Chapter Seventy-Five: Dare to Take Action

  Yun Qianyue followed behind Rong Jing, walking with a carefree stride while taking in the exquisite scenery of the imperial palace. Eunuchs and palace maids flitted back and forth, kneeling down to pay their respects from afar when they saw the two of them. Yun Qianyue looked at the people who were trembling with nervousness as they knelt on the ground, thinking that this was indeed ancient times, where social hierarchy had deeply penetrated into people's souls.

  "I've told you several times, but you never change. One day when your foot is twisted, you'll learn to walk properly." Rong Jing turned back and looked at Yun Shang Yue with a gentle voice filled with helplessness.

  Yun Shallow Moon didn't think so, glanced at Rong Jing and said, "I found that you are really meddling too much."

  "You've discovered it too? Then have you also noticed that I'm more lenient with you?" Rong Jing stopped in his tracks, gazing at Yun Shang Yue with a low and gentle voice, carrying a hint of unusual meaning.

  "Found out! You like bullying me, huh? I don't have a grandmother, but you make me think of one." Yun Qianyue said.

  Rong Jing's body trembled slightly as he took a step forward, and then continued walking. After two steps, a voice came from behind, seemingly with some resentment and gritted teeth, "You're really hopeless!"

  "Hmm, I think so too! So you don't have to control me all the time! I'm really hopeless. I've given up on myself, what's the point of you controlling me?!" Yun Shangyue felt that this guy was really getting on her nerves, and she immediately quickened her pace, catching up to Rong Jing in two steps. She tilted her head to look at his face, smiling slyly: "Hey, go control Qin Yuying instead! She must love being controlled by you. Haven't you noticed that little girl can't even move her legs when she sees you?..."

  Rong Jing's footsteps came to an abrupt halt as he turned his head to gaze at Yun Qianyue, his eyes dark and profound.

  The cloud is shallow and the moon is alone, shrinking into a single zither, the sound suddenly stops.

  Rong Jing stared at Yun Qian Yue for half a moment, and when Yun Qian Yue's heart was racing with fear thinking he would blow up, he slowly spat out one sentence, "You're really beyond salvation!"

  After he finished speaking, he continued walking forward.

  Yun Qian Yue's eyes blinked, her mouth flattened, and her facial expression changed for a moment before she silently followed Rong Jing.

  The two of them stopped talking and went to the study room one after another.

  The upper study is an independent palace in the imperial palace, with no other palaces around it. It's quiet and peaceful, making it a suitable place for reading.

  Jong Jing stepped inside without stopping.

  Yun Qian Yue hung her head low and followed behind Rong Jing, kicking and treading carefully, holding a book box in her hand, looking like a little book boy.

  "Jing Shizi has arrived!" someone shouted.

  "Is it Jing Shizi?" someone inside shouted again.

  "It really is Jing Shizi! We've waited for so long and didn't see Jing Shizi come, we thought he wasn't coming!" Someone inside said.

  Immediately afterwards, the voices of gossip and chatter rose up in the hall.

  Yun Shangyue listened to the voices coming from inside, both male and female, it seemed like there were many people. She muttered softly, "This old emperor is really capable of having children! He's not afraid of exhausting himself to death."

  "Most of them are the children of princes and high-ranking officials who come to study together. The emperor has thirteen princes besides the crown prince, and fifteen princesses. There are also three thousand concubines in the harem, but even that's not considered very fertile." Rong Jing turned around and looked at Yun Shangyue with a glance, sizing her up from head to toe, "But you, with this small frame of yours, I reckon you can forget about having any children in this lifetime!"

  Yun Shallow Moon immediately straightened her back, staring at Rong Jing with anger in her eyes. "You're not hitting me, are you? I can't give birth to so many excellent children, can I? My sons and daughters don't need to be numerous, just one or two is enough. In the future, they will all be talented and outstanding people, aren't they much stronger than a bunch of insignificant small potatoes?"

  "Hmm, you're right!" Rong Jing gave Yun Shang Yue a deep look, seemingly smiling, and walked in.

  Yun Shallow Moon felt uncomfortable all over as she was looked at by Rong Jing, and she thought she must be crazy to talk about having children with her. This is simply asking for trouble. Her rare red face was rubbed away twice with a thick skin, and then followed Rong Jing into the house.

  As soon as Rong Jing entered the doorway, it suddenly became quiet inside.

  Yun Shang Yue thought that this was Rong Jing's personal charm! Even if the emperor came, it wouldn't be any different, right? She swept a glance around the grand hall and suddenly froze, shocked by the sea of black clothes before her. There were men and women, young and old, at least over a hundred people. She had never imagined that there would be so many people in the imperial study. Face after face, some youthful, some tender, some bright, some gentle, the oldest not more than twenty, the youngest only seven or eight years old. She stopped in her tracks, her expression shocked as she stared at the crowd.

