How to dress like a prince

Li Xiu and the Li family watched Wei Yunzhi leave at the door. The guards and servants surrounded the gorgeous carriage as they walked farther and farther away. Li Xiu's mood gradually became tense.

When the guard at the end of the line also disappeared into the gradually gathering fog, a trace of coolness fell on Li Xiu's face, he wiped away the late wind and rain, finally looked back, took a deep breath, it was time to face A close relative who had caused him grief.

"My child!" Mrs. Li rushed over, almost knocking Li Xiu to death on the stone steps in front of Li's house.The second master of the Li family looked at his brother and sister-in-law who were still present, smiled resentfully, and tugged at his wife's clothes, but he couldn't stop the poor woman from hugging her son and continuing to cry bitterly.

"Oh, the women's family is so out of place!" The second master of the Li family explained embarrassingly like a brother and sister-in-law, and then went to scold his wife: "Don't cry, it's a good day, why are you crying? It's rare for the third son Let's go home..." As he said that, he felt that it was not good, anyway, Li Xiu was someone close to His Highness the Prince, so it was not good for him to call him "little third son".

Li Xiu's eyes were red, he didn't respond to anyone, he just held his breath, he didn't want to forgive so easily, but he also knew that he couldn't last long, besides, Wei Yunzhi didn't keep him here just to "clear the past" ?

The high and mighty prince left, and the Li family also breathed a sigh of relief.The elder of the Li family smiled wryly and said to his younger brother: "I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse. I thought my ineffective son offended a big shot, but I didn't want us to take this opportunity to get acquainted with His Highness Sixth... Sigh, it's just a trick of luck. Ah, I didn't expect our Li family to be involved with the royal family after all."

Thinking of the elders of the family who were valued by the royal family and became extremely popular for a while, but now that family has ended up with no children and grandchildren, and I don't know what will happen when it is their turn. The two brothers seem to be in a dream, and they don't know what to do. Be happy or worry.

I haven't seen him for more than half a year, and Li Xiu doesn't feel strange when he comes home again. It seems that being slapped by the teacher is still yesterday. Only the obvious change of attitude of his family reminds him that the time has passed.After all, his mentality was different. When his elder brother and younger sister came out to talk to Li Xiu, he more or less turned his anger on them. He didn't know what to say, and most of the time he just listened to their chattering silently, without paying much attention to it.

After Li Xiu entered the palace, whenever he was wronged, he thought of his mother and grandmother the most. Now his parents are looking at him, one seems to have nothing to say, the other is still sobbing, only the grandmother did not appear, Li Xiu has something in his heart Bad guess, but afraid to ask.

The two elder brothers are still in school, and the children of merchants are not allowed to enter the temple. They are destined to live a mediocre life in this life.The common people seem to have an innate yearning and admiration for the royals living in the palace walls, and Li Xiu is very annoyed by being surrounded by them asking questions.

Poor Li Xiu, his older brothers were even jealous that he could be selected to be a companion in the palace, how could they know what his younger brother was suffering there.In the end, Li Xiu had no choice but to talk about some unimportant things. Wei Yunzhi taught him to ride a horse, took him to the royal hunting ground to hunt, and asked him to practice calligraphy. Everything seemed to revolve around Wei Yunzhi. here.

"Then... third brother, have you seen the emperor? Is the emperor really eight feet long, with ears hanging down to the shoulders?" The young sister only learned a few words about the emperor from dramas and storytellers, and it was amused to ask such a question. Li Mao laughed.Everyone was very interested in this question, and they all stretched their necks to listen.

"It's not that exaggerated... The emperor is indeed very tall, and he has a little beard, which is similar to that of an uncle." The uncle who was named was honored. After all, he had advanced aesthetics and had a beard similar to that of the current emperor.

"Whether the emperor is heroic or not is the so-called... what is it called? By the way, the king's domineering!" The second brother made a very heroic expression.

"Of course the aura of the emperor is indispensable. I have only seen it a few times, and I have never dared to look directly at it."

"Oh~" - everyone sighed.

