Because the results were released today, the Double Sun Meeting ended in the afternoon. The only ones who were happy were the guests whose names were on the list and the princes who liked to find talents.
Yu Shu followed Liu Tan back to the guesthouse. The three of them sat in the hall where they conversed daily. Helanchou praised Yu Shu generously. Perhaps he was afraid that she would be discouraged by the Hidewon from Prince Ning's side, so his words were full of encouragement, with the intention of urging her not to be discouraged and to continue working hard.
"I was able to choose a fragrant husband because of the reliability of the list Your Highness gave me." Yu Shu modestly accepted these words, and pushed the credit back to Liu Tan. She saw that Liu Tan's expression was good, so she took advantage of the situation and said, "It's true that the list given by His Royal Highness is very thorough. But, the number of people that I can compare with is somewhat small. May I ask Your Highness if you can relax the limit on the number of candidates so that I can have more candidates? "
Yu Shu had made this request to Liu Tan after careful consideration.
This time, it was a coincidence that there were three people on the list that Liu Tan had given her. The reason why Yu Shu had deliberately chosen the fragrant boy surnamed Zou to hand over to Liu Tan wasn't because she had blindly guessed it. Although these three people were people who had no calamity on the day the list was released, but according to the data value calculated by the law of calamity, the one surnamed Zou's luck was the smoothest. She couldn't see what was good about him, but she could completely infer which one was the "least bad".
Reality proved that this kind of inference was not wrong.
In this way, as long as she was willing to spend time, she had enough candidates in her hands. She could completely cut down another round from the candidates on the list and select the best. It was not an exaggeration to say that if she counted all the examinees who took part in a certain subject and asked for the time of misfortune on the day the results were released, she could completely infer a list!
Of course, this was too laborious and she could not do it without ten days to half a month of hard work.
Back to the main topic. Now that Ji Xingxuan has won the Hideous title of the Great Yi Master, she is enjoying the limelight. Ji Xingxuan's physiognomy was exceptional. She had been overshadowed by Shui Yun previously, so it was not obvious. Now that there were no more opponents, and with the release of the two major rankings, she would be able to dominate the Twin Suns Meeting and solidify her reputation. It would not be easy to suppress her in the future.
Hence, Yu Shu decided to borrow Liu Tan's hand to take down Ji Xingxuan's prestige. Coincidentally, she had discovered the magical use of the Time of Calamity. It would be a waste not to use it.
Although doing so would make her a target, compared to letting Ji Xingxuan get what she wanted, she couldn't care less about hiding it.
However, Shui Yun had already chosen a champion out of ten thousand. Yu Shu thought that even if she was correct in every round and didn't miss anything, she wouldn't attract much criticism. Moreover, there wouldn't be any prince who would be stupid enough to do that after the Fourth Prince was expelled. They would still dare to go against the wind and attack her.
When Liu Tan heard Yu Shu's request, he didn't immediately agree. After thinking for a bit, he turned to look at Helanchou, "What does Sir Helanchou think?"
Helanchou was very good at dealing with people and went with the flow, "There is no harm in doing as Miss Yu says."
Liu Tan nodded and then asked Yu Shu, "How do you think we should expand the pool of candidates?"
Yu Shu hurriedly said, "Anyone who has participated in this exam and is found to be truly talented can be considered."
Liu Tan said, "Okay, I will have someone reorganize the list and give it to the two of you in three days."
After receiving his approval, Yu Shu immediately stood up to leave. She didn't care what Liu Tan and Helanchou talked about after she left. She was anxious to go home and organize her new discoveries about the Time of Calamity and record them in her personal notebook.
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On the second day after the results of the physiognomy exam were released, Yu Shu punctually stood at the main gate waiting for the carriage to pick her up. However, Liu Tan's gifts arrived.
"These are all gifts from His Imperial Highness to Miss Yu." The steward of Liu Tan's guest residence personally ran over. He instructed the coachman to move the stacks of gift boxes down from the carriage and bring them into the living room.
Then he politely told Yu Shu, "His Imperial Highness told this lowly one to tell Miss that you can rest at home for the next two days. You don't need to go to the Twin Yang Meeting with him."
Yu Shu was instantly delighted. Liu Tan actually gave her a break.
She didn't want to face Ji Xingxuan's smug face.
"Thank you for making this trip. Please thank His Imperial Highness for me." Yu Shu accepted Liu Tan's favor and sent the steward to the main gate. After the steward left, she went back to the living room to count the gifts that Liu Tan had given her.
She opened the gift boxes on the table one by one. When Yu Shu saw the things inside, she couldn't help but secretly praise Liu Tan for being a good person. The gifts he gave her were all good things that could be used by a merchant. Looking at the color, they were all good goods that were hard to find in the market.
There were four boxes of high-quality ambergris, a set of white-backed tortoiseshell, twelve packets of all kinds of fortune thread, a tube of carved blank sandalwood sticks, and a hardcover edition of the 'Yi Zhuan'.
All in all, it was no less than a thousand taels. It seemed that this Ninth Prince, Liu Tan, was someone who had real money in his hands.
Yu Shu called Yun Dou and together, they brought these gifts back to the room. She only took one box of ambergris and put the rest into a large box next to the wardrobe. She would take it when she entered Taishi Library to study in the future.
She didn't need to follow Liu Tan to the Shuangyang Association. Yu Shu didn't plan to go out and run around. With Shui Yun as an example, she wouldn't wander around on her own at such a sensitive time.
It was rare that she had time and the weather was good, so Yu Shu didn't stay idle. She went back to her room and changed into a dirt-resistant robe. She asked the servant in the kitchen to boil a bucket of hot water and brought it to the stables to serve her, Little Red, for a bath.
