CHAPTER 1507: 320, CUTE AND CLEVER LITTLE PRINCESS (ONE MORE CHAPTER)

The Old Emperor was taken aback, but the old eunuch by his side promptly whispered in his ear, and only then did he realize that this Young Master Ma was the top scholar of this year’s imperial examination, Ma Junying.

"Your eldest sister is indeed smart, and I will consider your suggestion carefully."

Since ancient times, it is said that women should not be involved in politics. Xiao Linshuang is still a child, but after all, a girl, so the Emperor did not engage in further discussion with her, and sent her away only after presenting her with several medical books she liked.

Xiao Linshuang was also clever, realizing at a glance that the Emperor was displeased. She secretly pursed her lips, gave a bow, and left.

As soon as she walked toward the front of the corridor, Xiao Linshuang’s ears twitched, her face flashed annoyance, and she humphed. "Who else wants to be this lady’s guinea pig? Sneaking around, not nearly as forthright as the few before! I will count to three, and if you don’t show yourself by then, I will make you hide there and never come out again!"

"One, two..."

"Hey, hey, don’t, don’t count!"

Xiao Linshuang raised her eyebrows, having expected some young apprentice from the Imperial Medical Bureau to be hiding behind the large flower pot. To her surprise, the voice that answered was a little girl, and a girl who didn’t speak very smoothly at that.

With a few sounds of ’ow, ow,’ a little girl dressed in a pink palace attire wobbled out from behind the large flower pot. Despite her youth, she was adorned with various beautiful trinkets on her head and body, looking like a walking jewelry rack.

Xiao Linshuang stared with wide eyes for a while, feeling a sense of familiarity. Suddenly, she exclaimed and pointed, "Eh! Aren’t you that, that princess?"

Princess Cuiping dusted the dead leaves off her palace skirt, blinked her shiny eyes, and smiled at Xiao Linshuang sweetly, tilting her head slightly. "I’m not just any princess; I am Princess Cuiping. Benefactor, you should just call me Cuiping!"

With that, Xiao Linshuang remembered her; she was the little princess she had saved at the palace banquet that day.

At the time, the princess had been choking on food, her little face turned deathly pale. Xiao Linshuang was too busy trying to save her life to get a good look at the princess. Now that she had a chance to see her, she indeed found the little girl to be pretty and cute!

Xiao Linshuang looked behind the princess and saw no one following her, and couldn’t help but wonder. "Where are your servant girls?"

Princess Cuiping curled her lips, her expression sly as she said, "They all forbade me from coming here to find you, so I sneaked over! Benefactor, I never had the chance to thank you in person after you saved me that day. Later, I learned you were at the Book Pavilion reading books, so I begged my mother to bring me. But unfortunately, my mother’s status is low, and she dares not even enter the Imperial Garden, so I couldn’t come in time to thank you for saving my life. Please don’t hold it against me, benefactor."

Despite being only a little over two years old, Princess Cuiping’s speech was very clear and rapid. Perhaps because she grew up in the palace from a young age, she spoke with considerable logic, which Xiao Linshuang found quite remarkable.

Having heard herself addressed with great deference as ’benefactor’ repeatedly, Xiao Linshuang felt rare embarrassment and quickly waved her hands, laughing. "What ’benefactor’! You’re too polite! You’re about the same age as my little brother, so how about this, you can just call me elder sister!"

Although Princess Cuiping’s mother may not be favored, she was still a princess. Even though Xiao Linshuang had saved her, she was merely a common citizen, and it didn’t seem appropriate for a princess to call her ’sister.’

Yet, the friendship between children is often the purest. Xiao Linshuang liked this sweet and adorable little princess, and Cuiping liked the elder sister who carried a hint of mischief in her smile, so the two became good friends.

Princess Cuiping blinked her eyes, the corners of her lips turning slightly upward when she spoke, looking very festive. "Elder sister, do you also have a brother? Is he as smart as you?"

Speaking of her little brother, Xiao Linshuang was full of pride. Holding Cuiping’s hand, she sat down on the nearby steps, smiling. "Of course, my brother is the smartest man in the world! Oh, no, that’s not right, he’s the second... No, third, yes, the third smartest person!"

Princess Cuiping sat on the steps, gathered the skirt of her wide palace attire over her legs, then smiled slightly before inquiring, "May Cuiping ask who the first and second smartest men are?"

Xiao Linshuang reached out to touch Cuiping’s delicate and fair little face, smiling. "You can ask whatever you want without asking my permission. Well, the smartest man is my father, he’s so amazing. His paintings and calligraphy are both exceptionally beautiful and well-executed. Furthermore, whenever my older sister and I want something, he can make it for us just like that. Don’t you think he’s smart and amazing?"