Wen Yu's seemingly nonsensical question left the Grand Secretary speechless for a moment.
Come to think of it, what the princess said was not wrong. It is indeed immoral to secretly drill holes in the wall of a neighbor's house without permission.
Wen Yu added: "Besides, a child's character can be seen at the age of three. If this child becomes an official when he grows up, he probably won't be a good official."
Grand Secretary: ...
This is indeed true in history. After he became the prime minister, he was demoted to a commoner for the crime of corruption.
The Grand Secretary coughed and avoided the topic, then asked, "Then, Princess, please explain the meaning of hanging from the beam and piercing the thigh with a needle?"
"Isn't this even simpler? When I study, my head feels like it's hanging, and when I read, my butt feels like it has thorns on it."
Grand Secretary: ...
Yang Hanlin: ...
The university scholar stared for a long time, then explained tremblingly, "Princess, gu means thigh. Hanging the beam and piercing the thigh is about two children who felt sleepy while studying. In order to stay awake, they hung their hair on the beam and pierced their thighs with an awl, which is a metaphor for studying hard."
Wen Yu suddenly realized, and then looked puzzled: "But if you are sleepy, you should go to sleep. Why do you want to hurt yourself? Moreover, studies have shown that being tired and sleepy will lead to lack of concentration, decreased memory, low efficiency, and infinitely increased error rate. Even if you hang yourself bald or poke yourself into a sieve, it is still a useless effort."
Grand Secretary: ...
He covered his chest and said, "What we need to learn is the spirit of hard work!"
Wen Yu nodded immediately after hearing this: "Okay, I'll write it down in my notebook right away!"
The Grand Secretary let out a sigh of relief and decided to change his train of thought. He would not ask questions using idioms about studying hard, lest Wen Yu give answers that would make his blood boil.
He stroked his beard and said, "Princess, could you please explain to me what the phrase 'hearing the cock crow and rising to dance' means?"
"Dancing at the sound of cock-crow?" Wen Yu's eyes lit up. "As soon as he smelled the smell of roast chicken, he danced for joy!"
Grand Secretary: ...
Yang Hanlin couldn't help but look back at Wen Yu, his eyes wide and round, as if he didn't understand why someone would interpret the idiom like this.
The Grand Secretary sighed heavily, and suddenly went from being energetic to being listless.
"Your Majesty has entrusted me with the important task of teaching the eldest princess, but I...Princess, I do not ask you to be well-educated and well-mannered, but I ask..."
Wen Yu smiled and said, "Well-educated and well-mannered? I know what well-educated and well-mannered means."
"Oh?" The Grand Secretary perked up a little, "Princess, do you know what it means to be well-educated and well-mannered?"
Wen Yu nodded and said seriously: "Being well-educated and well-mannered is not enough to just know the knowledge in books, you also have to learn how to give gifts to dignitaries."
After listening to Wen Yu's explanation, the Grand Secretary staggered, leaned on the corner of the table to calm himself down, and then stared at Wen Yu in silence for a long time.
Finally, he sighed and said, "Princess, I am incompetent! I will go to Your Majesty to resign."
Wen Yu propped up her chin, looked lazily at the Grand Secretary who left in a hurry, and snorted, "It's only the beginning, and you can't stand it?"
Yang Hanlin's eyes widened, as if he couldn't believe what he heard. He asked in confusion, "Princess, are you deliberately trying to anger the teacher?"
"Teacher? The Grand Secretary is your teacher?" Wen Yu answered the question irrelevantly.
Yang Hanlin nodded: "Of course, most of the people in the Hanlin Academy are the teacher's students."
Wen Yu nodded thoughtfully, then looked at him and smiled, "I am just trying to anger him, so what?"
"May I ask Princess, why is this?"
Wen Yu picked up the book to cover the lower half of her face, revealing only a pair of smiling eyes and eyebrows: "Because it was my royal brother who tricked me into coming here. I was about to leave, but I chose to stay because I saw you. But I can't really come to take classes with this old man every day."
Yang Hanlin was confused: "See, you stayed only because you saw me?"
"Yes, because I think you have round eyes and a silly look, which is kind of cute."
Yang Hanlin: ...
For a moment he was a little confused as to whether the eldest princess's evaluation of him was praise or criticism.
Wen Yu poked him with a brush: "What's your name?"
"My name is Yang Cheng."
When Yang Cheng answered, he was in a daze, and it seemed that he would answer whatever was asked.
Seeing him like this, Wen Yu couldn't help laughing: "Has anyone ever told you that you're stupid?"
Yang Cheng:?
Yang Cheng subconsciously lifted the tip of his nose and said, "Princess, no one has ever said that."
Wen Yu was a little curious: "If you take this thing off, can you still see clearly?"
Yang Cheng shook his head: "If I take off my iris, I will be like a blind man."
"Can you let me see it?"
Yang Cheng nodded, then slowly took off the ring on his nose and handed it to Wen Yu.
It was the first time that Wen Yu saw what Dasheng’s glasses looked like. Before meeting Yang Cheng, she didn’t even know that Dasheng had such a thing as glasses.
Wen Yu waved her hand in front of Yang Cheng, and saw that his eyes narrowed slightly, as if he felt insecure without her. She smiled and said, "Can you still see me clearly?"
Yang Cheng said: "Princess, I can only vaguely see the human figure."
Wen Yu: ...
Wow, this degree is deep enough...
Yang Cheng looked even dumber without his glasses, and there was still a hint of baby fat on his cheeks, making him look very gullible.
"Can I pinch your face?" Wen Yu suddenly asked.
Yang Cheng was stunned: "What?"
Wen Yu chuckled and pinched the soft flesh on his cheek, "It feels good."
Yang Cheng: …
At this time, the Grand Secretary who had left suddenly came back. Seeing the movements of the two Wen Yu's hands, he was silent for a moment, and then said: "I suddenly remembered halfway through my journey. Please go with me to the Hongde Hall to meet His Majesty."
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