  Everyone also saw her behind Rong Jing, and their reverent gaze at Rong Jing changed. The expressions on the hundreds of faces were varied, with confusion, incomprehension, disdain, indifference, envy, apathy, fear, and many other emotions, but not a single one showed joy.

  Yun Shallow Moon thought that her interpersonal relationships were really poor!

  What a difference in treatment, Yun Shangyue thoroughly understood today. She felt that Rong Jing deliberately waited for her to go up to the study room just to humiliate her. This man was indeed bullying her everywhere, so ruthless that it was infuriating!

  Yun Shallow Moon stared at Rong Jing, looking at his clear and pale face, a warm and jade-like appearance, without any extra expression towards the hundreds of people sitting in the grand hall. She suddenly felt fulfilled! She thought that being human is better not to be perfect. Being perfect is also a burden.

  "Give me the book box!" In the silence, Rong Jing spoke softly to Yun Qianyue.

  As soon as he opened his mouth, a burst of asthma sounds came from all around.

  Yun Shallow Moon didn't understand what effect this sentence could have, causing such a big reaction from these people. She handed over the book box she had been carrying all along to him, her eyes not looking at him, but searching for an empty seat, and suddenly saw Yu Jing sitting there, with an empty seat next to her, on which was placed her flower basket. Yu Jing was staring at her and Rong Jing, her face stiff, her expression extremely unpleasant. She secretly felt that this little beauty must be hating her again. She helplessly took a step towards her.

  She had just taken a step forward when she failed to catch the book box, and it fell to the ground. She was startled and immediately turned around, took another step forward, stretched out her hand to pick it up, but unfortunately stepped on the hem of her skirt. Her body lost balance and fell towards Rong Jing.

  Rong Jing seemed to sigh helplessly, stretched out his hand to support her body, and his own body retreated two steps. The two bodies had not yet stabilized, only to hear a loud "bang" sound, the book box hit the floor, and the books inside flew out in all directions.

  A hissing sound echoed around again.

  "I handed you the book box, why didn't you catch it?" Yun Shangyue also couldn't be bothered with those people, glared at Rong Jing, pushed him away, lowered her head to look at her skirt hem, thinking that ancient clothes were really troublesome. Then she raised her head and sneered at Rong Jing, "You're indeed a weak and beautiful man, can't even catch a woman properly, and took several steps back, truly useless!"

  The grand hall fell silent, with no sound of even a crow or sparrow, and everyone stared at Yun Shangyue in stunned silence.

  "It's not my fault that you didn't hand it over to me and dropped it, how can you blame me? Why don't you say that you're heavy yourself? If I had known earlier, I would have let you fall just now, so as not to do a good deed and still get blamed." Rong Jing also did not get angry at Yun Shang Yue's teasing, and bent down to pick up the book box on the ground.

  "Never mind, don't soil your noble hands, I'll pick it up myself!" Yun Shangyue really couldn't bear the gaze of a hundred people in the grand hall, so she bent down to pick up the books on the ground and put them back into the book box. Thinking about it, it was indeed her fault, she had only been looking for an empty seat and hadn't noticed that this guy had already loosened his grip on the book box before handing it over.

  Rong Jing indeed stopped in his tracks, his warm gaze watching as Yun Shang Yue bent down.

  Inside the grand hall, it was quiet to the point where not even a breath could be heard. Everyone seemed frozen in place, staring at the two people standing at the entrance. In their minds, they were all thinking that the rumors were indeed true - Jing Shizi treated Yun Qianyue differently. Even the Emperor and the Crown Prince kept a distance of three feet from Jing Shizi, yet just now, they had seen with their own eyes how Jing Shizi had openly hugged Yun Qianyue in the midst of the crowd. The intimate distance between them was as if Jing Shizi didn't even notice; if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they wouldn't have believed it even if they were beaten to death.

  Is that person standing at the door really Jing Shizong?

  If it weren't for that poetic face, warm and jade-like appearance, elegant demeanor, and the moon-colored brocade robe that no one else in the entire Tian Sheng or even the world dared to wear except him, they would have thought this person was not really Jing Shi's son.

  Yu Jing's small face suddenly turned pale, she stared blankly at Rong Jing. Although she had never gotten close to Rong Jing before, she had been paying attention to him for years, and wouldn't miss even the smallest news about him. Since Rong Jing left the mansion, every time they met, she wouldn't miss a single expression on his face. She discovered that only when facing Yun Shang Yue, Rong Jing's face would show rich and varied expressions, otherwise, he was like a god statue, standing high above, looking down at everyone with a distant and indifferent attitude, not allowing anyone to get close to him.

