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The Xia Qi royal family has regulations that once a prince reaches the age of eighteen, he must leave the palace to build a mansion, and must be conferred a title. Although the Ninth Prince is the youngest son, there are many concubines in the royal family, and many of them became pregnant at the same time. Therefore, there are two princes of his age, the Seventh Prince and the Eighth Prince, whose birthdays are only a few months apart.

Before the establishment of the mansion, one cannot be conferred a title, and without it, one can’t participate in the court politics. Therefore, the seventh and the eighth prince still have to go to study every day to learn and educate themselves. As for the Ninth Prince who has been in court since the age of fifteen, but hasn’t been conferred a title and is on an equal footing with all the princes, he is a special case.

With such a violent temper and such rampant behavior, he was destined to be established as the crown prince from the day he was born, thus becoming the ruler of Xia Qi. So, how can the other princes be reconciled? Therefore, the popularity of the Ninth Prince in the palace is really not very good. The princes seem to be in harmony with him on the surface, but in fact they wish that he would die as soon as possible.

However, it’s a pity that even though he doesn’t sleep well every night and has a bad temper every day, his body is extremely tall and strong, and his talent for practicing literature and martial arts is far beyond ordinary people. This further proves that his background is very extraordinary, arousing the jealousy of all the brothers.

The seventh and eighth princes forced a smile to greet him, and then sat a little further away silently. The teacher who was teaching in the class also showed nervousness and his fingers trembled slightly. Previously, the Ninth Prince has always disliked his noisy and unpleasant voice whenever he read. If he is in a good mood, he can barely bear it for a quarter of an hour. But if he is in a bad mood, he will suddenly become angry. The most hateful thing is that Emperor Zhongkang always indulged and defended him, without reprimanding or criticizing him, which made him more unscrupulous.

It’s fine if he doesn’t come here, so they can breathe a sigh of relief, but if he comes, they must be prepared to die.

The atmosphere in the upper study room was very dignified, but the person concerned sat in the first seat calmly, with his hands on his knees, his eyes slightly drooping, and his expression was very serene. At first, the teacher read a few passages in a low voice, but when a quarter of an hour passed and the Ninth Prince had no tendency to throw up his sleeves and walk away, he turned up the volume a little.

Suddenly, the Ninth Prince lifted up his clothes and strode towards the door. His frowning brows showed a bit of anxiety, which shocked everyone who was already tense.

Today, he sat for a quarter of an hour, which is really a big improvement! And he hasn’t humiliated people for no reason, which is very good. The teacher secretly felt relieved, but wished that the Ninth Prince would never come back after he left, but unexpectedly he stopped at the door, looking up, as if he was waiting for someone.

After a short while, two eunuchs led a young boy dressed in beautiful clothes and hurriedly approached. Before he stepped on the stairs, he saw the Ninth Prince striding down to greet him.

“You Shu, follow me in quickly.” He dragged the boy up to the study, looking very anxious.

Others said that he had a bad temper and couldn’t calm down for a moment. It was because he always felt that something was missing in his heart. But he knew that this missing part had disappeared six hundred years ago, even if he searched hard in this world, there would’ve been no better results. So no matter how hesitant, restless, and empty he felt, he could only endure it silently, and wait for death to bring everything to an end.

But he never expected that he would be so lucky that he would inadvertently meet the one whom Emperor Zongsheng had been waiting for all his life but couldn’t get. This is really fate.

As long as the young man remains in his field of vision, as long as he is willing to stay by his side, even if the Ninth Prince sits quietly for a day and a night, he will not feel bored, what’s more, it would still be a pleasant thing for him. So, even though he no longer had to come here to learn anymore, he still came to study, and planned to attend the class before leaving the palace to deal with the matter of building the mansion.

The Seventh and the Eighth Prince had never seen their younger brother smile so brightly, and they couldn’t help showing shock on their faces. They looked at the boy from head to toe with scrutiny, and then had strange expressions. Should it be said that birds of a feather flock together? Although this young man is very handsome, he is quite reckless in his actions. He has already entered the study room, but is still holding a huge meat bun in his hand and is constantly gnawing on it, making the aroma of the meat spread in the air.

The teacher coughed twice, implying that he was not allowed to eat during the class, but he blinked his big black and white eyes, pretending to be ignorant. The Ninth Prince even indulged him, not only urging him to eat slowly, but also wiping his mouth frequently with a handkerchief. The teacher had no choice but to turn a blind eye, pretending he didn’t see it. As long as the Ninth Prince didn’t throw a fit today, it would be considered lucky, and he couldn’t care about the rest.

You Shu is not pretending to be ignorant, but he really doesn’t know. How would he know that eating is not allowed in the study? Even if you know it… you can still eat it, right? The sky and the earth are big, but eating is the biggest. In the morning, Mrs. Wang had already prepared a meal, but unexpectedly, the father and son were called for questioning by the old man, so they didn’t have time to eat anything. After that, his father was full of anger and didn’t want to stay for the meal, so he could only take two meat buns and eat on the road.

