Poor Family

Shi Fuxin looked at the apprentice's reply, tapped her fingers on the table, thought for a while, and wrote letters to Shang Laojiu and Ximen Fengxiao respectively.

As February approached, the First Prince's Mansion had been properly arranged in accordance with the royal wedding standards, and the red sails were hung high, which was very festive, but unfortunately, the mansion was not very lively.

"Sister, in two days it will be the day of the eldest prince's wedding. Those of us who are uncles and uncles really don't need to prepare gifts for him?"

The eldest prince's wedding was in early February, and the fifth prince's wedding was in late February. The two got married very close to each other. Today, Shi Dinghao was dragged into the imperial city by Sheng Hao, and saw with his own eyes that no one cared about him. The first prince's mansion, and the fifth prince's mansion with a lot of people.

"Sister, that's what I think, we brothers and sisters pool some money and buy a decent gift to send to the First Prince's Mansion, what do you think?"

Shi Fuxin looked at him: "Do you think the First Prince needs a gift from us?"

Shi Dinghao: "Whether there is a shortage or not is his business, and whether to send it or not is our choice."

Shi Fuxin shook her head: "Jiulang, what do you think the gift is for?"

Shi Dinghao: "In order to deepen the relationship?"

Shi Fuxin: "It's like this for outsiders, but for those who are close, when you give gifts, you still hope that the other party will be happy."

"Whether it's to deepen the relationship or to make people feel happy, gifts should be sent to others' hearts, so that others will remember your kindness."

"If you're giving something that someone else doesn't need, it's not going to make much sense to give the gift."

"Based on the current situation of the eldest prince, even if we send ten or eight expensive items to him, he may not be happy."

Shi Dinghao frowned: "What gift does the First Prince want?"

Shi Fuxin reminded: "Think about the current situation of the First Prince, if it were you now, what do you need most?"

Shi Dinghao mused: "The weddings of the several princes are very close together. As the eldest brother, the eldest prince certainly doesn't want to lose his wedding to the younger brother."

Shi Fuxin smiled and nodded: "Yes, there must be comparisons and rivalries between princes, and besides that, the eldest prince probably doesn't want to be looked down upon by the Zhou family."

"Furthermore, during this period of time, the officials, nobles, and clansmen in Beijing and China have treated the eldest prince with contempt and contempt. The emperor is busy with official duties, so he may not be able to take care of the eldest prince all the time."

"In this case, the eldest prince may feel abandoned by the world. What he needs at this moment is a sense of existence and value."

Shi Dinghao was helpless: "If you say that, then this gift is really difficult to prepare."

Shi Fuxin looked at her younger brother and asked again: "What do you think the people in the capital are fighting for the most?"

Shi Dinghao thought for a while: "Power."

Shi Fuxin nodded, and asked again: "Who distributes the power?"

Shi Dinghao: "It's the emperor." After a pause, "There are also civil and military officials, noble families, it's a game of many people."

Shi Fuxin smiled and nodded: "Yes, everyone is fighting for power. With power, you can make rules, and you can make others obey you, do things and live according to your own ideas."

"But now, the eldest prince is excluded from power, and no one wants him to have power, so we just need to give him a solid bargaining chip so that he can re-participate in the distribution of power."

Shi Dinghao opened his mouth wide: "Is this too difficult?"

Shi Fuxin smiled and said: "Okay, don't worry about this, I'm ready."

Shi Dinghao stared: "Sister, what are you preparing for?"

Shi Fuxin smiled mysteriously: "It's just a bargaining chip. In the royal family, if you don't have a solid bargaining chip, anyone can come up and step on it. The eldest prince's body was finally cured, and he was tortured mentally." .”

Shi Dinghao looked at Shi Fuxin: "But the eldest prince is pretending to be sick."

Shi Fuxin: "He pretended to be sick just to paralyze his opponent, and he didn't want others to really forget him."

Shi Dinghao: "Then sister, what exactly are the chips you gave?"

Shi Fuxin smiled: "You will know when the First Prince gets married."

The sixth day of February, the day of the eldest prince's wedding.

Because the emperor and queen were coming to watch the ceremony, the officials and nobles who were not very active in the eldest prince's wedding came to the eldest prince's mansion early.

In the main courtyard, the eldest prince in a wedding robe stood in front of the changing mirror, slowly arranging his appearance.

Because of his poor health, he didn't have to go to Zhou's house to greet the bride himself, he just had to wait for the girl from the Zhou family's sedan chair to arrive, and then go to meet the bride outside the gate of the house.

Gao Changshou walked in: "Your Highness, the prince and other princes have arrived, and the chariots of the emperor and empress have already left the Meridian Gate."

