Concubine De smiled and rubbed the silly child's head.
"Mother knows that Xiaoliu is the best behaved. Xiaoliu just needs to learn to read with your brother first. When you are six years old, you won't have to worry about not being able to keep up with him in the study room."
Speaking of this, Concubine De couldn't help feeling a little melancholy. The Emperor was extremely strict with the princes. They had to go to the study before dawn every day. Except for New Year's Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Emperor's Longevity Festival, and the princes' own birthdays, they were not allowed to rest. She didn't know if Xiaoliu could adapt to it by then.
Of course, these cannot be told to Xiaoliu now, otherwise he will definitely not be able to accept it.
This set of books was taken back for use, of course. Early in the morning on the second day after Yinzuo's birthday, before daybreak, a man appeared in the room. His nose was pinched so tightly that he gradually couldn't breathe. He couldn't drive the man away with his hands, so he could only open his eyes in a daze.
"……elder brother?"
Seeing his brother showing a kind and gentle smile, Yinzuo always felt a chill on his back. This scene was really weird.
"Yinzuo, it's time to get up and study."
As these words came, my brother's face got closer and closer, and the smile on his face gradually became colder.
Yinzuo was so frightened that he sat up and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Fortunately, he was just dreaming. He looked out the window inadvertently and saw that it was still early outside, so he covered his head with the quilt and planned to take another nap.
"Yinzuo, Yinzuo, wake up."
It seemed vaguely that it was his brother calling him. Although Yinzuo's mind was still a little confused, he forced himself to open his eyes and only heard what his brother in front of him said to him.
"Yinzuo, it's time to get up and study."
This sentence sounds so familiar. Isn't it exactly the same as what happened in Yinzuo's nightmare?
"It's scary to be able to have another nightmare after waking up. This is a dream, this is a dream. I'll just...get some more sleep and it will be fine."
After Yinzuo muttered these words in a daze, he closed his eyes again.
Yinzhen on the opposite side frowned. He looked at the sun that had already risen high outside and decided to continue calling the lazy guy lying in bed to get up.
"Yinzuo, wake up, it's time to get up and study."
"Why did I dream about this again? No, no! It's too scary..." After hearing these familiar words again, Yinzuo was so scared that he didn't even dare to open his eyes. He shivered and wrapped himself tightly with the quilt.
There is no such thing as a third time. After calling him twice, the little guy still didn't intend to get up by himself. Yinzhen's face darkened. He took a step back and motioned Su Peisheng to go forward and lift his quilt.
"Yinzuo..." Before Yinzhen could finish the rest of the words.
Yinzuo shrank into the corner with his head in his hands, and shouted at him: "Don't come over! I won't give in!"
Yinzhen, who thought that Yinzuo was using this method to resist reading and literacy, became very aggressive and his tone became very stern.
"Yinzuo! What did you promise my mother yesterday? Are you going to go back on your word today?"
"It really is a nightmare! Brother would never be so fierce to Xiaoliu!" Yinzuo stood up against the wall, picked up the pillow, and pointed it at the "brother" who could laugh scary. His eyes were very alert and his actions were obviously on guard against him.
"Yinzuo! Now you have learned to act crazy and stupid! Get down!" Yinzhen's eyes became increasingly cold.
"I don't want to! Don't come over here!" Although Yinzuo was a little scared, he still held on stubbornly.
"You don't even listen to me now, do you? If you still recognize me as your brother, come down here right now!"
"You're not my brother! You're the villain in my dream!"
"What dream? It's already noon, and you still think you're dreaming?"
"Don't try to lie to me! I won't believe you!"
"Su Peisheng! Get him down for me!"
"Wow~ Don't come over here!"
"Sixth Prince, please come down obediently! Don't continue to make Fourth Prince angry!"
Yinzuo ran around the bed to avoid being approached by others, but was eventually forcibly taken off the bed by Su Peisheng and two other young eunuchs.
"Wake up! Wake up! Wake up quickly!" Yinzuo kept muttering to himself with his eyes closed.
Yinzhen was so angry that he laughed.
His face was pinched hard by his brother. He felt the pain and opened his eyes and said stupidly: "…It hurts, it seems like I'm not dreaming…"
"Of course you're not dreaming."
Yinzuo glanced at his brother cautiously, and saw that his brother's expression was like the shadow before a storm, as if he was ready to criticize him harshly at any time.
He quickly ran over and took his brother's waist, admitting his mistake very quickly: "Brother, Xiaoliu knows I was wrong! I really thought I was dreaming just now! Brother, please don't misunderstand me!"
"Haha!" Yinzhen sneered twice, took the person to his study to study today's lessons.
"Sit still, keep your back straight, look at the book, and read after me."
"What's the next sentence?"
"Don't look around. Read it again after me."
"Read it to yourself."
"Read it again."
It was not until the Imperial Concubine sent someone to invite the two princes to have lunch that Yinzuo temporarily finished his classes. He slumped over and laid his whole body on the table, like a delicate flower that had been dazzled by the brilliance but was now wilting.
"Let's go." Yinzhen didn't give him much time to rest.
Yinzuo knew that he had made his brother angry this morning, and like a bullied young wife, he dared not say a word and followed his brother closely.
The Imperial Concubine heard a lot of noise next door early in the morning and sent people to check it out. She already understood the whole story of what happened in the morning and was now ready to watch the show.
As soon as she saw the two children, she deliberately said, "Xiao Liu, I heard that you started studying with your fourth brother this morning. How do you feel? Can you keep up with your fourth brother's teaching? If not, I can teach you."
"Brother teaches really well! I can keep up! Xiaoliu likes brother teaching me the most!" Yinzuo answered while secretly glancing at the expression on his brother's face.
