His eyes fell towards the lattice window, lost in thought. Suddenly he looked up and saw a magnificent scene reflected by the lamp.

"Fourth brother, can you help me copy it a few dozen times?"

“Fourth brother!”

Helian Yu leaned over the low table, trying to call Helian Chi back to his senses, when she suddenly saw purple liquid on his palm, faintly oozing with the smell of pollen. She recalled that he had just entered the room and rubbed against her...

Helian Yu lowered his head and looked towards his waist.

really.

There was a large purple scratch on her green cloud-patterned back, which was extremely eye-catching.

Helian Yu turned his head and happened to meet Helian Chi's eyes which had just come back to his senses. They were dark, ethereal and confused, and suddenly a smile appeared on them.

"I've been discovered." Helian Chi's voice was filled with red laughter. He slowly picked up a piece of soft and sticky yam tea cake and fed it to Helian Yu's mouth, "Eat a few bites, save some strength, and copy it a few more times."

Helian Yu stared at him with difficulty, hummed and lowered his head, and drew on the paper stroke by stroke, the horizontal and vertical lines were not straight, and occasionally he drew a few grasses and flowers in the corner.

At about midnight, Helian Yu yawned continuously with tears welling up in his eyes.

Helian Chi was also feeling sleepy. He stretched lazily but restrainedly, his tone dragging with a hint of spring, tempting people without them realizing it: "How many more times do you have to go?"

"Hmm... sixty times." Helian Yu was resentful and sleepy. He yawned and fell on the low table. "I can't finish it!"

"Two hours, and you haven't finished writing 300 words?" Helian Chi couldn't believe it. "Didn't you only copy the three words 'Diamond Sutra'?"

Helian Yu looked down at the paper full of flowers and plants, and met Helian Chi's half-smile, feeling a sense of emptiness in his heart.

She said quietly, "Fourth brother, as the saying goes, 'One flower, one world; one leaf, one bodhi'. Are the 'worlds' and 'bodhi' that I draw more meaningful than copying Buddhist scriptures? Are they worth copying Buddhist scriptures a hundred times?"

Helian Chi was silent, "What a bunch of twisted ideas."

"Fourth Brother~"

"Go to bed early." Helian Chi stood up, stretched out his arms to take Helian Yu into his arms, and put him on the large carved bed. "You can't finish copying anyway, so just go to bed early. Tomorrow I have to go to Sihai Academy for a tour and meet Prime Minister Pu who retired a few years ago."

"The academy." Helian Yu lay on the pillow, his eyes narrowed into slits due to sleepiness, "I don't want to go..."

"You have to go even if you don't want to." Helian Chi put her hand outside the quilt, picked up a silk handkerchief, dipped it in water, and carefully wiped the ink off her hand. "You are a princess. When you arrive in Jinling, you have to see him. This is the favor given to Mr. Pu by the royal family, and it is also for the scholars of the world to see. Follow the rules tomorrow, and intimidate those accompanying officials. Don't let them look down on you."

Helian Yu breathed slowly and hummed softly in his throat as a response to Helian Chi.

Helian Chi wiped the palms and backs of her hands carefully, stuffed them into the quilt, and said softly, "You little heartless girl."

The sound of quiet footsteps and the elongated shadow of the candlelight faded away as the fruity scent in the room became increasingly faint.

The next morning, the sky gradually turned purple-red, light and faint. As the golden crow rose, the light and intense color turned into gorgeousness, and the purple-red turned into bright orange.

Helian Yu lay on the edge of the bed, holding a pen in his mouth, and finally started writing.

