After Gao married the prince, the sick and weak concubine lost her horse

Chapter 326 Chapter 326

Today, Zhao Ji is in a high position, and is the target of various factions in the DPRK and China, and is the hottest upstart of Chu State.

However, few people know that he was once the companion of Liu Ye'an, the eldest son of Liu Guogong's mansion, and a servant who was sold into the Guogong mansion with a small contract of death.

When he was eight years old, due to natural disasters, the family couldn't afford to support so many children. As the eldest, he took the initiative to stand up and asked his parents to use his body deed to exchange the chance of his younger siblings' lives.

In the face of life and death, human life becomes more and more humble and insignificant.

There were quite a few children who were sold into the Duke's mansion, and he was the thinnest one among them.

It was originally sent to the utility room to do some rough work of moving and cleaning.

Because he has not had enough to eat all the year round, his body is weak and his strength is weak. In addition, Jiang Guanshi, who is in charge of taking care of them, has a bad temper. Regardless of whether he is right or wrong, if something goes wrong, the steward will punish him lightly. Stomach, severe beating and scolding.

In order to survive, he could only suffer silently.

I thought that this dark day would continue to live like this.

Until one day, while taking inventory of the warehouse, Jiang Guanshi accidentally broke an eight-treasure glazed cup.

It belonged to the second young lady, and it was a gift from the palace on her birthday last year.

The eight-treasure glazed cup is not only priceless, but also the favorite thing of the most favored little master in the mansion.

No matter which one of these two is singled out, for these servants, even if they don't die, they have to shed a layer of skin.

What's more, it is still a gift from the emperor, and it will lose its head.

Jiang Guanshi, who was almost scared out of his soul, directly threw him out as a scapegoat in order to survive.

Even if the people below saw it, but under the pressure of Manager Jiang, no one dared to speak a word of justice for him.

In order to confirm this matter, Jiang Guanshi even stuffed money into the nurse who was in charge of beating him, intending to beat him to death so that there would be no proof.

His skin was torn apart from the beating, his breath was dying, and he was about to confess to being there for the rest of his life.

Between life and death, someone stopped the nursing home.

He heard a crowd exclaiming that the second lady is here.

"No matter how good the eight-treasure glazed cup is, it's just a dead thing. It can't be compared with human life."

It was the best sound he had ever heard in his life.

He tried his best to raise his head to see the second lady of the Duke's Mansion who was loved by thousands of people.

But due to exhaustion, he couldn't even open his eyelids and passed out directly.

When he woke up again, he had already changed his place, and his injuries had been properly treated.

After questioning, he realized that it was Second Miss who asked someone to save him.

Not only that, she was as smart as she was, and she also saw the clues from the reactions of Jiang Guanshi and others at that time, and asked people to investigate thoroughly, and found Jiang Guanshi.

Moreover, she felt pity for the bullying he had suffered before, and was afraid that he would be retaliated even more when he returned to the utility room, so she secured a job as a schoolboy for him in her elder brother's yard.

From a rough servant in the utility room to a book boy next to the eldest son of the mansion, for these servants, it is undoubtedly a blessing in the sky.

But he didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, for fear that if he didn't do something well, he would disappoint her good intentions.

He is diligent, smart, and rushes to do everything he can do, so he is naturally appreciated and reused by the eldest son.

Like a parched earth trying to absorb every drop of water, he seized every opportunity to read and write.

In the past, he was in a daze, not knowing why he lived. Since then, he only wanted to stand beside her, no longer humble like an ant, no longer ignorant, ignorant, pitiful and ridiculous.

She has always been close to the eldest son, and because of his status as a book boy, he has many more opportunities to see her and get in close contact with her.

Even though she is the youngest master in the mansion, she is blatantly favored by everyone, but she has no aura of pampering in her body.

She is sincere and kind, and treats people and things around her warmly.

Of course, including him.

She is the girl of the sky, like the moon in the sky, noble and bright, far away in the clouds.

He thought that such a person should be admired by all the stars and deserve the best of time.