"Really? Xiaoliu, don't push yourself too hard."
"Not reluctantly! Not reluctantly at all!" Yinzuo was afraid that he would continue to deepen his brother's misunderstanding of him, and that he really thought that he was a lazy person and was deliberately pretending to be crazy and stupid this morning and didn't want to get up to study.
The Imperial Concubine was secretly happy in her heart, but her face showed an expression of great regret.
"Well, it seems that I will not have the opportunity to teach you personally. Since you said so yourself, Xiaoliu, you must learn from your fourth brother well in the time before you go to the study room. Don't slack off."
"Yes! Xiaoliu must study hard! Don't let down his brother's teachings and the expectations of the Royal Mother!" Yinzuo is very well-behaved now, and his whole attitude is to go east and never west.
"Xiao Si, you heard everything. I will leave the responsibility of Yinzuo's education and literacy to you." The Imperial Concubine found Xiao Liu's timid look quite interesting.
"Yes, Yinzhen obeys your order."
Even in the afternoon, Yinzuo gritted his teeth and persisted. After a whole day, his throat felt a little uncomfortable. Yinzhen stopped when he heard that his voice was not as clear as usual.
Yinzhen was indeed a little angry about Yinzuo's performance this morning, so he taught him for a whole day, just to see if he could follow him obediently for a whole day. Several times, Yinzhen thought he couldn't hold on, but he didn't expect that he didn't give up in the end.
"That's all for today."
Su Peisheng and Shunfeng quickly served the two princes a cup of warm water so that the two masters who had worked hard at studying could moisten their throats.
Yinzuo drank two full cups before stopping.
He called out tentatively: "Brother..."
"Hmm?" Yinzhen finally agreed.
"Don't you give Xiaoliu homework?"
Yinzhen raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and looked at the little guy in front of him with some surprise, but since he took the initiative to propose it, Yinzhen naturally would not say no.
"Of course. Memorize what I taught you today tomorrow morning. I will check it."
Yinzuo then breathed a sigh of relief. Reciting was not that difficult for him.
"Xiaoliu will definitely complete the after-school tasks assigned by your brother!" Yinzuo looked at his brother very seriously and said.
"Um."
The corners of Yinzhen's lips curled up slightly. He now believed that there had indeed been a misunderstanding in the morning. The little guy was obviously still willing to follow him and learn. He was worthy of being his younger brother. This was very good.
"Brother, you...are not angry with Xiaoliu anymore, right?" Yinzuo held his little face and blinked deliberately in front of his brother, trying to please his brother and act cute.
"It depends on your performance." Yinzhen's drooping eyelashes blocked the smile in his eyes.
Yinzuo didn't dare to ask his brother whether his performance today was not satisfactory enough or whether his brother wanted to wait and see his performance tomorrow. He could only think about it anxiously by himself.
After dinner, Yinzuo neither played nor lingered beside the Imperial Noble Consort to beg for snacks. Instead, he obediently returned to his room and carefully reviewed what he had learned during the day several times, reciting it over and over again, trying to remember every word thoroughly.
Nanny Cheng came in with a stack of snacks, looked at her hardworking young master with concern and said, "Sixth Prince, please take a rest for a while. The candlelight is dim, be careful or your eyes will hurt."
"No, my brother will ask me to recite the poem tomorrow. I'm afraid I won't be familiar with it and will forget it tomorrow when I get nervous." Since Yinzuo has decided to do this, he will naturally try his best to do it well.
This went on until Yinzuo's usual bedtime, when he put down the book and let Nanny Cheng help him wash up. But even so, he kept muttering to himself over and over again.
Early the next morning, Yinzhen came personally to wake him up and heard him muttering a few words in his sleep about what he had learned yesterday.
"Yinzuo, it's time to wake up."
This time, Yin Zuo did not react as violently as he did yesterday. Instead, he rubbed his eyes and called softly, "Good morning, brother~"
Then he got up obediently, without crying or making a fuss, until he sat at the desk and recited what he had learned yesterday very obediently.
Yinzhen was very pleased with this.
So after lunch, Yinzhen said to him: "You don't have to study in the afternoon, go play for a while."
He thought his brother was testing him, so he said firmly, "No! Xiaoliu can continue to study with his brother! Xiaoliu doesn't want to play at all!"
Yinzhen looked at him steadily and asked him again: "Are you sure?"
"Yes! Xiaoliu loves reading the most!" Yinzuo answered righteously.
"Okay, since Xiaoliu is so studious, then you can memorize the last page of what you learned today here this afternoon."
Yinzuo heard something wrong.
"Myself? Isn't my brother here to teach Xiaoliu?"
"Tomorrow is the Queen Mother's birthday. The buds of the two daylilies are about to bloom. I plan to watch over them this afternoon and evening."
Yinzuo jumped up excitedly.
"They are about to bloom~ Xiaoliu wants to see them too~~"
"But didn't you just say that you wanted to continue studying here?" Yinzhen asked him deliberately.
Yinzuo ran to his brother anxiously, tugged at his clothes, and acted coquettishly in a pitiful manner.
"But Xiaoliu also wants to see the daylilies bloom~"
"Not studying anymore?" Yinzhen glanced at him.
"Brother~ Can't I make it up to Xiaoliu later?" Seeing that his brother still didn't speak, Yinzuo was almost dying of anxiety, "Oh! Brother~"
Yinzhen bent his fingers and tapped the little guy gently on the head.
"Okay, I was just kidding. I didn't intend to leave you here alone."
"Brother! How could you do this!" Yinzuo covered his head and complained softly.
"So are you still going to see it?"
"Go~" Yinzuo answered enthusiastically.
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