Traveling through ancient times, I married an ugly brother

Zhu Xuanyao returned to the capital, and tomorrow is his mother and concubine's birthday.

As soon as he returned to the palace, he saw a cold-faced young man in white clothes waiting for him.

"Fourth Brother" Zhu Xuanyao shouted immediately after seeing the man.

This man is the elder brother of Zhu Xuanyao's mother, Zhu Xuanye, who is the fourth son of the emperor.

"Well, you're back, but it's going well?" Although the man's face was expressionless, there was a trace of imperceptible tenderness in his eyes.

"It went very well. I saw the person you mentioned. I didn't expect him to be really talented." Zhu Xuanyao said happily, saying

After finishing, he picked up a bowl of tea on the table and took a sip.

"The tea is cold, let the servants serve another bowl."

"No, this temperature is just right."

"So you found a gift for your mother?"

"Well, I found it. Not only did I find it, but I also made one for myself." Zhu Xuanyao said proudly.

oh? Zhu Xuanye was curious, so he asked, "What is it?" "

Zhu Xuanyao asked the boy to fetch his things.

His chessboard is made of golden nanmu, although it is not as precious as small-leaf red sandalwood, it is not bad.

It was the first time Zhu Xuanye saw this thing, and he was aroused by curiosity.

Seeing the seventh brother open a square box, and then take out beautifully colored beads from the inside and place them on it, it's really pretty.

"Fourth brother, come, let's play a game." Zhu Xuanyao said happily.

The last time he lost a chess match with that boy Shen Changjun, he was depressed for several days. He played a few games with his uncle, but only won the first two games, and then he also lost.

Playing with the fourth brother is different. He has never beaten the fourth brother in anything since he was a child. This time, he took advantage of the prophet, so he can't beat him well. Don't be greedy, just one.

The more I thought about it, the happier I was, and unconsciously, an impatient smile appeared on my face.

Zhu Xuanye remained calm, seeing Zhu Xuanyao put the object on the table.

He walked over and asked as he walked, "What kind of hall is this?"

Zhu Xuanyao said: "This is checkers."

He swayed and introduced the rules of the game.

The two played against each other like this

Minutes passed, Zhu Xuanyao began to move his butt, 3 minutes passed, Zhu Xuanyao's forehead began to protrude, 5 minutes passed, Zhu Xuanyao began to scratch his head, and then, the game ended.

He lost.

He was thinking, did his mother and concubine forget his brain in her stomach when she gave birth to him?

There was an imperceptible smile on the corner of Zhu Xuanye's mouth, he took out a handkerchief from his pocket, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Zhu Xuanye put away the handkerchief, dusted off the dust-free skirt, stood up, and said, "I'm leaving, remember to arrive early tomorrow, and we prepared this gift together."

"Fourth brother, why are you like this again?" Zhu Xuanyao said loudly with his face crossed.

But he pretended he didn't hear it at all, and left in a cool and unrestrained way.

In the blink of an eye, the next day, Concubine Li's birthday, because Concubine Li was very quiet, so there was no big event, and some familiar concubines came to join in the fun.

The emperor himself loved Concubine Li very much, and he also gave birth to two such excellent sons for himself, so he was especially favored by him.

The eldest son Zhu Xuanye, who is also the fourth prince, needless to say, he does things calmly, rarely makes him worry about it, and rarely makes mistakes.

The youngest son Zhu Xuanyao, the seventh son of the emperor is just the opposite. He was very naughty when he was young. The roof of the palace is so high that he has "done all kinds of bad things."

Although he is naughty, he has the ability to coax others. As the Son of Heaven, in the eyes of others, he is always superior. When he sees him, he is always respectful and behaved.

It is said that the heights are extremely cold, and it is difficult to enjoy family happiness, but this is not the case when it comes to Zhu Xuanyao.

When I was young, I dared to urinate on the dragon robe, but when I was older, I always wanted the emperor to hug him, and when I was older, I would hug his emperor's thigh and act like a baby, and I only talked about children's words to make my father happy. The emperor is rare.

Now that he has grown up, although the emperor is always stern with him, he still loves him the most from the bottom of his heart.

Zhu Xuanyao is not the youngest among the princes, but he is the most unruly. This kind of unruliness does not mean that he is lawless and arrogant, but that you clearly know that he has made a mistake, but when you listen to his eloquent account of the reason, you always Standing on a grain of truth, this truth makes him confident, makes others helpless, loves and hates.

So in the emperor's place, Zhu Xuanyao has been raised since he was a child, he can't be beaten or scolded, and sometimes he can't see him, otherwise he will be so angry that he wants to slap him twice.

When he was young, other princes went to school in a proper manner, but Zhu Xuanyao let the little eunuch take him to sneak out of the palace to play with his little uncle. At that time, Li Chongshan was not very old, and he had just had Li Hongyuan, his son was too young, so he simply took this little nephew to play around, and he didn't think he was naughty.

