Chapter 6: Take a nap at noon
Li Runrun watched the prince's white jade-like hands holding the book, and lowered her eyes to take a look.
"Or, give it back..."
She stretched out her hand to take the book, but felt a warm touch on the back of her hand. It turned out that the prince had pushed her hand away.
Li Runrun immediately retracted her hand like a frightened rabbit.
But he saw the prince holding the book, looking very serious as if he was reading a book of sages, and then he turned another page.
Li Runrun's face flushed red, and she was at a loss as to what to do. How could such a book pollute the eyes of the prince?
She still reached out and took the book: "Master, let me undress you."
It was not until Ye Yunchu grabbed her hand that Li Runrun felt that there was ambiguity in these words.
A little anxious, she looked at Ye Yunchu with her almond eyes helplessly. Ignoring the pain in her wrist, she finally thought of an excuse: "Look, reading hurts your eyes. Don't delay. Take a nap in the afternoon."
She had already found an excuse, but Ye Yunchu acted as if he didn't hear her, lowered his eyes and pulled her.
Li Ruanruan was no match for his strength and fell forward. The two of them were originally close to each other, and now that she bumped into his arms, she quickly stepped back and lowered her head.
Afraid of offending.
Ye Yunchu lowered his eyes and stared at her, looking down at her for a long while. He looked serious, but the faint smile at the corner of his lips betrayed his intention to do something bad at the moment.
"Why, are you dissatisfied with me in some way that you want to give me advice with a book like this?"
Li Ruanruan's face turned pale with fear when she heard this: "No, I dare not..."
That was not her intention at all. She had not even read the book herself and thought it was a medical book her father bought for her.
She was so scared that she wanted to kneel down, but Ye Yunchu pulled her up: "Why are your legs weak? Stand up straight."
Li Runrun didn't dare to kneel again, and was as obedient as a quail with its neck tucked in in front of him.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw that he seemed to find the book boring, so he casually rolled it up and held it in his hand, as if he was not going to give it back.
Li Runrun was looking at the book in her mind at this moment, and she only thought that this book could not be returned, and she didn't know how much money her father spent on it.
They didn't have much money to begin with, and her father said his legs hurt. Why didn't he use the money to treat the illness instead of buying this for her?
Now that it has been taken away by the prince, there is no way to return it.
Seeing that Li Runrun was so bold as to peek at the book, Ye Yunchu lifted her chin with the rolled-up book.
"I'm asking you a question."
Li Runrun looked at him confusedly for a while, then thought about what he had asked her.
Then he replied: "No, I am not dissatisfied."
He asked, “What about this book?”
Li Ruanruan didn't dare to sell her father, so she lowered her head and said in a voice as soft as a mosquito: "Slave, I bought it myself."
"Oh? Why did you buy this book?"
Li Ruanruan said truthfully: "I thought it was a medical book."
"Since you are my concubine, why do you keep calling me slave?"
"I, I...thought it was a medical book."
Li Ruanruan said it again.
The prince studied her for a while, then leaned in closer to look at her, intrigued: "You can actually read?"
Li Runrun's heart was filled with alarm. When facing the prince, she always felt like a rabbit seeing a wolf, and she was scared to death.
He trembled as he approached her, clenched his fingers, and his whole body was so stiff that he seemed like he would faint at any second.
Ye Yunchu found it funny. Would he eat people?
He remembered that he didn't have this hobby.
Seeing that she didn't answer, he snorted coldly: "Are you thinking about how to deceive me?"
When Li Ruanruan heard him say this, her eyes turned red with anxiety again: "No, no..."
"Whether you can read or not, that's a difficult question to answer. Why are you thinking about it for so long? If not, what are you thinking about, how to trick me?"
"slave........"
"Um?"
Ye Yunchu raised his peach blossom eyes, which were full of majesty.
Li Ruanruan quickly corrected herself: "I, I know a few words."
She thought that if she answered like this, the prince would never be able to find any fault with her.
I breathed a sigh of relief quietly.
Before she could even breathe a sigh of relief, the prince held the book in front of her. "Then I'd like to see how many words you know. What does this paragraph say?"
Li Runrun glanced at the picture above and looked away as if her eyes were pricked by a needle.
The prince pointed at a description above with his slender jade-like hand: "Read this paragraph, let me see how many of them you recognize."
Li Runrun's eyes wandered for a while, looking at this short passage of ancient Chinese literature. She actually recognized it, this kind of explicit and libertine niche literature.
Li Runrun bravely pretended to recognize the characters for a long time, and finally pointed at the characters on the paper and read out a few easy-to-recognize characters: "Ren, Hong, Kai, Fu, Guan..."
Then she looked at Ye Yunchu timidly: "I only recognize these few words."
She was reading, and Ye Yunchu looked at her for a long while before saying, "If you can read it all, I'll ask my mother for ten taels of silver as a reward for you."
When Li Runrun heard this, she understood. People outside said that the prince was a spendthrift, but it turned out that the prince was in such a difficult situation that he had to ask Madam Ye for money if he needed it.
It can be seen that the rumors are indeed not credible.
Li Ruanruan was distracted for a moment, and Ye Yunchu knocked her head: "What are you thinking about?"
Li Ruanruan lowered her head: "Really, that's all I know."
She was well aware of the rules of the inner house, and knew that some money could be earned, but some could not.
You can’t make money on this, even if you’re really short of money.
Ye Yunchu stared at Li Ruanruan. He sat on the chair next to her and said, "Then I will teach you how to read."
He held up the book and was about to speak.
Li Runrun had already covered the words with her hand. She pushed the book down again, looked at the prince, and shook her head.
How can a person of such noble character as the prince recite such vulgar texts? It is truly a disgrace.
But Li Runrun thought of the prince that night and her face turned red again.
The prince saw her pitiful look as she begged him to let her go, thinking she was so easy to bully.
He looked at her: "You recognize them all, right?"
Li Ruanruan shook her head and said sincerely, "I just think it's not a very good article."
No matter what the thought is, it is rare that someone is willing to spend time on him.
At this time, a servant at the door called out, "Master."
It seems something is wrong.
Li Runrun was really relieved this time. It was great that the prince was finally going to get busy.
Ye Yunchu's cold voice: "What's the matter?"
The servant's figure appeared through the door and reported respectfully, "Young Master Gu from the Left Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Revenue wants to see you."
Li Runrun took advantage of the prince's inattention and secretly wanted to take the book away, and then wait for the prince to say "go away" so that she could leave.
It’s almost there. I’ll soon take it from the prince into my own hands.
Li Runrun's heart was in a state of excitement.
Finally, I got the book in my hands.
Very good.
Then, the prince snatched the book back and hit her on the head with it: "What are you doing with my book? Back off."
Li Runrun retreated to the door and looked up again, but she didn't expect to meet the prince's eyes.
I was so scared that I ran away and didn't dare to look any longer.
Ye Yunchu laughed angrily, turned the book in his hands, put it back in his arms and went to meet his friend.
Gu Yuanqing was waiting for him. Seeing him coming, he closed his folding fan and saw a book in his arms. He was very pleased: "You are ready to take the imperial examination this year. You are reading so seriously. Let me see what book you are so fond of and carry with you. Lend it to me for a few days. Hey, a medical book? Who is sick?"
After reading the content, Gu Yuanqing almost choked to death on his saliva: "Cough cough cough cough..."
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