26. Will they really admit their mistakes and correct them?
"We will apologize to the Grand Tutor!" the little princess readily agreed.
"I...I'll massage the Grand Tutor's legs!" The young prince was unusually perceptive.
Jin Lanyue threw herself into Qu Zijin's arms, pressing her face against his chest: "Grand Tutor, don't cry, don't cry!"
Qu Zijin subconsciously patted her little head.
The little dumpling is so cute... so he might as well go and become a teacher at the Marquis of Beiding's residence.
"I will go and inform His Majesty immediately..."
Before Qu Zijin could finish speaking, the three little ones immediately threw themselves into chaos.
The youngest prince was the most panicked: "You're not allowed to go! If the Grand Tutor leaves, Father will beat me to death!"
His father had already warned him with a smile before he arrived.
If he angers the Grand Tutor and drives him away on his very first day, he will definitely not let him off the hook!
Jin Lanyue also didn't want the Grand Tutor to leave.
She didn't know that the Grand Tutor was planning to seek refuge with the Marquis of Beiding's household; she thought the Grand Tutor had abandoned them.
She didn't want to be separated from the princess either; the princess was her only friend.
Jin Lanyue paced anxiously, spinning around twice, her little hands tugging at Qu Zijin's clothes and shaking them gently: "Grand Tutor, don't go..."
Her soft, sweet voice trembled with tears, and her big eyes were brimming with them, like a little kitten.
Qu Zijin looked down at the little dumpling, his tone softening unconsciously: "I don't plan to abandon you..."
"Don't abandon the little princess either..." The little dumpling pouted and shook her head, the tiny fluffy flower in her hair trembling. "Please..."
As she spoke, she scooted forward and rested her little head against Qu Zijin's body.
Seeing this, the little princess imitated her and said, "Grand Tutor, I was wrong! Please chase away that annoying Wei Jiayou! Little Cloud and I will definitely study hard and listen to you from now on!"
As she spoke, she secretly pinched the little prince.
"Ouch!" The little prince cried out in pain and turned around to retaliate by stomping on the princess's foot.
Then, looking at Qu Zijin, he quickly assured him, "I... I was wrong too! I promise I'll listen to you from now on and won't complain to Father Emperor or beg you!"
Qu Zijin remained silent for a while, feeling that the words of these two little devils were not credible.
He bent down and picked up the smallest dumpling.
Jin Lanyue immediately wrapped her arms around his neck, rubbing her soft face against his shoulder: "Grand Tutor, please don't go...please..."
The little dumpling was so adorable when she acted cute that even Qu Zijin was a little swayed.
"Princess!" Jin Lanyue suddenly turned to look at the little princess, "Let's make a pinky promise, and we won't fight anymore, okay?"
After thinking for a moment, she looked at the little prince again: "Your Highness, why don't you pinky swear too..."
"Although I really want to get rid of him... well, okay." The little princess pouted and stuck out her little finger.
The young prince quickly seized the opportunity, saying, "Me too! Me too! I'll do anything as long as you don't tell on me!"
He also stuck out his little finger.
Finally, it's Jin Lanyue's turn.
Qu Zijin looked at the three small hands stretched out in front of him.
The summer breeze swept through the corridor, dispelling most of his anger.
Jin Lanyue held up her little finger in front of him, her big, grape-like eyes looking at him expectantly.
As he looked at that chubby little finger, his heart softened more and more.
He extended his little finger and gently hooked it: "If you do it again..."
"The punishment is to copy the Three Character Classic one hundred times!" the little prince answered quickly.
"Yeah, right!" the little princess retorted. "You couldn't even copy it ten times!"
"You're talking nonsense!"
"You're just bragging, lying without thinking, tsk tsk tsk!"
"Ughhhh, this is awful!"
As the fighting resumed, Jin Lanyue suddenly cried out, covering her eyes, "Ouch! My eyes hurt..."
Qu Zijin immediately tensed up: "What's wrong?"
The little dumpling peeked through her fingers at her two stunned friends and said in a childish voice, "Seeing the princess and the prince arguing makes my eyes hurt..."
The two little devils looked at each other and finally reluctantly let go of each other's collars.
Qu Zijin looked at the little bundle in his arms and shook his head helplessly: "Today's lesson..."
