Chapter 148.1
Shortly after Little Jing Kong sat in his seat, the little boy also entered the cla.s.s and was arranged in the middle row by Teacher Jiang. Little Jing Kong was small and was sitting in the first row.
It was unknown if Xiao Liulang had poked the little boy’s weak spot, or it was because they sat far apart; in any case, the little boy didn"t bother Little Jing Kong again.
Teacher Jiang introduced a new cla.s.smate named Chu Yu.
In fact, the little boy’s real name was Qin Chuyu.
Qin Chuyu spent a very difficult day in the Imperial Academy. He couldn"t understand the lessons taught by Teacher Jiang, and he couldn"t sit still either. Finally, he managed to make it to the end of school, not even bothering to pick up his book bag, he rushed out of the Imperial Academy.
He came to school hiding his ident.i.ty, and the people who came to pick him up naturally traveled incognito as well.
"Your Highness." The coachman greeted him in a low voice.
"What school or something? I was bored to death!” Qin Chuyu frowned impatiently and used his four limbs to get into the carriage.
Inside the carriage, the Crown Princess, wearing a golden muslin dress, sat on the couch reading a book. She looked dignified, elegant and beautiful.
Seeing the angry Qin Chuyu, she gently moved her wrists, put down her book and looked at him gently, "What"s the matter? Who bullied our Little Seven? "
Qin Chuyu slumped down beside the Crown Princess and said grumpily, “The Imperial Academy is no fun at all! Imperial sister-in-law lied to me! I wouldn"t have gone if I knew!"
"Still angry about what happened this morning?" The Crown Princess had been waiting here for a long time. Naturally, someone reported Qin Chuyu"s situation to her. She said, "I heard that the boy was a three-year-old child. You are a prince, shouldn’t you have more tolerance for people?"
"Who said I don’t?" Qin Chuyu rested both fists on his hips.
The Crown Princess smiled a little, saying, "I knew that Little Seven is the best, he holds great compa.s.sion for the common people."
"That, that is natural!" Qin Chuyu was caught off guard. He was forced to put on a tall hat and couldn"t take it off for a while.
However, he still didn’t want to go to school.
The cla.s.ses in the Imperial Academy were too difficult. Students were not allowed to wander off and rest at will. After a whole day inside the Imperial Academy, his neck hurt badly!
But he couldn’t say that.
That would be embarra.s.sing.
He suddenly thought of the three-year-old little boy.
Why did he seem to understand the lectures?
He was so small, he bet he hadn’t been weaned yet, had he?
Humph!
Seeing that he was still in a bad temper, the Crown Princess took out a food box and gently opened the lid.
A milky fragrance wafted out and filled the whole carriage.
Qin Chuyu"s attention was suddenly attracted, and his saliva started flowing down.
The fact that he had grown into a little fat boy showed that his resistance to food was minimal compared to ordinary people.
He looked at the sheepmilk cake in the box and gulped down his saliva.
The Crown Princess smiled softly and said, "To celebrate Little Seven"s first day in the Imperial Academy, I’m rewarding you with a sheepmilk cake."
Qin Chuyu blinked his eyes in disbelief and asked, "Can I, can I eat it?"
The Crown Princess laughingly replied, "Of course."
Qin Chuyu said with a drool, "Imperial father and mother won"t blame me, will they?"
Because he ate too much on a daily basis, he became the fattest little man in the imperial palace, and now his imperial father and mother no longer allowed him to eat these delicious snacks.
The Crown Princess responded in a warm voice, "Don"t worry, your imperial mother has agreed. As long as you come to cla.s.s obediently, you can have a piece every day after school."
Qin Chuyu’s plump body sat up straight as he said, "Then I will come to cla.s.s! I will come to cla.s.s every day!"
The Crown Princess scratched the tip of his nose, saying, "Not only should you go to cla.s.s, but you should also do well in cla.s.s. Listen carefully to the teacher and don"t bully others. You are a prince, you are the monarch, and they are the people under you. You should show compa.s.sion to them and not bully them."
"I know!"
Qin Chuyu reached for the cake.
"Sigh." The Crown Princess grabbed his chubby hand and said, "Wipe your hands first."
Qin Chuyu held back the little greedy worm in his stomach, uttering, "Hurry up then, imperial sister-in-law!"
The Crown Princess smiled as she took the handkerchief, wet it with water, and wiped his small chubby hands.
Qin Chuyu then grabbed the sheepmilk cake in the food box and ate it with relish.
The court lady on the side whispered, "It’s still the Crown Princess who has ways. The Empress simply can do nothing about His Seventh Highness."
The Crown Princess gave Qin Chuyu a pampering look. He was so absorbed in his sheepmilk cake that he did not notice their conversation.
She said, "You can"t say that. The Empress is a loving mother and can"t bear to scold Little Seven too much."
Qin Chuyu, the youngest son of the Empress and the blood younger brother of the Crown Prince, occupied the position of imperial prince as soon as he was born. Except for the Crown Prince, he was the n.o.blest among the imperial heirs.
Others dared not offend him. Provoking him was no good, and no one could afford to discipline him either, thus developing his arrogant and domineering temper.
His Majesty was busy dealing with things of the former dynasty. In recent years, his number of visits in the harem had become less and less. Some months ago, he took the First Prince to Jiangnan, traveling incognito. When His Majesty returned to the imperial palace after being away for several months, he found that Qin Chuyu had become more and more spoiled, and hence issued a cruel decree to send Qin Chuyu to the Imperial Academy.
He was well aware of Qin Chuyu"s bratty character, so in order to prevent the people of Imperial Academy from being afraid of him and giving way to him because of his status as an imperial prince, he issued a gag order, including Qin Chuyu himself. The fact that he was a prince should not be revealed at all cost.
Once found, what awaited him was a small dark room.
If not for this, why else Xiao Liulang frightened Qin Chuyu so badly when he was asked to identify himself?
However, Qin Chuyu was used to bullying people in the palace. Such a three-year-old little bean, he really didn"t put him in his eyes. When he was no longer under his imperial father’s strict control, it was not too late for him to settle accounts with that little bean!
As Qin Chuyu continued to eat, his thoughts were gradually disrupted by the delicious food. Soon, only the sheepmilk cake was left in his mind.
"Go back to the palace." The Crown Princess instructed.
When princes reached a certain age, they would set up another prince"s residence outside the imperial palace, except for the Crown Prince who would live in the Eastern Palace.
The seventh prince was still young so he still lived in the imperial palace.
As the carriage moved slowly forward, leaving the Imperial Academy, the Crown Princess took a casual look outside the window.
At this moment, Xiao Liulang took Little Jing Kong out of the Imperial Academy.
The Crown Princess saw the familiar handsome face and her pupils constricted!
She swished open the curtain of the carriage window and looked at the young man in white in the crowd with a burning gaze.
She murmured in disbelief, "How could it be..."
“JiaoJiao!”
Accompanied by a loud and clear call from Little Jing Kong, a young girl in black dress with a small basket on her back came over.
The girl wasn’t wearing a veil and was donned in simple clothing. Although she didn’t have a shabby appearance, she didn’t look high-born either.
Her hair was waist-length and as black as satin. A portion of her hair was arranged into a bun on top of her head, which was adorned by a white magnolia hairpin.
She was a young girl of an attractive and aloof style.