The Reborn Princess Has Turned Evil

After washing up, Jing Anle lay on the bed deep in thought. So much had happened that day, and she needed to sort out her thoughts. Before she knew it, she had fallen asleep.

The next day, today was the day to go to school.

After dressing up, Jing Anle took Afang to the school. On the way, she saw Jing Rouying walk towards her and bow, "Greetings, Princess."

Jingrou was still wearing her pink palace dress today. Since it was for class, she didn't wear as many jewels, but she still looked quite elegant.

Jing Rou is really shameless. Even though she's already been treated so badly, she still clings to him. It seems that her position is really tempting.

Jing Anle looked at her lazily and said, "No need for formalities, you're here very early today."

Jing Rou gets angry when this is mentioned. It's convenient for Jing Anle and the others to live in the palace, but she has to get up early every day to come to the palace.

She felt that Jing Anle was deliberately mocking her, but she didn't dare to say anything and replied, "Your Highness, I just didn't sleep well last night, so I got up early today."

Jing Anle naturally knew that she lived far away and understood what she meant, but she would not let Jing Rou live in the palace. Ignoring her words, she said, "Then let's go to class together."

Jing Rou was also secretly annoyed. What was wrong with Jing Anle? Did she understand or not? But she didn't dare to delay and quickened her pace.

When Jing Anle arrived at the Hall of Heroes, she saw that almost everyone had arrived. To her surprise, Xiao Heng was sitting in his seat perfectly fine, showing no signs of anything amiss.

She glanced at it briefly, then quietly returned to her seat.

Xiao Heng also felt the gazes directed at him. He turned around but saw no one there. Looking at Jing Anle sitting down, he realized that this matter must not be known to anyone else.

Before Chi Wenyuan arrived, Crown Prince Luo Wei of Shu patted Xiao Heng and asked, "I came to find you to play chess yesterday, where did you go?"

Jing Anle appeared to be casually flipping through the book, but his ears were listening intently.

Crown Prince Xia Tingfu of the Xia Kingdom echoed, "You weren't here when I asked you to have a drink tonight."

"Don't tell me you've sneaked out to drink and carouse." Yelü Yuanxiu suddenly spoke up, then looked at Xiao Heng provocatively.

Xiao Heng raised his head and said, "Thank you all for your concern. I had heard that Jing Kingdom has beautiful scenery. I took advantage of my rest and went sightseeing yesterday. After enjoying myself, I felt quite tired, so I stayed overnight at a temple in the suburbs and only returned to the palace this morning."

Everyone nodded in agreement, without any doubt. Only Jing Anle was wondering about his injury. Judging from his talkative manner, he should have recovered quite well.

Then Xiao Heng turned to Yelü Yuanxiu and said, "It seems that Crown Prince Yelü only cares about drinking and having fun whenever he has free time, which is why he has this idea."

This guy is still as sharp-tongued as ever, Jing Anle thought to himself.

Just as Yelü Yuanxiu was about to retort, he heard a voice: "The master has arrived."

Chi Wenyuan still held that feather fan, exuding elegance and refinement. After exchanging greetings with the students and taking their seats, he didn't waste any words and said, "Today's topic concerns the people's livelihood. If there is a severe drought in the world, please answer what should be done?"

Jing Anle thought that this Mr. Chi Wenyuan was truly unique; he didn't talk about empty grand principles, but rather spoke in a serious and practical way.

Crown Prince Xia Tingfu of Xia Kingdom spoke first, saying, "Sir, you are overthinking it. Our Xia Kingdom has wise and talented people to devise strategies, and if there is a drought in the world, the Disaster Relief Bureau will take care of it. As the ruler, you only need to take charge of the overall situation."

Throughout history, those in power and influence, regardless of the situation, only need to point fingers from their lofty positions; they have no interest in the suffering of the common people. Chi Wenyuan thought to himself as he looked at Xia Tingfu.

In her previous life, Jing Anle had mostly read poetry, songs, and books on female virtues. She was indeed not knowledgeable about governing a country, but it did serve as a reminder that she should go back and find more books to read.

Jing Rou was completely clueless and could only sit below and listen.

Chi Wenyuan shook his head with his eyes closed, his expression unreadable.

Seeing his reaction, everyone knew that Chi Wenyuan was not satisfied with this answer.

Since the last incident, Prince Yelü Yuanxiu of Dongyuan Kingdom had been prejudiced against Chi Wenyuan. Moreover, most of the people of Dongyuan Kingdom were nomadic, and the climate was humid all year round. He had no intention of answering Chi Wenyuan's questions.

Jing Fengyao stood up and said, "Since ancient times, natural disasters have been unavoidable, but can only be remedied. In my humble opinion, one solution is to open the granaries and distribute grain, and the other is to reduce or exempt taxes." These were all things he had read in military books.

As Xia Tingfu said, high-ranking officials like them only needed to order others around.

Jing Anle nodded, his elder brother was right, and Chi Wenyuan finally heard a slightly satisfactory answer, opened his eyes and scanned the students below.

Then Xiao Heng spoke up: "What Prince Jing said is correct. I am still young and inexperienced. The only drought I have ever experienced was when I was an infant. How can I talk about governance? But farmers depend on the weather for their livelihood. After a drought comes famine. In my opinion, in addition to opening granaries and distributing grain, reducing taxes, we should also relocate people to prosperous places. Furthermore, we should build water conservancy projects to prevent disasters from happening again."

After he finished speaking, Chi Wenyuan nodded, looking at Xiao Heng in front of him. Although he was in the royal family, he was able to understand the suffering of the people, which was truly commendable.

Afterwards, everyone continued to share their opinions, and even the youngest, Jing Fengyu, joined in, making it quite lively.

At this moment, seeing that neither Jing Anle nor Jing Rou had spoken, Chi Wenyuan asked, "I wonder what the princess and the county princess think?"

At this moment, Yelü Yuanxiu, who had been silent, chuckled. Everyone looked at him, and he shrugged, his mockery evident.

Firstly, most of the good ideas have already been shared, and secondly, this is indeed a difficult problem.

Jing Anle was momentarily at a loss for words, but then a thought suddenly struck him, and he said calmly, "If it were me, I would definitely encourage the wealthy to donate more grain!"

This angle is quite novel, and everyone is marveling at how they never thought of it.

Akabane Gen also nodded while fanning himself.

"What about the princess?" Chi Wenyuan asked Jing Rou.

"I……"

Chi Wenyuan did not make things difficult for Jing Rou when he saw that she could not answer.

But Jingrou herself felt extremely embarrassed, feeling that she had lost face and that others would definitely laugh at her.

She was overthinking it; nobody cared at all.

After everyone finished speaking, Chi Wenyuan said, "Prosperity means prosperity for the people, and suffering means suffering for the people. Only when rulers think more about the people will the country prosper."

Everyone nodded and said in unison, "Sir, you are a great sage."

So today's lessons came to an end. While Afang was tidying up the books, Jing Anle felt Xiao Heng glance at her. She pretended not to see it, while Jing Fengyao walked around the curtain and came to her, saying, "I heard that my sister went to visit her maternal grandmother yesterday?"

Unlike princesses, princes not only had to learn poetry and literature, but also horsemanship and archery. As the eldest prince, Jing Fengyao was highly regarded by Emperor Jing and his teachers, who constantly urged him to study.

“My brother is very busy with his studies, as my maternal grandmother and uncle know. We will visit him together when he has some free time,” Jing Anle said with a smile.

Jing Fengyao nodded, then was reminded by a servant to go learn archery. "Sister, I'm leaving now. I'll visit you at your palace later." With that, she left.