Chapter 275: The Fourth VS the Fifth
"Thank you for your kindness, Fifth Prince. I am deeply ashamed to accept it."
Since the other party was absolutely unwilling to accept the gift, Xu was not a foolish person. She immediately stood up straight and took a few steps back, keeping a polite distance between the two sides.
And he displayed the signature smile that is a must-have for a noble family.
"Fifth Prince, your arrival was sudden, and I was not informed in time. I was not able to entertain you properly. I hope you will forgive me if I have been disrespectful."
This is the good thing about people who are particular about etiquette. They even express their accusations in a subtle way, so as to preserve the most dignity for the rude people to the greatest extent possible.
Li Jingxiu didn't know what to say, and in the end he could only bow to the host with a red face.
"...I'm sorry, Jingxiu was rude."
As soon as he received the letter sent by his good brother, he immediately rode back to the city and went straight to Lao Jiang's house, for fear that some bastard would get there first, so he came in a hurry.
Xu was very polite and avoided the prince's gift. Although her son-in-law was also a prince and his family background was more noble than the Fifth Prince, she could not use this as an excuse to disrespect the imperial power. At the very least, she could not give anyone any reason to criticize her.
"Your Highness, you are too polite. I have no other intentions. I just feel a little guilty for neglecting you. Another thing..."
She turned around and looked at her second daughter and silly son who were standing aside angrily, and sighed.
"My little girl is reckless and spoiled. If she has been disrespectful to you in any way, I will apologize on her behalf first and then go to the palace to plead guilty to the Emperor and Empress.
Fifth Prince, it's getting late. I wonder if after returning to the capital, did you go back to the palace to pay your respects to the Emperor, Empress, and Consort Xian?
“…I was just about to go back.”
The other party's order to expel him was so obvious that even if Li Jingxiu was as thick-skinned as his fourth brother, he would not be able to pretend not to understand and just stand there.
Let’s withdraw today. Anyway, the Jiang family has already broken off the engagement with the Guo family. Now we have another chance!
He stared at Jiang Han with sparkling eyes, and politely gestured goodbye to the mother with his hands.
"Aunt, it's really getting late today. I'm going back to the palace first. I'll come back tomorrow when I'm free. Don't see me off. I can go on my own!"
The older this child gets, the quicker he gets. He leaves without a second thought. Just like when he first learned Jiang Han was engaged, he cried in the palace for half the night, then at daybreak, he immediately decided to ask his father for permission to leave the capital to study and heal his broken heart.
He rode back to the palace in high spirits, first paid his respects to his father, the emperor, his mother, and his concubines, then strolled around the palace looking for his fourth brother, and finally caught a live cow-horse with black circles under its eyes in the East Palace.
"...Fourth brother, is that you?"
Carefully pushing the poor guy who was lying exhausted in the pile of memorials, Li Jingxiu felt that the world had finally become insane and he couldn't recognize it.
"Oh my goodness, Fourth Brother, what's wrong with you? You're doing this all of a sudden, why are you so upset and trying to review memorials? Don't you know how little you know? How dare you take on such a big job?"
“…Old Five?”
Li Chengxiu was in a trance for a moment, and after he tried hard to concentrate and see the person in front of him clearly, a creepy light burst out of his eyes.
He grabbed his brother, fearing that he would run away.
"Old Five! Is it really you?!"
"……hold head high?"
Li Jingxiu was frightened by his fourth brother's ghostly face, and felt that he was going to be eaten by him in the next moment.
but…
"Wow, Lao Wu, my dear brother! You're finally back. I missed you so much!"
Li Laosi hugged Li Laowu tightly, crying with all his heart. He stood up suddenly, carried him to his seat, and pushed him down.
"Fifth brother, things have changed. Today is your turn! Fourth brother has handed over the job of reviewing memorials to you. From now on, you will be Third brother's right-hand man. I am leaving..."
"don't want!!!"
Fortunately, Li Laowu reacted quickly and used both his hands and feet to hug his fourth brother who was trying to pass the blame on to him.
I originally wanted to come here to ask for help from my fourth brother, to see if I could follow the fourth sister-in-law's path and give me some support. But how come the moment we met, I was directly kicked into a trap by my fourth brother?
Oh my God!
Who the hell does Li Laowu think he is, that he dares to stick his claws into the memorial? If the Crown Prince finds out, he will chop off all his mother's family members!
"Fourth brother, I just wanted you to help me put in some intercession and make some connections, but you're trying to kill me! Can we two brothers, who have been friends since we were kids, still get along?"
Li Laowu hugged Li Laosi's thighs and cried like a dog about to be strangled.
"Although we don't have the same mother, we do have the same father. I have never set a trap for you since we were little. How could you turn around and stab me in the back?
I put you in my heart, and you kicked me into the ditch!
Fourth brother, do you still have any conscience?!"
Li Laosi, the scoundrel who had no other choice but to take advantage of someone, was unwilling to be morally blackmailed. He kicked his legs hard, trying to throw the guy into the pile of memorials, while trying to comfort him in a very half-hearted way.
"Old Five, let go! Listen to what Fourth Brother is telling you, this job of helping out is only temporary.
Third brother has been very busy recently. You haven't seen that his beautiful face has been made to look like a devil, and his resentment is comparable to that of Li Laoer.
As his brother, I couldn't bear to see this, so I thought of helping him out a little so that he could have a good rest and take some time to sleep.
In a few days, when he recovers, he will take over these jobs himself! So you just have to hold on. We are brothers after all. There is no reason for you to be the only one who suffers, right? "
"I won't do it!"
Li Jingxiu hugged Li Chengxiu's thighs even tighter and would never let go even if he was beaten to death!
"This job was assigned to you by Third Brother. Why should I take it over?"
"It's true that Third Brother arranged it for me, but I'm your Fourth Brother, right? Now I'm arranging it for you!"
"I, I don't know how to..."
"Oh, first time is second time, familiarity comes easily. Let go! It doesn't matter if you can't do it, you will be able to do it soon. Let me go quickly. I haven't seen my wife for several days. I'll go back for a look and then come back, okay?"
"Are you kidding me? If you could leave the palace today, why don't you pack up your things and take your fourth sister-in-law with you and run away? Don't I know you?"
What kind of suffering is this in the world? He just wanted to ask his fourth brother for help in matchmaking and marriage, but he was careless and was tricked to death by Li Laosi!
"What truth are you talking about? I, your fourth brother, am not the kind of person who doesn't keep my word! Let go quickly, my third brother will be back from the toilet soon..."
"I won't! If you dare to take advantage of the opportunity to run away, I will die in front of you! Do you believe that I will hang myself at the gate of your Prince Qi's mansion in the middle of the night?
I was wrong, I shouldn't have come to you!
If I let you go today, won’t my third brother strangle me to death? Oh my god, why am I so unlucky?
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