After dinner, the uncle and his wife went back to their own house next door, Li Xiu was served by the servants left behind by Wei Yunzhi, took a bath, and then went back to his room.

It was still early, far before the time to fall asleep, and suddenly left Wei Yunzhi, Li Xiu felt that the bed for sleeping alone was too big.Leaning on the bed in a daze, the door was carefully pushed open.

"I haven't slept yet..."

"Well. It's still early."

Mrs. Li's eyeballs were still swollen, and she didn't see how she ate at night. Now she came to the lost son's room with a nervous expression. The flattering smile made Li Xiu disgusted and sad, so he could only restrain himself as much as possible.

"Is the bed comfortable for sleeping? The things at home are not as good as those in the palace. If you are not used to it, just tell mother, ah."

"kindness."

Mrs. Li twisted the handkerchief in her hand, as if she wanted to sit on the bed and chat with Li Xiu, but because of the rejection of the child, she could only stand still and ask some insignificant words from time to time, which made Li Xiu more and more angry. irritable.

Finally he couldn't bear it anymore, before he said hurtful words, Li Xiu whispered: "I'm going to sleep."

The chattering stopped abruptly, even though Li Xiu was so careful, Mrs. Li was still heartbroken.The embarrassing smile on her face disappeared in an instant, and an even more exaggerated smile appeared the next moment. Such a poor acting skill made people want to expose it, and tears finally rushed out when she turned around.Li Xiu seemed to be stimulated by those tears, and suddenly went mad, threw off the quilt and got out of bed, stood on the cold ground with bare feet, and yelled at her weeping mother: "Why are you crying? Why are you here?" Crying in front of me?!"

Yeah, why is she crying?It was Li Xiu who was sent to the palace to be abused by others; it was Li Xiu who was pointed at his back and called a rabbit; it was Li Xiu who had no relatives, committed himself to others in order to survive, and used his body to please others regardless of shame. !No matter how many times he cried, no one came to pity him. What reason did she have to cry?Wasn't it they who pushed him in at the beginning?

Mrs. Li was stunned, and then screamed and rushed towards Li Xiu, ignoring his struggle and resistance, hugging him tightly in her arms, tears streaming down Li Xiu's neck, making him twitch, Obviously, he was crying himself to the point of passing out, but he was still struggling.

"My son... ah... you are the meat that fell from my mother! My child..."

Li Xiu wanted to say, "You guys sent me to the palace like a child sold", "You guys made me live so lowly", but he still couldn't bear to say these words.Deep down in his heart, Li Xiu understood their helplessness. When people sent by the emperor approached them, what else could they do except compromise and obey?Up to now, Li Xiu didn't know who to blame.

He blamed Wei Yunzhi, but Wei Yunzhi treated him so well, how could he be willing to blame him?

He also blamed Wei Qi, the aloof emperor, for his own child and disregarding the life and death of other people's children.Looking back and thinking about it, he, the son of a small businessman, has no right to blame the king of a country?He couldn't do anything except complain in his heart.What's more, during these few months in the palace, Li Xiu gradually began to be persuaded by himself who was in love with Wei Yunzhi. Sometimes he couldn't help thinking that without Wei Qi, he would never have met Wei Yunzhi in his life. Yunzhi is such a beautiful person.

What he blamed the most was his parents, because they were the people he loved and trusted the most since he was a child, and it was they who gave him the heaviest blow at critical moments.

Now Li Xiu couldn't find anyone to blame in the overwhelming tears. He found that there were too many things and too many people who could find reasons to be forgiven. I had to find a reason similar to "helpless" to comfort myself.

Everyone has difficulties, and everyone has his helplessness.Someone will always be sacrificed, and someone will always feel wronged. Unfortunately, not everyone can get the compensation they deserve.

Li Xiu stretched out his hand, hugged his thin mother into his arms, and comforted her like she used to comfort him, leaving only regrets that could not be erased in his heart.

The most he can get is "I'm sorry", and those tears that can't heal the wound.

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My poor Xiuxiu...