"Come on, come first." Xiao Jingrui jumped out of the carriage, carried the child down, and ordered the servants who came to greet him: "Go and invite a doctor."
Mei Changsu also bent over and came out, dragging the heavy bag of books in his hand, wondering how this little child could be carried.
"I'll get it." Just as Xiao Jingrui walked over, an attentive servant rushed to catch it, he stretched out his arm and let Mei Changsu jump out of the carriage.
Tingsheng quickly glanced at the plaque with the words "Ningguohoufu" above the mansion gate, and a dark cloud flashed in his eyes. Although he quickly lowered his head again, this change in expression still did not escape Mei Changsu's eyes.
Taking the child to Xuelu, the doctor quickly came over to diagnose and treat him. The conclusion was that the ribs were dislocated, so he had to rest, eat nutritious food, and never do any more physical work, otherwise his tender body would be damaged. There will inevitably be some sequelae.
Looking at Tingsheng's appearance, he knew that the environment he was living in must be very bad. If he were to go back like this, I'm afraid he would not be able to fulfill either of the two doctor's orders, but no matter how Xiao Jingrui questioned him, Tingsheng would not reveal a word to him. Where do you live.
In contrast, Mei Changsu was not so impatient, he just sent someone to bring exquisite food for Tingsheng to eat and let him sleep and rest. Later, seeing that he was really restless and couldn't sleep, he turned over a book to check his current level of knowledge bit by bit.
"You don't have a master who taught you to read, do you?"
"Um."
"Who taught you to recognize words?"
"My mother."
Mei Changsu pondered slightly. It seems that although this child has the will to study, his studies are obviously superficial and messy. Even the piles of books he bought are unstructured and of different depths. It doesn't look like a list of books opened for him by a learned person. Most of them are his own. I took it for granted, but I don't know where the money he bought the book came from.
"Tingsheng, this is not the way to read books," Mei Changsu patiently arranged a lot of books for him, took out a lot of books from his room, and marked them in order, "You have to read these first. In this book, these are the foundations. The sentence reading style is the most concise and clear, and the principles of being a person are clear. Just like building a house, the foundation must be upright, so that the top will not be skewed. There are also these few books, which are good books, but you may not be able to recognize all the words at a young age, and no one explains that you can’t understand them. Leave them for now, and when you have a chance later, just come and ask me.”
Tingsheng's eyes lit up immediately, but then dimmed again. He instinctively knew that the eldest brother in front of him must be a very learned person, but it was impossible to come to this deep Houmen to ask him frequently.
"Thank you," Ting Sheng stood up and bowed deeply to the two of them, "Can I go now?"
"You kid..." Xiao Jingrui looked at him with a headache, "You already have a lot of books, but now Mr. Su has given you so many books, how can you take them away?"
Tingsheng looked at the hill-like pile of books, and really didn't want to pull one down, so he gritted his teeth and said bravely, "I can handle it."
"Don't mess around," Xiao Jingrui quickly grabbed him, "You are injured, but you can't use brute force like this. I'll send someone to see you off?"
Tingsheng shook his head firmly.
Xiao Jingrui couldn't help taking this child, so he couldn't help but cast his helpless eyes on Mei Changsu.
Mei Changsu thought for a while, and was about to speak when a clear screeching sound suddenly came from outside Xuelu, it was Fei Liu's voice, and then someone shouted: "Little Master, this can't be beat... This is... "
"Break in, fight!" Fei Liu replied coldly, and the sound of his clothes breaking through the air became even louder.
"Who are you? Dare to stop me..." Someone else shouted angrily, but then his voice froze, probably because he was forced by Fei Liu's offensive, he couldn't speak at all.
"Go out, don't fight!" Fei Liu probably got Mei Changsu's order, so he didn't kill him, but his tone was icy, with no room to turn around.
Although Xiao Jingrui didn't know who the man who was stopped outside was, he still flew out immediately, and after a while, his voice also came: "Fei Liu, don't fight, this is a guest, you can come in. "
"I didn't say yes! Go out!" Fei Liu insisted.
