Chapter 010 Chapter 10
The house was temporarily rented for one month, and the rent and deposit cost a total of five taels of silver. After deducting the expenses for half a month, the remaining amount was not enough to buy the alchemy furnace and other materials for alchemy. He could only wait for Gong Jiu to come back.
Xue Chen stayed here for three days. Xie Zhang did not make any moves. Hua Liutong seemed to guess that Xue Chen did not have much money. The next day, he asked someone to send a few pots of flowers over, and also took some food and seasonal clothes. Xue Chen did not have any good gifts to give in return. After thinking for a long time, he asked Hu Sheng to buy yam and poria cocos. Relying on his familiarity with the materials, he instructed Hu Sheng to steam a few plates of cakes and send them to the Hua family.
Xue Chen felt a sense of accomplishment. Looking at the newly sprouted daisies on the windowsill, he happily communicated with the system: [What a great day! It would have been great if Ma Jia hadn't met Gong Jiu in the beginning.]
System: [In fact, you can ask Hua Liutong for help and ask Lu Xiaofeng to deal with Gong Jiu.]
Xue Chen: [Lu Xiaofeng is no match for my brother. Gong Jiu's biggest enemy is himself. Don't look at me like this now. If I really want to kill him, it's not difficult at all...]
"Young Master."
Xue Chen looked around and didn't see Hu Sheng coming back: [Who's talking?]
System: [Is there a ghost?]
Xue Chen quickly distinguished that the voice was heard from another set of senses: [What the hell? It's from the main body! I didn't react for a while because I'm not familiar with controlling two bodies. You, as a system, can't tell the difference? What's the point of having you?】
System:【Didn't you tell the servants not to disturb me unless necessary? There haven't been any problems for so long, so I didn't think much about it.】
Xue Chen:【What kind of system is this? There's no hope at all. 】
No one was disturbing the vest, and it was inconvenient for him to move, so Xue Chen ignored him and focused his attention directly on the original body. He opened his eyes and pretended to just wake up, and his voice was a little hoarse: "What's wrong?"
"You're awake, that's great." The maid Xiao He said, "The prince has returned home. He was afraid of bringing the dirt outside, so he didn't dare to come to see you directly. He should be taking a bath now."
These days, Xue Chen's main energy has been focused on the vest. He didn't ignore the original body. He got up on time every day to eat. When the vest had nothing to do, he controlled the original body to take a walk and move the body. At other times, he pretended to be asleep. Even so, it was enough to make people worry.
"Why didn't you tell me in advance?" Xue Chen complained.
In the past, when Gong Jiu returned home, he would write a letter one or two days in advance. This time, he should have come directly from Jiangnan. It is estimated that the time on the road was very short, and no one could get the news faster than him.
"The Second Young Master has been thinking about you. Knowing that you are not feeling well, he hurried back today. The gifts he brought for you are in the back and will not arrive for a few days."
Xiao He called the maid with a washbasin in the back. Xue Chen washed his face and was about to get dressed when Gong Jiu came over.
He looked like a 3D model, so neat that there was not a single messy hair. You can't tell at all that he had just taken a bath.
Could this guy have taken a bath just because he was whipped?
The original owner had such a good sleep quality that she didn't know that her brother was seriously ill and the servants around her needed to keep watch at night. There was no way they didn't know. Xiao He had been bribed by Gong Jiu a long time ago, and her words were not credible at all.
Gong Jiu waved his hand and asked the servants in the room to go out, "Brother, don't get up if you are sick. Why
should we be polite to each other?" "It's not a big deal. If I am lying in bed sick even when I meet you, it would be like I am bedridden." Xue Chen was very gentle when facing his brother, "Is the grain transportation going smoothly?"
Gong Jiu shook his head, "The south suffered a locust plague, and the grain harvest in Jiangnan was also poor. The grain funds allocated by the court did not match the actual amount. If we send them to the front line, it will only last for another ten days or half a month."
"Is it so serious?"
"It's not that serious. It just requires some thought to continue to allocate food and grass from other places. This is something that Dad should take care of. We don't need to worry about it."
Xue Chen: [Silly dad trusts my brother too much and gives him such an important task. I don't know how much of it is my brother's fault. Sooner or later, he will be cheated and his pants will be gone.]
System: [...Can you stop talking about pants all the time?]
Xue Chen: [Isn't this a common saying?]
System: [What kind of common saying is this! Even if it is true, saying it too many times will evoke specific imaginations!]
Xue Chen disdains: [Don't think about these messed up things in my mind.]
System: [Do you think I do?]
Xue Chen: [Then don't think about it. 】
System: [……]
King Taiping was in charge of the army of the whole country, and it happened to be a time of war. Although he did not go to the battlefield in person, he was very busy all day. He was in the barracks most of the time, and met guests in the study a little. Sometimes he went out for social events, and he was not seen at dinner.
Today, I heard that the youngest son came back from outside, and the eldest son who had been ill for a long time was in good spirits. He deliberately put aside the things at hand and made time to go home.
He came to the main room early, relaxed for a rare time, put the military affairs behind him, and drank tea quietly.
When it was time to eat at home, the two children came on time.
The two brothers looked exactly the same. One wore a crimson peony-patterned wide-sleeved brocade robe, with a golden crown tying his hair. He looked gentle and handsome. The other wore a white brocade robe with silver thread woven flowers, and tied his hair with a headband of the same color. He looked serious and steady.
Both sons were excellent. What was rare was that the two brothers had a very good relationship, unlike their cousins who were always scheming and fighting against each other.
It was a pity that the princess passed away too early and did not have time to see the two children grow up.
"Dad." Xue Chen and Gong Jiu saluted together.
He was shocked himself. He did not expect Gong Jiu to speak at the same time, so neatly, and even their movements were consistent.
The silly father of Prince Taiping visibly relaxed his expression: "Okay, come and sit down. I know you are worried about your brother. You were sick and listless a few days ago. As soon as Lian'er came back, you looked much better."
Xue Chen smiled gently at the silly father.
The good complexion is because of the red clothes!
His complexion has always been like this and has never changed!
Speaking of which, Gong Jiu's face is also very pale and his body is not strong. In the original book, when Lu Xiaofeng whipped him, it was on his "pale and thin chest."
Xue Chen and Gong Jiu, one is sick and the other is healthy, but there is no difference in appearance. They can only be distinguished by their clothes and expressions.
Every time Gong Jiu gets sick and his character collapses, Xue Chen seems to see himself suffering from masochism.
Xue Chen was devastated when he thought that in other people's eyes, there was no difference between the two of them. His reputation was ruined by his stupid brother.
He would never wear white clothes on his own initiative in his life!