worthless [rebirth]

That year, Jiang Chao was 15 years old.

Because I am not a prince, I don't have to be urged to study and study every day like Jiang Chi, who is one year older than him, and I don't have to deliberately learn the ways of governing the country. Although the daily copybooks still have to be copied, the daily Homework still had to be completed on time, but his life was much more casual and easier than Jiang Chi's.

It takes one or two hours to complete the homework, and the rest of the time can be spent playing with noble children of the same age. Jiang Chao likes to paint, and he is good at painting landscapes.At that time, Jiang Chao was very grateful that Jiang Chi was born a year earlier than himself, and was named the prince early, so that he would not have to suffer the crime of being forced to learn those big things that are very boring for fifteen or sixteen-year-old boys. That's right, you can have a lot of time to do what you like.

His father's empress palace had eight hundred beauties instead of three thousand, but for some reason he had so few heirs, Jiang Chi and his two princes in total, both descended from the empress.In my impression, when I was about two or three years old, a concubine gave birth to a little prince. When he was three years old, he would run away and stick to Jiang Chao's back all day, calling "little brother" in a childlike voice.The little guy is chubby and cute. Jiang Chao is very helpful to his sweet "little brother". Jiang Chi rarely plays with Jiang Chao and the others because he has a lot of homework on weekdays. Tuanzi also likes it very much, and his always indifferent expression will soften a little when facing the child.

It's a pity that the child unfortunately fell into the lotus pond in front of Xifeng Palace on his fourth birthday, and died so early.

Xifeng Palace is the bedroom of the empress, that is, Jiang Chao's mother.He still remembered that there was a lot of snow that day, and the ice in the lotus pond was one foot thick. When he came back from playing, he saw many people gathered around the lotus pond. The stiff corpse cried heart-rendingly, and shouted to her mother, "Murderer! Murderer!"

The queen was furious, saying that the concubine was a lunatic, and ordered someone to take her to Yuanhua Palace.

The scene was a little chaotic for a while, Jiang Chao was a little afraid of that crazy woman, saw his brother was there, so he ran over and grabbed his hand.

In the cold weather, the opponent's hands are so cold.Jiang Chao shrunk his neck, raised his immature cheeks, and saw that the face of his brother who was half a head taller than him was no longer as indifferent as before, but as frozen as the ice in the pool.Jiang Chi's childish eyebrows and eyes had too complicated emotions, and there was a trace of pain. Jiang Chao couldn't understand Jiang Chi like this.

After a long time, the crowd dispersed, and the two brothers were still standing by the lotus pond hand in hand, with snowflakes covering their shoulders.

Jiang Chao didn't understand why he was standing here, but he obediently stayed with his brother.

When the snow stopped, Jiang Chi moved a little, and slowly pointed to a small ice hole in the water surface of the pool, and said coolly: "Ah Chao, last night I heard that my mother asked someone to make a hole in the ice. Break it open here and throw the third brother down."

Jiang Chao didn't understand the cause of the pain in his brother's tone, he tilted his head and said, "Why...?"

"Because the only ones who can sit in that position in the end are our two brothers."

Later, that concubine really went crazy, crying and howling all day long in Yuanhua Palace, asking the empress to pay her a son.Later, she hit a wall with a pillow and died.

From then on, no one in the entire harem could give birth to an heir, and the Jiang Kingdom's royal family only had two direct bloodlines, Jiang Chao and Jiang Chi.

Since that incident, Jiang Chi's temperament has become more and more indifferent day by day, except for homework and state affairs, he rarely talks to other people, even the empress, he just greets him as usual in the morning and evening, and will not be like As close as I was when I was a child.

By the age of 15, Jiang Chao had already understood the intrigues in the palace. Fortunately, Jiang Chi, the prince, was on top of him for anything.However, seeing his elder brother becoming more and more indifferent day by day, and becoming more and more like an emperor should be, Jiang Chao feels a little bit sorry for his brother growing up too fast.Anyway, Jiang Chi is only 16 years old, isn't he?

Until one day, Jiang Chao saw with his own eyes the queen handing over a pack of birth control pills to a nanny, and asked her to force the concubines who had just served to drink it, that Jiang Chao knew the truth why his father had only two sons for many years .

