Chapter 16 The original
After being carried up to the eaves of the gate by Mo Shao and secretly watching Li Cheng brutally torture Li Qi before leaving, Mo Shao then returned to the main courtyard with Yan Juan in his arms.
Ye Xiu had already placed bowls and chopsticks in the room and was waiting for the dumplings.
Yan Jue stared at Ye Xiu's inscrutable expression with her eyes. She was still a little confused a moment ago, but now she understood everything. She raised her hands and praised him with a clear smile.
"Uncle Ye, what a trick! Could it be that today's pair of gold and silver scale koi is still the original gold and silver scale koi?"
And then he made another 20,000 taels. Is this a good move??
Ye Xiu couldn't hold back his lips anymore and laughed. "I still can't hide it from the girl's eyes."
"Just tell me! How can Jin Cancan sell two more Jin Cancan after two of them are dead? Uncle Ye's tricks are so deep??" Yan Jue couldn't hide her laughter.
"The cook is the key." Ye Xiu didn't hide it.
"Tsk, tsk!" Yan Jue shook her head and said. "Brother Qi has been wronged. Fortunately, he gave me a few bottles of Yulizui, otherwise I wouldn't be able to sleep at night."
"It's not unfair to say that he brought the fish to the cook. Fortunately, the cook's eyes were bright and she brought me two black carps in exchange for them."
In the end, they were the happiest!
I earned favors, fish, and silver.
"Why did you choose the Li family?"
A few days ago, we were discussing that before Junzixiao opened, we needed to find a place near it so that we could lean against the big tree and enjoy the shade. The Chinese New Year has not even ended yet, so why not find a place next to it?
"The two brothers bumped into each other. They didn't choose it." Ye Xiu twirled his goatee and smiled like a fairy. "Didn't the girl say that everything should go with nature? We let our guard down for a few days."
"That's it! Uncle Ye is really willing to gamble with his own gold. Just now, Li Qi almost fell into the pool."
"This is really unexpected! I didn't expect that Li Chengzhun has a bad head, but he is only fifteen years old, so it will be okay if he keeps practicing!" Ye Xiu commented without any politeness.
"Uncle Ye, don't worry, tell me how to collide?" The speed of this explanation made my heart itch!
"Li Cheng asked the cook where the most desolate place was. When the cook returned to Guiwu Mountain, she relaxed her guard all the way."
Yan Jue explained that Guiwu Mountain must be closed until the repairs are completed, and Li Cheng and Li Qi were the first to go up the mountain during this period.
But I didn't expect that Li Chenghui would really bury Li Qi, and I didn't expect that Li Qi could use his hand to trip someone up.
"The Li family is a rare century-old family. The family motto is restrained and reserved. Even in the court, they are pure and honest. The emperor's master and Xi Ma of the Yong Dynasty and Six Dynasties are both from the Li family. The gentle and skillful Queen Mother Li is also from the Li family. This is
Lukewarm clinging is just right for a girl."
Yan Jue heard that she was satisfied with the big tree, but...how could Shuxiang have such an obedient descendant as Li Qi?
Is it possible that this will also turn things into reverse? This Li family is really brain-burning.
"The Chengjun Prince is closer to the Li family's family motto, so the Qijun Prince will..." Ye Xiu said, "You understand!"
Wait! Prince? Prince?! Prince!?!
The corner of Yan Jue's mouth twitched. Is it so easy for the prince to kneel down?
"Uncle Ye is so talented that even the kings of the current dynasty knelt in the Yuehua Pond."
"Prince Chengjun is already humble and polite. He was raised in the Li family since he was a child. He is not as arrogant as the prince in the palace who is dominated by me."
The word "arrogance" made Yan Jue smile. Ye Xiu's description was really apt. Based on how he tricked Pei Yan last time, this "arrogance" was even more hurtful!
Yan Jue did not expect that such a big Buddha could come and that this royal child could bump into it so easily? If Pei Yan bumped into one, could she bump into two?
