Jing Xingzhi’s Daily Life in Ancient Times - Chapter 82
A tall and heroic young man in a purple python robe put his arm around the shoulders of a young man in blue, blocking the way of Jing Xingzhi and Zhang Tong.
The young man in blue was not a stranger. He was Ning Yongyuan, whom Jing Xingzhi had been thinking about a lot lately.
Ning Yongyuan used to frequent the palace and had a good relationship with Li Jiarui, the second prince born by the imperial concubine. Recently, he was flustered by his stay at the Marquis Mansion, so he simply went to the palace for a walk.
When Ning Yongyuan came to the palace, Wu Shuangxi would look at him with satisfaction every time he came back with a reward, which made Ning Yongyuan, who was uneasy, come to the palace more frequently.
Unexpectedly, Ning Yongyuan saw Jing Xingzhi in the palace just now. Seeing a person he hated so much, he couldn’t control his emotions for a moment.
His dislike for Jing Xingzhi was discovered by the second prince, and Ning Yongyuan had to say perfunctorily that he simply didn’t like Jing Xingzhi, which made the younger and more energetic second prince, Li Jiarui felt some anger and Ning Yongyuan had to stop him.
Looking at Jing Xingzhi at this moment, Ning Yongyuan, who was beside Li Jiarui, couldn’t help but show resentment in his eyes.
The second prince Li Jiarui glanced at Jing Xingzhi and asked Zhang Tong with a playful smile, “Zhang Tong, who is this? Is he the new eunuch, why haven’t I seen it?”
Jing Xingzhi said in his heart: ‘Your uncle.’
Zhang Tong looked at Jing Xingzhi, took half a step forward, slightly blocking Jing Xingzhi behind him, and said, “Your Highness, this is the Holy Emperor’s junior brother, Young Master Jing Xingzhi, and he is here to send Chief Fang’s gift for the Wanshou Festival. In the palace just now, the Holy Emperor had a good chat with Young Master Jing, and asked Young Master Jing to stay in the Xihe Palace for the time being.”
Zhang Tong was a little worried about the second prince. Li Jiarui’s uncle’s family was from the lineage of the late Duke.
The duke’s family was full of loyal warriors. They died on the battlefield, and only the daughter survived. As a result, the little young lady became a noble concubine directly, and Li Jiarui was born the next year.
With such a background, Li Jiarui was a honeypot, resulting in a very naive temperament, commonly known as easy to fool.
Ning Yongyuan didn’t even say what bad things Jing Xingzhi had done, but Li Jiarui rushed to the scene and wanted to support his friend.
What frightened Zhang Tong was Li Jiarui’s brain. If he were smarter, the other party would not have dared to offend Zhang Tong, one of the four powerful eunuchs in the Holy Palace.
But it was obvious that Li Jiarui had no self-awareness. He looked at Jing Xingzhi in confusion, with “No! I don’t believe it!” written on his face.
“How could he be my father’s junior brother at such a young age? If he were my father’s junior brother, wouldn’t he be my junior uncle? I see that his face is so tender, he might not be as old as me, right?” Li Jiarui was unhappy, even the hand on Ning Yongyuan’s shoulder was put down, and he couldn’t remember to support Ning Yongyuan.
Jing Xingzhi looked at this tall, naughty kid and replied, “I am seventeen next year.”
“Zhang Tong, did you hear that? He said he is only seventeen.” Li Jiarui, who was already eighteen this year, patted Zhang Tong’s face. “Don’t joke with me!”
Zhang Tong chuckled, “Your Highness, even if you lend me some courage. Do I dare to lie to you?”
Li Jiarui gave the answer in his heart: ‘You don’t dare.’
So, Zhang Tong wasn’t kidding, this person was really his father’s junior brother…?
Li Jiarui raised his eyebrows and looked Jing Xingzhi up and down, but in the end, he obviously didn’t see anything.
He said dissatisfiedly, “Since you are my father’s junior brother, you don’t need to salute me. Yongyuan, let’s go.”
After Li Jiarui finished speaking, Ning Yongyuan’s resentful eyes were dull for a moment…
‘Li Jiarui, you are the second prince, you are so cowardly and backed out already??’
But Li Jiarui shouted, and Ning Yongyuan could only follow.
Before they could get far, Li Jiarui said helplessly, “Hey, bad luck! Why is he, my senior? My father is too strict about rules, so I can’t do anything openly!”
Jing Xingzhi caught Li Yunxi’s eye at this moment, and was led by Zhang Tong himself. Although Li Jiarui was not clever enough, he knew not to openly offend someone close to his father.
Ning Yongyuan lowered his head, but his eyes were flickering. He said in a low voice, “It would be best if His Highness could handle things calmly. Don’t offend him because of Yongyuan. After all, he is Chief Fang’s disciple.”
Li Jiarui snorted coldly when he heard this, “This Highness just couldn’t do it openly. Could it be Yongyuan thought that I was really afraid of him? Didn’t he come to send gifts, let’s quietly take away his gifts and let him cry and beg us!”
Ning Yongyuan saw Li Jiarui had fallen into the trap, and his face became more anxious, “Second Highness! Please calm down!” Ning Yongyuan shouted calmly, and Li Jiarui couldn’t do anything after being stumped by seniority, this comfort only added fuel to his fire.
Li Jiarui patted Ning Yongyuan on the shoulder and said proudly, “Yongyuan, please stop talking. Come back to the palace in a few days and wait and see. Or just don’t leave and live with me.”
Li Jiarui put down his harsh words, and then after thinking about it, he discovered the only problem – Jing Xingzhi didn’t bring anything with him when he entered the palace.
Not to mention the gifts that Fang Qichen asked him to bring, Jing Xingzhi didn’t even bring many clothes, only a few pieces to change.
Fortunately, Zhang Tong was considerate. In order to make Jing Xingzhi’s stay comfortable, he personally went outside the palace to notify Wang Zhuang, telling him that Jing Xingzhi would be staying in the palace and asked Wang Zhuang to bring his things into the palace.
Zhang Tong’s thoughtfulness touched Li Jiarui’s heart.
Li Jiarui learned about this and knew the problem had been solved by itself. He happily asked the eunuch in charge of his palace to win over the young eunuch of Xihe Palace.
Xihe Palace was an unoccupied palace before, with only a few cleaning eunuchs left. When the second prince’s men called, they obeyed obediently, like little sheep.