Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 138 Classmates (Part )

Compared to Yin Shu's constant entanglement, Zhao'er aroused Gu Jingnian's curiosity, and suddenly left when his curiosity was strongest, which of course made him more concerned.

Later, Yin Shu said a lot more, but Gu Jingnian listened carelessly, always thinking about Zhao'er's identity in his mind.

"Princess, it's getting late. If you don't go back, Prince Xin will be worried."

"He won't worry."

After Gu Jingnian once again ordered her to leave, Yin Shu finally got up and left reluctantly.

She seemed to be hesitant to speak, and tried several times to attract Gu Jingnian's attention with a certain topic, but in the end she held back.

After leaving Gu's house, her face turned cold and she looked angry. After returning home, she went straight to Yin Yucheng's bedroom.

"father!"

"What's the matter?"

Yin Yucheng hasn't slept yet and is painting.

He was extremely accomplished in painting, especially in painting beauties. At this moment, he was painting Feng Niang, and he actually managed to capture her charm with his brush and ink.

He heard that Feng Niang liked to play the piano, and thought that she must be an elegant woman who loved art and would definitely like his paintings.

Yin Shu entered and grabbed Yin Yucheng's arm, asking him to stop and listen to her.

"I'm almost pissed off to death by that mediocre Yin Wanqing today!"

"You've been at odds with her for a long time. Why did you come to tell me?"

"Dad doesn't know, but she has a crush on Gu Jingnian."

Yin Yucheng was slightly surprised and said, "My brother already has Miss Pei."

"They are not married yet, and Pei Nian has no relatives in Yong State, and no support from her natal family. With Yin Wanqing's status, can she just snatch him away?"

This is Yin Shu's own thought, and it is natural to apply it to others.

Yin Yucheng said: "A gentleman does not take away what others like. If the East Palace does this, it will inevitably damage its reputation."

Having said that, his eyes were still slightly serious.

Reputation is not important to the Eastern Palace. What is important is that Gu Jingnian is Gu Beiming's son and has extraordinary abilities.

He put down his pen, sat down, and said, "Tell me carefully, what is going on?"

"Yin Wanqing and Pei Nian were classmates at Yuewei Academy. She deliberately befriended Pei Nian and got close to Gu Jingnian... She was mediocre in talent, but had a lot of bad intentions. In the end, she didn't tell Gu Jingnian her identity, leaving him to guess. I think she has been learning how to be a vixen to seduce men in the past two years."

Yin Yucheng originally thought that his brother was as hard as wood or stone and could not be seduced by women. However, as he listened to what she said, he could feel that Yin Wanqing had some tricks up her sleeve and he couldn't help but frown.

"I wanted to tell Gu Jingnian her identity, but I was afraid that it would do what she wanted. What do you think I should do?"

As Yin Shu spoke, she forgot to conceal her little thoughts.

Until Yin Yucheng turned around and looked at her for a long while.

"Dad? What's wrong?"

"Are you interested in Gu Jingnian?"

Yin Shu didn't hesitate and simply admitted it, saying, "Yes, because I have the same talent as my father. As soon as I saw him, I sensed that he was..."

"Really?!" Yin Yucheng asked before she finished speaking.

"Really." Yin Shu nodded firmly.

"Okay!"

Yin Yucheng was overjoyed. He stood up, patted her on the shoulder and said with emotion: "You are worthy of being my daughter. You have such talent. Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"He is my father's sworn brother, and he has a sweetheart..."

"So what? The inheritance of Yin's talent is the most important thing. Don't worry, Dad will definitely help you get what you want."

At this moment, Yin Yucheng completely forgot what he said, "A gentleman does not take away what others like," and he also forgot that he had repeatedly reminded Gu Jingnian not to let Pei Nian down.

That was just due to his strict demands on others and his beautiful expectations for himself.

Yin Shu didn't expect Yin Yucheng to support her so much, and couldn't help asking, "Dad, what are you going to do?"

"Gu Jingnian and I have a deep bond of loyalty. It won't be a problem if I talk to him in person."

Yin Yucheng was quite confident. Then, he looked at Yin Shu with a gratified look and said, "You have grown up, and finally found a husband you like."

"But I feel like he doesn't like me that much..."

"Don't worry, just dress up, be gentle, and chat with him more. Once you get to know him, he will naturally appreciate your kindness."

Yin Yucheng recalled the journey he had taken with Feng Niang, feeling deeply moved and giving her some earnest advice.

He planned to find an opportunity, bring Feng Niang with him, and go to Gu Jingnian's house to raise the matter.

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Gu Zhai.

There was a knock on the door for a while before Pei Nian opened it. He saw Gu Jingnian standing outside and gave him a puzzled look.

"Let me come in and talk."

Gu Jingnian was not polite either. He stepped in sideways, locked the door, and asked in a secret language, "What is the identity of your friend?"

"No hurry, let's talk about it later."

"Why?"

"I do not want to tell you."

Pei Nian imitated Gu Jingnian's usual calm tone and said, "I also want to try to do things my own way. I don't trust you very much and I suspect you will hurt me, and so on."

Hearing this kind of sarcasm, Gu Jingnian felt a little helpless and said, "You are not such a petty person."

"It doesn't matter. No matter how generous I am, you can't discuss everything with me."

Pei Nian said this as he walked around the screen, lay down on the couch, and prepared to fall asleep.

So, Gu Jingnian also came over and lay down.

