The fool has become a spirit, and she can speak

Chapter 1768 Providing Reading for Big Eyes

Big Eyes was stubborn, "I want to be the prince's servant."

"He won't even feed you, and you still want to be his servant?"

"want!"

"You are loyal, but you have to be obedient! What are you doing sneaking around when your master goes out on business?" Yu Hua didn't even go, but she could imagine Da Yan's thieving manner. How could someone as upright as Cheng Feng be taken by his side?

Big Eyes said, "That Shuanzi is always trying to steal the prince from me!"

"What? I don't understand. Aren't they all servants? Why are they fighting over Cheng Feng?"

"The prince is mine!"

Yu Hua sat down in a chair, furious. "Even Shang Xi didn't say that, so how did this prince become yours!"

Shang Xi sat there, holding her head, thinking to herself, "Thank goodness Yu Hua is here, otherwise this child would either cry herself to death or get stuck in a rut and suffocate!"

Just then, Big Eyes said, "I used to be by the Prince's side every day, but that Shuanzi always fought with me for him, so the Prince doesn't take me with him when he goes out anymore!"

Yu Hua's head also ached: "Who arranged for you to follow the prince? Didn't Cheng Feng repeatedly emphasize that you should do your job well in the manor? You were stubborn and insisted on following him around. Besides, what good is it for a child like you to always follow him to various places?"

“I’m going to follow him. I used to go out with the prince every day. I know all the places he frequents. It’s Shuanzi who’s bad, bullying people and stealing my job!”

“That Shuanzi is already twenty years old. When has he ever bullied anyone in the mansion? On the contrary, you are always jumping around and disobeying. I think this lunch should indeed be waived for you.”

Food is the most important thing in life. You can slap someone twice and they might not cry, but if you cut off their food, they'll definitely wail and scream.

Shang Xi played the good guy again, "Yu Hua, this child is crying so hard, why don't we have him write a guarantee to cover this meal?"

Big Eyes' eyes lit up at first, then his face fell in disappointment. "I can't read, I can't write a guarantee!"

Yu Hua said, "Go eat first, then ask someone to write it for you. If you make the same mistake again, you'll be punished with a cane."

Big Eyes was scared, but he didn't dare to disobey Butler Yu Hua's wishes.

That evening, Yu Hua delivered Da Yan's guarantee to Shang Xi's room, where Cheng Feng was also present.

Shang Xi opened it and immediately recognized the handwriting. "This big-eyed guy, he said that Shuanzi bullied him and stole his work, but then he shamelessly asked Shuanzi to write a guarantee for him! I bet Shuanzi can't do anything about this big-eyed guy!"

Yu Hua pondered for a moment, "I wonder when the servants in this Prince's mansion started rewriting guarantees after making mistakes."

Shang Xi smiled and said, "A written guarantee is good. If you make a mistake again, you can bring it up and everyone will be convinced."

Yu Hua nodded in agreement: "Da Yan is scared today. He ran to me twice and verbally promised that he would learn the rules properly because he was afraid I would kick him out of the palace."

Cheng Feng put down his fan. "Yu Hua, when you have free time, teach him more about the rules of the manor and find him something to do. Don't let him be constantly running around around me."

Yu Hua said, "Rules are easy to teach, but doing things might be difficult. He's thin and small, and can't do anything except run errands."

Just as the group was talking, Big Eyes squeezed half of his head through the door frame.

Cheng Feng pointed to the doorway and said to Shang Xi and Yu Hua inside the house, "Look at them, they've been in the mansion for quite a while now, and they're still acting like thieves."

Neither Cheng Feng nor Shang Xi nor Yu Hua noticed anyone at the door.

Seeing that he had been discovered, Da Yan forced a smile that looked more like a grimace. He then squeezed through the crack in the door and ran to Cheng Feng's side to massage his shoulders and back. Cheng Feng helplessly picked up his fan and fanned himself, then said to Shang Xi and Yu Hua, "You all saw it, didn't you? Nobody called him, nobody asked him to massage their backs, and he just took it upon himself to do some useless things!"

Seeing the child's eager and ingratiating manner, Shang Xi knew that it wasn't easy for him to earn a living at such a young age, so he couldn't be the bad guy.

Yu Hua was the housekeeper, in charge of the servants, but she softened a lot when she saw Da Yan. "Da Yan, your master didn't call you, what are you doing here?"

Big Eyes' mouth was still wide open, and he thought his smile was endearing. "The prince has been out all day, I bet he's got a sore back."

Yu Hua sighed inwardly, "Why is your master tired when he goes out for drinks and tea?"

Big Eyes was stubborn and insisted, "That's tiring too!" Then Big Eyes found the two big characters he had learned that day and showed them to Cheng Feng, "Your Highness, look, I've learned two characters, 'big' and 'small'."

Cheng Feng didn't look; his eyes were closed. Shang Xi, sitting to the side, felt awkward. She coughed lightly and said, "I looked at it today. The characters for 'big eyes' are written very neatly. What do you think, Cheng Feng?"

Cheng Feng lifted his eyelids, glanced at the two crooked words on the paper, and felt no goodwill whatsoever. He turned his large eyes to face forward and made the person stand properly. "Have you remembered everything I said today?"

The big-eyed girl nodded obediently, "I've got it!"

"Then let me reiterate, don't keep an eye on your master's whereabouts every day. Focus on your studies. If you can pass the imperial examinations, I'll host a banquet for you at the Prince's mansion. If you become the top scholar, you'll be a pillar of the nation, and I'll have to address you as the top scholar one day. For your future, I think you shouldn't just attend literacy classes anymore. Just stay in the school like the other children, and come home whenever school is over!"

Big Eyes didn't dare to cry loudly in front of Cheng Feng, and began to wipe away her tears little by little.

Yu Hua said, "Why are you crying, child? Your master is providing you with education; you should kneel down and kowtow in gratitude."

With her big eyes wide open, drool dripping from her mouth, she knelt obediently on the ground, saying, "Big Eyes thanks Your Highness and Your Highness for supporting my studies!"

In the past, Cheng Feng had always turned a blind eye to his shortcomings because he was young, but today his mind was made up. Even if this man cried himself to sleep, he would not change his mind. He had no choice but to go to school. "Get up. Tomorrow, I will have Steward Yu Hua send someone to buy you a schoolbag, and then you will officially enroll. That's settled. You may leave!"

Big Eyes left crying. Yu Hua looked at the departing figure at the door and her heart softened again. "That child is pitiful. I heard he's been stuck in the school all day. I can only imagine how miserable he must be!"

Shang Xi said, "At such a young age, the best place for him is the school. If he passes the imperial examinations one day, it will not have been in vain that the Prince's mansion took him in."

Cheng Feng felt relieved. "That's right, I was doing it for his own good. You all saw it just now, right? He clearly knows the rules but he doesn't follow them. When he wants to come, he sticks his head in like a little devil, without considering whether the master needs him or not. It's only because I have good patience that I'm like this. If it were you, you would have been driven crazy by him long ago."

With that, Cheng Feng went to lie down on the bed in the inner room in a great mood.