Is it really that nice to pinch? It seems so, and he really wants to try it too. He wonders if he'll ever get the chance in this lifetime.
The news travels fast in the Imperial City.
Moreover, the Enlightenment Hall is not far from the gates of the Imperial Palace.
So the news of the Princess's face being pinched swollen quickly reached the Emperor's ears back in the palace.
Leading Shen Jingxian to be immediately embraced by the Emperor when she returned to Weiyang Palace.
"Father's dear Er Ya, let Father see your face!!"
"Oh dear, it's really swollen. Let Father kiss it, so the pain will fly away～"
Shen Jingxian turned her face away with a look of disgust, thinking it's actually more painful than being pinched when the Emperor kisses her.
Sometimes Shen Jingxian seriously suspects that this is her punishment in this life for overindulgence in cats in her past life; then, she would bite her cat's face feeling immensely happy.
And now, happiness belongs to the Emperor! All she gets is smelly saliva!!
"Father, don't kiss me!! It hurts!" Actually, it smells bad.
Shen Jingxian pretended to howl in pain, though no tears fell, the Emperor got scolded by the Empress.
The Empress scolded so loudly that seeing the Emperor squatting in the corner with a face full of grievance, Shen Jingxian couldn't help but silently mourn for three seconds in her heart and added a comment, "How pitiful."
She thought today's suffering would just pass like this. After all, in Shen Jingxian's eyes, being pinched was not a big deal.
On the contrary, she felt it was proof that everyone liked her, meaning she was very popular among the kids!
But obviously, the Empress and the Emperor didn't think so.
They considered it a breach of hierarchy, a disrespect to the Imperial Family.
Thus, all the parents of the kids who participated in pinching her face were invited to the palace for tea.
The Empress invited the ladies for tea, and the Emperor invited the officials, making it quite a lively scene.
Shen Jingxian wanted to stop it, but the Empress gave her a sympathetic look of 'you're still young' and then left.
Shen Jingxian felt miserable, sensing she could already see her future ahead.
The future of a big villain.
The next day when she went to school, sure enough, the atmosphere in the enlightenment class had changed.
The kids who yesterday looked at Shen Jingxian with curious eyes and complimented her cuteness were now all avoiding her.
Surely, after the parents were invited for tea yesterday, each child was reprimanded.
As for Song Yan, she looked at her with the same cold indifference and disdain as always.
At lunchtime, Shen Jingxian carried her snacks to find other kids, but they hesitated.
Shen Jingxian put on a sad face, "Why is nobody talking to me today?"
The chubby kid who had given Shen Jingxian snacks yesterday glanced at her cute little face and couldn't resist the allure. He replied, "Because yesterday my dad came home and sternly told me not to disrespect the Princess."
"Yeah, my dad also said my status doesn't allow me to play with the Princess, and that I should keep a distance."
Shen Jingxian: …
Kiddo, if your dad knew you sold him out right in front of me, he'd cry.
Shen Jingxian suddenly thought of herself in the original novel.
Though the original story is told from Song Yan's perspective, one thing is clear: the favored Princess Yi Fen brought a lot of trouble to the school.
Not just the students, even the teachers were vexed by Shen Jingxian's presence, as she was untouchable and unscoldable due to the King and Queen's affection, and if something happened to her at school, everyone would inevitably get reprimanded.
Song Yan already had a grudge against Shen Jingxian, so she cleverly united the whole school to ostracize Shen Jingxian, tripping her up when she acted out and preventing her from tattling, which over time made Shen Jingxian's behavior worse, and their counterattacks grew stronger.
Until the male and female protagonists overthrew the Dynasty, this group played a significant role.
Shen Jingxian inhaled sharply.
This won't do.
So Shen Jingxian took out her lunchbox, attempting to use her cuteness to get by, "I'm sorry, I'll give you my snacks, can you all stop avoiding me…"
Shen Jingxian knew exactly how cute she was when she did this, and sure enough, the kids hesitated for a moment then agreed.
There's nothing a box of snacks can't solve, if there is, then two boxes will do.
After eating Shen Jingxian's snacks, the chubby kid was greatly impressed by their deliciousness and insisted on asking where they were from.
Shen Jingxian honestly replied, "These were made by the Imperial Chef, I don't know who exactly."
Hearing this, the chubby kid's excitement dimmed, as the palace is not a place he can enter whenever he wishes.
Seeing this, Shen Jingxian proactively said, "If you want, I can bring you some every day, thank you for speaking up for me yesterday."
Having said that, Shen Jingxian flashed her super smile, making the chubby kid blush.
Along with the chubby kid were two younger sisters, whose names Shen Jingxian didn't know, so she asked them.
And what a surprise that was.
The chubby kid was Wu You, the second male lead in the novel, the only son of the Right Minister, the sole heir sort of situation.
A family large and wealthy, and he's devoted, always doing his utmost to help with anything related to the female lead.
And the reason he was so devoted to Song Yan was because she was the only one who didn't mind his chubbiness as a child and was willing to play with him.
Wait, why was it only her, aren't there two sisters next to Wu You now?
One was the daughter of a Fifth Rank official named Ji Yan, and the other was the daughter of a Fourth Rank official named Lin Xue'er.
Shen Jingxian had no impression of these two names, so they probably weren't significant enough to be named in the original text, thus she didn't pay much mind.
Shen Jingxian then used the same trick to apologize to other classmates at the Enlightenment Hall.
Because of her cuteness, it went very smoothly; everyone forgave her, even Song Yan pretended and said it was no big deal.
But what Shen Jingxian didn't expect was, because she was too cute, Song Yan, who made her cry, became the public enemy of the Enlightenment Hall.
To put it more bluntly, Song Yan was isolated.