It was the beginning of spring, Zhou Xu was weak and a little afraid of the cold, but when he saw a cold plum blooming in the corner of the wall, he couldn't help but look at it a few more times, and when he went to Zhou Yang's yard, his hands and feet were a little bit It's cold.
Zhou Yang looked at Zhou Xu reproachfully, and then at Cuiyun Cuixue reproachfully. In the end, he had no choice but to boil soup for Zhou Xu to drive away the cold.
Following behind his elder brother, Zhou Xu felt very comfortable, especially Zhou Yang's appearance really made people feel warm. His brows were bright, the corners of his lips were slightly raised, and there was a three-point smile even if he didn't smile. His face was also a little pale , this is probably because he himself does not like to bask in the sun.
In fact, apart from being dumb, there was nothing wrong with Zhou Yang's health, but he was quiet and didn't like to go out, so General Zhou didn't see him a few times throughout the year, and he almost forgot about him as the eldest son over time.
Zhou Xu followed Zhou Yang and watched him cook. Zhou Yang pushed him back to the house unwillingly, because General Zhou disliked Zhou Yang very much. "A gentleman stays away from the kitchen", so Zhou Yang was even less treated by General Zhou.
There was no other way, Zhou Xu could only wait in the room, and after a while, Zhou Yang came back with a small pot of warm cold-dispelling soup.
He helped Zhou Xu fill it up, put it in front of Zhou Xu, and signaled Zhou Xu to drink it quickly, but after Zhou Xu took a sip, his face immediately wrinkled, "Bitter."
Zhou Yang smiled slightly, and took out a candied date. Zhou Xu was helpless, because the original owner liked candied dates very much, so every time he took medicine, he always had to eat a candied date.
After drinking the bitter medicine in one gulp, Zhou Xu took the candied dates handed over by Zhou Yang, tasted it slowly, and felt less tired.
Smiling slightly, Zhou Xu said, "Brother, I brought you a lot of snacks, let's see if there is anything you like."
Zhou Yang looked at the food box that Zhou Xu brought, flicked it lightly on Zhou Xu's forehead, and shook his hand, which meant that Zhou Xu should not bring him any more food in the future.
"I like to bring it to you. By the way, brother, let me feel the pulse."
Zhou Yang looked at Zhou Xu suspiciously, and Zhou Xu had no choice but to explain, "Because I have fallen in love with medicine recently."
Zhou Yang reluctantly put his wrist in front of Zhou Xu. At first, Zhou Xu thought that his elder brother might be born with no law, but later he discovered that his elder brother was simply a sequela of being poisoned.
Zhou Xu's frown became tighter and tighter, how can the toxin be completely eliminated, and who made his elder brother poisonous
Having experienced too many worlds, Zhou Xu knows that people's hearts are the most difficult to guess, especially if that person is determined to play a role.
Seeing Zhou Xu's frown, Zhou Yang looked at Zhou Xu suspiciously, meaning to ask what's wrong.
Smiling slightly, Zhou Xuye's bright eyebrows and eyes looked even more beautiful on his pale face, "It's nothing, you are in very good health."
Zhou Yang shook his head helplessly and dotingly, thinking that his younger brother had no medical skills at all, and he was just playing with himself.
The two laughed and quarreled for a long time. Before leaving, Zhou Xu asked his father and mother if they had visited him. Zhou Yang shook his head, as if he didn't care.
Zhou Xu couldn't say anything, so he could only leave. Before he left, he ordered Zhou Yang the salmon with pine nuts for the second day's dinner. Xu did a good job.
Leaving the elder brother's yard, Zhou Xu frowned again. The elder brother's poison is not easy to cure, and he needs two very special medicinal materials: iceberg snow lotus and deep sea dragon silk.
Bingshan snow lotus is too precious, and it is usually hard to come by. He has to find a way, after all, even if he finds it, the price is not something that can be won with a few taels of silver.
Deep-sea dragon silk is even rarer. This is actually a deep-sea plant. It is called dragon silk because it is too rare.
In fact, Zhou Xu found it quite strange that his father didn't like his elder brother because he was hypocritical, why did his mother rarely come to see his elder brother
Obviously he is his own child, and obviously Zhou Yang has nothing wrong with him other than being dumb. Even if he likes to cook, in this relatively enlightened era, it is not possible for his mother to be so indifferent to his son, right
Forget it, don't think about it, Zhou Xu decided to think about the two medicines first.
Zhou Xu searched for Bingshan Snow Lotus and Deep Sea Dragon Silk for three years. During these three years, he was still the arrogant second-generation ancestor, but he didn't bully Zhou Zonghan much, because he was really too lazy to bully, but Zhou Zonghan did not know why. It's not as thorny as before, and after three years, he looks like a gentle man.
This is a bit different from the original plot, because in the original world, Zhou Zonghan hated Zhou Xu more and more, but now Zhou Zonghan first hates himself, second, his father, and third, his mother.
Zhou Xu's ignorance made Zhou Zonghan even more depressed, because he found that Zhou Xu didn't even care about bullying him, and he completely ignored it.
Three years later, at Zhou Xu's eighteenth birthday banquet, Zhou Zonghan met Qi Lan. From that moment on, he found that his life had meaning. He wanted to marry Qi Lan. Try to marry such a noble woman.
