14. The original male protagonist has appeared!
"You've worked hard, Grand Tutor Qu." Jiang Xiyue stepped forward, suppressing a smile.
The familiar scent of her mother wafted into her nostrils, and Jin Lanyue's little nose twitched as she called out in a childish voice, "Mother~"
Then she snuggled closer to Qu Zijin, buried her face in his chest, and continued to sleep.
Hmm... Mother's embrace is flat today, and a little hard.
Although it's no longer soft, it still smells delicious.
Qu Zijin was immediately at a loss. He stiffly handed the little dumpling to Jiang Xiyue, saying, "I..."
"Pfft—" Marquis Beiding finally couldn't help but laugh out loud, then quickly pretended to cough to cover it up, "Ahem, the way Grand Tutor Qu holds the child... is quite unique."
Jiang Xiyue took her daughter and noticed that the little girl's hands were dirty and the ribbon in her hair was crooked to one side.
She gently tidied her daughter's hair, then looked up at Qu Zijin and said, "Yue'er is sorry to have troubled you."
"It was my oversight," Qu Zijin said, bowing slightly, his clothes still bearing small black handprints. "I was supposed to be getting tutoring, but..."
Qu Zijin coughed lightly and said seriously, "Although I didn't have any extra lessons today, I will make an appointment with the teacher to memorize the first three chapters of the Three Character Classic tomorrow."
As soon as she finished speaking, Jin Lanyue, who had been sleeping soundly, suddenly squirmed in her mother's arms. Her sleep had triggered a key phrase, and she pouted, "Ugh...don't want to memorize..."
Everyone couldn't help but laugh.
Marquis Beiding patted Qu Zijin on the shoulder: "Grand Tutor, you've worked hard. It's getting late, you should go back and rest early."
Qu Zijin bowed and took his leave.
As he left, he couldn't help but look back one last time.
The little dumpling was sleeping soundly.
He unconsciously touched the purse with the two fallen leaves at his waist, and the corners of his lips turned up slightly.
-
The next day.
Wenhua Hall.
Jin Lanyue saw the Grand Tutor waiting for her outside the Wenhua Hall from afar.
"Grand Tutor! Grand Tutor!"
“Teacher,” Qu Zijin stepped forward and took the small bundle from her, “I was inspired by you yesterday and wrote a memorial that very night, which I submitted to His Majesty.”
“Oh…” Jin Lanyue nodded seriously, but in reality she didn’t understand at all.
Qu Zijin was about to continue talking about the memorial when Jin Lanyue pointed her little finger at the bundle and said happily, "Grand Tutor, I brought three boxes of pastries! Mother said we can each have one!"
That way, the princess and the tutor wouldn't fight over it—the little dumpling was very satisfied with this and praised herself for her cleverness.
Qu Zijin paused for a moment, then said, "Thank you, teacher..."
"Little Moon, you're here? Come quick! I brought something good!" The little princess's voice interrupted the conversation between the two, one big and one small.
She ran up to Jin Lanyue and took her hand: "I brought some pastries from the imperial kitchen, as well as some beautiful jewelry. Let's each have half."
She deliberately separated Jin Lanyue and Qu Zijin, not forgetting to cast a victorious glance at the Grand Tutor: "It's just the two of us, the Grand Tutor doesn't have any!"
"..." Qu Zijin didn't really want it.
Faced with the little princess's attempt to win over the little dumpling and isolate him, the adult tutor, this time he not only remained calm and not angry, but even wanted to laugh a little.
Spending a lot of time with Jin Lanyue, I unexpectedly started to like children and became more patient.
Even a mischievous child like the princess isn't so easily angered anymore.
However, Jin Lanyue was unaware of his thoughts. She said worriedly, "Isn't this a bit inappropriate? What if the Grand Tutor gets so angry that he dies?"
"...I won't be so angry that I'll die," Qu Zijin said after a moment of silence, "at least I won't be so angry that I'll die."
The little dumpling breathed a sigh of relief, but the little princess was somewhat dissatisfied.
She put her hands on her hips, clearly dissatisfied with her failure to win.
Just then, a young eunuch stood outside the Wenhua Hall and reported: "Grand Tutor Qu, His Majesty has seen your memorial and requests that you come to the Imperial Study for a discussion."
The attention of the three people was diverted at the same time. Qu Zijin's heart skipped a beat and he subconsciously became a little nervous. He straightened his sleeves and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, I will go right away."
