Chapter 659: The younger brother sings

Xiang Xiaodong thought back to the second grandson of the emperor. He was so cunning that even the old fox could not outsmart him... Was he weak in the eyes of his sister?

No, the point is, how could a tiny kid speak like an old mother?

He was simply at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Xiang Xiaojun was also somewhat helpless, and said gently: "Don't worry, Your Highness. When we get back, Xiaojun will tell your brother slowly."

Tuanzi said: "But you are already so old, if you could say it, you would have said it long ago!"

Xiang Xiaojun paused and was speechless for a moment, he could only cover his face silently.

Xinbao saw this and said with a very vicissitudes of life: "There is a kind of lump that is wooden. His stupidity is something that smart people like us cannot understand."

She looked at him with eyes full of sympathy, as if to say, "Who asked you to be in this situation?"

Xiang Xiaojun: “…”

Tuanzi comforted him again: "But don't worry, Xinbao is your friend now, and you are an adult. Even if he is your brother, he cannot restrict your personal freedom at will! If he locks you up, just tie a piece of cloth upstairs. If Xinbao sees it, he will send someone to rescue you!!"

Xiang Xiaojun laughed and said, "Not really."

Xinbao said: "Then... if you don't want to seek external help, you must work hard to resist, turn over the peasants... turn over the younger brother and sing, Xinbao's brothers all listen to Xinbao very much, tomorrow Xinbao will bring his brother here, let you see the beauty of being the master of your own house."

Xiang Xiaojun held his forehead with his hands, and couldn't stop laughing: "Okay."

Then Xinbao stretched out his little finger and hooked it: "Then it's settled. You come to the Medical Department and Xinbao will make you a high-ranking official! Let's make a promise~~"

Xiang Xiaojun smiled, tapped her little finger gently, and said softly: "Thank you, but I can't be an official, not even a minor official, I'm sorry."

Xinbao was stunned for a moment: "Why?"

Xiang Xiaojun bent his fingers, tapped his knees lightly, and said in a sharp voice: "I don't have legs, this is fake, people with physical disabilities cannot be officials."

Xiang Xiaodong stood up suddenly, looked out the window, breathing heavily, and did not move.

But Xinbao asked him back: "But aren't these wooden figures made by you? Don't you use your brain and hands to make them? What does it have to do with legs?"

Xiang Xiaojun was stunned and speechless.

Hao Huashi smiled and said, "Master is right. As long as Master agrees, the Emperor will definitely agree."

Yuan Shenjue said, "I have never heard of such a law. Whether it is for being an official or taking the imperial examination, there has never been such a law. In the previous dynasty, there was even a lame champion. Who told you this?"

Xiang Xiaojun was stunned.

Everyone knows that people with physical disabilities cannot serve as officials, but no one has ever talked to him about the issue of the law.

Yuan Shenjue didn't say much, he just picked up Xinbao and said goodbye.

When Xinbao looked at Xiaodong and turned around, he was tall and his eyes were red. He felt sorry for him and said to him, "Master Xiang, a long time ago, Daddy told Xinbao that whether Xinbao is happy or not is more important to Daddy than whether it is right or not."

Xiang Xiaodong said in a deep voice: "Yes."

When I returned to the palace, it was almost lunch time.

As soon as Xinbao entered, Emperor Mingpei noticed that she looked strange.

Emperor Mingpei asked, "What's wrong?" and stretched out his hand as usual to take it.

As a result, Tuanzi ran in and threw himself into his father's arms.

Emperor Mingpei slowly withdrew his hand, looked at them, and asked after a long while, "What's wrong?"

Tuanzi warmly kissed his father's cheek and said, "Xinbao just feels very happy."

Emperor Mingpei raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why do you feel happy? Is it because your father is so good?"

Tuanzi didn't realize that Yeye was jealous, and nodded directly: "Yes, Daddy is awesome! Because every one of Xinbao's brothers is good, each has his own merits, so Xinbao thought that all brothers are good... but in fact, they are not, some brothers are both good and bad."

Talking about this, Emperor Mingpei felt guilty and kept silent.

As a result, Tuanzi asked him, "Yeah, why don't you ask which brother Xinbao is talking about?"

Emperor Mingpei said: "Let your father ask!"

Tuanzi looked at her father.

Yan Qingshan also looked at his father.

Then he said, "Xinbao told Yeye, which brother is it?"

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

Tuanzi loudly announced the answer: "It's Xiang Xiaodong, the one you made a high-ranking official for!!"

Mingpeidi had been busy all morning and didn't know where Tuanzi had gone. He asked, "How did Xiang Xiaodong provoke you?"

Tuanzi sighed, "He's so dumb, and has a big head. He's stupid and pathetic... When Xinbao first met him, he felt like an older brother, but when he met him the second time, he didn't have that feeling at all. He's a much, much better brother than him!!"

As Tuanzi was talking, he felt that it was inconvenient to talk because they were far away, so he slipped off his father's lap and ran to sit on Yeye's lap.

Emperor Mingpei turned away and didn't look at her. As a result, Tuanzi sat down on the imperial desk, hugged his face as if she was familiar with the place, and then, face to face, she told him everything.

Emperor Mingpei said: "You can't blame him, he has a knot in his heart."

An official like the Commander of the Dragon Guard must of course be a trusted figure, and Emperor Mingpei had investigated this person thoroughly back then.

The Xiang brothers were born in a humble family and their father died early.

But Xiang Xiaodong was the first top scorer in martial arts examinations after Emperor Mingpei reinstated them. He was only eighteen years old at that time, a truly promising young man.

After he became an official, he brought his mother and younger brother to the capital.

Later, about fourteen years ago, when he was still in the Tiger Guards, he was brave and skilled, and was promoted quickly.

As a result, one time, he was ordered to lead people to search the mansion of an official. The official wanted to confiscate the property and execute the relatives of the main culprit and exile him. The official bribed him in order to keep some of the property.

Xiang Xiaodong refused and directly verified and reported it.

But, how should I put it, this kind of thing is like this, house raiding and the like have always been a lucrative job, and generally the person in charge will always keep 20% to 30%, and everyone who participates will share a share.

But Xiang Xiaodong reported it without any points.

He blocked everyone's path to wealth, and so he was ostracized in the Tiger Guards.

Not long after that, he took a day off and was planning to take his brother to become an apprentice, but something urgent happened and he went to the guard post.

At that time, he asked his younger brother to wait for him at the gatehouse of the guardhouse. He thought he would come out soon, but he forgot about his younger brother when he got busy.

When he was off duty, a few people passed by. When they heard that it was his brother, they started to make trouble and then drove his brother out of the garrison.

His younger brother was only eight years old at that time. He was very shy and did not dare to go far. He just waited outside. By coincidence, he met a relative of the official. The relative had some brute force and grabbed the broken stone mill nearby and smashed it on him.

(End of this chapter)