Chapter 87 Two or three things about brothers in distress
It was Li Cheng who passed by Lin Zhixiu and successfully frightened her horse, causing her head to hurt.
He didn't feel at all that he had caused trouble to others, and he had no consciousness of apologizing.
Instead, he triumphantly waved his riding whip and took the dog-legger and several carts of things to his second brother Li Xu's house.
When he arrived at the place, Li Cheng frowned and looked at the gate of Prince Jin's Mansion. Not to mention that it was very different from his own courtyard. Even the residences of ordinary officials were very different! He couldn't help but grin, turned around, and helped the two
Brother, let’s talk about it in front of our father.
King Jin Li Xu is the second son of the current emperor.
In other words, as the emperor's biological son, why did he live in such a miserable life?
Let’s start with his biological mother.
When the emperor was still a prince, the battle for the legitimate throne was still quite serious. The empress dowager chose him among a group of princes because his biological mother and maternal clan were not strong and easy to control.
The support given by the Empress Dowager was considerable, but Shi had more control. She married a daughter of her natal family for him, and she also wanted benefits, official positions, and wealth for her natal Wen family.
The emperor experienced surprise and luck at the beginning, then couldn't obey, and then... he became the prince, ascended the throne again, rose step by step, and gradually became more secure in power. How can he endure this?
He was extremely angry at the Empress Dowager and the Wen family.
The emperor's first wife was the eldest daughter of the Wen family. However, after she married the emperor, she only thought about him and did not obey the empress dowager. The empress dowager looked away and was unwilling to accept it, so she sent her own female officer to the emperor.
Beside me is my concubine.
The second prince's mother-in-law is this female official, also named Wen, and she is a girl from the side branch.
This woman was not good-looking, but she was talented and intelligent. She had been with the Empress Dowager for many years and was involved in many aspects. She had a wide range of knowledge.
It's just that she is capable, but her temper is very unpleasant. She likes to interfere in everything! She reports everything to the Empress Dowager!
Although she is annoying, she is indeed capable, and her ideas are often very accurate and quite good. Therefore, the emperor hates her so much that he can't find a chance to deal with her, and he has to let her give birth to a child.
Forget about this grievance! So he directly transferred his hatred for the Empress Dowager and this woman to the son she gave birth to.
When Li Xu was very young, he saw his father playing with other brothers and sisters and asking them about their homework, while completely ignoring him.
He didn't know what he had done wrong, and he was terrified all day long. That fear is still engraved in his bones.
Later, the Empress Dowager died. Based on the emperor's hatred, the Wen family would have been in bad luck, but at this time, the emperor remembered her kindness in supporting him, and his hatred for her became much less. In order to clean up the Wen family, he also
I was afraid that others would say I was heartless and unjust. I just picked two things that were neither big nor small and hammered them out.
The current head of the Wen family is smart and has taken advantage of the situation. Therefore, although the Wen family is not as glorious, it has not been damaged.
But the emperor refused to forgive Li Xu's mother-in-law. Not long after the Empress Dowager left, she didn't know how to do it. She also fell ill and died after a while.
The emperor also hated Li Xu very much, but he had some obstacles in his heart and did not dare to do it easily. He only hoped that Li Xu himself would not be able to survive, or that someone else could...
So Li Xu lived a life of darkness in the palace.
Everyone in the palace already knew that the emperor did not want to see him. Even a young eunuch would run against him.
His brothers and sisters did not regard him as a brother, a relative, or as a human being.
In fact, Li Xu, like his mother and concubine, was very smart. Other princes began to have masters at the age of four, but he only started taking lessons with his brothers at the age of seven.
He had never even touched a book before, but as soon as he sat at the desk and memorized the words, he made rapid progress. The first time he listened to the Three Character Sutra, the master only read it once and he memorized it. His talent was so high that even his master did not believe it.
He was very happy to know that he was different from the other brothers, so he worked very hard, literate, memorized, wrote, wrote articles, and took the lead in practicing martial arts.
He threw the emperor's other princes so hard that they couldn't even see the dirt. Although this caused dissatisfaction from others and they were beaten many times, he didn't care.
He hoped that by doing so, he would gain the respect of his father. But he did not expect that the better he was, the more disgusted the emperor would look at him.
As long as he is praised by Taifu and Wu Master, the emperor will find fault and punish him.
As the punishments became more and more severe... he became confused and frightened, and didn't know what to do.
The young eunuch Yuan Jingcai beside him quietly reminded him.
He finally understood. He was dumbfounded for two days and fell ill again.
After he recovered from his illness, he stayed close to him. After that, he changed. In a word, he was mediocre.
Mediocrity equals peace.
Yuan Jing was the young eunuch Yuan Xiaojiu who was assigned to him when he was six years old.
