Chapter Fifty-Seven: Love

  Thanks for ps's reward, beautiful girl's mom, Zero's spiritual rhythm's tip, thanks.

  Out of the study door, Shu Xuan saw Shu Yi and frowned: "Second brother is also here?" He said, "'

  "Big brother, I was wrong. When I just arrived, I didn't see or hear anything." Shu Yi covered Big Brother's mouth and looked at Ma Fa's expression. Shu Yi didn't dare to compete with Shu Xuan anymore. Shu Yi deeply understood what Little Sister Shu Yao said: "Can't Confucius and Mencius be a few words less?"

  Xiu Yao pursed her lips and smiled, "Big brother, actually second brother...... actually second brother......"

  Shu Yu dragged Shu Yao back and reminded her: "You've accepted benefits, how can you speak without keeping your word?"

  Shu Yao retorted, "I agreed not to speak in front of Ma Fa, but I didn't agree not to talk to Big Brother." Shu Yao smiled slyly, and Shu Yi's back felt a chill as he stuffed the jewelry into Shu Yao's hands, "Take it all, Shu Yao... Little sister, please show mercy, Big Brother is studying very hard, don't let him be troubled by 'zi yue zi yue' (a phrase used to describe someone who is being annoying or troublesome). Let the sages rest in peace."

  Xiu Yao fiddled with her jewelry, "Big brother, I can attest that Second Brother just arrived."

  Shu Xuan believed Shu Yao, Shu Yi had a worried look on his face. Big brother, why don't you believe little sister? Shu Yi really couldn't understand, he just didn't get it. Outside, he was the one manipulating others to achieve his goals, but when he returned home, wasn't he also being manipulated by Shu Yao? The most formidable person in their household was actually the seemingly harmless little white rabbit, Shu Yao.

  "Little sister, you mustn't be reckless again, ancient books are very precious."

  "Big brother, an old book is not as precious as a life. An old book can be obtained again, but once you lose your life, everything is gone."

  Shu Yi gazed at Xiao Mei's serious and heartfelt teachings to her big brother, who nodded in acceptance. Shu Yi's mouth curved up so high it almost reached his ears. Shu Yao asked: "Does second brother disagree?"

  "No, no, no."

  Shu Yi's head was spinning like a top, how dare he, Little Sister's skills are getting deeper and deeper. Shu Yao made a ghostly face, "I'll find you tomorrow."

  "Little sister, second brother didn't mean anything else, you don't have to look for me anymore."

  "It's good for you."

  Shu Yao, with her eyes closed, was too cute for words, a perfect little loli. But what's the point of being nice to her? Would his little sister give him any benefits? Shu Yao liked something, but it was something that Xiang Yu looked down on. Xiang Yu didn't want to repeat the experience from last time. The last time Shu Yao gave him a gift, it was a bowl of crab roe congee, and since then, Xiang Yu had given up expecting her to give him satisfactory gifts. He even started disliking crabs.

  "Little sister, didn't you say that water flow can be calculated?"

  "Ah, did I say that?"

  Xiuyao patted her belly, "Big brother, I'm hungry, I'm hungry."

  Shu Xuan could entangle anyone in a conversation, but she couldn't bring herself to be harsh on Shu Yao. "Mother left some sesame seed cakes."

  "Ah, ah, ah, Mother is the best." Shu Yao said with a cheerful tone, "Big brother, second brother, let's go home."

  Shu Yao ran ahead first, Shu Yi said in a low voice: "Little sister is fine like this, Hui Ji will definitely get hurt. Our little sister's advantage won't be told to others."

  Shu Xuan agreed with this point, a clever and outstanding woman is not very happy, little sister doesn't need to be dazzling, famous and prominent, as her brothers they just hope that little sister will have no worries for life and always be smiling." Big brother, second brother, hurry up." Shu Yao said in front, waving her small hand, "Hurry up, hurry up."