  "Alright! Here you go!" Yun Qianyue put away all the books, stood up straight and handed the bookcase to Rong Jing.

  "Listen carefully in class and don't fall asleep." Rong Jing handed over the book box and reminded him warmly.

  Yun Shallow Moon flipped her eyelids, didn't answer, and walked towards Yu Cong. Seeing the little beauty's pale face, she blinked her eyes, thinking that Buddha would save all living beings, quickly rescue this woman who was infatuated to the edge of the cliff! Otherwise, it's hard to guarantee which day she will fall off the cliff. She wasn't compassionate at all and wouldn't save her.

  Inside the study room was quiet and still, with only Yun Qian Yue's footsteps audible.

  Qin Yuxing's position was naturally in the front row, so Yun Shuoyue didn't walk a few steps before arriving at Qin Yuxing's side. She didn't stay there but stretched out her hand to take the basket and walked backwards. She had already seen that there were two empty seats in the last row. Thinking that this little beauty probably wouldn't want her sitting next to her, she might as well go to the back!

  "Big sister Yueliang, where are you going?" Qin Yugong woke up with a start and hastily called out to Yun Shangyue in a soft voice.

  "I'll go in the back." Yun Qian Yue said without turning her head.

  Rong Jing watched as Yun Qian Yue walked away, without saying a word. Instead, he walked softly to the front and placed the book box on the table in front of him. He lowered his head, took out a book from the box, slowly opened it, then raised his head and swept his gaze over the crowd towards Yun Qian Yue.

  In the grand hall, about half of the people were chasing after Yun Qianyue's figure, following her all the way to the last row. They watched as she casually tossed the basket onto the table, and then kicked a crooked chair straight before sitting down. Then they watched as she took out all the books from the basket without lifting her head and placed them on the table. Next, they watched as she flipped through every book twice before picking one up to read, upside down. Oblivious to her surroundings.

  Everyone's eyes fell on the book she had turned upside down, and many people's inquiring expressions turned to disdain.

  "Yun Shallow Moon, I heard you and Yun Shizhi Jing Shizhi studied for half a month separately, now you can't even hold the book properly, indeed a heavenly saint's book fool, foolish woman!" A familiar sarcastic voice sounded.

  Yun Qianyue furrowed her brow at the familiar voice, looked up and followed the sound, only to see that not far away, Leng Shaozhuo was actually sitting there. She was taken aback, having just not seen him, and didn't expect that apart from Yu Cong, there were other acquaintances here as well. It seemed like there were more than one, she also saw Rong Linglan and Leng Shuoli, but the two of them didn't seem to be as close as they used to be, instead sitting far apart. At this moment, Leng Shuoli's face was filled with disdain, while Rong Linglan looked at her with a puzzled expression, without any of the malice she had shown in the past. She withdrew her gaze, thinking to herself how annoying it was that these people were everywhere.

  "Stupid woman, didn't you hear what Ben Xiao Wang said? You're as stupid as a pig." Leng Shao Zhu's voice grew even louder when he saw that Yun Qian Yue remained silent and no one else dared to reprimand him, the entire upper study could hear.

  "This lady doesn't talk to pigs! If you want to talk, go find your own kind!" Yun Qianyu floated out a sentence, not even looking at Leng Shaozhu.

  Leng Shao suddenly became furious, jumped up from his chair and walked two steps closer to Yun Qianyue, "Stupid woman, say that again? Who is the pig?"

  "What's wrong with holding a book upside down? Is holding a book upside down being a pig? When your mother gave birth to you, wasn't it also upside down? If she had given birth normally, it would have been a difficult delivery. If she hadn't given birth upside down, you wouldn't have grown up so big either. Does that mean your mother is a pig too? Are you a pig?" Yun Shangyue let out a cold snort and sat still, facing Leng Shaoyu's cold face without any fear.

  The surroundings suddenly erupted in a burst of laughter, although some people were afraid of Cold Xiao's wrath and dared not make a sound, but there were also princes and princesses who were not afraid of him, and many others joined in the laughter, secretly calling it awesome.

  "Laozi will kill you!" Leng Shaozhuo slapped Yun Qianyue with a palm.

  Yun Qian Yue naturally knew that Leng Shao Zhuo had no internal power, so she sat still and suddenly reached out to grab his wrist. With a slight exertion of force, Leng Shao Zhuo let out a pained cry. She coldly stared at him, "Do you know about the matter of me crippling Yun Xiang He's hand? I think this hand of yours is not needed anymore!"

