After Chu Jinyao returned to the yard, Jie Geng, who followed Chu Jinyao out, patted her chest and said, "Girl, I was scared to death today! Fortunately, you wrote it in the end, otherwise, we would be disgraced!"

Chu Jinyao nodded and said "hmm", Jie Geng was scared and excited, and shouted, "And the poem you wrote seems to be Lu Yao knows Ma Li, it's really wonderful! It can prove your strength and slap them in the face!"

Lu Yao knows Ma Li, and time reveals a person's heart. Chu Jinyao wrote this sentence in front of everyone, which not only saved herself and washed away the dirty water of not being able to write, but also secretly showed her honest heart and satirized Chu Jinmiao and others.

Kikyo asked happily: "Miss, how did you think of writing this poem?"

Chu Jinyao sighed: "It's not what I thought. Today is really too dangerous."

Chu Jinmiao and others guessed correctly. Chu Jinyao really can't write, at least not with a brush.

After all, she grew up in a poor peasant family. Which peasant family is willing to support a girl to study and write? Chu Jinyao knows most of the characters, which is extremely rare in the village.

Although the Su family is poor, when Chu Jinyao and Chu Jinmiao were born, Zhao stayed at the Su family and gave them a box of gold hairpins as a reward. Not to mention how much the craftsmanship of the gold hairpin is worth, just relying on those few taels of gold is enough to take care of the Su family's food and clothing for a long time. But Su's mother was stingy by nature, especially towards Su Hui and Chu Jinyao. She would save as much as possible, and would give the older ones' worn-out clothes to the younger ones. But for their only son Su Sheng, Su's father and mother were willing to spend money. They even gritted their teeth and sent Su Sheng to a private school in the countryside, hoping to support a scholar.

Chu Jinyao didn't think that Su Sheng, a idiot, could pass the imperial examination and come back with a good name. Su Sheng was spoiled by his family. He was lawless since he was a child. He only knew how to command his two sisters. He spent a lot of money every day to study in a private school, but he didn't even turn the book over after returning. Chu Jinyao, on the other hand, was only one year younger than Su Sheng. With the help of Su Sheng, she learned quite a few characters. However, although Chu Jinyao could roughly recognize the commonly used characters, she couldn't write them at all. Apparently, the Su family would not provide her with opportunities to practice writing. When Chu Jinyao was still a child, she avoided her family and practiced on the sand several times, but how could writing on sand be the same as writing on paper?

Moreover, the Changxing Marquisate used the finest rabbit-hair brushes with soft nibs. Without several years of wrist training, how could one learn to wield a brush?

Chu Jinyao was able to write the five characters "路遙知马力" thanks to Qin Yi. Qin Yi really didn't have the patience to watch Chu Jinyao do needlework, and time at home was too boring, so he could only rush Chu Jinyao to the study and teach her how to write. These five words were given to Chu Jinyao by Qin Yi for self-defense just in case. Who would have thought that they would actually be used.

Kikyo brought a needle and thread basket and asked, "Miss, do you still want to do needlework today?"

"No, Mammy talked a lot today, I have to go to the study to review." Chu Jinyao stood up and walked towards the two study rooms in the east. She also left a message for the maids: "I'm going to review in the study, don't come in and disturb me."

"Yes."

After the door was closed, Chu Jinyao immediately behaved well and called softly: "Qi Ze, Qi Ze, are you there?"

Qin Yi snorted softly: "You were very impatient to practice calligraphy before, why did you change your attitude now?"

Chu Jinyao was particularly thick-skinned in front of Qin Yi. She said: "Aren't I here to thank you! If you hadn't urged me so often in the past, I would have made a big fool of myself today! But you can't hide it forever. I can only write these five words, and I will be exposed sooner or later! If I am caught by the fourth lady..." Chu Jinyao felt trembling all over just thinking about it. She said, "I don't want it! I ridiculed Chu Jinmiao severely today. If she finds out that I can't write in the future, she will definitely pay me back three or four times! I don't want this, Qi Ze, Qi Ze..."

