Dominate the ancient academy

Wei Ziyuan had been worried and frightened all the way, and she was relieved to hear the Eleventh Prince say this. In order to avoid bringing up old scores, she decided to spend less time with the Eleventh Prince in the future, so that he wouldn't see her and hold her accountable.

It’s a pity that I missed the opportunity to get close to Prince Yun, but it’s good enough that I can escape unscathed this time.

The eleventh prince was also very dissatisfied with this boat cruise. Not only did he fail to attract anyone, but he also fell into the lake because of a woman. What bad luck.

The fifth and sixth princesses were fine, although it ended early, they had almost had enough fun. The sixth prince was a little worried because his father's task was not completed and he had not taken good care of his eleventh brother. Fortunately, his father only asked him to take care of his two sisters, and his eleventh brother's falling into the water had little to do with him.

As for cousin Yun, he is particularly protective of his junior brother and basically ignores everyone else. It should not be considered a mission failure if he mentions his junior brother more in front of the emperor.

Good! They happily decided to do so. After they had figured things out, the Sixth Prince returned to the palace with his younger brother and sister-in-law.

Yun Qinghan was quite satisfied with this. He didn't expect that the cruise would end like this. After making sure that the eleventh prince was fine, he brought Ye Xiao back home happily.

He would go back and find more masterpieces by famous artists to improve Ye Xiao's aesthetic taste. Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing for Ye Xiao to be shocked by anyone's painting in the future.

Ye Xiao:......

Ye Xiao had a bad feeling when he saw Senior Brother Yun ordering people to carry out several boxes of paintings from the warehouse. It was not until Senior Brother Yun started to introduce which master painted this painting, and what was out of print, authentic, and what was wrong with this painting...

She was confused. Instead of showing her the landscape painting, it would be better to find a few more paintings of beauties for her to appreciate. I would have brought the ginseng earlier. She would definitely like to see it.

Although these paintings are indeed majestic and have extraordinary artistic conception, I feel a little aesthetically fatigued after seeing them too much. I don’t know if there are any pictures of beauties or something. It would be more interesting to look at them that way!

Ye Xiao spent an hour looking at the masterpieces of masters. When she went back, her eyes were wide open. She felt that everything she saw was a landscape painting. Senior Brother Yun also packed a box of famous paintings for her in the carriage, and told her to study them more when she returned.

Shu Xiaoxiao: Haha!

She decided to leave these famous paintings unused when she returned, as they could be exchanged for money in modern times. Alas, they seemed to be quite valuable now.

But after all, it was given to her by Senior Brother Yun. There was no need to sell it. She was not short of money to spend, so she might as well just go back and let it gather dust!

The rare vacation cannot be wasted like this, so the next day Shu Xiaoxiao made an appointment with Su Shiche, Shen Guanqing and others to go out and play together.

Several people still gathered at Tianranju.

Su Shiche just arrived and complained: "If I had known the weather was so hot, I would have gone to the dragon boat race. It must be much cooler in the water."

Shu Tingfei, Jin Shaolan, and Lu Leran all went to participate in the dragon boat race. The only one from the martial arts class who didn't sign up was probably Shu Xiaoxiao.

Although there are ice basins in the Tianranju private room, the stuffy air still cannot be dissipated, making people feel listless.

Zhou Hekang looked Su Shiche up and down: "There are requirements for participating in dragon boat racing, you..."

Although he didn't finish his words, his meaning was self-evident.

Dragon boat races usually have more participants from the military field, so even if Su Shiche has a body like a boiled chicken, no one would accept him even if he signed up.

Su Shiche also knew that his conditions were definitely not up to standard, and said unhappily, "I know, but I can't think about it yet."

Zhou Hekang: "You can think about it, think more about it."

Cao Yixing: "It's so hot today, I don't feel like doing anything, I might as well stay in the academy! It's so hot, and the ice consumption is so high, I don't have enough ice at home, now I only have one plate of ice every day, which is not enough at all."

Zhou Hekang: "It's the same at my house! Sometimes I get woken up by the heat, it's better to be at the academy."

Shu Xiaoxiao didn't have this situation. There were ice cubes in her room every day when she went to bed. Her eldest brother said that the ice cubes were stored in the winter, but she didn't care.

Because of the ginseng treasure, which is warm in winter and cool in summer, Shu Xiaoxiao really didn't notice how hot the weather was.

But it's just ice, no big deal. If you don't know how to make ice, you'd be embarrassed to say that you came from the modern times. Today, she will help her classmate achieve ice freedom.

"Well, I have endless ice here, would you like to try it?"

Others:...

Su Shiche was a little confused: "Is there a lot of ice stored in the General's Mansion?"

Shen Guanqing was also a little confused. Most of the noble families in Kyoto would store some ice cubes every year, but they couldn't store a lot, let alone an endless supply.

Even in the imperial palace, ice would be in short supply in the summer. Where did the general's mansion get the endless supply of ice? Could his brother have been cheated by someone?

Shu Xiaoxiao looked at the suspicious eyes of several people and immediately said: "It's not from the General's Mansion. I have other ways."

"After dinner, I'll take you to find it."

When Su Shiche heard that there was a solution, why would he even eat?

"It's so hot. Let's not wait until we finish eating. We haven't ordered any food yet. Let's go get some ice and come back to eat." He stood up and was about to leave while pulling Shu Xiaoxiao.

Shen Guanqing, Zhou Hekang and Cao Yixing also stood up immediately. They were so hot that they craved ice when they heard about it. Wouldn't it be more comfortable to eat with ice? Now they had no appetite even if they saw any delicacies from land and sea.

Shu Xiaoxiao looked at the excited expressions of the few people and could only go find saltpeter first.

Daning doesn't have firecrackers or anything like that now, so naturally there's no saltpeter. But fortunately, when she first came to Kyoto, she found a place with no grass or trees growing on it, just a bare patch. So she went there to check it out, and found white crystals in the soil there, which should be saltpeter. But the weather was still very cool at that time, so she didn't pay much attention to it.

Now is the perfect time to get some to make ice.

If they wanted to go out, they wouldn't be able to ride a horse given their poor riding skills, so they could only go out in a carriage. It was too hot inside, so Su Shiche went to get the ice from the private room.

The waiter at Tianranju knew the identities of the people and didn't dare to stop them. He just called the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper looked at them and saw that they were all people he couldn't afford to offend. He waved his hand and said, "Take it away if you want. Just treat them as having a meal here."

What else could he do? They were all rich or noble. If he stopped those young masters just for a plate of ice, people would think he was naturally stingy. Although he felt bad, the hotter the weather, the more expensive the ice was. How could a plate of ice cost less than five taels of silver?

However, these young masters are regular customers of Tianranju. If they come a few more times, he will make money. Seeing that the young masters seem to be in a hurry, it is not worth it to anger them because of a basin of ice.

Shu Xiaoxiao also specially prepared a sack and an iron shovel, ready to dig more. There is no need to worry about not being able to use up these things.

Shen Guanqing looked at the basin of ice in the carriage and asked speechlessly, "Did you pay the man for the ice?"

Su Shiche looked at Shen Guanqing, then at the ice cubes: "I forgot, can I go back and replenish them?"

If his father knew that he used King Ice in someone else's store, he would definitely teach him a lesson.

However, with the ice, the carriage was indeed cooler. Everyone came out to relax and the others wanted to lie on the ice basin.