The Ninth Princess Reigns Supreme [Transmigration] - Chapter 13

“Huh?”

Hearing these words, Liu Li was a little speechless.

There’s a reason why cannon fodder female supporting characters are cannon fodder. If others don’t provoke her, she insists on stirring up trouble. No wonder she can’t survive past five episodes.

In the original story, Ning Zisheng would initially tolerate Ning Zichun’s arrogance, but Liu Li wouldn’t.

She put down her book bag and lunch box, turned her head and looked around blankly, then asked Ning Zisheng with a puzzled look, “Your Highness, I think I heard the sound of a mosquito. Did you hear it? It’s already autumn, but I didn’t expect there to be mosquitoes flying around. When we go to bed at night, we should put some mosquito repellent sachets by the bed. Although mosquitoes are small, they are very annoying when they bite. It takes a lot of effort to kill them, and if you don’t kill them, they keep flapping their wings…”

The Fifth Princess, who was most at odds with the Eighth Princess Ning Zichun, “puchi” laughed first. The others either covered their faces and snickered, or couldn’t help but smile. Although not as obvious as the Fifth Princess, they were all the same.

“You!”

Ning Zichun thought that Liu Li would speak to her nicely, and then she might put aside her grudges and get along with Liu Li.

But she didn’t expect Liu Li to give her no face at all, and directly mocked her with sarcasm.

“Huh?” Liu Li seemed to have just noticed Ning Zichun, who was in front of her right side, and smiled brightly, “Good morning, Eighth Princess.”

Ning Zichun was furious: “What did you mean by what you just said?”

“Ah?” Liu Li looked clueless. “Wasn’t I talking about mosquitoes? Why are you so anxious, Eighth Princess? Could it be…”

She smiled meaningfully, “Were you hit where it hurts, and you feel guilty?”

Just at this moment, the tutor walked into the room, obviously about to start the lecture. Ning Zichun had to shut up, glared at Liu Li and Ning Zisheng, and then pushed Liu Ruyun beside her as if to vent her anger.

Your Liu family members are all bad people!

Liu Ruyun was secretly happy to see Liu Li and the Eighth Princess arguing, but she was caught off guard and was pushed aside by Ning Zichun.

“Second Miss Liu?” The tutor frowned, “What’s wrong?”

Liu Ruyun fell very hard and was so aggrieved that her eyes were red, but she couldn’t say anything bad about the Eighth Princess in public, so she had to bite her lip, hold back her tears, and said softly, “My stool accidentally slipped, it’s okay.”

“Oh.” The tutor picked up the book and officially started today’s lesson, “Did everyone read the assigned *On the Faults of Qin*? Let’s discuss it today…”

Liu Li was confused throughout the whole class. Although she listened carefully, she still only half understood.

It’s not that she could be blamed. Except for her and the companions, everyone present was a prince or princess about to reach adulthood. Since the crown prince had not been decided and the empress had no children, in theory, all the princes and princesses present had a chance to compete.

As a candidate for the crown prince, it was naturally impossible to still be learning the Four Books and Five Classics at the age of twelve or thirteen. There must be a lot of obscure and profound imperial arts and statecraft.

And Liu Li, who had no foundation: salted fish.jpg.

Ning Zisheng beside her was relaxed and at ease. She had already read *On the Faults of Qin* on her own, and today was just a review.

While listening, she glanced at Liu Li on her right. She saw Liu Li writing furiously. Although she looked confused, she carefully wrote down everything the tutor said.

A trace of tenderness flashed in Ning Zisheng’s eyes. She thought that Liu Li was studying diligently, but when her eyes moved to the words Liu Li wrote, she couldn’t help but frown slightly.

…Didn’t she say she wanted to learn calligraphy by copying her handwriting? Is this what she copied?

Liu Li felt her emotional change and stuck out her tongue sheepishly. She really tried her best to practice calligraphy, but calligraphy requires long-term practice, not something that can be achieved in a day or two, so it was difficult to make significant progress in a short period of time.

She looked down at her own handwriting carefully. It wasn’t that ugly! Although it was a bit crooked, it was pure and simple…

In this daze, the tutor’s words went in one ear and out the other, and were naturally missed. When Liu Li wanted to catch up, she found that it was like listening to a heavenly book.

It was just like in college math class, “I just bent down to pick up a pen, and when I looked up, I couldn’t understand anything anymore.”

How annoying.

Ning Zisheng found it interesting and pushed a piece of paper to Liu Li’s side without saying a word, with her usual beautiful calligraphy, full of all the knowledge points of this class.

Liu Li’s eyes lit up and she mouthed “thank you” before starting to frantically copy the notes.

Ning Zisheng, who never lost focus during lectures, was distracted for the first time.

She remembered the little cat outside the Biyu Palace when she was seven years old.

One day after the rain, the cat appeared at the door of the palace, covered in mud and so dirty that it couldn’t even be recognized as its original color.

After the servant Xiao Rui washed it clean, she was surprised to find that the cat was pure white, with only a black tail.

It was lively but didn’t hurt people. Every time Ning Zisheng fed it some small pieces of meat, it would rub against Ning Zisheng with bright eyes to express its gratitude.

But good times didn’t last long. One time, Xiao Rui took the cat to the Imperial Garden to play and was seen by Concubine Li, the mother of the Eighth Princess, who forcibly took it away.

Ning Zisheng had never seen the cat since then.

She was indifferent and didn’t have deep feelings for pets, but when she learned that it had been taken away, she occasionally thought that if she stood high enough one day, she wouldn’t be unable to protect her things.

And at this moment, Liu Li’s eyes were familiar, suddenly overlapping with the cat in her memory.

Ning Zisheng didn’t know what words to describe the feeling in her heart. She only felt that the most hidden place in her heart was suddenly touched.

“…Does the Ninth Princess have any insights on this?”

The tutor’s question brought her back to the lecture. Ning Zisheng’s eyes were fixed, as if everything just now had never existed.

Her voice was slightly low, and she answered fluently.

••••

After class, Liu Li went to the toilet, while Ning Zisheng went out first, waiting for her in the gazebo as usual.

“County Princess?”

Liu Li had just come out to wash her hands when she heard a gentle male voice calling her. She was so frightened that she turned her head sharply, and accidentally splashed water on the person’s face.

“It’s you?”

It was the Sixth Prince’s companion, named Jiang… what was it again?

Liu Li opened this person’s information panel.

Name: Jiang Yuzhang

Age: 15 years old

Identity: Heir of the Duke of Jiang’s Mansion

Current status: Unforgettable

Note: Gentle and refined

This person’s favorability towards Liu Li was as high as 100 points. Did they know each other before?

Liu Li didn’t want to chat at the hand-washing station and said politely, “Young Master Jiang, this is not the place to talk. Let’s go out and talk.”

Jiang Yuzhang wiped the water off his face awkwardly: “It was rude of me.”

As they walked out, Liu Li asked, “Young Master Jiang, is there something you need from me?”