Ambitious Favored Consort: How To Become A Wangfei

Chapter 52: Blizzard

At night, Dujuan came to deliver tea. She saw Tang Shishi was still holding a book, sitting under the light and writing.

Dujuan put down the tea, picked up a match, went to the table, and lit the wick. Then she joked, "Miss usually complains that you are tired of copying books and doesn't want to read a word when you come back. Why did you change your temperament today and still read so late?"

Tang Shishi turned a page and glanced at Dujuan, "Go do your thing, don't poke here."

Dujuan smiled, "I see, now is different from the past. Miss, in the past, you thought the room was bored and kept me for fun. Now there is Wangye's book, I have naturally become an eyesore. I am guilty and will go out immediately."

"Talk less." Tang Shishi rolled up the book, pretending to hit Dujuan. Dujuan put down the lampshade and smile while escaped in a hurry. There was a burst of laughter from the maids outside. Tang Shishi was too lazy to care about them. She put the book away properly and shouted, "Close the outside windows properly. I don't know which one is not closed tightly. It squeaks and squeaks, which upsets me."

The maids hurried to check the windows. Tang Shishi took a piece of fruit and put it in her mouth, and said casually, "Why there is such a strong wind today?"

The maids secured the window. Hearing what Tang Shishi said, the maid said, "Maybe it's going to snow."

Tang Shishi nodded unconsciously with fruit in her mouth. In fact, she did not take it seriously. She lived in the mansion. She did not need to go out or go on a journey. Whether it snowed or not, it has little impact on her. Tang Shishi just thought in her heart that it would be hard to walk when it snows. Tomorrow, she must ask the maid to prepare her deerskin thick-soled boots.

Tang Shishi had also studied the Four Books before, but that kind of learning was more like swallowing and memorizing by rote. This was the first time someone had annotated and explained to her. Tang Shishi unknowingly read it with a little fascination. Because of this, it was rare for her not to check the plot before going to bed.

The next day, Tang Shishi went to copy the book as usual. The weather was gloomy, the clouds were very low, and the wind was fierce and strong. Tang Shishi was sitting in a warm study room with a heater at her feet with tea and fruit not far away as if the wind outside had nothing to do with her. Tang Shishi was reading a book while eating the peeled nuts. Whenever she did not understand, she would draw it, and then she would ask Zhao Chengjun after a while.

This was what he said himself, certainly, it was not a request from Tang Shishi. Tang Shishi thought it was unnecessary. Anyway, she had to pass the time, she might as well drag a person to accompany her.

In the afternoon, Tang Shishi saw that there were few people left, so she took the book to find Zhao Chengjun. After reading her newly copied literary works, Zhao Chengjun said, "It's much better than yesterday. At least there are no wrong words. Don't you understand today's content?"

Tang Shishi nodded honestly, "Yes."

Zhao Chengjun was helpless and said, "You are really honest. What do you not understand?"

Tang Shishi pointed out several notes in proper order. Zhao Chengjun wrote an explanation next to her handwriting and said, "This sentence is their nonsense. You don't have to read them, just remember the original sentence of the Four Books. The allusions of predecessors used here are... "

Zhao Chengjun explained sentence by sentence. Tang Shishi did not fully understand some of it and had a hard time listening. Seeing her slow reaction, Zhao Chengjun knocked on her forehead, "I just said it yesterday, but you forget today. What are you thinking about every day? Why doesn't studying get into your head?"