Chapter 86 - I
However, the furious Li Yunxi couldn’t listen to Jing Xingzhi’s obstruction. He looked at Li Jiarui and said coldly, “I am very calm now!”
‘Nonsense! I could tell by your tone that you were not calm!’
Jing Xingzhi had a rare moment of kindness toward Li Jiarui and advised him, “But senior brother, I have just punished Second Prince. If you punish him again, he will not accept it.”
“Hmph!” Li Yunxi was very unhappy, “Look at how lightly you hit him, and you hit him so lightly, there wasn’t any marks after a while. How dare this bastard have the nerve to cry out in pain?”
Li Jiarui was stunned.
He shouted in his heart: ‘Father! This son is really hurts, hurts so much!’
There was a reason why Li Jiarui did not shout out.
When Li Yunxi sent Teacher Jiang away just now, Li Jiarui had asked the little eunuch who applied the medicine if the mark looked serious. If it was serious, he would file a complaint.
However, he was ready to complain, but the little eunuch sounded suspicious and said that the marks on his body were very small and thin, and it did not look like Jing Xingzhi had exerted much force.
Li Jiarui couldn’t figure out why Jing Xingzhi’s beating hurt so much but there were no traces left.
But he knew that as long as he shouted, he would definitely fall into Jing Xingzhi’s trap again.
“Senior brother, no matter how serious it is, the punishment is over. Teacher Jiang is leaving tomorrow, and there will be no one to teach the next few princes in their studies.” Jing Xingzhi tried his best to distract Li Yunxi.
Li Yunxi pondered for a moment and said, “I have decided to separate the lessons for the second prince, the third prince, and the fourth prince, so as not to change teachers every day. Since this treacherous son does not want to go to class, then don’t come to class
Li Jiarui laid on his back where he didn’t even dare to breathe loudly. He knew that the marks on his body were very shallow, and even if he said it hurt, his father wouldn’t believe him, so he only remembered Jing Xingzhi in his heart.
When Li Yunxi said that he didn’t have to go to class, Li Jiarui didn’t care. Anyway, he didn’t like those verbose teachers, so he wouldn’t study if he wanted to.
Jing Xingzhi looked at the father and son and whispered to Li Yunxi, “Senior brother, do you remember my other suggestion that day? I think Jiarui is stubborn, so you have to make him suffer.”
Li Jiarui didn’t know the suffering in the world, which was also Li Jiarui’s fault.
Jing Xingzhi had no confidence that Li Jiarui could achieve repentant by hardship. But even if he couldn’t succeed in reforming, he could still send this child to serve as soldier. Let his blood and tears as soldier wash away, then he would look like a human being.
Now that there was a war going on at the border, it would be a good idea to let Li Jiarui go and see the place where the Zhong family had spilled their blood. This was Jing Xingzhi’s follow-up plan.
Teaching naughty children well was a contribution to society and the country. A good person like Jing Xingzhi must fulfill his responsibilities well.
Li Yunxi’s thoughts flashed, and he glanced at Li Jiarui heartily, expressing his agreement with Jing Xingzhi’s opinion: “Yes, he must suffer.”
After hearing this, Li Jiarui thought that Jing Xingzhi was indeed the worst enemy.
His eyes were like those of a wolf cub, staring at Jing Xingzhi fiercely.
But Jing Xingzhi was very indifferent and glanced at Li Jiarui as if he was not worth mentioning.
This indifferent attitude made Li Jiarui even more angry.
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In the afternoon of that day, Li Yunxi asked Li Jiarui to go back to Concubine Zhong’s place for a good meal, and then threw Li Jiarui into the home of a poor and underfed family. Li Jiarui’s situation suddenly changed from cloud to mud.
Without the status of a prince, without the people’s anointing, without the servants to serve, without the comfortable palace, and without the delicacies of the mountains and seas.
In the evening, after chewing two mouthfuls of steamed buns that stuck in his throat, Li Jiarui was disliked by the grandson of the impoverished family: “If you don’t do anything, what will you eat?”
Li Jiarui said disgustedly: “It tastes terrible! If I weren’t hungry, do you think I would eat?”
As soon as Li Jiarui finished speaking, the half-grown boy snatched the cornbread from his hand and stuffed it into his grandfather’s hand.
“Grandpa, you eat. He said he won’t eat.” The little grandson, having grabbed the bun, turned to Li Jiarui and said fiercely, “If you don’t want to eat, then don’t. I won’t beg you to eat! Let me tell you, if you don’t work tomorrow, don’t even think about eating a bite!”
He didn’t know what the person who sent Li Jiarui said, but this half-grown boy was so cruel to Li Jiarui that he even forgot about the hateful bastard Jing Xingzhi.
When someone was hungry, the kid who grabbed their cornbread was the most annoying thing!
The next day.
Li Jiarui was so hungry that he wanted to chew the bark of the tree. Unable to run away, he clamored for food.
The half-grown boy threw down a load of dung on his shoulders and said, “You carry this to the field and cut two loads of pigweed.”
“No, I won’t do it, it stinks!”
“If you don’t work, you won’t have anything to eat.”
“I won’t do it even if I’m hungry.”
“Hey! You really don’t know how to live!”
“It’s useless if I know how Will l have something to eat after I finish it?”
“Of course, I’m still waiting for you! You still haven’t finish it yet!”
Three days later.
Li Jiarui, who was cutting pig grass, was hungry and angry. Looking at the poverty that was immediately visible, Old Man Jiang’s words flashed in his mind.
“Do you know how many people can’t afford to go to school at all…”
No one here studied, and everyone only cared about hunger and food.
Note
It would be very funny if Li Jiaru end up stealing Jing Xingzhi’s cabbage lol