Chapter 120
"Have you found it?!" Gong Yinai looked nervous.
The visitor shook his head and lowered his head guiltily.
Gong Yinai was stunned and stared blankly at the tree by the window.
Today, the property of Grand Tutor Liu was confiscated and all the people were taken as slaves. Grand Tutor Liu was sentenced to beheading.
Gong Yinai originally wanted to save Liu Yingzi, but he couldn't find her anywhere and had no idea whether she was alive or dead.
She held onto the window with her hands and couldn't help covering her face.
"Master..." The old servant couldn't help but advise, "Master Liu's matter is too complicated. It's better for us to stay out of it. It's better for us to stay out of it. It might be a good thing that Miss Liu can't be found now. The Liu family was raided, and she would be forced to become a slave. This must be a life worse than death for Miss Liu."
"I know, I know..."
After saying this several times, Gong Yinai finally let go of her hand. She said to the old servant, "Liu Yingzi saved me three times, and I only wanted to repay her once. My mother said not to owe debts, especially debts of gratitude. Now that this person is gone, I don't know what to do."
The old servant looked at Gong Yinai with a sad face. He was old and weak and could not accompany his master for long.
She was originally a little girl and should have enjoyed everything that other girls had, but because the mistress was confused, she turned the girl into a boy. But now that things have come to this, Yudie has been there, and even for the sake of the master's life, this matter must not be leaked.
The old servant whispered, "Last time when Miss Liu saved the master, did you discover anything..."
Gong Yinai lowered his eyes, "I don't know."
She couldn't swim and just wanted to preserve her innocence, so she jumped into the water on impulse.
She was surrounded by onlookers, and their sneering faces were like a wall pressing down on her, making it hard for her to breathe. It was Liu Yingzi who jumped into the water and breathed air to her.
Everyone said that Master Liu was old-fashioned and his daughter was also old-fashioned and boring, but Gong Yinai respected Master Liu. Master Liu treated her no differently from other students in Yangying Hall. He never looked down on her, nor did he look up to others. Liu Yingzi was like her father. She should have been a cloud in the sky, but she could always see the mud under her feet.
It had been a long time since the incident, so long that no one in Yangying Hall mentioned the Liu family anymore.
Tutor Liu was gone, and he was replaced by Tutor Li. Gong Yinai sometimes looked up at the tree by the window and felt like she was in a dream. It seemed that Liu Yingzi was just her fantasy, and such a person had never appeared in the world.
As time went by, spring came and autumn went, and a new person came to Yangying Hall, Gong Yifu, the son of King Nanliang.
Gong Yifu was a man of eccentric character. As a loyal royalist, the Prince of Southern Liang naturally had a close relationship with the Crown Prince, often serving him at his side. The Crown Prince was about to choose a concubine, and had been seldom visiting Yangying Hall recently, leaving Gong Yifu alone. The Third Prince approached and asked with a smile, "Brother Gongyi, are you alone today? Why didn't you go with the Crown Prince to choose a concubine?"
Zhou Li leaned against the desk.
In this dynasty, students were required to kneel in class. She would kneel for the time of an incense stick, and her legs were sore, so she leaned against the desk to relax them.
When someone asked her this, she lazily replied, "It's just like that, picking and choosing. What's there to choose from?"
This time she plays Gong Yi Fu, who will become Gong Yinai's good friend, and the two will eventually become enemies.
Gong Yifu has a handsome appearance, speaks with a sense of dignity, and has graceful manners. It is said that as soon as he entered the palace, he attracted the attention of many palace maids. There were many more people passing by Yangying Hall than usual, and even people were talking about the place where Gong Yinai lived.
Gong Yinai looked at Gong Yifu.
Same person but different fate. As the only legitimate son of King Nanliang, Gongyi Fu has the capital to escape.
The Third Prince asked, "Why didn't the King of Nanliang choose a beautiful bride for you?"
Zhou Li slammed the table and laughed, "My family motto is that you can't marry before you're sixteen, and you can take a concubine only after you're forty and childless. You know that, so why are you asking me? Are you dreaming? I think you're having a crush on me, Third Brother!"