At the end, Chu Jinyao's tone lengthened, already with a coquettish attitude of not agreeing unless you agree.

Qin Yi sighed. Being coquettish is really a natural skill of women. Chu Jinyao knows how to tease him naturally. Qin Yi had no choice but to say helplessly: "Okay, I won't ignore you. Go and grind the ink."

Chu Jinyao said "Oh" crisply, and ran over happily to grind the ink. She had just spread the paper, and suddenly heard Shancha calling her outside. Chu Jinyao had to put down the things at hand and go out to see what was going on.

Chu Jinyao walked inside while talking to Kikyo and others: "It's been hot these days, wash these t-shirts and put them away. By the way, fur clothes are easy to get damp, so make sure to dry them before putting them away!"

"Yes." Kikyo and others went out with the clothes, and Dingxiang followed behind Chu Jinyao. Chu Jinyao walked through the colorful antique shelves and said, "I don't need you to serve me here, you can go out and do other things. I'm reading in the study, don't let other maids come in and disturb me." Dingxiang

said "Hey", and turned around and went out obediently. Chu Jinyao opened the gauze cabinet, raised her head defenselessly, and saw a man standing in front of her desk.

Chu Jinyao was so frightened that she took a step back, and her back hit the gauze cabinet hard. Her legs went limp at that moment.

Chu Jinyao opened her mouth slightly, but could not make a sound for a long time. Dingxiang was not far away. When she heard the voice, she ran over and asked, "Miss, what's wrong with you?"

Chu Jinyao arranged the east room as a study. Since it is a study, it must be separated from the outside, otherwise it would be a mess. Now Chu Jinyao's hand is on the green gauze cabinet that she ordered to be installed. Through the light gauze on the partition, she can see the shadows of the maids coming and going outside. Dingxiang's voice seemed to be right next to her ear. Chu Jinyao leaned against the partition nervously, unsure whether to push the door to let people in.

The culprit of all this was standing in front of the desk, flipping through the copybook, and when he heard Ding Xiang's voice, he was not nervous at all. Instead, he raised his head, looked at Chu Jinyao leisurely with a teasing smile in his eyes.

It seemed that he also wanted to see what Chu Jinyao was going to do.

Chu Jinyao took a deep breath, and his eyes moved down involuntarily to look at the other person's shadow. Seeing Chu Jinyao's action, the other party raised his eyebrows, and a low chuckle overflowed from his chest.

There was no shadow, he appeared in her room silently, and he was particularly arrogant. Chu Jinyao originally thought that she had encountered a ghost, but then she saw that the attitude of this master was too arrogant, so arrogant that she felt familiar. Chu Jinyao slowly calmed down, lowered her voice, and asked tentatively: "Qi Ze?"

The other party just smiled, did not answer, but continued to look through the copybook that Chu Jinyao placed on the table. At this time, Dingxiang outside the door saw no movement for a long time, and she was a little panicked, and shouted again: "Girl?"

From her tone, she was about to push the door open and come in.

Chu Jinyao hurriedly shouted outside: "I'm fine, I just accidentally knocked over the pen holder, I'm fine now."

"Girl, are you really okay?" Ding Xiang was still skeptical, "Do you want me to come in and help you clean up?"

"No, no..."

At this moment, Qin Yi said: "You didn't choose these copybooks well..."

"Don't talk!" Chu Jinyao hurriedly turned around and glared at Qin Yi. She turned her eyes slightly, gestured outside, and whispered to Qin Yi, "I'm busy, don't make trouble!"

Oh, is there anyone in the world who dares to complain about him making trouble? Qin Yi shook his head with an inexplicable smile, but he really didn't say anything afterwards.

When Chu Jinyao finally sent Dingxiang away, she secretly breathed a sigh

of relief, and without even having time to drink a sip of tea to moisten her mouth, she hurried over to see Qin Yi. "Have you become a human?" Chu Jinyao looked at Qin Yi, with a bright light in her eyes. Chu Jinyao's eyes are very beautiful, with graceful lines from the corners of her eyes to the ends of her eyes, her eyelashes are slender and curled, looking fluffy, and the ends of her eyes are slightly upturned, drawing out a touch of charm. Her eyeballs are round and black, and clear as if they were gems immersed in water, shining with water.

