Li Jin smiled and looked at the two of them.
"Do you want to know?"
Duoduo and Yingniang both nodded at the same time.
"Then watch closely, I will do it one more time."
Li Jin walked under the tree, leaped straight up from the ground, and disappeared among the treetops.
Duoduo stared at Li Jin, not even daring to blink.
However, the branches were too dense, and soon Li Jin's figure was nowhere to be seen.
Duoduo looked at Yingniang. "Sister, did you see the master?"
"No!"
Yingniang shook her head in frustration.
Duoduo's big eyes darted around, and she suddenly turned back.
Behind her, there was absolutely nothing.
"Master?" Duoduo called out softly.
"Is the princess looking for me?"
Along with his familiar voice, Li Jin walked out from behind the tree.
"Wow! Master, you are amazing!"
Duoduo could not help but clap her little hands.
At the entrance of the study, the Prince of Pingyang looked at the excited Duoduo in the courtyard and turned his head to give an order.
"Let's go."
"Yes."
Ling Feng pushed the wheelchair and headed toward the outside of the estate.
"Your Highness, that Li Jin's martial arts skills do not seem low."
Ling Feng recalled the scene he had just witnessed.
"He was just entertaining the children; it is nothing more than flashy moves."
The Prince of Pingyang looked straight ahead, his expression calm.
Is that so?
Ling Feng muttered to himself in his heart.
"Your Highness, this Li Jin is skilled in both literature and martial arts. Why didn't he pursue an official title to serve the imperial court?"
Ling Feng thought of the information he had investigated regarding Li Jin.
Li Jin had been known as a child prodigy since he was young. Any master who had taught him asserted that he had the potential to be the top scholar.
However, in the end, he gave up on the final imperial examination.
Instead, he left his hometown and wandered the world.
A few years later, when he returned, he absolutely refused to continue the imperial examinations.
He started dabbling in business.
It seemed that smart people could succeed in whatever they did.
Within a few years, Li Jin's business grew larger and larger, making him a major wealthy merchant in the local area.
Then, he left his home once again and came to Xianyang.
Here, he started everything all over again.
Ling Feng could not figure it out.
Li Jin clearly could have had better choices, so why didn't he continue?
The Prince of Pingyang stared blankly ahead, not answering Ling Feng's question.
The first time he met Li Jin, he had asked him the exact same question.
At that time, Li Jin seemed to smile slightly.
"Fine birds choose the best trees to nest in, and this humble commoner has yet to find one."
Yunxiao, who was guarding the carriage, saw Ling Feng pushing the wheelchair over.
He hurriedly came over to help Ling Feng lift the wheelchair onto the carriage.
Following an order from Ling Feng, the carriage began to move.
The Prince of Pingyang looked at the increasingly distant estate and fell into deep thought.
Duoduo's morning practice for the day had ended.
She pulled Yingniang back to the room to bathe and change clothes.
Her next class was medicine.
Whenever Duoduo thought about how Master Zhang was going to teach her acupuncture today, she became incredibly excited.
In the past, Duoduo would dawdle in the bath and refuse to get up.
Today, she constantly urged the maids to hurry up.
After finally putting on clean clothes, Duoduo grabbed Yingniang beside her and ran outside.
"Princess, please slow down."
Lüluo hurriedly chased after them.
"Duoduo, why are you running so fast?"
Yingniang asked curiously as she ran.
"Sister, I want to hurry and go to class!"
Duoduo answered with a beaming smile.
The curiosity on Yingniang's face grew even heavier.
"Duoduo, I realized that you really like learning!"
Duoduo slowed her pace.
"Sister, do you not like it? Learning is so interesting!"
"We get to know so many truths and so much different knowledge, aren't you happy?"
Yingniang hesitated for a moment.
"I am happy, but I do not think I am as happy as you are!"
Duoduo tilted her little head.
"Sister, before, I did not know a single word."
"No one ever taught me how to read or write, and no one taught me principles."
"I really envied those who could learn things!"
Yingniang remembered Duoduo's background, and a look of pity appeared on her face.
"Those days are in the past, Duoduo, you do not need to be sad."
"Your current progress is even more impressive than those who have studied for over ten years!"
"Even my father cannot stop praising you when he brings you up."
"Father says that compared to me, you seem more like his biological child!"
As Yingniang said this, her eyes dimmed a little.
Duoduo raised her hands and hugged Yingniang.
"Sister, you are also great! The master is just encouraging you!"
Yingniang smiled, the gloom in her eyes now gone.
"Mother said that we are just ordinary people and cannot compare with geniuses like you."
"Doing so would just be asking for trouble!"
"Sister, you have your own strengths, you just have not discovered them yet."
Duoduo comforted Yingniang.
Yingniang nodded vigorously.
"Yes! I think so too!"
The two looked at each other and smiled, then held hands again and skipped forward.
Master Zhang, who taught medicine, was an old man with completely white hair and beard.
Master Zhang did not like to smile and always kept a straight face.
Even Duoduo was a little afraid of him.
As soon as they entered the room, Duoduo let go of Yingniang's hand and properly bowed to Master Zhang.
"Duoduo greets the master."
Yingniang also hurriedly bowed to the master.
Master Zhang did not speak; he just nodded with a stern face.
He took out a set of silver needles and placed them on Duoduo's desk.
Then, he took out a mannequin.
Various lines and marks were drawn on the mannequin.
"The princess needs to memorize all the meridians and acupoints on this mannequin."
"After that, I will teach you how to apply the needles."
Master Zhang placed the mannequin in front of Duoduo and began to explain the acupoints one by one along the meridians.
Duoduo listened very carefully, and Yingniang was also very interested.
Master Zhang explained in great detail.
He analyzed the ailments governed by each meridian for the two of them.
He similarly explained what kind of illnesses the corresponding acupoints treated.
Half an hour later, Master Zhang stopped his lecture.
Yingniang felt as though her head had swollen to twice its size.
"Duoduo, did you remember all of it?"
Yingniang saw Duoduo holding the mannequin, still muttering words to herself.
Duoduo silently recited the content the master had just taught, not answering Yingniang.
Yingniang understood that Duoduo had become completely absorbed in her studies again.
She had long discovered that when Duoduo became engrossed in learning, she could block out all distractions around her.
Yingniang closed her mouth, quietly listening to Duoduo's muttering, and tried to recite along with her.
It was no use!
All the words went in her left ear and floated right out her right ear.
Yingniang had no choice but to stand up and walk over to the window.
Comparing oneself to others would only bring endless frustration!
She remembered her mother once saying that it was perfectly fine for them to just be ordinary people.
Capable people bore greater responsibilities on their shoulders.
They were far less happy than ordinary folks.
Seeing the scenery outside, Yingniang suddenly ran back, grabbed Duoduo, and pulled her toward the window.
"Sister, what is wrong? I have not finished memorizing!"
Duoduo looked reluctantly at the mannequin on the desk.
"Duoduo, look quickly, a rainstorm is coming!"
Yingniang pointed at the heavy, dark clouds overhead.
Duoduo also looked up curiously. Up in the sky, the dark clouds were rolling fiercely.
It looked as if a torrential downpour was imminent.
"Oh no!"
Duoduo suddenly remembered something, turned around, and ran outside.
