After swallowing my anger and taking the blame, I became the lucky little queen

Nian Susu rolled his eyes. What’s the difference between this question and asking, “Do you know why a primary school student took the college entrance examination but failed to get into university?”

Without giving it much thought, she answered casually, "Because you haven't read enough books?"

Qin Wenyuan shook his head, "Because I'm only ten years old, and the imperial examination can only be taken when you are seventeen years old or older."

Nian Susu was so shocked that his mouth opened wide, so when he said “failed the exam” he meant that he had not taken part in it, not that he took the exam and did not pass.

She couldn't even imagine how good a 10-year-old kid was when he took the college entrance exam. Asking him about his grades was just asking for trouble.

"Do you still want to ask about the results?"

"I won't ask anymore..."

Nian Susu never thought that there would come a day when he would be broken down by a ten-year-old kid.

She was too embarrassed to ask the following questions.

Qin Wenyuan suddenly squatted down and reached his hand into the pond. A koi carp slipped through his hand, dived to the bottom of the pond, and sank into the school of fish.

He pondered for a moment and said, "It is motionless, then suddenly goes far away, coming and going quickly, as if it is enjoying itself with the visitors."

"Ah?" Nian Susu frowned. Didn't he know the poem? How come he read the second half of it?

Qin Wenyuan turned around, his eyes clear and calm, "What's wrong? Didn't you do it well?"

"You did it...?" She couldn't believe it.

"Just saying it casually." He turned his head back arrogantly.

Nian Susu felt like he was struck by lightning, his pupils trembled, and he couldn't tell what he felt in his heart.

Qin Wenyuan obviously didn't know about the existence of "Notes on the Small Rock Pool". She only said the first half of the sentence "There are hundreds of fish in the pool, all seeming to swim in the air without support", but he wrote the last few sentences of the original text. Is this a coincidence? Or is there a bug in the world?

She was in mixed feelings and had forgotten about Qin Junyu until Qin Wenyuan asked her if she had something to talk to him about.

After hesitating for a long time, she decided to speak: "The Fifth Prince and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince are close, I want to ask why His Royal Highness didn't come to Juxiang Garden today?"

When Qin Junyu was mentioned, an expression other than indifference finally appeared on Qin Wenyuan's face - confusion.

He frowned, just like a little Qin Junyu, "Do you have something to ask big brother?"

"No."

"Then why are you asking this?"

"Forget it." Nian Susu turned around and was about to leave.

Qin Wenyuan stood up and called her back, "I didn't say I wouldn't tell you."

Nian Susu stopped and crossed her arms over her chest. A smug look flashed in her eyes. She turned around and raised her chin towards Qin Wenyuan. "Then tell me, why didn't His Highness come?"

"In a few days, it will be the day of Mulan's hunting, but the safety facilities are not yet complete. My eldest brother has been supervising the hunting grounds these days, so he didn't come today."

"Oh, I see."

She thought that the fight between Qin Junyu and the Queen had come to light, and he would not come even after she personally invited him.

She should have felt relieved after knowing the answer, but she felt very upset.

Qin Junyu is not in the capital, which means that not only will he not come today, he will not show up tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

Nian Susu suddenly lost interest in staying here.

Just as she was about to leave, Qin Wenyuan's small body stretched out his arms to block her way, "You've finished asking questions, it's my turn to ask you."

He looked at her with eyes that had no ill intentions, but rather a curious, childish look that only belongs to children.

A person's appearance can be disguised, but the eyes cannot deceive people.

Nian Susu thought that since he was just a kid, he wouldn't be able to ask any surprising questions, so he nodded in agreement.

"Do you like my elder brother?" He said with certainty, not asking for confirmation from her.

Nian Susu never expected this. She knew that she couldn't compare this little elf in front of her with an ordinary child.

She didn't want to lie to a child, so she thought about the problem seriously.

Seeing her lowering her eyes in thought, Qin Wenyuan was not in a hurry and just looked at her steadily.

Then he discovered that this young girl was actually very pretty, prettier than any other girl he had ever seen, and she was also lively, which perfectly complemented her elder brother's taciturn character.

Of course, appearance is secondary. If you want to be his sister-in-law, you have to pass many tests.

"I don't like it." Nian Susu gave an answer guiltily.

She herself was not sure whether she really liked Qin Junyu, she could only say that she had a good impression of him.

Qin Wenyuan was very surprised by this answer. His small facial features were squeezed into a ball, and he was very distressed. "You don't like it? Is my reasoning wrong..."

Even "reasoning" was used, which really scared Nian Susu.

While Qin Wenyuan was reflecting on what went wrong in frustration, she sneaked away.

He didn't feel completely relieved until he left the koi pond and made sure that Qin Wenyuan couldn't see him.

The other side at this time.

Qin Guanqing met Zhihua in the corridor.

He didn't know this little maid, but he stopped her and asked her a question because he saw how flustered she was. The little maid said that she was a maid in the Nian mansion and was anxious because she couldn't find her young lady.

When he heard that she was from the Nian Mansion, he thought, wouldn't she be Nian Susu's personal maid?

Qin Guanqing took the person aside and threatened Zhihua with his status as a prince, telling her not to tell anyone else what he was going to say next. Zhihua agreed in fear and trepidation.

Zhihua's heart was in her throat, she was afraid that the Second Prince would ask her for a secret, and she would be beheaded if she told it, or that if she didn't tell him, the Second Prince would kill her. But then she thought, how could she know any secret? So she felt relieved.

In Zhihua's uneasy eyes, Qin Guanqing asked: "What does Miss Nian like to do most?"

"Ah?" She was a little slow to react, and after a few seconds she quickly answered, "Well...sleep and eat."

"No, I mean hobbies."

"Does swearing count?"

"Well... count it."

"The young lady not only curses people, she curses everything. If she trips over something while going out, she curses the threshold; if she gets too hot in the sun, she curses the sun; if she chokes on water, she curses the cup; when she gets angry, she even curses herself!" Zhihua's mind flashed through everything her young lady did in daily life.

Qin Guanqing tried to understand this passage which was even more obscure than Confucius's teachings. "So... it is an indiscriminate attack on everything?"

Zhihua nodded: "You can say that."

For a moment, Qin Guanqing felt that he had found the wrong person, but when he applied these answers to Nian Susu, it was very reasonable. After hesitating, he decided to trust this little maid again.

"What did the girl like to eat that year?"

This is the answer to some normal food.

Zhihua did as he wished and said "Hibiscus Cake".

"But what the lady loves most is actually drinking...ah! Can you say that?" Zhihua covered her mouth in horror.

Qin Guanqing smiled happily as if he had won a prize. He also loved drinking! So they had a common hobby.

So he asked again: "Miss Nian... do you know what kind of man she likes?"

Zhihua blinked, feeling that she shouldn't disclose the young lady's private affairs to others, especially to someone who was the second prince.