"Grand Tutor, please come with me." The little eunuch turned around.
Qu Zijin lifted his leg to leave, then paused, turned his head and instructed the two little ones, one tall and one short: "You two should first preview the third chapter of the Three Character Classic in the school, and don't run around."
"I don't want to listen to you..."
Jin Lanyue tugged at the little princess's hand: "Grand Tutor, will you come back?"
Qu Zijin couldn't say for sure either, but he patted her little head and said, "You should preview the lessons first. If I haven't returned by the time it's time, you can leave school on your own."
Outside the Wenhua Hall, the young eunuch began to urge them on, and Qu Zijin hurriedly followed him away.
Just as Qu Zijin was summoned away by the imperial eunuch, the little princess's laughter echoed through the Wenhua Hall.
She grabbed Xiao Jinlanyue's wrist and spun around excitedly: "Great! That old fogey is finally gone!"
Jin Lanyue was worried when she heard this. She raised her small face, her big, watery eyes full of concern: "The Grand Tutor has been summoned by the Emperor... Will he get scolded?"
His father had told him that the emperor was the biggest official in the world.
Does that mean the emperor was the tutor's teacher?
Was the tutor suddenly summoned because he didn't do his homework well and was going to get a slap on the hand?
"Who cares!" The princess waved her hand dismissively, pulled her into the school, and took out a food box. "Come and eat something delicious!"
The moment the food box was opened, a sweet aroma filled the air.
Jin Lanyue's attention was immediately drawn to it. She leaned closer and saw that the food box contained more than a dozen exquisite pastries, each only the size of her small fist.
"This is for you too." The princess took out a gilded butterfly hairpin and clumsily inserted it into her little companion's hair.
The little dumpling sat obediently while the princess dressed him up, his mouth stuffed full, like a greedy little hamster.
She asked vaguely, "Princess, when will the Grand Tutor return?"
The little princess was gesturing to her head with another hairpin when she heard this, and she pouted, "Who knows?"
Jin Lanyue sighed. The thought that the Grand Tutor might be getting his hands slapped made the pastries in her mouth lose their flavor.
After the princess finished dressing her up, she held her face in her hands and admired her "masterpiece" for a long time.
Gradually, she got a little bored. Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she pulled Xiao Jinlanyue to her feet: "Come on, I'll take you to the Imperial Study!"
"But...but..." The little dumpling nervously twisted her fingers, "The Grand Tutor said we have to wait for him to come back..."
"What are you afraid of! Just say that I dragged you there."
-
The Imperial Garden is equally beautiful in summer, where two little girls walk hand in hand through the winding corridor.
Suddenly, the little princess exclaimed, "Oh dear! I left my jade pendant in the Wenhua Hall!"
She pointed ahead, "Little Moon, you walk along this path first, I'll be right there!"
Little Jinlanyue nodded obediently and slowly walked forward with her short legs.
Just as she turned the corner of a flower wall, an arrow flew crookedly toward her. It barely cleared her before losing its momentum and falling to the ground with a "thud".
At the same time, a boastful child's voice suddenly rang out from ahead: "Make way! Can't you see this prince is practicing archery?"
The little boy shuddered in fright. He saw a little boy in a brocade robe standing in the middle of the road with his hands on his hips, holding a small golden bow.
He was about five years old, with a round face full of arrogance, and two trembling little eunuchs followed behind him.
"Who are you from? Why don't you bow to me, the prince?" The young prince raised his chin and pointed his golden bow at Xiao Jinlanyue.
[Task triggered]
[You once again encountered her most loyal suitor and supporter, as well as the male protagonist of the book, the prince of the dynasty—Wei Jiayou.]
He was her pillar of support, her sharpest spear, and her strongest shield.
[Also one of the people you hate the most.]
He looks at you with the same contempt she shows you, taking everything from you, suppressing you, destroying you.
You hate him. You decide to teach him a lesson.
[Mission: Teach Prince Wei Jiayou a lesson]
[Reward: Advanced Disease Curing Talisman x1]
Jin Lanyue was stunned.
She didn't quite understand what the system aunt was saying, but from that long string of prefixes, she vaguely realized that the little prince in front of her was no ordinary person.
While she was still in a daze, the little prince had already stepped forward and was looking at the exquisitely beautiful little dumpling in front of him.
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