noffsinger Chapter 384 Look at this, why are you in such a hurry?
Chapter 384 Look at this, why are you in such a hurry?
The instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm has always been human nature. Although Fourteen did not know who Fish Leong was, he knew that his attitude just now seemed to have been a bit too arrogant.
"Look at you, why are you getting so worked up? Sixth Brother, I was just joking with you. How could I dare to actually go to Mother and complain about you? If I did, I'd be the first one to get a beating. Sixth Brother, you know I've never won a complaint against you since I was a kid."
As the saying goes, even if you don't care about the monk, you should care about the Buddha. Even if the Fourteenth Prince is Xiong's younger brother, Yinzhuo naturally wouldn't really hold it against him. Upon hearing this, he simply beckoned to the Fourteenth Prince, and after the Fourteenth Prince came closer, he slapped him on the back of the head, and that was the end of that matter.
If you were to ask who would be happiest to see the Fourteenth Prince return, it would undoubtedly be Consort De. As the saying goes, a mother worries when her son travels a thousand miles. Although Consort De scolds the Fourteenth Prince for his recklessness every day, he is still the son she raised from childhood. After being away for several years, she naturally couldn't help but miss him.
"Fourteen, you're finally back! Come here, stand closer to your mother, let her take a good look at you."
Fourteen hadn't seen his mother for several years, and now that he finally saw her, he was naturally overjoyed. He was just about to rush over and give his mother a long-awaited hug when she spoke, but then he stopped in his tracks. Wait, why did his mother's words sound so familiar? It was as if he had heard them before at Qingxi Study...
Yinzhuo and Consort De are mother and son. To say that they have no similarities is pure self-deception. For example, have you ever seen a kind person welcome someone by dragging them over and beating them up? But today, the Fourteenth Prince witnessed it twice.
“Mother, I don’t mind if you pinch my cheeks, but you can’t go too far. I’m a prince now, after all. It would be so embarrassing if I went out with a monkey’s bottom on my head…”
Yinzhuo, who always loved watching a good show, saw that Consort De seemed to really intend to let the Fourteenth Prince go, so he quickly walked over to Consort De and started fanning his mother.
"Fourteenth, what you're saying isn't right. As the saying goes, filial piety is the most important virtue. So what if you're a prince? What about our fourth brother, who's the crown prince? If your mother wants to pinch his cheeks, he'll have to stand here obediently and offer his face to your mother so she can pinch it. Mother, you must be tired from standing here for so long. Come, sit down and rest for a while. Fourteenth, come here and squat down. Mother, please don't be shy, pinch my cheeks for as long as you want..."
Hey, look how generous you are. What's wrong, Sixth Brother? You're really going all out against me, huh? But like I said, if Fourteenth Brother had any ideas, he wouldn't be completely helpless. There are four people in Fourteenth Brother's family, and he's the fifth in line. Even if he wanted to rebel, he'd need the ability, wouldn't he?
"Sixth Brother, you are heartless, cold-hearted, and unreasonable. I will never talk to you again."
To be honest, if the Fourteenth Prince were still the fair-skinned and delicate Fourteenth Prince before, Yinzhuo might have really let him off the hook with his coquettishness. But the problem is that the Fourteenth Prince ignored his current appearance, which is like that of an African native. If a burly Li Kui stood here and said to you, "Brother, I, Tie Niu, will never talk to you again," do you think Song Jiang would want to let him go?
Yinzhu was so startled by the Fourteenth Prince's sudden display of Qiong Yao-like charisma that he nearly dropped the cup in his hand on his face. After finally calming himself down, he put the teacup on the table and pointed to the empty seat next to him, indicating that the Fourteenth Prince should sit down.
"Fourteen, you can talk, but can't we be a little more normal? Do you know what I was thinking when you were acting all cute and clingy with that Li Kui face on me?"
To be honest, Fourteenth Brother didn't want to know at all. After all, even a fool could tell that what he was about to say was not nice. But since Sixth Brother had already said that, he obviously wouldn't allow the answer "no".
"I don't know, so Sixth Brother, what were you thinking about just now?"
Yinzhuo was clearly very satisfied with the Fourteenth Prince's sensible and cooperative attitude. He first got up, walked to the Fourteenth Prince, stood in front of him, stared at him for a while, then raised his hands, put them on the Fourteenth Prince's shoulders, patted him, and then spoke softly.
"Nothing, I just suddenly thought of a phrase—'What a pretentious guy...' Hahahaha~"
To be honest, a phrase suddenly popped into Fourteen's head—Get out of here, the farther the better…
Of course, it's impossible for Yinzhuo to roll away, never in this lifetime. And you know what? After this playful fight between Yinzhuo and the Fourteenth Prince, not only did the awkwardness and estrangement between the brothers disappear after a long time apart, but even the slightly agitated emotions of Consort De were calmed down by their laughter and joking.
Consort De and her son, the Fourteenth Prince, were finally reunited after a long separation. Naturally, she was reluctant to let her son go back so soon after finally seeing him. The mother and son chatted until lunchtime when Yinzhen arrived from the capital. Upon entering the room and seeing the Fourteenth Prince, who was as black as charcoal, he was stunned for a moment before recovering.
"My fourteenth brother has suffered a lot these past few years, but although he's gotten a bit darker, he looks much stronger than before..."
Compared to Yinzhuo's immediate banter, Yinzhen's behavior was perfectly normal. He first pulled the Fourteenth Prince to his side and looked him up and down, then patted the Fourteenth Prince on the shoulder and praised him a few times.
Fourteenth Prince is just a little potato who can't take praise at all. If Yinzhen hadn't praised him, he would have been fine, but once he did, well, he immediately soared to new heights. Yinzhen saw that Fourteenth Prince was obviously putting on airs again, but he was too lazy to pay attention to him. After all, today he and his mother were finally all together, and on such a happy day, he really didn't want to dampen the spirits of this silly Fourteenth Prince.
After the thirteenth and fourteenth princes returned, Emperor Kangxi, understanding the hardships his sons had endured abroad over the years, specially granted them a rather long vacation. Emperor Kangxi and Consort De were now living in Changchun Garden, and naturally, the two were unwilling to return to the capital so easily. So, after discussing it, the two moved into Yinzhuo's Shufeng Pavilion with large and small luggage the next day.
You ask if Yinzhi was angry that they were so outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant, acting first and reporting later? Well... he wasn't angry. As the saying goes, whether you raise one sheep or a flock of sheep, it's all the same. Anyway, Yinreng has already settled here and won't leave. Adding thirteen or fourteen more wouldn't be a big deal.
"Oh, Second Brother, you're here too! That's why we're brothers, we always think alike. It's so hot outside right now. If you're looking for the coolest place in or around the capital, I'm afraid besides Grandmother's Chunhui Hall and Father's Qingxi Study, it's probably Sixth Brother's place. Dexi, go get me a chair and a fishing rod. I saw Second Brother fishing and I want to try it..."