Minglan is reborn, this time with no regrets!

Minglan: "You know we haven't seen each other for a few years. We are no longer children. How can we be like before?"

Gu Tingye watched her busying around with great interest, and at a glance he saw something familiar.

"Isn't this Wang Youjun's calligraphy? It looks very familiar!"

"My brother gave it to me a few years ago as a thank you gift, asking me to practice calligraphy."

"Who is this? He sent you such a unique thank-you gift. He wants you to work hard to practice calligraphy."

"Yes, I also think this gift is insidious, so I only look at it occasionally and don't practice it much."

"You haven't practiced much but you always carry it with you?"

Minglan choked and had no idea how to continue.

Seeing her embarrassment, Gu Tingye laughed and said, "Why are you so funny?"

Minglan finally looked at him and asked, "Why? Zhu Manniang didn't find you, so you want to take revenge on me?"

Gu Tingye bowed quickly and said, "No, if it weren't for you, I would be trapped in that evil woman's trap and unable to get out. Gu Tingye thanks Miss Sheng Liu for her help again."

Minglan chuckled: "You should thank my third brother. The good fortune that you didn't get to enjoy was all taken by him."

Gu Tingye raised his lips and said, "Thank you. He also has a copy of Wang Youjun's calligraphy."

Minglan was even happier: "Haha, it seems he doesn't like this gift that much either."

Gu Tingye smiled and said, "I heard from Changbai that Changfeng vowed that he would never touch Wang Youjun's calligraphy."

They laughed for a while, and Minglan said, "By the way, I want to congratulate you. You are a juren now!" and bowed.

Gu Tingye looked at her with sparkling eyes: "How did you know? Did you ask your brother specifically?"

Minglan: "Brother Changbai treats you like a brother. He has told the whole family about your success so many times that it is hard for them not to know. And I know you will succeed."

Gu Tingye bowed again: "Thank you for your kind words, Sixth Miss."

Minglan thought for a while and said, "It's just that this road is very difficult and you still have to face some hardships..."

Gu Tingye took two steps closer and looked down at her: "With your guidance, I can survive any more hardships."

Minglan blushed again and again: "Then you listen to me carefully and do as I say."

"I'm all ears."

"Have you...ever spoken up for Yang Wuduan?"

Gu Tingye was slightly stunned, then said: "Yes, when I was twelve years old. Yang Wuduan just said a few wild words at the dinner table, and he was destined to take the imperial examination only after he was fifty years old. I think the emperor was too harsh on him and ruined his life. But I only said this to my eldest brother. Now that I think about it, I was also young and frivolous at that time, and I didn't know the hardships of the emperor sitting on the throne. I have studied the scriptures hard over the years and no longer have such a view."

Minglan: "I'm afraid your elder brother will tell the emperor about this when he sees the emperor."

Gu Tingye's eyes widened instantly, his expression changed several times, and after a while he sighed and said, "Forget it... He can do this to me."

Minglan: "In order to prevent him from doing this, you'd better inform the old marquis of this matter in advance and let him stop your brother first."

Gu Tingye sighed, "If my father knew about this, he would definitely beat me again. Moreover, he might not believe what I said. In his heart, my elder brother and I are like a fairy in the sky and a mud in the ground. I'm afraid he would rather believe that I spread this than believe that it was my elder brother who did it."

Minglan: "Yang Wuduan's affair is a sore spot for the emperor. Once this news reaches the emperor's ears, your path to the imperial examination will be ruined. You should talk to the old marquis nicely and beg him with soft words. He will definitely take it to heart."

Gu Tingye was helpless: "I...I'll try my best."

Minglan: "I know this is not easy for you, just do your best. Your family's affairs cannot be changed overnight, nor can they be changed by the power of you and me now."

Gu Tingye turned his head and looked at the sky outside the wall: "I have a room full of blood-sucking relatives, and every one of them wants to trample me to death, but they are my father's blood relatives after all, he will not abandon them. In addition, I used to have bad behavior and a bad reputation... Oh..."

Minglan: "It's okay, it will all pass. Brother Changbai and I will stand by you."

Gu Tingye turned around and stared at her for a long time, which made Minglan's ears red. Then he slowly said, "I will not let you and your sister down!"

Minglan smiled slightly: "No matter what the result is, I hope you can do your best to prepare for the next Spring Examination, which will be worthy of your efforts over the years."

Gu Tingye nodded: "Okay!"

Minglan: "Second, don't trust your stepmother, Xiao Qinshi. Her real purpose is to alienate the relationship between you and the old marquis, ruin your reputation, and destroy your future, so that her Gu Tingwei can inherit your family's title."

Gu Tingye frowned again: "You said that my eldest brother did this, I believe it, she can be said to be my stepmother... Do you know how good she is to me?"

Minglan: "Of course I know. She was the only one who protected you when everyone else scolded you, and the only one who supported you when everyone else stepped on you. She treated you like a precious treasure, and even secretly put someone in your room."

Even though Gu Tingye was prepared for Minglan's foresight, he was still shocked by her words. He thought for a moment and asked, "How... do you know all this?"

Minglan frowned, "It was really a dream. That dream was like my past life. I saw you struggling to survive in your home's devil's den. I felt so bad and wanted to help you."

Gu Tingye: "You feel sorry for me and want to help me, so what were you and I like in our previous lives?"

Minglan's face turned red, she lowered her head and stopped talking.

Gu Tingye looked at her expression and guessed about 70% of what was going on. He stopped asking more questions on this topic and just said, "Okay, I'll listen to you. What do you think I should do?"

Minglan looked up at him again and said, "Since you have read so many books, you must know the story of "Zheng Bo Ke Duan Yu Yan". Parents indulge their children as if they were killing them. What Xiao Qinshi is doing to you now is to kill them with flattery. If you want to reverse the situation, then do the opposite. From now on, you must restrain your temperament and act only according to your father's wishes. Don't listen to or believe anything Xiao Qinshi says. Don't be quick to talk when encountering things. You must distinguish right from wrong, but don't force it. If your father doesn't listen, then you should shut up first and let him punish you, or punish yourself, kneel in the ancestral hall, kneel in the yard, copy the family rules, copy the classics... In short, use all the tricks of self-torture to let him vent his anger, and then persuade him privately. Don't disobey him in front of other people in the family."

Gu Tingye: "You can choose the most difficult things for me to do."

Minglan: "Your current situation may be caused by your family troubles, but your straightforward and reckless personality also gave those people an opportunity to exploit. If you can be more restrained, you can save some things, right?"

Gu Tingye shook his head: "I can only say that I will try my best, but it is difficult. My father has a deep prejudice against me."

Minglan: "Master Gu is a soldier, so he must be straightforward. Your bad reputation over the years will indeed make him unhappy. But it is better for you to start to untie the knots now than to wait for the resentment to explode one day and end up with regrets for the rest of your life."

Gu Tingye: "Where do you come from?"