Chapter 13 : His Royal Highness Rui

• Shangguan Yuer stood there in a daze, not even feeling the book being taken from her hands.
• "Who wants to witness this?" Ye Fengwan scanned the crowd and asked.
• "Me!" Everyone eagerly volunteered.
• Ye Fengwan noticed a young man from a prestigious family, dressed in a dark brocade robe, standing out in the crowd. She smiled slightly, gracefully walked towards him, and said, "Could this young man please be a witness?"
• The man in the dark robe was slightly surprised, a hint of playfulness flashed in his narrow phoenix eyes.
• When Shangguan Yuer finally saw the man's face clearly, her legs went weak and she almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Shangguan Suer caught her in time and shook her head at her.
• "Sister, that's Rui..." Shangguan Yuer's eyes welled up with tears in her desperation.
• "Hold on, Yuer. Now that he's here, you can't be defeated!" Shangguan Suer looked at the man's face, firmly grasping Shangguan Yuer's wrist and said in a deep voice. "But I wanted to eat the book!" Shangguan Yuer regretted it so much that she turned green!
• "How about it? Would the young man like to be a witness?" Ye Fengwan's smile remained unchanged, not getting angry at the man's hesitation.
• "Alright! I'll be a witness!" The man in the dark robe, with his enchanting peach blossom eyes, glanced casually at the nearby bookshelf. A faint smile appeared on his lips. After carefully reading through it, he closed the book and said, "Very good! The recitation is flawless!"
• Upon hearing this, Shangguan Yuer's vision went black, and she collapsed into Shangguan Suer's arms.
• "Sister, save me!" Shangguan Yuer trembled, pleading with quivering lips.
• Shangguan Suer bit her lip tightly, let go of her, and handed her over to a maid standing nearby. She walked slowly towards Ye Fengwan and the man in the dark robe, saying, "I never expected my sister Fengwan to actually be able to read. My mischievous sister, you fooled us for so long, and we were completely deceived."
• Looking at the forced calmness and enthusiasm on Shangguan Suer's face, Ye Fengwan sneered and curled her lips. Was she trying to get close to her?
• Unfortunately, it was too late.
• "I prefer to keep a low profile when it comes to studying. I do it for myself. I don't like to show off like some people, who want the whole world to know when they finish reading a book and become praised as a talented woman. There's a saying, 'A full pot of water doesn't make any noise, but a half-filled pot... makes a sound.' " After finishing, he glanced deeply at Shangguan Suer.
• Shangguan Suer's face turned pale upon hearing this, but she couldn't say a word. Whatever she said would only appear weak and feeble in front of Ye Fengwan's current appearance.
• Ye Fengwan, however, looked past her and turned her gaze to Shangguan Yuer, who was hiding behind her.
• "Miss Shangguan, the outcome is clear. Shouldn't you fulfill your promise now?"
• Ye Fengwan reached out her hand towards the man, saying, "This young man, please return the book to me. Miss Shangguan still has to eat it later."
• The man glanced at her with his eyes flickering, lazily extended his hand, and handed over the book of female teachings.
• Ye Fengwan took it without hesitation and handed it to Shangguan Yuer.
• "Miss Shangguan, please."
• Shangguan Yuer looked at the thin volume of female teachings. She used to think it was just a small booklet that she could memorize in half an hour. But now, she felt that the book was bigger than the sky.
• "Ye..." Shangguan Yuer opened her mouth, wanting to say something nice to Ye Fengwan, but found herself unable to even call her name.
• "Sister... save me."
• Shangguan Suer turned pale upon hearing this, pursed her lips, and looked troubled.
• What could she do at this moment?
• "Yuer, when you lose, you have to accept defeat gracefully." Shangguan Suer's only solution was for Yuer to eat the book. Otherwise, she would still be ashamed to go out in the future.
• She thought that Prince Rui would not just stand by and watch Yuer eat a book.
• Yuer seemed to have read this from her words and eyes, tremblingly reached out her hand and took the book, tore out a page, and stared at Prince Rui while her hand moved towards her mouth.
• What does a book taste like?
• Yuer felt that it was bitter, even more bitter than bitter gall and yellow lotus!
• However, she thought that this bitterness would only last for a while, as long as Prince Rui spoke, she wouldn't have to eat it anymore.
• But she finished chewing a whole page, and Prince Rui didn't say a word. Instead, he stared at Ye Fengwan with a satisfied expression.
• Fox spirit!
• With a loud sound, Shangguan Yuer angrily tore off the second page, preparing to continue stuffing it into her mouth.
• "Wait, Yuer!"
• Shangguan Suer suddenly spoke up.
• "Fengwan, we are sisters after all. How can we let others laugh at us?" Shangguan Suer couldn't help but try to mediate.
• "Sisters? Where did that come from?" Ye Fengwan looked at her mockingly, her once tense face gradually becoming unpleasant. Obviously, she was angry because Shangguan Yuer refused to continue eating.
• "Suer! How can you be so heartless!" Shangguan Suer took on a pitiful posture.
• "You shut up! Since you want to plead for her, why don't you fulfill the bet for her? In that case, I'll be lenient today and won't necessarily make her livestream eating the book. You can do it for her! You're always speaking up for her, right? Since you have such a deep sisterly bond, why don't you do it for her! What do you say, young man?" Ye Fengwan raised her fair face and looked at the man in the dark robe!
• "Very well!" The man in the dark robe actually nodded.
• "Your Royal Highness Rui, are you just going to watch her bully us?" Shangguan Yuer's resentful gaze fell on him.
• "Rui?" Ye Fengwan squinted her eyes, trying hard to search her memory for information about him, but there was hardly any! It seemed that the original owner of her body usually stayed in the deep palace and was treated as a useless person, so she naturally knew very little about the current Prince Rui!
• "Bullying?" Prince Rui, Nangong Jing, sneered. "I think what she said makes sense. One should honor their bets! Isn't this the fundamental principle of being a person?"
• "But we are from the Shangguan family! We are of royal blood!" Shangguan Yuer pleaded desperately.
• "So what if you're of royal blood? Does that mean people of royal blood can't keep their word?" Prince Rui spoke contemptuously.
• Shangguan Yuer was left speechless by Prince Rui's words, her small face turning pale.
• "Yuer, stop talking!" Shangguan Suer intervened.
• "Now that Sister Fengwan has spoken, as her sister, I can take her punishment. Let me do it for her! Sister, don't worry!" Shangguan Suer gently patted her hand.
• Shangguan Yuer shivered all over, hurriedly said, "Sister! You can't! Yuer is willing to accept the punishment!" She tightly held the book of female teachings in her hand, her expression complicated.