Gong Yifu had a mischievous look on his face, and the Third Prince's face flushed red.
If he couldn't win the argument with others, he could just take action directly, but he must never do that to Gong Yi Fu.
The Prince of Nanliang and the Emperor are brothers, but for some reason he has a problem with himself and is not interested in women. He was in his forties when he gave birth to this legitimate son. He was afraid that he would melt if he held him in his mouth, and afraid that he would fall if he held him in his hands. He wanted the stars but not the moon. Even if Gong Yi Fu wanted to climb up the wall, the Prince of Nanliang would probably hand him a ladder!
The third prince frowned, turned around and saw Gong Yinai watching him make fun of himself, and took out his anger on him.
"I'm afraid that ordinary people won't be able to catch Brother Gongyi's eye, but someone like our Xiaoliu will probably be liked by him."
Gong Yinai frowned slightly.
The Third Prince has been against her ever since she entered the palace, humiliating her whenever he could, and now he's making fun of her appearance.
Zhou Li turned his head to look at Gong Yinai.
She leaned against the table, playing with her black hair with her hands, looking nonchalant, and saw the look of humiliation on Gong Yinai's face.
Gong Yinai had a delicate appearance, his crow-feather-like eyelashes obscured his divine light, and he lowered his head with his chest heaving.
She is a girl with delicate features, not as tough as other boys. Now she looks weak, which makes people want to humiliate her even more.
Gong Yinai clenched his fists under his sleeves. He knew that the Third Prince was deliberately stirring up trouble. He couldn't afford to offend Gong Yifu, so he had to swallow his anger. However, he didn't expect the Third Prince to look disgusted.
"As someone of royal descent, you always act like a petty person. I heard you look a lot like your mother. I'm afraid your mother used this face to seduce the saint and gave birth to you, a bastard."
Gong Yinai originally did not want to offend the Third Prince. She was weak and had to be cautious in the palace. Moreover, the Third Prince's uncle was in charge of the palace's internal affairs. If she offended the Third Prince again, she would probably be deprived of all her food and drink. People in the palace were very good at treating people differently. She was a prince who married Yudie. Although they did not dare to neglect her, they also knew that she had no power and was just a paper lantern, beautiful on the outside but paper-pasted on the inside.
But the third prince mentioned her mother.
Gong Yinai slowly raised her head, her eyes widened until they turned red. Without saying a word, she suddenly attacked and charged directly towards the third prince.
The Yangying Hall was full of royal family members. Without the prince's order, most of the servants retreated outdoors, leaving only a few servants to serve tea. Gong Yinai suddenly took action. Knowing that she was thin and could not compare with these princes who exercised every day, she directly hit the third prince's stomach with her shoulder and knocked him down.
The two men fell to the ground, and the third prince groaned as his head hit the ground.
Zhou Li raised his eyebrows, thinking that Gong Yinai would continue to play the pig and eat the tiger, but he didn't expect that he would actually take action.
An old henchman who was on good terms with the Third Prince was about to step forward, but was stopped by Zhou Li. Her long sleeves fluttered like butterfly wings, brushing across the henchman's face. She watched the fun without a care in the world and said, "Brothers are fighting, why are you joining in? Winning or losing is a matter between brothers, but if you join in, you're attacking the prince."
The two followers were stunned for a moment and stood still.
The Third Prince was furious. How dare this bastard Gong Yinai attack him!
Unable to break free, he directly elbowed Gong Yinai on the back. Gong Yinai snorted coldly, knowing that he could not beat the Third Prince, so he bit him directly.
The seventh and eighth princes were still young, and they clapped their hands and cheered when they saw the excitement.
After shouting twice, he was lifted up by people on the left and right.
"What are you doing? Fighting in Yangying Hall! How disgraceful!" The eldest prince came back with the crown prince.
The crown prince is the second oldest among his brothers, but he was born to the queen. The eldest prince was born to the maid who had opened the emperor's face, so he is ranked below the crown prince.