[I haven't written for a long time, let me review it first.] [Spring wheat seeds! Chang An went to do it!] [Business: toilet paper, piece-and-piece underwear.] [Old and orphanage: three were built in the capital.] [So it seems that I am rich at a young age, oh~] [I raided an inn yesterday, it was a very coincidental case of special examination! He dared to pull candidates to sell cheating items on the street, which proves that the perpetrator has a strong backer! It's harder than the poop that Chang Zuo brother held for three days!] [Master said that the fairness given by those in high positions is to exploit the outstanding people more accurately. In order to prosper the country, the fourth brother should strictly investigate the cheating in the special examination?] [ I will go to Sihai Academy later. I wonder if I can meet Shangguan Yun. Let's try my luck! This person is an expert in improving farm tools! I hope he hasn't been killed yet! ] [Since we are in Jinling, we have to mention the second prince's mother - the famous Jinling Tao Niangzi. Most of the merchants in the capital are related to her! However! She lends money at high interest rates, embezzles the granary, and resells government grain, hurting the people~] [Should I expose Tao Niangzi? I'm worried!] [Forget it, let's ask Master! He knows a lot!] Helian Yu put away his pen and read it through, "This time the imperial examination cannot be unfair..."

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Helian Yu: "..."

So weird.

Helian Yu waited until the system stopped making any noise, patted his chest guiltily, and called Yingyue and Caiyun to help her put on clothes.

She wore high-soled embroidered shoes, a skirt embroidered with phoenixes and outlined in gold, and a gold hairpin with intricate hollow phoenix carving on it.

There was a thin belt hanging around her waist, with a butterfly-shaped pearl and jade necklace hanging on the belt.

Grand and gorgeous yet lively.

Helian Yu turned left and right in front of the bronze mirror, "Yingyue, am I a fairy descending to earth today?"

"Your Highness is more beautiful than a fairy!" Yingyue smiled and held the golden hairpin on Helianyu's head. "Your Highness's shoes are high today, so you shouldn't make any ostentatious movements, lest you sprain your ankle."

"no problem!"

After cleaning up, Helian Chi happened to come in.

"When Xiao Yu'er goes out today, she will outshine the spring beauty by 70% and really grab people's attention." Helian Chi praised.

Helian Yu chuckled, "That's~"

Helian Chi extended his hand to her and said, "Let's go. Marquis Lu has prepared a ceremonial guard and food in the carriage. You don't have to eat in the courtyard."

"Master, are you going?" Helian Yu put his hand on Helian Chi's and asked as they walked.

Helian Chi: "Originally, my fourth brother was going to investigate Enke's fraud with the national teacher in the next two days, but today is special and my fourth brother really can't leave, so I can only trouble the national teacher to do it for me."

"You let Master investigate alone?" Helian Yu turned and glared at him, "Master must be so tired! He is so old, how can he keep working so hard?"

The cheating in the Enke exam was definitely the work of Lu Hou. He was crying thief and even involved Master, not letting Master have a rest. How bad!

"The Imperial Master is not even older than my fourth brother, how can he be 'that old'?" Helian Chi felt an arrow in his heart. "The Imperial Master has a heavy burden, so proper work is good for his body and mind. If he had some free time... would you still want to copy yesterday's Buddhist scriptures?"

Helian Yu shuddered and changed his tone leisurely: "Yes, it's good to work hard."

As soon as the two of them walked out of the yard, they ran into Chang Zuo who was walking with a sword on his back. Helian Chi's eyes swept over Chang Zuo, leaving Chang Zuo puzzled.

"Someone in the tribe has seen me, so I can't go with you today." Chang Zuo explained.

Helian Yu was incredulous: "You still have tribesmen?"

"Of course." Chang Zuo was puzzled, and then she remembered her storybook and paused, "I am not the person whose family was destroyed as described in the storybook, and my family has a lot of property."

Helian Yu: "You followed Master just to repay the favor of saving your life?"

"Yes and no." Chang Zuo touched his nose, a little embarrassed, "If I have a job, I don't have to inherit the family business."

Helian Yu: “???”

Inherit the family business?! Helian Chi: "..."

There are people in this world who don't want to inherit a family business.

After Chang Zuo left, Helian Chi took Helian Yu to the door and saw the magnificent and grand guard of honor.

Civil and military officials were dressed neatly and stood guard at the gate. Guards in armor and holding swords stood on both sides of the guard of honor. Handsome men and women sat in the band car playing flute and guzheng, accompanied by drums and gongs, which were sonorous and powerful, creating grandeur and majesty within the order.

(End of this chapter)