  Shu Xuan and Shu Yi followed Shu Yao back, the three siblings standing together in the corridor. Li Zhiqing, who was alone, heard their laughter from afar and felt uncomfortable when she saw them. The more she thought about it, the more she wanted to be loved by her father and brother, and wished she had been born into the Guwalgiya family instead. Li Zhiqing took a deep breath to calm down her jealousy towards Shu Yao. Although the world was big, there was no one who could understand her. Lately, Li Zhiqing had been reluctant to go to her personal space, and didn't even want to take out good things anymore. She couldn't think of an explanation that wouldn't arouse suspicion, and it was frustrating to have treasures but no one knew about them.

  "Tell Big Sister and Eldest Auntie that I'll be hosting a banquet at our manor three days from now, inviting all the young ladies of the household."

  "Got it."

  Li Ziqing was not giving up, she had to see Yongzheng again. This life without fatherly and brotherly love would be compensated by the position of Empress Dowager. At the gathering in Anqing Wangfu, where she could meet the imperial son A Ge, Li Ziqing finally had a chance to make her move. The naive Shu Yao was a good pawn.

  "Elder Madam, daughter has brought something for you." Shu Yao said while eating the cloud cake, and handed over the jewelry given by Book Yi to Guwalgiya, "Elder Madam, please choose as you like."

  Shu Yi hung her head, and the last benefit was taken by her little sister. She was a master of empty-handed white wolf, Gua Erjia glanced at Shu Yi, touching the round face puffed up by Yun Gu, "Good girl."

  Shu Yao laughed until her eyes were curved, and Guajia Shi picked a hairpin with a sea of peach blossoms from the jewelry and inserted it into Shu Yao's head. "In two days, your aunt will set up a banquet, and Ya'er will follow her sisters to go together, are you afraid?"

  Shu Yao left the Guwalgiya residence for the first time to attend social events in Huizhou. In Huizhou, Shu Yao had always followed Guwalgiya, but it was different in the capital city. Guwalgiya couldn't keep Shu Yao by her side all the time, and she couldn't help but feel a little worried.

  Shu Yao shook her head: "I'm not afraid, it's all the same wherever I am."

  Gua Lianjia smiled and said: "Yao'er, if someone bullies you, don't endure it silently, just fight back directly. Your mother will support you."

  Shu Yi furrowed his brow, the capital was not like Huizhou, Shu Yao had to go to the Anqin Wangfu, most of whom were close relatives of the nobility, it wouldn't be good if they really offended them. Guwalgiya saw Shu Yi's confusion and said: "You are the descendants of Zhongyong Gongjue, you don't need to fawn on officials and dignitaries, what are you afraid of?"

  "Mother, I remember."

  Guarjia left a book for Yitian, instructing her to not lose her dignity and integrity, to not fawn on the powerful and be bullied. She said that if she was bullied, she could only endure it, as she was not born with the temperament of Guarjia's children. Finally, Yitian said: "With your sister's personality, others can't bully her, and what she says won't hurt people's feelings, that's good enough."

  At night, Shu Yao brought the two books she got from Old Master into the space. The books were fine, and Shu Yao let out a sigh of relief. Previously, Shu Yao had experimented with bringing things in from outside, so she was very careful about it. Holding the book, she translated the phonetic script one by one, writing them down on paper. Although her handwriting was not good, it was still legible. Translating phonetics was more tiring than translating foreign languages, but Shu Yao had some foundation in it, and after linking everything together, she could finally understand it. She recorded all the parts related to military affairs, and the rest made her teeth ache - it was the life experience of that man who wore a horse-headed mask.

  The Mongols, Han, and other ethnic groups gathered together, with foreign beauties, Korean sticks, and high-class women. Shu Yao saw that the only thing that satisfied that charming ancestor was that there were no Japanese women. That guy still had some dignity. Shu Yao wasn't interested in his self-boasting words. In the end, didn't he die under a woman's skirt? The women around him loved him so much, crying and begging to marry him, but Shu Yao didn't believe it at all.

  Shu Yao patted the book and said, "I'll tell you, after your death, the women in the mansion were all vying for the title and property, not one of them remembered you. Many even remarried. Women will never truly love a man from the Qing dynasty, this so-called 'love' is just a game."