Dad, open the door. I'll bring your mistress back for you.

Early in the morning of the second day of the Lunar New Year, in Yuewei Hall, all the princesses and their companions sat upright in their seats, waiting for Master Qi's arrival.

After An Zhiyao was named the Crown Prince's concubine, she no longer bothered Shen Chuning.

Originally, after being granted marriage, An Zhiyao was supposed to go home and wait for her wedding, but firstly, the wedding date had not yet been finalized, and secondly, the eldest princess would have to leave the palace and set up her own residence in less than half a year, so the An family wanted to let her learn more about the rules in the palace during this time.

"Hey, why is your concubine's daughter here too?" An Zhiyao asked Shen Chuning in a low voice.

"Sixth Princess." Shen Chuning replied in a low voice.

"They're really a perfect match." An Zhiyao glanced at Shen Jingwan and said indifferently.

At this time, Master Qi walked in and asked, "Have you finished the homework assigned in yesterday's class?"

Everyone took out their books and waited for Master Qi to check them.

"I didn't write it."

Shen Chuning looked towards the direction where the voice came from and saw Xiao Jinhuan leaning back in a chair with her arms folded across her chest.

Master Qi frowned, his face darkening. "Why didn't you write it?"

"I forgot." Xiao Jinhuan answered casually.

"Where's the maid?"

"Master, I have a study partner." Xiao Jinhuan suddenly raised her head and said to Master Qi with a smile.

"Who is the Sixth Princess's study partner?"

Shen Jingwan stood up and said, "Master, I am the Sixth Princess's study companion."

"Hands out."

Jingwan looked puzzled, but still stretched out her hands as Master Qi said.

Master Qi took out his ruler and slapped Shen Jingwan's left palm hard. "This is a beating for not fulfilling your duty of warning and admonishing."

Shen Jingwan gasped in pain, retracted her arm, clenched her fingers, and her body shook unconsciously.

"Open your palms."

Shen Jingwan spread out her palms tremblingly.

Master Qi slapped her hand with the ruler again, "This time you are being punished for the princess."

Shen Jingwan almost cried out in pain.

"Teacher, I didn't come to class yesterday." Shen Jingwan defended herself.

After hearing this, Master Qi slapped Shen Jingwan's palm with a ruler again, "Not coming to class is not an excuse. You must be clear about your status. Do you accept it or not?"

Shen Jingwan didn't dare to say anything else and whispered, "I accept."

Master Qi asked again in a stern voice, "Do you accept it or not?"

Shen Jingwan said in a slightly louder voice than before, "I accept."

Master Qi nodded and knocked on the table in front of Shen Jingwan with a ruler before she dared to sit down.

Shen Jingwan glared at Xiao Jinhuan with red eyes, but she was in the last row and Xiao Jinhuan was in the first row, so her gaze did not cause any harm to Xiao Jinhuan.

Xiao Jinhuan could feel someone staring at her from behind, and she just found it funny. She thought, Shen Jingwan loves to be in the spotlight, so she might as well let her be in the spotlight.

Xiao Jinhuan glanced in the direction of Shen Chuning and saw a worried look on Shen Chuning's face, which made her feel even happier.

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After class, Shen Chuning walked over to Shen Jingwan's desk and said, "Is your hand okay? I have some ointment for external injuries. Come with me and get it. Apply it today and it shouldn't hurt tomorrow."

Shen Jingwan glared at Shen Chuning, "You don't have to be so hypocritical."

Shen Chuning held Shen Jingwan's injured hand and quietly exerted force, "Sister Wan, what are you talking about? We are both daughters of the Shen family. We are one in the outside world. I am sincerely doing this for your own good."

Shen Jingwan hissed and pulled her hand out of Shen Chuning's.

At this time, Xiao Jinhuan walked past them and glanced at Shen Jingwan, "Why don't you hurry up?"

Shen Jingwan quickly put away her things on the table and chased after him.

Shen Chuning stood there looking at Shen Jingwan's back, hatred in her eyes, thinking, so you also know pain, but this is nothing compared to the pain of losing my son.

"Sixth Princess, are you... are you doing this on purpose today?" Shen Jingwan caught up with Xiao Jinhuan and asked with courage.

Xiao Jinhuan sneered, "Are you unhappy about being punished for this princess? When I first met you, didn't you say you wanted to be punished for Shen Chuning? If you can be punished for Shen Chuning, why not for this princess?"

Shen Jingwan quickly said: "Wan'er didn't mean that, it's just that no one told me that if the princess makes a mistake, her companion should be punished for it."

Xiao Jinhuan said nonchalantly, "Oh, I forgot to tell you. I thought you knew, otherwise you wouldn't really think that a teacher would dare to hit a princess. Also, what do you mean by making a mistake? This princess simply forgot the assignment the teacher gave her. The teacher didn't say anything, yet you define it as a mistake."

Shen Jingwan did not refute Xiao Jinhuan again, but said, "Sixth Princess, the teacher's homework today is to copy the first chapter of the Doctrine of the Mean three times. Please don't forget."

Xiao Jinhuan frowned. "Copying again! My wrist is killing me. Can you help me write? Go back and ask Caidie to give you two pieces of calligraphy I've written. Try to imitate them well. Don't let the teacher find out, or you'll be the one to suffer."

As Xiao Jinhuan spoke, she also looked at Shen Jingwan's beaten hand.

Feeling Xiao Jinhuan's gaze, Shen Jingwan felt her hand hurt even more.

"Sixth Princess, you're learning new knowledge after all. Wouldn't it be inappropriate for me to write it for you?"

"Are you saying I'm unlearned?"

"This princess is giving you a chance to show off. My third brother has been writing your homework for you. If you don't want to do it, forget it. I'll go find him. Oh, how could I choose such a useless person as my study partner? He can't do anything."

Shen Jingwan gritted her teeth and said, "I'll write it."

Xiao Jinhuan looked at Shen Jingwan with disdain, thinking that this concubine's daughter of the Shen family really wanted to get married. As long as the third brother was mentioned, she would agree to anything. She didn't really think that she could marry the third brother with her status as a concubine.

Xiao Jinhuan took Shen Jingwan's arm and said, "It's okay if you don't want to write. This princess will never force anyone."

Shen Jingwan smiled and said, "Wan'er didn't feel forced. She wrote it for the princess on her own accord."

"It's good that you can think positively. By the way, you have to learn my calligraphy seriously. On the Royal Grandmother's birthday next year, I plan to present a Buddhist scripture I copied myself. You know, my wrist hurts when I write too much, and my third brother is so busy, it's not good to trouble him all the time. Besides, I can't trouble others to give the Royal Grandmother a birthday gift." Xiao Jinhuan said while rubbing her wrist.

"I will copy the Buddhist scriptures for the princess and keep it secret." Shen Jingwan said gritting her teeth.

Seeing that their goal was achieved, Xiao Jinhuan left with Caidie.

Shen Jingwan could only go back to her room and practice calligraphy desperately. Since she had just started practicing calligraphy, she wrote very slowly, and she had to imitate Xiao Jinhuan's handwriting, so she often wrote from dusk to dawn, and was often not in the mood for class.

In addition, Xiao Jinhuan often made mistakes, and the days passed slowly in Shen Jingwan's physical and mental torture.

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the year, and it was time for the Shen family to take stock of their accounts. Shen Jingwan's Huarong Pavilion and Shen Chuning's Wanbaoxuan had been operating for nearly a year each, and it was time to inspect the results.