Sitting opposite, Ye Yuan and Xun Yin exchanged a glance: those chopsticks had been used by Ah Zhi, so why was the Little Princess not bothered? Weren’t the Royal Family’s dining rules strictly to use communal chopsticks only?
The only explanation was that the Little Princess was approachable. Another possibility was that she was still young and naive!
Tan Huanhuan and Ji Changzhou didn’t treat themselves as outsiders either, picking the dishes they liked. The Ye Family was nearby, so they also received some attention.
With Housekeeper Tan looking after them, there was no real issue~
After a satisfying meal, the group split into two and headed back home.
There were two more exams in the afternoon. At noon, Ye Zhi and Shen Chen returned home for a short rest before setting out again. The parents and teachers lacked the eagerness of the first day, and after having a full meal, they returned to the Ye Mansion for a nap.
It was Housekeeper Zheng Qi, who had recently taken the post, who drove the carriage to send the two little ones over.
The main road in the Capital was wide, paved with Kangwu stone slabs; the streets could accommodate carriages and horses in the center, with pedestrians, shops, and vendor stalls on the sides.
After dropping them at the entrance, Zheng Qi drove the carriage away.
Huanhuan and Changzhou hadn’t arrived yet.
Ye Zhi and Shen Chen first headed to the study where they were to gather and met there; a small incident occurred on the way.
Four children, about seven or eight years old, were mocking a child leaning against the wall.
Uh, why does this scene feel so familiar~
The Little Traitor was also mocked like this back then, no, it was something Ye Zhi often did in the past!
Ye Zhi glanced at him and, seeing no reaction, felt relieved; luckily, luckily.
The seven or eight-year-old child in a blue suit had a small nose, triangular eyes, and spoke haughtily: "You’re so ugly, and you dare to come out to scare people, haha, do you know, you just scared this lord?"
"Exactly, I didn’t expect the Imperial College to accept such kinds of people. I thought they were so noble, yet they keep coming up with tough questions to test us, like asking us to catch chickens and ducks, what kind of propriety is this? In Jinling City, I’m someone who can command winds and rains."
This remark came from the child in a purple suit.
There were also two other friends who nodded and flattered:
"Right, look at that red birthmark on his face, he doesn’t even use a mask to cover it."
"That red spot is so ugly, I remember there’s an old woman named Cui Xiang in our city who couldn’t get married, and she has it on her face too."
"Do you think he won’t be able to marry in the future?"
"No, he’ll marry someone like Cui Xiang."
They spoke one after another, quite lively.
The mocked person flushed with anger, wanting to retort but couldn’t seem to find the words, standing there with a small, aggrieved, and angry look on his face.
On his right temple was a pigeon-egg-sized red birthmark, his complexion was fair, wearing a moon-white straight robe with a wide belt embroidered with moon-white cloud patterns, looking as thin and weak as the Little Traitor.
However, his bright eyes, flushed cheeks, slim figure, yet chubby cheeks made him adorably cute.
A genuinely cute little boy.
The red birthmark didn’t affect much, these wealthy young lords, having nothing better to do, liked to find someone to vent on, and now they had a topic to attack someone with.
Shen Chen spoke coldly: "Do you realize that mocking others like this goes against the teachings of Confucius?"
This sentence drew everyone’s attention.
The blue-suited, small-nosed, small-eyed child was the first to step forward, shouting at Shen Chen: "A good dog doesn’t block the road, who do you think you are, do you know who I am?"
Shen Chen lightly shook his head, maintaining a calm demeanor: "I don’t know, and I don’t need to know. If you don’t leave, I will call out loudly, and when the teachers come, you can tell them who you are."
With that, the four of them were stunned.