Chapter 4: This Guy is the Original Male Lead??

Chapter 4: This Guy is the Original Male Lead??

"This is milk tea."

Yun Shu pushed one of the small cups toward Cen Yiyi

"Want to try some?"

"Thank you, Princess!"

The little girl, looking like she was carved from pink jade, was adorable and naive. She carefully held the cup with both hands and took a small sip, immediately leaving a faint ring of milk around her lips.

But she seemed completely unaware of it herself.

Her innocent, pure eyes suddenly lit up, and two small dimples bloomed like flowers along with the upward curve of her lips.

Cen Yiyi subconsciously hugged the cup in her hands as if she were holding some peerless treasure, letting out a surprised "Wow!" with a face full of delight

"This is too delicious!"

*Gulp.*

On the other side, Liu Ziming, who had stopped discussing the "eight-legged essay" at some unknown point and had turned his gaze toward Yun Shu and the others, let out an extremely distinct swallowing sound.

Yun Shu raised an eyebrow and looked toward the sound, her gaze meeting exactly with the Sixth Prince, who was also looking this way.

"Look at how little composure you have!"

Caught off guard by Yun Shu, the Sixth Prince seemed a bit annoyed, and he slapped Liu Ziming on the head with a palm.

But when he turned back around, his small face—which bore a two-part resemblance to Yun Shu's and possessed exquisite features that already hinted at his future elegance—was filled with a few pleasing smiles

"Fifth Sister, why has Huan'er never heard of this thing called milk tea in the palace before? Did Father obtain some new treasure and only bestow it upon you, Fifth Sister?"

Yun Shu: "?"

Who is this??

No way, no way... the future tyrant who was arrogant, domineering, and cool, and would start a massacre at the slightest disagreement—was he actually this... sycophantic when he was a child?

If she wasn't mistaken, the expression on the Sixth Prince's face right now was indeed a bit of a "acting spoiled to please someone" vibe, wasn't it?

Could it be that he hadn't gone astray yet?

With a hint of subtle emotion, Yun Shu took out another cup of milk tea

"I figured out how to make it myself. Do you want some?"

"Of course Huan'er cannot fail to accept Fifth Sister's kindness!"

The Sixth Prince spoke with grandiloquence, but his movements were faster than anyone's.

Smiling, he took the milk tea from Yun Shu's hand and took a sip. Quickly conquered by this novel texture, the Sixth Prince immediately stopped caring about Liu Ziming, who was still staring at him expectantly from the side.

Looking at this Fifth Sister about whom he had little impression, the smile on the Sixth Prince's face became even more charming

"Fifth Sister's mind is truly clever to be able to make such a delicious thing!"

"It's nothing. I have plenty of good food and drink over there!"

Thinking that if she could win over the original male lead, even if she didn't get any tangible benefits, at least there wouldn't be any harm—and she could even eavesdrop on some drama from time to time—Yun Shu took the opportunity to throw out a bait

"After class today, I'm planning to go back and have someone make fried chicken. Does Sixth Brother want to join?"

"Fried chicken?"

Another food item he had never heard of!

Yun Chuhuan asked curiously

"How does it compare to roasted chicken?"

"It's much, much better than roasted chicken!"

Yun Shu didn't hesitate to put one down to lift the other.

This really wasn't a matter of her personal taste; it was simply that the variety of seasonings in this dynasty was limited. Not only was the table salt not refined enough, but things like pepper, MSG, and chili powder simply didn't exist!

Under these circumstances, no matter how good the roasted chicken was, how good could it actually be?

With McDonald's and KFC as her foundation, Yun Shu was full of confidence

"I guarantee that once you eat it, you'll want it a second time!"

"Then I must try it today!"

Yun Chuhuan's curiosity had been completely piqued by Yun Shu. He held his milk tea, wanting to ask a few more questions, when...

At the entrance of the Imperial Study, Grand Tutor Cui, dressed in purple official robes, paced in with a serious expression, giving a very deliberate cough

"Ahem!"

"Grand Tutor Cui?"

Yun Chuhuan turned his head and sheepishly returned to his seat

"Why have you come so early today?"

"I heard there are two additional students today, so this old official naturally had to come and take a look."

Inside the Imperial Study, regardless of sovereign and subject, it was strictly teacher and student.

Grand Tutor Cui was usually very strict even with a favored prince like Yun Chuhuan, so it was naturally even more impossible for him to be intimidated by an unfavored Fifth Princess like Yun Shu.

After hearing the news yesterday that the Emperor had ordered him to teach the Fifth Princess, he had even specifically gone to consult several colleagues who had taught her before.

Upon learning that this girl was a pure dummy—who was five years older than the Sixth Prince but whose knowledge was far inferior to the mere eight-year-old Sixth Prince—he had suffered a significant headache for a while.

After all, the Emperor sending her to him clearly meant he had to teach her everything she ought to know.

But if the Fifth Princess was truly too foolish...

The more Grand Tutor Cui thought about it, the more annoyed he became, and the expression on his face couldn't help but become even more stern

"Before we begin today's lesson, could Her Highness the Fifth Princess first answer a few questions for this old official, so that I may get a general understanding of the Princess's learning progress?"

Yun Shu: "..."

As expected, she couldn't escape the fate of being humiliated as a bad student!

Yun Shu, a science student who had never fallen out of the top tier since childhood, wailed in her heart, but on the surface, she had to put on a humble and receptive smile

"Please, Grand Tutor."

"The first question,"

Grand Tutor Cui gave her a faint glance and paced with his hands behind his back

"To be sincere is to be clear. To be clear is to be sincere. Sincerity leads to clarity, and clarity leads to sincerity. What do these words mean?"

Yun Shu: "?"

"You don't know?"

Seeing that she was slow to respond, Grand Tutor Cui wasn't particularly surprised.

He patiently lowered the difficulty significantly

"Then the second question: does the Princess know where this quote comes from?"

"..."

Yun Shu actually wanted to continue maintaining her silence, but she felt that Grand Tutor Cui seemed to be on the verge of an explosion.

Since not answering would lead to an explosion, and guessing wrong would also lead to an explosion, why not take a gamble? She might actually guess right.

Anyway, that sentence structure sounded like something from the Four Books and Five Classics. A one-in-nine chance—wasn't that much easier than winning the lottery?

Yun Shu tentatively guessed an answer

"It's from... *The Great Learning*?"

"It seems not only has the Fifth Princess failed to learn *The Doctrine of the Mean*, but she is also completely ignorant of *The Great Learning*!"

He hadn't expected that a dignified Princess, having stayed in the Imperial Study for so many years, wouldn't even know such basic things.

Grand Tutor Cui immediately lost the desire to continue asking questions, and he scolded with a dark face

"This old official cannot control how Her Highness the Fifth Princess wasted her time in the Imperial Study in the past, but since she is now under my care, she must follow my requirements!

I request that the Princess, after returning home today, first transcribe *The Doctrine of the Mean* ten times and commit it to memory. In three days, this old official will conduct a random check on your recitation!"

Yun Shu: "!!!"

Is this old man crazy?!

What was the concept of transcribing a book ten times and memorizing the entire text within three days?

Doesn't he have any idea what time she wakes up for school every day?!