Chapter 172 Always Believe in Your Highness

After the Crown Princess finished speaking, she noticed that the hand that was holding hers trembled.

Just like five years ago, when she first entered the East Palace and saw him, the prince who was omnipotent in the eyes of the people would also hug his body and curl up in a corner, like a prisoner waiting for the death sentence.

"Your Highness."

"Who are you..."

"I'm here to help you."

The helpless boy looked up, feeling gently trembling as she held his hand, and they walked through the long years from then on.

"I don't want to implicate you." The prince said the same words he said five years ago.

The Crown Princess smiled and said, "We have been married for five years, we have already become one. Don't be afraid, Your Highness. No one can hurt us."

The prince held her in his arms, feeling the real warmth of each other's bodies, and the trembling in his body slowly stopped.

After a long pause, he whispered, "I am about to do something that will be misunderstood by many, many people, and may even hurt our reputation."

The Crown Princess smiled and said, "Is it just a loss of face?"

The prince was stunned and chuckled, "Lightly?"

"It doesn't hurt or itch, of course it's mild. I'm the Crown Princess, is there anyone who would laugh at me in person? It's just a matter of face. Everyone does something embarrassing in their lifetime. What's more, His Highness will embarrass me with me, so I'm not afraid."

The prince chuckled and said, "Okay, then you trust me."

The Crown Princess stroked his back again and again, and promised, "I trust you the most, Your Highness. No matter how others misunderstand you in the future, I will always believe in Your Highness."

Your Highness, whatever you want to do.

I will always protect you.

No one can hurt my best prince.

Far away from the Marquis's Mansion.

After sending the prince away, Zong Jincheng jumped up and down several times as if he had won a five million dollar prize, and kept yelling and making all kinds of arrogant remarks that were ear-piercing.

The sensible Xu Wan has already learned to plug her ears.

She covered her ears and walked back.

The ignored little devil chased after him, shouting as he ran: "Oh, some people are jealous and are covering their ears, but they can still hear it. They are covering their ears to steal the bell."

Xu Wan: “……!”

This bastard actually gave her a boomerang.

She had done this before, whispering to the little devil's ear, even though he was covering his ears, words that he could still hear even if he covered his ears. She had also said that he was trying to steal a bell by covering his ears.

As a result, this boy is now using his skills more and more flexibly, and is directly using them to attack her.

Damn it, I hate genius!

Xu Wan let go of her hand, turned around and said viciously: "Come and study."

"He has a ferocious face..." the little devil commented, "Your Highness is still the best, he is gentle and considerate, and he even touches my head."

Xu Wan stopped and started to rub his head with her hands.

Yes, chaos.

I regained all the fear and trepidation I had felt when being interrogated by the crown prince from this kid.

"Ahhhh, what are you doing? You're touching my head, not rubbing it. Can you rub your head? I'm not washing my hair... Ahhhhh, I'm going to fight you!" The little devil started pinching her as he spoke.

Xu Wan said with a smile: "If you make me angry, little dwarf, I will braid your hair."

After saying that, he rubbed his hair again. It felt so soft, just like stroking a cat.

The little devil blushed with anger: "Who is the dwarf?"

Bad guy!

When he passes the imperial examination and becomes the top scholar, he will definitely be taller than her. Let’s see how he will seek revenge on her then!

Xu Wan childishly flirted with him, successfully making the little devil start to show his fangs and claws again.

When the two of them arrived at the study room after a quarrel, the three private instructors were already waiting there. Without the pressure from the prince, the three of them felt as natural as if they were at home.

Pan Hongzhi rolled his eyes to the sky, frightening the two of them.

Xu Wan said to Cheng Zhidong, "Master Cheng, please come with me and we will re-plan the children's study plan."

"yes."

The second floor of the study is very large, but because few people go there often, it seems a bit empty and cold.

Cheng Zhidong found a table, spread out his pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and prepared to record what Xu Wan was going to say.

Xu Wan asked, "Jin Cheng and Wen Xiu, have you ever studied history and law?"

Cheng Zhidong shook his head: "No, the boy's exam does not test these. The enlightenment books that the two gentlemen are studying are mostly about some personal stories, ways of dealing with people and things, and the ideas and concepts of various schools of thought."

Xu Wan said, "Add these two lessons and let them learn them."

"It's true that you can learn this way. We who have taken the imperial examinations know this, but there is still half a year left. If the two young masters focus on learning other things, it may affect their performance in the Boy's Examination..." Cheng Zhidong remembered, "Especially Young Master Cheng, he is still thinking about defeating Qin Ye in the Boy's Examination every day."

Xu Wan said: "Qin Ye is a target, but he should not be the main target. The results of the Tongzi exam do not need to be top-notch, as long as you can pass the exam, you can have a place in the special exam, and that's enough."

Cheng Zhidong blinked and said, "In this way, the pressure will not be so great."

Xu Wan smiled and said, "There is still a long time to go. Jin Cheng can challenge Qin Ye again in the imperial examination."

"yes……"

After Xu Wan left, Cheng Zhidong discussed the curriculum changes with the two teachers, and Pan Hongzhi and Zhao Yin also changed their strategies in their daily teaching of the two masters.

For example, when the little devil suspected that Xu Wan wanted to sell him, Pan Hongzhi would explain to him the laws of the Great Chu: those who kidnap and sell people will be punished with 100 strokes of the cane and exiled 3,000 miles.

Zong Jincheng thought about Lingnan, which was three thousand miles away... and felt that he was extremely safe.

For example, when the little devil was tired of studying and started to complain about which turtle invented the art of reading, Pan Hongzhi reminded him in a timely manner: characters were created by Cang Jie, books were what Confucius wanted to read, paper was invented by Cai Lun of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and ink was invented by Xing Yi of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

Little Devil: “…”

Knowledge enters my brain in a vengeful way.

Put them all in my grudge book!!

Zong Wenxiu didn't have so many strange questions, but he just followed his brother and listened casually. He also learned a lot of historical celebrities and legal knowledge.

In the following days, the two children concentrated on their studies. Seeing that their grandchildren were not affected, the old marquis and the old lady stayed in the mansion for a while, but tried their best to avoid disturbing them in the study.

Since that day when Zong Jincheng brought his grandfather the water for washing his feet, he would bring his brother over to have meals with the two elders after school every day. Of course, Xu Wan and Baili Weihong were also there.

But strangely enough, Xu Wan found that the little devil no longer seemed to be actively looking for trouble with her. It seemed that he had not grown up overnight, and he still howled childishly every day. But it was different.

For example, now, the old lady gave Xu Wan a piece of meat but not the little devil. Under normal circumstances, he would definitely complain that his grandmother was partial, but he didn't.

Not only did he not feel jealous of Xu Wan, he even used his chopsticks to pick up a piece of meat and put it into Zong Wenxiu's bowl.