"Emperor Yongde's first wife was also a member of the Li family. She suffered from postpartum hemorrhage when Li Qi was born and died. Later, in order to protect Li Cheng and Li Qi, the empress dowager requested Taizu's instructions, so that the Li family's children could be raised by the court.
Outside the palace, they are not restricted by the imperial palace, so Li Cheng and Li Qi are allowed to stay away from the imperial court."
Gee! What a high-risk profession!
To be able to die of bleeding while being surrounded by a bunch of royal doctors, the story behind this is profound, right?
"The appointment of Prince Cheng and Prince Qi was not a royal jade certificate. It was Old Master Li who requested Taizu's instructions to be granted the title of Li family."
That's right! Even the eldest prince has not been named! These two brothers are the only ones with titles, they are both royal relatives and not royal relatives.
But at heart, he is still a royal relative, and Ye Xiu Liqiu's provocation is very eye-catching.
"But there are many Li Cheng who should be educated." Ye Xiu suppressed a smile. "Li Qi is a special case! It was originally said that the queen was affected in the womb, which made Li Qi weak and might not live to be ten years old. Emperor Yongde didn't
Please take care of it, but now that you are twelve years old, your bad temper will inevitably lead to a few scoldings from Emperor Yongde."
"That's right! Plus this time with the golden carp, I think I won't have a good time back home." Yan Juan couldn't hide her smile.
This Li Qi is so rotten!
"If Kai Zhang really asks for Li Cheng's calligraphy treasure, we have to frame it and place it in a conspicuous place." Ye Xiu suddenly thought of the calligraphy treasure he might obtain.
"Could it be that it's really a rare treasure?" Yan Juan seemed to see a lot of money in front of her eyes.
"The Li family has passed down the family tradition for hundreds of years, and it has been passed down through generations. What you can see is the rich ink on the books. Li Cheng has been talented since he was a child, and his ink skills have been passed down to the public for a long time."
"Then you really need to pay your respects!" Yan Juan chuckled!
What a treasure indeed!
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Lantern Festival
Li Cheng completely missed the New Year's greeting banquet for all officials!
Escorting the delicate golden and silver-scaled koi carp all the way back to the capital almost made him grow old. In addition, Li Qi was eating, drinking and messing around all the way, which only prevented him from returning to the capital in a smoke-induced sleep.
"Third brother! Can you give me a roast chicken when passing by Haiyan Hall?" Li Qi weakly knocked on the thin wall of the carriage and begged.
Because Li Qi ate up the dry food for several people in the carriage for more than ten days on the first day, in order to teach him a lesson, Li Cheng gave him one meal in two days and starved him all the way back to Beijing. Not to mention causing trouble, he was even weak to speak!
"Third brother, I'm hungry..." Li Qi knocked on the thin wall panel. Li Cheng remained motionless and continued to drive his horse.
"Are you afraid that you won't be able to eat when you meet your grandmother?" Li Cheng didn't want to waste all his efforts at the palace gate. Although not many people knew about the eldest prince's provocation of Ji Leshan, he was one of them.
He was very lucky that his grandmother allowed them to leave the royal family with half a foot, otherwise Li Qi's temperament would have led to many bizarre deaths.
Of course he knew that his mother's death was not easy, but being able to kill his mother under the eyes of his grandmother was beyond the reach of other people. Before he was still young, he always prioritized his life.
The sight of his mother handing her baby brother over to her before she left, and the delivery room filled with the smell of blood, had been a nightmare for him for half a year.
If his grandmother and grandfather hadn't joined forces to help them leave the palace, he would have followed his mother.
The court didn't need to think too much to know that his legitimate son's identity was an eyesore, and the memory of his late mother was enough reason for him to pass away silently.
Let's look at Li Qi, who is also the legitimate son. If his grandfather hadn't raised Li Qi in a seemingly flattering way, perhaps the two brothers would have had more miscellaneous affairs.