The sunlight from the window shone on her face, surprisingly soft. Chu Jinyao looked at him intently. At that moment, Qin Yi felt that the sun and the moon could not compete with her eyes.

Qin Yi was absent-minded for the first time in his life. He responded with a low "hmm". After a while, he realized something was wrong and turned to glare at Chu Jinyao: "I've already said that I'm a human being, how dare you say that?"

Chu Jinyao murmured in a low voice: "You just admitted it..." Qin Yi's eyes swept over, and Chu Jinyao changed his words under the threat: "Okay, I was wrong just now."

Qin Yi nodded in satisfaction. As a man, he had a long neck and a delicate jaw. He made such a casual movement look very beautiful, with his innate arrogance.

Chu Jinyao looked at him for a while, and unexpectedly felt a little embarrassed, and avoided his eyes unnaturally. It turned out that they were both together day and night, but Chu Jinyao was very calm in front of Qin Yi, because at that time he had no body shape, only voice. Although it was a man's voice, in Chu Jinyao's heart, Qin Yi did not have a clear gender distinction. But now, such a slender, handsome, and sharp man stood in front of her. Chu Jinyao could no longer treat Qin Yi as a close friend, and suddenly became at a loss.

Qin Yi waited for a while and found that Chu Jinyao lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking. Qin Yi frowned secretly and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing." Chu Jinyao shook his head slowly. After a while, he added: "I'm not distancing myself from you, I just... am not used to it for the moment. It will be fine once I get used to it."

"What a big tone." He actually dared to tell the prince that it will be fine once he gets used to it. Qin Yi smiled and glanced at Chu Jinyao, then he lowered his head and continued to look through the copybook. This time, he finally found a book that he was satisfied with. Qin Yi quickly flipped through half of it, and waved to Chu Jinyao without turning his head: "Come here."

Chu Jinyao moved over, lowered his head and looked at the calligraphy with Qin Yi: "Will you let me copy this one?"

"Yes. You are a beginner, you need to copy characters with strong bones and regular strokes. The previous freehand running script style is not suitable for you." Qin Yi took the pen from the pen holder and glanced at Chu Jinyao, "Look at your eyesight, grind the ink."

Chu Jinyao said "Oh" belatedly, half rolled up his sleeves, and showed a section of his white wrist for Qin Yi to grind the ink. Qin Yi dipped the ink, his wrist was suspended in the air, and he wrote on the paper with a dragon and snake, and a line of neat and upright small regular script jumped on the paper. These characters are beautiful, elegant, neat and tidy, and not much worse than the copy in the copybook. Chu Jinyao looked at it for a while and sighed, "Beautiful." Chu Jinyao

had seen the calligraphy of Marquis Changxing and his elder brother at the old lady's place. That was perhaps the best handwriting of the young master, and it has always been the pride of the old lady Chu. She would take it out to see every time someone came. But now that Chu Jinyao saw Qin Yi's, he suddenly felt that the young master only got the form but not the substance. The one who really wrote well was Qin Yi.

Chu Jinyao sighed: "How come you can do everything?" It's obviously just a short time since the monster became a spirit. Are the things that the monster learns from humans so scary?

"I practiced a lot since I was a child, so I can do it." Qin Yi answered indifferently.

"Several brothers in my family have been practicing calligraphy since they were seven years old, and they practice very hard every day, so why don't they write well?" Chu Jinyao didn't believe Qin Yi's words. She carefully patted Qin Yi's arm, leaned over and whispered, "I see that you learn everything quickly. Do you have any unique secrets? Tell me secretly, I won't tell anyone!"

Qin Yi's chest gave a low laugh, and his whole chest was vibrating. The laugh sounded low and seductive, and it was obvious that he was really amused. He had to stop writing and wait until his hand was steady before he could continue writing: "Chu Jinyao, you are really a talent."