Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 353 Meeting at the Library Pavilion

Different from the decadence of the second beile, the elder brother and the fourth elder brother are studying hard, and even the third elder brother is eager to try.

It's a pity that he is weak and can't bother too much. Concubine Rong always sends people to persuade him to rest.

"Concubine Rong said, elder brother just needs to study properly, don't burn yourself out."

The third elder brother sat behind the desk and put down the book sullenly after hearing this.

"I won't talk about the eldest brother. The fourth brother is younger than me, and he studies so hard. How can I fall behind."

The eldest maid sent by Concubine Rong whispered: "Good elder brother, although the fourth elder brother is a little younger than you, he is very strong. Let's not compare with him. With the elder brother here, you can just play freely."

When the third elder brother heard that the eldest elder brother said this, he was overjoyed at first, and then stunned.

"Why must it be the eldest brother... can't I?"

The big palace maid was startled, looked around, and quickly covered the third brother's mouth.

"Good brother, you can't talk nonsense!"

Fortunately, there is no one around, if the elder brother hears this, something big will happen!

Brother San frowned unconvinced, "Why can't you say it? I can't even say it..."

He likes elder brother because Concubine Rong and Concubine Hui are friends, and he also regards elder brother as his brother from the same mother.

But as he got older, he was no longer the little brother who had no self and only knew to follow behind the big brother's ass.

He also sometimes thinks, why must he be attached to Big Brother?
Can't he study by himself, grow up by himself, and be that... attached person?
Every teenager will have a period of disobedience and rebellion. The grand lady is well aware of this truth, but she didn't expect that such a well-behaved child as the third elder brother would have this day.

Dude, you've grown up.

She squatted down slowly to the ground, and could clearly see all the expressions of the third elder brother sitting on the chair with his head bowed.

"Good brother, listen to me telling you slowly. You are still young now, and the eldest brother is the elder brother. Just let him fight for it. What are you doing in this muddy water?"

"What about the fourth brother? The fourth brother is even younger, so he can fight, right?!"

The third elder brother shouted these words almost with all his strength.

He didn't know what was wrong with him, he just had enough of himself.

Enough that I am not as good as the elder brother, the elder brother, or even the younger brother, the fourth elder brother.

He is useless.

On the one hand, he doesn't want to be attached to the eldest brother anymore, on the other hand, he envies the fourth elder brother, and he is also working hard to win.

And he himself lived in a muddle, losing the power he should have as an elder brother.

Even if Huang Ama didn't like him the most, and he wasn't the most talented, but at least he could compete, right?

Why did his mother-in-law decide for him, so that he didn't even have a chance to fight?
The eldest lady persuaded him to keep his voice down, and at the same time sent people out to check to see if the elder brother and the fourth elder brother were in the elder brother's office.

She was a little relieved when she learned that the two of them were not there.

The third elder brother looks like this, it seems that only Empress Rong can persuade her in person.

On the long corridor, the tall figure of the elder brother came alone, holding a scroll in his hand.

He walked more and more quietly, and finally walked outside a tall pagoda-shaped palace, turned his footsteps, and stepped into the palace garden.

The autumn wind suddenly picked up, and sparse yellow leaves fell in the empty palace garden.

Two little eunuchs were sweeping while bowing their bodies. One of them was sweeping and bumped his head against a person.

"Greetings to Big Brother."

The little eunuch was taken aback and hurriedly saluted.

Eldest brother didn't care, just said: "Excuse me, I'm here to look for books, I don't need to wait on you."

The little eunuch nodded repeatedly, "Yes."

This place is the Zangshu Pavilion, which houses many precious ancient books in the palace, and few people usually come to it.

After the elder brother walked in, another young eunuch came up and said to the one who bumped into the elder brother: "The Zangshu Pavilion is always deserted, it's a coincidence that one after another came here."

The little eunuch tapped him on the head, "You son of a bitch, you also arranged the affairs of my brothers!"

There are layers of tall bookshelves standing in the Library Pavilion. These bookshelves are all made of nanmu wood that has not been damaged for thousands of years. One is tall and thick, and it may not be possible for two or three men to push it down.

The little eunuch serving inside wanted to come forward to listen, but the elder brother waved him to go out, and then searched for books inside.

The little eunuch paused, as if he wanted to say something, but was waved by the elder brother and had to back out.

In the quiet Library Pavilion, sometimes there is a soft sound of flipping books.

This shelf did not find the book he wanted, so he walked slowly to the next shelf and continued searching.

Some books are hung with blue sticks, and there is a forbidden word written on it, most of which are some treasonous words, or books of romance and eroticism.

Some books are hung with vermilion sticks, and those are mostly Confucian classics such as the Analects of Confucius, Mencius, and Daxue Zhongyong.

He skipped the books and continued his search.

He has never been to this Zangshu Pavilion a few times, so he is not familiar with it.

After looking for several shelves, I finally saw the one with the bright yellow stick.

——It was a book annotated by the emperor's royal pen, most of which were policies for governing the country and good words to warn the world.

With a smile on his face, he walked towards that place.