Looking at the palace gate getting closer and closer, Li Cheng felt confused, as if he had seen his frail and pale mother again, and even his breathing was choked.
"Third brother..." Li Qi knocked on the wall panel with great grievance. "I don't want to eat the food from the palace..."
Every time after eating the food in the womb, he would have diarrhea for several days when he went back. Now the thought of entering the womb stirred up the feeling of waiting in his stomach.
"You can tell grandma later." Li Cheng stretched out his hand to close the small window on the wall panel.
Li Qi hurriedly blocked the window with his hands. "Third brother! I'm serious! Every time I say hello to my grandmother and go back after eating, I have diarrhea for several days!"
Li Cheng then looked squarely at his younger brother in the small window and said seriously, "I thought it would take you two or three years to notice."
My grandfather was worried that there would be another strange attack in the palace, so he invited a traveling alchemist to ask for some Baidu decoction and medicated bath. As soon as he came back from the palace, he would drink one dose each and take a medicated bath. The chronic diseases commonly used in the palace were The poison will be metabolized in a short time.
As for Li Qi, a foodie, the more he eats, the more diarrhea he will have...
Li Qi gasped in surprise, right? Didn't everyone say it was because he stuttered too much? "Third brother, do you know why I have diarrhea?"
"I ate too much." Li admitted and nodded seriously.
"..."
What does a simple sentence mean? Why does Li Qi feel like he has been cheated for so many years?
"Think first about where you are now and whether you should ask, and then decide whether you should speak or whether you should speak."
"I won't ask anymore, I won't ask anymore." Hearing that Li Cheng rarely said so many words to him at once, Li Qi quickly closed his mouth, covered his mouth with his hands and slurred. "Then you can give me a roast chicken." ?"
Li Cheng pursed his lips and said nothing, and the secret guard who happened to obey the order knelt in front of him with a roast chicken wrapped in oil paper.
Li Qi, who smelled the fragrance, immediately reached out his hand excitedly. "Quick! Quick! Give it to me! Give it to me!"
"Hurry to the palace gate! Hurry, don't let others laugh." If you enter the palace and have a meal outside the palace, how much trouble will happen if word gets out?
When he got the roasted chicken as he wished, Li Qi couldn't wait to open it and started to eat it, all the words were mumbled in his chewing. "It's so delicious! I finally got it!"
Seeing Li Qi eating happily, Li Cheng smiled helplessly.
Li Cheng slowed down his marching speed and let him enjoy it. How could he not pamper his only sibling? Normally, he would just forget about making trouble outside the palace, but he was still worried if he really wanted to enter the palace.
How could a child who was used to being wild adapt to the restraint of the palace? He never dared to expect Emperor Yongde to be as responsible as a father.
For the royal family, isn't it just a matter of having branches and leaves? How long a child can live is up to him?
Isn't the birthday ceremony of the first year of Dancing Elephant a carefully planned assassination? He has learned both the royal aura and the filth!
In front of the palace gate, Li Cheng knocked on the carriage three times to ask Li Qi to pack up and get off.
After a routine inspection, Li Cheng and Li Qi led two secret guards to the Yongshou Palace of Empress Dowager Li holding gold and silver scale koi.
On the way, Lidu prayed without saying a word until he was greeted.
"I'm finally back. Let grandma wait." Queen Mother Li waved to the two of them.
Li Qi snorted and snuggled into the Queen Mother's arms, while Li Cheng stood aside to accompany her.
"Grandma! My grandson is back. If grandma hadn't summoned him, the third brother would have dug a hole and buried his grandson!" Li Qi wrote the complaint as usual.
Queen Mother Li patted Li Qi's hand and said comfortingly, "Why did you make your third brother angry again? I have to bury you?"
How could Queen Mother Li not know that Li Qi was deliberately raised crooked?
Chapter completed!