I was divorced because I got pregnant during the lean years, so I went back to my parents’ home and

After a while, Li Yunjiong came.

This was the first time that my father took the initiative to think of me.

I haven't seen my father in the past month since I went to the palace to celebrate his birthday during the Chinese New Year.

Li Yunjiong knew everything that happened in the court, but never participated in it.

He knew this information purely out of self-protection.

In order to survive, he has been living in fear since he was a child.

Now he has his own guards, but he still lives cautiously.

Li Yunjiong knelt on the ground and bowed politely.

The emperor offered him a seat, but he did not sit down and stood to the side.

"How have your studies been lately? I haven't come to the palace to report to your father for a long time!" The emperor shook off his previous fatigue and asked with great interest.

Li Yunjiong looked at his father, who looked thinner than during the Chinese New Year.

He is still in good spirits.

"My son, I know my mistake!"

The emperor laughed out loud.

The youngest son standing beside him was handsome and had a scholarly look between his brows. He looked very much like himself when he was young.

He had ignored him and given him the cold shoulder over the years.

He was able to grow up.

I just suffered a lot.

He curled himself up in the small courtyard of the Hanlin Academy, trying hard to survive.

"Sit down!" There was a hint of guilt in the emperor's tone.

"You've grown up, it's time to look up and see the outside world!" the emperor said meaningfully.

Eunuch Fu moved a stool and placed it next to Li Yunjiong.

Li Yunjiong didn't understand what his father said, so he sat down obediently and wanted to listen to his father's instructions.

The emperor changed the subject and said, "There is drought and no rain in Western Xinjiang. The crops are almost completely destroyed. A large number of refugees have fled from Western Xinjiang. The soldiers' military rations there have also been allocated for disaster relief. What do you think?"

The emperor has never asked such a question.

Li Yunjiong did not dare to say more. He lowered his head and said, "I only heard people from the Hanlin Academy privately discussing the situation in Western Xinjiang. I have not personally verified it, so I dare not express my opinion rashly."

"Well, you've read so many books. This kind of thing happened in every dynasty. How was it solved?"

The emperor was very satisfied with his performance and glanced at Eunuch Fu.

Eunuch Fu brought a cup of tea and placed it on the small table next to Li Yunjiong.

Li Yunjiong was flattered and stood up hurriedly.

Eunuch Fu said with a smile: "Prince Yongding, please have some tea. This is a tribute from the south. Please try it!"

……

When Li Yunjiong left the palace, his heart was still beating fast.

Today, my father was very different from before, and what he said was hard to understand.

He was nervous and happy.

When he was four or five years old, he learned about his differences from the maids in the palace.

He doesn't remember what his mother looked like.

All I know is that my mother was a palace maid and died very early.

His father was his only relative, but he was extremely cold to him.

He tried hard to please his father, but was despised and beaten by his other brothers.

He was nearly beaten to death that time and was seen by Prince Jin who happened to be passing by.

He scolded his three brothers, picked up the little Li Yunjiong from the ground and took him away.

He was taken to Prince Jin's mansion.

When Prince Jin saw that he was covered in wounds, he asked with a fierce look on his face, "Were these injuries caused by them?"

Li Yunjiong nodded.

He lived in Prince Jin's Mansion for several years, and those were the best days of his life.

There are many books in Prince Jin’s house.

It was at that time that he developed the habit of reading.

Prince Jin is the emperor's uncle. He is a strange person and is not close to other people in the palace.

He hates being stuck in one place and loves traveling.

He is the person closest to Li Yunjiong.

Li Yunjiong looked up at the west, silently thinking of Prince Jin in his heart, not knowing whether he was doing well.

It's been a long time since we last met.

However, he received a letter from Prince Jin saying that he had settled in Yongchang.

He also said that he was ill and had a lame leg.

Alas! There are many famous doctors in the capital, and he asked Prince Jin to come back for treatment, but Prince Jin said that he was living well in Yongchang and did not want to come back.

Li Yunjiong understood his temper, he was very stubborn.

……

At this time, Li Laoguai, who was riding on a donkey, sneezed twice.

The wind blew sand into his mouth, and he cursed: "Damn it, who is thinking about me...呸呸呸呸..."

Ji Xiaobei smiled and said, "Uncle Li, you are not cold, are you?"

He tightened his tattered cotton jacket and walked forward again.

Ji Xiaobei was very confused as to why his life had become like this.

Is it either prostitution or gambling?

But considering his age, it is unlikely that he is a prostitute.

I followed Lang Ning to a small county town. It was getting dark, many shops were closed, and there was no one on the dilapidated streets.

The yellow wind blew the sand so hard that people couldn't open their eyes.

"Miss Ji, let's stay here. Tomorrow we will cross that mountain and reach Ye County!"

Ronning said.

Ji Xiaobei nodded and said, "Please stay here. This wind can really kill people."

She got a leather hat with a string, but it was blown off by the wind several times. The string was tied around her neck and the hat fluttered behind her. She was strangled and gritting her teeth, and she almost suffocated.

Li Laoguai looked back at her and laughed so hard that he fell backwards.

Li Laoguai pointed to a lighted inn not far away and said, "Let's go there!"

Three people walked into the inn.

Lang Ning jumped off his horse, stood at the door, and shouted for a long time, but no one came out.

"Isn't the light on? How could there be no one here?" said Ji Xiaobei.

"Ahem, ahem, it's already good enough that we can find a small inn in the nearby small county town. The whole city is empty..." said Li Laoguai.

"Did they all flee the famine?"

Ji Xiaobei asked.

"Yes, with a lack of water and food, who would still wait here to die? Most people have fled. Otherwise, how could there be so many refugees outside Yongchang Prefecture..."

The three people were talking outside when they saw the door opened.

An old voice came out: "The inn is closed, go somewhere else!"

Lang Ning said, "Miss Ji, I'll go take a look ahead!"

"Let's just stay at this one!" Li Laoguai turned over and got off the donkey.

"Old man, we'll only stay for one night. Look at us, young and old, it's already dark..." Li Laoguai said with a helpless look on his face.

The old man inside walked a few steps out and saw Li Laoguai wearing tattered clothes, like a beggar.

The hand that was about to open the door retracted.

"There's nothing to eat or drink in my house, and I'm all alone. Let's go!"

After saying that, he turned around and walked inside.

Ji Xiaobei hurriedly called him: "Old man, we are not staying here for free, we pay for it..."

Ji Xiaobei took out some silver coins and put them in his palm to show the old man.

The old man squinted his eyes and looked at Ji Xiaobei's clothes, and a smile appeared on his cold face.

"Then come in!"

He opened the door and reached out to take the silver from Ji Xiaobei's hand.

Ji Xiaobei clenched his fist.

"We haven't eaten yet. Go get us something to eat. Home-cooked food is fine. It has to be hot!"

Ji Xiaobei said.

Li Laoguai was wearing thin clothes and it was cold today, so he was shivering with cold.

The old man nodded, took the silver and walked inside.

Li Laoguai and Lang Ning live in the same room.

Ji Xiaobei lives next door to them.