My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

Seeing that Old Taishan agreed, Chang An said, "In that case, I will go and tell the kitchen to prepare more delicious dishes."

"No need to be so troublesome. We are not precious. Just eat normally." Gu Su said with a smile.

"This is what I should do."

After saying that, Chang An stood up and told Gu Li first: "You take good care of our father and mother here, I will go to the kitchen. If you are bored, take a look at this... this storybook is also good."

Seeing Chang An's disgusted look at the book, Gu Li laughed and quickly responded, "Okay, I understand."

Seeing this, Chang An turned around and left, but just as he walked out of the main hall, he heard a voice: "Chang Yonghe!"

"Pay attention, it seems that there are guests at the Dingkang Marquis's house."

He paused and looked at the door. Li Ying and Li Ke'er were walking in. Both of them were holding things in their hands. Li Ying was a little angry at first, but after seeing Gu Ke and others in the main hall, she restrained herself and put on a smile.

"Madam Gu."

Gu Ke's family were all businessmen, and they probably would never see the Crown Prince in their lifetime, so naturally they didn't know Li Ying and Li Ke'er. So he asked Gu Li, "Li'er, who are these two?"

Gu Li was about to answer, but Li Ke'er spoke first: "Everyone, we are friends of Marquis Dingkang and his wife. We missed Madam Gu's birthday yesterday, so we want to make up for it with a gift today."

It seems that he is going on a secret visit again and doesn't want outsiders to know.

Li Ying also said, "Besides, I have something to talk to Chang Yonghe about, so I'll tell you now."

When Li Ying said this, she was obviously gritting her teeth, but Gu Ke's family didn't hear it. Then Li Ying handed the gift to Li Ke'er, asked her to pass it to Gu Li, and then took Chang An away from the front yard.

"Your Highness, slow down!"

Chang An didn't know why Li Ying was so angry today, so he could only endure his pulling for the time being. He was pulled by Li Ying to his own yard, and then he stopped.

Then Li Ying sat directly in the pavilion and shouted angrily: "Chang Yonghe! Do you know what good things you have done?!"

"Ah? What's the matter?" Chang An really seemed to have no idea.

"What else could it be? Those articles of yours!" Li Ying slammed the table and said loudly, not afraid of being heard. "Those 'Fu on Afang Palace' and 'On the Six Kingdoms'."

"As a result, my father now forces me to read and write these articles every day, and I have to write an annotation every day. If I don't finish writing, I won't be able to eat! But you just finished writing the article and walked away."

"It took me more than a month to finish writing it all. At the end, Eunuch Cheng brought your handwritten annotations to me. I was shocked when I saw them! The content is basically different from what I wrote!"

Chang An raised his eyebrows, and then he understood the reason why Li Ying was so angry today - it seemed that she was forced by those big articles! It seems that not only today's high school students find it scary, but even the ancients felt so!

Thinking of this, Chang An couldn't help but laugh, and even clapped his hands, almost cheering. When Li Ying saw him laughing here, he was already thinking about how to sue him.

But soon, Chang An stopped laughing and said, "I'm sorry, Your Highness, I'm so rude."

"Chang Yonghe, why are you laughing? This is very disrespectful!" Li Ying asked with a dark face.

"Your Highness, please forgive me, but I don't know if you know why I wrote these articles." Chang An asked slowly.

"Humph, father said that you wanted me to study because there are useful things in it." Li Ying replied.

Chang An said, "That's true. I know that when Your Highness received the edict from His Majesty, you were initially following the order in your mind, rather than reading and writing these articles with a learning mentality, right?"

Li Ying was stunned for a moment, then nodded, and then Chang An continued: "In this case, Your Highness must think that these articles are obscure and difficult to understand. I deliberately made things difficult for Your Highness."

"But how many articles in the world are like this? It's impossible to say that all writers in the world are making things difficult for others, right? If that's the case, why are there so many people who can pass the imperial examination?"

"This..." Li Ying was suddenly speechless. Something was wrong!

I clearly came here to find Chang An to question him, how come it became my fault? And I feel like I did nothing wrong!

"Your Highness, I wrote these articles to warn you, not to ask you to write some annotations. If you want to write annotations, I can do it alone." Chang An said with a smile.

"If Your Highness is worried about the difficulty of writing, you can just execute me for the offense instead of holding me accountable. You are the crown prince of the country, not a child on the street. Your Highness has your own rights and decisions."

