Chapter 22: Chapter 18: Don’t Sleep in Class, or Misfortune Awaits

Shen Jingxian was completely confused as she listened to Wen Ranchen explain the entire cause and effect.

What do you mean she perfectly answered Mr. Zhao’s question? Wasn’t she just sleeping?

What do you mean she solved a big issue that the ministers were all troubled by? Wasn’t she just sleeping?

What do you mean the strategy she proposed today was copied by Mr. Zhao himself for dissemination and study throughout the Imperial College? Wasn’t she just sleeping?

In summary, wasn’t she just sleeping?

Perfectly answered Mr. Zhao’s question? She was just reciting the lines her history teacher gave her in her dream.

Explaining in such detail that everyone was enlightened? She was merely reading out the lines her deskmate provided.

How could things done in a dream become real… wait, could this be the effect of the plot?

Is a princess not allowed to sleep in class?

Shen Jingxian tried to search her brain for descriptions of the villainous princess, and the final answer was, indeed, a villainous princess too busy causing trouble for Song Yan wouldn’t do such foolish things as sleeping in class.

Moreover, Song Yan was so talented that, in the original text, Shen Jingxian didn’t want to lose to her and would always find a bunch of popular people to write essays and poems for her. Over time, she surprisingly became a renowned talent like Song Yan.

Of course, the likes of Shen Jingxian, a fake talent, would definitely be exposed in the end and ridiculed by everyone, that kind of sensation that makes readers unable to stop, now leaves the current Shen Jingxian tearful and helpless.

She realized why such things happened while she was asleep.

The plot is forcing her to be a fake talent; clearly, she’s a vase princess who only knows how to eat and pop, yet she’s now becoming a genius, with the adoring gazes around her leaving her wanting to cry without tears.

Shen Jingxian tried to explain, “Those words weren’t thought up by me, I was dreaming at the time, I dreamt them.”

“Ah, what a dream, Your Highness! Truly worthy of Your Highness! Only Your Highness could dream such perfectly timed dreams!”

“Your Highness didn’t forget to study even in your dreams, no wonder at just four years old, you can have such strategies!!”

“Your Highness, could you teach me your sleeping posture? I also want to have such dreams! That way I could sleep and become an official hahaha!”

Young man, dreams are beautiful, but reality is cruel.

Shen Jingxian silently watched Mr. Zhao silently appear behind the crowd and mourned for the poor kid who had just spoken for two seconds.

“Ah!!! Mr. Zhao, I was wrong! I won’t dare to do it again!!”

“Thinking about these all the time! Was the Princess sleeping? That was thinking! The Princess was just lying there thinking! You unambitious thing!”

Shen Jingxian: Ah, no, I was just sleeping…

Shen Jingxian explained again, with little effect.

The female lead even smiled at her, a smile she couldn’t decipher, only able to drop it.

But from this matter, Shen Jingxian understood.

Don’t sleep in class, you’ll become unlucky.

Qiushui Hall.

“Do you all know that the strategy Mr. Zhao had circulated today was from Her Highness the Princess?”

“Alas, Princess Yi Fen’s intelligence really cannot be matched by us. A while ago, I heard that Mr. Zhao made an exception for the Princess to enter Talent Hall early, which I was a bit discontent about, but now, I realize how shortsighted I was.”

“I actually think, judging by Princess Yi Fen’s strategy today, it won’t be long before she can rise to Qiushui Hall.”

“Recently, hasn’t Wen Ranchen passed the Yiyun Hall test? Entering Yiyun Hall at the age of 9 is unprecedented, do the senior brothers think it’s the 4-year-old Princess entering Qiushui Hall that’s more impressive or Wen Ranchen entering Yiyun Hall at 9?”

“Dear brother, how can you be sure the Princess won’t directly rise to Yiyun Hall?”

“If the Princess can enter Yiyun Hall at 4 years old, she would be making history!”

Shen Fengze listened to the continuous chatter in his ear without responding, and with a blank expression, he glanced at the Eldest Prince sitting beside him and said lightly, “Brother, what do you think?”

Shen Fengchen’s attention was mostly on the cricket in his hand, and he responded perfunctorily when he heard, “What about what?”

“Yi Fen.”

“Oh, Yi Fen, then let it be whatever.”

“Brother, do you know what I heard the last time I went to Yi Fen Palace?”

Shen Fengchen’s hand paused slightly but quickly resumed normalcy, still in a lazy manner, as he blocked the cricket’s path with one hand, “Whatever you heard, forget it, don’t forget, Yi Fen is the true princess.”

Shen Fengze didn’t respond further.

Indeed, Yi Fen is the true princess, a beloved princess, while he and the Eldest Brother are just irrelevant princes.

Because their mother is dead, because they are only fostered under the Empress’s name, because they are not favored by the Emperor, because… they are illegitimate children.

But why does the Emperor and Empress think they would easily accept this fate?

Wanting to give the princess the throne is not an easy task.

“Brother, I understand now.”

…

Within the Imperial College, not all students are in the same school hall.

Imperial College accepts students aged 8 and above, with different children having different abilities to comprehend and levels of education they can receive.

Yinghua Hall is the starting point, if you perform well in Yinghua Hall you can enter Qiushui Hall to receive a higher level of education and engage more with national affairs.

As for Yiyun Hall, just by hearing the name, rather than a school hall, it’s more like the state’s talent reserve.

There’s a saying among the people: to become a high official, first enter Yiyun Hall.

About 80% of the current court officials come from Yiyun Hall.

Yiyun Hall’s justice is also different from the other two halls, as even commoners can enter by passing exams if they are outstanding enough and enjoy monthly stipend benefits.

Of course, no matter which hall they are, men and women are taught separately, and the teaching content differs.

Now, the tutors of Imperial College have gathered to ponder Princess Yi Fen’s possibility of entering Yiyun Hall at 4 years old.

“Although the Princess’s plan is indeed clever, isn’t it too hasty to allow her in Yiyun Hall based solely on this?”

“What do you mean ’just this’, Old Man Wang, speak honestly, could you think up a strategy like this??” This is Mr. Zhao, who has become somewhat of a devoted fan of the Princess, and cannot tolerate anyone speaking ill of the Princess even slightly.

“Old Zhao, what are you getting so excited for, Mr. Wang isn’t wrong, the Princess is just 4 years old, this is a serious matter, it still requires first reporting to Your Majesty.”

“No need, Your Majesty has already given instructions.” The Dean sipped his tea and said calmly.

The tutors’ ears immediately perked up, anxiously asking, “What did the Emperor say?”

The Dean sipped his tea again, cleared his throat, and spoke in a tone completely unlike him, “The Emperor says: Well done to my daughter! I shall build a palace for her!”

Mr. Zhao: …

Mr. Wang: …

The tutors surnamed with a hundred families: …

Duan Shaoguang: This is acceptable.

After a moment of silence, someone asked hopefully, “Then what does the Empress say?”

The Dean sipped his tea again and switched to a female voice, “The Empress says: That Yiyun Hall chef should change, my Yi Fen only likes dishes made by the Imperial Chef.”

All the tutors: …

Duan Shaoguang: This is acceptable!

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