Since ancient times, the word "Aristocratic Family" has not only come from family power and mountains of wealth.
What's more important is inheritance and accumulation. All famous families that can truly be passed down for hundreds of years have a detached attitude that can see through the glitz.
Since the founding of Donghua, there have been many upstarts who have prospered in just a few decades. However, a family like the Li family, which only relies on nepotism to rise to power, has no foundation of its own, and its people only know how to covet immediate interests. If they cannot wake up in time, In the end, it can only be lost in the long flow of history.
Everyone in the Li family obviously doesn't understand this.
Or rather, I don’t want to.
After all, power is the best aphrodisiac.
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Li Chun finally suppressed his anger and was about to ask about today's events in detail when he heard a loud shout from the door.
"Dad! Have you heard that? That brat Xiao Jue is too much. He dares to deny our Li family face in public like this!"
He looked up and saw Mr. Li Li Jingzheng, dressed in indigo blue brocade clothes, approaching angrily.
Li Jing looked angry, and his face, which had been hollowed out by drinking and drinking all the time, looked even more distorted with anger.
Seeing the eldest son like this, Li Chun couldn't help but frown, and felt increasingly unhappy.
As Li Jing's eldest son, Li Chun once had great expectations for him.
But things went counterproductive, perhaps because when Li Jing was young, Li Chun was still an inconspicuous official, busy only with trivial official matters all day long. Because he came from a poor family, he could only try to please his superiors.
As for the children's affairs at home, they can only be entrusted to his wife, Mrs. Li.
But Mrs. Li was married to Li Chun when she was young. Li Chun was born in a poor family. Mrs. Li was naturally not a noble girl, nor could she even be considered a lady from a small family.
Apart from barely recognizing a few words, her knowledge and skills are completely incomparable to those of the real ladies in the capital.
As Li Chun passed the scientific examination and entered the court, the Li family went from a commoner to a high-ranking official with a high salary, and Mrs. Li also completed the transformation from an ordinary commoner's wife to an official's wife.
But no matter how high one's status is, it cannot change a person's nature. Madam Li was unable to cope with all the affairs in the house, so naturally she neglected the upbringing of the Li family's children.
Therefore, when the children in the family got older, Li Chun looked back and realized that their characters had been developed long ago, and even if he wanted to teach them, it would be difficult to change them.
Li Chun, who had been struggling in the court, also understood the importance of excellent heirs to a family, so he finally made up his mind to completely give up on his sons who had disappointed him, and planned to start from younger grandchildren. to cultivate an heir.
After picking and choosing, I finally settled on the eldest son, the fourth young master, who was Li Si.
Li Jing's backyard was in chaos, and he had a lot of concubines and concubines over the years. However, Li Si was Li Jing's legitimate son and the daughter of his wife. Li Chun saw that he was quite smart among the grandchildren, so Li Chun has been with him since he was a child and taught him carefully in person.
After all these years, Li Si has not disappointed Li Chun. He is diligent and studious, has a good reputation, and is backed by Zuo Xiangfu. He is naturally one of the best among the famous princes in Beijing.
It can be said that Li Chun devoted all his efforts to this grandson.
If the third prince wants to take further steps in the future, then Li Si, his cousin, can also be his help.
When the third prince succeeds in taking the throne, the Li family will become the most prominent family in Donghua.
Over the years, Li Chun had imagined such a future in his dreams countless times. Therefore, he was even more looking forward to Li Si, his grandson.
Until this moment, Li Chun still had this idea, and was not too worried about Li Si's injury. Perhaps it was because Li Chun felt that no matter what reason Li Si had angered Xiao Jue, in the eyes of everyone, Li Si was still Xiao Jue was born in the prime minister's palace, and as the eldest son of the palace, Xiao Jue did not dare to seriously attack Li Si even for the sake of Li Chun's face.
What made him angry was more about Xiao Jue's disdain for the Li family.
But Li Chun obviously forgot, who is Xiao Jue?
Prince Xiao was born to be noble, unruly and wanton. No matter you were a general, a prince, or a high-ranking official, as long as he looked displeased, he would always take your fancy.
Although he is only the prince of the palace, he is still in the heart of the emperor. Even if the ministers angrily rebuke Xiao Jue's arrogance and domineering in front of his majesty, his majesty remains unmoved.
What's more, in recent years, Xiao Jue has been invincible on the battlefield, and has already been nicknamed the "Young God of War" at a young age. If in the past, His Majesty treated Xiao Jue as just his beloved nephew, then as Xiao Jue's military exploits become more and more prosperous, He gradually became indispensable to Emperor Chongming.
Li Chun has always been quite sophisticated in the city. On normal days, he would naturally understand all this, but the Li family seems to have been in trouble these past few days. First, yesterday, his daughter and grandson were rejected by the emperor, and today, the test against the Shen family failed again. Sha, and coincidentally, the obstacle to these two things happened to be the same person.
After being frustrated again and again, Li Chun suddenly lost his usual calmness and felt that his face was sore from being beaten.
His Brother's age is similar to Xiao Jue's, and Li Chun also knows that his Brother's brother has always looked down upon Xiao Jue.
They are both teenagers. Li Si took the imperial examination to seek his family background, and he has always been on the same page with noble children like Xiao Jue.
As the saying goes, "Those who are on different paths cannot conspire with each other."
In Li Chun's eyes, his brother Si Geer has never been very aggressive, so why would he take the initiative to provoke Xiao Jue, the evil spirit.
So right now, he still doesn't know the seriousness of the matter.
On the contrary, it was his eldest son who rushed into his study and yelled, being reckless and rude, completely ignoring himself as a father.
"Okay, I already know what it's like to yell here."
Li Jing was already extremely angry, but who knew that at this moment, his father would blame himself instead of blaming Xiao Jue.
"Father, mother hasn't woken up yet, and even Si Ge'er's mother was carried back... This is all because of Xiao Jue..."
"Shut up!" Li Chun stood up with a puff of sleeves: "You can also say the word 'Xiao Jue'? If you are sick, just call Dr. Li. If it doesn't work, just pass the sign to the imperial doctor. Otherwise, what else do you want? Yes. Don’t you think things tonight are not chaotic enough?”
Over the years, Li Chun had long since given up hope for this lustful and incompetent eldest son. Just because he was Si Geer's biological father after all, he never interfered in the affairs of his eldest son.
As the saying goes, out of sight is out of sight. Although Li Jing is not smart, he is somewhat self-aware, so he rarely takes the initiative to get close to his father.
He has always known Li Chun's expectations for Li Si. After all, he is his son. If he wants to continue to live a happy life in the future, he will inevitably have to rely on him.
So at the moment, Li Jing ignored the fear of his father that he usually felt in his heart, and cried and shouted:
"But father! Brother Si's kneecaps were shattered by Xiao Jue!!"
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"puff……"
"Father……"
"Master Xiang...Master Xiang..."
A mouthful of blood suddenly spurted out from his mouth. Li Chun felt that all the blood in his body was rushing to the top of his head. Burning pain spread from his heart, and then a strong hatred surged violently.
"Xiao! Jue!"
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In the end, Li Chun felt a numbness on the top of his head and a buzzing in his ears, and then he didn’t know anything else...