What is rare is that he still did not have the attitude of being persistent and entangled, but showed a very "self-centered" calmness.

He wanted to know who that Zhao'er was, so he came to ask Pei Nian. Seeing that Pei Nian was angry, he patiently waited for her to calm down. That was all. Just like he would ask Shen Lingshu for help after canceling his marriage with Shen Lingshu.

He had no intention of hiding his thoughts and intentions, nor did he care about other people's emotions or etiquette. Sometimes he seemed arrogant and inconsiderate of other people's feelings, but he was not hypocritical.

"I've washed it." Gu Jingnian said.

"Don't you want to live in separate rooms?"

"I'll bear with it for a while."

Pei Nian was so angry that he laughed silently, extinguished the candle and closed his eyes.

"Actually, I can roughly guess her identity." Gu Jingnian said, "but I still want to confirm it with you."

"Then guess."

"She knows Yin Shu, and Yin Shu is clearly angry with her, but she is forbearing. This shows that her status is higher. The only one who can be higher than the daughter of a prince is either the daughter of the crown prince or the daughter of the emperor."

Pei Nian didn't answer, as if he had fallen asleep.

Gu Jingnian took her as his acquiescence and continued to ask, "Eastern Palace?"

"She knows the situation in this house very well."

"I see." Gu Jingnian said, "You met her on the first day of school. Was it she who approached you first?"

Pei Nian was silent for a long time before he said, "It's not that complicated. She and I...have similar interests."

"Ok."

Gu Jingnian had to admit that Pei Nian did a better job than him in approaching the Eastern Palace of Yong State.

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The moon sets and the sun rises, and the morning light is bright.

A few birds were chirping on the branches.

Gu Jingnian finally went to Yuewei Academy again.

Of course he didn't want to go, but since Donggong urged him to be a good hostage, he could only listen for the time being.

What he didn't expect was that after arriving at Yuewei Academy, he couldn't enter Zhixing Hall.

Because he took too many days off and missed the ten-day exam, he was transferred to Zhishi Hall.

Different from the relatively loose teaching method of Chongjing Academy, Yuewei Academy seems to like to rank students according to their grades, which Gu Jingnian thinks is too utilitarian.

Fortunately, he met Zhang Xiaofang in Zhishitang.

Zhang Xiaofang was sitting behind a low desk in the last row, carefully spreading out her books, writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone. She felt someone sitting next to her, and when she turned around she was startled to see it was Gu Jingnian.

"what happened?"

"Sir, why are you here?"

"Is it not good?"

Zhang Xiaofang asked in a low voice: "Sir, weren't you a disciple of Chongjing Academy before?"

"so what?"

"Studying with me, how...humiliating."

She took back the last few words, almost without making a sound, but Gu Jingnian still heard them. He smiled indifferently and said, "What's the big deal? Maybe you will become a great scholar in the future, and I will only be able to fly around in the sky."

"Class begins."

While they were talking, the teacher came into the classroom. Zhang Xiaofang immediately sat up straight and listened carefully.

Gu Jingnian also listened for a while and found that what Zhishitang taught was just some elementary education stuff. No wonder Zhang Xiaofang could come here.

However, the elementary education in Yong State was very different from that in Rui State. Rui State emphasized etiquette, and when children encountered problems, they would first respect their elders. Yong State emphasized reason, and children were taught to distinguish right from wrong from an early age.

I guess when answering Yongguo's papers in the future, Gu Jingnian, who had been taught at Chongjing Academy, might not be able to answer better than Zhang Xiaofang.

As for Pei Nian, he was able to answer the questions perfectly. Of course, he had done his homework long ago.

When Gu Jingnian thought of this, he frowned slightly.

He realized that Pei Nian was probably doing more and making more mistakes.

She was too strong-willed. She wanted to be an official in Yong State, and even more so, she wanted to be a good spy.

But why could a Kaiping judge from Rui State perfectly answer the test paper from Yong State, when the concept of this test paper was completely different from that of Rui State?
Not to mention others, that "Zhao'er" is very smart, how could he not notice it?
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Mingde Hall.

Pei Nian was still flipping through the book when Zhao'er suddenly leaned over to her ear and asked a question.

"I heard that you two slept together last night?"

Pei Nian was not used to it, but fortunately she was very calm and did not refute. She just said: "Can you stop monitoring us?"

"I don't have the final say on this matter." Zhao'er said, "He is a hostage, and you just came from Yong State. This move is reasonable, and I'm sure you can understand it."

"I understand." Pei Nian said, "But I believe more in 'trust people when you employ them, and don't employ people you don't trust.'"

"My brother said the same thing. I asked him what he thought of you last night."

Pei Nianjing waited for the next words, but Zhaoer stopped talking and turned around to listen to the class carefully.

That day, the two of them talked again, and they just talked about academic experiences as usual.

After school, Gu Jingnian was still waiting under the old locust tree and went home with Pei Nian and Zhang Xiaofang.

When he left, he nodded to Zhao'er and didn't say much.

Last night he was clearly interested in her identity, but a day later, he became restrained, calm and polite. This was completely beyond Zhao'er's expectations. She thought he would ask her a lot of questions and even invite her to talk again.

So she couldn't help but wonder if Gu Jingnian had found out something.

On the other side, after Gu Jingnian returned home, he asked Pei Nian about his situation today. After hearing what Zhaoer said, he reminded Pei Nian.

"They may have become suspicious of you and want you to show your loyalty."

(End of this chapter)