  "Yun Qianyue, you dare to lay a hand on me, I'll..." Leng Shaozhuo's words were cut off halfway as Yun Qianyue exerted another burst of force, causing him to cry out in pain again, and the second half of his sentence was swallowed back into his belly.

  "Yun Shallow Moon, if you dare to hurt my brother, the Emperor will definitely punish you. My father and grandfather will not let you off either." Leng Xiu Li stood up coldly and walked two steps to Leng Shao Zhuo's side, warningly staring at Yun Shallow Moon.

  Yun Shallow Moon raised an eyebrow, looking at Cold Pervasive, "Are you blind? Didn't you see that he was the one who provoked me first? Your eyes may be blind, but everyone else's aren't. Even if I cripple him today, what can they do to me? His hand came out to hit me, and he should be prepared to have it crippled."

  Leng was looked at by Yun Shangyue's cold and severe eyes, causing his body to tremble. He opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a word in refutation.

  "You said I wasted one of your hands, or wasted both of your hands?" Yun Qianyue no longer ignored the cold and distant look, but instead looked at Leng Shaozhuo. After fighting for a while, Leng Shaozhuo's face was already sweating in pain. She secretly sneered at his cowardice, thinking that even hitting him would dirty her hands.

  "You... Yun Shangyue, you dare to touch me, my father the king will not forgive you..." Leng Shaoyu was in pain, but relying on being the only son of the Duke's family, he had always been arrogant and domineering, with the emperor's protection. The last time he ambushed Yun Shangyue on the street, even if the emperor knew about it, he would turn a blind eye to him, which made Leng Shaoyu even more arrogant. He was certain that Yun Shangyue did not dare to do anything to him.

  "Is that so? Then I'll see how your father, the king, won't spare me!" Yun Shangyue's eyes narrowed, a sharp glint flashing by, and with a forceful twist of her wrist, there was a cracking sound, accompanied by a blood-curdling scream like a slaughtered pig, piercing through the entire imperial study hall, echoing up to the clouds.

  Everyone was shocked and lost their color, no one had expected that Yun Shang Yue would really take action! Every pair of eyes stared at her in shock, the disdain and contempt from before were nowhere to be seen.

  Leng Shao Zhuo had never suffered such a crime. He let out a miserable cry and fainted after rolling his eyes.

  Yun Qianyue reluctantly let go of his hand, and Leng Shaozhuo's body fell to the ground. The person sitting in front of Yun Qianyue didn't dare to help him up, and immediately retreated. His body thudded to the ground with a "bang".

  "Brother..." Leng Xue shouted, but instead of rushing to help Leng Shaozhuo, he glared at Yun Qianyue with anger, "Yun Qianyue, you actually dare to strike? You're just waiting to be..."

  "What are you waiting for? To be destroyed along with your family?" Yun Shangyue coldly scolded, her voice as chilly as ice. "I had warned before that if I see this dog barking wildly in front of me again, I won't show him any courtesy. Last time, I spared his life out of respect for the Crown Prince and the Emperor's face, but it seems that was already giving too much face to the Crown Prince. Not only did he fail to discipline his son, but instead allowed him to come provoke me again. This time, injuring one of his hands is still being lenient."

  "You... you..." Coldly and indifferently staring at Yun Shangyue, she suddenly seemed to remember something, immediately turned around and looked forward, saying to Rong Jing: "Rong Shizi, are you going to just watch this woman get hurt and do nothing about it?"

  Everyone was shocked by what had just happened, and only then did they remember that Jing Shizhi was also present. Their eyes all turned to Rong Jing.

  Rong Jing glanced at him with a cold and distant gaze, his voice as calm as ever, "I'm just substituting for a few days, responsible for teaching classes, the Emperor didn't say I had to deal with fighting matters."

  Yun Shallow Moon almost applauded and cheered for Rong Jing's answer!

  "Jing Shizi, can't you just let Yun Qianyue do as she pleases? This is the imperial study room. And now that you're here to teach, how can you ignore her?" Leng Xuan's expression was cold and detached, but he didn't dare lose his temper in front of Shang Rong Jing.

  "You also know that this is the imperial study? Since it's the imperial study, it's a place for lessons, and no one can cause trouble. Whoever starts the trouble, I will see clearly. Cold Little Prince Wang is not as capable as others, he has brought this upon himself. If the Emperor and King Xiao ask about it, I will help testify. As soon as Rong Jing finished speaking, he didn't look at Han Xiang again, and calmly instructed the eunuchs who were responsible for tidying up the imperial study: "Take Cold Little Prince Wang away and call for a doctor!"

