As the eldest brother, I felt it was necessary for me to have a good talk with him.

He was really frightened, because the first time I went to his room, he lay on the bed and rolled his eyes around and found that there were only two of us left in the room, he actually shrank in the quilt and shouted "Big brother, don't kill me, don't kill me......" I saw him like this and felt a little mixed in my heart, no matter what, he is also the son of my father and mother, my younger brother, and he is still so young. Even a long time ago, I would never bully a child. I had to sit on the edge of the bed and wait for him to calm down.

After a while, he stretched out his two little hands to lift the corner of the quilt covering his head, and hid behind the quilt to look at me. I saw that he had finally calmed down, and I also looked at him, probably because my eyes were quite friendly, he was not as scared to death as he was at the beginning, but boldly asked, "Big brother, why do you want to kill me?" ”

I was silent for a while, not knowing how to answer his question, did I miss it? He had already screamed, and I obviously knew it was him, but I didn't stop. Do you want to tell him that because he's going to kill me later, I'm going to strike first? I looked at him and explained, "Big brother has been in a little trouble in the court recently, and he is uneasy. I was distracted when I was practicing the sword, and I didn't put the sword away for a while, which scared you, sorry. ”

After listening to this, Li Shimin nodded to show that he accepted my explanation, and then said: "Didn't the eldest brother say that the sword is a murder weapon and is easy to hurt people, and the most important thing when practicing the sword is to be determined?" Since the eldest brother is restless, even if he insists on practicing, the benefits must not be too big, right? "I was ashamed for a while after hearing this, I had said such things to him at the beginning, of course, this was not my creation, but Xun Yi taught me.

When I looked at him again, I suddenly felt that he was not so annoying, touched his head and smiled: "Shimin is right, it's the eldest brother who is wrong." ”

In this way, we turned the conflict into a jade silk, and this matter passed.

Actually, I didn't lie to Li Shimin, because since the fire in the Han Palace, I have indeed encountered a lot of trouble in the court. First of all, the imperial historian Zhang Heng came to find me, he participated in a copy of me in front of Yang Guang, saying that I was respectful and resentful of Yang Guang's appearance, and the reason was that I may have shown a little unbearable in the Han Palace, and Zhang Heng noticed it. Although he had no evidence, Yang Guang's suspicion still made him believe that what Zhang Heng said was right, so he called me to the council hall to teach me a lesson, and took out my father to scare me, saying that my father might have different intentions in Xingyang County, so I had to explain it only to barely escape this time.

Secondly, the new capital of Luoyang had just been completed, and Yang Guang gave me an order, saying that there were not enough people to build the Tongji Canal and Hangou, and that the construction of the Yongji Canal from Luoyang to Zhuojun would be started immediately, so more people were needed, so I was asked to go to Jiangdong to supervise the people to recruit them. I felt that this would inevitably cause instability in Jiangdong, so I suggested that Yang Guang better postpone the construction of the canal, so that the people who had just participated in the construction of the eastern capital Luoyang could take a breath, but Yang Guang almost pulled me out and cut me down.

In addition to these, there is also a private matter, that is, Wei Ting's father died of illness not long ago, and I saw Wei Ting's sad appearance, and I was inexplicably in a bad mood.

I can only talk to Sanniang about these things in the Tang State Mansion and get a little comfort from her.

But in the final analysis, I did something wrong about Li Shimin being almost killed by me. He was sick for more than a month because of this frightened cold, and it is not a trivial matter for a child to get sick, after all, it was too common for children to die in ancient times, so the mother was also worried all day long, and when Li Shimin's illness was complete, the mother was tossed and lost a lot of weight.

While I felt sorry for my mother, I also thought about it carefully, isn't Yang Guang the only one who can do the murder of his brother and sister? And I have always condemned Yang Guang's behavior in my heart, just imagine a truly confident and undeceived person, how can he be afraid that others will threaten his status? Only people who are suspicious and have low self-esteem suffer from gains and losses all day long, don't do serious things, and specialize in these messy things, right? How can I make myself a person who even looks down on myself?

Thinking about it this way, I feel that my worries about Li Shimin are very redundant, and I despise my previous actions even more.

This year, that is, in December of the first year of the Great Cause, I finally realized that I was a complete adult, because my father sent me a letter from Xingyang County, telling me that he had arranged a family business for me.

I...... I almost didn't scream when I saw the letter. Although I also know the truth of the words of the matchmaker about marriage, and I also know that it is impossible for the eldest son of the Tang State Mansion to find a woman outside and get married, but the news that my father brought me was so caught off guard that I would not be able to digest it for a while.

