Chunmo opened the cabinet and let Jinhua take the little palace maid to dry the books, while she herself returned with a huff.

  I thought she would stare at Jinhua like a thief, but she came back first.

  "Hmph, I'm not a fool." Chun Mo glanced at Chao Sheng: "They have two people, and I only have myself. I was stuck there, while Jin Ye had another chance to stir up trouble in front of the emperor."

  "Hmm, it turns out Chun Mo hasn't lost his mind yet, he actually still knows how to guard against the opponent's trick of luring the tiger away from its mountain."

  "Come with me."

  Chao Sheng was a bit unexpected, and followed her all the way to the front of the main house before slowly realizing that Chun Mo was planning to find someone to help?

  She finally understood what it means by "a single palm cannot make a sound" and being powerless?

  At this moment, there is no one in the house, only a small eunuch guarding the door.

  There were two young eunuchs beside the fourth prince, one was Xiao Shun, and Chao Sheng knew him a bit better. They couldn't be said to have a good relationship, but at least they had met and spoken before. The other was Xiao Su, who is now guarding the door of the study.

  Chao Sheng once put their two names together and got a unlucky historical celebrity - Su Shun.

  Chao Sheng is not familiar with history, but he has watched a lot of TV movies about Cixi. There's always this poor guy who gets killed off in the end. He was the trusted minister left in charge by the previous emperor, and his future looked bright... Unfortunately, he had bad luck and ran into Cixi, who got rid of him in no time.

  As for the fourth prince's Xiao Su and Xiao Shun, they are indeed as their names suggest. Xiao Shun always smiles when he sees people, and whatever you say to him, he will respond accordingly, living up to his name "Shun". However, you can't guess what he is really thinking in his heart.

  Xiao Su and he were exactly the opposite, Chao Sheng had seen him a few times, his face was always stern, as if everyone owed him seventeen or eighteen dollars. He hadn't even heard him speak.

  When the fourth prince is not around, he guards the study. When the fourth prince is around, he may be sent to do some other things.

  Chun Mo didn't know what Xiao Su said, they were a little far apart, their voices weren't loud, and Chao Sheng could only hear a few scattered words.

  After a while, Chun Mo turned around and said with an unpleasant expression: "You come with me to clean up the house."

  It seems that Chunmo's purpose has not been achieved.

  What does she want to do in the study?

  The tide was born from the door crack, and you can see the bookshelves inside. Does Chunmo want to take out the books in the study and dry them to show that she considers things more thoroughly than Jinhua?

  No need at all!

  It's not the season for sunbathing now, as the saying goes, in June, a child's face changes the fastest.

  Jinhua didn't know if she had dried anything else before, but when Chaosheng walked by and took a look, he thought she probably hadn't dried books before. Drying books isn't like drying clothes, and even with clothes, there are rules to follow. Some fabrics can't be exposed directly to the sun or they'll fade. Some silk is very expensive and delicate, and if you dry it in the sun, it will become brittle and prone to breaking. And yet here she was, spreading out her books under the scorching sun like this. Some of the books looked old, with yellowed pages that would surely deteriorate further from being dried like this. The thread used for sewing some of them looked like it was about to rot - what if it snapped? And then there were the characters written in ink - some of which was supposedly made from plants or something - wouldn't they fade too after being exposed to the sun?

  But why did Chao Sheng remind Jin Hua and Jin Ye?

  She is not so enthusiastic.

  Besides, Jin Hua and Jin Ye always felt that her gaze was not so kind these days.

  Probably because she lives with Chun Mo and usually follows him around, so Jin Hua and Jin Ye consider her as Chun Mo's trusted follower?

  They can win over those little palace girls, but towards Chao Sheng, they took the same isolated and indifferent attitude.

  Let someone else take care of drying books, and even a novice can go remind them.

  But Jin Hua led the way with great enthusiasm, and Chao Sheng slowed down for a moment before walking away.

  As a result, the detailed problems that Chao Sheng was worried about did not have time to occur, and another unexpected event came.

  After noon, the sky changed, the sun was completely covered, and clouds quickly poured in from the northwest, layer by layer, and the sky suddenly turned as dark as a pot bottom.

  Jin Hua was getting anxious, directing people to hurry up and gather the books. They were rushing to collect everything, but there was still a small area where some books hadn't been picked up yet. Suddenly, big raindrops started pouring down.

  Let's put aside the matter of the book getting wet for now. Chun Mo hurried over on purpose and also called up Chao Sheng to count them.

  Just now she opened the box and took out more than 600 books for Jin Hua. Now that the books have been returned, it's necessary to count them again.

  Although Chun Mo and Jin Hua are illiterate, they both know how to count.

  One two three four five.

  Sixty seventy eighty ninety.

  Counting up to the last one, including those wet ones, there are three missing.

  Chun Mo held the booklet and slowly read out the numbers on it again, comparing them with the actual number of books, then glanced at Jin Hua sideways.

  Jin Hua wasn't too flustered: "Probably someone put it somewhere else in a hurry just now."

  But after asking around, there was no book left elsewhere.

  That's all there is to it.

  Press again, still three books short.

  Chunmo's face didn't look too good.

  But amidst her efforts, everyone could see that she still had some joy in her heart.

  Of course, Jin Hua's errand was ruined, and she lost face for making a mistake. It's a good thing for Chun Mo.

  Who doesn't want to see their enemy suffer a calamity?

  Jin Hua's face was really ugly, but she remained calm and directed people to find the book.

  Today, there wasn't much wind at all. Even if it was windy, a single sheet of paper could be blown away, but an entire book couldn't be blown away. From moving the books out to drying them in the sun and then putting them back, Golden Flower had been keeping watch over them the whole time. Only when it was about to rain just now did she rush to put the books away, and at that moment, she probably wasn't paying attention.

  Chun Mo had made up his mind to watch her good show.

  Jin Hua's gaze swept across several faces, probably suspecting that someone had played a trick and hidden the book.

  Actually she is right in thinking so.

  The book can't move on its own and won't run away by itself, now it's gone missing, so someone must have hidden it.

  She also glanced at Chao Sheng.

  But I have a clear conscience.

  She didn't even get close to those books that were drying in the sun, and she didn't touch the ones she brought into the house either, all she did was help count them.

  She never thought of secretly hiding the book to make trouble for Jinhua.

  The sky outside was heavily overcast, and the rain grew heavier by the minute. The book had not been found yet. Jin Hua had already searched the people who were collecting books, and of course, they didn't have it hidden on them. It was summer now, so everyone was wearing light clothing, making it easy to see that they weren't hiding anything. Moreover, they hadn't had time to hide the book elsewhere since they started collecting books until now, these few people hadn't left their posts.

  The atmosphere in the room was silent and oppressive, Chun Mo just looked at Jin Hua, watching what she would do.

  Then autumn arrived.

  "What's wrong with you? Why are you all staying here and not going to work?" Qiu Shan replied straightforwardly, "What's wrong?"

  Jin Hua didn't say a word, while Chun Mo said: "The books got wet in some places and three of them are missing."

  "Alright, let's put the book aside for now. The young master has been back for a while and his clothes and boots are all wet. You're still fussing over these things."

  Chun Mo suddenly couldn't care about the golden flowers and silver flowers anymore, and only threw down a sentence: "Your Highness is probably the one who loves books the most, tonight this matter must be made clear."

  Jin Hua's face was even darker than the sky outside.

  Chao Sheng sighed in his heart.

  Anyway, sooner or later there will be such a day, only she didn't expect this day to come so soon.

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  Um, I'm feeling much better today... But the second update might be late...