Did I really agree to that?
Yi Sheng was a little suspicious.
He looked at Princess Zhaoyang with a questioning expression.
Princess Zhaoyang spread her hands: "This is a matter between you and your father. You never mentioned it to me."
Yi Sheng immediately realized that he definitely hadn't agreed to this.
How could he possibly have something on his mind that he wouldn't tell his wife?
My son is too unruly.
"I never promised you that, don't try to fool me."
He glared at Yi Shuihan.
Yi Shuihan looked injured.
"Dad, you're not going back on your word, are you? Our academy is almost finished and we've started enrolling students. School starts in September. You can't expect everyone to be without textbooks, can you?"
Yi Sheng: "I don't believe you don't even have textbooks. Aren't the Three Hundred Classics, the Four Books and Five Classics ready-made textbooks?"
Yi Shuihan sighed: "Those are all Da Xi's teaching materials. Nan Dan and Da Xi have different histories and environments. How can we use the same allusions? You can't expect them to understand things that don't exist here."
Yi Sheng was about to nod.
He immediately realized that even if it were true, what did it have to do with him?
He is the Marquis of Da Xi, not the Marquis of Nan Dan.
I almost got dragged down by this unfilial son.
Just as he was about to retort with a stern face, the unfilial son leaned close to his ear and whispered, "If you help me compile teaching materials, I can tell you what Mother likes."
Yi Sheng: "!!!"
This rebellious son is too good at manipulating people's minds!
He was genuinely somewhat tempted.
He hesitated for a moment, then asked in a low voice, "Can you tell me a few?"
Yi Shuihan made a hand gesture.
Yi Sheng: "Eighteen kinds?"
“One hundred and eight kinds,” Yi Shuihan corrected. “I know what Mother likes.”
Yi Sheng's eyes widened in surprise.
He had been observing for so many days before discovering that Qingqing had more than twenty preferences, yet his unfilial son knew more than a hundred.
He simply couldn't refuse this deal.
"Alright, I'll help you out then."
Yi Shuihan was overjoyed to have successfully lured the laborer into his clutches, and he was all smiles all day long.
Seeing this, Xiao Qingyin chuckled and said, "Aren't you afraid that your father will whip you after he regains his memories?"
Yi Shuihan said nonchalantly, "He can't hit me."
Xiao Qingyin shed a tear of sympathy for the Marquis of Yong'an.
Having a son who even betrays his own father is truly unlucky.
She shook her head and continued writing furiously.
What are you writing?
Yi Shuihan leaned over and took a peek.
Upon seeing the two characters "Dzi Bead" that she had just written, the smile on her face froze.
Without looking up, Xiao Qingyin said, "Reply to Cousin Zhao."
She had just received a letter from Yun Zhao. When he went to Southeast Asia to find her, the ship he was on ran aground and sank.
He drifted to a desolate island and endured the ordeal for half a month before being picked up by Qiu San Niang, who happened to be passing by.
Because of severe physical depletion, he was unable to continue his journey and stayed with the Red Flag Gang to recuperate.
Xiao Qingyin sent a letter to let him know she was safe and sound, telling him to rest well and not to worry about her. She also told him to help her find out about the Four-Eyed Dzi Bead if he got bored.
Yi Shuihan had previously told her that the Four-Eyed Dzi Bead had appeared in a general store in Nan Yue and was bought by a middle-aged man.
After answering Yi Shuihan's question, she continued writing her letter.
It wasn't until I finished writing the letter and felt the room was unusually quiet that I remembered this person.
Looking up, Yi Shuihan was staring blankly out the window, her expression seemingly a little sad.
She shook his arm.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Yi Shuihan snapped out of her daze and smiled, "It's nothing."
Xiao Qingyin looked suspicious.
His expression just now didn't seem like nothing was wrong.
She packed the letter, tied it to the carrier pigeon's leg, and the pigeon nodded at her before flapping its wings and flying into the sky.
Yi Shuihan's gaze followed the carrier pigeon out the window.
He still exuded a melancholy aura.
Xiao Qingyin had never sensed such an aura from this person before. He had always been confident and steadfast, never showing the slightest weakness.
But now, he's like a soap bubble, as if she could pop him with a single touch.
He looked so smug when he first came in.
Xiao Qingyin thought for a moment and quickly found the key point.
He seemed to fall silent after seeing her letter?
She wrote a letter to her cousin Zhao, not to Bai Musheng. He shouldn't get hurt, right?
Or is it because of the contents of the letter?
She didn't write much in her letter, just a greeting to Yun Zhao, a brief summary of her recent situation, and a request for Tianzhu...
When the words "Dzi bead" came to mind, Xiao Qingyin felt as if she had been enlightened.
I instantly understood what was wrong with this person.
She hugged Yi Shuihan tightly around the waist, rested her head against his chest, and asked softly, "Are you afraid I'll abandon you and go back to the world we used to live in?"
Yi Shuihan remained silent.
Xiao Qingyin poked his lower back: "Why are you thinking so much? Don't even mention that there are still two dzi beads missing, and I might not be able to collect them all in my lifetime; even if I do collect them all, I might not be able to go back; even if I can go back, I might not be able to go back immediately, maybe I'll have to wait until I die of old age? Or maybe they'll give me a choice..."
"If you were given a choice," Yi Shuihan said hoarsely, "would you stay?"
Xiao Qingyin thought for a moment and nodded.
Yes, it will.
Yi Shuihan's gloom vanished instantly.
But then a sense of unease welled up within me.
What if she was just trying to coax him?
It doesn't cost money to appease him, but when it comes to the real decision, she might still choose to leave.
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