"I have already shown you the way." Qiao Zhe pried Qiong Lan's hand away, his face cold, "Whether you can survive or not depends on you."

Qiong Lan's face was ashen, her beautiful eyes were filled with tears. She looked at Helian Yu who was surrounded in the middle and walked towards her quickly.

However, before she could touch Helian Yu's sleeve, she was blocked several feet away.

"Xiao Yu'er is timid, young lady, please don't scare her." Helian Chi held a jade fan in his hand, blocking Qiong Lan, and pulled a perfunctory arc, his eyes fell in front of Qiong Yu, like looking at a commodity, "If you have anything to say, young lady, why don't you tell me."

Helian Chi's eyes were extremely contemptuous and wanton, but Qiong Yu felt very familiar with them, and a thought suddenly arose in her mind.

She turned to Helian Chifu and said, "Then I'd better obey your command. Qionglan is willing to talk to you, young master."

Helian Chi closed his fan and pointed in a direction: "Young lady, please."

Qiao Zhe closed his eyes and let out a deep sigh.

Good words cannot persuade a damned ghost.

He had already advised Qiong Yu to apologize to the person who could really let her go, but she chose to walk towards the abyss.

Qiao Zhe gathered his thoughts, walked up to Xie Rangchen, and bowed: "Greetings, sir."

Helian Sheng stood up and said, "I didn't expect that Mr. Qiao knew the Imperial Master."

Helian Yu nodded: I didn’t expect it.

"Sir, would you like to go up to the pleasure boat and sit for a while? The girls will sing and dance with you, which may help you relax a little." Qiao Zhe invited.

"Great!" Helian Yu's eyes flashed with rage, "Are there any courtesans?"

Qiao Zhe's mouth twitched, "Yes."

"That--"

"Have you finished your homework today?"

Helian Yu: “???”

Helian Yu raised his chin and complained in a low voice: "Master, you really spoil the fun by reminding us of our homework when we are out playing. I won't bring you with me next time!"

Xie Rangchen drooped his eyelashes and stared at Helian Yu without saying a word, staring at her until she looked away out of guilt.

"Take you! Take you!"

If she didn't take him out to play, he would make a spider web in the house.

It's so hard for me to do this.

"Miss, do you still want to see the courtesan..." Before Qiao Zhe could finish his words, he felt a chill on his back as the cold knife handed to him by Xie Rangchen scratched him.

He gave Xie Rangchen a bitter smile and decisively changed the game invitation to Helian Yu: "There are kites, sugar paintings, poetry recitation and the like next to it. Miss, go and take a look first?"

"Okay."

Helian Yu knew that with her old-fashioned master around, she would definitely not be able to see the beautiful and story-filled oiran sister, and would have to meet her another day.

"I'm the best at writing poetry!"

Qiao Zhe knew that Helian Yu was a princess of the royal family and a disciple of the imperial teacher. Even if her poetry writing skills were not top-notch, they would certainly not be low, so he readily agreed.

At the table——

"Write about the moon... let me think..."

Helian Yu held the pen and racked his brains.

Seeing Chang Zuo coming back, Xie Rangchen said to him, "Stay here with Yu'er. I'll come over after I change my clothes."

Chang Zuo agreed, stood next to Helian Yu, and lowered his head to look at what she was writing.

"A toad falls from a white jade plate, and ten thousand ounces of yellow and white turn into sand."

Chang Zuo had little education and did not understand what was going on, so he asked, "What does this mean?"

"It means the golden toad flew to the moon, and then it had no money."

Chang Zuo: “…”

Qiao Zhe nodded, "Although the artistic conception is lacking and the handwriting is particularly ugly, the advantage is that the young lady is young. It is rare, rare."

Chang Zuo didn't understand, so he clapped twice and agreed, "Rare."

Helian Yu looked at Helian Sheng.

Helian Sheng smiled and said, "It's rare."

About a moment later, Xie Rangchen and Helian Chi came back together.

Helian Yu held up the paper and stood in front of Xie Rangchen: "How is it?"

“There is progress.”

"Hehe." Helian Yu looked proud, "I've read a lot of books recently."

Xie Rangchen took the paper from her hand and folded it meticulously, "Go back and find a craftsman to mount it and put it in Wushuang Garden."

"good!"

Helian Yu was full of ambition. He took the pen and turned over another piece of paper. "I'll write another one!"

"How about using 'Spring' as the title?" Helian Sheng suggested.

"Okay, okay!" Helian Yu held the pen and wrote on the paper.

"The red candle is dim in the warm tent on a spring night, and the couch is rotten in the broken window of the dilapidated temple."

Xie Rangchen curled up his fingers and wanted to throw the pen to her.

"When spring comes, wild cats call for three days, and the general and I take off our battle robes."

Everyone: “…”

It's the spring in "spring", not the spring in "spring love"! Helian Yu held up the paper to show off, "Master, this is a gift for you, frame it and hang it in your study!"

Xie Rangchen was slightly startled, and politely declined: "You can frame it, and hang it in Wushuang Garden. We have to entertain guests in the study occasionally, so it's inconvenient to put too much on display."

"That's fine." Helian Yu sighed, "I've made great progress recently. I can even write poetry now."

"Indeed." Xie Rangchen managed to pull out some words to praise, "The number of words has improved greatly."

Helian Yu's face was stiff, and her eyes were fierce. "Master, do you look down on the poems I wrote?"

"That is not my intention."

"That is——"

"Excellent work! A masterpiece that is unrivaled! This young master is truly a great man of the time!"

The sudden shouting and excited cheers aroused the curiosity of Helian Yu and his group. They took the papers and walked into the crowd.

The crowd was gathering around a young man, or rather, a girl dressed as a man.

She has pierced earlobes, a flat Adam's apple, and is too thin with a very slim waist.

"Sir, do you have any achievements?"

"No." The 'Master' bowed and shook his head, "This poem was not written by me, but by my teacher, whose surname is Zhang, Zhang Ruoxu."

"The spring river tide reaches the sea level, and the bright moon rises with the tide. The ripples follow the waves for thousands of miles, and there is no spring river without a bright moon!" A young man in gorgeous clothes recited and cheered excitedly, "Young master, why should you be so modest? If your teacher did this, how could he not be famous?"

"It was really my teacher who did it. He is no longer in this world..."

Helian Yu was surprised. Liu Qiuyue was truly worthy of being the heroine. The prince had confined her to her house for a month, yet she was still able to go out.

However, it seems that she did not steal the poem, but gave the poem the real author's name.

Helian Sheng was moved upon hearing the poem: "It is indeed a good poem."

"Since my second brother likes it too, why don't I invite the young master to come and have a seat." Helian Chi's eyes curved, and without waiting for Helian Sheng to agree, he squeezed into the crowd and invited Liu Qiuyue.

Helian Sheng was sure that Helian Chi had bad intentions, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

After Helian Chi pulled Liu Qiuyue out of the crowd, he said to Qiao Zhe, "Mr. Qiao, why don't you borrow your pleasure boat to sit for a while? It would be a good opportunity to exchange some poetry and books with this young master."

Qiao Zhe smiled and looked at Xie Rangchen.

Xie Rangchen lowered his eyes and looked at Helian Yu.

Helian Yu: "..."

Well, now she has the final say!

"Xiao Yu'er? What do you think?"

"I say? Then go ahead."

Helian Yu couldn't figure out what Helian Chi meant, so he decided to go for broke and see what he was up to.

(End of this chapter)