Gong Yinai's hair was disheveled, her long sleeves were trampled into mud, and she was stepped on by the Third Prince. The Third Prince wanted to kick her but was stopped.
Zhou Li smiled and said, "The prince is here."
The prince had just finished reading the list of candidates for concubines from the queen and was feeling dizzy. He received a message from Gong Yi Fu's servants, and learned that the third brother and the sixth brother had clashed again. He looked helpless.
The reason why the third prince was unhappy with Gong Yinai was because of his mother, Concubine Ru.
At that time, Concubine Ru was accompanying the emperor to escape the summer heat in the imperial villa. When she found out that she was pregnant, the emperor asked her to have a good rest, but he himself went downstairs for a private visit in disguise.
Unfortunately, the imperial farm caught fire, and Concubine Ru, who insisted on waiting for the saint to return, was burned to death in the imperial farm.
However, the saint appeared in the imperial city with a commoner woman, saying that he wanted to make her his concubine.
The Queen Mother naturally disagreed with this, and the woman was sent away before she even entered the house.
Now Gong Yinai appears. Calculating the date, the time of her birth is exactly the night when Concubine Ru was burned to death.
How could the Third Prince like her?
If the emperor had not been bewitched, the place where he was would have been the most heavily guarded, and there might not have been a fire. Even if there was a fire, it would have been extinguished as soon as possible, and Concubine Ru might not have died.
The third prince hated Gong Yinai and her despicable mother!
Gong Yinai was helped up by Zhou Li in a disheveled state, and she straightened her clothes.
The Crown Prince was educating the Third Prince, and Zhou Li stood in front of her to let Gong Yinai tidy up her appearance.
Her hair was loose and she looked surprisingly soft and charming, and her androgynous face was astonishingly beautiful.
Zhou Li sighed in his heart, Gong Yinai was so beautiful, he wondered what her mother looked like, to make the saint still remember her more than ten years later. After finding Gong Yinai, he erected a monument and conferred her the title of queen.
Gong Yinai looked at Gong Yifu's narrow shoulders standing in front of him. The young man had delicate features, wore a white robe that trailed on the ground, and looked relaxed and at ease.
Gong Yifu had everything she envied.
He had loving parents, a complete family, and absolute doting. Even these princes dared not be disrespectful in front of him because he was the only beloved son of King Nanliang.
"Thank you." Gong Yinai thanked him.
Gong Yifu didn't even turn his head and laughed a few times, "You will join me for the painting class this afternoon."
Gong Yinai didn't react.
Gong Yifu watched the prince still educating his younger brother, tilted his head and whispered, "You are good at drawing, help me."
Gong Yifu is good at everything, but he lacks the ability to master the six arts of a gentleman, namely painting.
Gong Yinai was the opposite. He was proficient in the six arts of a gentleman, but he could not draw the bow in archery, and he could make the horse buckle when riding.
"Okay." Gong Yinai said in a low voice.
Zhou Li smiled at her, took Gong Yinai's hand and strode towards the prince.
"Brother Crown Prince, let's just play around and don't delay the class. I saw the tutor standing at the door for a long time."
The prince sighed, "Alright, let's go to class. After class, both of you should reflect on yourselves!"
After class, Gong Yinai and the third prince were punished by the crown prince to stand, and Zhou Li naturally went home.
As soon as she arrived home, the King of Nanliang and the Princess of Nanliang came to greet her.
"Oh my son! I heard there was another fight in your school today. Did my son get hurt?"
Zhou Li threw the handkerchief to the servant and said with a smile, "With their mediocre skills, can they hurt me?"
The Princess of Nanliang dismissed the servants, leaving only the three of them, feeling so sad that they wanted to cry.
"Tell me, as a girl, why do you have to be like a man? Why learn some martial arts? And now you want to mingle with men! I'm really worried that you'll be exposed one day! It's all your father's fault!"
As she spoke, the Princess of Nanliang pinched the fat on the waist of the Prince of Nanliang. The Prince of Nanliang, who was invincible on the battlefield, didn't even dare to make a sound, and grimaced in pain.
"Ma'am, I was wrong!"
"Please forgive me!"
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