"But..." Qi Didi looked very embarrassed. She glanced at Gu Shicheng and then turned her gaze to Helan Xuenuo.

His face showed that he was forced into a corner.

Those who don’t know would think how afraid Qi Didi is of Helan Xuenuo, and how Helan Xuenuo is bullying others.

"Go back. The Master said to burn it myself, so I will burn it myself."

Helan Xuenuo just felt it was a pity. Her plan to plot against Gu Shicheng failed, and she was thinking of making Qi Didi suffer a little. However, Gu Shicheng probably saw something and was eager to protect Bai Yueguang, fearing that Qi Didi would be persecuted. She curled her lips in disgust, thinking that all her efforts for the whole night were in vain.

She looked at Shen Yinzhen who was handing in the book with her, and her face almost fell to the ground. She was holding a thick stack of rice paper in her hand, but Gu Shicheng didn't even check it.

Helan Xuenuo couldn't help but feel sympathy when she saw the dark circles under her eyes.

The palace maid lit charcoal in a small copper basin outside the Shangshu's room. Helan Xuunuo and Shen Yinzhen sat at each end and burned the rice paper.

Helan Xuenuo had a handkerchief on her face, which she used to tightly bind her mouth and nose. When burning paper, she leaned back to avoid the fireworks.

Shen Yinzhen squinted at her, "A girl from the general's mansion is so delicate."

Helan Xuenuo did not respond to her.

After Helan Xuenuo finished burning, she stood up and asked the maid to bring a basin of water and scrubbed it repeatedly. Shen Yinzhen's rice paper was not half burned yet. She was about to look up and taunt Helan Xuenuo, "Heh, General... Mansion..."

Before she could finish her words, her stomach growled. She clutched her stomach and stuffed the rice paper into the maid's hands. "Hold it for me. I'll be back later."

After saying that, she ran away in a hurry.

Helan Xuenuo looked at her running back and couldn't help laughing, a little loudly.

"Miss Helan, what's so funny?"

The voice of the Second Prince Gu Yanli came from behind.

When she turned around, Gu Yanli was looking at her with a smile on his face. She didn't have much interaction with Gu Yanli in her previous life, but in this life, Gu Yanli talked to her frequently. She didn't want to have too much interaction with this short-lived prince, so she stopped laughing and knelt down to salute Gu Yanli.

"What's so interesting? Can you share it with me?"

"I just thought about how I copied the book twenty times in the dark last night, and how the teacher didn't even look at it today, but I burned them one by one. I just found it ridiculous." Helan Xuenuo told a lie that he didn't even believe.

"really?"

"Miss Helan, please go into the courtyard as soon as possible after burning the paper and don't disturb other people." Gu Shicheng's voice came from the women's courtyard. Helan Xuenuo didn't know what to say to Gu Yanli. Gu Shicheng's words seemed to save her. She knelt down and bowed to Gu Yanli again, then walked into the courtyard.

When she sat down, Qi Didi asked, "Who was your sister talking to just now?"

Helan Xuenuo was burning paper outside the yard, and she and Gu Yanli didn't deliberately speak in a low voice, so everyone in the yard could hear it clearly.

"Second Prince." Helan Xuenuo answered nonchalantly. When she glanced at Qi Didi out of the corner of her eye, she found that Qi Didi was pressing the brush hard on a piece of rice paper, but the painting did not move forward.

She knew very well that her sister was angry.

As for what he was angry about, Helan Xuenuo had a pretty good guess.

She felt particularly depressed when she thought of Gu Yanli's frequent attempts to show his affection to her. Although she didn't want Qi Didi to be the queen, she was indeed not interested in that high position above everyone else. What's more, Gu Yanli was not good-looking and did not arouse her impulsive desires. Another point was that Gu Yanli had a short life.

At this time, Shen Yinzhen's voice was heard outside the yard. Shen Yinzhen cried and burned paper while shouting that her stomach hurt.

Helan Xuenuo's eyes suddenly lit up.

There was only one way, and that was for her to find a princess for the second prince herself.

