Whose Evil in the Red Chamber

In the 25th year of Yuankang, the Ninth Prince Huanchen was eight years old and officially enrolled in school. The gentlemen including the Taifu and other princes in the study room felt brain pain for no other reason. The Ninth Prince was a little overlord in the palace.

Huan Chen has domineering capital, the emperor did not stand up again after the death of the Empress Yuan, the concubine Zheng Guifei who led the harem in the palace was the mother concubine of the Ninth Prince Huan Chen, as the son of a noble concubine, the Ninth Prince was the crown prince in this palace The most honorable prince below.

The prince, who was born in the Yuan Dynasty and was brought up by the emperor himself, has been gentle and refined since he was a child, with a gentle temper. When the princes in the study room mentioned the prince, they were full of praise.

Unlike the prince who is good-tempered and loves to read, Ninth Prince Huan Chen likes to wield knives and guns, climb trees and mountains as a child. The flowers and plants in the imperial garden are often destroyed by his hot hands. Apart from sleeping, the Ninth Prince It didn't stop for a quarter of an hour, causing even his mother and concubine Zheng Guifei a headache.

The emperor had seen many well-behaved princes in the harem, but he looked at the unruly Ninth Prince differently, and was not too restrained. As the Ninth Prince got older, his temper became more and more domineering. If they are a little bit unfavorable, they will inevitably suffer from flesh and blood.

Over time, even the princes above respected the ninth younger brother who was "preferred" by the father. Their mother and concubine were not as respected as Concubine Zheng. He reprimanded his younger brother for not knowing how to be courteous, and felt aggrieved. One thing more is worse than one thing less, so he stayed far away from the Ninth Prince, and was unwilling to have more troubles with him.

In this way, when the Ninth Prince grew up to be nine years old, his temper became more and more domineering, and he felt very happy that these brothers did not dare to provoke him. The only thing that made him unhappy was probably the prince. up.

The most honorable prince under the crown prince, the Ninth Prince felt unhappy no matter what he said.Wanting to trouble the prince, the prince was personally taught by the emperor, so he would not be with these brothers in leisure time.Moreover, his mother and concubine Zheng Guifei always told him not to provoke the prince, but the ninth prince agreed on the surface, but he was not convinced in his heart, because the prince had three heads and six arms, so he told him to avoid it, hum!

Such a little overlord made a fuss in the study room on the first day of school. The Taifu didn't dare to take anything against him, but instead made the young master Zhao Mengjia, who was the companion of the Ninth Prince, two in vain. The paws of the chubby chubby are all red. The young master of the Zhao family is also Baoer at home. He didn’t feel any pain when he practiced martial arts with his father. It was so red and swollen, and the teardrops were hanging on the eyes, I tried to hold back.

But instead of comforting him, the Ninth Prince rolled his big eyes and scolded: "Crying bag, my concubine also said that you are a general, and beat you to tears just a few times, what a shame! "

Zhao Mengjia bowed his head and followed behind the Ninth Prince without saying a word, thinking about his father's order not to talk back to the Ninth Prince, and felt extremely wronged.

At this time, it was time for the Ninth Prince to go to practice martial arts. Zhao Mengjia accompanied the Ninth Prince to the school grounds. Who knew that halfway there, the Ninth Prince’s eyes lit up, and he ran forward across the rockery in three steps at a time. Seeing that this direction is completely opposite to the school field, I couldn't help feeling anxious and hurriedly followed.

At this time, the Ninth Prince had already jumped in front of a group of people. The leader was a young boy with a handsome face and a tall figure. He was dressed in a moon-white robe and looked very elegant and amiable. Behind this person were two court ladies and two The eunuch still holds a food box and fruit in his hand.

This group of people was walking, but the Ninth Prince came out from behind the rockery, which shocked them. After seeing who was coming, these people hurriedly saluted the Ninth Prince, and the Ninth Prince looked critically at the leader. With a raised face, he looked arrogant: "Are you the Wu Xi next to the prince?"

That boy was Wu Xi, his father was the judge of the imperial hospital, and his mother was the dowry maid of the Empress Yuan, and later became the crown prince's wet nurse. This Wu Xi is the crown prince's nanny brother, and has a very close relationship with the crown prince. Although he is a master and servant, he loves brothers, and now he is the chief historian of the Eastern Palace, which is quite dignified.

Wu Xi naturally knew who the Ninth Prince was. As someone close to the Prince, he had a bad impression of the Ninth Prince who treated the Prince very rudely, but the Ninth Prince was a prince after all. He had to salute respectfully when he saw the Ninth Prince questioning him, so he had no choice but to reply respectfully: "It's my servant."

