Seeing her depressed, Xiao Jingxi, who had mentioned this matter earlier, comforted her: "You just don't spend enough time on it. The last time I heard you play a piece, you... ahem... you're not without talent."
Xiao Jinglin frowned: "How can I have so much time to waste on such a woman's affairs."
Xiao Jingxi: "..."
The second young master Xiao happened to be proficient in these "women's things". And these were also things that the sons of noble families had to know, not just women.
But Xiao Jinglin added expressionlessly, "I even heard Mother and Nanny Xin complaining about how great it would be if their son and daughter could be switched!"
"Cough cough..." Ren Yaoqi suddenly choked on the water. She put down the tea bowl and took out a handkerchief.
Ren Yaoqi didn't dare to look up, she was afraid that she would laugh and be seen by Xiao Jingxi. For some reason, she felt that Xiao Jinglin did it on purpose.
Ren Yaoqi was not the only one who had this feeling. Xiao Jingxi looked at Xiao Jinglin leisurely, then very rationally pretended not to hear anything and lowered his head to drink tea.
However, his noncommittal attitude actually made Xiao Jinglin pause. Then, following instinct, he quickly added expressionlessly, "I also think it's inappropriate for Xiao Jingkang, the Crown Prince of the Yanbei Palace, to indulge in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting all day long, and even neglect his riding and archery!"
Ren Yaoqi: “…”
Xiao Jingxi glanced at Xiao Jinglin with a half-smile.
Xiao Jinglin turned around and continued talking to Ren Yaoqi: "Can you teach me when you have time?" Xiao Jinglin felt that he and Ren Yaoqi got along well. If he learned from her, then learning things that she hated might not be so boring.
Ren Yaoqi didn't actually have much to do in Yunyang City, but she didn't immediately accept. Anyone invited by the Yanbei Palace to teach the princess was definitely no ordinary person. If Xiao Jinglin dismissed someone else and replaced her with her, it would inevitably come across as frivolous.
Xiao Jingxi spoke at the right moment, "In my opinion, it's best for the zither player to stay. Miss Ren isn't always free, so if she can go someday, she might as well learn from the zither player with you. The zither player may be old-fashioned, but she has her own unique approach to playing the zither. There's no first in literature, and no second in martial arts. In fact, the same is true for skills. Proper communication can actually help improve skills."
Ren Yaoqi also agreed with this point and nodded, "Mr. Xiao is right."
So it was settled that when Ren Yaoqi was free, Xiao Jinglin would send someone to pick her up. However, Ren Yaoqi admitted that she had to visit her grandparents the next day and could not go.
Seeing that it was getting late, Ren Yaoqi finally got up and went home.
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Lei Ting stood in a small alley, looked around carefully, and finally had to admit that he had lost the person.
When he chased out, he was still wearing mourning clothes, so passers-by inevitably looked at him once or twice. Fortunately, the man had been walking in narrow alleys and did not meet too many people along the way.
Lei Zhen took out the thing that the man had thrown to him, his eyes changing unpredictably. It was a folded piece of paper, and it appeared before him in the same way as last time. Similarly, he had no idea who had handed him the letter twice, or what their purpose was.
After a moment's silence, Lei Zhen calmly unfolded the letter in his hand. Sure enough, it was the same handwriting as the person from last time.
Just watching, Lei Zhen's expression changed. After watching, he still stood there without moving.
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