Qingsong Academy.
After the morning classes were over, during the lunch break, the servants at home brought lunch as usual. As soon as Shitou brought out all the dishes, Qiao Mingxuan came over with a plate.
"Wen Shan." He put down the plate and said with some embarrassment, "This is a snack made by my mother. It's delicious. Here it is for you."
He mentioned it yesterday, and Shanshan was not polite. He took it generously and shared half of today's snacks with him.
Her dim sum is made by the chef at home, with layers of puff pastry on the outside and dense bean paste filling inside. Each one is small and cute. Before Shanshan could take two bites, another child came over with his own snack: "Wen Shan, this is for you."
Shanshan accepted it with confusion. Before the new snacks were eaten, Ruda also came over with a plate.
By the time the prince came late, Shanshan had already been fed a belly of delicious food by others, and every time he burped, it tasted sweet.
As soon as she saw the prince, she couldn't wait to push the stone. The stone made a movement, stood up with the rice bowl, and moved to the seat next to her, freeing up the seat next to her. When the prince sat down, he noticed the alien child staring at him unblinkingly. He looked over and quickly looked away with those gray eyes.
Shanshan quickly picked up the things he had prepared long ago and presented them to him like a treasure. Then he looked at the prince with bright eyes, his round eyes full of expectation.
The prince looked down and saw a small animal made of straw. The craftsmanship was rough and the animal was also a little weird.
This thing looked familiar. He thought for a while and then remembered that he had seen it in the imperial study room. The emperor's eight-treasure cabinet contained various antiques and treasures, but unexpectedly there was a carved wooden puppy and a straw butterfly, which looked out of place.
Prince: "For me?"
"Um!"
He gave snacks to his sister every day, but for the first time, he received a gift from Shan Shan. The prince was a little flattered: "Why did you give it to me?"
"You helped me a lot yesterday, and I want to thank you." Shanshan said, "I originally wanted to go to Zhenbaozhai to buy you a gift, but you have everything, and you don't care about the things from Zhenbaozhai. I like Baozhizhai’s dim sum the best, but it’s not as delicious as the dim sum made by the palace cooks. After much deliberation, I asked Brother Shitou to teach me how to make this.”
The prince was surprised: "Did you make it yourself?"
Shanshan was a little embarrassed, her cheeks flushed.
She had never learned it before, and she was not as good as Brother Shitou. It took a lot of effort to learn it, but the little animals she made up in the end were not as good as Brother Shitou's.
Shi Shi finished a bowl of rice and added another bowl silently.
Shanshan wrung his fingers, "Don't you like it?"
"No." The prince put away the crooked little straw animal in surprise, and quickly thought of its place in the treasure chest: "I like it very much, Shanshan, thank you."
Shanshan pursed her lips, and the pear dimples on her round face were deep.
She caught a glimpse of Qi Yun from the corner of her eye, and saw that his face was ugly and his eyes were black, and she said, "Cousin, what's wrong with you?"
Qi Yun shook his head at her: "It's nothing, I was just obsessed with reading last night and fell asleep late."
Shanshan said quickly: "Cousin, you have to pay attention to your health."
The prince gave him a sideways glance but did not reveal it.
The news of dropping out of school was delivered to Uncle Zhongyong's house last night. The third lady was still feeling proud, but she suddenly learned that both of her children had been dropped out of Qingsong Academy. She imagined that Wen Shan's fate would all fall on her children. How could she swallow it? With this tone, she dragged her husband to make trouble all night long.
But the decision to drop out of school was made by the emperor, and the only person in the uncle's house who could speak in front of the emperor, apart from the uncle, was Qi Wenqian. It happened that they acted first and harmed others, and almost caused Qi Yun to be expelled from school. Even the eldest lady, who had always been good-tempered, became angry. The third lady made a fuss, and the eldest brother also proposed to separate the family. One night in Zhongyong's house There is no peace.
They argued all night with no result. Zhongyong Bo and his wife refused to agree to the separation of the family.
Qi Yun took a deep breath and said, "Shanshan, you have to be careful lately."
Shanshan looked at him puzzled.
He said vaguely: "Go home immediately after school and don't play outside, okay?"
With his third aunt's temperament, she didn't know what she would do after suffering such a big loss. Anyway, when he went out this morning, his third aunt made a fuss early in the morning.
Shanshan was confused, and after hearing his instructions again, he agreed.
After lunch, Master Liu’s class continued in the afternoon.
