Happy Little Scholar

The eleventh year of Zhengyuan.

Qi State, the capital, the imperial palace.

A thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy pushed a girl to the ground, put his hands on his waist, and said disdainfully: "Your mother is a palace maid, you and Zhao Yi are both bastards, and you don't deserve to live in the palace!"

The eunuchs and palace maids beside him dissuaded him: "Your Highness, you can't do this to the fourth princess. His Majesty will blame you if he knows!"

The boy looked at the girl on the ground and shouted: "When I become the emperor, I will drive you all out!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he was hit hard in the face.

He covered his face, looked at the boy rushing in from outside, and cursed: "Zhao Yi, you dare to hit me..., hit him for me!"

The princes around him rushed forward.

The boy was drowned by fists and feet.

…

The girl sat on the stone steps in front of the palace, wiped the dust off his face, and said, "Zhao Yi, you fought again."

The boy looked at her and frowned, "I am your brother."

"Isn't it just you from my mother's family..." The girl put away her handkerchief and said, "It's only half an incense stick. If the order of our birth was changed, I would be your sister."

"Even if it's only half an incense stick, I'm still your brother." The boy looked at her and said seriously, "I will beat anyone who bullies you."

"But you were the one who got beaten."

"I also punched Zhao Zheng three times."

"I didn't see it."

"You didn't see it, but you still beat him."

…

The girl put her arms around her knees and said, "But there are so many people bullying me, how can you beat them all?"

"When I become the emperor, no one in this world will dare to bully you."

"But there are other countries..."

The boy pondered for a while, looked at her, and said seriously, "Then I will be the emperor of everyone."

…

The twelfth year of the Zhengyuan period of Qi State.

In the hall, the current imperial tutor stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, in this test of the princes, the third prince took the top spot in both the civil and military tests."

The Emperor of Qi frowned and asked, "What about the crown prince?"

The imperial tutor sighed and said, "He failed both tests."

The Emperor of Qi frowned.

In the hall, many people's faces changed.

One person thought for a moment, stepped forward, and said loudly, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Feng is a young talent, both civil and military. Although he is not yet an adult, he is already able to take on great responsibilities. Fengzhou is suffering from a severe drought, and the people are living in misery. It is urgent to stabilize the people's hearts. I think..."

A side hall in the palace. The girl brought a bowl of noodles and said, "Congratulations..."

"Congratulations on what?"

"First place in both civil and military examinations."

The boy was silent for a moment and said, "My father ordered me to go to Fengzhou to appease the people. Once I go to the fiefdom, it will be difficult to come back."

"I'll go with you."

"No!"

"Why?"

"Fengzhou is too chaotic..."

"Then why are you still going?"

"I can go, but you can't."

"I insist on going. Can you stop me? Can you beat me?"

"..."The boy was silent for a moment and said, "If it weren't for the fact that Mammy favored you and always secretly taught you those strange and bizarre kung fu, I wouldn't lose to you."

...

A certain hall in the palace.

An eunuch walked in from outside the hall and whispered, "Your Majesty, the letter from Prince Feng has arrived in Fengzhou now."

The Emperor of Qi nodded.

Suddenly, a chaotic sound came from outside the palace, and an eunuch came in in a panic, saying in panic: "Your Majesty, it's not good, the fourth princess, the fourth princess is missing!"

"What!" The Emperor of Qi was immediately furious.

...

Two months later.

Fengzhou, Qi State.

The young man looked at the girl standing in front of him and said weakly: "Why are you here..."

The girl looked at his pale face and said in panic: "What's wrong with you?"

"It's okay, I will be fine after a few days of rest..." The young man smiled, and suddenly began to cough violently, coughing up large mouthfuls of blood.

The girl turned around, grabbed an old woman's hand, and asked: "Mammy, what's wrong with him, what's wrong with him?"

The old woman shook her head and sighed softly.

The young man grabbed her hand and whispered, "I'm sorry, I may not be able to do what I promised you. In the future, you have to learn to protect yourself..."

The girl held his hand tightly and cried out, "You are my brother, you have to protect me, we agreed, you haven't become everyone's emperor yet..."

Half a month later.

The old woman walked up to the girl, sighed, and said, "Yun Fei also died like this back then. I didn't expect that the third prince died so early..."

The girl's eyes were empty and she was silent for a long time. Suddenly she turned her head and looked at her and asked, "Mammy, you said before that there is a strange kung fu in this world..."

The old woman looked at her with a look of surprise, "Princess, you..."

The girl looked at her and said, "I've thought about it."

The old woman was silent for a moment, looked at her again, and nodded gently.

In October of the twelfth year of Zhengyuan in Qi, the fourth princess of Qi, Zhao Ji, died of illness in Fengzhou.

The third prince Zhao Yi ordered that within one month, the people of Fengzhou were not allowed to marry, music was not allowed to be played, and brothels, music halls and wine shops were closed for one month.

In addition, he also withstood the pressure from the court and exempted the poor people of Fengzhou from taxes for three years.

He personally led the troops and spent half a year to completely eliminate the bandits and mountain bandits in Fengzhou.

He vigorously rectified the administration of Fengzhou, and within a year, the local officials of Fengzhou were almost completely replaced.

While stabilizing farming, he also encouraged commerce, which led to the rapid economic development of Fengzhou and the people's lives becoming increasingly prosperous...

The common people were all grateful to the third prince, but the strange thing was that no one had ever seen him.

Winter, the fourteenth year of Zhengyuan.

The old woman looked at the figure in front of her and said: "This kind of skill can change your aura, and even the master can't detect it. Fortunately, you and him are twins. They look very similar. With a little dressing up, outsiders can't tell the difference. But You have to remember, you can’t let anyone take your pulse…”

The figure nodded.

The old woman turned her head and said: "I will teach you another technique so that you can control your voice..."

…

Since the twelfth year of Zhengyuan, when the third prince Zhao Yi went to Fengzhou, his name appeared in the court again and again.

It took him just ten years to turn the barren Fengzhou into a prosperous place second only to the capital. The talents he displayed have far exceeded all the princes, and even exceeded their combined total.

In the 21st year of Zhengyuan, Jingguo's "Heavenly Punishment" came out and defeated the soldiers of Qi State. Qi State captured two cities.

In the 22nd year of Zhengyuan, the third prince Zhao Yi led the Qi State envoy to the Kyoto of Jing State.

Jingguo Kyoto, in the Qunyu Courtyard.

One of the guards looked suspicious and asked a young man: "Your Highness, what are we doing here?"

"If we hadn't met in Qunyu Courtyard, we would have met under the moon at Yaotai..." The young master smiled and said, "Now that we are here, wouldn't it be a pity not to meet the Luoshui goddess?"

As soon as he finished speaking, two figures came from outside.

One of them looked around and saw that there was no room in the hall. He strode over, looked at him and asked: "Brother, can we sit here?"

The guard frowned and took a step forward. The young master smiled and waved his hand, looked at the two of them and asked, "Why not?"

…

Jingping seven years.

Ruyi City.

Li Yi walked into the kitchen and reached for the chicken legs when someone opened his hand.

Zhao Ji looked at him, shook her head and said, "This is for Master. If one is missing, the old man may cause trouble for you."

Li Yi shook his head. What was his relationship with his second uncle? Would his old man trouble him because of a chicken leg?

He gnawed on the bun, looked her up and down, and asked, "Do you know why no one noticed you pretended to be your brother for so long?"

Zhao Ji looked at him and said, "Because we look alike."

Li Yi shook his head, walked out of the kitchen, turned back and said, "If you have nothing to do on weekdays, drink more soup..."