A piece of Japanese incense

"I slept really well today~"

I stretched and slowly opened my eyes. The sky was bright and the room was covered with rays of sunshine.

I suddenly woke up!

"Yutuan! Yuyi! What time is it!"

"Oh no! Why didn't I hear the night watchman today? No one came to deliver breakfast!"

"It's over! What should I do, girl?"

I hurriedly put on my shoes, brushed my teeth and washed my face.

She took the dress and tried to put it on me without even putting on her shoes, but she lost her balance and fell to the ground along with the clothes hanger.

"Don't be anxious! It's too late anyway, so just accept the punishment." I was busy helping Yutuan up, but ended up hitting my head on the corner of the table.

"Ouch, my dear girl, it hurts so much." Yu Yi rushed over hurriedly, knocked over the teacup, slipped and fell to the ground.

The three of us sat on the ground in a daze for a moment, pointing at each other and laughing.

He walked quickly and breathlessly to the school.

"Report! Report..." My school DNA awakened and I shouted these two words out out of habit.

Everyone in the room looked at me in surprise. The gentleman looked at my embarrassed appearance, his eyes became fierce, his eyes widened with anger, and he said in a cold voice:

"Dead wood can't be carved!"

"Um... Sir, let me explain..."

"Shut up! Copy the Book of Rites three times and give it to me in three days!"

"Ah!" Before I could react what "Book of Rites" was, the teacher had already continued his lecture.

I returned to my seat and everyone looked at me with sympathy.

A class had just ended when Princess Yan, Fang Juexia and others gathered around my desk.

"Zhi Yihe! Why don't you come to play with me? Today I'm going to teach you a lesson!" Princess Yan stood in front of me domineeringly.

"I'm really impressed!" I couldn't hold it in and blurted out.

"Do you want to die? How dare you talk to me like that?"

"It's over! The truth is revealed! No way! Her reason for bullying is too childish! So what? The whole world has to revolve around her?" I thought to myself.

He quickly narrowed his eyes, bared his two rows of teeth and smiled, "I'm really impressed by your natural beauty! You're a fairy, why didn't you tell me in advance? Otherwise, how would I know if I could go to see you? Am I a mortal worthy of playing with you?"

The princess blinked her eyes, pursed her lips, pointed at me and shouted, "You! You are so eloquent!"

"The princess is so beautiful, I feel she is out of my reach~ Born as a human, how come the princess is the only one who is so beautiful!"

"Hmph! You have a lot of vision!"

"Of course! Because we good-looking people have good taste~" I stood up and shook the princess's arm.

"Tsk! Zhi Yihe! You should just worry about reading The Book of Rites three times!" Fang Juexia pulled my hand away and shook it off.

After that, Ye Shi and a maid took out two bundles of books from the bookcase and piled them on my desk. I looked at the pile of books in front of me, which had formed a small mountain, and asked in disbelief, "Is this the Book of Rites?"

Fang Juexia raised his eyebrows, raised his chin, and uttered a "Hmm!" from his nose.

When I look at these books, I can't help but sigh that the ancient people were really amazing. They wrote so many things to tease their descendants.

The "Book of Rites" is not just a book, it is divided into "The Book of Zhou Officials", "The Book of Rites" and "The Book of Rites". The "Book of Rites" alone has twenty volumes, and the twenty volumes are divided into forty-nine chapters. I can't finish copying it in three years, let alone three days!

"Master Sun has always been old-fashioned. Not to mention you, even if it was the Crown Prince who was punished today and couldn't finish copying, he would definitely increase the amount until he finished copying!" Fang Juexia said gloatingly.

The bell rang and they returned to their seats. I stared at the books, unable to bring myself to read them.

(Or spend some money and find a few eunuchs and palace maids to help me copy it? How much silver would that cost~)

I watched Master Sun stroking his gray beard, with one hand behind his back, eyes closed and head shaking as he recited the book, and suddenly an idea came to me...

I flipped through each book quickly and finally finished reading before the get out of class was over. I rubbed my shoulders, rotated my wrists, and did some eye exercises.

The third bell for the end of school finally rang. I hurriedly caught up with Master Sun and said, "Teacher! I shouldn't have been late today! I promise I won't do it again next time! I sincerely regret it!" I raised three fingers and swore solemnly.

"Well. Your remorse is commendable, but I hope you won't do it again!" After the teacher said this, he picked up the scroll, stood up and was about to leave.

I quickly stopped him and said, "Sir, sir! It's just that there are so many chapters in the Book of Rites..."

Before I could finish, the Master spoke:

"That's all! Since you are sincere in admitting your mistake, I will give you two more days. Please hand it in after five days."

