ALL NOVEL Chapter 99 - I
The exam lasted for nine days, and the red list where the results of the test would be given was called the “Apricot List.” It was April when the apricot flowers bloomed, which meant the results of the test would have to wait until April.
But there were always privileged people. Li Yunxi had been anxious, fearing that Jing Xingzhi would really get out of hand and embarrass their teacher, so he asked someone to go over and copy Jing Xingzhi’s exam paper.
After reading the test paper, Li Yunxi had a clear idea.
A teacher was still a teacher. If his disciple couldn’t keep up, it would be astonishing!
His junior brother hadn’t embarrassed him either.
Li Yunxi had looked at the beautiful article and laughed.
But as soon as he started laughing, bad news had come.
—The second prince, Li Jiarui, had beaten someone in the Royal Academy.
Li Yunxi rushed over angrily.
On the road, while walking, he thought: Why did good things always belong to other people’s families? Why was this poor kid from his own family so hopeless?
When he arrived at the Royal Academy, Li Yunxi became even angrier, so angry that his eyes had turned red.
There were many people kneeling on the ground, but only four stood out.
Li Jiarui was kneeling alone, with a wound on one corner of his face.
Li Jiading and Li Jiafu knelt together. Li Jiading’s little face was expressionless, and the corners of his mouth and the back of his hands were red. One side of Li Jiafu’s face was swollen, there were tears in his eyes, and his nose was red. He had just cried.
The last one was the newly invited teacher, with a gloomy and trembling face.
Li Yunxi glared at Li Jiarui, who was kneeling: “Are you good enough? You even beat your brother!”
“How old are you? How old is the third child? How old is the fourth child? The fourth child is only seven years old. You bully two children younger than you. How shameless are you?”
Li Jiarui lowered his head and said nothing. The child had finally stopped talking back.
In fact, Li Jiarui had regretted it after taking action. He still knew who could be bullied and who couldn’t.
No wonder, this bitch Jing Xingzhi was so hateful!
When Li Jiarui had learned that he might be sent to the military camp, he almost went crazy. It was so hard to work on the field, and Li Jiarui could not imagine what life was like in the military camp.
The fourth child, on the other hand, kept mentioning the man named Jing, which was disgusting to remember.
All of this was Jing Xingzhi’s fault. Li Jiarui didn’t refute, instead, he cursed Jing Xingzhi in different ways in his mind.
“Speak, what’s going on? You guys are so good, why did you start fighting?” Li Yunxi saw that Li Jiarui didn’t speak and turned to the third prince and fourth prince.
Li Jiafu was still crying. He grabbed the hem of Li Jiading’s clothes with one hand and wiped his tears with the other. He choked and said, “Second brother, push me. It hurts so much!”
This was not an explanation, but an accusation, which was not what Li Yunxi wanted to hear. Moreover, the fourth prince stuttered, so Li Yunxi was impatient and sounded very annoyed.
“Jiading, tell me.” Li Yunxi looked at his third son, Li Jiading, who was more reliable.
Li Jiading wiped the blood on the corner of his mouth with his sleeve and said simply: “The fourth brother said that the younger son of junior uncle’s family was good-looking and the food and snacks were delicious, and then the second brother rushed out. The second brother scolded the fourth brother for being useless and even pushed the fourth brother.”
After hearing this, Li Yunxi frowned slowly and asked, “Then… how did the fight start?”
“I pushed him back.” Li Jiading frowned and replied.
After hearing this, Li Jiafu was afraid that his third brother would suffer. He rushed up and hugged Li Yunxi’s legs, crying: “Second brother, hit me, third brother, help me! Second brother, bad!”
Li Jiafu was the only one crying in the audience, and he cried very miserably. But he was young and looked like a pink baby, so it was really heartbreaking to see him cry.
Even Li Yunxi, who had no patience at first, felt distressed when he saw his fourth child hugging his legs and crying.