  "Yes! Prince Jing's son!" The several small eunuchs trembled and walked in to lift the cold Shao Zhuo.

  "Halt!" Coldly and detached, he shouted loudly, "Don't move my brother, I'll go invite the Emperor and my father to come see the good deed Cloud Shallow Moon has done."

  Those little eunuchs immediately withdrew their outstretched hands.

  "Miss Leng, you'd better think carefully. If your brother doesn't invite a skilled doctor in time, his hand will be truly crippled." Rong Jing reminded her calmly.

  "Yes, Cold Sister, let's go ask for a doctor quickly!" Qin Yuxin stood up and walked over, saying softly to Leng Xue.

  "You go and ask the imperial physician to come, I will go and ask His Majesty and my father." Leng Xueyu hesitated for a moment, instructed a few small eunuchs, turned around and quickly ran out of the upper study. Her father and brother had always hated Yun Shangyue deeply, she originally also disliked Yun Shangyue, but didn't have much hatred, knowing that the Crown Prince also looked down on that foolish woman, but she discovered that during this period of time the Crown Prince had taken a liking to that woman, especially yesterday it was said that the Crown Prince because of that foolish woman asked His Majesty for permission to marry and give her to Rong Feng while smashing the study in the Crown Prince's mansion. How could she not be furious? Yun Shangyue dared to think about marrying into the Crown Prince's mansion. Today, she vowed to make her pay with her life because of what happened to her brother's hand, at least she would have to pay with one of her hands.

  Yun Shangyue watched as Leng Xueran ran away, thinking that this woman wasn't too stupid after all, knowing to preserve the scene. However, this also showed her selfishness and lack of familial affection. Her own brother was lying on the ground, yet instead of rushing to move him to a safe place for treatment, she had the eunuchs summon the imperial physician here, wasting time in the process. But what business did it have with her? She didn't believe that under the watchful eyes of everyone today, she would be at fault and the old emperor could do anything to her. If he really wanted to do something to her, then there was no need for him to sit on this throne anymore.

  Those little eunuchs looked at Rong Jing and did not listen to Leng Xue's words, they immediately went to invite the imperial physician.

  "Since the young master of the Leng family has given this order, after all, the young king of the Leng family is his own brother, then so be it! You go and invite the imperial physician to come!" Rong Jing said indifferently to those little eunuchs, as if he didn't care at all.

  "Yes!" Those few little eunuchs immediately ran out.

  "Let's get back to class!" Rong Jing said calmly to the crowd, ignoring Leng Shao Zhuo who was still lying on the ground unconscious.

  Everyone involuntarily followed the instructions, even the most mischievous princes and princesses were extremely obedient. Although everyone thought in their hearts that they would be afraid when the emperor and King Xiao came to see Leng Shaozhuo like this, they would surely be furious and deal with Yun Shangyue. But it was limited to thinking in their hearts, no one whispered to each other. Some people also felt relieved in their hearts, cold and distant, usually liked to bully people and act arbitrarily, today deserved it!

  Qin Yujing looked at Yun Shangyue with a worried expression, but saw that Yun Shangyue didn't even glance at her, continuing to read the book in her hand with an air of indifference. Qin Yujing turned around and walked back to her seat, sitting up straight. In her heart, she was secretly guessing what would happen when Cold Puli and Emperor Xian came, but she felt that Yun Shangyue wouldn't be in trouble. Just now, Jing Shizi said he would make a public testimony, which clearly meant he would help Yun Shangyue. Qin Yujing's heart was filled with resentment, wondering why Yun Shangyue could be so arrogant and still receive Jing Shizi's protection, something she couldn't understand no matter how hard she tried.

  Yun Qian Yue raised her head and glanced at Qin Yu Jing with a cold smile. This woman had just been bought by Cold Face, but now she was worriedly looking back at him, she really knew how to take advantage of the situation.

  "Yesterday, the university scholar's lecture got to where it will wait for the university scholar to recover and come back to continue lecturing everyone. Today, I'm going to talk about 'On Learning'!" Rong Jing's voice was neither high nor low, not looking at the books in the bookcase, picked up his pen and wrote two words on the proclamation paper spread out on the desk, then held up the proclamation paper to show everyone.

  A burst of applause erupted from all sides at once.

  Yun Shallow Moon raised her head and saw that on a piece of rice paper, two big characters were written clearly: Lun Xue!

  This was her first time seeing Rong Jing's handwriting, and if Yun Mocheng's handwriting was strong and had a heroic spirit, then Rong Jing's handwriting was as lofty as he himself. Such handwriting made her feel that even the great calligraphers of past dynasties were not comparable to him. Not sharp, not bold, not delicate, not pretentious, with a kind of subtle loftiness, it seemed that from those two characters she could see the vastness of the sky and earth. This kind of handwriting, whether it was a master of calligraphy or an illiterate peddler, would make anyone feel good! It can only be described with one word: good.