As she grew older, she became more and more glamorous and unparalleled.

Before he reached Ji, he was already famous in the capital, and the people who came to matchmaking almost broke through the threshold of the Duke's mansion.

Even though he wanted to keep this moonlight in his bosom again, he still knew that the identities of the two were very different, and the liking of someone like him should be a shame to her.

He kept his thoughts and thoughts privately in his heart, not daring to reveal half of them in front of others.

But he never thought that when he accompanied the eldest son to a social event, in order to block the wine for the eldest son, he became so drunk that he passed out.

It wasn't until he woke up that he realized that it was her name that he whispered between his lips and teeth while he was drunk and dreaming.

He was more worried about her reaction than the severe punishment he would face if the eldest son and the Duke found out about this matter.

Afraid that his appearance would embarrass her.

He even planned to take the initiative to transfer to Zhuangzi, so as to avoid causing her discomfort by his appearance, fearing that the gossip from below would hurt her reputation.

But she never thought that it was she who found him on her own initiative.

"Zhao Ji, I heard that you like me?"

The girl who hadn't reached the hairpin was wearing a double-ringed bun, and her eyes were ridiculously beautiful.

With her appearance, the biting coldness around her instantly receded, and it was as warm as spring.

Such bright eyes seem to be able to hide all the dirt and embarrassment of this time.

Including his dirty, humble, and even shameful thoughts.

The Duke of the country sent someone to call him over.

He didn't know whether it was because he knew that this might be the last time he saw her, and he was afraid that he would never be able to confide his thoughts, or because her eyes were too bright and sincere, so that he couldn't have the slightest intention to deceive him.

His mind was dizzy, and he vaguely heard the voice of his confession in a strange way.

As soon as the words were out of his mouth, he regretted it.

It's not that I'm afraid that I will be ridiculed or made things difficult for me, but I'm afraid that what I say will offend her.

He had already bent down, ready to apologize, but he never thought that instead of being annoyed, she chuckled lightly and asked him, "Then do you want to marry me?"

At that time, even liking her for him was a kind of blasphemy and sin, let alone liking her.

Even though my heart was already confused because of this sentence, and there were thousands of troops, but I didn't dare to say another word.

Her eyes were curved, and she smiled brightly, "You just answer me, do you want to or don't?"

It was the middle of winter, and the plum blossoms in the courtyard were in full bloom. She wore a red jacket, and the scorching color compared with the red plum blossoms in the garden.

He was dazzled by her smile, and he, who was always calm and calm, nodded.

Afraid that she would feel embarrassed, he wanted to make love, but he saw her with her hands behind her back, tilting her head and smiling: "Okay, I'll wait for you."

It was only a short sentence, a few words, but at that moment, he was caught off guard and froze on the spot.

He thought that he had heard it wrong and had lost his mind, but before he recovered from the huge shock, she had already run away with a smile.

The Duke found him later, but it wasn't the punishment he thought he was going to punish.

He inspected his knowledge and his views on the practical affairs of the court, and they talked a lot that day.

In the end, the Duke of the country gave him the paper deed, and promised that if he could get the honor in the examination, he would make the decision for them.

At that moment he was ecstatic.

Although the Duke cherishes talents, he will not marry his favorite student to a student from a poor family.

All of this was obtained by her hard work from the Duke without his knowledge.

He already regarded it as a treasure, so how dare he live up to her kindness.

That year, he regained his freedom.

After walking out of the Duke's Mansion, he stepped into the examination room, overcoming obstacles all the way from the county examination, government examination, hospital examination, township examination, general examination, and finally to the palace examination.

Due to the intervention of the regent, the number one scholar and the second place in the list were selected from the family. Although he only got the third prize, his articles not only caught the eyes of the sages, but were also copied by scholars all over the world. His reputation and influence far outweighed the the first two.

He finally fulfilled his promise and proved himself, and the Duke also nodded to their marriage.

But he never thought that before the matchmaker he sent could come through the door, the accident would come first.

(End of this chapter)