The Ninth Prince snorted coldly after hearing this: "Are you worthy of being a minister? You are just a nanny's son, just a servant, but the crown prince flatters you, but you call it so frivolously. Today, I will teach you a lesson for the crown prince! "

The unreasonableness of the Ninth Prince not only made the faces of the maids and eunuchs around Wu Xi turn pale, but even the servants around the Ninth Prince, including Zhao Mengjia, were so frightened that they almost fainted. Don't they know?The only one of the nine princes in this palace who can't be messed with by 1000 million is the prince. This Wu Xi is very respectable in front of the prince. As the saying goes, it depends on the owner to beat a dog. Got it, they must be skinned!

The maids and eunuchs on both sides were sweating so anxiously, the Ninth Prince asked someone to slap their mouths, none of these people dared to move, the Ninth Prince was so angry that his eyes were red, he kicked the eunuch next to him hard, and pointed at Zhao Mengjia : "Crying bag, you go and slap me!"

Zhao Mengjia bowed his head and remained silent. He was not the Ninth Prince who couldn't figure it out. He dared to move Wu Xi's finger today. He didn't even dare to think about the end. He could only play the role of quail against the anger of the Ninth Prince.

Seeing that even his companion refused to obey, the Ninth Prince became more and more furious, jumped up to do it himself, and slapped Wu Xi's fair cheek heavily, and the bright red fingerprints emerged, looking very terrifying.The Ninth Prince saw that Wu Xi, who had been slapped, did not look begging for mercy or panic in his eyes, and his heart became more and more unhappy. He raised his hand and wanted to slap him again, but this time his hand was grabbed from the side. Ninth Prince Turning his head, the person next to him fell to his knees, and only then did he see clearly that it was the prince who came.

Seeing the scars on Wu Xi's face, the Prince couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth, and for the first time his face with a gentle smile lost his emotions in front of the Ninth Prince, and asked in a deep voice, "Why did the Ninth Brother slap Wu Changshi? "

The Ninth Prince was not afraid at all, and said in a choked voice: "I see that he is not pleasing to the eye and give him a few slaps, is that okay?"

The prince frowned, and in a blink of an eye, he saw Zhao Mengjia's red and swollen hands. He remembered that the prince had just told him about the Ninth Prince's performance in the study today, and stretched out his hand to hold down the arrogant Ninth Prince. The Ninth Prince tried hard to break free, although He is naturally stronger than the other children, but the prince has been practicing martial arts and archery in the school for several years. His strength is not comparable to that of this eight-year-old boy. His hands just slapped his fat white buttocks a few times.

In public, the Ninth Prince was stripped of his trousers and spanked in public. Pained, ashamed, angry and annoyed, he yelled and said indiscriminately: "You dare to hit me! I want to tell my concubine, I want to tell my father!" Emperor..."

After a few slaps, the screaming Ninth Prince "Noble" was slapped a few more times on the ass, the pain was so painful that he was about to burst into tears, the harder he struggled, the more he couldn't break free from the prince's pressure.

"Why don't I dare to beat you? If you do something wrong, you will be beaten. Wu Xi is the long history of my East Palace, and he didn't offend you. If you beat him for no reason, you are wrong and should be beaten. The Zhao family The child is your companion, sharing honor and disgrace with you, but you, as a prince, run amok in the upper study, so tired that the child is punished for you but doesn't know how to reflect on yourself, it's your fault, and you should be beaten." The prince's voice said With a coldness that is different from the usual gentleness, he said it word by word.

"You...you..." The Ninth Prince was used to being unreasonable. It was the first time he heard someone talking to him like that. He didn't know what to say for a while, so he choked.

Since the Ninth Prince was born, this was the first time he was beaten, and the first time he was taught such a merciless lesson. In the past, although Concubine Zheng scolded him, she had never been so severe, let alone touched a finger of him. This time Being taught by the prince in public, although he was just spanked with bare hands, perhaps because of the wind, perhaps because of the shame and anger in his heart, the Ninth Prince felt a little feverish at night.

In the imperial concubine's palace, the imperial doctor was passed on for the ninth prince, and the news spread like wildfire. In addition, no one knew about the fact that the prince beat the ninth prince during the day. Who doesn't know that the Ninth Prince is Concubine Zheng's baby bump, even if the prince has the emperor's backing this time, Concubine Zheng dare not say anything publicly, and I'm afraid she will inevitably stumble and take eye drops in the future.

These people are happy in their hearts. The imperial concubine and the prince have a rift, and it would be best if they both lose out in the fight!

The noble concubine's thoughts are quite guessed by these people. She was reluctant to touch her precious son, but the prince made him feel hot when he beat her. Those who served the Ninth Prince vented their anger, but at this time the crown prince came, the imperial concubine couldn't show the usual smile on her face, but the prince didn't realize it, and sent the imperial concubine a white jade ointment as a tribute.

