Chapter 176, there really is such a person
Shi Fuxin looked at the apprentice's reply letter, tapped her fingers on the table, thought for a while, and wrote letters to Shang Laojiu and Ximen Fengxiao respectively.
As February approached, the Grand Prince's Mansion had been properly arranged according to 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, this is 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 want the other party to 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 give something that others don't need, then the gift doesn't mean much."
"Based on the current situation of the eldest prince, even if we send ten or eight precious items to him, he may not be happy."
Shi Dinghao frowned: "What gift does the First Prince want?"
Shi Fuxin reminded: "Think about the situation the First Prince is in right now, if it were you now, what do you need most?"
Shi Dinghao pondered: "The wedding days of the several princes are very close together. As the eldest brother, the eldest prince definitely doesn't want to lose his wedding to the younger brother."
Shi Fuxin nodded with a smile: "Yes, there must be comparisons and rivalries among the princes. Besides, the eldest prince probably doesn't want to be looked down upon by the Zhou family."
"Again, during this period of time, officials in Beijing and China, nobles, and clansmen 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 nodded with a smile: "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 everyone doesn't want 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 opponents, 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 eldest 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 doesn't have to go to the Zhou family to greet the bride himself, he just needs to wait for the girl from the Zhou family to arrive in a sedan chair, and go to meet the bride outside the gate of the house.
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 eldest prince picked up the silver needle, rolled up his sleeves, and pierced his arm.
In just a few moments, the eldest prince, who had a normal complexion, became pale, and with a slightly hunched body, 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 used for the needles, were sent by Master in a letter after knowing 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 eldest prince asked Gao Changshou to help him out of the room.
When the people who came to congratulate him saw the eldest prince who was pale and needed Gao Changshou's support to walk, all of them looked 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 empress had 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 panting and sweating.
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 present, no one dared to be presumptuous, and the wedding went smoothly.
Just as the eldest prince and the girl from the Zhou family were visiting, 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, so he directly ordered Gao Changshou that 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.
However, he also knows that it is not easy to see the eldest prince at this moment, so he can only find Gao Changshou first.
Gao Changshou saw the person, and 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. Just as he was about to send him off, the sixth prince noticed this side.
It just so happened that the eldest prince and the girl from the Zhou family had also finished their worship 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 by his side, so the sixth prince called out.
"Gao Changshou, what are you doing? Hurry up and help Brother Elder Emperor."
The big man with the cheeks was full of travel and dust, and his clothes were outdated. He didn't fit in well with the guests who were watching the first prince's worship. Following the voice of the sixth prince, everyone looked towards Gao Changshou, and naturally they also saw the big man with the cheeks.
"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 is the most loyal person around the eldest prince. 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, stepped forward and replied: "Report to the emperor, His Highness's master sent someone to present His Highness a wedding gift."
"who?!"
The moment he saw the big man with cheeks, the first prince had expected it, but before he could react, someone jumped out faster than him.
really jumped out.
Zhan Fei was originally standing behind the emperor, but at this moment he ran directly in front of the big man with a beard, and looked at him with surprise on his face: "Who do you think sent you?"
The cheeky man was a little apprehensive, stepped forward and knelt down, and said nervously, "The third apprentice of the old man in Tianchi, Doctor Liu, is here to give his apprentice, the eldest prince, a wedding gift."
Hearing this, everyone present was stunned.
The master of the first prince, before this, everyone had forgotten that such a person existed.
Even the emperor was stunned for a moment.
At 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.
Ke Zhanfei didn't want to, so he came to accept an apprentice on behalf of his younger sister.
Not only the eldest prince, but also the emperor, also felt that Zhan Fei just made up someone to fool them.
Unexpectedly, there really is such a person!
(end of this chapter)