So since childhood, the relationship between the uncle and nephew has been very ferromagnetic.

The emperor didn't know what his psychology was, and he didn't care about him, he turned a blind eye, and sometimes there was a hint of partiality in what he said, which made many princes and concubines very jealous.

But fortunately, since the seventh child is not progressing academically, it's okay for the emperor to spoil him a bit, and it doesn't affect anything. On the contrary, they are even more afraid of the fourth child.

The emperor was present at Concubine Li's birthday banquet, at that time Zhu Xuanyao and Zhu Xuanye were presenting birthday gifts to their parents.

The emperor became interested when he saw this exquisite square box. He sat next to Concubine Li and said, "What is this? Open it and have a look. It looks strange. Why did I give it to you on my birthday?" Whatever you want." The emperor's words were quite acidic.

"Father, isn't it for you that you gave to your mother and father? Besides, there are countless rare treasures at your birthday banquet. How can you look at us?" Zhu Xuanyao said to the emperor in a coquettish manner. .

The emperor smiled and said: "As long as you talk too much, there is always a reason."

Concubine Li opened the lid of the box, and saw that there were small round holes inside the box, forming a hexagonal star shape, connected by wires in the middle, which looked like a chessboard, and in the process of opening the box, I heard something inside the box. There was a clacking sound.

"This is the chessboard?" the emperor asked.

The father is really wise, it is the chessboard. "Zhu Xuanyao flattered, and then picked up the interlayer in the middle, revealing the glazed chess pieces underneath. Each chess piece is the size of a cat's eye, with different colors, transparent and bright, shining in everyone's eyes.

The emperor usually likes to play chess. Among his concubines, only Concubine Li's chess skills can match him for a few games. Seeing this new thing, he immediately became interested, "Hurry up and tell me, what's going on? a game."

So a birthday banquet was changed to a checkers game.

From the first two people, to four people, and finally to six people, it was really lively.

In the past, those concubines had no chance to play chess with the emperor due to their poor chess skills. Today, with the help of Concubine Li's birthday banquet, they can play a game of chess with the emperor. All the concubines are very grateful to Concubine Li, But there are also those who are careful, want to find out where this chessboard is obtained, and also want to get one, so that they can play chess with the emperor from time to time.

Not to mention whether they can get what they wish, in short, this birthday banquet was very successful, the emperor is very interested in this checkers, and later on he will play a few games with Concubine Li from time to time, if there is a good friend with Concubine Li Yes, occasionally I can take the opportunity to see Shengyan and play together.

At the end of the birthday banquet, all the concubines dispersed, but the emperor did not leave, he called his two sons to his side and asked: "Where did I get this checkers, I don't know, there is such a thing in the Jin Dynasty. "

"Father, the person who came up with this thing, Father, you also know, is Shen Changjun, Shenjia Village, Fuying County." The person who answered this time was not Zhu Xuanyao but Zhu Xuanye.

"You mean, the boy who not only grew potatoes, but also researched a new plow?" Obviously, the emperor remembered him.

"Yes, that's him." Zhu Xuanye said.

The emperor nodded, secretly said: It is indeed a talent.

It should be said that Zhou Qingyun, the county magistrate of Fuying County, had sent Shen Changjun's deeds to the emperor's desk long ago, but the emperor didn't reward him immediately because he wanted to wait for the soldiers at the border to plant the potatoes successfully before awarding them. , so this matter was delayed.

Now that it is mentioned again, the emperor wants to reward him well.

"This young man is a talent, Xuanye, what do you think should be rewarded for him?" The emperor asked Zhu Xuanye.

Zhu Xuanye was silent for a while and said: "My minister thinks that Shen Changjun was born in a peasant family, and it is indispensable to reward some land, money and silk, but considering his contribution to the Great Jin Dynasty, it is not enough to just reward these. title?"

"Oh? Give me a title?"

"Father, brother Shen doesn't have a character yet, why don't you give him a character." Zhu Xuanyao interjected.

The emperor bestows the letter is a great favor, not only can you see the official without kneeling, but also if you commit a crime, you can't be sentenced lightly. The great crime of rebellion, this is a gold medal for avoiding death

The emperor thought for a while, then nodded and said: "Then give me the word, since it is a righteous act, I will take the word "righteousness". I heard that he will also be tested for merit. If he becomes an official in the future, he should be clean and honest, so he will use the word "Yiqing Bar."

After he finished speaking, he thought for a while, and then said: "Since you have been given the character, you can't be white, so let's make him a county boy."

County male is also a title, a title lower than baronet, considered the last title.

"On behalf of Shen Changjun, I have thanked my father for the reward." Zhu Xuanyao said happily.

The emperor helplessly pointed Zhu Xuanyao's head with his finger.

Zhu Xuanyao didn't resist either, and started giggling silly.

The emperor couldn't help thinking to himself: It seems that this little boy like himself has a good relationship with that Shen Changjun?

If there is a chance, he might meet him last time, he is full of curiosity about this Shen Changjun.