Chapter 40: Fifth sister, are you familiar with the prince and the others?
"Fifth sister and you are not that familiar with each other, so please don't make things difficult for her, Third brother!"

From the back, a taller, stronger but not burly young man also walked slowly towards them.

He didn't even look at the Third Prince, but gave Yun Shu a relatively gentle smile:

"In the blink of an eye, Fifth Sister has grown up so much. Is this your first time participating in the autumn hunt?

If there is anything you are not used to, feel free to ask Big Brother for help."

Oh, this is the eldest prince who is going to cause trouble in the hunting ground, Yun Chuyi.

Yun Shu nodded obediently:

"Thank you, big brother."

The moment the words fell, a light sneer floated from the side.

Yun Shu subconsciously turned her eyes to the side and saw a young man wearing a four-clawed python robe and looking noble and arrogant. He met her gaze indifferently.
After a pause, he looked at the eldest prince nonchalantly again.
But the words were still directed to Yunshu:

"Your eldest brother isn't someone who can take care of others. What's the point of looking for him?"

"Your Highness, what you said is quite interesting. Taking care of younger brothers and sisters is what older brothers and sisters should do.

Even if you are not good at it, you can still try to learn a thing or two."

The eldest prince skillfully began to confront the crown prince:
"Your Highness the Crown Prince is very busy and disdains such trivial matters. I understand.
But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't do anything himself, and he tried to stop my fifth sister from looking for me. Isn't that a bit too much?"

Yun Shu: “…”

If you want to argue, can you go somewhere else?
She is really annoyed by being caught in the middle!

She is not the most popular girl in the group, and Yun Shu is aware of this.

Why did the eldest prince, the crown prince, and the third prince all come together in front of her today?

It was because she had invented the feather pen, printing technology, and the Capital Weekly, and now she has the Emperor's favor.

In their opinion, they are still somewhat useful, so they want to win over a few of them?
But she really has no interest in taking sides.

While the eldest prince and the crown prince were arguing with each other again, Yun Shu seized the opportunity and found an excuse to slip out a few steps. She ran into a young man who looked particularly gentlemanly and upright. He nodded slightly at her from a distance of several meters:
"Fifth sister."

"…Fourth brother."

He also responded with a simple hello.

When Yun Shu passed by this Fourth Brother, he sighed in his heart.

Unlike several other princes who fought tooth and blood for the throne, the fourth prince was the only one who never showed any interest in the throne from beginning to end.

The book describes him as polite, upright, particular, and preachy to the point of being old-fashioned.

In the original text, after Yun Chuhuan ascended the throne, the fourth prince could not stand Yun Chuhuan's tyrannical behavior, so he bluntly listed Yun Chuhuan's crimes in the court.

Then he was dragged out and beheaded by the tyrant Yun Chuhuan.

How cruel!
Thinking of this, Yun Shu had just walked to the side of Yun Chuhuan's carriage. Facing the excited eyes of the child version of Yun Chuhuan, Yun Shu's mouth twitched:
"Aren't you with the Imperial Concubine?"

"Mother is still with father, she will come over later!"

Yun Chuhuan poked his head out, looked over Yun Shu's shoulder at the prince and others behind her, and gossiped in a low voice:
"Fifth sister, are you also familiar with the Crown Prince and the second brother?"

"Do you think it's possible?"

When the princes of the Tiansheng Dynasty reached the age of fifteen, they could leave the palace and set up their own residences. The original owner was a nobody in the palace before. The eldest prince had left the palace five years ago, so naturally he had no contact with her.

The prince had been living in the Eastern Palace, but the Eastern Palace was far away from Fengyang Palace and the Shangshufang. Given the prince's character of looking down on everyone equally, it was naturally impossible for him to go out of his way to see her.

The mansion opened by the Third Prince a year ago also had no dealings with her.

The only one is the Fourth Prince, who used to study with her in the upper study room and just moved out of the palace this year.

But given the Fourth Prince's personality... of course the two of them can't get along.

Yun Chuhuan thought about it and realized that he and his fifth sister were the best in the world. He immediately smiled again:

"I think that's impossible!"

While the two were talking, Emperor Xuanwu finally arrived at the palace gate with the Empress, Concubine Liu and others.

Yun Shu quickly mixed in with the crowd and bowed along with them:
"Long live the father (Empress), and a thousand years and a thousand years of live the mother (Empress)!"

"Be flat!"

Probably because he was leaving for the hunting ground today, Emperor Xuanwu specially changed into a military uniform. He looked more heroic than usual, and even the tone of his voice when speaking to everyone was a lot more casual, as if he had transformed into a military general.

He led his men to the front of the team quickly.

Concubine Liu and the others lagged behind by a few steps and walked towards their respective carriages.

"Mother concubine!"

Seeing Concubine Liu coming over, Yun Chuhuan hurriedly went to greet her.

Yun Shu also followed behind and bowed slightly:
"Greetings, Madam Imperial Concubine."

"You must be Shu'er!"

When Concubine Liu saw her, a smile immediately spread across her beautiful eyes.

The rich and beautiful lady in the original book, who was still a spoiled young lady even after becoming the empress dowager, was surprisingly easy to get along with Yunshu, who was on good terms with her beloved son:

"I have heard Huan'er talking about you every day recently, and today I finally get to see you in person.

I also love reading the Beijing Weekly you published. I even saved two issues on purpose because I thought I would be bored on the road during this trip."

"Sixth brother has said before that Your Highness, you particularly like the stories serialized in the weekly newspaper, so..."

Yun Shu tilted his head slightly and stretched out his hand.
Tingxue, who was standing behind her, immediately understood and handed over a booklet.

"I'm sorry to trouble you these days. I don't know what else you like, so I just wrote a story that was not published in this week's newspaper. I hope you like it."

"Thank you Shu'er for your hard work!"

Concubine Liu was bored to death staying in the harem every day. She said she liked reading the capital weekly, and that was not just a compliment.

Especially the novel about the good-for-nothing lady who became an immortal that Yun Shu had recently serialized in the Capital Weekly. She couldn't stop reading every issue.
If Huan'er hadn't said that his fifth sister had a procrastination problem, and would not start writing until the deadline every day, and would not have a single word saved,
I'm afraid she would ask her own son to go directly to Fengyang Palace and steal all the subsequent contents for her!

At this moment, Yun Shu handed over a story that had never been published in the weekly magazine. She was so surprised that her eyes lit up:

"What trouble is it? Shu'er, I hope you can trouble me more often like this in the future!"

(End of this chapter)