My Cruel Little Empress
Chapter 27

Lao Yu Zhu, or simply called scholar Yu Zhu, did not expect that she would have the honor of becoming Zhang Mu Lan's daughter teacher. Either this was a gift to him because with the honor he received from the emperor Wei would raise his salary, rank and fame in the public, he said, or even a disaster because he had to face the daughter of Zhang Mu Lan who was known to be very stupid, arrogant, and difficult to manage.

Scholar Yu Zhu sighed, he then took a sip of tea served by the ladies who visited him while waiting for the figure of a 14-year-old girl who even until now rumors of her beauty are still in discussion.

The 25-year-old man did not know whether the rumors were a fact, or just a lie from the mouth of the residents of the royal capital Zhang. Because as he remembered, Zhang Mu Lan's daughter who often visited the Ma residence had a bad appearance. He always ate excess jewelry, ate light-colored clothes, and wore makeup that was so thick that it made the girl look old at the age of just 15 years in the next few months.

The sound of footsteps heard in the crowd greeted the hearing senses of scholar Yu Zhu, not long after, the ladies began to announce the arrival of the girl he had been waiting for.

"Your highness princess Zhang Mu Lan has arrived...."

Quickly the scholar Yu Zhu got up from his seat, he then bowed respectfully before a soft voice greeted his auditory senses and asked himself to get up immediately.

"Teacher Zhu, wake up" my orders were directly obeyed by scholar Yu Zhu.

I then chose to sit down in front of the table that had been prepared for me, and no sooner did scholar Yu Zhu also sit beside him in his place after the ladies put away the tea pot, and no later than how long the scholar Yu Zhu also sat beside him in his place, the cup and cake provided during scholar Yu Zhu's waiting for me.

I opened the history book that had been prepared on my desk, it seems that today we will learn the ins and outs of the history of the Zhang kingdom and its ancestors. I snorted in my heart, however I had memorized everything written in the book a few years ago.

It was only because of a suggestion from Ma Mei Rong that said that young general Wu Cheng liked girls who were meek, not too smart, and innocent. So from that he foolishly pretended to be stupid for many years, the intelligence and intelligence he had had to be covered with tricks and incitement Mei Rong.

In the end, the knowledge and knowledge that he has gradually began to decrease, as a result he eventually became a girl who was really stupid because it was blinded by love. Because of his feelings for young general Wu Cheng, he really became a fool. His family had to pay for all his deeds and follies with his life, and everything he had was forcibly taken away by the man he so admired and praised.

"Your noble daughter Zhang Mu Lan?"

"Princess Mu Lan?"

The call of scholar Yu Zhu jolted me from the daydream, I who had lowered my head and looked up at scholar Yu Zhu who was somehow just feeling surprised.

"Master Zhu called me?" my much on

Scholar Yu Zhu blinked for a while, before saying "We'll start his lessons" he said after recovering from the shock.

I continued to follow and do all things according to the words of scholar Yu Zhu, I continued to read, hear explanations, or even record important points in the material that he gave me today.

From the way he taught and explained made me understand, why Emperor Wei's father had given the honor of scholar Yu Zhu to teach me. It was given a way of teaching and explaining that was very young to understand, and maybe because of this he was so sought by the school administrators - noble schools in the capital Zhang.

"Maybe until here our lesson today, if your majesty has any questions, you can ask them in the next subject" concluded scholar Yu Zhu who jolted me from daydreams.

"Thank you for the generosity of teacher Zhu sharing his knowledge, I hope teacher Zhu will not get tired of teaching and sharing his knowledge with this princess" my words that made the body of scholar Yu Zhu gasp were shocked by what I was doing.

Perhaps my rumors were so vehemently attached to me, that I often found scholar Yu Zhu to be surprised at my behavior. I think the response of scholar Yu Zhu is still very reasonable and understandable, however my changes that arrive - it obviously takes a lot of time and space for everyone to adapt.

"Bachelor Yu Zhu!" reprimand a eunuch who was standing right beside the stairs

Scholar Yu Zhu was then jolted from his daydream, he rushed to ask me to get up, almost helping me to get up from my respectful position. Before his hands held my upper arms and helped me get up, I started to straighten up my body.

I smiled as scholar Yu Zhu continued to apologize to me for his carelessness I had to bow for so long. If the eunuch who served in my residence did not rebuke him, I might still be in the same position even though I did not then move because I waited for orders.

For me, changing people's views of me takes a lot of process and time. But because today I have the opportunity and the opportunity to clear my name from rumors - bad and ugly rumors, I also took the initiative to start from scholar Yu Zhu. Shouldn't I respect him as a student even though my status and position are higher? Right now I'm trying to act like that, but it seems that my actions have come back to surprise him.

"Teacher Zhu need not apologize, this princess who behaved outside the habit of this princess suddenly arrived so that teacher Zhu was surprised and not used to it" I said as scholar Yu Zhu continued to apologize. Either because I was afraid that his name would be tainted, I treated him that way, or because of something else.

"This scholar is really sorry to make you bow for too long" said scholar Yu Zhu who sounded scared and worried

"Master Zhu need not hesitate, this princess hopes that teacher Zhu can quickly adapt to my attitude and behavior" I replied

"The color of today's lesson is over, the princess apologized for asking for resignation and going ahead of teacher Zhu" I said bowing for a moment before getting up and turning around leaving scholar Yu Zhu who was still in the gasebo behind the Shan pavilions who was now muttering.

"It seems that the rumors of Zhang Mu Lan's daughter's beauty are not a lie, especially now that her temperament has slowly changed"

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**TBC

Friday, 5 June 2020**