Free Web NovelChapter 1133: Chapter 920: Life-Threatening Letter Paper_3
Ji Youzhi spoke as he quickly walked into the Great Hall of the Cining Palace. At this time, the Emperor, the Empress Dowager, and Princess Lianchun were all waiting for him.
Xiaosuisui was being pressed by Princess Lianchun to practice large characters.
"Practice well, look at your pretty little face, and then look at your terrible handwriting. I ask you, isn’t it embarrassing?
You are the Royal Family’s Princess. If you take such chicken scratch handwriting outside and let people see it, saying it’s written by Chang Rongshun and the Princess, won’t your classmates at the school laugh at you?"
As Xiaosuisui wrote, she wiped her tears, "Boohoo... Aunt, you... you’re mean. I... boohoo... I have no... no friends at school, they... boohoo... they don’t play with me!"
Princess Lianchun: "..."
The Empress Dowager: "..."
The Emperor: "..."
The three frowned and asked, "Why don’t they play with you?"
"Boohoo... Aunt, can I... can I stop writing?
If you... boohoo... don’t make me write, I’ll... boohoo... tell you."
Princess Lianchun rubbed her temples, while the Emperor and Empress Dowager covered their ears.
This little girl crying made them particularly soft-hearted.
They wanted to persuade Princess Lianchun to let it go, that teaching the writing slowly would be fine since the child is still young.
But as soon as this mother and son duo opened their mouths to speak, they were stared back into silence by Princess Lianchun.
Pretend not to hear!
"You better practice well. At least fit twenty characters on each sheet before it’s acceptable.
If you dare to fill a sheet with just five fist-sized characters again, watch how I don’t spank your little bottom!"
Xiaosuisui rolled up her sleeves, wiped all her tears and snot on them, and was about to cry loudly.
"Hold it, if you dare cry, I’ll make you practice until you can fit thirty characters on a sheet."
Xiaosuisui: "..."
Instantly, the tears stopped.
Seeing how Xiaosuisui was so afraid of Princess Lianchun, both the Emperor and the Empress Dowager couldn’t help but be taken aback.
"Truly, everyone has their match! Surprising how this child listens to Lianchun, fortunately, Lianchun can handle her, otherwise her handwriting would never improve!"
The Empress Dowager shook her head repeatedly, chuckling lightly.
"I think so too. Royal Sister, don’t leave the Palace anymore. During the days you weren’t in the Palace, I suspect Suisui hasn’t practiced writing at all!"
The Emperor’s words made Princess Lianchun roll her eyes.
"Your Majesty, Divine Hunter has arrived."
A young palace official stood at the door reporting.
Hearing this, the Emperor was overjoyed and hastily said, "Let him in quickly." freeωebnovēl.c૦m
Ji Youzhi entered the Great Hall and, before extending his greetings, noticed Xiaosuisui wiping her tears while practicing large characters.
He raised an eyebrow, then curved his mouth slightly, pretending not to see.
Finally, someone could handle the little girl.
"Greetings Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, and Princess Lianchun!"
"Dispense with the formalities, Youzhi. Has everything been arranged well with the Duke?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, everything has been arranged."
The Emperor nodded.
"Then take a look at this!"
Ji Youzhi stepped forward, taking the envelope and letter paper handed to him by the Emperor. After examining it, he noticed a scent.
"There’s a medicinal scent on this."
"This letter paper is likely to have vital information. Now that Youze isn’t here, see if you can decipher it?"
Upon hearing this, Ji Youzhi furrowed his brow tightly.
"This type of letter paper probably isn’t written with ink. The words may have been written with a special solution instead."
"Special solution? What is that?"
The Emperor hurriedly inquired.
"I don’t know, it’s just a guess."
"There’s a medicinal herb, if you apply its juice on letter paper, once it dries, ink won’t be able to write on it anymore."
A childish voice suddenly came through.
Everyone quickly turned their heads to look at Xiaosuisui, excitedly asking, "Do you know about this herb?"
Xiaosuisui nodded, "I know."
"How do we decode it?"
The Emperor asked excitedly.
Xiaosuisui blinked her eyes, then suddenly sighed.
She stepped forward a few paces and took the letter paper from Ji Youzhi’s hands.
Then started swishing a brush over it.
"Hey! Don’t mess with..." The final word "up" got stuck in the Emperor’s throat.
On the letter paper, the information they wanted to know appeared.
"This... these are actually the exam questions!"
The Emperor’s body couldn’t help but tremble. Damn it, someone is bold enough to commit such a head-risking act of cheating in the Imperial Examination!
"Your Majesty, last year’s exam questions were personally composed by you?"
Upon hearing this, the Emperor shook his head and said, "Last year, since Youze participated, I was on a southern inspection tour, so the questions were prepared by the cabinet, and the night before the candidates entered the examination hall, I personally made final touches."
Hearing this, Ji Youzhi asked again, "And when did this letter paper come into your possession?"