Miss Ma was very gentle and quiet. She was washed and rubbed by Yu Shu, but she didn't get angry. She obediently let her finish and took her to the sun.
After washing the horse, Yu Shu found Kim Bao in Yu Xiaoxiu's room. She pulled him out from under the mattress. Regardless of his struggle, she pressed him into the basin of water and washed him. Finally, she closed him in a bamboo cage and put him on the windowsill to bask in the sun. She didn't want him to run around wet and get muddy again.
It was almost noon, and the sun was very bright. Yu Shu and Zhao Hui discussed for a while and called two maids to bring out bedding and pillows from each room. They pulled a rope in the yard to dry the quilt. Tomorrow was an auspicious day. Zhao Hui and her husband were going to live in the yard next door to make room for Old Madam He, who was about to go to the capital.
After finishing these chores, Yu Shu didn't feel tired. She wiped the sweat on her forehead and stood under the sun, breathing in and out. Her whole body felt warm, and her spirit was several times better. However, her stomach was growling.
Zhao Hui was sitting on a soft chair in front of the door to bask in the sun. Her sharp ears heard the growling and she shook the towel in her hand. She called Yu Shu over to wipe her sweat and asked Shen Nanny to urge the cook to make lunch with a smile.
He Fangzhi often stayed at the clinic at noon. When it was time for lunch, Zhao Hui would ask the servant to bring him a lunch box.
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Yu Shu took a nap. After asking Yun Dou to prepare the bathtub, he washed up and rubbed his hair until it was half-dry. He loosely tied his hair into a braid and burned some newly obtained dragon saliva in the incense burner. Feeling refreshed, he sat in front of the desk and picked a brush to mix the ink. She picked up the brush and recalled for a moment. She accurately wrote down Xue Rui's birth date on the paper.
The last time she was in trouble, she was grateful for Xue Rui's affection for her. She promised him that when she was safe and sound, she would pay more attention to this big brother.
She couldn't help him with anything else, but with what she had learned, she could help him to be safe.
The law of calamity had to be combined with the Eight Gates Life and Death Art. It was related to the sunrise and sunset, so to ensure accuracy, she could only calculate it for three months at most.
With Yu Shu's proficiency in those complicated formulas, she could calculate it in one day. The time it takes to drink a cup of tea was enough to calculate a day's misfortune. In this big family, including He Fangzhi, Zhao Hui, and even Little Xiu, as long as she sensed that something was amiss, she would calculate it. Normally, she could slack off and ignore them, but she did not see Xue Rui every day, so she could only put in more effort to keep an eye on him.
Yu Shu sat in front of the desk for the whole afternoon. With the help of the pot of ambergris, she concentrated. She actually wrote down all the disasters of Xue Rui in the past month in one breath.
She copied the detailed results on a clean piece of paper. Yu Shu silently wrote down a few of his small disasters. Then she pressed the paper in the drawer. She didn't plan to show it to Xue Rui. She just waited to see him one day and pretend to remind him inadvertently.
Yun Dou was ordered by Zhao Hui to urge her to eat dinner several times. Yu Shu stretched, simply sorted out the papyrus for calculation, and put it in a small bamboo basket under the desk. These papers with foreign numbers couldn't be kept. She would burn them every two days.
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After dinner, Yu Shu went to Yu Xiaoxiu's room. According to He Fangzhi's order, she checked his homework and looked at Bai Ran's.
Yu Shu used to think that Yu Xiaoxiu's writing was good, but compared with Bai Ran's, it looked clumsy.
Among the people Yu Shu had seen, Jing Chen was undoubtedly number one in terms of artistic conception in writing. Xue Rui's writing was also very good, but the tip of his brush was slightly sloppy, just like the hint of arrogance hidden in his character. However, both of their writing were not as neat and beautiful as Bai Ran's. The horizontal and vertical strokes were as if they had been measured with a ruler. It was so neat that it made one's hair stand on end. It could be imagined how many years of hard work they had practiced.
Yu Shu couldn't help but praise Bai Ran. She also told him to correct Yu Xiaoxiu's strokes. Bai Ran modestly agreed.
Yu Shu saw that the desk was big enough, so she simply asked Bai Ran to bring a chair over and sit down. She reviewed his homework with Yu Xiaoxiu. She took one of Yu Xiaoxiu's textbooks and walked around.
The room was full of books. Suddenly, they heard Yun Dou's crisp voice outside the door. She was calling Yu Shu: "Miss, Mr. Xue is here. He is waiting for you in the front."
When Yu Shu heard this, she stopped in her tracks. When she heard that Xue Rui had come, her face instantly lit up with joy. She didn't know what this Big Brother of hers had been busy with recently. Ever since she went to look for him at the Forgotten Airport because of the matter regarding the enrollment quota, she hadn't seen him for quite a few days. If he still didn't come to look for her, she was prepared to look for him tomorrow.
"Got it. I'll go there." Yu Shu walked quickly to the door and found that she was still holding the book in her hand. She quickly turned back and put it down. She said to Yu Xiaoxiu: "Be good and review. I'll go talk to your brother Xue for a while. I'll call you later."
Yu Xiaoxiu nodded and watched her walk away with her hands behind her back. He turned his face and saw Bai Ran's dazed look. He stretched out his hand and waved in front of him. He said: "Bai Ran, Bai Ran? What's wrong with you? "
Bai Ran suddenly came back to his senses and realized that he had lost his manners. He reluctantly smiled at Yu Xiaoxiu and covered up: "I'm fine. I was hysterical just now. Let's read. Teacher will ask questions in class tomorrow."
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