You Shu finished the first bun in two or three bites, filling her stomach slightly, but he was going to enjoy the second one slowly. He is really particular about eating buns, like a mouse gnawing on corn, he first eats the outer layer of skin until there is only a bottom left to hold the stuffing, and then swallows the stuffing in one bite, enjoying the meat with relish.

Right now, half of the arch-shaped dough has been gnawed, and he is holding the bun in the palm of his hand, gnawing on the other half in a different direction, and his appearance looks very funny. Not only other people peeked frequently and suppressed their smiles, even the Ninth Prince couldn’t help laughing. He didn’t care which article the teacher was reading, he just put his cheek on one hand, admired the boy’s cute appearance, and wiped off the dripping gravy for him in time, wanting to swallow this boy like a meat stuffing in his heart.

“What time did you wake up this morning?” He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then he whispered in the boy’s ear.

“At three o’clock in Yinshi(3 am to 5 am). Did you sleep well last night?” You Shu said vaguely.

“Thanks to the stars you picked for me, I slept very peacefully last night. Why did you wake up as early as I did? Don’t you feel sleepy?” The Ninth Prince was very surprised, but secretly delighted in his heart.

“I’m used to getting up early.”

“Since that’s the case, you can enter the palace at Yinshi in the future, and have breakfast with me by the way. The imperial cuisine in the palace is no better than Zhao’s and there are only thirty or forty kinds of pastries, not to mention others.” The Ninth Prince coaxed him.

Sure enough, You Shu’s eyes lit up, and then he nodded heavily. The Ninth Prince suppressed his smile, took out a candied haws wrapped in oil paper from the hidden compartment of the bookcase, placed it beside his hand, and said, “After eating the buns and desserts, just tell me what you want in the future, the chefs in the palace can make all kinds of delicacies.”

You Shu’s eyes were brighter, and two deep dimples appeared on his cheeks. The Ninth Prince wished he could hug him into his arms and kiss him, but he restrained himself, and only stretched out his index finger to poke the dimple, then pinched his upturned nose, with a very gentle and pampering expression.

Just looking at this posture, the Seventh Prince and the Eighth Prince understood what was going on and they thought to themselves ‘no wonder the Ninth Prince is in such a happy mood, it turns out that it is the beginning of love’. But whose son is so charming to even seduce the Ninth brother, they have to find out once they go back.

You Shu let his master knead his face. After eating the steamed stuffed buns, he ate the candied haws and also didn’t forget to feed his master two pieces. At the end, he wiped his hands and mouth, and opened the bookcase.

The sound of the boy “tuk-tuk-tuk” placing the four treasures of the study caused others to look at him frequently. However, they saw that in addition to the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, he also brought a small pottery basin, filled with clear water, pebbles and planted water plants. There is a black lump lying on its stomach among the aquatic plants, but upon closer inspection it turns out to be a turtle.

Xue Wangjing took the lead, and burst into laughter, then hurriedly covered his mouth under the stare of the teacher, saying vaguely, “You Shu, why did you bring it too? We are here to study!”

You Shu is very obedient, but that is only in front of his master and parents, he doesn’t care about others, let alone the so-called rules. He retorted seriously, “Xuanwu won’t make a sound, so it won’t disturb others.”

Xue Wangjing laughed even more, this kid is so funny, he even took a turtle as a pet, and named it Xuanwu, which is an ancient mythical beast. At this time, people’s concept of pets is far less extensive than that of later generations, so it is naturally difficult to understand You Shu’s actions.

Although the Ninth Prince also thought it was funny, he didn’t stop him. Instead, he arranged You Shu’s messy table neatly, and then pointed to the classroom to signal everyone to listen carefully. He wants to enjoy the few hours of sitting quietly with You Shu, while having skin-to-skin contact with him.

You Shu nodded and listened carefully, then took out a book that the teacher was reading and spread it out on the table, and picked up a pen to write notes. Xue Wangjing originally thought that the young man was ignorant, and that he was just attending the class for display. However, he was surprised to find that he was very talented, and his handwriting was neat and beautiful. He took notes of whatever the teacher said without leaving a single word but also point out a few mistakes.

He is afraid that this can no longer be described by the words “very talented”. Could it be that he is also related with the legendary “You Shu” with unparalleled talent from the past? The more Xue Wangjing thought about it, the more he felt it was possible, and his eyes inevitably became a little straight.

The Ninth Prince was also staring at the hairpin flowers small script in the paper, with a slightly dissatisfied expression. He spread out a piece of rice paper, picked up a pen to write a few words, and said, “How about practicing cursive script in the future?” You Shu’s handwriting was so similar to Emperor Zongsheng’s that it made him feel very uncomfortable. Even though he is the reincarnation of Emperor Zongsheng, he still didn’t want You Shu to be branded as someone else’s.

You Shu nodded and agreed without saying a word, without asking why. He leaned over to his master, carefully looked at the handwriting, and then laid out a new piece of rice paper, and took notes in cursive script. He has a super brain ability, and could engrave the handwriting of others in his mind with just one glance, he then wrote in the exact same handwriting as if executing a computer program.

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