  Yun Shang Yue thought that this person indeed had abilities that surpassed those of his entire life!

  He was slender and pale, standing there with a refined and delicate air, able to command the entire room into silence with just one sentence, inspiring reverence.

  Rong Jing received Yun Shang Yue's gaze, raised an eyebrow at her, seemingly also understanding the admiration in her eyes. The corners of his mouth curled up, revealing a hint of a smile, but before it reached his lips, it vanished into thin air. After a moment, he put down the paper and spoke again in his warm, gentle voice, "Who can tell me the meaning behind these two words 'Lun Xue'?"

  Yun Shallow Moon pouts, withdraws her gaze and continues reading. Damn Cloud High Yang, this guy is just arrogant!

  The atmosphere fell, the entire upper study room was silent, with several people already lowering their heads in contemplation. For example, Qin Yuxin and those who wholeheartedly admired and respected Rong Jing naturally wanted to show off a bit. There were also some truly studious individuals who wanted to gain Rong Jing's recognition. And then there were those who simply didn't understand the meaning of the two words "debate" and looked at each other in confusion, with bewildered expressions. The entire upper study room was oblivious to this, except for Leng Shaozhuo, who lay on the ground unconscious, and Yun Shuoyue, who held a book upside down, reading it.

  Rong Jing threw out a sentence, ignoring the crowd, glanced at Yun Shangyue, lifted his hem, and sat down elegantly in the chair behind the desk, ignoring everyone's gaze, and started reading a book upside down.

  Those who were looking at Rong Jing saw his movements and widened their eyes to look at the hand holding the book upside down. Some people almost exclaimed in surprise. In an instant, everyone turned their heads to look at Yun Shangyue at the back, seeing that the two of them were still holding the same leather-bound book. That was not part of their curriculum. At first, everyone thought that the leather cover on the outside had been turned inside out.

  Just then, Yun Shangyue suddenly flipped a page, and the words on the page blocked the sheepskin paper in front of everyone. Everyone clearly saw that the words were indeed upside down, and they couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, turning their heads to look at Rong Jing again.

  The scene was as if the taste had been seen, and at this time, he had also finished reading the first page and turned to the next one. The inverted characters were presented in front of everyone. Everyone's eyes widened in surprise, for it had never been said that Jing Shizhi could read books upside down! How could those characters be recognized when they were upside down?

  It seemed to sense that the atmosphere was not right, Qin Yuxin raised her head and also saw Rong Jing holding a book upside down. She was taken aback for a moment, then turned her head to look at Yun Shuoyue again, only to see that she was also holding the book upside down, even their actions were identical. Her face paled slightly.

  "Has everyone thought it through? Who's going to speak up?" Rong Jing didn't raise his head, speaking lightly.

  Among the crowd, one person immediately stood up. He was a handsome young man with a dignified appearance. Before he even spoke, his face turned red and he stuttered: "Jing... Prince Jing, may I speak?"

  "Alright!" Rong Jing still didn't raise his head, but his voice was warm and seemed to be encouraging.

  "I think learning is for books, and books are what our ancestors left behind to help us achieve great things." The young master mustered up the courage to say this sentence, not daring to look at Rong Jing.

  "Is it gone?" Yong Jing raised his head.

  That young master shook his head and asked somewhat timidly, "Jing...Jing Shizi, was I wrong?"

  "It's not entirely wrong, you're right to some extent! Please sit down!" Rong Jing glanced at Yun Shangyue and saw that she wasn't reading her book anymore. She had lifted her head and was looking at the young master with interest. He lowered his head and asked indifferently, "Is there anyone else who wants to speak?"

  Another young man stood up, slightly older than the previous one, with a voice that seemed to be in the midst of breaking. He bowed to Rong Jing and began to speak: "What is learning for? It's for knowledge, for books, and for moral integrity. As the ancient saying goes: 'Learning is recognition.' It's about studying the lessons left behind by our ancestors, allowing us to gain more knowledge, insight, and wisdom. By doing so, we can cultivate ourselves and become a better person."

  Clouds shallow moon blinking eyes, great achievement ah! Fly to extreme joy?

  "Anything else?" Rong Jing asked without lifting his head.

  "It's gone, please instruct me, Master Jing Shi." The man shook his head and looked at Rong Jing with great sincerity.

  "Sit down! Who else will come out and speak?" Yong Jing raised his head to glance at the man, then lowered it again to continue questioning.

  The man didn't know whether what he said was right or wrong and sat down nervously.

