Zhao Shu forced a smile. The room was dark, so Sun Yun couldn't see her. She turned over to face Zhao Shu. "How did you know that person was faking their death today?"
"You should know that my father has dozens of concubines and dozens of courtesans. Most of them entered the palace because they sold themselves to pay for their fathers' funerals. I just instinctively felt that there was something fishy going on. Moreover, my royal grandmother is in Lanxi Town. We happened to be at Yipinju a few days ago. If we were ordinary people, how would we dare to sell ourselves to pay for our fathers' funerals at this time? Outsiders would not dare to do so either. That woman is quite beautiful. She is helpless and alone in a foreign land. She dares to be so ostentatious. She is simply courting death. There are many swindlers in the world. You should be more careful in the future."
Sun Yun suddenly understood. Helpless and alone, dressed in white, she pitifully sold herself to bury her father. People say that a woman should be beautiful in mourning clothes. She really didn't know what was going on. But she was a weak woman and had no other choice.
After thinking it over, she realized it was an unsolvable problem, so she changed the subject. "Ah Jun, Physician Peng came to see you just now, saying that some prescription has been successful. It's strange, didn't your father offend the head of the Imperial Medical Academy? Why is that physician so respectful to you? Tell me, are you plotting something with the old physician? Regardless, you have to take me with you."
"I'm studying medicine, are you going to study it too?" Zhao Shu asked her back, but her mind was already wandering. If she really succeeded, she could open a shop as soon as she arrived in Guanzhou. The people living in Guanzhou were of low rank, so she could easily use her power to intimidate them... no, she could quickly open up sales channels.
Sun Yun said "Oh", "Studying medicine? Never mind then. But I remember you said you wanted to open a shop. We agreed that I would invest. My father doesn't want me to get involved, but I'm determined to do business. With money, my mother won't have to please my aunt or grandmother anymore. Ah Jun, let's work together to get rich."
Wealthy families are often rife with gossip, especially a prominent family like the Sun family. They fight over good marriages, dowries, and daily necessities—even a hairpin or a piece of clothing. Zhao Shu nodded, "Alright."
The two chatted for a while and then fell asleep. On the roof of the inn, Huo Baichuan climbed up and sat down next to Huo Baichuan. "When are you leaving?"
"Immediately." Wei Tingsi glanced at him, leaped down, and quickly disappeared into the night, leaving Huo Baichuan on the rooftop facing the wind, asking, "Did the Empress Dowager grant you permission to go?"
However, in the vast darkness of the night, there was no response from Wei Tingsi. The chubby boy leaped to Huo Baichuan's side and said, "Young Master, it's late. You should go and rest. Lord Wei is not here, but I sensed that many experts have come around the inn. Among them are people from the Borrowing Knife Pavilion. Do you think the Borrowing Knife Pavilion is Lord Wei's man? I always feel that the Borrowing Knife Pavilion, like the First-Class Residence, is also Lord Wei's."
"You go too, bring the Crown Prince to Guanzhou. Don't let him die, or some people will start acting recklessly again." Huo Baichuan seemed not to have heard Little Fatty's words, and made a decision that made Little Fatty's eyes widen.
"Young master, you mean you want me to go?" The chubby boy pointed to himself, hardly believing his ears.
"Yes, you go. I don't trust anyone else to go. Make sure the prince you bring to Guanzhou is alive. If he dies on the way, say it was the Yang family who did it." Huo Baichuan said, then lay down on the roof tile and crossed his legs. "It's like the weather, like autumn leaves falling. You can't control it."
Little Fatty looked particularly sad upon hearing this. If you can't control her, then don't. The Princess has Lord Wei to help her, the Empress Dowager to favor her, and Zhi Hai by her side. Why are you worrying about it? "Young Master, what will you do if I leave and you don't know the way?"
"Let Duozhi come here."
The next day, Zhao Shu and Sun Yun got up and were washing up when Zhang Chu came over, carrying several scrolls of books. "Greetings to the Princess, Miss Sun."
"Ms. Zhang." Zhao Shu and Sun Yun exchanged a glance and greeted Zhang Chu in unison.
Zhang Chu smiled and placed the book on the table. "Princess, the Empress Dowager has decreed that from today onwards, I will be your tutor."
"Aren't we in a hurry today?" Zhao Shu looked at the "Rules for Women" and "Admonitions for Women" on the table, feeling utterly overwhelmed.
Sun Yun also wore a bitter face. She had inquired beforehand that Princess Jun's tutors had all been driven away in anger, and the Empress Dowager hadn't hired any tutors for her for months. She thought she wouldn't have to learn those boring and useless rules for women anymore. But she didn't expect the Empress Dowager to be so ruthless and send her own personal female official directly.
Zhang Chu chuckled, stopping Zhao Shu from mentioning that they were studying in Guanzhou, and said, "The Empress Dowager means that I, the Princess, and Miss Sun should ride in the same carriage, and we can begin our studies on the carriage."
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