"Do you want to change your current situation?" Mu Fengqie looked at Yuan Yerui seriously.
Yuan Yerui suddenly raised his head and looked at Mu Fengqie with a complicated look in his eyes. "What do you mean?"
"You've seen it. Those people today came for you. Although I don't know who is behind them yet, since they failed this time, they will surely step up their efforts in the future. What I meant just now is that I can help you, help you change your current situation."
Mu Fengqie's words left Yuan Yerui completely stunned. He originally thought that the Princess of Tianlin was just being whimsical about him. Once her novelty wore off, he would have nothing to do with her. But she...
"Why? I'm an ill - fated person. Aren't you afraid that I'll bring bad luck to you?" Yuan Yerui's body was trembling when he asked this question. He had tried his best to control it, but it was of no use.
"Ill - fated? Do you believe that you're an ill - fated person?" Mu Fengqie stared fixedly at Yuan Yerui.
"No! I'm not!" Yuan Yerui's eyes were red. Was there finally someone who was willing to believe that he wasn't an ill - fated person?
"Good. But I can only teach you martial arts and knowledge. As for the rest, you have to strive for it yourself." Mu Fengqie wouldn't help him too much, otherwise he would become dependent, and it would be difficult for him to achieve great things then.
"Okay!" Yuan Yerui nodded heavily. Although he had a little influence now, compared to Yuan Yuchuan, it was like an ant trying to shake a big tree.
Early the next morning, Yuan Yerui got up early to prepare the apprenticeship gifts. Although the things he prepared were not very valuable now, he would surely present the best things in the world to her when he had the ability in the future.
Zhu Fei saw Yuan Yerui standing in the yard early in the morning. She shook her head helplessly and said, "My mistress likes to sleep in and won't get up until very late. You'd better go into the room and rest for a while."
Since her mistress was pregnant, she usually got up late. Moreover, there was an assassination last night, so she went to bed late. It was really hard to say when her mistress would wake up today.
"It's okay. I can wait. You don't need to worry about me." Yuan Yerui said firmly. This little time was nothing. He would give her a bed made of gold if she liked sleeping.
Mu Fengqie woke up at noon. She was woken up by hunger. If it weren't for her hungry stomach, she felt she could still sleep. When Zhu Fei heard the movement inside, she knew that Mu Fengqie was awake and walked in with the washing things.
"Mistress, Yuan Yerui has been standing outside for a whole morning." He didn't even move.
"Hmm? What is he standing in the yard for?" Mu Fengqie asked blankly.
"Probably because of what you said last night." Zhu Fei said helplessly.
When Zhu Fei said this, Mu Fengqie also remembered. She had promised that child last night to find a master for him. She almost forgot.
"Call him in. And you go and call Zhu Yan here too." Mu Fengqie thought that Zhu Yan would be a very good master.
"Yes, I'll go right away." After Mu Fengqie finished washing, Zhu Fei carried the things out.
When Mu Fengqie saw Yuan Yerui come in, she asked, "Have you eaten? If not, have something with me first." One couldn't do anything without a good body.
"Okay." Yuan Yerui thought that he couldn't let his master go hungry, so he sat down neatly and accompanied Mu Fengqie for the meal.
After Mu Fengqie finished her meal, Zhu Yan came back. "Mistress."
"Okay. I've found an apprentice for you. See how he is?" Mu Fengqie pointed at Yuan Yerui.
For a moment, both of them were shocked. Especially Yuan Yerui. This was not what he had imagined. "Aren't you going to be my master? Why has it ended up being him?"
Seeing Yuan Yerui's accusing look, Mu Fengqie twitched the corner of her mouth. When had she promised to be his master? He was just daydreaming all day long.
"I don't have that ability. And Zhu Yan is the most skilled in martial arts beside me. When you surpass him someday, I'll find you another master." Mu Fengqie said. There should be many masters beside A Che.
"But I want you to teach me." Yuan Yerui said stubbornly.
Zhu Yan looked at the little brat who was not even as tall as his waist, being so picky. He felt annoyed. "The mistress is pregnant. Even if she had the ability, she wouldn't teach you. You can just give up this thought."
Yuan Yerui looked at Mu Fengqie's belly in disbelief. A flash of disappointment crossed his eyes. Pregnant?
"Then can you teach me to read?" Yuan Yerui said, making a concession.
Before Mu Fengqie could say anything, Zhu Yan said, "No. The mistress is only suitable for resting now. So it's also me who will teach you to read."
Yuan Yerui ignored Zhu Yan. He just looked at Mu Fengqie intently. The glimmer in his eyes made Mu Fengqie not have the heart to refuse him.
"Then I'll teach you for an hour every day. Let Zhu Yan teach you the rest. How about that?" Mu Fengqie said.
Yuan Yerui thought for a while and then agreed. After all, this man had just said that his master needed to rest. He was already very happy that his master could teach him for an hour.
"Okay. Thank you, master." Saying that, he kowtowed to Mu Fengqie, then took out the apprenticeship gifts he had prepared and gave them to Mu Fengqie. Then he poured a cup of tea and presented it to Mu Fengqie.
Zhu Yan was extremely speechless watching from the side. Didn't this little brat figure out who his real master was? The mistress teaching him to read for an hour a day made her the master, but what about him, who would teach him martial arts every day? This kid was so snobbish.
Mu Fengqie was also a little surprised, but she didn't decline. Since Yuan Yerui was determined to recognize her as his master, it would be inappropriate for her to refuse. Besides, this child was quite good - looking. So she just accepted him.
"Master, you can rest assured. When I have the ability in the future, I will surely filially serve you and the child in your belly." He would regard this child as his own younger brother.
"It's enough that you have this thought. As your master, I don't expect you to be overly filial. As long as you don't do evil and kill innocent people in the future." Mu Fengqie said, smiling at Yuan Yerui.
"Your disciple remembers." Yuan Yerui answered seriously.
After everything was settled with Mu Fengqie, Yuan Yerui was taken out by Zhu Yan for teaching.
Mu Fengqie looked at the small figure of Yuan Yerui doing horse - stance outside. She involuntarily stroked the child in her belly. When the child came out in the future, she would surely teach him well. A Che would teach him martial arts, and she would teach him medicine.
She hoped that the child would become a person with both civil and military skills when he grew up.
Thinking of what the child in her belly would look like when he grew up, Mu Fengqie smiled. She was really looking forward to the moment when he was born.
When the Grand Empress Dowager learned that the secret guards hadn't returned last night, she flew into a rage and came in a menacing manner with her entourage.