For this obvious reason, everyone in the house knew that I was in a bad mood. Of course, most of them thought I was disgusted with each other's family.

I locked myself in the ink storage hall, looked at a few medical books on the bookshelf in a daze, and kept asking why I often ran to the temple, and every time I seriously begged Guanyin Bodhisattva, four years have passed, and now I have not even seen Xu Ruoxiu again, and I am about to marry another woman. This bodhisattva is also too useless.

In fact, from the beginning, I didn't have any excessive thoughts about Xu Ruoxiu, thinking that letting her be my wife was a bit of a fool's dream, and my father and mother would not agree at all - in the future, when I talk to others, my son married a woman of unknown origin, how should my father gain a foothold in the court?

But to admit that I really want to wake up and see her every day, then that's too sorry for her. Because she could not be married and she was needed to be seen often, there is a proper noun in modern society to refer to such a woman—a mistress. I, Li Jiancheng, really like the woman, how can I be willing to let her be a mistress without discipline? Besides, with Xu Ruoxiu's high level, even if I am narcissistic and think that she likes me no matter how much she likes me, it is impossible to really do such a thing.

There is a third possibility - a concubine. This is more aggrieved than being a mistress, for example, in my family, my father also has a concubine, Mrs. Wan, my father is already very good to her, and my mother never takes it big in front of her, but her status in the house is basically equal to nothing, and everyone in the house respects her just because she is very good.

I carefully flipped through my father's letter and read it many times, hoping that I was dazzled, but the black and white words were there, and I couldn't help but believe it. And what makes me even more incomprehensible is that my father's family business for me is not worthy of his identity as Tang Guogong at all as far as I know - my father gave me the photo is Xu Yi, the youngest daughter of Xu Shanxin, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, I have never seen her, but I heard rumors that she looks okay. Although she has the same surname as Xu Ruoxiu, this can't give me any comfort.

Speaking of Xu Shanxin, he was originally a native of Jiangdong's Chen State, Chen died in the Sui Dynasty, and won the appreciation of the emperor with his loyalty to Chen Guo and his courage to give direct advice, and now Yang Guang is the emperor, and one of the most annoying things is to listen to the minister's advice and say that he is wrong, so it is definitely impossible to like him. Therefore, even if Xu Shanxin has a big beard, he is still just a small waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and in terms of official rank, my son-in-law is only a teenager, and he is on an equal footing. Dad has always been far-sighted, how could he find such a family business for me? I can't help but feel worthless for my father, even if I can't find any royal relatives, at least find a powerful big family, right? Why do you have to find such a person who has neither a family background nor the prestige of the imperial court to marry a family?

I wanted to rebel against this arrangement, but I found that I didn't even know what it was. After I learned about this matter, I met Xu Shanxin in Shangshu Province again, how awkward I saw him, and I was also very uncomfortable - after all, if this matter was finally completed, then this little waiter of the Ministry of Rites would be my father-in-law.

This winter, the Drunken Hung Tea House became a place I often go.

After the incident that almost killed Li Shimin last time, I know that since I knew Xun Yi from the beginning, he was by my side all day long to protect me, Li Shimin's matter is of course thanks to his help, and afterwards he once asked me why, he is quite accomplished in swordsmanship, and most of my skills are taught by him. So no matter what kind of reason I found, I couldn't prevaricate, and in the end I had to simply not explain, I chose not to explain, and he didn't ask anymore.

It's still the same as before, Xun Yi, Xun Jian, and Cao Fu - they are responsible for relieving my boredom. But they weren't the parties involved, and they couldn't understand my feelings. Especially Cao Fu, he has a mentality of watching the excitement and not being afraid of big things, and he wishes that this happy event would be done quickly.

"Childe, I'm really a little curious, when will this marriage in the Tang State Mansion be done? I'd like to hear from you about this Miss Xu ...... No, no, no, it should be called the situation of the young lady. "Cao Fu is still the same as before, dressed in splendid clothes, young and delicate, well-maintained, he is actually in his thirties and almost forty now, but he still looks very young.

I heard her say this to him several times, and lazily replied, "You are interested in her, why don't you marry her for me?" ”

Cao Fu waved his hand again and again: "How can this be made?" Tang Guogong personally chose the family affairs for his son, there should be no mistake. ”

Xun Yi interjected: "Childe, why don't I go and find out for Childe?" I don't know why, Xun Yi seems to be developing in the direction of Ding Cheng, and he doesn't like to talk anymore.

I shook my head and said, "Forget it." "I really don't have any interest in Xu Yi, the wife who hasn't passed through the door. If it weren't for her, I could still have a trace of fantasy in my heart, but now she is about to marry into the Tang State Mansion, if I want to see it, the days will be long.