings and funerals! Tomorrow I will make you a complete person!"
Xie Rangchen's eyelids trembled slightly, and he raised his hand to support her swaying body: "Tomorrow we will go to study with Miss Lin. Don't neglect your studies when you are away from home."
"Lin Xichun?" Helian Yu blinked, "She dislikes my lack of education and doesn't want to be with me."
Helian Chi's scalp tingled. He pinched her right hand and played with it. Although there was not much flesh, it was very soft and seemed like it would not break no matter how hard he tried. "Last time, Miss Lin asked you to study with her. You asked her what a certain sentence meant. After she explained it to you, she mentioned that you were young and had not read much, so it was understandable that you did not understand. How did it become what you said?"
Helian Chi looked at Helian Yu with a half-smile, "You wouldn't have spread rumors about Fourth Brother like this before, right?"
"No." Helian Yu shook his head obediently, hugged Helian Chi's neck affectionately, and said sweetly, "How could it be~ Fourth brother is so nice~"
"The thunder outside has stopped and the rain is getting lighter. Let's go to bed early." Xie Rangchen stood up, dusted off his red clothes that left no trace, and with extremely elegant steps, he pushed the door and left.
A layer of fog surged under Helian Chi's eyes, rolling strangely, just like the thunderstorm night outside gradually calming down, slowly fading away: "Xiao Yu'er, it's not a rainy night outside, Fourth Brother will accompany you."
On the navigable river, the huge fleet of ships sailed in an orderly manner and returned to Beijing, which took nearly half a month.
"well!"
Helian Yu lay on the deck, feeling worried. He looked up at the silvery-white river, which was like a white silk thread. From time to time, fish jumped out and birds flew by.
"Your Highness doesn't want to return to Beijing?"
Helian Yu turned her head and looked at Lin Xichun who was sitting next to her with a book in his hand: "Why aren't you in the study?"
"Come and see Her Highness." Lin Xichun looked at Helian Yu with curiosity in his eyes, "Her Highness is very different from the princess I know from the books."
"Hmm?" Helian Yu became interested. "You also like to read storybooks?"
Lin Xichun shook his head: "My parents don't allow me to read storybooks, saying that they are poisonous."
Helian Yu silently retreated: "Then where did you see the princess?"
"In the history books." Lin Xichun looked calm and steady, with a powerful aura at a young age. "In the history books, most princesses were well-read, talented, gentle and sensible."
Helian Yu turned over, leaned on his arm and asked, "Isn't it me?"
Lin Xichun was rarely silent. Usually she was the only one who was speechless when confronting others, but now she also experienced it.
She quickly formulated the words in her mind: "Your Highness is different from the princess in the history books. You are more alive."
"Of course!" Helian Yu propped himself up with his arms and sat up cross-legged. "How can a living person live like a few idioms? That's so boring!"
"Your Highness is right." Lin Xichun pondered, "I wonder if Xichun can know your Highness's ideals? Your Highness is different from ordinary princesses, so her ideals must be different as well."
"Ideal? Peace and prosperity for the country and the people?" Helian Yu swayed like a clumsy little penguin. "What about you?"
Lin Xichun looked up at the sky and said, "I want to be the county magistrate, I want to be the great grandmother of the sky, I want to leave my name in history books."
She smiled and looked at Helian Yu: "Your Highness will find this incredible, a hen crowing at dawn, right?"
"No." Helian Yu's dark eyes rolled around, and he moved closer to her. "You want to be a good official who will be remembered in history books, right?"
Lin Xichun felt a chill on her back. She stared at Helian Yu's "diligent" eyes, nodded slightly, and said firmly: "Yes."
"Zhaoyang County is not large, but it is under the jurisdiction of this palace and does not communicate with the imperial court."