The third prince was saved.

But I was dumbfounded.

Now, whenever he sees water or hears the sound of ice cracking, he screams and loses control of his bladder in terror.

The Emperor visited the Third Prince once, but on that occasion, his dragon robe was stained with yellow liquid from the ground, and the Emperor left with a dark expression.

Consort Shu spent her days in tears, constantly ordering people to search for clues in the withered forest. However, the footprints had long been covered by snow, and in the chaos of the time, the attendants could not distinguish whose footprints they were.

The Imperial Study.

Ji Chaoxi has finally officially become a tutor.

The other princes were stunned when they looked at Ji Chaoxi. Xiao Yanchen also had a study companion?

The most surprised was the Second Prince, who stood beside Ji Chaoxi and asked, "Little Xizi, how did you become Seventh Brother's study companion? Aren't you Eunuch Liu's godson?"

Xiao Yanchen silently pushed past the Second Prince from behind and poured Ji Chaoxi a cup of hot water.

When the others saw that the Second Prince knew Ji Chaoxi, they also came over.

"Second brother, who is this little eunuch?"

The second prince impatiently pushed them aside and looked at Ji Chaoxi with a smile: "You can be my study companion, since we're both study companions anyway."

Xiao Yanchen was just about to get a paperweight for Ji Chaoxi when he heard this and angrily said, "Xiao Xizi is mine!"

He glared at the Second Prince, his fists clenched tightly.

He wanted to take Xiao Xizi away from him again.

The second prince was humiliated like this for the first time, and his face turned extremely ugly. He couldn't help but speak sarcastically.

"Look how anxious Seventh Brother is. I am not Seventh Brother. You are so protective of a tutor. If I wanted to, I would have plenty of tutors."

After saying that, he sat down in his seat without looking back, and the others quickly followed.

When the teacher came in and saw Ji Chaoxi, he was also taken aback.

Logically, Ji Chaoxi should have been standing next to Xiao Yanchen, but neither Ji Chaoxi nor Xiao Yanchen had ever been a tutor, so the two sat together as usual.

With Ji Chaoxi sitting next to him, Xiao Yanchen couldn't continue reading his book or listen to the lesson. After a while, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Ji Chaoxi.

Ji Chaoxi listened attentively to the teacher's lecture, but a closer look revealed that her eyes were already unfocused.

A hand warmer was suddenly shoved into Ji Chaoxi's hand. Ji Chaoxi looked over and saw Xiao Yanchen smiling at her.

The ruler suddenly slammed heavily on the table, startling both of them.

"Just now, this old minister mentioned 'governing a large country is like cooking a small fish.' Seventh Prince, please tell me, what is the emphasis of the word 'cooking'?" The Master's expression was somewhat unpleasant.

Ji Chaoxi pretended to flip through the book, but she couldn't help him with this.

Xiao Yanchen stood up, his tone calm: "Reporting to the Master, the essence of the word 'cooking' lies in non-interference and patience..."

Ji Chaoxi held the pen in her hand and wrote words little by little.

The Imperial Study was unusually quiet. The Second Prince turned his head and looked at Ji Chaoxi, who was writing. He frowned. How did this little Xizi get involved with Xiao Yanchen?

Xiao Yanchen answered earnestly, "The same applies to governing a country and to interpersonal relationships."

His gaze unconsciously fell on Ji Chaoxi's handwriting beside him. She was learning to write his name, and Xiao Yanchen's ears suddenly turned red.

The teacher frowned and made him sit down: "Seventh Prince, when I'm lecturing, please take notes carefully and don't keep looking around."

Xiao Yanchen didn't say anything. He didn't look around; he was looking at Xiao Xizi.

Ji Chaoxi placed the written words on Xiao Yanchen's desk, her eyes full of anticipation.

She thought her handwriting was beautiful, but she didn't write it; she drew it.

Xiao Yanchen smiled sheepishly and whispered, "Xiao Xizi is very capable."

When the eunuchs were serving lunch at noon, they impatiently placed the food box on Xiao Yanchen's table.

As soon as Ji Chaoxi opened it, she exclaimed, "There are only two leaves! How are we supposed to eat that?"

Wasn't it supposed to be good food for students accompanying their parents to school? Why is hers so bad?

The study room fell silent immediately.

The eunuch hadn't expected the tutor to speak up. He was momentarily embarrassed, but quickly recovered, saying, "Seventh Prince, today's kitchen..."

The next second, Xiao Yanchen took two food boxes from the two baskets behind him and sat back down in his seat without saying a word.

Ji Chaoxi opened the food box, her eyes lighting up.

The eunuch's face immediately darkened; these two were the ones he had reserved for himself.

"Seventh Prince, this is not your food box."

Xiao Yanchen frowned: "Whose is that? All the other brothers have food boxes, only Xiao Xizi and I don't. This is ours."

It's fine for him to eat those leaves, but Xiao Xizi can't eat them; she gets hungry easily anyway.

"Exactly!" Ji Chaoxi was also a little angry. "You want to take both of them and eat them yourself?"

The eunuch's face flushed red: "You little eunuch, what...what nonsense are you spouting?!"

"I'm not lying, otherwise why would you keep these two food boxes?" Ji Chaoxi argued.

She almost got to eat a piece of vegetable!

Xiao Yanchen nodded vigorously: "Xiao Xizi is not talking nonsense."

Seeing Xiao Yanchen join the group buy immediately, Ji Chaoxi was very pleased.

The eunuch wanted to say something more, but seeing the two men glaring at him, he left sheepishly.

The atmosphere in this stylish study was eerily quiet.

The second prince's brows were furrowed tightly.

He watched as Xiao Yanchen gave the meat to Xiao Xizi, and then ate the rest of Xiao Xizi's rice.

He suddenly felt nauseous.

The prince beside him whispered, "Could Xiao Yanchen be a homosexual...?"

Who gets so close to a eunuch? Just thinking about it makes my scalp tingle.

The other princes felt even more disgusted seeing Xiao Yanchen constantly smiling at Ji Chaoxi.

No wonder Xiao Yanchen was not favored by the Emperor; perhaps he already knew that Xiao Yanchen was not normal.

During the day, the Master failed to find an opportunity to teach Xiao Yanchen a lesson.

Just before the afternoon classes ended, he suddenly noticed that Xiao Yanchen had brought an ugly purse into the Imperial Study. He said coldly, "Private matters and playthings are strictly forbidden in the Imperial Study. After school, the Seventh Prince and his tutor shall go to the library to reflect on your mistakes."

It's a good opportunity to give the other princes in the Imperial Study a warning. They bring all sorts of things to the Imperial Study. Last time, it was because the Third Prince brought a slingshot without permission that his Duan inkstone was broken.

Thinking about the Third Prince's current state, he probably won't have the chance to break his things again in his lifetime.

After school, all the other princes left, and Ji Chaoxi and Xiao Yanchen obediently went to the library.

There was nothing they could do about their misbehavior, because two eunuchs were urging them to go to the library with rulers in their hands.

Ji Chaoxi couldn't help but sigh. The Censorate was openly targeting them, while the Imperial Study was secretly targeting them. No wonder Xiao Yanchen said the Imperial Study was very dangerous.

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