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Ever since the night when the Queen issued the two imperial decrees granting marriages, the summer rain has been drizzling for several days in a row. Today it finally cleared up.

After the rain, the sky cleared up, the dark clouds dispersed, the sky was blue, and the air was refreshing after the rain. The pomegranate tree in the yard was wet, and the morning light sprinkled through the clouds, making the water droplets on the treetops sparkle.

Inside the West House.

Shang Tingli sat at the desk, picked up the pen and wrote a few words, then put the pen back into the pen holder, lowered his eyes and looked at the contents on the rice paper thoughtfully.

The big words on the rice paper are: How to make gamblers turn over a new leaf.

After knowing that the future Crown Princess is still He Zhiying, Shang Tingli feels relieved and just focuses on the problem at hand. She wants to change the tragic fate of the Crown Prince's family, and Ke Xiaowu's matter is imminent and urgent.

But for several days, she couldn't come up with an ideal solution.

"It's indeed a long and arduous journey." Shang Tingli couldn't help but sigh.

Because of this matter, I stayed in the west room for half a day.

At noon, the sun was shining brightly in the sky, and the water drops on the pomegranate tree in the yard had already evaporated.

There were five pages of rice paper filled with writing on the desk, and there were a lot of crumpled waste paper on the ground.

Shang Tingli stretched himself, rubbed the back of his neck, then pointed to the pages he had written and said confidently, "First this, then that, then this... I don't believe I can't save a child who has gone astray!"

Fangzhi knocked on the door of the west room and invited her to have lunch.

After putting her "plan" in order, Shang Tingli walked out of the west room with satisfaction.

After eating and drinking, Shang Tingli went to the courtyard to swing on the swing and asked, "How is the fifth young master these days? Does he have a hobby of crawling through dog holes?"

Wenhui was afraid that Ke Yi would not learn well, so although he was no longer required to copy books in the small Buddhist hall, he had not been sent to the Imperial College for these days. In recent days, Ke Yi had invited famous teachers to come to his house to teach him.

Even if he was under constant surveillance at the mansion, there was no guarantee that there would be no loopholes. And with a cunning and slippery character like Ke Yi, who could guarantee that there would be no mistakes?

Fang Zhi smiled and replied, "It is said that the Fifth Young Master has been studying hard these days and has not dug a dog hole."

All the dog holes in Xiaoyao Pavilion that Ke Yi could use to get out of had been blocked. If Ke Yi wanted to sneak out, he would have to dig a new dog hole.

"Study hard?" Shang Tingli was surprised and shocked. "Could it be that Cai He was using some tricks from Xiaoyao Pavilion?"

He is a naughty boy. The one who is serious and studious must be someone else, right?

Thinking about it, she said again: "Are you sure that it is really Xiaowu and not Liuqian?"

Gan Tang couldn't help laughing: "Then you are wrongly accusing the Fifth Young Master."

Fang Zhi also said: "Shehe has seen it clearly, it is indeed the Fifth Young Master who is studying hard."

"That's just pretend." Shang Tingli asserted.

She didn't think that what she said last time could touch the boy's heart. The fact that he didn't lose his temper with her at that time could only mean that he could still be saved. Gambling was a bad habit of his, so how could he change for the better all of a sudden?

She dared not think.

Shang Tingli would never be fooled. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Let's see how long he can pretend. Let Cai He pay more attention to the situation in Xiaoyao Pavilion and report anything unusual immediately."

The two maids said yes.

Two days later, Cai He came to report: "Princess, the Fifth Young Master is not only studying hard today, but also studying martial arts diligently."

Ke Yi started practicing martial arts in the mansion two days ago. Wen Hui heard that he was the one who asked to learn, so she invited a martial arts master for him.

Shang Tingli was stunned for only a moment, then said, "Just pretending, keep staring."

Two days later, Cai He came to pay her respects to Shang Ting with a complicated expression.

Shang Tingli's heart skipped a beat: "But the fifth young master dug a dog hole and sneaked out of the mansion?"

Shehe shook her head: "No."

Shang Tingli was puzzled: "What is that?"

"Sister-in-law——"

Ke Yi's voice was heard outside the house.

Cai He said, "It's the Fifth Young Master coming over."

Shang Tingli looked up at the door, only to see a small figure leaping over the threshold and rushing in front of her. He greeted her promptly and neatly: "Xiao Wu greets sister-in-law."

"Why is Xiaowu here?" Shang Tingli smiled slightly.

【When something is out of the ordinary, there must be something fishy going on. 】

[I have been observing you for so many days, but I have not caught any trace of you. You are really more insidious and cunning than others. No wonder my mother was deceived by you in the last life.]

[It’s just that in this life, for your own good, my good, and everyone’s good, no matter what I say, I won’t let you slip away from under my nose.]

Ke Yi's eyes unconsciously became dim, his shoulders hunched, the corners of his lips drooped slightly, a faint sadness surged in his heart, and he felt extremely lost.

It turned out that all his efforts over the past few days were just pretense in his sister-in-law's eyes.

My sister-in-law really didn't trust him.

Ke Yi sniffed and looked at her eagerly: "Sister-in-law, can you teach me martial arts?"

"Ah?" Shang Tingli was stunned, not sure what he heard, and asked again: "What did you say?"

Ke Yi said: "I want my sister-in-law to teach me martial arts."

His round eyes stared at her with great sincerity.

Shang Tingli felt the pressure and frowned, "Xiao Wu, do you know what you are saying?"

"I know." Ke Yi nodded, "I want to learn martial arts from my sister-in-law."

Shang Tingli: "...Do you think I am someone who knows Kung Fu?"

Gan Tang stood aside, wanting to laugh but not daring to, and was having a hard time holding it in. I don't know what the Fifth Young Master was thinking, coming to learn martial arts from the Crown Prince's Consort, isn't that a joke?

[You know what? I should have learned some martial arts when I was a kid. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been so weak in my previous life that I could be killed by a sword.]

"Ouch——"

Shang Tingli sighed and said earnestly, "Xiaowu, if you want to learn martial arts well, just follow the martial arts master that your mother invited for you and practice and learn well. How can I, your sister-in-law, understand these things?"

Ke Yi blushed, and for a moment he didn't know how to express his meaning. He knew that his sister-in-law didn't know martial arts, and he didn't come here to learn martial arts from her. He just heard her say last time that she didn't know who to give the military book left by her father, and he was just jealous.

The main thing is that this is what he heard his sister-in-law say, not what she said herself. So he couldn't just tell her that he wanted a military book, so he said he wanted to learn martial arts from her. What if his sister-in-law said, "Although I don't know martial arts, I have a military book that I can lend you to study"?

At the moment, it seems that his sister-in-law doesn't believe him and will definitely not lend him the military book. However, since he listened to his sister-in-law's words last time, he has really been trying to reform himself.

Ke Yi was at a loss for a moment.

Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time, Shang Tingli said, "I'm definitely not good at martial arts. If you ask me about the Four Books and Five Classics, I know a little bit."

Ke Yi ultimately failed to achieve his goal and returned empty-handed.

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