After Zhao Ce left, Su Yu slept until the afternoon.
As soon as I opened my eyes and stretched out lazily, I saw Chunmei coming in with a stack of paper: "Hey, the girl is awake, get up and have a meal quickly. After the meal, it's time to practice calligraphy."
Su Yu: "???"
Chunmei explained innocently: "Girl, don't look at me, it's the prince's order."
"The prince also said that it will be checked tomorrow. If the girl doesn't finish it, she will double it in the study."
Su Yu was silent and couldn't help but ask, why? Why does she have to live so miserably in the mission world? Rather than practicing calligraphy, she would rather go back to Sujia Village to eat wild vegetables, or go back to the Quick Travel Bureau to eat tasteless energy bars and nutrient solutions.
Su Yu stood in front of the table with a look of sadness and anger, picked up the pen, took a deep breath, and started practicing calligraphy bitterly.
"Where's Zhao Ce?"
Chunmei had corrected him countless times: "You can't call the prince by his first name."
"The prince has just returned from the palace. He may be having dinner in the front hall at the moment. Does the girl have anything to do with the prince?"
Su Yu shook her head and just asked casually.
After Zhao Ce's devilish training, Su Yu's handwriting finally gained some strength, and the edge of the strokes could be vaguely seen. However, if she didn't pay attention, she would relax again and become limp.
Chunmei was grinding ink on the side. When she saw it, she praised: "The girl's handwriting is getting better and better. If you look closely, there are still some shadows of the prince."
"Have you seen Zhao Ce...Prince's name?" Under Chunmei's serious gaze, Su Yu had to change her words.
Chunmei raised her chin proudly: "Of course I have seen it before."
Su Yu looked at her with curiosity.
Anything that allows her to be lazy is very attractive to her.
Chunmei didn't intend to say anything at first, but when she touched those big bright eyes, she seemed to be bewitched. She kept the story short: "The year the prince left the palace and opened his mansion, I was mixed in with the people moving things, and the scene was a bit chaotic. The book where the prince used to practice calligraphy was The post was going to be burned, so I quietly hid a few pages among them, thinking that I might be able to sell it for some money in the future.”
When she said the last two sentences, Chunmei lowered her voice, not daring to be heard.
"Girl, you must keep this secret for me."
Su Yu promised: "Don't worry, I will never tell anyone."
Then she asked enthusiastically: "Do you still have it? Can I see it?"
Chunmei struggled for a while, thinking that she had said it all, it wouldn't hurt to show it to the village girl. She turned back and pulled out two pieces of paper from the depths of the cabinet. The paper was flat, with no curls at all, and was extremely well preserved.
"This is it."
Su Yu took it over and looked at it with great interest. After just one glance, the interest in her eyes disappeared instantly and she was a little disappointed: "It's a Buddhist scripture."
Chunmei couldn't help but sigh: "The girl can tell it's a Buddhist scripture, it's really amazing."
A village girl who couldn't read a single word half a month ago could now read Buddhist scriptures. For the first time, Chunmei felt that this village girl was quite smart.
Su Yu was very proud of the compliment: "Of course."
"But why does the prince copy Buddhist scriptures?"
Chunmei carefully put away the two pieces of paper and said casually: "Empress Shufei believes in Buddhism, maybe she copied it for Empress Shufei."
When talking about believing in Buddhism, Chunmei paused for a moment. There was no one in this palace whose hands were stained with blood, and Buddhism emphasized on accumulating virtue and doing good deeds, not killing, and not committing crimes. This sounded inexplicably ironic.
"Stop talking about this, girl, hurry up and practice your calligraphy. There is still a whole page."
Su Yu fell into pain again.
The ink stick was gently circled on the inkstone, and the ink color became thicker and thicker. When mentioning Concubine Shu, Chunmei suddenly remembered something.
"Girl, do you know why the prince was called into the palace by your majesty and empress?"
Su Yu touched the paper with a trembling wrist, but it was not crooked, and she breathed a sigh of relief.
"What's up?"
Chunmei glanced around and saw that the other people waiting were far away. She whispered into Su Yu's ear: "I heard it was to choose the concubine for the prince."
The ink marks from the pen tip flew far away.
Su Yu raised her eyes: "Is the prince really going to choose his wife?"
Chunmei raised her eyebrows, feeling a sense of crisis now, "Of course it's true. What did I lie to you about?"
Su Yu was flustered: "But I haven't become a concubine yet."
Under the teachable eyes of Chunmei Ruzi, Su Yu's mouth tightened: "If I don't become the concubine, I won't be able to stay in the palace. When the main concubine comes in, she will drive me away. I will no longer be able to eat the good food in the palace. If I live in If you don't have such a big and comfortable house, you have to go home and live in a mud house, and be given to the county's official as a surrogate...
The more Su Yu thought about it, the sadder she became, almost crying.
She looked at Chunmei with tears in her eyes: "Chunmei, you must have a way, right?"
Come on, Chunmei is about to make another move. Su Yu promises to listen carefully and take note of it.
The mission progress bar was stuck at 37% and could not rise. Su Yu was not in a hurry. Seeing that the male and female protagonists were about to meet, if she didn't work harder, the mission might fail again.
But it was useless to be anxious. In the end, Chunmei did not disappoint her.
Being stared at by those longing tearful eyes, Chunmei's back felt inexplicably cold.
She cleared her throat: "Don't worry, girl. I promised you that I would help you, so I won't break my promise."
This village girl is smart enough to know that it would be impossible without her.
"Girl, come here."
Chunmei lay down and whispered something in Su Yu's ear. Su Yu frowned slightly and hesitated: "Is this really what you want?"
"Girl, if you don't want to let go of the child, you won't be able to trap the wolf."
Su Yu still hesitated: "But..."
Chunmei interrupted her with a straight face: "Do you want to be driven away by the Princess?"
Su Yu immediately shook her head: "I don't want to."
"Then just listen to me," Chunmei said earnestly, "I know this is a bit rash, but think about it, so many days have passed, has the prince ever mentioned bringing you into his room? No, not to mention the concubine, even the concubine. Ordinary concubines have never mentioned it, if you don’t take action, you will just wait and cry.”
Chunmei hates the fact that iron cannot become steel, and even begins to doubt her previous thoughts. Can this village girl really enter the heart of the prince?
The prince was indeed very kind to this village girl.
But why hasn't it been given a title?
When the royal concubine comes in, will they still have a good life?
She still wants to rely on this village girl to show off her power in the palace. Is there really a chance?
Chunmei is now like a gambler who bets in advance. She wants to bet big, but is afraid of losing all her money, so she has to keep pushing Su Yu forward to increase her chips.
Su Yu's delicate eyebrows knitted together: "Chunmei, I'm a little scared."
"Don't be afraid, girl. Think about why you are doing this. If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you catch the tiger's cubs?"
Su Yu's expression went blank for a moment, and she said blankly: "What does it mean to catch the tiger's cub if you don't enter the tiger's den?"
Chunmei was silent, forgetting that this village girl was still half illiterate. She explained in plain language: "It means that if you don't do this, you will be kicked out of the palace."
Seeing Su Yu's frightened expression, Chunmei comforted her heart: "It doesn't matter, we can take our time. It will be a long time before the princess comes in. There is still a chance, but the girl needs to be more proactive this time."
"But I have already taken the initiative. I even said that I like Zhao Ce. If he doesn't like me, what can I do?" Su Yu's face fell.
"Of course you can't just talk about it, you have to take concrete actions."
"I even kissed him."
Chunmei: "...I haven't kissed you enough, I need to kiss you more."