His mother's mother turned out to be such a vicious person, even if she killed a little prince, she would not let go of so many concubines in the harem, no wonder there were always stillborns in the palace.

The first time he recognized the Queen's face, Jiang Chao was a little hard to face, he turned around and fled, but bumped into a person.

That person was wearing a bright yellow python robe, no doubt it was Jiang Chi.

"Have you seen it all?" Jiang Chi said calmly, as if he was used to it all.

"..." Jiang Chao trembled involuntarily, he couldn't tell whether it was because of fear or something, but he felt that the reliance he had always trusted suddenly collapsed like that.

"What are you shaking?" Jiang Chi said calmly, "Don't be afraid, you still have me."

That's right, it was Jiang Chi who had always protected Jiang Chao very well.If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight.It was he who shielded Jiang Chao from the many filthy dark sides in the harem and in the court hall, so that Jiang Chao could always maintain a pure heart.

Jiang Chao didn't understand that although his elder brother seemed indifferent, he actually treated him very well.

That night, when the emperor came to Xifeng Palace, no one knew exactly what happened, but the whole country exploded the next day because the empress suddenly died of a serious illness at night.

Perhaps...the emperor already knew about the queen's character and the tricks she had done behind her back for so many years, but because he was very satisfied with Jiang Chi's son, he acquiesced in what the queen did.

Or maybe, the emperor already wanted to get rid of the queen, but he just lacked an opportunity.Because that evening, Jiang Chao personally watched Jiang Chi enter the imperial study, listened to his advice to his father, and listed many crimes against the queen, saying that she was not good enough to be a mother to the world.

The emperor was very satisfied with Jiang Chi's performance. He said that an emperor shouldn't have too much affection. He was afraid that Jiang Chi would rely too much on the queen's power. He didn't expect his son to be so cold-hearted that he could be called Get the status of an emperor.

Jiang Chao had been waiting for Jiang Chi outside the imperial study room. He saw the emperor ordered someone to bring poison and wine to Xifeng Palace, and then Jiang Chi came out.

"Brother Huang!" Jiang Chao went up to meet him and said, "Have you gone to tell Father Huang about the Empress Mother?"

That was the first time Jiang Chao saw Jiang Chi cry. There was only one tear, which fell on the stone steps of the white marble, not even leaving a trace on his face. The other party was still that indifferent elder brother.

"Ah Chao...after tonight, you won't have a queen mother...I'm sorry..."

After returning to the East Palace from the imperial study, Jiang Chi fell seriously ill. He had a high fever and was unconscious. He ignored the medicine and stones.Everyone thought that the prince would go away because of the grief of the queen's death, but they didn't expect that after three days of coma, he miraculously woke up without any symptoms.

It's just that since then, Jiang Chao found that his elder brother was more ruthless than before, and brought down several ministers in the court who even his father dared not deal with easily, and his eyes became more and more cold, not close Favor.

But there is one exception, that is when painting with Jiang Chao.

Although the queen has a vicious mind, she comes from a famous family and has good painting skills. The two brothers Jiang Chao and Jiang Chi have perfectly inherited this specialty and are good at painting.

Jiang Chao is good at landscapes with flowers and birds, while Jiang Chi is good at figures.

Every time he paints, Jiang Chi's eyes will become surprisingly gentle, and if he writes with divine help, he can often draw an excellent picture without a few strokes.

But it's strange to say that after a serious illness, Jiang Chi's paintings are lifelike in temperament and clothing, but the facial features have become blank.

Jiang Chao couldn't help pestering him several times out of curiosity, and Jiang Chi just replied indifferently: "Drawing is for entertainment, to relieve worries and boredom, why bother to ask the bottom line."

As time went by, the Jiang Dynasty got used to it. Anyway, Jiang Chi was going to be enthroned as emperor in the future, so he could have fun as he liked.Thinking that Jiang Chi has been very depressed since the incident that happened when he was five years old, it is also a good thing that he can get temporary relief in the painting now.

It's just that Jiang Chao didn't expect that a person would appear two years later and change everything.

It was a boy named Mo Ziling.