Mei Changsu could not help frowning slightly. Except for a few people Fei Liu already knew, the general guests who came to visit were usually informed by the servants. If they wanted to see them, they would first tell Fei Liu not to block them, so there was never any conflict. Apparently, this guest was rushing in all the way from the outside relying on some kind of identity. Not only did the servants dare not stop him, but they didn't even have time to notify him first, so they provoke Fei Liu and were intercepted by him.
For such a rude guest, Mei Changsu would never see him at all.
Just as he was about to raise his voice to thank the guest, he turned his eyes and landed on Tingsheng.
The boy's face was pale, his head was raised, his mouth was open, his ears were listening to the movement outside, his hands were tightly twisted together, and he was almost deformed by himself.
Mei Changsu's heart moved, and he changed his mind immediately, and said to the outside: "Fei Liu, let him in!"
The fighting stopped abruptly, and Xiao Jingrui's voice sounded immediately, with a very polite tone: "Are you not hurt? Why did you just rush in like this? Is there something urgent? My father is not at home, why don't I accompany you? Waiting in the main hall…”
"I didn't come to look for Lord Xie," the man said as he rushed into the Xuelu, and met Mei Changsu's indifferent and slightly cold eyes. , Seeing Tingsheng standing there, he became calm and asked, "Ting'er, are you alright?"
"Yes." Tingsheng replied in a low voice respectfully.
"Do you know this kid?" Xiao Jingrui, who followed in, asked hurriedly.
"Jing Rui," the man turned around and said sternly, "I heard that this child accidentally rammed the car of a nobleman on the street, which may have surprised your important guests, and it is no wonder that you are angry. But what did he say? He's just a child, please look at my thin face and ask him to apologize to your guest and let him go?"
Xiao Jingrui looked at him and reacted for a while, until Mei Changsu laughed, and then he laughed: "Your Highness probably misunderstood, Tingsheng didn't ram my car, we met him when we were passing by, and took him by the way. Bring it back to diagnose the injury. If you don't believe it, you can ask Tingsheng."
The man was stunned for a moment, looked back at Tingsheng's expression, and then thought about Xiao Jingrui's character, he knew that what he said was true, and he looked a little embarrassed.
"I really don't know that His Royal Highness Prince Jing is here," Mei Changsu slowly stood up and saluted, "Fei Liu offended you just now, please forgive me."
Xiao Jingrui hurriedly stepped forward and introduced: "His Royal Highness King Jing, this is Mr. Su Zhesu."
King Xiao Jingyan, the seventh prince of the emperor, is thirty-one years old this year. He is a young man with a long body and a handsome body. His appearance is not much different from that of his brothers. It is just because he has been in charge of soldiers all the year round, the royal family has a little more fortitude in addition to the noble spirit. The skin on his face and hands is not as delicate as other princes have maintained. Hearing Su Zhe's name, he didn't show any special expression, probably just for Xiao Jingrui's solemn introduction, he politely returned the gift.
Instead, it was Mei Changsu who looked at him more seriously and carefully under his indifferent expression.
"Is Tingsheng a member of His Royal Highness Prince Jing's mansion?" Xiao Jingrui asked immediately after inviting the guests to be seated.
"... uh... no..." King Jing looked a little embarrassed, as if he didn't know how to say it, "Ting Sheng is now... living in Yeyou Courtyard..."
"Yu You Ting?" Xiao Jingrui didn't even think about this place, he blurted out, "Isn't that the place where the exile and punished Gong Slave lived? He is so young, what crime did he commit to be imprisoned there?"
Tingsheng's lips were pressed into lines as hard as iron, and there was no blood on his face.
"He was detained with his mother and was born there." King Jing knew that even if he didn't say it, Xiao Jingrui could easily find it out, so he said quickly, "If there's nothing wrong, let him go back. According to palace rules, people cannot spend the night outside, and his mother must be very anxious now..."
