Chapter 501 The Path We Want to Take

Yan Shirong gestured for them to knock on the door, then took two steps back and took a closer look at the window.

They had apparently lit candles in front and behind, and two figures could be vaguely seen huddled together, seemingly covered in a quilt.

They were all startled by the knock on the door. The eunuch hurried over to open the door and greeted him, "Second Prince, what are you doing..."

Yan Shirong didn't answer. He walked around him and went in. He saw the twins lying side by side on the bed, rubbing their eyes and shielding themselves from the light. They acted like they were woken up. They were acting like each other. "Brother, it's so late. Why are you here?"

Yan Shirong asked calmly: "You guys light candles when you sleep?"

"No," Xiao Wu said nonchalantly, "I just lit it up when I heard you were coming."

"Well, okay," Yan Shirong nodded: "Then go to sleep quickly."

He took a few steps forward and saw that the four hands of the two men were tightly grasping the quilt.

So Yan Shirong pretended that he didn't notice anything, tucked the corners of the quilt for the two of them, and pretended to turn around.

The two men's hands relaxed, and Xiaowu brother even breathed a sigh of relief.

The next moment, Yan Shirong turned around abruptly, pulled back the quilt, and saw a book squeezed between the two of them. Yan Shirong picked it up, and it was "Longtu Shenduan Gongan".

Brother Xiaowu was anxious and tried to grab it with both hands: "Brother! Brother!"

Yan Shirong let him snatch it away, then picked up a candlestick and looked around, and found several books, such as "The Wrongful Execution of Cui Ning", "The Biography of Mr. Hai Gangfeng's Official Cases", "A Hundred Strange Cases", etc. They all looked like old books.

The twins stood there in their slippers. They wanted to go over to block him, but seeing how efficiently he was looking for him, they realized there was no way they could stop him… so they shrank their necks and waited silently.

Yan Shirong sat down and looked at them without a smile: "Explain it."

Brother Xiaowu whispered: "Actually... Actually..."

Brother Xiaoliu said, "Actually, this was originally left here by someone else. Xiaowu and I accidentally read a copy and found it interesting, so we kept an eye on it. We were not careful and it was too late..."

Yan Shirong said seriously: "I know you are smart, but don't use your intelligence for this kind of thing! What's the point of lying to me? Ye Ye has already pointed a finger at us, do you still think that no one knows what you have done? This is definitely not a one or two day thing, it's not even three or five days!!"

Brother Xiaowu was a little scared, "Even Yeye knows about it?"

Yan Shirong nodded.

Brother Xiaowu whispered, "Brother, we didn't delay our studies. We finished all the homework assigned by the teacher first."

Brother Xiaoliu also said, "We are not taking the imperial examination, so it's okay to take a look occasionally, right?"

Brother Xiaowu said, "Brother, we want to be Bao Gong, and we want to go to the Dali Temple when we grow up! We want to visit Lord Wei during our day off!"

"Yes, we have thought of it!"

“This is the path we want to take!”

Yan Shirong said slowly: "If you don't have to take the imperial examination, you don't have to work hard? You want to enter the Dali Temple and learn from Lord Wei. There is nothing wrong with this idea, but have you ever thought that even if you enter the Dali Temple, whether you write memorials, files, or solve cases, you still need enough knowledge. Otherwise, maybe the murderer will write his name as a riddle, and you won't be able to solve it. Isn't it embarrassing?"

"Moreover, if you want to be Justice Bao, you can't learn from these strange stories. Although I haven't read much, I know that there are many things about gods and ghosts in these stories. How can there be so many gods and ghosts in solving cases? If you are really determined, you should at least learn the Four Books and Five Classics first. This is the foundation, and it is a must!"

"Then, if you really want to take this path, you can go to the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple to retrieve files and learn from actual case files. Or, when you grow up, you can follow them and see for yourself. This is the right way. As for the storybooks, they are just a pastime in your spare time... What do you mean by spare time? Now that I haven't completed my studies, I don't have spare time, and neither do you!! We are far from being able to read leisure books!!"

After a long while, Xiaowu brother whispered: "But now, it's not the past. We, we are the emperor's grandsons! Why should we be so nervous? Just like you, why do you have to take the six yuan exam? What will it take for you to get six yuan?"

Yan Shirong took a long breath, "I'm not doing this for face. You have to understand that if we were born with wealth and status, it wouldn't matter if we were a little bit spoiled, but we are not. We were born and raised among the people, and our father is a common prince who has never been seen before and will never be seen again!! We are standing here, with so many eyes staring at us, we live not only for the dignity of the royal family, but also for the faith of the people! The better we do, the more proud the people will be, and the royal family will also be honored. On the contrary, if we make a mistake, we will receive more attention and criticism."

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"Because our original lives were completely different from theirs, everyone had already formed an impression of us before they met us. If I don't want everyone in my family to have to work hard to 'overthrow' the old impression when they meet each group of people, then I have to create a new impression first. For example, if I can really get six yuan in the imperial examination, it will be a strong proof, and everyone in my family will save a little effort in doing things in the future."

Brother Xiaowu said, "But I still don't understand. Why should we care about the opinions of such people? They don't dare to speak in front of us? They don't dare to disobey us?"

Yan Shirong held his forehead with his hand and said, "Fifth Brother, Sixth Brother, you must understand one thing. We can ignore the opinions of one person or ten people... but we can never ignore the opinions of a group of people!! And this group of people is so huge!! From a big perspective, water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it. Listening to the voices of the people and understanding their sentiments are the responsibilities we should shoulder. From a small perspective, when you become the head of a department or a department, the opinions of your subordinates on you are the criteria for their actions. This not only determines whether you get along well with them, but also determines whether you can do things smoothly."

“Don’t ever think that being a son of a noble family is so great. They are all sons of a noble family. Look at your second uncle? Fifth uncle? The lessons from the past are there!! If you are a fool and are fooled by the people below you, it will not only bring shame to the emperor, your father, and yourself… They will not think you are easy to talk to and have a good temper. They will only think you are stupid!!”

"Persistence is a very difficult thing, but it is very easy to indulge. You think it's okay to sleep an hour later today, but you will sleep an hour later tomorrow, and a few days later you may stay up all night. If you stay up all night, how can you have energy during the day? How can you maintain your original progress in study? Day after day, the course that should have been completed in a month can't be completed in three months!"

Brother Xiaowu said, "Brother, I understand everything you said."

"I understand that, too."

"Okay then," Yan Shirong said, "I'll take these books then."

(End of this chapter)