"Jia Li 2"
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i...i...i.. I. I only like to read books, is it because I'm a lowly servant that I don't have the right to read ?" jia Li asked innocently.

Jia Li answered Wang Xuemin's question honestly. He had no other purpose than to read, to learn everything about the age he now lived in. For Jia Li, it was only by learning that he could see the world. Just like in his old life, education was no 1, one would not be able to survive if it was too stupid in his old days.

Jia Li's reply prompted Wang Xuemin to be surprised. It was only natural that Wang Xuemin was surprised, because in this age only nobles could read and write, while ordinary people could not. This is because the cost of education is very expensive in this day and age. This is compounded by many people in the lower class think that education is not so important, they think is to make as much money as possible and then become rich. The girl in front of him was different, she could read and liked to read. But there were a lot of questions on Wang Xuemin's mind at the moment, such as why did he like to read?, who taught him ? and there's so much more.

"why do you like to read ?"  asked Wang Xuemin again.

"because books are a storehouse of science, by reading we can see the world well" Jia Li's reply came back to Wang Xuemin's surprise. He did not expect the girl would answer his question well and smoothly. Moreover, his answer was something he had never heard of. 

"who taught you to read ?" asked Wang Xuemin again.

"if I say 'no one taught me" will the prince believe ?" jia Li asked.

Wang Xuemin was silent for a long time. He looked at Jia Li, trying to look for suspicious things from her. Actually Lian had already investigated the girl, and the record was clean. He was just an ordinary servant and one of his dogs, yet Wang Xuemin was not so satisfied with that answer.

While Jia Li was just silent, he was also busy with his thoughts. He was afraid that Wang Xuemin misunderstood him and punished him severely.

"what books do you like ?" ask Wang Xuemin.

Wang Xuemin's words awakened Jia Li from her daydream.

"ah... What is prince ?" Jia Li's

"what books do you like ?" asked Wang Xuemin again.

"i love medicine books, and books on medicine" Jia Li replied.

Wang Xuemin who heard that simply nodded. Wang Xuemin's subsequent remarks made Jia Li surprised, to the point that he was sculpting.

"from now on you become my personal servant. You will always be by my side, never have the intention to run away let alone betray me. I will kill you and give your body as food***" after saying that Wang Xuemin left.

Wang Xuemin still did not believe what he heard and saw. Therefore he ordered Jia Li to be his personal servant in order to watch over him more closely. If Jia Li remained an ordinary servant, it would be very difficult to monitor his movements. 

After Wang Xuemin left, Jia Li's tub fell. Her dream is to get out of this golden prison, but now she has to be stuck here to save her own life. Jia Li could only cry inwardly. He wanted to curse, scream, and hit something to vent his emotions, but he could not because this was the residence of the prince, if there was a damaged item he could be sentenced to death. Jia Li was completely helpless.

***

1 Week went by quickly. From the day Jia Li met Wang Xuemin, he stayed in one of the rooms in Wang Xuemin's palace, and was treated very well like good food, good clothes, good clothes, a comfortable residence and more importantly the 3rd prince allowed him to read books in his study room. While Jia Li's job now is to serve every day, such as preparing tea, helping her wear clothes, and much more. The job can be said to be very easy than his previous job.  While the other servants who were looking at Jia Li now could only look at him full of envy.

Currently Jia Li was sowing Wang Xuemin. The man was sitting opposite Lian or rather his accomplice. They were playing mahjong very seriously, even though Lian had lost to Wang Xuemin several times but Lian still did not give up. Lian was confident of defeating her master in a mahjong game.

"you lost again" said Wang Xuemin with a flat face, he felt very bored with Lian's game.

"..." - ".Lian who lost could only bow in lethargy. He had tried hard to learn mahjong, but still could not beat his master.

Wang Xuemin looked at Jia Li. The girl had focused on her way of playing, as if she knew how to play mahjong. There was an idea in Wang Xuemin's head.

"do you know how to play mahjong, Jia Li?" ask Wang Xuemin

Jia Li and the people in the room were already no longer surprised by Wang Xuemin's sudden question. The man did indeed like to ask an unexpected question to Jia Li. Though at first they were surprised by the many questions Wang Xuemin asked Jia Li, such as 'what questions can you read ?". But all the people who worked in Wang Xuemin's palace also already knew that Jia Li was not a fool, he was a genius, because in this age of servants where one could read or write.

Jia Li answered honestly. 

