Peace Order-Chapter 1633 - 39: Auspicious Winds and Prince Qin’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony
Three days ago.
"Get out, get out!"
The luxurious cup shattered on the ground, spilling its fine wine everywhere. The attendants cleaned up and exited the room, leaving Li Yuanchang alone. His breathing was rapid, conveying a sense of confusion and helplessness.
Ever since his sister seized the position of Xiyi City’s master.
The entire Xiyi City seemed to have changed dramatically.
His elder brother discovered his actions and nearly stopped meeting him from that day onwards. Even when he personally brought gifts to meet, his brother would not see him, but would accept the gifts.
He had believed that his elder brother accepting the gifts meant there was still a chance for reconciliation between them.
However, he soon realized that the gifts he had given to his brother appeared at Prince Qin’s place. Li Jianwen gave all the things he got from him entirely to Prince Qin, and Prince Qin’s attitude towards Li Jianwen became increasingly lenient.
Although Li Jianwen was not an outstanding hero of his time, under Li Shude’s cultivation, he had participated in various affairs of Xiyi City for over a decade and was considered a leader of his generation.
Unlike Li Yuanchang.
Li Yuanchang deeply resented his elder brother’s ruthlessness and second sister’s indifference.
He felt that between heaven and earth, they had no familial affection, had abandoned him. He ran to his father, crying and lamenting, clutching his father’s legs, sobbing about being his son, questioning how feelings could be so disregarded.
Li Shude held him and wept, saying the bloodline was limited, that he felt the pain too.
Yet after Li Yuanchang left, he immediately favored those favored concubines he married for power alliance, with three pregnancies within the past half-year, and several singers and dancers suspected to have also been compromised by the old man.
Increased the bloodline forcibly.
Li Yuanchang’s face turned green.
Li Shude was also a remarkable figure in his youth, able to carry thirty arrows to quell rebellions, trusted by Jiang Wanxiang to expand the influence of Xiyi City, someone more mature compared to the young Li Zhaowen.
Li Yuanchang went several times, cried and threw fits, and each time Li Shude comforted him with tears, only to turn his back and increase his efforts to create descendants, clearly unwilling to engage him.
Li Yuanchang felt there was no place for him in this boundless world, coupled with Li Zhaowen not blaming him at all, giving him whatever he wanted, yet not meeting him and severely restricting his movements, leaving him with a sense of inexplicable oppression.
Although there was only one thing—
Li Zhaowen told him he was to be sent to the Western Regions to Yan Daiqing.
Before, Li Yuanchang didn’t care at all, even cursed, saying not to think he would be afraid or yield just because Yan Daiqing was mentioned; he would definitely not be afraid or bow his head!
Half a year ago, he was such a character.
But three months ago, a huge shadow had already appeared, occasionally pausing during drinking sessions, whenever someone mentioned Yan Daiqing or words associated with these three characters, Li Yuanchang would suddenly burst into great anger.
A moment ago, he was laughing and chatting, the next moment he overturned the table.
The dishes and wine on the table crashed to the floor.
No one could eat.
A month ago, he was already anxious and restless, unable to sleep through the nights, just staring at the ceiling, losing a lot of weight within a month.
On this day, unable to bear it anymore, he faced rejection when he tried to see Li Shude, his mental state became chaotic, desperate, turning from despair to irritability, then to self-destruction, heading to his usual banquet place, spending lavishly, drinking heavily, seeking to numb himself.
In his stupor, he heard a soft voice say: "Young master, young master..."
Li Yuanchang hazily opened his eyes, seeing a stunning beauty before him, her expression supple and worried, eyes glimmering with tears, sincerely said: "Young master, how can such a noble person harm himself here?"
"Seeing it, I feel sad..."
Li Yuanchang said: "You, you are..."
He suddenly became self-destructive: "You, noble, haha, what do you know, what do you know? What nobility! The old man does not save me, my brother does not see me, the bloodline, familial affection, and the natural order of humanity, they don’t care anymore, they don’t want me anymore!"
"Second sister, that vile woman!"
Li Yuanchang’s expression turned fierce, saying: "She actually helps outsiders, against her own brother. I’m her own brother, yet she, she wants to give me to the Western Regions Yan Daiqing, to that poison warrior!"
"She wants me to live with no hope, and die with no possibility."
"Even animals know to care for their bloodline and family; she is even worse than an animal!"
Li Yuanchang is drunk, his face flushed from intoxication, he grabbed the singer’s wrist so forcefully that she was in pain, her eyes reddened with worry, comforting him for a long time. After Li Yuanchang vented his emotions, he became weak and despondent:
"What’s the use of talking to you? What’s the use of telling you?"
"Prince Qin has already left."
"I’m about to be sent to Jiangnan, sent to Jiangnan, never to return..."
The beautiful woman said: "Young master, the heavenly phenomenon protects noble ones, perhaps misfortune can turn into fortune; one should not belittle oneself and become a laughingstock to others..." She served wine to Li Yuanchang, who drunkenly drank it all, continuously emptying the jug.
"More, the wine, the wine... cough cough cough cough..."
Li Yuanchang suddenly coughed violently, his expression changed, staring at the beautiful woman in gauzy clothes, graceful, his eyes flashed with panic and fierceness, saying: "You?!!!"
