Turbulent Times Chapter 1632: Staff around Li Yuanji

"Ah!" Outside Chang'an, Li Yuanji, who was half lying in the carriage, couldn't help but sneezed. On a spring night, it was still a bit cold in the wilderness of Guanzhong. Outside of Chang'an City, it's cold enough today!"

But Li Yuanji's appearance at this time was not due to cold or lack of sleep. He was yawning again and again, his eyes were dark, and his face was slightly pale.

Li Yuanji actually didn't want to do this either. He had given up on himself in the past two years.

Although he is not as good as Li Xuanba in martial arts, he is not much weaker than Li Shimin. He is mentally weaker, and he was pampered by Li Yuan's wife since he was a child. He has done practical things, so that Li Yuan has not arranged things for him to do, and he has expressed a lot of disappointment to some extent.

Li Yuanji also seized various opportunities to show his talents, but it seemed that the more he showed the worse, the more he disappointed his father Li Yuan. In addition, the recent failures in the war against the Far East Army made the situation very unfavorable, so Now Li Yuan couldn't care about educating his son at all, Li Yuanji felt that his father was about to give up on him.

However, a few days ago, Li Yuanji accidentally rescued a literati, and saw that he spoke nicely, so he took him in as an aide. Unexpectedly, this aide seems to be a capable person.

A few days ago, I gave him advice and offered a plan that would allow him to be reused by his father, to be in charge of the army like his second brother Li Shimin, and to have the opportunity to make contributions.

And the first thing this strategy needs to do is to close the relationship between himself and his elder brother Li Jiancheng, and even make Li Jiancheng feel that his younger brother fully supports him and can make things happen.

According to what the staff member said, now that his eldest brother was defeated and captured, and then returned by exchanging prisoners, it is the time when he is most depressed, has the lowest prestige, and needs comfort and help the most. Only at this time came to greet him.

"Third Young Master, you are paying attention too. You will definitely be very touched when you think about it," a follower beside him persuaded, "It's just that your son won't come yet, why don't you lie down and sleep for a while."

"I can't sleep." Li Yuanji shook his head resolutely, "Today's matter is very important."

The carriage is very spacious and luxurious, and there is a tea table in the middle, with all kinds of exquisite pastries, dried fruits, and fine wine on it.

Sitting on the other side of the coffee table was a staff member who seemed ordinary but had occasional glints in his eyes. Hearing what Li Yuanji said, he smiled slightly, took out a booklet, and handed it to Li Yuanji with both hands.

Li Yuanji was very satisfied with the eyes of this staff member, nodded his head slightly to show his appreciation, took the booklet, and memorized it silently.

This booklet contains what he should say after meeting his eldest brother Li Jiancheng later, and the expression on his face when he said these words. It was written to him by the staff next to him, and he has memorized it for three days. In fact, I have already memorized it very well, and I am just reviewing it at this time.

After reading the pamphlet for a while, Li Yuanji couldn't help looking at another group of people not far to the right of his group.

This group of people has guards and servants, as well as many maids. Inside the carriage is a graceful woman.

This woman is none other than Li Yuanji's sister-in-law, Zheng Guanyin, Li Jiancheng's wife.

When I think of Zheng Guanyin's appearance and family background

Li Yuanji couldn't help being jealous again.

Li Jiancheng's wife, Zheng Guanyin, was born as the daughter of the Zheng family in Xingyang, one of the seven clans and five surnames.

As for Zheng Guanyin, she is as beautiful as a flower, graceful and charming, and she gave birth in a graceful manner. When she married Li Jiancheng at the age of sixteen, Li Yuanji coveted her since she met him once, but there was no chance. , nor qualified.

There were only these two groups of people who greeted Li Jiancheng, and they were still outside Chang'an City.

The most important thing is that Li Jiancheng can only choose to come back secretly on this big night.

It is best not to disturb anyone, because it is too shameful to be exchanged as a captive.

Because of the embarrassment in his heart, Li Jiancheng and his party couldn't speed up.

Along the way, Li Jiancheng kept ordering the five thousand cavalry escorting him to slow down.

It's just that, I don't know if it's an illusion, Li Jiancheng saw a kind of contempt and ridicule towards him from the eyes of the five thousand cavalry escorting him, which made him feel crazy, especially when he overheard some cavalry discussing secretly, Comparing him with his second brother Li Shimin, after hearing what the cavalry said, Li Jiancheng was filled with murderous intent, not only for the cavalry who secretly talked about him, but also for Li Shimin.

What Li Jiancheng didn't notice at all was that compared to him before, his emotions and thoughts are easily extreme now.

Although I felt ashamed to come back, I finally returned to Chang'an City tonight.