He lowered his head, picked him up, and patted Li Jiafu on the back: “Okay, okay, don’t cry anymore. Your second brother is bad, father will punish him.”
Li Jiading breathed a sigh of relief and raised his head to meet Li Jiafu’s watery eyes.
Li Jiafu secretly winked at him while crying.
Li Jiading frowned.
Li Jiafu made a little move, then continued to cry softly, hugging Li Yunxi tightly.
It was also the first time that Li Yunxi had hugged his seven-year-old son. When he remembered that this was one of the few times he had hugged his fourth son, he felt awkward.
Naturally, someone had to bear the tyranny of this awkward situation.
“Pack your things, and I’ll send you to the military camp tomorrow.” Li Yunxi made up his mind.
Li Jiarui originally wanted to say he wouldn’t go, but seeing the deep love between Li Yunxi and the third and fourth prince, he couldn’t say those words like a child throwing a tantrum.
Li Jiarui snorted, stood up, and said, “Okay, go! Who wants to stay here!”
“Then go.” Li Yunxi was extremely disappointed.
His original intention had been to send Li Jiarui there so that Li Jiarui could learn some skills and learn to control his temper. All these purposes had been for Li Jiarui’s good.
But in Li Jiarui’s heart, his progress had been the result of his own hardship. Li Yunxi, who had provided the conditions, and Jing Xingzhi, who had come up with the idea, had both been wrong. No matter how hard he tried, they had all been ignored.
Li Yunxi sent his chief eunuch to escort Li Jiarui to Concubine Zhong’s palace, then gave a serious instruction to send Li Jiarui out of the palace the next day.
After taking Li Jiarui away, Li Yunxi had to comfort his new imperial teacher.
“Don’t worry, Teacher, the second child is leaving now and won’t be back for a while. The third and fourth ones are well-behaved and honest, don’t worry.”
It was the first time the new teacher saw His Majesty so amiable. Forgetting the lingering fear in his heart, he nodded. “Yes, the Third and Fourth Highnesses are very polite.”
After comforting the teacher, Li Yunxi turned and rewarded the third and fourth sons with something.
Driving the second child to the military camp was said to be punishment, but Li Yunxi knew it wasn’t.
Once the arrangements were made, Li Yunxi left again.
Li Jiafu and Li Jiading stared at each other with big eyes.
Finally, Li Jiafu spoke first: “Third brother, does it hurt, does it hurt?”
It was said to be a fight, but in fact, Li Jiafu was bullied by Li Jiarui, and then Li Jiading became angry and started fighting with his second brother.
Li Jiading was only twelve years old. He was a head shorter than the taller Li Jiarui, so he was still at a disadvantage in the fight.
As Li Jiafu watched, his third brother was beaten several times.
Li Jiading pursed his lips, shook his head, and said calmly: “It doesn’t hurt.”
Li Jiafu secretly stretched out his finger and touched the red spot on his hand. Li Jiading took a breath.
“It obviously hurts, liar, liar third brother. I have medicine; can you rub it?” Li Jiafu looked at Li Jiading and asked him in a low voice.
Li Jiading stretched out his hand and knocked his fourth brother on the head: “You’re crying again, annoying.”
Li Jiafu puffed up his cheeks: “I did it on purpose. I learned it with my little brother.”
“Huh?” Li Jiading wondered softly.
Li Jiafu shrank his neck, and his voice became softer: “Junior uncle said that children who can cry will get milk and love!”
Li Jiafu didn’t speak clearly, but Li Jiading understood.
The fourth child didn’t cry in pain; he cried on purpose.
The two of them were silent, but Li Jiarui was much favoured. The fourth child was probably… afraid that he would suffer a loss.
It was another evil theory taught by his junior uncle, but it worked, Li Jiading thought.
After pondering for a while, Li Jiading replied to Li Jiafu with one word: “Ugly.”
Li Jiafu blushed and said angrily: “Third brother, my medicine is black. After applying it, you’ll be even uglier!”
‘I cry for you, and you still think I am ugly. I’m angry!’