In his previous life Jia Li had taught his grandmother to play mahjong. Although he rarely plays because of his busy life, Jia Li is quite a good player.

"hem... Why did you give up before you tried ? " Jia Li who heard the question could only fall silent.

"I couldn't believe what you said before I saw it for myself. Come and play with me !" wang Xuemin.

Jia Li exhaled a rough breath to ease his emotions. Jia Li walked up to Wang Xuemin and sat down in front of her, while Lian sat down beside her.

"play well, don't pretend to be stupid ! " wang Xuemin said as she looked at Jia Li cynically. Jia Li felt suffocated from being stared at cynically by Wang Xuemin.

Jia Li, Wang Xuemin, and Lian started playing. 1 hour later.

"you said your ability to play mahjong isn't great enough to beat me ? Apparently your abilities are quite great" Wang Xuemin said as his game with Jia Li grew fiercer 

Jia Li was silent. While Lian had already lost from the start of the game could only keep quiet while continuing to watch the game of Jia Li and Wang Xuemin. But who would have thought that at the end of the game was won by Jia Li, everyone present was shocked because Jia Li was able to defeat the famous great Wang Xuemin in the mahjong game,  Jia Li did not even expect to be able to defeat Wang Xuemin.

"hey... You're saying your abilities aren't better than mine ?" Wang Xuemin laughed as he looked at Jia Li sinisterly 

"said the prince, I must play well and do not pretend to be stupid. So I played my best so as not to disappoint the prince, if the end who won the game was me. It's the prince's own fault why ask me to play properly and don't pretend to be stupid" said Jia Li, who was clearly visibly upset. He had restrained his anger from earlier from being seen cynically and had always ruled this and that. 

Everyone was shocked to see Jia Li's attitude that boldly blamed the prince.

Jia Li, who realized his mistake, bowed his head and apologized.

"forgive me prince, I have done wrong" said Jia Li, from the look of his face clearly visible if he was frightened. Afraid that the man punished him severely, it was good to lose directly at the death penalty, if tortured to death how ?

Wang Xuemin who was looking at Jia Li's mannerisms laughed out loud. Laughter that has not been seen for a long time. Never had he discovered that there was a person who dared to be disrespectful to him, especially if that person was his own servant, but somehow Wang Xuemin was pleased with Jia Li's attitude like that.

"you must be more careful. If once again I am forced to punish you" Wang Xuemin said in the end.  After saying that Wang Xuemin left and followed the other servants. Jia Li and Lian.

"uhuh... Tumben once he's not angry" Lian's inner. 

Lian walked up to Jia Li and sat down beside him.  While Jia Li took a deep breath and exhaled violently, he felt relieved. 

"luckily the prince was not angry" Lian said.

"uhuh... What makes you feel at home working with him ?" jia Li asked directly. He looked at Lian with curiosity.

Jia Li was puzzled as to why Lian was so at home working with a person like Wang Xuemin

"hem... You want to know ?" ask Lian.

Jia Li nodded small. Lian smiled slightly as she looked at Jia Li's extremely adorable manner.

"long story short when I was 10, I lost both my parents. My other brothers did not want to support me because they were also in trouble so I became a vagrant/beggar. One day I accidentally met the 3rd prince, because pity the 3rd prince picked me up and so be me like this" said Lian.

Jia Li doubted the story a little. He wasn't sure Wang Xuemin had such a good heart when he appeared to be very arrogant with what he had.

Ever since that day, when Wang Xuemin wanted to play mahjong then Jia Li must have been by his side to play. The longer Jia Li spent Wang Xuemin's time, the more he knew Wang Xuemin's bad and kind nature, the man was only kind to his people and would be bad to people who were not his people, he said, he will also be very friendly to those closest to him. One thing that made Jia Li surprised was that when he heard Lian's words, he said Wang Xuemin was only obedient to the words of his first brother, even the emperor whose real father he had never heard. It was his disappointment with the emperor that made him a dissident, but as Wang Xuemin treated his father, he remained the emperor's favorite son.

Time passed quickly until it was 3 months without feeling. Jia Li's days were getting better, he was getting more and more attention from Wang Xuemin. The man liked being close to Jia Li because Jia Li's clever brain, his mature demeanor, was very nice to talk to, honest and what it was. It made the man feel at home for a long time with her. Jia Li himself had no problem with it, but the other servants became extremely envious of him. Jia Li could even see the anger and hatred from the look in their eyes, this was further compounded by the circulating gossip that was 'Jia Li. That lowly servant, used magic to make the prince fall for her"