"Manager Wen, please send someone to keep an eye on him. We'll definitely be able to find out who's behind this. The most important thing now is to find a solution and try to gather all the undergarments before the delivery date."
"Yes, yes, Ziwan is right. You go ahead and get busy, I'll take care of things here."
"Whoever tried to harm my son, I, Wen Yanli, will never let them get away with it!" Wen Yanli said through gritted teeth.
Liao Ziwan nodded and left Wen's Cloth Shop with the manager of Jinxiu Silk Shop.
...
After her afternoon nap, Yun Duoduo, carrying her small book box and looking tired, swayed and walked to her classroom.
The Grand Tutor was already sitting on the platform reading a book.
After writing large characters all morning, Yun Duoduo's wrists were sore, her fingers were trembling, and her eyes were starting to see stars.
The afternoon classes were the most boring. After the tutor taught the students the texts, he had them memorize them.
Today we're going to memorize "Bring in the Wine".
The students recited the text with great enthusiasm, shaking their heads as they went. Yun Duoduo glanced at the title of the article and immediately understood what it meant.
Ah, I know how to do this one.
For other students, memorizing texts is the most difficult class, but for Yun Duoduo, it is the easiest class.
She had already experienced these hardships in her previous life.
I remember when I was in school, I memorized "The Ballad of Mulan" for a week, but after a snowfall and the New Year, I forgot it all and had to start all over again.
She also had to memorize "My Thatched Hut Is Broken by the Autumn Wind," "Memorial to the Throne," and "Bring in the Wine" for several morning reading sessions in a row, and "Li Sao" made her question the meaning of life.
Those words were deeply imprinted in her mind.
Since she already knew "Bring in the Wine" by heart, she casually flipped through the book, then stopped at the page of "Song of Everlasting Regret" and began to read it.
With cloud-like hair, a beautiful face, and golden hairpins swaying, she spends a warm spring night in the hibiscus-scented tent.
The spring night is fleeting, and the sun rises high; from then on, the emperor no longer holds morning court.
She was always busy serving guests and entertaining them, spending her days in spring outings and her nights with them.
Oh dear, is this something she can watch without paying?
[Mr. Bai's writing is truly unreserved; he really doesn't treat us like outsiders. He's a person we can get along with!]
As Yun Duoduo watched, she pondered the love story between the beauty and the emperor in her mind.
Although this long narrative poem tells the tragic love story of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and Yang Guifei during the An Lushan Rebellion, Yun Duoduo is currently immersed in the first half of the poem.
The spring night is fleeting, and revelry continues every night. The emperor and his favorite concubine are in their bedchamber...
Yun Duoduo blushed, her eyes sparkling with spring-like joy.
The Grand Tutor noticed Yun Duoduo's unusual behavior and walked to her side. Yun Duoduo, as if she had done something wrong, suddenly closed her book.
"Princess, can you recite it?"
Yun Duoduo nodded, swallowed hard, and tried to remain calm.
The Grand Tutor had no idea what Yun Duoduo was thinking just now.
The students exclaimed in surprise, "Is the princess the first one to memorize this?!"
Guan Guan knew that Yun Duoduo was much more capable than other children, but she still struggled to read such a difficult article. She never expected that the princess could memorize it so quickly.
The Ninth Princess is truly amazing.
"Hmm, come on, recite it once, let this old man listen."
The Grand Tutor looked at Yun Duoduo approvingly, then at the other students, and shook his head slightly.
Yun Duoduo cleared her throat, her mind still on Yang Guifei, immersed in the love and joy between the emperor and his favorite concubine. But what she recited was the poem "Drinking Song" that the Grand Tutor had asked her to recite: "Have you not seen the Yellow River's waters come from the sky, rushing to the sea never to return?"
"Have you not seen the bright mirror in the high hall reflecting the sorrow of white hair, which was like black silk in the morning but turned to snow by evening?"
"Enjoy life to the fullest when you are successful, and don't let your golden goblet stand empty under the moon."
"Everyone has their own unique talents, and even if I spend all my money, it will come back again."
The members of the Guan clan sitting in the pavilion stared in disbelief, exchanging bewildered glances.
When Grand Secretary Guan first invited them to study in the palace, they were quite reluctant. They felt that they were already teenagers and it would be a disgrace to be a study companion to a little baby who wasn't even as tall as a table.
But now, they don't think that way anymore.
"Let's cook lamb and slaughter cattle for fun, and drink three hundred cups of wine in one go."
"Master Cen, Master Danqiu, let's drink! Don't stop drinking..."
Yun Duoduo became more and more excited as she recited. She raised both hands in the air and gestured, with one foot on the table. Her voice was loud and passionate as she expressed her unruly and exhilarating feelings about life.
Yun Yibo and Yun Yizhong stood on the outside of the pavilion, looking at Yun Duoduo with a face full of pride.
Yun Yibo raised an eyebrow at Lian Jiucheng beside him, then glanced at Kang Qiming on his left, his eyes conveying, "Look how amazing my imperial sister is!"
"Your sisters are no match for my sister!"
Although Yun Yizhong is usually humble and kind, he can't help but show a proud and doting expression whenever he sees Yun Duoduo.
Yun Yishu also came over to join in the fun. He was very happy to hear Yun Duoduo recite so fluently, even though he felt inferior.
[My imperial sister is amazing!]
[I'm not cut out for that, so I won't bother. Making money by doing business with my sister is just fine!]
[What did my imperial sister say again? She said, "It's really good!"]
After Yun Duoduo finished reciting "Bring in the Wine," the Grand Tutor nodded with great satisfaction and kindly gestured for her to sit down.
"Hmm, can anyone tell me what the meaning of 'This is the toast' is?"
"Jin Zhuangzhuang, you tell us."
The Grand Tutor noticed the drowsy Jin Zhuangzhuang.
“Hmm…the person who wrote this poem wants to drink!” Jin Zhuangzhuang said, tilting his head.
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