For the emperor

The officials of the Ministry of Rituals have been very busy in the past half a year. They finally sent Qi Guolai away, and ended the weird winter hunting. Before they could catch their breath, they looked up and saw that the coming-of-age ceremony of the two princes of Cang Kingdom had arrived and they needed to start preparations. It's time.

Cang Tiansu's birthday happens to be the summer solstice day. In the past, before he was 12 years old, not to mention Emperor Cang Jing, who was always busy with everything, even the guard A and guard B of the Ministry of Rites did not think this day was special, let alone organize any birthday party.

However, today is different from the past, Cang Tiansu is now the iron-capped prince who is serious, and Emperor Cang Jing of the entire Great Cang Kingdom is the boss, and the second child can be counted on his head. This time it is the 16-year-old coming-of-age ceremony. I had seen the elder prince's neglect in the past, so I naturally had to deal with it in a special way, and I had given him enough face, so I started to make serious matters two quarters in advance, and made a big deal of it.

Cang Tiansu did not comment on this. He has not been much more relaxed than the Ministry of Rites recently. After the farce-like hunting, he lit the lamp and boiled oil for several days, and finally submitted a list to Emperor Jing for the next year's selection of scholars. A long sigh of relief.

Although there is no major errand at hand, Emperor Jing's behavior has become more and more weird recently, Cang Tiansu feels that he has become an ornament hanging on his belt, and he has to follow him wherever he goes.

But apart from this little annoyance, Cang Tiansu's recent life is still very nourishing. Duan Yu is now in charge of training the central army, relying on it four or five hours a day, and there is nothing to be busy on weekdays. Legs went straight to Cang Tiansu's Prince's Mansion.

When Cang Tiansu was free, they chatted casually. Most of the time, Cang Tiansu still had some sporadic trivial matters to deal with, and Duan Yu just watched with knowledge and interest.

In his bones, he likes to be active or not to be quiet, but when the person next to him is Cang Tiansu, he can always miraculously calm down. Duan Yu likes to see his prospective daughter-in-law handling affairs quietly. , the atmosphere in the room made him feel at home.

They hugged and held hands, kissed each other, slept in the same bed, said good morning and good night to each other in the morning and evening, but rarely had too close physical contact.

Cangtiansu is more likely to regard an activity that is beneficial to physical and mental health, promote blood circulation and increase fat consumption as a celebration when he is in a good mood, a way to enhance mutual affection, and he has always taken a contemptuous attitude towards sensory stimulation.

Apart from the occasional entanglement with his own charm value, Duan Yu is still very satisfied with his current life. Sex is just a small thing, but love is a big thing.

As spring approached, Cang Tiansu finished his long and painful entourage, bowed respectfully to Cang Jinglan and left, walked through a willow forest that was sprouting new buds, and stopped by the pond .

He looked at the person standing opposite, and showed a faint smile: "Third Brother, long time no see."

Since the last time the two confronted each other and he won an overwhelming victory without any effort, it had been a long time since Cang Tianrui calmed down and behaved with his tail between his legs.

Cang Tiansu hadn't seen him for nearly a month, and now this person put on a stance specially waiting for him here, the eldest prince of Cang Kingdom raised his eyebrows lightly, and the beautiful "Sea River Cliff" embroidered on the hem of the lichen According to the inertia, it floated forward slightly, and immediately attached to the owner docilely.

Cang Tianrui's face clearly flashed a few gloomy resentment, he stood far away, looked at Cang Tiansu coldly and remained silent for a long time.

Emperor Jing recently showed a very strong interest in his elder son who had been neglected for more than ten years, and all the rewards were exceptionally generous. Correspondingly, he naturally neglected his two sons.

The eyes of the ministers in the court are not white, their eyelashes are empty, and they can naturally sense the subtle emotional changes of the emperor. This has caused the Liu family's status in the court recently to be like the flowing water of the Yangtze River, and it is declining day after day .