  Another person stood up, a man with a slightly delicate face. If it weren't for the crown on his head, Yun Shang Yue almost mistook him for a woman. He also bowed to Rong Jing and spoke in a gentle voice, "What is called learning is gathering everyone's strengths and knowledge into one's own body, making oneself bright, clear-eyed, upright, and dignified, then honoring ancestors, glorifying the family, and achieving great things for the country."

  Yun Qian Yue thought okay, she couldn't look at people with colored glasses, people can't be judged by their appearance.

  "But is there still?" Rong Jing asked indifferently without raising his head.

  That person seemed to have not expected that his grandiose words did not receive Jing Shizi's affirmation, and he was also somewhat apprehensive, shaking his head, "Nothing more! Please instruct me, Jing Shizi!"

  "Sit down!" Rong Jing raised his head and looked at him, asking in a light tone, "Is there anyone else who wants to say something?"

  This time no one stood up immediately, but instead looked at each other.

  "I didn't expect a weak and delicate person like you to be sitting here with such an air of confidence. Don't mislead the young master! I wonder what's wrong with the emperor, actually letting you come to the study room to teach lessons? If everyone learned as much as you did, with a heart as dark as coal, it would be a disaster!" Just then, a mocking and disdainful voice came from outside, followed by the sound of footsteps, and a person walked in with an air of superiority. It was Ye Qingran.

  As soon as Ye Qing arrived, a large part of the people in the study changed their faces drastically. Originally, some people were whispering quietly, but now they didn't even dare to breathe out loud, and every pair of eyes looked at him with some fear.

  Yun Qian Yue looked at Ye Qing Ran and thought that she could make everyone retreat three steps back, this girl was also quite capable!

  Rong Jing heard the sound and slightly tilted his head, casting a faint glance at Ye Qingran, and said in a warm voice: "Aren't you supposed to be resting in bed at Duke De's residence? What are you doing running up to the study now?"

  Yun Qian Yue suddenly remembered the events of the previous day, her gaze fixed on Ye Qing Ran's body, scanning him from head to toe. She saw that his face was pale, his footsteps were weak, and he looked different from his usual carefree self. His entire person seemed fragile and weak, and the dark circles under his eyes were particularly noticeable. Her mouth twitched as she thought about how the mustard had probably kept him up all night, and yet he still managed to come to the study despite looking like this.

  "You, this weak beauty, teaching is a rare opportunity, how can I, Xiao Wang, not come to support you?" Ye Qingran glanced at Yun Shuoyue sitting in the last row and winked at her. Suddenly, she walked up to Rong Jing, took two steps to his desk, lowered her head, and glared at him, gritting her teeth: "You're really good at this, actually putting bitter melon in Xiao Die's food, you black-hearted and black-lunged person, even wanting to bully her?"

  "She has lotus-flower roasted fish and never eats anything else." Rong Jing threw out a sentence.

  Yun Shallow Moon looked up at the eaves, thinking that this guy really understood her through and through! The lotus flower roasted fish was so delicious, she never got tired of eating it, how could there be any other dishes in her eyes? In her heart, as long as the lotus flower roasted fish came out, all other dishes lost their color!

  "Ah, I see!" Ye Qingran's eyes widened in anger as he glared at Rong Jing. After a moment, he suppressed his rage and said in a low voice: "You'd better pray to the gods for blessings that you won't fall into my hands one day! Otherwise, I'll make sure you suffer a fate worse than death! Even after you're dead, I'll flay your skin!"

  She flung out a harsh remark and walked away towards Yun Shang Yue under the moonlight.

  Rong Jing didn't seem to hear it and continued reading with her head down.

  "How is there still a pig lying here?" Ye Qingran asked with raised eyebrows as she saw Leng Shaozhuo on the ground.

  No one answered him.

  Yun Shallow Moon burst out laughing, and tonight's light dye was indeed in harmony with her. In her eyes, wasn't this cold Xiao Zhuo just a stupid pig? She lazily looked at Ye Qingran and opened her mouth, "This pig randomly called me, I wanted to shave off his pig trotters, but it seems I didn't succeed, the pig trotters are still growing on him!"

  At this moment, Ye Qing also saw the hand that Leng Shao Zhuo was injured with, which was swollen and had bloodstains. He raised an eyebrow, withdrew his gaze, and sat down in the empty seat beside Yun Qianyue with a nonchalant attitude, saying: "It's just a pig, you're not afraid of dirtying your hands. Next time something like this happens, let Ben Xiao Wang handle it. Ben Xiao Wang will make sure he doesn't even have a pig brain left."

  The air was suddenly filled with gasps all around.

