The daily life of the little princess of the royal group

Jiang Mengrou watched their interaction and found it quite interesting. It seemed that there was an outsider who could control this child.

Zhao Yunshan, however, kept a stern face, looking unhappily at Lan Jinlin who was staring at the bright moon. "Ahem, well, Xiao Lan, how old are you this year? Have you passed the imperial examination yet?"

The spoiling adult spoke, and Jiang Mengrou rolled her eyes at him. Which child would like to talk about this?

But Lan Jinlin still answered calmly, "I am twelve this year, and I just about passed the Tongsheng exam last year."

Zhao Yunshan felt as if he had swallowed a mouthful of flies. He had originally wanted to see him make a fool of himself, but why did he get the chance to show off? "Well, that still needs to be improved. My eldest son was a Tongsheng at the age of nine."

Mingyang glanced at his father disapprovingly, then bowed to Lan Jinlin and said, "My name is Zhao Mingyang."

Lan Jinlin's eyes flickered slightly, and he returned the greeting solemnly, "Nice to meet you, nice to meet you."

"Hey, Smurf—Brother!" Mingyue felt Jiang Mengrou's gaze and added the last two words guiltily.

"Ok?"

"Does your sister look like you?" She couldn't help but asked.

Following Mingyue's question, everyone's eyes were focused on Lan Jinlin.

He nodded. "Of course they do. My sister has a more heroic look, while I have a more feminine one. Surprisingly, we look very similar. My family always jokes that if I wore my sister's clothes, I could get married for her."

Mingyue nodded thoughtfully. No wonder that "illegitimate daughter"—no, more like an adopted daughter—was so hard to tell. And rightly so, no one would suspect that the person next to them was someone else impersonating them.

Jiang Mengrou asked, "Jin Lin, from what you said on the deck just now, are you from Minzhou?"

"Yes, my father is the magistrate of Fuchuan County, Lantian, Minzhou." Lan Jinlin answered one by one without any impatience.

Zhao Yunshan immediately recalled the Lantian County Magistrate. He had distinguished himself in government and possessed unique insights into civil affairs. He was likely to be promoted to the capital within the next year or two.

I worked with him last year, and he was a good guy. Looking at Lan Jinlin, his eyes became more sincere and less hostile. "Well, Xiao Lan, what do you like to do on a daily basis? What books do you read?"

Lan Jinlin was somewhat surprised by Zhao Yunshan's sudden kindness. He replied respectfully, "I usually enjoy following my father to the countryside to observe the people's lives and sentiments. I also enjoy fishing and painting. I also occasionally practice boxing, but I'm not very good at it. At most, it's just for fitness."

"As for reading, in my free time, I like to read strange stories or anecdotes about foreign countries. In short, I read anything that's interesting."

Zhao Yunshan laughed heartily. "I thought you were a bookworm. My two sons probably wouldn't be able to play with you. They're pretty much a bunch of nerds on a normal day."

Mingyue could see that Lan Jinlin was shrewd and tactful. He spoke without making any mistakes and was able to please people without showing any emotion.

He did not establish himself as a scholar, saying that he loved to read all kinds of interesting books. In this way, Minghao, who did not like reading, seemed to have found a soulmate. He also talked about his love of boxing and often went to the countryside with his father, which pleased the two adults again.

Mingyang looked at him with a half-smile, as if he was looking at another self. He knew clearly that there was not a single truth in this man.

But for some reason, these two people actually played together just as Zhao Yunshan said, but not now.

Lan Jinlin could naturally feel the sarcasm and hostility in Mingyang's eyes, but he always kept a smile on his face.

In this way, the few of them chatted for more than half an hour, and then Lan Jinlin said goodbye.

"This kid is very responsible." This is Jiang Mengrou's evaluation of him.

"Not bad, not bad. I know his father. He's a good man, so I think the kid should be pretty good too." Zhao Yunshan also agreed, no longer having the dislike he had at the beginning.

Mingyang smiled without saying anything and fed Mingyue some fruit.

Minghao was clueless. "Mom, why didn't he ask where we were going? Isn't he curious?"

Jiang Mengrou and Zhao Yunshan looked at each other and shook their heads.

Minghao thought he had come up with some great breakthrough, and thought no one had noticed this problem, so he raised it excitedly, but after looking left and right, no one answered him.

He puffed up his cheeks a little aggrieved, and Mingyue shook his head in a mature manner, picked up a piece of fruit, and offered it to him. "Second brother, do you remember what Dad said after Blue Elf finished talking about his achievements?"

Minghao thought back, "Yeah, Dad said that my eldest brother won the title of Tongsheng at the age of nine."

"Well, second brother, you have a good memory." Mingyue praised.

Sure enough, Minghao's mood improved immediately.

"Did you introduce yourself again later, brother?" Mingyue asked.

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Minghao asked in confusion.

"How many people in the Great Zhou Dynasty have passed the imperial examination at such a young age? And one called Zhao Mingyang? Is it the one in our family?" Mingyue took a big bite of the snow pear, her mouth full of juice, and spoke vaguely.

Minghao slammed the table, "So that's how it is!"

Mingyue was caught off guard and the pear juice in her mouth sprayed out in fright, and Minghao's face was covered with imported pear juice.

Before he could lose his temper, Mingyue rubbed his face with her sleeve and said, "Alright, alright, if you touch water, you will get rich. If you touch water, you will get rich. Second brother, you will get rich soon!"

Minghao's attention was immediately diverted. "Really?"

His mind was now full of the coral pot that had been given to him by mistake. He had saved up his pocket money for a long time to buy it for his sister, but someone had given it to the wrong person. He had to save up some money and buy Mingyue another one.

Jiang Mengrou pressed her head in pain. How could greed be contagious? How could the two children of the eldest princess value money so much? Was it because she lacked food and clothing for them?

So she decided to increase the monthly allowance for her children. Although she knew that they each had considerable wealth, she still felt a headache.

Then they talked about many other topics. After all, this was a rare time when the family had nothing to do and could get together.

For example, when Minghao first boarded the ship, he vomited violently, but after eating the candied fruit Mingyue bought, he suddenly felt better. Minghao still felt a little nauseous when he thought about it.

For example, if a crime or dispute occurred on board, who would be able to intervene and uphold justice? Should the ship's doctor on such a long-distance passenger ship have certain medical skills? And so on.

These issues later became one of the regulations governing maritime navigation.

"Mom and Dad, where are we? When can we get off the boat?" Mingyue asked, looking at the surging river.

"It will be soon. The earliest will be tomorrow noon, and the latest will be tomorrow evening." Zhao Yunshan said.

Mingyue nodded. This boat trip was finally coming to an end. It was time to start catching up on her "homework"! She had promised to write a letter and draw a picture for the capital, and she had to work hard to catch up!

How about writing one and letting them circulate it among themselves? Mingyue gave her own idea a thumbs up. That's it!