Cang Tiansu doesn't care about such a disrespectful behavior, he can forgive all the stupid behaviors of the defeated subordinates to vent their anger, this will only increase his sense of accomplishment as a winner, not to mention that comparing with such a fool will only lower his style in vain .

"Cang Tiansu, do you know what I hate the most about you?" Just when he got a little impatient and was about to leave directly, Cang Tianrui said without warning.

Cang Tiansu didn't answer, to be honest, he has lost interest in talking.Cang Tianrui has fully proved that appearance has nothing to do with brains. I don't know how Emperor Jing feels when he looks at this face that looks like him.

He didn't make a sound, and Cang Tianrui asked himself and answered: "I hate this contemptuous expression on your face the most! It seems that you are born superior to others, and you don't even bother to look at us! Every time I see it, I want to see Tear off that face of yours, throw it on the ground and crush it!"

"Well, I'm not surprised by this." Reminiscent of Yu Shi's tragic death, the credibility of this sentence is more than [-]%, Cang Tiansu looked at him deeply, but he didn't understand what he was here for today. .

"What do you think you are, but the son of a whore, a bastard, why do you look down on me?!" As soon as Cang Tianrui said this, the one behind Cang Tiansu was sent to him by Li Quan. The little eunuch leading the way wished he could cut off his ears.

Cang Tianrui dared to say such desperate words, but he really didn't have the guts to listen.

Cang Tiansu smiled, his eyes showed a kind of desolate innocence, he looked down at Cang Tianrui almost arrogantly: "You think I look down on you, have you done anything to make me look up to you?"

Everyone said that Emperor Cang Jing was arrogant by nature and had no dust in his eyes. In the eyes of eunuchs and maids inside and outside the palace, Cang Tianrui was also a figure with upturned nostrils, but few people could see that Cang Tiansu also had a kind of arrogant pride.

Cang Tiansu is polite enough to many people, but being polite does not mean respect.He has always been very polite to Cang Tianrui and others, but he has never respected them; he respects the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, not because he thinks these people are worthy of respect, but more because he respects his own personality and moral cultivation, Willing to pay homage to the underdog.

What Cang Tiansu really respects is only those who are qualified to stand on the same level as him. He is essentially an elitist admirer, and he supports the law of the jungle and the law of survival of the fittest in Li Mi's mouth. He agrees with Malthusism, Darwinism and According to Nietzsche's elitism, there are indeed distinctions among people.

Cang Tianrui choked on his words that seemed polite and plain but were full of contempt and disdain. His slightly flushed face, which was already full of anger, became even more flushed at this time, and he arrogantly said, "You I'll regret it," and threw himself into the pool.

With a clear and loud splash, the three souls of the little eunuch behind Cang Tiansu's buttocks were frightened and their souls disappeared. After all, Cang Tianrui is the only second son of the Cang Kingdom, the queen's darling, and the weather in Jingjing is no better. No matter how mild it is, the water in the open-air pond in early spring can be so cold that it can make your calves cramp.

He stared blankly for a while, his mind went blank, and he could only turn to look at the person next to him who could make up his mind and mainly bear the responsibility: "My lord, do you want to save someone?"

"I'm not good at swimming, why don't you jump down to save someone?" Cang Tiansu looked at him innocently, lightly lifted his robe, and walked away.

"Me?" The little eunuch pointed to his nose and murmured in a low voice, "But I'm not good at water." When Cang Tiansu had gone around the corner and disappeared, he woke up with a start and raised his voice. Shouted: "Come on, come on, the third prince has fallen into the water!"

Cang Tiansu left without hesitation, the queen's methods became more and more vulgar and vulgar, and she could not come up with such naive and inferior methods of framing.

He doesn't care about the sewage of murdering his younger brother on his back. Such things can happen at least five or six times in each generation of the Cang family. His valet can testify.

Cang Tiansu is really confident, with his current situation, even if he is not a good and sure heir to the throne, in the eyes of the courtiers, he is definitely not stupid enough to push a prince over the pond in the palace.