"No, no, sir, I'm not asking for an exemption from punishment, I just want you to exempt me from copying. I've copied too much and my hands are all useless after copying..."

"How dare you! You! Hey! I thought you acknowledged your mistakes and could correct them, but I never thought you would dare to take shortcuts and be so stubborn! No need to say more! Just hand it in to me in three days. If you haven't finished it, you will have to continue copying it as punishment!" After saying that, the teacher took a step forward, turned around and walked out of the study hall.

I followed closely behind him and stopped him in front of him: "No, sir, please listen to me. It's really the rule of our family. When I did something wrong since I was a child, the punishment was to copy this book. I almost vomited from copying so much! I have memorized it by heart! If you don't believe me, you can test me!"

"Sir, don't listen to her nonsense. There are so many volumes of the Book of Rites, it is impossible for her to memorize them all. She is just betting on your mercy to avoid punishment!" Fang Juexia said sarcastically.

"That's right! Sir, don't be soft-hearted! Everyone in the capital knows that the daughter of the top scholar is negligent in her studies. Let alone asking her to recite the Book of Rites, I'm afraid she can't even recognize all the characters!" Someone echoed.

"Everyone, please go away! Zhi Yihe! No bargaining! Go back and copy it quickly!" Master Sun waved his hand impatiently.

"Sir! Sir, everything I said is true! You can test me! How about this, if I can't recite it, I will go back and copy it word for word! Not to mention three times, I can copy it five times. But if you test me and I can answer them all, can you be merciful and not let me copy?" I clasped my hands together and looked at the teacher expectantly.

The gentleman looked at me sideways, moved his lips, but said nothing.

"Sir, don't pay attention to her. Even if she doesn't want to copy, she definitely won't be able to answer the question!" Ye Shi said.

"If it were you, I'd say, sir, just test her! Give her a lesson and see if she dares to speak nonsense again in the future!"

The gentleman cleared his throat, squinted his eyes, and said thoughtfully: "Then... let me ask you, a gentleman does not take things too seriously, does not..."

"Don't boast about your own achievements, so as to seek favor; don't be too hasty, so as to seek kindness; praise others' virtues and glorify their achievements..." I immediately continued before the gentleman finished speaking.

"Be happy but not extravagant, be polite but kind, be dignified but peaceful, be filial and kind but respectful..."

The gentleman held out his hand and interrupted me: "Okay, okay, you passed. Let me ask you again, Confucianism says that when you hear good things, you tell them to others, and when you see good things, you show them to others."

"This is 'The Confucian Way', and the following verses mean that they are first in title and will die together in adversity; they will treat each other well for a long time and will visit each other from afar." I raised my voice a few notches, as if this would help build momentum for myself and tell others that I'm awesome, hahaha.

I saw that the gentleman had a blank expression and his eyes were downcast. He turned around suddenly, walked to my desk, picked up one of the books, and said, "Tan Gong."

"During the funeral of Gongyi Zhongzi, Tan Gong was exempted. Zhongzi abandoned his grandson and established his son. Tan Gong asked, "Where should I live? I have not..."

"Page 3, paragraph 2." The gentleman interrupted me.

"Forehead……"

"She can't recite it, right? The teacher still needs to look at the book, how can she possibly know it all!"

"Yes, yes!" everyone whispered.

"Ahem!" I cleared my throat and continued reciting: "Zi Lu's sister died, and he could have removed the ceremonial robe, but he didn't. Confucius asked, 'Why didn't you remove it?' Zi Lu said, 'I have few brothers, and I can't bear it.' Confucius said, 'The ancient kings established rites, and people on the street couldn't bear it.' Zi Lu heard this and removed it."

"What! She can really recite it?"

"Who knows if she's just talking nonsense!"

Hearing Fang Juexia and Ye Shi whispering, the teacher closed the book, nodded, smiled, and said, "Every word is accurate! I never thought that at such a young age, you could remember such an obscure book. I think it must be the result of the careful teaching of your elders in your family."

"Sir, don't be fooled by her. She must have cheat sheets!" Fang Juexia said as she was about to search me.

"Stop fooling around!" The gentleman waved his hand to stop me, then looked at me and said, "Your father is a genius and well-read person, so he can write such a brilliant and mature article. You must have inherited his talent. There are so many talented people in the world~"

As soon as the teacher finished speaking, he left gracefully. I hurriedly shouted, "Teacher, do I still need to copy the book?"

"This time I will extend the time limit, and I won't make the same mistake twice! No need to copy again!"

"Okay! Thank you sir! ~"