Chapter 117: Tiredness

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I even forgot how the little bastard treated his sister before.

The little bastard didn’t even spare his own sister.

In addition, the imperial concubine has always valued this son. For example, now, the imperial concubine’s first reaction is –

“Oh my god, Shuo’er, your teeth!”

It’s not that the imperial concubine ignored the princess, it’s mainly because the two gaps above and below Ye Shuo are too eye-catching.

Well… there is an inexplicable sense of joy.

You see, you can no longer count on the imperial concubine.

In the eyes of Emperor Jingwen, the Qiuwu Palace is now like a mountain, and his son is the biggest bandit inside. The rest of the palace servants have to submit to the bandit’s order, and the little princess is the poor little thing who was abducted by the bandit and has no power to resist and can only allow him to bully her.

It’s really pitiful.

Therefore, Emperor Jingwen picked up the little princess without much hesitation.

Feeling his hands were empty, Ye Shuo was about to speak when he met his stepfather’s condemning gaze.

“What did you do to scare her?”

Ye Shuo complained: “Dad, I said I didn’t mean it, do you believe me…?”

Emperor Jingwen was too lazy to pay attention to him.

As for the imperial concubine, she had only heard that the emperor held the little princess in his arms before, but she didn’t know how he did it. Now, she finally saw it with her own eyes.

It doesn’t seem like a bad thing.

The imperial concubine originally wanted to take care of it, but after seeing this scene, she completely gave up.

Although the imperial concubine was a little slow to change her mind on other things, she knew that it would only do good and no harm for the emperor to be closer to the little princess.

Jianjian is a child with a good personality. She stopped crying after being held and coaxed for a while.

Only then did Emperor Jingwen remember to hand the child over to the nanny next to him.

“As a brother, can’t you be more considerate of your sister?” During dinner, when everything had calmed down, Emperor Jingwen couldn’t help but give some earnest advice.

The Sixth Prince standing by was not surprised at all and wondered what Xiaojiu had done to the little princess again.

The Sixth Prince didn’t understand. It was fine if Xiaojiu provoked others, but why didn’t he even let the little princess go?

At this moment, the Sixth Prince’s thoughts strangely overlapped with Emperor Jingwen’s.

In Ye Shuo’s opinion, parents like his stepfather are the most annoying type in modern times. Look at his mother, she would never say such things.

“Why must the older one give way to the younger one?” Ye Shuo didn’t understand. They were both children, but just because the one in front was born earlier, he was destined to give way all the time. Isn’t this too unfair?

“If that’s the case, who would want to be the older one? Wouldn’t it be better for everyone to be the younger one?”

Emperor Jingwen thought without hesitation: “You are Jianjian’s brother.” So it was all natural.

Ye Shuo pondered for a long time. After a while, he said, “In that case, I will call you Sister Jian Jian from now on.” It’s just a name and it won’t hurt to lose weight.

The moment he finished speaking, the Sixth Prince almost choked to death on the soup in his mouth.

Concubine Rong looked at her five-month-old daughter and then at her eight-year-old son with a look of shock.

Emperor Jingwen was so angry that he couldn’t even speak clearly.

As if that wasn’t enough, Ye Shuo started shouting at the innocent little baby girl next to him, causing Emperor Jingwen’s blood to boil.

“Sister Jianjian, Sister Jianjian, from today on, you call me brother and I call you sister, how about that?”

Jianjian, who was in the arms of her nanny, had no idea what her brother was talking about. She thought he was playing with her. She blinked her eyes and looked confused. She was so cute.

Emperor Jingwen couldn’t help himself and slammed the bowl on the table: “Ridiculous! You are absolutely ridiculous!”

How could there be such a ridiculous child in this world!

Wang Ziquan, who was standing by, silently put his hands behind his back, ready to pass the cane over at any time.

“Father, I have finished my meal. I will take my leave now.” It’s not that the Sixth Prince is disloyal, but his voice is too low to get a word in.

It’s not like I haven’t tried it before, it just never worked.

Seeing that a war was about to break out, the Sixth Prince decisively slipped away.

Ye Shuo seemed not to notice it, and continued to talk to himself: “That’s right, if it was you, would you be happy?”

Emperor Jingwen opened his mouth and wanted to say that he was happy to do so, but somehow, he suddenly remembered something that happened many, many years ago.

At that time, the late emperor was still alive. Although Emperor Jingwen was not the eldest son, he was ranked very high. In addition, he was also the crown prince, so he was often forced by the late emperor to give up things that should have belonged to him.

Today it is the child of Concubine Zhao, the favourite of the late emperor, and tomorrow it will be the son of Concubine Wang, the favourite of the late emperor.

He was even almost forced to give up his position as crown prince.

Emperor Jingwen was suddenly speechless.

Ye Shuo knew that children in ancient times would definitely not be able to escape this test, but it was a little strange. His stepfather had already experienced it, so why did he still follow this so-called “unspoken rule”?

Giving actively and giving passively were two completely different things.

Emperor Jingwen didn’t say anything else after that, but just warned him to eat quickly.

Silence means consent, so Ye Shuo didn’t argue and just ate his meal obediently.

Wang Ziquan finally put down his hand that was touching the cane.

After dinner in the evening, Ye Shuo thought about his hard work over the past ten days. His hands were almost broken from writing with charcoal pencils. The more he thought about it, the more unbalanced he felt. Ye Shuo couldn’t help but ravage the little princess.

The little thing has no idea how much risk he has taken and how much effort he has endured for her future. I’m so worried about her.