After school, Helan Xuenuo saw that Shen Yinzhen was like a wilted daylily. She had already run to the toilet several times today.

Shen Yin met Helan Xuenuo's gaze. She remembered that Helan Xuenuo had covered herself with a handkerchief when burning rice paper. She felt something was wrong. She clenched her teeth, shook off Wen Yulan who was supporting her, walked towards Helan Xuenuo, pointed her finger and shouted, "It must be you. You poisoned me."

Helan Xuenuo raised her eyebrows and said blankly, "What did you say? You have no basis for your words. Don't talk nonsense. I haven't fed you anything today. Don't go crazy with me all day long."

Shen Yinzhen looked at Gu Shicheng in the yard, gritted her teeth and controlled her temper. She really stayed up late last night to copy books, and she didn't want to punish Gu Shicheng again.

"Ever since we were little, you've loved snatching things from me. Thinking back to that time, I should have smashed your mouth with a Cuju. You wouldn't have said so much nonsense."

Shen Yinzhen spoke in a low voice, fire burning in her eyes.

Helan Xuenuo could feel that Shen Yinzhen wanted to tear her apart.

She was about to retort when Yuan Xu's voice rang out from behind her, "What Cuju?"

Helan Xuenuo turned around in disbelief and looked at Yuan Xu, "You? Why are you here too?"

When Shen Yinzhen heard this, she sarcastically said, "The husband sings and the wife follows."

Yuan Xu was not annoyed when she heard this. She walked to Helan Xuenuo and looked at Shen Yinzhen with a smile, "Miss Shen, I haven't seen you for so many years. You are completely different from when you were a child."

He tutted his words and said, "A lot more mean."

Shen Yinzhen looked at Yuan Xu. She had played with Yuan Xu once or twice when she was a child, and her impression of him was still of him following Helan Xuenuo around with a runny nose.

She never thought that after so many years, Yuan Xu would become so handsome. Thinking about it made her even angrier. Looking at Yuan Xu, she couldn't bring herself to say anything too harsh. She pointed her finger at Helan Xuenuo and said, "What's so great about that? When we were little, you couldn't beat me in Cuju. Now you still can't beat me."

Yuan Xu still had a smile on his face, staring at Shen Yinzhen so hard that she swallowed her saliva. She felt as if two holes had been burned in her face by Yuan Xu's stare.

"How about we have a competition tomorrow?" Yuan Xu put his hands on his hips and looked at Shen Yinzhen.

Shen Yinzhen didn't want to lose, "Let's compete, I'm not afraid of you."

"Oh? Can I join you tomorrow?"

Gu Yanli appeared at some point, walking over and talking. After he finished talking, he walked to Qi Didi and stopped. Qi Didi stood on the right side of Helan Xuenuo, and Yuan Xu stood on the left side.

Qi Didi was the first to salute the Second Prince. She was very gentle and lovely, and then everyone followed suit.

Gu Yanli laughed heartily and said, "No need to be polite. Once you are in the Shangshufang, you will be a student here to study."

Gu Yanli looked at Helan Xuenuo again, "Miss Helan, can I join?"

Helan Xuenuo avoided looking at Yuan Xu, signaling him with her eyes, "What do you think, Yuan Xu?"

Yuan Xu touched his head and laughed, "Your Highness, come whenever you want! Then, after school tomorrow, everyone will gather at Juyu. We'll send some people from the men's academy, and you'll send some people from the women's academy. Then we can cross-form teams."

Helan Xuenuo then turned around and smiled at Gu Yanli like Yuan Xu.

At this time, Gu Shicheng came out after finishing his books. Gu Yanli looked at Gu Shicheng and asked, "Cousin, do you want to join?"

"Okay." Gu Shicheng's unexpected answer shocked everyone present.

Helan Xuenuo looked at Gu Shicheng with curiosity. In his previous life, Gu Shicheng never liked to participate in these mass activities, but when she saw his eyes lingering on Qi Didi, she understood and curled her lips and shook her head slightly.

Unexpectedly, Gu Shicheng turned his gaze towards her with a cold look in his eyes. She felt her body shiver and she looked away.

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