The eldest prince nodded, walked to the side of the bed, took out a men's wooden hairpin from under the pillow, took off the head of the hairpin, revealing the hollow body of the hairpin, and when he fell it, a thin silver needle came out.

The First Prince picked up the silver needle, rolled up his sleeves, and pierced his arm.

But after a while, the eldest prince who had a normal complexion turned pale, and with only a slight bow, a weak and sick man appeared.

"The trick master taught works really well."

Looking at the sick man in the mirror, the eldest prince showed a satisfied smile.

The silver needle in his hand, as well as the acupoints and techniques of the acupuncture, were written by the master who knew that he was pretending to be sick, and worried that he would hurt his body by taking medicine indiscriminately.

After putting away the silver needle, the First Prince asked Gao Changshou to help him out of the house.

When the people who came to congratulate him saw the eldest prince who was pale and needed Gao Changshou's support to walk, they all looked a little confused.

The crown prince brought all the princes over to congratulate the eldest prince, and the eldest prince tried to straighten his back in response, and the people around him could see that he was holding on.

At this time, the chariots of the emperor and queen had already arrived at the gate, and the eldest prince led the crowd to greet him at the gate, but before he could make any progress, he was out of breath and sweating profusely.

Seeing his seriously ill appearance, many people were secretly relieved.

Not long after the emperor and empress arrived, the bridal sedan chair of the girl from the Zhou family arrived. The emperor saw that the eldest prince looked uneasy, so he asked him not to go to the door to greet him, but the elder prince shook his head and refused, and insisted on going outside the mansion door himself, holding a red silk The girl from the Zhou family entered the eldest prince's mansion.

With the emperor around, no one dared to be presumptuous, and the wedding went smoothly.

Just as the eldest prince and the girl from the Zhou family were paying their respects, the concierge brought a burly man with cheeks over to look for Gao Changshou.

The eldest prince was looking forward to the congratulatory gift from his master, and directly ordered Gao Changshou, as long as the person who gave the gift to the master came to the door, he would directly lead it to him.

The concierge didn't dare to wait slowly, so he led the person in.

But he also knew that it was not easy to see the First Prince at this moment, so he could only find Gao Changshou first.

When Gao Changshou saw the person, he immediately ordered the concierge to take him to the guest room to rest, but the cheeky man said: "The gift must be given to the eldest prince in front of everyone."

On such an occasion, Gao Changshou would naturally not let the big man with cheeks meet the eldest prince, and when he was about to send him away, the sixth prince noticed this side.

It just so happened that the eldest prince and the girl from the Zhou family had also finished worshiping and were about to send them off to the bridal chamber. At this moment, the eldest prince's face turned paler and he needed Gao Changshou's support, but Gao Changshou was not around, so the sixth prince called out.

"Gao Changshou, what are you doing? Hurry up and help Big Brother."

The cheeky man was full of travel and dust, and his clothes were outdated. He didn't fit in well with the guests who were watching the Eldest Prince's worship. After the sixth prince's voice, everyone looked towards Gao Changshou, and naturally they also saw the cheeky man.

"Who is this person, why did he lead him to the lobby?"

"Gao Changshou, you are too good at being an errand, how can you serve the eldest brother well?"

Gao Changshou was the most loyal person around the eldest prince, and several princes took turns to go to battle, trying to convict Gao Changshou so that the eldest prince would lose this confidant.

The emperor glanced at the princes, and waited for the princes to shut up before looking at Gao Changshou: "Who is he?"

Gao Changshou looked at the eldest prince, and stepped forward to reply: "Report to the emperor, His Highness's master sent someone to present His Highness a wedding gift."

"Who?!"

The moment he saw the cheeky man, the eldest prince had expected it, but before he could react, someone jumped out faster than him.

It really pops out.

Zhan Fei was originally standing behind the emperor, but at this moment he ran directly in front of the cheeky man, looking at him with surprise on his face: "Who do you think sent you?"

The cheeky man was a little apprehensive, he stepped forward and knelt down, and said nervously, "The third apprentice of the old man Tianchi, Doctor Liu, is here to give his apprentice the eldest prince a wedding gift."

Hearing this, everyone present was stunned.

Before the first prince's master, everyone had forgotten that such a person existed.

Even the emperor was stunned for a moment.

In the beginning, the eldest prince was asked to learn from Zhan Fei because he wanted Zhan Fei to do his best to heal the eldest prince.

But Zhanfei didn't want to, so he came to accept a disciple on behalf of his junior sister.

Not only the eldest prince, but also the emperor felt that Zhan Fei just made up someone to fool them.

Unexpectedly, such a person really existed!