  "Good!" Yun Qianyue replied succinctly.

  "What are you reading? Let me see!" Ye Qingyan saw Yun Shangyue holding the book upside down, refreshing.

  Yun Qianyue didn't even look at it now, and was instead listening with relish to the discussions of the crowd. She handed the book over to Ye Qingran, who took it and started reading as well, without even changing her posture, still lying on her back.

  Everyone looked at Ye Qingran in surprise again, thinking that Yun Shangyue reading books upside down was not surprising because she didn't recognize many characters. Jing Shizong reading books upside down was also not surprising, as there was nothing he couldn't do. But it had to be said that today, apart from Leng Shaoyu being injured by Yun Shangyue, another strange thing was that Ran Xiao Wangye was also holding a book upside down.

  "Someone, go and inform Duke De's residence that the young master is not resting well in the mansion and has come to the study to cause trouble!" Rong Jing instructed without lifting his head.

  "Yes!" A small eunuch immediately ran out.

  "Rong Jing, what have you done now?" Ye Qing Ran raised her head and looked at Rong Jing with gritted teeth.

  "Isn't that right? But didn't you see that you've scared everyone so much that they don't even want to study anymore? Besides, the Emperor didn't let Shallow Moon come to the schoolroom just for fun. With you causing trouble by her side like this, how can she still focus on learning? In my opinion, this is just causing trouble." Rong Jing glanced at Yun Shangyue with a faint gaze and said to Ye Qingran.

  Ye Qing Ran hummed coldly and raised an eyebrow, "I, Xiao Wang, am here to attend class! When I came, I had already gone to the imperial study to inform the Emperor and my father, the King. The Emperor and my father knew that I was so eager to learn and praised me highly. Weak and beautiful woman, you think you can drive me away? Don't dream of it! Besides, how did I cause trouble for Xiao Yu?"

  "Oh? So you have received the Emperor's permission!" Rong Jing put down the book in his hand and withdrew his gaze, not looking at Ye Qingran. He ordered outside, "Is the guard of the imperial study room present?"

  "Prince Jing's son is here!" Several voices rang out from outside, extremely loud.

  "Have Young Master Wang return to Duke's residence to rest!" ordered Rong Jing.

  "Yes!" Immediately, the guards outside rushed in and went straight to Ye Qingran. Although they were a little afraid of Ye Qingran, they still followed Rong Jing's orders without any hesitation.

  "Foolish beauty! You dare to drive away the young king? When did the guards in the imperial study ever listen to your orders?" Ye Qingran never thought that this weak beauty would resort to such a tactic, and she angrily retorted: "The emperor and my father are aware of my visit, I have received their permission, didn't you hear?"

  "I've heard that! However, when I took over the imperial tutoring position, I also requested an edict from the Emperor to arrange for a hundred guards to be stationed around the Imperial Study. This is to prevent any disturbances. As long as it's within the Imperial Study, everything and everyone is under my control. So, even if you have obtained permission from the Emperor and Prince De, it won't do you any good because I haven't given my consent." Rong Jingying looked up at him with a slightly annoyed expression, her voice calm and collected without a hint of change.

  "This guy is really black-hearted! With a hundred guards, isn't he obviously trying to prevent Ye Lian from getting close?! Just now when I was coldly questioning him, who said that he only took care of substitute teaching and didn't care about anything else? In such a short time, everything in the study has become his call..."

  Yun Shang Yue was speechless! She looked at Ye Qing Yan's pale face, which had turned bright red with anger. If it were in the past, this guy wouldn't be fazed even by a hundred guards, let alone two hundred. But now, looking at how he could be blown down by a gentle breeze, she couldn't help but worry.

  "If you dare take another step forward, I'll make sure you regret it!" Ye Qingran glared at the approaching guards.

  Those guards changed their expressions, stopped in unison, after all, the prestige of Ye Qing's little demon king was still there. For a moment, they didn't dare to really take action, and looked at Rong Jing together. Rong Jing's expression was light, and he didn't speak.

  Yè Qīng rǎn dé yì yī xiào, "ruò měi rén, kàn nǐ nài hé de le běn xiǎo wáng bù?"

  Translation:

  Ye Qing smiled with satisfaction, "Weak beauty, what can you do to me, the little king?"

  "I just heard that you, the little demon king, came here to cause trouble and I didn't quite believe it. Who would have thought that you really are causing trouble! Jing Shizi can't handle you, but I can." As Ye Qingran's words fell, a stern and authoritative voice echoed from outside, "Take this troublesome little demon king back to the Duke's residence for rest. Without my permission, Jing Shizi is not allowed to come to the imperial palace or attend classes in the study room during this period!"

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