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Today, after school was let out, Xie Wanqing left Han Hao in his own courtyard, saying that she wanted to teach him some lessons. Han Hao's lips moved a little, but in the end she did not say anything, and followed her back to the courtyard.

After arriving, the two of them sat under a tree in the courtyard. Yue Xin brought some tea over. Xie Wanqing took out her book and said, "You should recite the text that you learned from today's teacher."

Han Hao had never memorized before, it was simply wishful thinking to want him to catch up with what Master had taught him in an instant. Since Xie Wanqing did not force him, she could only take things slowly and ask for the next best thing, to let him finish memorizing today's lessons first.

Hearing that, Han Hao frowned, he then looked at Xie Wanqing, her lips moved a bit, and said: "Must I carry him?"

Although he was born at the border, he did not lose out to any of the young men in the capital city. His facial features were deeper, and his expression was full of unyielding spirit.

In Xie Wanqing's previous life and this life, all the young masters that she had met in the capital were like this, she was curious about what kind of girl would be able to match up to this Han Hao.

However, when he thought about it, he realized that this child, who was not even eight years old yet, was already blindly worrying about the marriage of another person, what kind of nonsense was that?

"Don't you want to?" Xie Wanqing looked at him curiously.

"No." Seeing her ask that, Han Hao immediately shook his head.

Then he lowered his head and started reciting. "Reading is for the sake of understanding. As long as you understand the logic behind it, then there's no difference if you don't memorize my words, unless one of you wants to take the exam, then you will have to memorize my words." That's what the gentleman said.

Now that the Northern Frontier had attacked the Zhou Empire, the borderland was already in chaos. Otherwise, the Han Family would not have sent him to the capital to seek shelter as a distant relative who had not been in contact with them for many years.

Han Hao recited the words from the book, but his mind kept on thinking about these things.

Xie Wanqing saw through his absent-mindedness, and thought that it would be better not to memorize it, since he couldn't memorize it either. She then said, "Why don't you tell me about the border issue?"

Han Hao was interrupted by her words, he placed the book down and asked: "What does Second Miss want to hear?"

"I don't mind. How about you tell me what it's like over there at school?" Xie Wanqing remembered what he had said in the class. The students did not want the teacher to read them, so she could not help but become curious.

Being stared at by her bright eyes, Han Hao slowly spoke out Mister's theory.

After Xie Wanqing heard this, she felt that it was a bit strange. Everyone had taken the test to gain their name, and determined that this was a matter that would bring glory to their ancestors. Why did Mister at the border say things like that, as if those children were not going to participate in the examination.

Han Hao then explained to her the reason. "Most of the children who pass the border trials will either join the army or trade in business after they grow up."

Because of their geographical position, the trade with other countries was as ordinary as three meals a day on their side, and the Great Zhou was open to all. His Majesty encouraged trade with other countries, which led countless merchants to travel to the Great Zhou. Similarly, the merchants of the Great Zhou traveled everywhere, and there were even rumors that the gold and silver brought back by the rich merchants of the Great Zhou Empire was equivalent to the tax on the Great Monday.

Han Hao did not know if they were exaggerating, but at the very least, it proved that the wealth obtained by the merchants was not small. In any case, they were high above the Emperor, and their environment was difficult. Furthermore, they did not have a Master Teacher's Institution like Shouxi School to allow their children to go to school, so even if they worked hard to study in school, they might not be able to make it to the Imperial examinations.

Furthermore, they had learned the meaning of soldiers when they were at the border. Every year, the north came to harass them, and although they did not break through the city gates, there were still casualties. Those fresh faces that they talked to one moment earlier might be brought back in the next.

They could imagine the devastation after the destruction of the city. They knew very well that once they fell into it, their families would be trapped in hell, and they wouldn't even have time to escape. The emperor, who was far away in the capital, could urgently dispatch troops to chase Man Yi away, but this was the first appetizer of the barbarians.

Thus, many people would join the army when they grew up, and protect their homes as well as their country.

This was the first time Xie Wanqing heard about this. She had thought that perhaps other places would be slightly worse than the capital, but they would not be that much worse. But she didn't expect that there would be such a large difference in strength.

She had initially thought that she had not avenged her great vengeance, but she had no choice but to feign allegiance with others; she was truly aggrieved and dejected. She had never thought that there would still be people at the same age as her, suffering from the flames of war, bloodshed, and death.

However, those people were still growing like the most tenacious weeds. From the looks of it, his own life wasn't as miserable as it seemed.

Xie Wanqing's eyes slowly lit up, as though the dust on her body had brushed it off, and became even more colorful.

Seeing her like this, was completely different from what he had imagined. According to what Mister told him before he left, Xie Wanqing would either show a "vulgar way" to him after hearing what he had just said or be terrified after hearing what he had said. However, all of these things did not appear on Xie Wanqing's face.

"I admire you." she said earnestly.

Han Hao was shocked, he slightly frowned: "Second Miss is too kind." he said.

It seemed that Xie Wanqing was different from the others. People like Xie Wanyun and Xie Yun were the rich kids in Han Hao's knowledge.

Xie Wanqing never would have thought that the in front of him who looked like a fool was pretending to be honest with him, and even guessed that she was a sinister person.

Actually, she had already memorized most of today's homework. As for whether or not Han Hao would memorize all of it, it was all up to her. In any case, the reason why she called him over today, was not really to teach him how to study.

She had the appropriate amount of sympathy, but it would not overflow. Furthermore, since Han Hao had never memorized a book, she would not force others to memorize it. After all, the two of them really weren't related, at most, it would just be Xie Huaixing's instruction.

He did not know what was going on with Xie Huaixing, but due to his past mischievous personality, he had suddenly become infatuated with martial arts. Seeing that he finally had something to worry about, the Madame Huang did not stop him, but instead invited a good master to enter the palace. No matter how mischievous Xie Huaixing was before, he did not care. Now that he was only learning martial arts and the approval of the Madame Huang, he immediately agreed.

However, what kind of master were they supposed to invite? It was hard for the two of them to enter the door. The Old Mistress was afraid that Xie Huaixing would be injured if he were to learn martial arts, so she was unhappy about it.

Until Han Hao arrived, his mount was the best, and he could play with Xie Huaixing, thus the two quickly became friends.

Xie Huaixing specifically warned Xie Wanqing to protect him when they reached the academy. He could only agree to his brother's request. Who knew that on the first day of school, Han Hao would be humiliated like that? If she did not care, it would be hard to ensure that Xie Yun would become even stronger in the future. At that time, it would be even more troublesome to deal with him. In the future, she would be too lazy to bother. As long as he could establish her might, no one would provoke Han Hao again.

It was just that she couldn't be the one being the culprit.

The two were eating and reading when Xie Huaixing came over. He shouted "Big Brother Han Hao" from afar as he ran over.

In the past, it was not like this. Xie Wanqing teased him, "Huai, with big brother, you don't need big sister anymore."

Xie Huaixing threw himself into her embrace and acted like a spoiled child, "Big Sister is the best."

"Alright, I understand." Xie Wanqing released him, "You better hurry up and teach Han Hao, or else he'll be bullied again tomorrow."

Han Hao glanced at her when he heard her.

Xie Wanqing received his gaze, treating it as if he couldn't see it.

When Xie Huaixing heard her words, he immediately became anxious: "Who bullied Big Brother Han Hao? I will settle this score with him! "

Although Xie Huaixing had a temper of a young master, he was protective of others. As long as he was on good terms with someone, he would give that person his all.