r18novel Chapter 264: What a difference! It turns out that good people are often bullied.
Chapter 264: What a difference! It turns out that good people are often bullied.
Everyone said that he should be the emperor, and everyone said that he would be a wise ruler.
However, although Xie Jinyu was well-versed in the holy books, he did not understand why the people of the world should be protected, nor what the point of managing the government was.
He only knew that this expectation from others made him suffer.
The whip hurt too much, the snow on the ground was too cold, and the eyes of the people around him were like those of a ferocious tiger hunting its prey. They all seemed to be trying to guess the value of a commodity, and they put him on the highest point over the fire and roasted him.
Boring, everything is boring.
He doesn't care about the death of people in the world. People in the world have never loved him, so how can he love people in the world?
He just wanted to be with his brother who loved him.
Will suffice.
Therefore, he does not need to be remembered in history. The prosperous Jian'an era is all false.
Xie Jinyu stretched out her hand to hold Xie Chengze's lower back, forcing him to be unable to escape from the cramped space. She grabbed his wrist with her right hand, and her slender and cold fingers pried open the clenched fist, taking out the pieces of paper hidden inside one by one.
"Second brother, you know what? Your acting is really bad."
Anyone with a slightly deeper mind can easily see through your disguise.
He is, and so is Sheng Shihuai.
That's why you were fooled by him.
Xie Jinyu withdrew his hand, opened the folded letter, and saw the familiar handwriting belonging to Shen Yuan on it.
“The second imperial decree is that His Majesty grants us a marriage, and only then can the Crown Prince ascend the throne.
There was a fire in Chenghuan Palace, and the prince faked your death in the fire in order to ruin the arranged marriage.
Remember, the prince is no different from me, so don’t be too gentle with him, or you’ll hurt yourself.”
Xie Jinyu sneered coldly.
What a unique one.
If someone who doesn't know him sees this, they might think that his feelings for his second brother are as ordinary and dull as Shen Yuan's, and can be seen everywhere.
"My second brother wants to marry Shen Yuan?" Xie Jinyu crumpled the letter into a ball and threw it on the wooden table. Then, she looked at Xie Chengze with deep eyes, "Unfortunately, I will never allow it."
Xie Chengze: “…”
I think you and Emperor Jian are worthy of being father and son, it's really outrageous.
One is engaged in forced imprisonment, the other is engaged in forced marriage.
No one asked him if he was willing.
Sure enough, good people can be bullied.
What's the next sentence?
forget.
"Whatever." Xie Chengze retracted his gaze and muttered, "Who in modern times still cares about this?"
It was an arranged marriage, not forced sleeping together. It was just a fake certificate, not even legal. It just had the halo of a marriage arranged by the previous emperor.
but……
"You must not spread the news of the marriage." Xie Chengze said seriously, "It will easily corrupt the morals of the people. Jian'an's medical care is not well developed, and the burp bag is even less popular. If the ignorant people follow suit and no one has children, no one will grow crops, do business, or build roads. Jian'an will be taken advantage of by the Xiongnu and the Central Plains will be razed to the ground."
Xie Chengze had read a few books on sociological theory, and he knew very well that social construction could not be without labor.
So if you want to have pure love, you can only do it secretly!
Don’t publicize it!
Looking at Xie Chengze's serious and solemn expression as he admonished, Xie Jinyu fell into a rare and subtle silence.
He really wanted to ask what a burp bag was.
But he was worried about exposing his ignorance in front of his brother.
But what made him even more helpless was that...his second brother really loved the people.
Second brother is just like Shen Yuan, they both have the whole world in their eyes, and this is the fact that Xie Jinyu cannot accept the most. Because he does not understand, he cannot integrate into their world. He just feels excluded and feels more and more lonely.
"Brother, please take a good rest after dinner. I will ask Cao Que to bring you a book to entertain you."
After saying this, Xie Jinyu stood up and prepared to leave.
"and many more!"
Xie Chengze held him back and said, "There is something I need you to handle for me."
Xie Jinyu turned around and looked at him, "What's the matter?"
"There is a student named Zhang Yuheng in this year's Tianjiansi exam. He is the son of the prefect of Shu County. Please keep an eye on him for me. If he is there, you must recruit him into the Tianjiansi!"
Xie Chengze held his hand tightly, "Brother Suan, please, this matter is very important!"
Xie Jinyu opened her mouth, then smiled, "Okay."
He wanted to see what it was about this student named Zhang Yuheng that made his second brother use the word "ask".
Even Shen Yuan didn't receive this treatment.
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Xie Jinyu soon met the student named Zhang Yuheng.
The tall and sturdy young man, with ordinary features, knelt quietly on the ground until he heard the order to stand up. He knelt there for an entire hour without saying a word.
He is a tolerant person.
But he was also very arrogant and didn't even ask for his greeting when he came in.
Xie Jinyu closed the lid on the teacup, placed it on the table, and said to Zhang Yuheng, "Get up."
Hearing this, Zhang Yuheng opened his sleepy eyes, yawned implicitly, and then stood up in high spirits.
"Why don't you speak up and kowtow?" Xie Jinyu looked at Zhang Yuheng with a dark gaze. He seemed to care very much about his position in Xie Chengze's heart, and therefore he also cared very much about his majesty in the eyes of people Xie Chengze liked.
"Do you think I'm unworthy of the position of crown prince?" He said coldly, his eyes like a frosty sword cast directly at Zhang Yuheng, as if he would kill him with a sword if he said a wrong word.
Zhang Yuheng was a little confused when he heard this.
He raised his hand and made a few gestures, then remembered that the prince might not understand sign language, so he opened his mouth and silently pointed to his throat.
Xie Jinyu: …
Xie Jinyu closed her eyes and pinched her nose slightly.
How could he have imagined that Zhang Yuheng was actually a mute!
And he was so childish that he confronted the other party for a whole hour!
After taking a deep breath, Xie Jinyu regained her coldness in her eyes. She pointed at the four writing tools on the table and said to Zhang Yuheng, "Come here and write down everything that happened between you and His Royal Highness the Regent in the past."
Zhang Yuheng became more and more confused.
He heard that the Crown Prince and the Second Prince had always been at odds with each other. So he asked him to write this. Could it be that he wanted to find fault with the Second Prince?
This is not okay.
A king should do what he should do and should not do what he should not do.
Zhang Yuheng shook his head.
His father said that one must be smart and also understand how to remain neutral. When the situation is unclear, one must not offend any party.
Xie Jinyu obviously had no patience, and sneered, "Don't write? Then give me fifty lashes."
The violent and impatient expression on his face did not seem fake. Zhang Yuheng never thought that the prince who was rumored to be gentle and kind was actually so irritable. So he quickly stood up, jumped faster than a wild monkey, picked up the brush, ground the ink himself, and began to write quickly on the paper.
His father also said that when it comes to life and death, all morality can be thrown aside.
Being a fence-sitter is not shameful.
Anyway, the prince didn't know whether what he wrote was true or false, so he slightly modified it and omitted it appropriately...
The nonsense he said to the Second Prince while boiling manure must not be written down!
It took Zhang Yuheng three hours to finally finish writing, and Xie Jinyu also finished reading it page by page.
This person doesn't seem to be anything special, but he is quite knowledgeable about astronomy, astrology and earth dragons.
Is it because you are a promising talent that the second brother chose you?