Jing Xingzhi’s Daily Life in Ancient Times

Jing Xingzhi didn’t know that after a while, Li Jiafu’s favorable impression of him suddenly increased—from being just a junior uncle to being a caring friend.

Jing Xingzhi faced the adorable child, stretched out his sinful hand, and couldn’t help poking Li Jiafu’s cheek.

Well, it really felt good.

When his baby came out, would his face be tenderer and smoother than this?

A little baby was such a cute creature and made people look forward to it.

Jing Xingzhi said to Li Jiafu, “You will have a little brother next year.”

Li Jiafu’s eyes widened: “My father… which concubines are there?”

He didn’t know. Li Jiafu was confused and curious about which concubine was pregnant with the little brother.

Jing Xingzhi shook his head and teased the kid, “It’s not your family; it’s my family that has children, and now they’re in my wife’s belly!”

To Jing Xingzhi, whether the babies born were shuanger or not, they were still a son, hence it was called a little brother to Li Jiafu.

Li Jiafu blinked, unable to react.

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On the other side, Zhang Tong had watched many people splashing in the water for a long time. Finally, they fished out Wu Shuangxi, the wife of Marquis Zhenyuan. He also saw Wu Shuangxi grow angry under the hands of the imperial doctor before returning to serve his master.

Returning to Li Yunxi’s carriage, Zhang Tong squatted on the pony to report the situation.

“Your Majesty, Madam Wu has been rescued. She’s really lucky to be alive after being soaked in the water for so long. But I heard from the doctor that her brain might not function well after such a long exposure…”

“It’s enough that she’s alive,” Li Yunxi said calmly.

In Li Yunxi’s heart, Wu Shuangxi was now a poisonous woman.

Whether this poisonous woman lived or died didn’t really matter to him. The only things in his mind now were the border war and Ning Haibo.

Now that everyone had seen Wu Shuangxi came out with their own eyes, they knew the horse had gone wild and fallen into the river on its own, and it wasn’t Li Yunxi’s doing.

Li Yunxi wasn’t responsible, so there would be no nonsense about him persecuting ministers and their families.

As for Wu Shuangxi… as long as she lived, it was enough. The rest had nothing to do with Li Yunxi.

What Li Yunxi was more concerned about was whether Wu Shuangxi’s accident was as he suspected.

Li Yunxi looked steadily at Zhang Tong.

Zhang Tong understood. “Your Majesty, I met His Highness the Fourth on the road and took him to Young Master Jing’s care at the bridge when he was causing trouble.”

“When I was putting His Highness into the carriage, I saw Young Master Jing inside with nothing out of the ordinary and speaking normally.”

“After seeing off His Royal Highness, I glanced back a few times.” Zhang Tong paused here.

Li Yunxi smiled, urging him impatiently, “And then?! What did you see, a cunning man?”

“Your Majesty, I didn’t see anything. I feared you would blame me so I looked back a few times,” Zhang Tong said with a relaxed smile.

In Zhang Tong’s opinion, it was unlikely that Young Master Jing was involved. He knew what kind of person Jing Xingzhi was and how lucky he tended to be.

Zhang Tong thought for a moment and decided to speak up for Jing Xingzhi: “Your Majesty, remember when Young Master Jing suddenly became a disciple of Chief Fang. Wasn’t it all because of luck?”

It was his good luck last time, and it seemed reasonable to assume it was also his good luck getting rid of this poisonous woman.

Upon hearing Zhang Tong’s words, and being conventionally suspicious, Li Yunxi fell into a contemplative mood and followed Zhang Tong’s line of thought.

The more Lu Yunxi thought about it, the more he realized he might have misunderstood his junior brother.

His junior brother was such a good person and clever; how could he do something so reckless?

When something happened to Wu Shuangxi, it seemed more like a divine retribution for her evil deeds.

In Lu Yunxi’s belief, people like Wu Shuangxi would never be blessed by God!

Or it might be Wu Shuangxi’s adopted son who wanted revenge? After all, it was Wu Shuangxi who got him stabbed and injured in the royal hunting ground.

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‘My junior brother is a good person, good people will always be treated well by the heaven,’ Li Yunxi thought. He had considered several reasonable guesses behind Wu Shuangxi’s accident, and he became more certain that he had misunderstood his junior brother.

He also had a headache when he thought about his paranoia suspicion.

It was precisely because he had become close to Jing Xingzhi recently that he paid more attention to Jing Xingzhi’s behavior. It was also because of this closeness that he was anxious to find out.

If Jing Xingzhi could harm Wu Shuangxi like this, what would he do if Jing Xingzhi harmed him later? So, he couldn’t help but be suspicious.

As an emperor, he had enjoyed the whole world, but at the same time, he became extremely worried that someone would want to persecute him.

“Zhang Tong, my junior brother is going back to his hometown soon. What can I give him to take back?”

Li Yunxi wanted to laugh when he thought that Jing Xingzhi was eager to leave and had told himself before the hunt, “After participating in the hunt, I won’t go to the Royal Academy. I have to prepare to return home. I dare not to not like the capital but nothing here is as good as my ‘home’.”

But to be honest, this kind of straightforward and family-loving performance was really endearing, and Li Yunxi couldn’t avoid it.

Looking at the Holy Emperor suddenly smiling, Zhang Tong: “?”

‘Your Majesty, why did you suddenly ask about giving gifts? And why are you smiling like that?’, Zhang Tong thought for a while and chose to play along: “What the Holy Emperor sends is naturally good!”

Li Yunxi frowned and said, “Gold and silver are too tacky, so that won’t work. I’ve already given him a collection of poems, he is a scholar, how about… giving him some paintings?”

Zhang Tong lowered his head and said nothing. Anyway, he didn’t understand what that one scholar liked, so he just listened.

Moreover, Li Yunxi’s idea was very right, and he didn’t need any advice at all. All he needed was a little eunuch who could find things, pack them, and deliver gifts.

The team returned to the capital.

Once back at the palace, Zhang Tong took good care of Li Yunxi and immediately went into Li Yunxi’s private treasury to find some paintings that Li Yunxi had taken a fancy to.

After finding the painting, Zhang Tong brought it to Jing Xingzhi the next day.

If he didn’t send it over quickly, Zhang Tong was afraid the person already ran away.