"You know his mother?" Xiao Jingrui actually knew that he shouldn't ask more, but he couldn't contain his curiosity. Jing Wang Zhengfei passed away many years ago, and now he only has two side concubines who are married, and there is no concubine. Compared with other princes who are full of flowers, he is really an anomaly. Maybe it is because he has a special liking and falls in love with one The guilty palace slave, think a little further, this child may be...
Thinking of this, Xiao Jingrui felt that his imagination was in danger of approaching Yan Yujin, so he hurriedly grabbed it and smiled a little embarrassedly.
King Jing is a few years older, has a lot of experience, and is smart. He can tell where Xiao Jingrui is thinking at a glance, but he does not intend to clarify. He also accidentally discovered the existence of Tingsheng a few years ago. At that time, the child was tortured in an inhuman form. Although he used his power over the years to prevent him from being beaten, he couldn't completely shelter him. . Therefore, every time I leave Beijing to patrol the border, I will inevitably worry about it. It’s not been a few days since I returned to Beijing this time. I was busy handing over some affairs in the Ministry of War, and finally came down to see him when I was free, but I heard that one of his companions in the court said that he had caused trouble on the street, so he hurriedly inquired about him. Save him, luckily nothing happened.
"Breaking into the Hou's Mansion, this king is reckless. I will come to apologize another day." King Jing stopped talking, got up and gave Tingsheng a wink, "It's getting late, so let's say goodbye first..."
Before he could finish speaking, Mei Changsu coughed suddenly. At first, he seemed to be suppressing it with great force. Later, the cough became worse and worse, as if he was about to tear his internal organs to pieces. The veins on his forehead burst out, oozing out like soybeans. The size of the cold sweat. Although Xiao Jingrui had been with him for many days, he had never seen him cough like this, and he was immediately flustered. He rushed over to pat him on the back, but it was completely useless. When he wiped his sweat with a towel, he felt his forehead was hot and his cheeks were hot. But it was cold, and he was even more busy, calling someone to ask for a doctor with a loud voice. Even Fei Liu rushed over, hugging Mei Changsu's trembling body, speechless like a frightened child, only screaming "Ah, ah".
After a long time, Mei Changsu slowly calmed down and slightly removed the handkerchief that was covering his mouth. With a flash of dazzling bloodstains, he was caught in it. Xiao Jingrui saw it long ago, and his heart felt sad for a while, but he didn't say it. He just whispered in his ear: "Brother Su, do you want to take a pill of Mr. Xun's medicine?"
"No need." Mei Changsu adjusted his breath with a sigh of relief, and showed a smile to Fei, "I'm just coughing, Fei Liu is not afraid, Fei Liu can help Brother Su beat his back at night..."
"Flying beats the back!"
"Yeah, if we fly and beat our backs, Brother Su will have nothing..."
King Jing has been watching from the side. It's not good to go, and it's not good to not go. Seeing Su Zhe calm down at this time, he hurriedly stepped forward and greeted him slowly: "Why is Mr. Su sick?"
Mei Changsu slowly rolled his eyes and found Tingsheng who was staring blankly with wide eyes, smiled at him, and beckoned: "Tingsheng, come here."
Tingsheng glanced at Prince Jing, although he didn't quite understand, he still walked slowly to the bench.
"Tingsheng, are you willing to let me teach you to study?"
Tingsheng was startled and didn't know how to answer for a while. King Jing frowned and said, "Mr. Su, Tingsheng is from Ye Youting..."
"I know," Mei Changsu had probably coughed too hard just now, and there was still a layer of moist moisture in his eyes, but his eyes became even hotter because of this, "I just ask you, would you like it? "
Tingsheng's chest rose and fell sharply. For some reason, he suddenly felt that this must be an opportunity, so he gritted his teeth, raised his chest, and said loudly, "I do!"
"Okay," Mei Changsu's pale face smiled deeper, reaching out to hold the child's hand in his palm, "You go back first. I will definitely find a way to bring you to my side."