Li Ying was stunned for a few seconds, then came back to her senses, sighed, and said, "There's a reason why Zhang Jiazhen can't win an argument with you. I came here to vent, but after what you said, I don't know whether it's my fault or yours."

"But Your Highness, I am not here to compete with you today." Chang An said again, and entered the state of "earnest persuasion", "I know Your Highness came here today to question me, but after the questioning, will Your Highness reflect on yourself?"

Li Ying looked at Chang An, then stood up and said, "That's a lesson."

"Your Highness, you are too kind. I don't deserve a lesson. These are just some reminders." Chang An smiled and said.

"Come on, come on. I just wanted to vent my anger to you, not to argue with you, but you gave me a lecture..." Li Ying said unhappily, "Forget it, forget it. Anyway, those articles have been written, and the rest are waiting to be read."

Li Ying said unhappily, "Not only me, my father is also reading the copy of your book all day long. He is also writing something with a pen while reading."

Chang An smiled and did not answer, but he knew it clearly in his heart. Whether it was "On the Six Kingdoms" or "Ode to the Afang Palace", they were all articles written for the rulers. Every article could make the emperor feel enlightened after reading it - if it was a tyrant, that would be another story.

"Forget it, forget it. We are just here to give you a gift. We won't bother you with anything else." Li Ying stood up and said.

"Won't you stay for a meal?"

Li Ying waved her hand and said, "I can't stay. I have to go back to class this afternoon."

"When Your Highness returns, you can take a look at those humble works. They should be of some benefit to Your Highness' future." Chang An added.

"I get it. I can recite 'Fu on Afang Palace' already. I'll start reciting 'On Teachers' in a couple of days... It's so annoying." Li Ying was so angry that he shook his sleeves and walked out.

In this case, Chang An did not keep him any longer and followed him to the front yard. At this time, the main hall was extremely quiet, no one spoke, and Gu Li also sat quietly on the main seat reading the Dingkang Cewen.

At this moment, Li Ying suddenly remembered, and once again pulled Chang An and asked, "By the way, there are guests at your house today, right?"

"That's right. They are Gu Niang's parents and two brothers. In order to avoid the taboo of the Mid-Autumn Festival, they came today to celebrate Gu Niang's birthday." Chang An explained.

"So they don't know my identity, right?"

"Don't know."

Li Ying breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and then said, "That's fine."

"What's wrong, Your Highness?" Li Ying would not ask such a question for no reason, so Chang An asked.

"It's nothing. I'm just traveling incognito this time, so it's better for people who are not in the know not to know my identity." Li Ying said.

Chang An nodded in understanding, and Li Ying then walked directly into the house and said to Li Ke'er, "Sister, let's go."

"Have you finished talking?" Li Ke'er looked at Li Ying, then at Chang An, and she knew the result. She couldn't help feeling a little funny.

Li Ying nodded reluctantly and replied, "Hmm..."

Li Ke'er could only hold back her laughter, and then said, "So what are you going to do next?"

"What else can I do? Of course I have to go back." Li Ying said unhappily, "I have to memorize the books and listen to several teachers' lectures when I go back."

Seeing this, Li Ke'er stood up and said to Chang An, "Then we won't bother you any more. Marquis Dingkang, goodbye."

"Ah."

Chang An nodded slightly, and then Gu Li put down the book in his hand, followed Chang An, and sent Li Ying and Li Ke'er to the carriage, watching them go away.

When they returned to the main hall, Gu Ke asked curiously, "Who are those two? Judging from their clothes, they are really extraordinary."

"They are from a famous family. Gu Niang and I only met them by chance." Chang An said with a smile, "Then because of a few coincidences, we met more often and became familiar with each other."

"So that's how it is. No wonder that lady has such an extraordinary temperament. It turns out she is from a famous family." Gu Su also nodded in understanding.

At this time, Gu Li looked at Chang An in confusion, and then tugged at his sleeve. Obviously, Gu Li also wanted to know why, and Chang An had no choice but to lower his head and whisper to her ear about Li Ying's incognito visit.

Gu Li nodded after listening to it. It seemed inappropriate to let his parents know that he knew the prince. Besides, his social status was there, and knowing it would be an overstep.

After all, merchants and royal families cannot sit together.