Oncoming is the figure of the fourth elder brother.

He also held a volume of books in his hand, and his eyes scanned the bookshelves, searching for books.

The face is handsome, full of youthful spirit, although he is half a head shorter than himself, the momentum is already faintly waiting to be released.

The fourth elder brother was also taken aback when he saw him.

"Big brother."

"Fourth brother."

It was a bit embarrassing for them to meet each other like this.

The elder brother suddenly thought of the little eunuch just now, and looked like he wanted to say something.

It turned out that he wanted to tell himself that the fourth elder brother was also here.

He suddenly felt regretful, if he had known earlier, he would not have come in.

The fourth elder brother broke the deadlock by speaking first, "Is the elder brother also here to look for books? What are you looking for, I will find it for you."

"No need, I don't have anything to look for, just take a look."

Big brother covered up the past, no matter what he seemed to be trying to hide it.

The purpose of the two people is the same, and they both know each other clearly, but they still pretend not to know.

Time froze there, and the two stood in front of the bright yellow bookmark, silent.

The atmosphere gradually became weird.

The sound of the little eunuch sweeping the fallen leaves came from outside the pavilion, rustling and extremely quiet.

This time, Big Brother spoke first.

"The fourth brother has been running out recently and reading some books he has never seen before. It turned out that they were all found by the Zangshu Pavilion."

The fourth elder brother was taken aback.

He did often go to Zangshuge, and sometimes he would sit here and read for a whole day, and if he couldn't finish reading, he would take it back to Elder Brother's place to continue reading.

Probably because he didn't hide the book properly when he took it, and some talkative servant saw it and told the big brother?
They all live in elder brother's house, and they look down and see each other, and it is almost impossible to hide any secrets.

"Yeah, I didn't expect my elder brother to come, could it be..."

It's not like the elder brother came with him, right?

Impossible, even if he came in with him, he would not know the mystery of the Minghuang sign.

Sure enough, the eldest elder brother said: "Don't get me wrong. It was Huang Ama who told me before leaving to come to Zangshu Pavilion to read more books, especially... those with bright yellow sticks."

When the elder brother said this, he stood with his hands behind his back, looking confident.

Through his eyes, the fourth elder brother saw a kind of complacent emotion.

The fourth elder brother suddenly became a little confused.

The words the emperor gave him before he left clearly implied that he would become the crown prince, and he also asked him to read the books of Zi Zhi Tong Jian...

It was also the emperor's order to come to Zangshu Pavilion.

But only now did he know that the elder brother had also received such an order.

Does that mean that the emperor also hinted at Elder Brother?
He frowned, "Huang Ama, that's what you told me too."

The elder brother's eyes moved, and he seemed a little nervous, "Is it also Huang Ama who asked you to find the book signed by Ming Huang?"

The fourth elder brother didn't speak, but flipped the bottom of his hand, showing the bottom of the book he was holding in his hand for the eldest elder brother to read.

Under the book, there is a bright yellow stick hanging down.

The elder brother also showed his own book, the same bright yellow stick.

Now the two of them were stunned and looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

They looked at each other with suspicion and fear.

After a long time, the elder brother said slowly: "Does the general have any intentions?"

This sentence comes from "Longzhong Dui", Zhuge Liang asked Liu Bei, who was still a prince at the time, if he wanted to seize Jingzhou.

Now Big Brother asked him this way, meaning——

Do you want to sit on the crown prince?
The fourth elder brother understood what he meant, and said calmly: "Boss and I are not princes, and today we are not an incompetent Emperor of Han. Whether I intend to or not, I will follow Huang Ama's orders for everything."

Huang Ama wants him to be the crown prince, so he will do his part.

Huang Ama didn't want him to be the crown prince, so he obeyed obediently.

Eldest Brother didn't seem to believe his words, "You are talented, and you are deeply liked by Huang Ama. The Empress Defei is now an assistant in the harem, and her status is different from before. Do you dare to say that you don't have the slightest ambition?"

On the contrary, it was her mother-in-law, Concubine Hui, who used to live only under Concubine Tong in the palace, and even Concubine Tong did not dare to be rude to her.

Later, she became less and less sacred, and was trampled underfoot more and more...

Thinking of this, he couldn't help clenching his fists.

The fourth elder brother retorted: "How about ambition? So what if you don't have it? Could it be possible to kill the king and usurp the throne, and murder the brother?"

The elder brother was left speechless by his question, and stared at him blankly.

He uttered such taboo words boldly, which shows that he is honest in his heart and has no secrets.

This made the elder brother think of Chen Wenxin, she was very kind to the elder brothers, taught them everything she had learned, and never kept any secrets.

Even though she was only taking mathematics classes, she also took the initiative to talk about history and water conservancy to them, and often told them what she had seen and heard during the southern tour and the emperor's thoughts on governing the country.

She didn't seem to think at all that those things should be left to her own children, or to her elder brother who has the best relationship with her.

The fourth elder brother speaks frankly like this, he really resembles Chen Wenxin.

No wonder, among these elder brothers, she likes fourth elder brother the most.

(End of this chapter)