When a carriage escorted by five thousand cavalrymen appeared in sight, Zheng Guanyin, Li Jiancheng's wife, brought a few maids forward, knelt down on the ground with wine glasses and jugs, and welcomed her husband back.

This is a custom in some places in the north these days. It is something that a husband and a woman wait at home for their return.

According to this custom, they have to welcome their husbands who have returned from the battle ten miles outside the city, and the first thing the husband does when he returns home is to take a sip of the wine he served.

Of course, if Zhong Li Jiancheng returns victorious, as he is the heir of the Tang Dynasty, there will definitely be a grand welcome ceremony. Li Jiancheng's wife, Zheng Guanyin, was not eligible to play.

"Third son, Shizi and his party are here." A servant ran to the side of the carriage and reported in a low voice to Li Yuanji who was thinking wildly.

Hearing this, Li Yuanji lifted his spirits, straightened up, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and with the support of an attendant, jumped out of the carriage, staring at the approaching five thousand cavalry and the carriage , strode forward.

Li Jiancheng also just learned that his ignorant, ruthless younger brother came to welcome him. If he used to be, he would not be surprised at all, but now that he came back as a prisoner and he couldn't see other people, Immediately, he felt touched, after all, he was his own younger brother, and one of the other two siblings wanted to fight for his seat, and he hated him to death, and the other one might have completely turned to Wang Junlin in view of the situation.

Thinking about it this way, Li Jiancheng felt inexplicably that Li Yuanji didn't seem to be doing nothing at all. At least he was strong in martial arts and respected his elder brother.

So, when the carriage stopped, Li Jiancheng also got out of the carriage, first

He nodded to his wife Zheng Guanyin, but instead of walking over, he looked at Li Yuanji who was walking towards him.

Li Yuanji directly bowed to Li Jiancheng with an excited face: "Brother Yuanji welcomes the eldest brother to return safely."

As soon as the words fell, an attendant behind Li Yuanji brought out a small plate, which contained an egg, a piece of bread and a bowl of wine.

This is the etiquette in the Guanzhong area when entertaining relatives who have returned safely from a long trip.

Looking at this scene, Li Jiancheng was more and more moved. After all, he really almost died in Chang'an City. He was imprisoned for nearly two months, and there was never a lack of fear in it.

He directly bypassed his wife, walked up to his younger brother first, helped his younger brother up emotionally, then picked up the bowl of wine, drank it all in one gulp, picked up the bread, and took a bite Taking a big bite, he took another bite of the egg, which was regarded as a gift.

Then, he walked up to his wife Zheng Guanyin, took the small wine glass in her hand, and drank it all in one gulp.

To tell the truth, in Li Yuanji's eyes, his sister-in-law is beautiful and skillful, with a noble background, and he secretly likes him very much, but Li Jiancheng doesn't really like his wife, because he always feels that the latter is too dull .

But Li Jiancheng is very clear that the Zheng family behind his wife is very important to him, especially now, when his status as a captive and "Prince" is on the verge of crumbling, he needs the support of the Zheng family behind his wife, so he doesn't want to neglect his wife.

Zheng Guanyin watched her husband drink up the wine and felt the importance he attached to her. Then she stood up with a sweet smile on her face. She seemed to have no intentions, as pure as a spring in the desert.

But Li Jiancheng knew very well that his wife was very scheming! I used to have a few concubines, but these few years have been tossed and tidied up by my wife, especially the most favored concubine died of illness in a daze.

"Husband, you have lost weight." Zheng Guanyin expressed regret and distress.

Li Jiancheng knew that his jealous wife's words came from the heart.

This is not to say that Zheng Guanyin must have deep feelings for Li Jiancheng. These days, except for a few deviant men and women, almost all of them are arranged marriages. Men are okay and can take concubines. Women often only have this one man for a lifetime, and when they get married, it is equivalent to cutting off all other possibilities. Whether they want to or not, they can only put their minds and affections on their husband.

But Li Jiancheng was obviously not used to this kind of intimacy in front of his younger brother, so he could only say softly: "Madam is worried, I will talk about some things in detail after returning home, I will take the same car with my third brother later .”

Zheng Guanyin didn't have any dissatisfaction, as if she knew her husband would say this, she nodded with a smile and said: "I understand, please don't worry, husband."

"Thank you, ma'am." After Li Jiancheng finished speaking, he walked towards Li Yuanji's carriage.

Zheng Guanyin's carriage followed behind, and the camp of five thousand fine riders was outside Chang'an City, and they returned to the camp by themselves.

It's just that, in the past, whether he wanted it or not, Li Jiancheng would definitely express his condolences to the generals of the five thousand cavalry. , didn't even say hello, and just followed Li Yuanji away.