He didn't pay attention to the loud and frightened shouts behind him, but stopped, looked sideways at the low bushes next to him, and sighed helplessly: "Come out."

The vegetation in the early spring turned green, and it did look a little more lively than the bare branches in winter, but it was definitely not so lush that it could cover two eleven or twelve-year-old boys.

The bushes trembled, and the half of the stone blue sleeve that revealed the secret was torn off by the master in annoyance. The fifth prince Cang Tianjing and the sixth prince Cang Tianrong, with a pitiful expression on their face, came out of it in a vertical line.

The two of them are the only pair of twins among all the existing children of Emperor Jing, but it is a pity that the status of the biological mother is low, and even the two sons are not favored.

But we can’t blame their biological mothers. Since ancient times, the royal family has had an unwritten rule that male twins in the royal family are an ominous sign, which will lead to turmoil or even collapse of the country. The emperor does not like them. Excuse me.

As for why Emperor Jing didn't send one of them out of the palace according to the usual practice when they were born, or simply killed him, Cang Tiansu had no interest in exploring it. It's all unreasonable.

As expected, distance can produce beauty. When Cang Tiansu thought that he had foolishly practiced his carving skills to prepare an ingenious birthday gift for Emperor Cang Jing, he kept reminiscing every time he smiled and raised his eyebrows during their short meeting as if fascinated. The upward arc of each hair made me feel funny and angry.

The once inscrutable faded into epileptic seizures, the once wise and powerful turned into sporadic convulsions, the once lofty divine mansion fell to the mortal world, and the bright aura that was forcibly bestowed on Cang Jinglan by Li Mi and Cang Tiansu himself has gradually faded away. disappeared without a trace.

The vicissitudes of life, things change and stars change, sixteen degrees of spring and autumn flow past in a hurry at the fingertips, and today, Cang Tiansu finally no longer looks up to anyone.

In just half a year since returning to Beijing from the desolate northwestern frontier town, Cang Tiansu's state of mind has been completely relaxed. He has experienced the transformation and sublimation process of Buddhist Nirvana-like enlightenment, and Cang Jinglan is no longer a mountain that he cannot overcome. .

Cang Tianjing looked at him timidly, and there was a subdued and cautious voice in his voice: "Brother, is the third brother okay?"

The person jumped down in front of you just now, and now he is still splashing in the water. This is nonsense, but it is also very necessary nonsense.Cang Tiansu smiled lightly, his brows and eyes were light, soft and warm: "I was in a hurry and didn't pay attention. If you are worried about him, go and have a look."

Cang Tianjing glanced behind him quickly, his face was full of worry, but the soles of his feet seemed to have no intention of taking a step, and by the way, he raised his hand to hold his younger brother who was stupidly going to go: "Big brother is going to go now. Leaving the palace?"

"It's getting late, I really don't plan to stay in the palace for a long time." After returning to Beijing for so long, Cang Tiansu has been scrutinized like a monkey not once or twice, and he can still deal with all directions under the curious eyes of his two younger brothers , Smile calmly.

Cang Tianjing pursed her lips and looked at him with her head tilted: "I really envy that my elder brother can go outside to play every day, but my younger brother and I can only be trapped in the palace every day. We are almost bored to death!"

Cang Tiansu's smile remained unchanged, he raised his left and right hands and lowered his head to gently rub the hair of his two younger brothers, but he didn't answer the question: "Where did you two come from, hurry back, before it's too late Empress Mu should be worried."

After Prince Yong finished speaking, he nodded to them politely and left.

Cang Tianjing stared at his back for a while, shrugged his shoulders, and rolled his eyes at Cang Tianrong: "You see, people don't want to talk to you at all, what do you have to do with me? Woolen cloth?"

Cang Tianrong, who habitually bit his fingers, gave him a sideways glance, nodded and shook his head, without making a sound.