65 Brothers Talk
At this time, the "smart and well-behaved" Ling Chu was talking to Ling Chong in the main hall.
"Tsk, this is really not a place for people to live. The seventh emperor brother has suffered." Ling Chong shook his fan. His skin was very white, almost transparent, just like most literati. He looked gentle and elegant, with handsome features, but There is no effeminacy at all, and he is very similar to his biological mother, Concubine Ming, which is why the emperor dotes on these two brothers.
He and the fifth prince Ling Che are from the same mother, but their temperaments are very different.
"What's the matter with Brother Four Emperors here?" Although Ling Chu was wearing long plain robes, which could not be compared with Ling Chong's brocade robes, his aura was not inferior at all.
Ling Chong looked at the emperor's younger brother carefully. Although he wanted to live in the Forbidden City, his status was very different. He was a noble prince, surrounded by people in front and behind, but Ling Chu was not cared about and grew up next to the cold palace. , it is already a great blessing that he did not starve to death or freeze to death.
The two met only a handful of times. The emperor did not like Ling Chu. There were family banquets in the palace, but Ling Chu hardly showed up. The entire Forbidden City seemed to have forgotten the prince.
Ling Chong first met this imperial brother when he was four years old. At that time, Ling Chu sneaked away to see Concubine Rong and was kicked to the ground and humiliated by several imperial brothers. Concubine Rong seemed to have ignored her and was very disgusted.
It is said that the death of the second emperor brother Ling Heng was due to Ling Chu's excessive violence. Ling Heng had always had a bad temper and would often beat the palace people half to death. I still remember one time when the second emperor brother Ling Heng forced Ling Chu to learn how to bark like a dog. Kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, the brothers nearby were all watching the excitement, and even Ling Chong remained silent.
Ling Chu didn't want to, his red eyes looked like a wolf's cub. Later, because of the appearance of Concubine Wei, the matter was dropped.
Later, Ling Heng accidentally contracted smallpox and died without any cure. Even his palace was burned to the ground.
The emperor was furious, thinking that Ling Chu was unknown, so he beat him thirty times and knelt outside the Ancestral Temple for three days and three nights. Everyone thought that he would not survive, but Ling Chu survived by force.
"I haven't seen the Seventh Emperor for a long time. I feel that the Seventh Emperor has changed a lot." Ling Chong said, "I was hunting in the suburbs today and happened to pass by, so I came to visit the Seventh Emperor."
"Thank you, Brother Four Emperors." Ling Chu's words were firm and without any emotion.
Ling Chong didn't care, "The seventh emperor brother has been away from the capital for a long time, so I'm afraid many things are not clear."
"The emperor's brother is at peace in Yuanji Temple to worship his mother and concubine. The affairs in the capital have nothing to do with me." Ling Chu sat cross-legged on the futon and closed his eyes, as if he was reciting sutras in peace.
"When Concubine Rong was alive, my father loved Concubine Rong very much. Even after Concubine Rong died, she was heartbroken." Ling Chong said, "I didn't eat for several days."
"Really?" Ling Chu just said calmly, "Is this what the emperor came here to say?"
Who doesn't know that the emperor's favor is instantaneous. Death is like a lamp going out. How can an emperor be sad for a beloved concubine? It's just on the surface. There are three thousand beauties in the emperor's harem, but she is just a beloved concubine. There are countless newcomers underneath, let alone one. Concubine Rong.
"Of course not." Ling Chong said, "It's just that I haven't seen the emperor's brother for a long time, so it's inevitable that I talked too much. I forgive you, the emperor."
"Brother Emperor is joking, Brother Emperor, it's better to speak frankly."
Ling Chong found a futon and sat down cross-legged, "Now the emperor really wants to get out of here."
Ling Chu didn't answer.
Chapter completed!