"It's the Emperor who punished me to copy this. Since I came back until now, I haven't even dared to drink a sip of water. I'm rushing to write this," Jiang Ranli complained and felt aggrieved.
After hearing this, the Tenth Prince said, "Not long after you and Ninth Brother left the capital, the Emperor found out. It happened to be the time when Thirteenth Prince was convicted, so the Emperor was extremely furious..."
At this point, the Tenth Prince's voice suddenly stopped. He saw Jiang Ranli's writing brush fall in mid-air, and the ink dripped onto the almost completed "Female Rules", like a black stain falling into clear water, stinging people's eyes.
In fact, on the way back to the capital, Jiang Ranli thought about the current situation of the Thirteenth Prince more than once. She knew that if history had developed as it did, the Thirteenth Prince would have been imprisoned by now. She didn't want to think about it, so she tried hard to avoid all news related to the Thirteenth Prince. Unexpectedly, despite all her precautions, she still heard it from the Tenth Prince.
"Li, Li'er, you, you... you can't keep it at this time. How about I write it for you? My handwriting is not much better than yours. The Emperor won't find out."
The Tenth Prince knew that Jiang Ranli and the Thirteenth Prince had always had a good relationship. Just now, he was thinking about not mentioning the Thirteenth Prince in front of Jiang Ranli, but he still mentioned it accidentally.
"Tenth brother, you..." Fourteenth prince looked at his tenth brother helplessly.
The Tenth Prince winked at him, indicating that he didn't mean it.
"Li'er, how come we haven't seen Ninth Brother anywhere after being here for so long?" Fourteenth Prince spoke to divert Jiang Ranli's attention.
At this moment, Jiang Ranli's mood had improved a little. She had known that the Thirteenth Prince would be imprisoned, and she also knew that he would be released safely in ten years and become a close minister second only to the emperor. Therefore, she was not worried. However, when she thought that the Thirteenth Prince, who was originally high-spirited and unrestrained, would not be free for the next ten years, she felt sad for him.
"The Emperor has asked him to handle the affairs of the Ministry of Works," Jiang Ranli answered the Fourteenth Prince after calming down a little.
"Ministry of Works? There are so many things going on there recently. Why did the Emperor let the Ninth Master go there?" the Tenth Prince said in shock.
"Punishment," Jiang Ranli explained helplessly.
The Fourteenth Prince looked at her, then looked at the copy of "Rules for Women" she had copied, "How much of this did the Emperor ask you to copy? And how long will it take?"
"Read "Female Training" and "Female Precepts" fifty times each, and it will be completed in eight days," Jiang Ranli made an eight gesture.
"Well, one hundred times is not a lot, and there is plenty of time. When the emperor punished me before, it was at least one hundred times, and he only gave me three days. You are treated much better than me," the tenth prince nodded repeatedly. Thinking back to his past situation, Jiang Ranli didn't know how much happier he was than him.
However, although the Tenth Prince was not very good at studying, he was used to using a brush, so he could write quite fast. Jiang Ranli was different. It would take her at least an hour and a half to finish an article that could normally take her twenty minutes, and her writing was very poor.
"If you write like this, the Emperor will probably not let you pass," the Fourteenth Prince was a little worried. He knew that Jiang Ranli's handwriting with a feather pen was quite accomplished, but the one written with a brush was really not acceptable.
Jiang Ranli shrugged and said, "Even if I don't pass, there's nothing I can do. This is already my best."
Jiang Ranli deeply hated calligraphy, but had no way of refusing, so he could only try his best to write.
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