Chapter 3: Can we eat melons on the spot?
In the early morning of the next day, it was still pitch black outside.

Tingxue came in from outside with a lantern in hand, and first lighted the candlesticks in the room carefully.
After the whole room was bright, he slowly walked to Yunshu's bedside and whispered:
"Princess, it's time to get up. You still have to go to the study today!"

"…Sleep a little longer."

Yun Shu's sweet dream was disturbed, and he turned over while hugging the quilt.

There was not much exciting nightlife in ancient times. People generally went to bed early, and it was normal to turn off the lights and go to bed at around seven or eight in the evening.

But Yunshu was really not used to it.

She sneaked into the villa last night and read a novel until after eleven o'clock at night.

I can't even open my eyes at this point.

But Tingxue was still pushing her relentlessly:

"Princess, it's getting late. You really can't sleep any longer. It's almost half past the hour of Yin!"

"..."

Doesn't that mean it's not even four in the morning yet?
Yun Shu buried his head in the quilt.
Don't listen to the bastard chanting sutras!

"Princess……"

Listen to the snow helpless:

"If you go too late, you will be spanked by the master!"

Yun Shu, whose mind was gradually becoming clear, said: "?"

Isn't she a princess?

Where is the promised pampering by the royal family?

Ah ah ah ah ah!
She closed her eyes the whole time and let Tingxue wash and change her clothes.
Yun Shu's inner groundhog scream continued until the familiar scent of milk tea drifted into her nose, and then she calmed down a little:

"It's delicious."

It’s worthy of being her favorite milk tea!
"You said yesterday that milk tea can be drunk even if it is cooled, so I specially asked someone to prepare some more for you to bring to the study."

Seeing that her master finally opened his eyes, Tingxue stuffed one of the still warm lamps into Yunshu's hand with a bit of amusement:

"Drinking more tea can always help you wake up, and your new reading partner,
If you want, you can give some to her."

"A new study partner?"

Yunshu ate a small snack with her milk tea:

"Why haven't I heard of this?"

"Your Majesty sent someone to tell me about this a little later yesterday, but you had already gone to bed, so I didn't disturb you."

Tingxue explained softly:
"The second young lady of Dingyuan Marquis's Mansion will be coming of age in a few months, so it would be inappropriate for her to accompany you in studying.

The new study partner that His Majesty has chosen for you is the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Wu'an, Cen Yiyi.

I just turned eight this year, and although I’m a little younger than you, but…”

But she had originally returned to the upper study to study with the eight-year-old Sixth Prince.

Tingxue didn't say the following words out of consideration for her master's reputation.
But Yun Shu still understood what she had not said.

However, Yun Shu's focus at the moment was not on this issue, but rather...

Wu'an Marquis Mansion! Cen Yiyi! My goodness, isn't that the original heroine, the future wife of the Sixth Prince!
In the original text, not long after the Sixth Prince ascended the throne with the help of his mother's family's power, his reputation for cruelty spread. Any family that truly loved their daughters would not be willing to send their daughters to a tyrant.

However, an order was issued from the palace that all ministers above the fifth rank who had unmarried daughters of the appropriate age must be sent to the palace for selection.

As the heroine, Cen Yiyi certainly could not escape.

Although she was born into a military family, she was the only girl among three generations.

I was spoiled by my grandparents, father, uncles, brothers and sisters since I was young. I was completely nurtured to have a naive and innocent character and have never been bullied by anyone.

So after entering the palace, the tyrant's face turned cold, and she was frightened and her eyes turned red.
The tyrant's voice sank, and she became as cowardly as a quail.
The tyrant pinched her waist with a little more force, and she was like a frightened deer, with two tears in her big eyes that were about to fall.

The tyrant saw it and thought, wow, woman, you have successfully attracted my attention, and then all kinds of indescribable things happened, and finally he successfully achieved the achievement of making the heroine's eyes red and the hero "gives you my life".

Yun Shu: “…”

Now, because of her little butterfly flapping wings, the hero and heroine have to meet in the study room when they are eight years old.

Wow, what a large-scale melon-eating scene!
In an instant, she suddenly felt that going to school was not so difficult after all!
Yun Shu stuffed himself with two more bites of snacks and stood up excitedly:

"Let's go, let's go to school!"

"Won't you use more?"

Not knowing why her master suddenly became so enthusiastic about going to the study, Tingxue quickly put a small plate of untouched snacks into the bookcase.

Because the original owner was not favored before, the Fengyang Palace where Yun Shu lived was a little remote.

After walking for half an hour with a lantern, I finally saw the shadow of the upper study.

When Yunshu arrived, the Sixth Prince and his study partner, Liu Ziming, the grandson of the Left Prime Minister, were already inside chatting about a new mynah bird he had acquired the day before.

Sitting in the seat farthest away from the two men in the room was a little girl with two buns on her hair. She had round cheeks from eyes to face and looked as soft and tender as a doll.

I wonder if the two pink little hands holding the snacks and chewing them attracted the Sixth Prince.
But Yunshu, who had always been fond of collecting dolls in modern times, was definitely struck by it.

She walked quickly to the little girl with a burning gaze and took the initiative to greet her:
“Are you Cen Yiyi?”

"Your humble servant Yi Yi greets the princess."

Yun Shu appeared a little suddenly, and Cen Yiyi was startled. She quickly stood up and saluted.

At such a young age, he has already performed impeccably in terms of etiquette.
Unfortunately, she seemed unaware that there was still some snack residue on the corner of her mouth, which made her look like a hamster that was caught stealing food. Yun Shu was instantly amused:
"From now on, you don't have to perform formalities in the upper study."

She took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the corner of Cen Yiyi's mouth.

The little girl realized what was happening and her cheeks flushed red. She was so embarrassed that she didn't know where to put her hands:
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

"It's okay, don't be nervous, I like you very much!"

Yun Shu sat down next to her with a smile, then turned around and took out some snacks and milk tea from the book box that Ting Xue had just placed next to her:
"It just so happens that I haven't had breakfast yet, let's join in."

"Yes."

Perhaps she saw that Princess Yunshu was really easy to get along with.
Cen Yiyi's nervous mood finally eased a little.

As a relief, the rich aroma of milk tea immediately occupied her entire mind:

"smell good!"

How can a naive child in childhood know how to hide his or her true emotions?
Cen Yiyi swallowed hard, her eyes widened as if she had been thirsty for three days without a drop of water.

(End of this chapter)