This white jade ointment is a good medicine for healing wounds. It is very effective in cooling and relieving pain when rubbed on the wound. It is a tribute from the feudal kingdom. There are only three bottles in the palace, and they were all given to the crown prince by the emperor. Love, people are broken by the prince, now Baba is sending medicine, giving a sweet date with a stick, who can be fooled?

The prince was not annoyed when he saw the imperial concubine's face remained unchanged, but proposed to give the ninth prince the medicine himself.The Ninth Prince was lying on the bed and moaning. When he saw the prince coming, his phoenix eyes were rounded, and his face was vigilant.When he knew that the prince was going to give him medicine, the Ninth Prince's proud tail cocked up again, hmph, he knew that no one in this palace dared to show him face, the prince was very stubborn during the day, so he didn't want to come now Do things like taking medicine to please him?

The prince seems to be able to read minds. Although the ninth prince did not speak, but from the arrogant expression on his little face, the prince seemed to read what he was thinking. After taking the medicine, the prince said: "Next time if I find you If you still make mistakes, you will not be punished severely."

In a word, the Ninth Prince looked at the serious look of the Prince, and even forgot to refute for a moment. When the Prince was gone, the Ninth Prince lay on the bed unable to sleep, and suddenly felt that the voice of the Prince's brother was very pleasant.

From this day on, the little overlord in the palace, the Ninth Prince, has turned into the prince's little tail, sticking to the prince's east palace. Concubine Zheng has to ask him three times to call him back, making Concubine Zheng angry and laughing .He was so angry that his son flew to the East Palace with his whole heart, he was closer to the prince than her mother, and he laughed so hard that his son finally opened his eyes and knew that he had made progress. The instructors in the school field praised the nine princes in front of the emperor. He is born to be a general, and his talent in riding and shooting is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

The Ninth Prince was praised by these instructors, and his face was almost raised to the sky in front of Concubine Zheng, and he said crisply: "I not only want to practice riding and archery well, but also study classics and history with the Taifus, the prince brother said Well, those who rely on their strength to bully others are inferior, those who fight bravely and kill the enemy are middle-class, and those who are both civil and military are good generals. In the future, I will be like the prince's brother said, to be a general king , protect the father, the emperor and the mother, and protect the people of Li!"

After hearing this, Concubine Zheng hugged her son into her arms and rubbed her son for a while. The Ninth Prince broke out from the concubine's arms with a blushing face. Play with the prince brother!"

After finishing speaking, the boy ran away without a trace. The imperial concubine smiled and spat at him, and said to the lady next to her: "Even if the prince does this to win over this silly boy for his use, I will accept him in my heart." This love."

But the facts have proved that it seems that Concubine Zheng treats the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. It has been proved for a long time that the prince really treats the Ninth Prince with sincerity, just like ordinary brothers, and it is not the wooing she thought .Sincerity is still wooing, after a long time, you can always see it.Although the Ninth Prince was a bit reckless, he had an instinct that was close to that of a beast, and he could tell the difference between sincerity and falsehood better than anyone else.

Those princes who avoided him at the beginning also expressed their affection to him after seeing the prince's behavior, but they were severely humiliated by the Ninth Prince who could easily detect the hypocrisy.As long as he sincerely treats him as a younger brother and loves him, the prince's brother who doesn't mix in the slightest, those imperial brothers, he is very grateful!

From the age of eight to 11, in three years, the Ninth Prince Huan Chen perfectly acted as the prince's little tail, and those who were close to the prince were like brothers, and even Zheng Guifei was a bit fond of it.And Huan Chen also always thought that the elder brother of the prince will always be the most important elder brother in his heart, he is the most important younger brother in the heart of the elder brother of the prince, this kind of relationship cannot be broken by anyone.

At this moment, Concubine Zheng brought Princess Hengyang, who had just finished three years of filial piety for her mother, into the palace, and everything changed.Princess Zhongping, the mother of Princess Hengyang, and Concubine Zheng Gui are sisters of the same mother. After Princess Zhongping passed away, King Zhongping helped the side concubine who gave birth to him two sons in the mansion, and asked her to be named princess.

Before the concubine passed away, the side concubine relied on the concubine for not giving birth to a son, but she herself gave birth to two sons one after another, which was disrespectful.When the concubine passed away and the side concubine helped her upright, Concubine Zheng was afraid that the princess of Hengyang, who was outspoken and ignorant of the secrets of the back house, would suffer from the new concubine. The Lord received the palace for a temporary stay.

The cousin Princess Hengyang got acquainted with the prince's brother, and everything changed completely this year.Although he is still the most beloved younger brother of the prince's brother, half of the sincere smile of the prince's brother is given to the cousin, and half of the doting eyes of the prince's brother is given to the cousin.The narrow-minded Ninth Prince felt bored in his heart, and ran to complain to his mother and concubine, but Zheng Guifei made a joke of him, saying that he was really a child, and he had such a strong desire to monopolize his brother.