The original scene at that time had hair like yellow grass, a small black and yellow face, and was as thin as a grass stick. It was extremely ugly. No one wanted to take it, so they sent it to him.
But Yuan Xiaojiu is a sincere person and does her best by his side.
Li Xu named him Yuan Jing. He went to class during the day and came back at night to teach Yuan Jing how to read and write. In order to provide food and clothing for the two of them, Yuan Jing did a lot of stealing and was bullied by everyone.
The two people seemed to depend on each other for their lives. They saved each other's lives and took beatings for each other.
The seventh prince Li Cheng was also abused by his mother, Concubine Li, when he was a child. He was also bullied by his same mother, Princess Xingrong, and the third prince, Li Shi. He lived an irregular life and often fell ill.
Li Xu and he had a lot of sympathy for each other. He was older than Li Cheng, and Yuan Xiaojiu was more capable. Together, they secretly fed Li Cheng and applied medicine to him when he was injured.
When Concubine Pang discovered Li Cheng, it was Yuan Jing who spoke beside her.
But this time, Li Cheng was lucky enough to be named by Concubine Pang, and he became rich and prosperous from then on.
Li Cheng also had a conscience, so he secretly gave Li Xu this and that, and even gave him books and pens from Concubine Pang's palace. Li Xu and Yuan Jing's life was much better.
When Yuan Jing grew up, he was completely transformed, with jet black hair, jet black eyes, white skin, long arms and legs, broad shoulders and a thin waist, with a sense of romance that transcended the world.
Suddenly it fell into the eyes of the then fifth prince Li Xiao.
Li Xiao’s mother was Concubine Xian. Concubine Xian was born in a famous family and was arrogant. The prince born by the queen had always been in poor health. Concubine Xian had great hopes for Li Xiao!
But this Li Xiao, I don’t know who he followed. He is evil at heart, much more ruthless than Li Shike who loves to fight and bully others. He is only ten years old and has a lot of lives in his hands. The daughter of the eunuch in his palace is not
If they agree, they will be beaten to death. Even the son of the minister who accompanied him was killed for some reason.
Concubine Xian strongly protected him and helped him deal with the aftermath.
Li Xiao fell in love with Yuan Jing and asked Li Xu for it. How could Li Xu agree? Concubine Xian knew it after pushing and shoving. Concubine Xian knew that her son had been confused on this issue. She heard that Yuan Jing was a male fox.
Qing Rang'er was worried that his son would get into trouble, so he wanted to kill Yuan Jing.
At that time, Li Xu was sixteen and had just come out to build a mansion. He didn't have many people. He and Yuan Jing went out to do business, but they were assassinated when they returned. In other words, the two of them had concealed themselves well before, so those people didn't know about them.
They were skilled, so both of them were injured, but the other was left dead and injured.
This matter caused quite a big fuss. If the emperor doesn't want to see him anymore... he's also a prince! So after investigating for a long time, Concubine Xian quickly stopped her activities and controlled Li Xiao to prevent him from moving around until the matter was over.
Yuan Jing was seriously injured, and his face was disfigured due to a blow to his eyebrow. He was safe for a short time, but Li Xu and Yuan Jing knew that this matter was definitely not over.
These two channels worked privately, and finally one day, Li Xiao, who was having fun in Houhai, fell into the water and died after getting drunk. Concubine Xian was deeply affected by the only child she had, and she died soon after.
This pair of troubled brothers had no clues, and no one even suspected them. So they were safe in this matter. But the mansion he was assigned was a mess, and the money given to him was not much.
I was deprived of money and couldn't even manage to tidy up the house enough to live in.
At that time, Li Cheng had secretly gone to the northwest and asked Wu Dong to take care of his second brother. Wu Dong sent money to Li Xu and found someone to help repair the house. At least he was settled in the house and he was going to marry his princess.
Before marrying his wife, Li Xu sat in the house for three days before deciding to send Yuan Jing away. He asked Wu Dong to borrow money to buy a village elsewhere and sent Yuan Jing away.
The two of them had never been separated since they were children, and they were in a mortal relationship. Now, they felt heartbroken for each other.
Then, the princess came in.
This eldest daughter of the Zhang family, who was not good-looking, had a small dowry, but was "talented" and had high aspirations, entered the house with pride and dissatisfaction under the name of the eldest daughter.
Li Xu, who originally wanted to live a steady life with her and leave just waiting for the emperor to grant him a fief, unexpectedly fell into another unspeakable pit of fire.
This princess with her eyes above her head did not hide her contempt and resentment for him even if she gave birth to his eldest son. This contempt came from the bottom of her heart and made him more sad than the people who bullied him in the past.
He finally gave up and took Yuan Jing back. Anyway, they would be together in life and death from now on.