Xiao Jixiang felt that the princess was right and nodded repeatedly.

At this time, Ying Dongjun glanced at the hourglass in the corner of the room and ordered Xiao Jixiang to say, "Go and prepare the car, let's go and see the betrothal gifts we took back from Gu Fengqi."

Xiao Jixiang was shocked and immediately prepared the car.

Ying Dongjun called Huamian to change her clothes and dress up.

Huamian has specially learned to dress noble people. The skills of combing hair and matching clothes and jewelry make Ying Dongjun very satisfied.

Ying Dongjun looked at himself in the mirror carefully and praised him without hesitation: "Not bad."

Hua Mian gestured somewhat restrainedly: It’s the princess who looks good.

Ying Dongjun smiled and glanced at her.

Seeing Ying Dongjun was in a good mood, Hua Mian asked tentatively: Do you need a servant to serve the princess when she goes out?

As soon as she finished making gestures, she felt a little cool on her back before she could hear the princess’ response.

Hua Mian subconsciously turned around and almost gasped in fear.

I saw that Xiao Jixiang was back at some point, standing behind her, staring at her with a gloomy gaze, and I don’t know how long it took.

Ying Dongjun saw Xiao Jixiang in the mirror and asked with a smile: "Is the carriage ready?"

When Xiao Jixiang looked at the princess, he bent his eyes and smiled again, nodding: I'm ready, I'll push the princess out.

Hua Mian looked at Xiao Jixiang and pushed the princess out with a smile. When she was about to go out, Xiao Jixiang looked back and Hua Mian clearly saw the malice and murderous intention in those eyes.

Until the master and servant left, Hua Mian felt still scared.

She couldn't understand why Princess Chengping wanted to leave such a terrible person to serve her. In Huamian's opinion, Xiao Jixiang was like a beast guarding a unique treasure in the world, and she did not allow anyone to get close to the treasure he guarded.

Princess Chengping and Xiao Jixiang took a car out of the mansion.

The location stated on the land deed is in the northwest corner of the capital. The last time I went to Dali Temple, I also walked northwest. However, the main place where Duke Chengping went was much further than that of Dali Temple. It was almost time to reach the suburbs of Beijing. It took the carriage nearly an hour to get there.

This place is far away from the imperial city, and most of the people living here are ordinary people. However, because Wannian Academy is not very far away, the houses nearby will be rented to some scholars who want to study in the academy.

These scholars are from poor families and have small families. In order to make a living, some of them will copy books for bookstores. There are not many other books around Wannian Academy, but there are quite a few bookstores.

The carriage from the Princess's Mansion stopped in front of a courtyard.

This courtyard is facing the street, but it is not noisy around it, just because the street is either a paper and pen shop or a small bookstore. Occasionally, there are one or two hawkers carrying loads and selling along the street.

As soon as Ying Dongjun got off the carriage, he heard someone calling out: "Princess!"

Ying Dongjun turned his head and saw Xia Dieyun, who had not seen for several days, walking quickly from a bookstore opposite him.

Xia Dieyun walked to Ying Dongjun and bowed.

Ying Dongjun asked with a smile: "Have you been waiting for a long time?"

Xia Dieyun said in a warm voice: "I have been here for a long time, but I haven't waited for too long. Seeing that there are several bookstores nearby, I went in and took a look. If the princess comes later, it wouldn't be a big deal."

Ying Dongjun joked: "I forgot that you can't move your legs as soon as you see the book."

Xia Dieyun smiled shyly.

Ying Dongjun looked at the bookstore opposite and said to Xiao Jixiang: "Pull me over and take a look."

Xia Dieyun hurriedly said, "If the princess wants to buy books, she should go to the Hanlin Bookstore on Zhengyang Street. Most of the sales here are the Five Books and Four Classics, and there are also some follow-up notes written by students from Wannian Academy."

Ying Dongjun: "After the record?"

Xia Dieyun coughed and said, "It was the lecture notes they copied when they listened to the teacher's teaching, and they were specially sold to those scholars who came to the academy but could not enter the academy."

Ying Dongjun chuckled and said, "Do you care about the teacher in the academy?"

Xia Dieyun thought for a while: "I guess the teachers knew that these poor students were living a hard life, so they turned a blind eye."

Ying Dongjun nodded and signaled Xiao Jixiang to push him over and take a look.

The shop in the bookstore looked very small, and I was afraid that three or four people would be crowded when they entered at the same time, and the room was also very dark. If it weren't for the dilapidated flag-tag outside, the word "shu" was written on it, I wouldn't have seen what it was doing.

Ying Dongjun's chair was difficult to push into the small bookstore, so he asked Xia Dieyun to go in and take out some of the books inside for her to see.

Xia Dieyun quickly brought out more than a dozen books and asked Ying Dongjun to read them.

Ying Dongjun read a few books, and as Xia Dieyun said, in addition to the Five Books and Four Classics, they were notes written by some academy students themselves.

"It's interesting." Ying Dongjun turned a few pages and turned to instruct the servant, "Put these books on the carriage."

Seeing that the princess liked it, Xiao Jixiang went to the shopkeeper to pay the money and bought a few more different books.

"Let's go, let's go across from you." When Xiao Jixiang came out, Ying Dongjun ordered.

Xia Dieyun wanted to help the princess push the chair over, but before her hand touched the handle, Xiao Jixiang slapped it away.

Xia Dieyun was stunned, and Xiao Jixiang smiled at Xia Dieyun, and then pushed the princess steadily towards the opposite side.

Xia Dieyun didn't care, and followed him.

Ying Dongjun asked Xia Dieyun: "Have you settled down in the place of going?"

Xia Dieyun nodded and whispered: "Yes, Madam Hua originally wanted to arrange for me to go to the Ministry of Revenue. I asked to go to Chongwenguan to be a ninth-rank proofreader. Madam Hua was very unhappy and felt that Xia was ignorant of raising her."

Ying Dongjun laughed and said to Xia Dieyun: "The Ministry of Revenue is the money bag of my Great Sage Dynasty. It's an extremely important place. If you don't go, you still have to go to the Chongwen Museum, which has no future. It can be seen that you don't know how to politely."

Chongwenguan is affiliated to the East Palace, which is in charge of the East Palace's classics and books, and has a school library. The school library only recruits children of noble families and is somewhat similar to the Mingde Academy in the capital. However, Chongwenguan generally only recruits more than a dozen students, and these people will be the prince's team in the future.

Many yamen have the position of proofreader. Although they are only ninth rank, they are extremely noble. Many officials who came from Jinshi and later became high-ranking officials, and they started from being proofreader. However, now the young emperor has just ascended the throne for less than a year and will not establish a prince in the short term. Chongwenguan is not a good place.

Xia Dieyun also laughed, but said seriously: "Xia doesn't care about others' praise. The princess said I'll go wherever I asked me to go."

Ying Dongjun smiled and said, "Then you should stay in Chongwenguan for a while. There are no other books there, but there are so many books."

Xia Dieyun said: "It's the princess who knows me. For Xia, this is the best place to go. Now the director of Chongwenguan is Lord Yu. Xia can still ask Lord Yu for advice if he doesn't understand what he doesn't understand after reading books."
Chapter completed!