Later, he eavesdropped on the concubine's candidate for the crown prince in front of his father, recommending his cousin Hengyang inside and out. The emperor pondered for a moment and finally agreed. He turned around and ran to sit by the lotus pond in the imperial garden, upset.

During the three years from the age of 11 to 14, he watched helplessly that the prince's elder brother and Hengyang got closer and closer. They fell in love with each other, and there was a tacit understanding in their eyes. He could only vent his unhappiness on the school field. At the same time, he was also sensitively aware that his father's attitude towards the prince's elder brother had changed, from the former love and reliance to alienation and precaution.

At the same time, the eldest prince and the third prince began to be used more and more by the father, and the families they married were also very prominent.On the other hand, the elder brother of the prince, the birth mother of the Princess of Hengyang, whom the father acquiesced, died young, and was not liked by King Zhongping, and his brothers were not compatriots.

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. He turned these concerns about who was more important in the prince's brother's heart with Hengyang, and turned them into worries for the prince's brother. It was impossible for the prince's brother to give up Hengyang, let alone he knew that the prince's brother really loved him. Hengyang, even if it wasn't the case, based on his understanding of the prince's brother, the prince's brother would never do anything to abandon Hengyang in order to cling to a more powerful family.

He really wants to grow up quickly, and grow into a man who can charge and escort the prince's elder brother. The Ninth Prince thinks this way, but he has not had the opportunity to make contributions, but he has first got the opportunity to "grow up"—Concubine Zheng For the 15-year-old Ninth Prince, a court lady was arranged to teach personnel affairs.

The Ninth Prince was also curious about the so-called personnel affairs, but when the court lady unbuttoned his clothes, groped on him, and led him to feel all this step by step, he didn't feel the slightest joy, but felt it from the bottom of his heart. There was a kind of resistance, but in the end he didn't make it to the last step. He pushed the maid away, not seeing her panicked appearance, and sent her out.

It didn't take long for Concubine Zheng to know the news. Looking at her son who was blushing and looking awkward, Concubine Zheng shook her head with a funny smile: "You bastard, you are so domineering when you are a child, but you are so shy. After hearing what Si Yu said, I should have understood it, so you must have understood it too."

The Ninth Prince turned his head away from his mother and concubine, buried his red face in the bed, and let his mother and concubine make fun of it. After falling asleep, he had a dream, in which a blurry figure appeared to repeat What the court lady Si Yu did, the man's slender fingers, the palms still covered with calluses from archery and martial arts practice, made him tremble involuntarily when they brushed across his chest, which was completely different from the feeling that disgusted him just now different.

He seemed to be able to feel the breathing of the man in his ear, he raised his head quickly, but he couldn't see the man's face clearly anyway, but his body tensed and trembled very cooperatively with the man's movements, he gave himself over to In the hands of that person, let yourself sink with his movements.

All the senses in his body were concentrated in one place, his mind went blank, his body was involuntary, and at the last moment when the feeling flooded him like a tide, he finally saw the face of that person clearly and woke up from the dream at the same time .

The obscene trousers were already dirty, and the brocade quilt was also stained. He didn't have time to think about this, his eyes were full of the prince's brother's face in the dream, and he dreamed of what the prince's brother did for him as the maid who taught people. Seeing the elder brother holding him with his hand and blowing in his ear, he didn't feel the slightest resentment or disgust at all, instead he sank into the elder brother's hand and climbed to the most dazzling peak.

The Ninth Prince was in a daze, and he didn't come back to his senses until he was being served by the maid. He was trying to digest the fact that maybe his dissatisfaction with Hengyang was not the so-called children's desire for monopoly that the concubine mother said, but— - Jealousy, he is jealous that Hengyang is the prince's elder brother's favorite person, and he is jealous that in the future Hengyang can become the prince's elder brother's wife in a fair and honest way, and will stay with the prince's elder brother for the rest of his life, and give birth to him.

The love doesn't know where it started, and it goes deeper and deeper.At this moment, he finally understood what he was thinking, but at the same time he had to admit that brothers were an insurmountable gap, and that the prince's elder brother belonged to him was another even more insurmountable gap.

He understood that he might not be able to appeal to the prince's brother for the rest of his life. He could only silently reminisce about that dream that could only be a dream when he dreamed back at midnight.

"Brother Prince, when I grow up, I will guard the frontier for you!" When faced with reality, this is the only feeling he can confide in.

However, he didn't even have such an opportunity. He could repel the restless aliens in southern Xinjiang, force his father back from the throne, clean up those aristocratic families that stumbling the prince's elder brother, and realize what the prince's elder brother once said. He listened to the ideal of governing the country, but he could never get back the elder brother of the prince who had passed away in the scorched earth of the Eastern Palace.