Princess of the auxiliary country

Chapter 9; Parting Gift

"Xiaochan polishes ink for the lady."

Huo Junyao nodded and stood in front of the table, thinking about what to write.His mind quickly turned over the memories of his past life.

Even though she was an engineering student in her previous life, she was a top student and dabbled in many things, including calligraphy.

Of course it was just a hobby. At that time, she felt that calligraphy could calm her mind. Whenever she felt irritable and couldn't study carefully, she would dig out things and write calligraphy.

What she likes to write most is regular script with thin gold script, which is very stylish and beautiful. She doesn't know how to appreciate calligraphy, nor can she understand the artistic conception of calligraphy.

After all, he is just an amateur.

However, she can still copy copybooks. Although she is amateur, her calligraphy, especially the thin gold calligraphy in regular script, is still good.

"Miss, it's all right."

Xiaochan stepped aside.

"Well, thank you."

Huo Junyao raised her hands to roll up her sleeves and dipped her pen in ink. Just now she had already thought of what to write.

I saw her brushing her fingers, and soon a poem written by Master Shixian appeared on the paper.

"An Neng smashes eyebrows and bends waist to serve the powerful, making me unhappy?"

Xiaochan next to me read it word by word.

There is only such a sentence. Of course, it is not that Huo Junyao cannot memorize it all, but she feels that this sentence is the most suitable.

"You can still read?"

Huo Junyao put down the brush and asked questions with a smile while admiring her first calligraphy piece since coming to this world.

"Yeah, my mother knows how to read, and I learned from her."

Xiaochan's full name is Lin Xiaochan. She is a daughter of Duke Ji's family. Her parents are both slaves of Duke Ji's family.

After her mother was a prisoner in the previous dynasty, after the fall of the previous dynasty, her mother moved to work in Duke Ji's mansion. Because she was literate, she came to serve the eldest princess Ningyang.

Later, Princess Ningyang made the decision and betrothed to the son of the housekeeper of Duke Ji's mansion. The couple loved each other and had a son and a daughter.

Xiaochan's brother is Lin Yi, and he is currently serving Huo Junyao's second brother.

"Miss, your handwriting is so beautiful."

Huo Junyao smiled and nodded. She was in good condition today and her calligraphy was indeed beautiful. The thing she copied most often in her previous life was Song Huizong's thin gold calligraphy.

Although the heat was much different, she felt that it was still a little bit similar.

"When the ink dries, you can give it to my second brother and say this is my parting gift to His Royal Highness."

Upon hearing this, Xiaochan's little brows immediately wrinkled.

"Miss, why are you still giving him gifts? He has already done that to you."

Hearing this, Huo Junyao just smiled and didn't explain much. He just asked Xiaochan to remember to send it over.

Although this is still a gift to the prince, it is not intended to be delivered to the prince.

She believed that with her second brother's intelligence, he would be able to understand what she really meant when he saw the words.

After a while, the ink dried, and Xiaochan carefully put it away. Just as she was about to go out, Huo Junyao's voice sounded again.

"By the way, tell my second brother that this calligraphy will be sent over after I leave tomorrow."

Xiaochan nodded in agreement and then stepped out of the yard.

Not long after, they arrived at the entrance of Huo Jinyan's yard.

"Brother, brother, come out for a moment."

At the door of the courtyard, she looked inside and happened to see her eldest brother Lin Yi, and she quickly greeted him.

As a slave, she did not dare to enter the prince's courtyard at will.

Lin Yi was a relatively honest-looking young man. When he heard his sister's greeting, he frowned slightly, hurriedly walked over, and spoke in a reproachful tone.

"This is the prince's yard, not a place for you to come. Leave quickly." "No, it's the third lady who asked me to come over and give something to the prince."

Xiaochan quickly explained.

After hearing her words, the blame on Lin Yi's face disappeared, and he nodded and said, "Then you wait here for a while, and I will report to the prince."

In the study, Huo Jinyan was also thinking about what the future should be like, and what methods he should use to seek justice for his little sister and Duke Ji's mansion.

Hearing Lin Yi's report, he was slightly startled, stood up and walked out.

The little sister actually gave him something, and he was really curious about what it was.

"I remember you, your name is Xiaochan, you are Lin Yi's sister."

After leaving the study room, Huo Jinyan saw Xiaochan standing neatly at the door of the courtyard, with a warm smile on his face.

"Are you serving my sister?"

"Reporting to the Crown Prince, Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess takes notice of her and arranges for the servant to be a personal maid next to Miss Third."

Hearing this, Huo Jinyan nodded and continued, "Very good. Did you just say that my little sister asked you to come over and give me something?"

"Yes, the lady wrote something and asked the servant to send it to the prince."

As she said that, she quickly handed over the collected words with both hands.

This time, Huo Jinyan was even more surprised and asked unconsciously, "Little sister, is she still literate?"

He knew very well Huo Junyao's living situation in the past ten years. Not just anyone could read and write in the Yu Dynasty. Many families could not produce a scholar for several generations.

As for the small mountain village where Huo Junyao lived in the past, the village chief could barely recognize some words.

So she could actually read and write, which surprised Huo Jinyan.

"I only found out about it today, and my handwriting is very beautiful."

"Oh? Then we have to take a look."

Huo Jinyan was a serious scholar. For ordinary people, he would naturally take the imperial examination and become an official. However, he was the eldest son of Duke Ji, so he could enter the court without taking the imperial examination.

No, he now has an idle official position in the Hanlin Academy. He only needs to hang around for a few years before he can continue to advance.

Lin Yi quickly stepped forward to help and unfolded the paper with Xiaochan.

hiss!
The moment he saw the words, Huo Jinyan took a breath.

It's beautiful here and there, it's simply too beautiful. He has seen a lot of calligraphy in his life, and he even has good handwriting.

But if I ask myself, there are still some differences between his handwriting and what Huo Junyao is writing in front of me.

Especially this font, which has never been seen before, is quite thin, graceful and interesting, and is very good.

After a while, Huo Jinyan came back to his senses and asked in disbelief, "Is this really written by my little sister?"

"Yes, when the lady was writing, the servant was watching from the side."

Seeing the prince being so surprised, Xiao Chan also knew that the word "Miss" must be written very well, and she felt a little proud for no reason.

"Awesome, good, my little sister is really unexpected."

“It’s just that although the words are very good, the content is not.”

Although the content looked very good, he was a little confused. Why did the little sister write such content if she wanted to give him a letter?

"The young lady said that she asked the slave to deliver it to the Crown Prince. She also said that this was her parting gift to His Highness."

"They also said that the prince should wait until she leaves tomorrow before sending her there."

"For the prince?"

Huo Jinyan was startled, feeling suddenly sour in his heart. He subconsciously wanted to say that the prince had treated her like this, yet she still wanted to give him a parting gift.

But as he spoke, a flash of lightning suddenly flashed across his mind, and he fell into deep thought.

After a moment, he burst out laughing, and the slight soreness in his heart had long gone.

(End of this chapter)