Seeing the little pointed face constantly changing in his hands, Ye Shuo felt a little comforted.

“…That’s enough.” Emperor Jingwen suspected that he had just said those words just to continue bullying his sister without any psychological burden.

Ye Shuo’s actions were so touching that Emperor Jingwen couldn’t help but speak.

The scope of my cheap dad’s responsibilities is getting wider and wider now.

Withdrawing his hand angrily, Ye Shuo returned to the side hall with a sigh.

After throwing his lower tooth onto the roof, Ye Shuo calmly thought that it was still early, so he took out his charcoal pencil and began to continue writing and drawing on the place where he had not finished last time.

As for Xiao Luzi, although he felt that the Ninth Prince’s recent behaviour was very mysterious, he had a vague feeling that this did not seem to be a trivial matter, and Ye Shuo hardly avoided him.

But because Xiao Luzi couldn’t understand what Ye Shuo wrote at all, he could only guess and couldn’t think that much.

Anyway, ever since the day he was assigned to the Ninth Prince by the Imperial Concubine, he, a servant, had no choice but to go down this path to the end.

Fortunately, although the Ninth Prince is not very reliable, he is very kind to his servants. They don’t have to be beaten or scolded, nor do they have to worry about being pushed out to take the blame at any time. The most important thing is that they have warm quilts to sleep in, during winter. To find such a master, Xiao Luzi feels that he must have burned incense in his previous life, so he is naturally loyal.

Around the hour of Hai, which was around nine or ten o’clock, Ye Shuo stopped writing in time, closed the half-written book, and went to bed.

Xiao Luzi didn’t ask any questions. He just considerately put the book away, making sure it wouldn’t be seen by the palace maids who were cleaning the house. Then he fell asleep on the footstool under Ye Shuo.

The other side.

Compared to Ye Shuo’s leisure, Wei Wen is much busier. Although the most critical problem has been solved, the rest is all physical work.

Wei Wen had to be on guard against Emperor Jingwen and find a way to contact General Xu. Most importantly, having students was not enough, there had to be a teacher, right?

Where could he find a teacher?

As the saying goes, a good teacher produces good students. Without a good teacher, no matter how smart the students are, it is useless. If they can’t even get started, how can they talk about their future?

Therefore, this teacher must not only be good, but also top-notch. It would be best if he could be like Taifu and Lord Cen.

But how easy is it to find such a famous teacher?

Wei Wen thought about it and finally thought of a great man named Zeng Mohuai, who was also very good at teaching and educating people. He had countless disciples, and his disciples were spread across three countries. He was not inferior to the Grand Tutor and Lord Cen at all, and was even better than the two in teaching.

This person is truly a leading figure in today’s education industry. Most importantly, he has made great achievements in government affairs, which couldn’t be more in line with the current situation.

The other party’s reputation was so great that the monarchs of the three countries treated him with courtesy. Even though he had never been loyal to anyone, including Emperor Jingwen, no one made things difficult for him.

What’s more, Mr. Zeng Mohuai had served as an official in three countries, and Emperor Jingwen had personally invited him when he first ascended the throne.

Wei Wen was already old enough to remember things by that time, so he naturally remembered this incident.

Although Mr. Zeng came, he did not stay for long, only about half a year. He was really not used to the environment in the officialdom, so he left again.

He is a freedom-loving person by nature, and he is extremely fanatical about the things he likes, especially mathematics.

The reason why Zeng Mohuai is so popular among the three monarchs is because of his strong personal abilities, and some of the little gadgets he makes can sometimes be of great use.

The three monarchs were all very open-minded. Although Mr. Zeng himself never defected to anyone, the same could not be said for his disciples.

When the disciples grow up and reach the age of becoming masters, they can’t always stay by the teacher’s side, right? At that time, everyone will fight for the position based on their own ability.

Therefore, Mr. Zeng is also a big supplier of talents to the courts of the three countries. Isn’t he respected?

If he can be invited, the current problems can be solved almost instantly.

There is indeed such a person in this world, but the problem is how to invite him.

The emperor went to invite him personally, and Mr. Zeng only stayed in Shangjing City for less than half a year. Wei Wen thought he did not have the ability to keep him, but he was very envious. So when his grandmother sent someone to deliver something to the palace, he specifically asked his little cousin to see if he had any solution.

When Ye Shuo learned the news, he thought in his heart that this was a simple matter.

The other party seems to be studying engineering. Isn’t this a good match for their majors?

Not to mention that he is a good seedling, maybe this big shot can find a way to poach him.

So after listening to it, Ye Shuo didn’t say much. He just asked someone to tell his cousin to find the person and show the thing to him. Since the other party had real ability, he might understand it immediately, and it would save a lot of trouble.

Wei Wen didn’t quite believe it at first, but seeing that his little cousin was so confident, he had no choice but to listen to him and give it a try.

But it was not easy for Wei Wen to leave Shangjing City after all. He was afraid of alarming Emperor Jingwen, so he did not dare to make any big moves.

Therefore, after Wei Wen managed to find out Mr. Zeng’s current residence, he asked someone to deliver the things over.

Wei Wen prayed in his heart that Mr. Zeng would not think he was being presumptuous.

He really didn’t have much hope at the time, but what Wei Wen never expected was that he received a reply in less than half a month.

What’s more, Zeng Mohuai, who is over 60 years old, plans to come to the capital in person to meet Wei Wen in person.

Wei Wen was stunned for a moment.

He realised belatedly that perhaps his cousin’s books were even more powerful than he had imagined…