It was rather intriguing that Ji Xiu'e would go to such great lengths, not for her own son, but to secure an advantage for Ji Liantang.
Ji Huan didn't buy the story of deep sibling affection. No matter how they twisted it, their ultimate goal was to make trouble for her.
'Well then, I'll just have to counter every move they make.'
Her memories told her that what Ji Liantang detested most was arithmetic. Compared to the rote memorization required for the classics, history, and philosophy, math was his weakness. He'd never been able to get the hang of it, and since it wasn't a required subject for the imperial examinations, he had long since cast it aside.
Sure enough, the moment Ji Huan proposed a math problem as the test, a look of annoyance immediately crossed Ji Liantang's face.
