In fact, over such a long time, Xiao Xizi's handwriting has become more similar to Xiao Heng's. However, Xiao Heng suddenly asked me to review memorials on his behalf. My handwriting is too similar to Xiao Heng's, which inevitably arouses suspicion. Xiao Heng is such a suspicious person that even if he doesn't punish me, I'm afraid he won't reuse me in the future.

Thinking of this, Xiao Xizi opened the remaining memorials, picked out one to start writing, but found that they were only slightly similar.

Caution. This was the first skill Li Peidong taught him, and also the most important one.

The imperial city is located in the north. The cold wind at night in the past few days has urged people to light the stove. The charcoal basin was brought into the house. The burning smokeless charcoal inside was red and steaming. Xiaoye put an iron rack on it and put some dried fruits on it to roast. Waves of sweet aroma filled the entire bedroom.

The teapot was also replaced with one that can boil tea on the stove. A piece of tea brick was cut and put in. The slightly boiling tea water and the mist added some warmth to this dry and cold day.

Nian'er snuggled by the stove like a kitten, holding the book that Su Minglang asked her to read carefully, and her little head was dozing off little by little.

Xiao Ye was reading the second sentence when she saw that Nian'er had fallen asleep. She smiled helplessly and winked at Nanxing, and they both lowered their voices at the same time.

"Hmm?" A beautiful dream was shattered. Nian'er rubbed her sleepy eyes and raised her head to see both of them looking at her with a smile. Her cheeks blushed with embarrassment for a moment.

"You! How long has it been since you fell asleep? Next time the Empress comes to punish you, she will make you copy it a few more times!" Xiao Ye tapped her forehead and said angrily.

Nian'er curled her lips at Nanxing, who also looked a little sleepy. After receiving a gloating smile from the other party, she glared at her angrily.

Xiao Ye looked at the eye contact between the two and smiled helplessly.

"Boring, boring, so boring!" Nian'er pulled Xiaoye's hand and acted coquettishly, "Sister Ye, please let me go out. I'm so sleepy listening to you reading these books! How about letting me go out and wake up?"

"How can this be possible?" Xiao Ye spread his hands helplessly.

"Why not?" A voice came from behind. Nian'er responded hurriedly, but saw that Xiaoye and Nanxing both had strange expressions on their faces.

When she looked back, she saw Su Minglang standing at the door looking at her leisurely. She immediately hid behind Xiao Ye, only showing her little head and looking at her pitifully.

"I don't think there's any problem." Su Minglang walked in with a nonchalant look on his face. "You'll just fall asleep if you sit in the room anyway, so why not go outside and wake up?"

"Go ahead." Su Minglang's face darkened the moment he looked at Nian'er, and his words were cold and heartless: "Why are you still standing there? Go out and stand!"

Nian'er was frightened by her and looked at the two people's faces as if asking for help.

"Empress..." Nan Xing opened her mouth tentatively, but was scared back by Su Minglang's look.

"What? Are you sleepy too?"

"Not sleepy, not sleepy! I'm wide awake!" Nan Xing waved her hands hurriedly. No matter how sleepy she was, she should be completely awake now.

Seeing Su Minglang turning his gaze towards her again, Nian'er knew that there was no way to save the situation. She walked to the door reluctantly with a pout, and the palace maids and eunuchs passing by seemed to have gotten used to it, and they all hurried past without even looking away.

Under Su Minglang's coercive policy these days, even if Nian'er is unwilling, she has to learn to read and write. Su Minglang understands that Nian'er, who is used to a free and easy life, cannot adapt to being suddenly restricted for a while.

But she could not help but put all her care into studying. She would delay as much as possible and write as little as possible. When she was caught, she would just act like a spoiled child and beg for mercy, and would never change. Such an attitude soon wore away Su Minglang's rare patience, and now she has this life where she has to cheat every three days and stand in the corner every five days.

Even so, Su Minglang often felt a sense of helplessness, especially after a competition between the two.

She knew earlier that children were indeed difficult to raise, but she never expected that she would have such a clever girl who never used her cleverness in the right way. It would be better for her to be stupid, at least she would be willing to work hard.

Regret! Su Minglang really began to regret it. In her previous life, she had taught that ungrateful person to grow up. Although he was selfish and vicious, he was a very smart and obedient child. At least he never needed her, his mother, to intervene in his studies and martial arts. But she never thought about it again. She had accepted such a girl for no reason, which almost shortened her life by ten years.

The little person standing at the door stood very straight. Su Minglang knew how unconvinced she was in her heart without even looking. It is said that children from poor families grow up early. After all the hardships she has experienced, shouldn't she cherish such an opportunity?

In the end, it was Li Zhao and the palace maid named Zhu'er who took such good care of her.

She is not a saint and cannot comprehend the true meaning of teaching without distinction. Su Minglang thinks it is better for her to give up early in teaching such a naughty kid.

"How much did she listen to today?" Su Minglang asked, holding his forehead. Before Xiao Ye could answer, he changed the question and asked, "Or how long did she sleep?"

"Actually, actually..." Xiao Ye wanted to say a few nice words for her, but she really fell asleep not long after the class started. She called her but couldn't wake her up, so she simply lowered her voice at least so that she could get a good sleep.

"Just tell the truth. After all these days, don't I know how many bowls of water she drinks?" Su Minglang said without raising her head.

"It's still the same as usual." Xiao Ye smiled bitterly helplessly.

"Tsk!" Even though she was mentally prepared, Su Minglang couldn't help but let out a click of the tongue. She found a stool and sat down, waved her hand to signal Xiaoye and Nanxing to continue, and just sat there staring at the people developing at the door.

Xiao Ye looked at her and then at Nan Xing, and finally turned his gaze to the book. This time, with Su Minglang in charge, Nan Xing's sleepiness was completely eliminated. Her eyes were wide open and she wished she could stuff herself into the book.

Su Minglang ignored the two people's little movements and just stared at the person outside the door, taking in all her little movements.

The little guy who was standing outside the door as punishment was not obedient. He was either tickling here or scratching here, swaying from side to side and unable to stand still.

Su Minglang just looked at him without saying anything. Xiao Ye glanced at her and knew that she was waiting to be settled with the final score.

Nian'er stood outside the door for a while, moved her sore legs and feet, and listened carefully to the movements in the house. Seeing that Su Minglang had not spoken for a long time, she thought that maybe he had fallen asleep or done something else. Just as she bent her knees to rest, she heard a cold voice behind her.

"Can't stand?"

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