A lively and cute girl in pink clothes in front of Yu Qing Qian couldn’t help turning around and asked: “Aren’t you hot?”
She raised her head and smiled faintly: “A calm heart will naturally help keep cool.”
“…” The woman in pink twitched the corners of her lips, wondering why she couldn’t calm down at all.
She stretched out her head to look at the book Yu Qing Qian was holding and asked curiously: “What book are you reading?”
“[General Continental Lessons].” Yu Qing Qian raised her head and replied.
“That’s actually the [General Continental Lessons], I heard that this book is out of print and hard to get. You’re so awesome.” The girl in pink praised.
“My dad gave it to me.” Yu Qing Qian smiled faintly.
“My name’s Xia Ying, what’s your name?”
Yu Qing Qian had lived during the apocalypse for so many years now and had rarely seen such a lively and cheerful girl. She said gently: “Yu Qing Qian.”
“Your name’s so nice!” Xia Ying easily got along with people. Seeing Yu Qing Qian’s beauty and politeness, her affection for her gradually increased.
Yu Qing Qian said with a faint smile: “Thank you for the compliment, your name is also very nice.”
The two chatted for a while. Xia Ying was too embarrassed to continue to disturb Yu Qing Qian reading, so she turned around and began to start talking to a small chubby boy in front of her.
Time passed little by little, and Yu Qing Qian continued to quietly turn the pages of the book in her hand.
Every move of all the people who were registering below fell under the eyes of several people in a secret room within the city’s wall.
A white-haired elderly man in a white robe pointed at Yu Qing Qian with interest, and asked a middle-aged man beside him: “That little girl is pretty good, what’s her background?”
The middle-aged man followed the white-haired elderly man’s gaze, then quickly took out a roster and found Yu Qing Qian’s information.
“Her name is Yu Qing Qian, she’s Da Yan Kingdom’s Rui An jun’zhu1.”
The middle-aged man paused, then continued: “Based on the information we found, from birth, anomalous phenomena descended from the heavens and she’s an Innate Spiritual Plant Master. It’s just that her body’s weak since she was a child and has been living in the palace in seclusion and is very low-profile.”
Every person who wanted to register for the Royal Academy must first report to the royal family of their kingdom. The royal family of each kingdom would then first send a list of names, and this was considered the first step to be qualified to register.
The Royal Academy would organise and archive the information of applicants based on the lists submitted by each kingdom.
“Body’s weak?” After hearing his words, the white-haired elderly man stroked his beard and narrowed his eyes, saying: “She can survive being exposed to such a scorching sun without fainting, and is also so calm. How come this old man can’t see that her body’s that weak.”
The other instructors also agreed with what he said. After all, no less than thirty of the people who came to register had passed out after being exposed to the sun for more than four hours.
Beside the white-haired elderly man, an elderly man in black clothes and black hair who looked exactly like him said expressionlessly: “She has a good mind and patience.”
“Haha, if this little girl can pass the mental energy test, then our Plant Inscription Department wants her.” The white-haired elderly man laughed out loud.
It wasn’t easy to find a kid who had a good disposition these days. To learn Inscriptions and become a Plant Inscription Master, one must have patience, otherwise no matter how strong one’s mental energy was, it would all be in vain.
His eldest brother had always judged people very accurately. This little girl was also an Innate Spiritual Plant Master, so she should be a good seedling. They hoped her mental energy could reach the standard.
When the other people heard what the two said, they couldn’t help but shed tears of sympathy for Yu Qing Qian—she was truly miserable to be targeted by these two old men…
Yu Qing Qian didn’t know yet that she had been targeted by the two notoriously perversely abnormal Plant Inscription Department’s Department Leaders.
1jun’zhu translates to princess, but not the typical daughter of the emperor. She’s the daughter of the Emperor’s younger brother, so she’s not a ‘gong’zhu’ (the typical ‘princess’). There’s more behind the word jun’zhu, but it’s often the term of address for females related to royalty of younger generations. ‘Rui’an’ (瑞安) is the title conferred onto her, and such titles often has a meaning behind it (from what I’ve seen/read). ‘Rui’ means auspicious and ‘an’ means peace. So she’s the ‘princess of auspiciousness and peace’ in a sense? Her dad’s ‘Jin wang’ (wang meaning ‘king’) while Jin should be the title conferred onto him. Not entirely sure what Jin (锦) means in this case, but it is directly translated as ‘brocade’ or ‘bright and beautiful’ which is suiting for ‘beauty dad’ hahaha