Qi Qi shook his head, banishing those wild fantasies, and opened his eyes wide to look at the book, reading along.
Half an hour later, another inexplicable drowsiness came over him. Qi Qi shook his head again and finally couldn't help but yawn. He quickly raised his hand to cover his mouth and glanced at Chen Dianji.
He tried to prove with a determined look that he wasn't sleepy and was a good student.
After observing his subtle movements for a while, Chen Dianji felt a little more relaxed.
Children of this age have limited physical and mental strength. They are naturally curious about everything and love to play. It is difficult for them to sit quietly and concentrate on studying, and even princes are not immune to this.
Like the seventh prince next door, who is nine years old and has been enrolled for three or four years, he still can't settle down. Not only does he skip classes, but he also often talks back to the teachers and fights with the other princes and grandsons and his companions. Then there is the ninth prince, who is five years old and just enrolled this year. He is weak and sickly, has a bad temper, and is very stubborn, so much so that the teachers of the Hanlin Academy are afraid to come and take turns.
One of the princes was born to a favored imperial concubine, and the other to the empress. Who would dare to offend them?
However, even if the Hanlin scholars suffered greatly, it only proved their high status...
Chen Dianji glanced at the lush green bamboo outside the door, and after another quarter of an hour, he said, "Eunuch Laibao, an hour has passed. Would you like to rest for a while? It's good for your health to relax a bit."
Qi Qi breathed a sigh of relief and quickly came to his senses.
I feel like I've really become stupid since I lost my "smart chip." My mind is blank, and I have to put my heart and willpower into reading carefully in order to remember the knowledge. If I just casually read and glance at things, the knowledge will slip through my mind like water that I can't grasp.
The first hour was fine, but in the second hour I couldn't calm down and enter the legendary state of oneness with nature that everyone talks about.
Qi Qi did not refuse the break time and took a sip of the tea that Liu Shun's father-in-law had brought.
"Alas……"
Startled, Qi Qi's face contorted, and he instantly became fully awake.
So bitter, so bitter, so bitter...
Chen Dianji hurriedly said, "I'm so sorry, I usually like to drink strong tea, and Eunuch Liu is used to it, so I forgot to tell him to make it weaker."
Qi Qi waved his hand: "It's nothing, it's very refreshing."
Qi Qi jumped off the stool and opened the second layer of the box that Xiao Pingzi had prepared for him. His eyes lit up instantly.
On a simple, white porcelain plate are small, petal-shaped pastries, all green and translucent, adorned with a few jasmine blossoms. Each pastry is about the size of an adult's fingernail, a perfect size for a child to eat.
Qi Qi didn't know any of the rules, so he simply carried the snacks to the desk, moved the books a little to the side, and pushed the plate a little towards Chen Dianji.
"Chen Dianji, you eat too!"
Chen Dianji shook his head: "No, you can eat it yourself."
Qi Qi then took one and popped it into his mouth, his eyes shining even brighter.
Delicious! It has a light tea and jasmine aroma upon first bite, a sweet but not cloying taste, a soft and chewy texture, and a small layer of honey-like substance in the middle.
Qi Qi then invited Chen Dianji: "Dianji, are you really not going to try it? This also has a tea flavor and is especially delicious."
She ate two in one bite, her cheeks puffed out, making her already chubby baby face look even rounder.
Eating just a little bit shouldn't make me too fat, right?
Hurry up and let Chen Dianji eat, lest you finish it all yourself.
Unable to resist the young eunuch's earnest gaze, Chen Dianji ate a piece, and it indeed tasted quite good.
It looked like a dish that could be worth half a month's salary for him.
The impoverished Chen Dianji was moved to tears.
He and his first eunuch student finished off the entire plate of snacks one after another.
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