A little earlier in time, in a magnificent palace in Zhongdu City, with carved railings, green tiles and vermilion eaves, and an extremely luxurious palace, a man in a golden dragon robe sat alone on a high throne. He looked at The vision of heaven and earth caused by the lecture in the sky made me think deeply for a long time. This person is none other than the Emperor of Great Xia—Xia Wuyan. It was obviously no longer time for the court meeting, but he was still sitting on the throne.
At this moment, under the throne, a beautiful woman in gorgeous clothes walked into the hall and bowed to Xia Wuyan: "Your Majesty."
Xia Wuyan just glanced at the woman sitting down, and after asking her to stand up, Xia Wuyan looked outside the hall and said quite tiredly: "Qingyuan, thank you for your hard work on the matter of the foreign people with the ancient surname some time ago. "
It seems that it is Luo Qingyuan who represents the royal family and Gu Yan of the Gu clan. She is also the queen of the Great Xia Dynasty.
Luo Qingyuan looked at the emperor with a look of resentment, but seeing the tired look on his face, she couldn't bear to look at him anymore and said: "Your Majesty, please take more care of your dragon body."
Hearing this, Xia Wuyan nodded, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and said, "Qingyuan, how are Yimo and Xinghe doing?"
Xia Wuyan is talking about the princess Xia Yimo and the prince Xia Xinghe, who is also the child of Xia Wuyan and the queen Luo Qingyuan. The Emperor and the Queen of Daxia have been very affectionate since they got married. For this reason, except for the Queen Luo Qingyuan, there are no other concubines in the royal harem. I have to say that at this point, Xia Wuyan is indeed a good man. Xia Xinghe is the elder brother, one year older than his younger sister Xia Yimo.
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The narrator said: Do you want to compare with Ye Feng?
Ye Yu said: Haha. . .
The narrator said: Make your mother laugh.
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Only Luo Qingyuan said: "It coincides with the Immortal Ascension Conference, so Daxia Academy is on holiday. Xinghe and Yimo are also back from vacation, but as soon as the Immortal Ascension Conference is over, they will go back to the academy. So"
Luo Qingyuan stopped talking and frowned slightly. Because of the extremely strict dormitory system implemented by Daxia College, it is impossible for any student in Daxia College to meet anyone outside, let alone go home at will, unless it is a holiday. Even the prince and princess are no exception to this. If parents want to see their children, they must apply to Daxia College in advance, and Daxia College will arrange the meeting time internally. The emperor and empress are no exception to this.
So Xia Yimo and Xia Xinghe haven't seen their parents for a long time. It is rare to come back this time, but Xia Wuyan is tied up by the Immortal Ascension Conference. After all, this is related to his long-cherished wish, so it is almost obvious that he can see his children by walking a few more steps. , but he has been too busy to spend time with his children.
Xia Wuyan naturally heard what she meant and sighed: "Let's invite the children to have dinner together tomorrow night. The family hasn't chatted together for a long time."
Luo Qingyuan was delighted when he heard this and said: "Yes, Your Majesty."
Xia Wuyan asked: "Qingyuan, how is Yimo's condition?"
Luo Qingyuan's face froze, and her original smile was a bit bitter, and she said heartbrokenly: "There are good times and bad times. When she is good, she is as smart as before; when she is bad, she is as honest and dull as an ordinary farmer's daughter."
It was about 10 years ago, when Xia Yimo was only 5 years old and Xia Xinghe was 6 years old. Although they were still young, Xia Xinghe and Xia Yimo both showed amazing talent and intelligence in cultivation. Xia Xinghe went to Daxia College to study that year, but Xia Yimo had to wait until next year to enter the college because of his age.
One day, Xia Wuyan took his daughter Xia Yimo out for fun and suddenly encountered a landslide. Fortunately, the Emperor of Daxia had the skills to protect Xia Yimo. Afterwards, except for Xia Yimo's personal maid who fell off a cliff and died, there were no other casualties. But it seems that Xia Yimo was frightened in that encounter and suffered from heart disease. In modern terms, it means that he was overly frightened and suffered from schizophrenia. Sometimes he is as smart as before, but when he is sick, he is dull and almost stupid.
It was also from that time that Xia Wuyan seemed to feel sorry for Luo Qingyuan, and he has been focusing on government affairs ever since, so much so that Xia Wuyan never slept with Luo Qingyuan in the past ten years. That's why Queen Luo Qingyuan looked resentful. After all, not every woman can endure loneliness after 10 years of purdah.
And Xia Wuyan said: "There is no harm in being honest and dull in my daughter's family. After studying, it will be easier for her to be well-educated, virtuous and dignified. But I hope that if she was not born in an imperial family, but an ordinary peasant family, maybe she would be more mature. Be happy." As he spoke, his eyes became more silent.
Because Xia Yimo and Xia Xinghe are the children of the emperor, it is destined that they must be better than everyone else. The world is unfair. Some people's starting point in life is indeed higher than that of many people, and it is even a height that many people cannot reach with their hard work. This is reality, a bloody reality. For this reason, those who were hit by reality ridiculed high-ranking officials, and even the children of the emperor's family were born winners in life, and were better than others even if they lay flat.
Regarding the discussion about the starting point of birth, "all roads lead to Rome, and some people are born Romans", we have already discussed it before, so we will not repeat it here. However, the previous discussions were all explained from the perspective of the laggards. Understand the role of choosing the right comparison object. So in the same way, let’s change the angle today and talk from the perspective of those who are leaders.
It is true that those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths have a very high starting point and are destined to have a successful life from the moment they are born, but this "successful life" is success in the eyes of people at the bottom. This kind of success is seen as "mediocre and incompetent" in the eyes of those from upper-class backgrounds. Therefore, they who are of noble birth cannot just be successful, they must achieve "more success" on top of success.
Because success that can be achieved by lying down is failure for them.
You must know that it is far less difficult to go from mediocrity to success than from success to more success. After all, this world is a pyramid. From the bottom to the middle of the mountain, you only need to defeat the vast majority of mediocre people. But from the middle of the mountain to the top of the pyramid, all you have to defeat are elites. Therefore, they cannot lie down, but have to work harder than ordinary people and bear greater mental pressure. This is why there is a saying in our society, "People who are better than you work harder than you."
Many times, the goals of these children who were born with a higher starting point must be more successful, which they cannot choose, let alone give up. Being in the royal family does not even have the right to mess up.
For children from ordinary families, it is normal to be unsuccessful and mediocre, and only one success is enough, because no one expects you to achieve greater success than success. And as long as you complete the initial accumulation of family take-off, it is enough for this family.