In fact, this world is not in any era in history. It is relatively more enlightened. Women can go out to meet guests, and they can also eat at the table. The status of businessmen is not that low. You can still marry into an official family or a businessman, and the titles in this world are not inheritable, that is to say, it is impossible for General Zhou’s King Zhenxi to be passed on to Zhou Xu or Zhou Yang, but the king can confer other titles on the son of King Zhenxi, As for whether to seal it or not, it depends on the king's intention.
Originally, the prime minister intended to betroth his granddaughter Qi Lan to Zhou Xu, so on his birthday, he brought Qi Lan to the banquet.
Zhou Xu was not in good health, so he sat slantingly at the side. When Qi Lan came in, the corners of his eyes twitched slightly, knowing that this was the so-called heroine.
The appearance is indeed first-class, with perfect eyebrows, apricot face and peach cheeks, double pupils cut water, lotus in every step, it's a pity, her eyes almost look straight at Zhou Zonghan.
Although this world is relatively enlightened, it is still an ancient world after all, women can go out, but it is inappropriate to stare at a man so directly.
With a light cough, Zhou Xu stood up and bowed, and said, "Cough, Prime Minister Qi is good."
The white-haired and white-browed Prime Minister Qi pulled his granddaughter for a moment, and then Qi Lan greeted Zhou Xu with a slight blessing, but all the people in the corners of their eyes and brows were looking at Zhou Zonghan, who was next to Zhou Xu.
General Zhou’s name was Zhou Yong, Zhou Xu’s father, and he couldn’t stand it anymore, so he said to Prime Minister Qi jokingly: “Prime Minister Qi, your granddaughter is really beautiful, come on, Qi Lan, right? , I have a pair of white jade finger rings here, they are not good things, but they can be worn by both men and women, so I will give them to you."
Prime Minister Qi secretly pulled Qi Lan again, and then she took over Zhou Yong's jade finger, and began to concentrate on doing a good job, becoming her own lady.
Zhou Xu was amused in his heart, it’s true that Qi Lan traveled from the modern age, and it’s true that she has the straightforwardness and innocence of a modern woman, but after all, living in such an era, breaking the stereotypes cannot be done in a day or two, besides, she It's just been put on, if it gets out, and she flirts with other men as soon as she goes out, her reputation will probably be ruined.
Zhou Zonghan also glanced at Qi Lan intentionally or unintentionally, she is really too beautiful, every frown and smile is full of amorous feelings, that kind of amorous feelings is completely different from his biological mother, like a wisp of fragrance, Zhou Zonghan can't forget it for a long time.
General Zhou had a great status in the court, so naturally many dignitaries came, and when the banquet was about to end, the crown prince also came.
Since the prince came, it meant to win over General Zhou, that is, because he knew this, the prince was more high-profile, so that at least the other princes would not want to fight General Zhou.
In fact, in the previous life, because of Zhou Xu's poor health, he went back early and did not see the prince. However, in this life, Zhou Xu felt that it would be good to be wooed by him.
Sitting leisurely, watching Zhou Zonghan and Qi Lan secretly flirting there, Zhou Xu thought it was quite interesting.
When the prince came, most of the guests had already gone back, and Zhou Xu was a little lazy. Zhou Zonghan was probably the only one who was energetic at the scene.
Zhou Xu was squinting his eyes halfway, when suddenly a person fell into his eyes, that person was dressed in the prince's regular clothes, he looked out of the world, as if he was not a mortal person, but he just fell into the mortal world, when he looked straight at him with a pair of eagle eyes, Zhou Xu felt that this person was the only one left in front of him.
Everyone knelt down to greet him, and Zhou Xu naturally had to kneel too. The man said softly, "I am the one who came uninvited, you all get up quickly."
Zhou Xu stood up, but thought in his heart, this prince is really funny, he obviously waited for everyone to worship without saying anything, and he said this again after everyone finished their worship, his feelings are really going through the motions.
The crown prince handed over the gift. General Zhou and Prime Minister Qi went to the study to talk with the crown prince. Zhou Xu didn’t talk to the crown prince, but he had met him. He was tired even if he was in a good mood. The banquet broke up with an excuse.
Because Qi Lan was with Prime Minister Qi, she couldn't go back for the time being, so He Yanfei asked a few people to accompany her, and asked him to visit the General's Mansion. Qi Lan was not polite, and directly asked Zhou Zonghan to accompany her, of course Zhou Zonghan was happy He Yanfei didn't stop him either.
He went to see his elder brother first, and then Zhou Xu returned to his yard. When he returned, he happened to meet Qi Lan and Zhou Zonghan who were walking in the night.
"Brother Zhou, don't think so. Everyone is born equal. Even if you are a bastard, you are still a human being. As long as you are a human being, you are the same. Although I am the prime minister's granddaughter, I don't think I am much nobler than those maids. , you, your two older brothers, we are all equal."
"You really think so?"
"Of course, Brother Zhou, I liked you very much when I saw you. In fact, my grandfather asked me to come to let me meet Zhou Xu, but how could I like his lazy appearance?"
"Prime Minister Zuo wants you to marry Zhou Xu? Absolutely not. Zhou Xu is cruel by nature. He once beat my mother to serious injury. How can you marry such a bastard."
"Is he like this?"
"Not only that, he is arrogant, narrow-minded, and unmotivated. What he does all day long is nothing more than horse-fighting, and he cannot match you."
Hehe, Zhou Xu was overjoyed, but before Zhou Xu could utter a word, a cold and alienated voice sounded: "It's the villain's job to talk about people's right and wrong behind their backs."
Both Zhou Zonghan and Qi Lan were shocked, because the person who spoke was the present prince Zuo Mingtao.