"Mr. Prime Minister, the eldest lady and the fourth young master... are all injured, and they seem to be in bad condition..."
The young man in gray clothes finished speaking tactfully and quickly, and then there was silence in the room.
He quietly raised his eyes and saw Li Chunzheng sitting above him with an impatient look on his face:
"What happened? Didn't you say you went out to watch the lanterns?"
Regarding this matter, Li Chun didn't take it to heart at this time. The streets must be crowded with people during the Lantern Festival tonight, but after all, the Li family has a high position and will naturally not crowd the streets with ordinary people. It has always been the case. Arrangements were made early.
It must be the same this year. In previous years, during the Lantern Festival, most of the people traveling in the Li family were female relatives and juniors. At least Li Chun himself and the elders of the Li family rarely traveled together.
After all, Li Chun himself is busy with official duties and interests between the court and China, and the eldest son of the Li family has never been thinking about the lanterns. If he let them out, who knows whether he would be looking at the lanterns or people, or how much trouble he would cause.
Even though Li Chun had long given up hope for his eldest son who couldn't help him, he didn't want to cause any ridiculous things in public.
After all, Li Chun has always prided himself on being a pure person. Even if he knows what kind of virtue his son is, at least on the surface, he still has to use a fig leaf.
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Therefore, at the moment, Li Chun only thought that the injuries to his daughter-in-law and grandson were just headaches and fever, and was not too worried.
Compared with this, his comatose old wife is more important.
This is not to say that Li Chun was very affectionate and loyal to his first wife. For Li Chun, being born in a poor family but never leaving his first wife once he climbed high was exactly the image he wanted outsiders to see.
It is also the deep love between husband and wife that has been shown to the outside world for many years, and the Li family, which has no deep foundation, can gain the favor and attachment of many literati in just a few decades, and then become the third prince and Li family. Later help.
Therefore, when he heard that his old wife was in coma, Li Chun was thinking of going to check it out in person, but Wen Zhu, who had been silent beside him, seemed to be saying to himself:
"The eldest lady has always been dignified and steady. She just went out to watch the lanterns. How come she got hurt?"
As soon as these words came out, Li Chun reacted.
Yes, my eldest son is an unknown person, so I carefully selected the candidate for this eldest daughter-in-law.
The eldest daughter of the Qingliu family was not from a very prominent family background compared to those famous noblewomen in the capital, but she was considered docile and polite, and she was tolerant.
Such a temperament would not turn the world upside down when faced with his eldest son.
Sure enough, Mrs. Li had never said a word about the mess in her husband's backyard since she married into the Li family.
Every day, he just obeyed his parents-in-law and took care of his middle-aged children. Even his legitimate son Li Si, who was taken away and raised by his father-in-law Li Chun when he was a child, never expressed any resentment.
Over the years, Li Chun has been very satisfied with this eldest daughter-in-law.
For such a safe person, who would be greeted and hugged by his servants when he went out, how could he make such a mistake so easily?
Li Chun, who reacted at this moment, finally discovered what was wrong with this matter.
He stared coldly at the boy kneeling in front of him, with a look of calmness and authority on his face:
"Tell me, tell me exactly what happened."
The boy knelt on the spot, struggling in his heart.
After a while, he finally told the truth about what happened to Zui Jiangyue.
"Tonight, the masters are waiting for the float in Zuijiangyue. Everything was fine..."
"Later... Prince Xiao brought people down from upstairs, and the fourth young master happened to see him..."
"After that... the fourth young master... and the eldest lady angered Prince Xiao..."
"Well... the eldest lady is crazy..."
"The fourth young master... was also injured..."
"Old lady, she fainted because of excitement..."
The young man in gray clothes stated the whole story of the matter as objectively as possible, and Li Chun's expression kept changing with his voice.
Finally, as the last sentence fell, Li Chun's face was already as black as ink, making it impossible to look directly at him.
After a while, Li Chun remained silent, and only his heavy breathing could be heard in the air.
The boy was a little uneasy and was about to continue speaking, but he heard a sudden loud noise from above.
"boom……"
Then there was a sound of cracking porcelain.
I saw that Li Chun could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, and finally stood up with a slap on the table. The tea cup on the small table was also thrown to the ground. The warm tea smeared on the wide sleeves, which looked really good. A bit embarrassed.
But at this moment, Li Chun only felt angry and had no intention of caring about his clothes that were splashed wet.
"Xiao Jue! You are frivolous!"
After all, Li Chun is a scholar. Even if he feels inferior to his humble background and his mind is as dark as a ditch, he has read the books of sages for many years. Even if he is full of resentment and jealousy at this time, he can only say these few words over and over again. sentence.
Only now did he recall the true meaning of those few words Xiao Jue sent people to the house just now.
Thinking about the aura he exudes, he is completely different from his own servants, and one can't help but think of his master Xiao Jue, who also has eyes higher than his head and is domineering.
The Li family is a prime minister, not a low-income family. Mrs. Li is the mistress of Zuo Xiang's Mansion, and Li Si is the well-known successor of the Li family. Although these two people are nothing in Beijing. An extremely noble person, but obviously one of the dignitaries.
Such a person, just because he offended Xiao Jue, was humiliated and even tortured in front of everyone!
What Xiao Jue did was simply too deceiving!
"Snapped……"
Li Chun slammed the table hard and breathed heavily, feeling that the anger in his heart could not be suppressed and was burning like fire.
Seeing the gloomy look in his master's eyes, the kneeling boy couldn't help but tremble. He was secretly glad that he just stated the facts truthfully and didn't add any unnecessary words.
At this moment, in Li Chun's eyes, the third prince and the Shen family have long been forgotten. All he can think about now is the word "Xiao Jue".
As long as he thought of being slapped in the face by Xiao Jue, a teenage boy, tonight, he wanted to eat his flesh and blood, and he couldn't understand the hatred in his heart. .
But at this time, Li Chun only knew that Mrs. Li and her son were seriously injured, but did not know the specific circumstances.
All the anger he felt right now was just because Xiao Jue's move severely trampled on the Li family and Li Chun's own face.
Li Chun came from a humble background and always valued his face very seriously. He had an instinctive resentment towards the noble Xiao Jue, which he inherited from his grandson Li Si.
However, in recent years, as the Li family has successively given birth to queens and third princes, and Li Chun himself has been worshiped as the left prime minister, the Li family has always known how to pretend to be a noble family.
But at this moment, once the flowery fig leaf was severely torn away, the despicableness of the Li family, which is deep in their flesh and blood, naturally emerged.