Although it is not Shanshan's most annoying riding and shooting class, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the cicadas are chirping outside. It is annoying to hear it in the hot weather, and even the most studious children cannot calm down and listen to the class.
During the break, everyone gathered together and murmured: "Is the holiday coming soon?"
"This is the time in previous years."
"My mother has promised me a long time ago that as soon as I have a holiday, she will take me to Zhuangzi outside the city to escape the summer heat. It will be cooler there."
"Shanshan." Wen Jiahe asked, "Do you want to go to my village to play?"
Shan Shan raised his head. She had just fallen asleep in class, and there were still red marks on her chubby cheeks from the desk. When she was woken up, she was at a loss: "What's the lie?"
It turns out that private academies have field holidays every May. The students of Qingsong Academy are from rich and noble backgrounds and have nothing to do with farm work. However, because of the hot summer, the students are not in the mood to go to class, so they also have holidays at this time.
It was Shanshan's first time to go to school, and it was also the first time she heard that school could have a holiday. She had never planned it before. She thought for a while: "I have to ask my mother."
She quickly became frustrated again. Wen Yiqing had to be busy with the business in the shop and never had much free time, let alone taking her to the Zhuangzi outside for summer vacation like other mothers.
Besides, there is another big thing in Shanshan’s mind.
May 13th is her mother’s birthday, and she still wants to celebrate her mother’s birthday!
It was her mother's birthday soon. Shanshan had already booked a banquet in advance, but she had not yet prepared her mother's birthday gift. Now that she thought about it, she was counting the days in her mind. May 13th was just around the corner, and she was about to do it. Feeling urgent.
After school, Shanshan hurriedly said goodbye to the others, got on the carriage, and went to the bustling East Market. She remembered Qi Yun's advice. Although she didn't know what the danger was, she specifically asked Wen Jiahe to borrow a guard.
She had already visited most of the shops in advance, and this time she went to Zhenbaozhai and the jewelry store to look around, but still didn't see anything that she liked. Seeing that it was getting later and later, she was afraid that her mother would be anxious, so she had to go home disappointed.
The wet nurse had been lingering at the door of Wen's house for a long time. When she saw her coming back, she couldn't wait to pull her inside: "Sister Shan, you are back. The people in the palace have been waiting for you for a long time!"
"In the palace?" Shanshan was puzzled.
"Yes!" The nanny said with joy, "They are people from the palace, here to take you, Sister Shan, into the palace!"
"Into the palace? What are you doing in the palace?"
I can't explain it clearly in one or two sentences.
The nanny pulled her back to the bedroom, quickly changed out of her school uniform, combed her hair again, and dressed her up from head to toe. Shanshan was dazed and allowed her to manipulate him. When he came to his senses, he was already on the carriage entering the palace.
Her mother was also with her.
Wen Yiqing also changed her clothes and held her hand, her palms sweating nervously.
"Mom, why are we going to the palace?" Shanshan asked, "Did the Queen Mother miss me?"
"No." She whispered, "It's the emperor who wants to see you."
"emperor?"
But doesn't the emperor's uncle live next door to her and see her secretly every day? Why did she need to go to the palace to meet him?
Shanshan is confused.
She touched her belly and felt the secrets tumbling in her stomach, as if they were about to jump out of her throat at any moment. Shanshan took a deep breath before swallowing the secret back into his stomach.
The carriage quickly drove through the streets and arrived in front of the majestic palace.
Shanshan stuck his head out of the carriage and looked again. The palace was still magnificent, standing quietly in the dark night, mysterious and brilliant.
"Shan Shan." Before getting off the carriage, Wen Yiqing said softly: "Wait a moment, no matter what the emperor says, you will agree to it, do you understand?"
"Oh." She was carried out of the carriage by her mother and asked again: "What does the emperor want to tell me?"
"he……"
Wen Yiqing closed her eyes, feeling complicated. She whispered: "He...should want you to be a princess..."
Before Shanshan returned home, the palace servant sent to take them into the palace had revealed the emperor's intention in advance.
She didn't want her child to be recognized back in the palace, so Bian Chen gave Shan Shan the noble status he deserved from another perspective. By recognizing her as a princess with a different surname, she will have the royal family backing her in the future. If someone wants to bully her again in the future, they will have to consider her identity before taking action.
Even when people from the Zhongyong Count's Mansion came in front of them, even if they wanted to do bad things, they had to kneel down first, salute, and respectfully call "Your Highness."
Shanshan opened his mouth wide in "Wow".
Be good! Going to be a princess!
