Ghostly Masked Prince Xiao: Pampering and Spoiling the Little Adorable Consort

(45) The Iceberg Prince's Guidance

Chu Qing-Yan stared at the broken brush on the ground, dumbfounded.

Xiao Xu saw this and raised a brow slightly. He crossed over that broken brush and sat down on the imperial tutor-style chair. Hong Yi followed behind him. When Hong Yi entered and saw this scene, her brows jumped. That was His Highness's favorite writing brush of weasel bristle, broken just like that. It could be assumed that this Chu family's Miss will be censured by His Highness!

The first thing you should do when you do something wrong is to admit to your mistake. This will never be wrong.

Consequently, Chu Qing-Yan immediately lowered her head and admitted her mistake, "I'm sorry, I didn't do it on purpose."

If you must assign blame, half of the responsibility was yours. Who asked you to suddenly speak and scare me!

Xiao Xu didn't even glance at the brush on the floor before turning to her to say, "Didn't this king ask you to choose a brush? What are you doing standing there looking dazed for? Could it be that you think that the brush will write by itself?"

He let it pass just like this?

Chu Qing-Yan stupidly turned around to continue picking a brush. Her brain still hadn't caught up with what had just happened yet.

Not only Chu Qing-Yan, but even Hong Yi, who had just put down the pastries, also couldn't help but stare blankly. She never imagined that her family's Highness would let her go just like this. She felt this was somewhat inconceivable.

"Withdraw!" Xiao Xu said faintly.

Hong Yi knew that other than Lan Yi, His Highness didn't like other people attending to him in the study. Even Lan Yi was very rarely inside the study, except for occasions when there were matters, then she'd be summoned to enter. At this moment, Hong Yi took a glance at the petite figure whose back was facing her. His Highness seemed to really like calling this little miss to wait upon him.

Lan Yi stepped into the room and nodded towards Hong Yi in greeting as she passed by. Then, she saw the brush that was broken in half on the floor. She looked somewhat speechless. She turned to look at the clever Chu Qing-Yan who was choosing a brush, which bewildered her. This Chu family's Miss really seemed to like throwing things on the floor for fun. However, this was also the nature of children.

Lan Yi had just picked up the brush when she heard the prince's impatient voice, "I only asked you to choose a brush, it's not like I'm asking you to pick vegetables in the market. With you dilly-dallying like this, how can you do great things?"

She smiled slightly, it looks like His Highness had really put this Chu family's Miss in his heart.

Chu Qing-Yan heard this, and felt she was somewhat being wronged. There were at least ten brushes in front of her. Just looking dazzled her so much that she didn't know where to start. Now, she could only pick one in passing and turned to hand it to Xiao Xu.

Xiao Xu raised an eyebrow at her selection, "Are you sure?"

Chu Qing-Yan took a glance at the brush in her hand. The shape of the brush fit snuggly in the hand, the brush hairs were full and smooth, forming a conical shape. It was neither too flat nor too thin, bright colors and designs decorated it, making it look pleasing to the eyes. It was lithe and beautiful, of course she was sure ah! But she believed that there must be more to Xiao Xu's words, it didn't seem to have been spoken casually. However, she really couldn't find any reason to say this brush wasn't good ah!

Seeing her nod her head in bewilderment, Xiao Xu didn't say anything more. He took the brush from her, then started to explain the posture when holding a brush.

"The action of holding a brush are just these few words, follow, sign, hook, frame, press down and follow."

While speaking, he held the brush to demonstrate.

In fact, she had already learned for a year how to write with a brush in the modern world, only, she had neglected it for so long to the extent that it had become unfamiliar. Moreover, she was merely a child that grew up in a poor village, how could she possibly be literate? So, when Xiao Xu asked whether she knew how to read, she had shaken her head.

But when she saw Xiao Xu write with the brush, she recalled the teacher who had taught her before. That teacher completely could not be compared to His Highness. She couldn't help but say, the cold and cheerless Xiao Xu's posture of holding a brush was really good-looking. Moreover, his posture was more accurate than her teacher's.

The first part of the thumb should stick close to the inner side of the brush. The joint of the thumb should be curled around the brush and bent slightly outwards. The first joint of the forefinger should be used to stick to the outer side of the brush, coordinating with the thumb and holding onto the brush. The first and second joints of the middle finger bend to form a hook and catch onto the outer side of the brush. Use the nail of the ring finger from inside to out to stand up to the outer right side of the brush, obstructing inside the brush by hooking the middle finger and pushing it outwards. The little finger should press close to the ring finger, relying on the bottom of the ring finger to not touch the brush. The force of the ring finger should be small and should not single-handedly push the middle finger's hook. The little finger should also rest underneath to add a little bit of strength.

This was what her teacher had told her at that time. When Xiao Xu performed these simple steps, it gave people the feeling of wanting to totally focus on him.

After he finished speaking, Xiao Xu tossed the brush back to her, "Hold the brush."