"We will listen carefully!" the three little ones said in unison.
“Fine,” Qu Zijin conceded again, “In that case, I won’t report it…”
Three little heads tilted back in unison, and six bright eyes blinked.
"First, no fighting in class from now on."
The little princess and the little prince glared at each other and reluctantly nodded.
"Second, daily homework must be completed."
The little prince let out a wail as the princess stepped on his foot.
"Third, memorize the fourth chapter of the Three Character Classic today."
"Memorize it?!" the two little devils screamed at the same time.
Jin Lanyue tilted her head and smiled sweetly: "Yue'er is helping you guys!"
Anyway, with the help of the system auntie, she's already memorized it!
Qu Zijin stated, "This is the condition for not filing a complaint."
"Okay..." The two little devils hung their heads in dejection.
The little devils wore tragic expressions: "As long as you don't tell on us, then... we'll just have to memorize it! Waaah..."
Qu Zijin finally smiled slightly.
Jin Lanyue noticed immediately and clapped her hands happily: "Grand Tutor is smiling! He's not angry anymore!"
She leaned in and gave Qu Zijin a quick kiss on the cheek.
Today's farce has finally come to an end.
As for tomorrow...
Will they fight again tomorrow?
Who knows?
With Jin Lanyue around, Qu Zijin's resignation will probably never get submitted.
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Life goes on, one day at a time.
Every day is wonderful.
early morning.
Wenhua Hall.
Qu Zijin had finished teaching the Three Character Classic and was beginning to explain the Analects.
Jin Lanyue knelt upright on the prayer mat, her small hands neatly folded on the table, her big eyes fixed on Qu Zijin.
Confucius said, "Is it not pleasant to learn with constant perseverance and application?" As soon as Qu Zijin finished speaking, Jin Lanyue chimed in in a childish voice, "Is it not delightful to have friends coming from afar?"
The system auntie taught her this too~
Qu Zijin nodded with satisfaction and turned to the other two students.
The little prince was drawing a turtle on paper with a brush, while the little princess began to doze off.
"Your Highness, please explain the meaning of that sentence just now," Qu Zijin asked abruptly.
The young prince didn't even look up: "It just means learning is fun!"
Suddenly, he shoved the brush into the inkstone, splashing ink all over the princess's face.
"You're asking for it!" The princess grabbed the Analects and was about to throw it at him.
Jin Lanyue quickly rushed over and hugged the princess's arm: "Princess, don't be angry! The little prince didn't mean it!"
If a fight breaks out, the Grand Tutor will be angry again!
However, the young prince snorted coldly: "I did it on purpose! Who told her to complain yesterday that I was up to no good!"
Qu Zijin rubbed his temples; he was gradually getting used to these two mischievous kids.
Just like how he quickly adapted to taking care of children at the beginning.
Thinking about the 108 ways he had painstakingly researched to raise and educate his children, Qu Zijin decided to try a different approach. He patiently and gently said, "Today we'll play a game. Whoever can make a word with the character 'learn' can get a piece of candy."
He took out a packet of candy wrapped in oil paper from the cabinet.
The three little ones' eyes lit up immediately.
Jin Lanyue immediately raised her little hand: "Wo wo wo! Study!"
"Well said." Qu Zijin opened the parchment paper and stuffed a piece of candy into her mouth. The little dumpling immediately squinted her eyes happily.
The princess, in a panic, kept tugging at her handkerchief: "Learn, learn... learn to walk!"
The young prince rolled his eyes: "How stupid! A scholar should be learned, diligent, and have endless learning opportunities!"
After saying that, he glanced at the princess smugly: "Someone like you dares to be a princess?"
Well... although the young prince is of low quality, has a bad temper, is spoiled, willful, arrogant, and infuriating, it is clear that he taught him quite a lot before the previous tutor was driven away by him.
But the quality wasn't taught—or perhaps it was taught but failed.
"You!" The princess was so angry that her eyes turned red.
Jin Lanyue quickly defended the little princess, saying, "I think the princess is right!"
After all, the word "learn" is used in the phrase "learn to walk," so why can't it be considered a word combination?
The young prince scoffed and suddenly grabbed an inkstone: "Then I'll teach you how to splash ink!"
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