Chapter 21: Chapter 17: Deceiving the Heavens and a Comedy of Errors

Shen Jingxian was very grateful to Song Yan, thankful that she threw it at the fleshier part of her body, so it didn’t hurt at all.

But Shen Jingxian hated it more, she hated Song Yan for not throwing it hard enough, which resulted in her getting bird poop on her head on her way back to the palace!!

The plot is utterly vile!

This was entirely because Song Yan didn’t throw hard enough, not letting her deeply feel the pain and humiliation, leading to the appearance of that darn bird!!

The disparity in treatment between the protagonist and the supporting characters is evident immediately.

Shen Jingxian went home crying to wash her hair.

Even when she woke up the next day, she felt there was a poop smell on her head, her complexion wasn’t looking too good.

Wen Ranchen was the first to notice Shen Jingxian’s unusual mood, wanting to approach and ask, but a group of people had already gathered around her.

Some were arranged by their families to get into good relations with the Princess, while others simply found Shen Jingxian cute and wanted to talk to her. Everyone had something to say, and Wen Ranchen suddenly found he had no chance to speak to Shen Jingxian, so he could only brood by himself.

Shen Jingxian still didn’t give up on her plan.

She thought if annoying Mr. Zhao couldn’t achieve her goals, she might as well go slack during class, letting Mr. Zhao know she wasn’t ambitious, learning just a bit and then not listening in class, an absolutely hopeless case!

The more Shen Jingxian thought about it, the more feasible it seemed, so during class she took out her small pillow and placed it on the desk, ready to sleep.

Believe it or not, accompanied by Mr. Zhao’s rhythmic reading of classic Chinese literature, Shen Jingxian had a good sleep.

She even had a dream.

In the dream, she returned to high school, attending a history class, where the teacher wasn’t properly teaching history but babbling about the Three Kingdoms and the Thirty-Six Stratagems.

As he spoke, the history teacher felt something was off, so he wrote “Deceive the heavens to cross the ocean” from the Thirty-Six Stratagems on the blackboard for the students to read.

At the same time, Mr. Zhao discovered Shen Jingxian sleeping soundly. Though the debate with the Princess yesterday was beneficial for him, it didn’t mean he could tolerate the Princess desecrating the class.

Mr. Zhao snorted coldly, making all the students shiver. They all knew when Mr. Zhao makes that sound, someone is going to suffer.

Anyone who can’t answer the question will be thoroughly scolded by Mr. Zhao, regardless if you’re a Princess or Prince, all he knows is if you need a reprimand.

Mr. Zhao’s gaze was sharp, precisely locking onto Shen Jingxian who was meeting with Zhou Gong (dozing off).

Meanwhile, in the dream, Shen Jingxian’s history teacher seemed to have noticed she was distracted, asking her to stand up and read the “Deceive the heavens to cross the ocean” written on the blackboard.

“In the ongoing Axe and Halberd battle in Fushui, the Gao Army is at a disadvantage, do you think they have a chance to win, Prince Yi Fen?”

The moment the question was posed, many gasped. How could Mr. Zhao ask such a question?

They only knew the surface of the Axe and Halberd battle, moreover, isn’t the knowledge on military supposed to be learned after entering Qiushui Hall, how come Mr. Zhao now…

Many looked anxiously at Shen Jingxian, but seeing her still sleeping soundly, they suddenly understood.

A student sitting close to Shen Jingxian was about to wake her, when suddenly Shen Jingxian spoke, “Preparedness brings slackness, familiarity breeds no suspicion. Hidden within the obvious. Sun, Moon.”

After reciting it in the dream, Shen Jingxian’s history teacher felt it wasn’t enough, asking Shen Jingxian to translate. How would Shen Jingxian know what it means, she could only take out her phone to search.

Onstage, Mr. Zhao didn’t expect Shen Jingxian to answer his question, and that the answer seemed quite sophisticated, so he continued to ask, “Could the Princess elaborate?”

At this point, Shen Jingxian’s deskmate handed her the answer, she immediately took the note and read, “Over-preparedness for some things can lead to slackness. Familiar sights may not arouse suspicion easily. Cunning plans are often hidden within apparent matters.”

“Very well, student Shen Jingxian answered excellently, you may sit down.”

Shen Jingxian breathed a sigh of relief, sat back down but vaguely felt something was amiss, did she forget something?

At this moment, Mr. Zhao, inspired and excited, said a bunch of thank-you words Shen Jingxian completely didn’t hear, then went to present to the Emperor.

After all, Fushui Country is Yunyi’s neighbor, and now that Fushui is invaded, though Yunyi can’t directly send troops to assist, if it could provide tactical help for Fushui, it would be all gain and no harm for Yunyi.

Meanwhile, Shen Jingxian was sleeping soundly, entering her second dream, where Mr. Zhao successfully tossed her back to the Enlightenment Hall and she lived a happy life of idling.

Later, Shen Jingxian awoke.

Upon waking, she saw a pair of eyes, getting startled.

After several seconds, Shen Jingxian realized the eyes belonged to her deskmate, seemingly named Yueyue? She almost wanted to jump up and slap this brother, doesn’t he know staring at someone else sleeping can easily cause accidents?

But in a critical moment, Shen Jingxian suddenly remembered her identity, she’s a Princess, a Princess shouldn’t hit people casually.

So, Shen Jingxian changed the direction of her stretched hand, and under the gaze of everyone, she covered her eyes and adeptly began to wail, “Boohoo, boohoo, why are you staring at me, it’s so scary boohoo…”

Frightened, Yueyue immediately grabbed his clothing to wipe Shen Jingxian’s tears, but was blocked by Wen Ranchen’s one-time teleportation skill from Wen Family.

Wen Ranchen glanced at Jiang Yue indifferently, then took out his high-quality handkerchief, started wiping Shen Jingxian’s tears.

Seeing this, Shen Jingxian, not wanting Wen Ranchen to feel she was inconsistent, although not actually crying, forced herself to squeeze out a few drops for Wen Ranchen to wipe.

The pain of squeezing tears was all counted towards Wen Ranchen, after Wen Ranchen gently comforted her for a while, Shen Jingxian went along with it, extending her sinful small hand, once again asked Wen Ranchen for the handkerchief.

“Give it to me.”

Wen Ranchen kept a warm smile, softly saying, “Sure.”

Shen Jingxian acquired Wen Ranchen’s handkerchief×1, total×3.

The others, seeing Wen Ranchen give Shen Jingxian a handkerchief, suddenly realized something.

No wonder the Princess liked Wen Ranchen so much, only calling him Brother Chen, it turned out because Wen Ranchen always carried a handkerchief!

They understood, they would carry one too!

So, this group all developed the habit of carrying handkerchiefs. When they grew up and became leaders in various fields, they continued this habit.

Scholars later researched why this generation from Imperial College stood out so much?

They ultimately discovered they all shared a common trait, that is, carrying a handkerchief!!

Thus, the men of the entire country fell into the handkerchief trend, so much so that later all women had a unified understanding, a man without a handkerchief wasn’t a good man!!!

That’s a tale for another time.

Now that Shen Jingxian had confiscated Wen Ranchen’s handkerchief, she suddenly thought of a question, she had slept for the whole morning, did Mr. Zhao really not get angry?

Wasn’t Mr. Zhao difficult to deal with?

Shen Jingxian indirectly inquired Wen Ranchen, Wen Ranchen suddenly smiled dazzlingly, giving Shen Jingxian an inexplicable foreboding.

Wh…what was that about.

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