The Mohist family is considered one of the largest families in the imperial capital. The sons of the Mohist family have the privilege to enter the palace and play with the noble children in the palace. Mo Ziling was selected to be in the palace as the prince's companion.

That year, Jiang Chao was 17 years old, Jiang Chi.

Since the appearance of Mo Ziling, the characters in Jiang Chi's paintings have facial features for the first time.

This was Jiang Chao's first feeling after seeing the painting, presumably Jiang Chi felt the same way when he saw Mo Ziling, that's why he painted with emotion, and put that warm and ignorant affection into the painting.

For the next year, Jiang Chi spent most of his time with Mo Ziling except for his official business.Gradually, Jiang Chi smiled more, he was no longer as cold as before, and he no longer looked like an emperor.

Jiang Chao really wanted to see these changes in Jiang Chi, he didn't want his brother to always live in the darkness of the palace.The year when Mo Ziling was Jiang Chi's accompanying student, Yihan was the happiest year for Jiang Chi in Jiang Chao's memory.

However, Mo Ziling left in the end.

Jiang Chi only thought that Mo Zi would leave without saying goodbye, but Jiang Chao knew it was not.

Mo Ziling died, and died in a dry well in the harem. His father personally issued a secret order to make things tight.

"Chao'er, you are much happier than your brother, you should cherish it." His father said to Jiang Chao without any ups and downs while having Mo Ziling's body thrown into the dry well: "What you saw today , don’t tell him. He is protecting you, so you should protect him, too? Remember, never move that position, not only that, but you also have to help your imperial brother hold that position, and guard the world that our Jiang family has won.”

"Yes, father." Jiang Chao responded, feeling colder and colder in his heart.Jiang Chao knew that if he hadn't been forced to, Jiang Chi would not care about the position at all, but for the sake of the throne, how many innocent people lost their lives.

After learning of Mo Ziling's "farewell without saying goodbye", Jiang Chi was depressed for a while, locked himself in the house every day, painted a portrait of Mo Ziling day and night, and even finally fell into a coma due to overwork.

The emperor couldn't help being furious when he heard the news, and set fire to all Jiang Chi's paintings, as well as the little bit of warmth left in his heart.

That is to say, from then on, Jiang Chi became not only indifferent, but also almost abnormally cruel.After ascension to the throne, he quickly annexed several surrounding countries by means of thunder, and he would conquer every place he went.

Jiang Chao guessed that maybe he just wanted to find Mo Ziling.

After so many years, Jiang Chi not only did not anger the Mo family because of Mo Ziling's "farewell without saying goodbye", but also intends to support the business of the Mo family, making them the largest imperial merchant in Jiang country, which is enough to show Jiang Chi's love for Mo Ziling. There is still emotion.

Because you care, even if you are responsible for all the people in the world, you are not willing to hurt the people you cherish.

Only a year ago, the appearance of Chen Ling began to make Jiang Chao a little uncertain.

The Liguo proton repeatedly made Jiang Chi, who had already been as cold as iron, lose control of his emotions.How Jiang Chi tortured Chen Ling, Jiang Chao was there several times, the whip soaked in salt water was whipped whenever he said it, and the leg was broken when the board hit him.

The reason was that Chen Ling said, "Either kill me or let me go."

Seeing that Jiang Chi was so obsessed with a proton, Jiang Chao thought that Jiang Chi had fallen in love with Chen Ling.After all, this year, especially in the past few months, after Chen Ling's attitude softened a bit, Jiang Chi was like eating honey. There was tenderness in his eyes that couldn't be hidden, and even his personality was not like normal. It was as cold and cruel as it was years ago.

That's fine, Jiang Chao didn't want Jiang Chi to become the look his father expected, what's it like to be lifeless, the emperor is also a human being, isn't he?

It's just that Jiang Chi accidentally called "Zi Ling" and mentioned "Mojia" after he fell into a coma today. Jiang Chi realized that he had been thinking wrong all along. The person who made Jiang Chi persistent might not be the proton, but just "" "Zi Ling" is just two characters.

"Brother Huang... Do I want to tell you... the person you miss has already turned into a pile of dry bones..."

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In order to answer the stalk of whether Chen Ling is a stand-in... I specially coded this side story that shouldn't have appeared today... I feel that I have almost explained it... Everyone understands...