The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 24 Scandal in the Prince's Mansion
The fourth brother hasn't arrived yet. If the thirteenth brother, who has a word engraved on his head and is a favorite of the prince, doesn't take the initiative to find something to do, he will just sit on the bench and no one will talk to him.

The current situation is that the eldest brother is eager to see the prince die early, the third brother and the thirteenth brother are mortal enemies, and the fifth brother has gone out to welcome guests.

The Seventh Brother, who was born with a crippled leg, was a loner and never liked to talk to anyone. The Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Fourteenth Brothers were all in different enemy camps with the Thirteenth Brother, and they had nothing to say to each other.

Alas, poor Old Thirteen, he can only hide behind the tiny Old Sixteen and talk in private.

However, the Sixteenth Brother had not yet figured it out and only understood vaguely what was said, causing the Thirteenth Brother to waste a lot of time and effort.

It was still early for the banquet to start, so Yinyu sat for a while and then led the Sixteenth Prince out the door without saying hello.

Anyway, they are all insignificant little things and no one pays attention to them.

However, as soon as Yinyou went out, the Thirteenth Prince followed him out.

"Fifteenth brother, why are you running away so quickly?" The Thirteenth Brother was extremely shameless and insisted on squeezing together with Yinyou and the others.

Yinyu also knew that Thirteenth Brother was in an awkward situation, so he smiled and said, "To be honest with you, Thirteenth Brother, Sixteenth Brother and I are both restless and like to walk around and take a look."

So the three of them walked together into the back garden.

The back garden of the Fifth Prince's Mansion covers a very large area, with beautiful scenery of lakes and mountains.

Yinyou and his three companions were walking and talking, but suddenly they found that the road ahead was blocked by a curtain and they were obviously unable to pass.

Today, the fifth brother hosted a banquet for guests, including royal relatives and noble female relatives.

In order to avoid scandal, Lao Wu made special arrangements.

The women went to the west courtyard, the men stayed in the east courtyard, and the back garden was separated by a curtain to prevent men and women from mixing together and causing any unpleasant incidents.

Since there was no way out, Yinyou and the other two climbed up a rockery beside the road and sat in the pavilion.

As soon as they sat down, they saw the maids from the Fifth Prince's Mansion bringing tea sets, fruits, steamed buns and other items, and quickly setting them out.

Old Thirteen couldn't help but smile and praise: "The servants in Fifth Brother's house are all well-educated and know the rules very well."

Yinyu nodded and said, "I heard that Fifth Brother has always been very strict in managing the household. The rules in the mansion are very strict, and the servants never dare to do anything wrong."

At this moment, Lao Shiliu suddenly raised his hand and pointed in a certain direction outside the pavilion, and said in surprise: "What is that?"

Yinyou looked in the direction that Old Sixteen pointed and was surprised to see that on the side of the women separated by the curtain, there was a pair of adulterers hiding behind the vines, hugging each other and doing something shameful.

Without having time to think, Yinyou grabbed the Sixteenth Prince's arm and pulled him down with great force.

When Old Thirteen put down the teacup in his hand and looked around, he didn't see anything exciting.

"What are you doing?" The Thirteenth Prince looked at Yinyou and the Sixteenth Prince with suspicion.

Yinyu secretly pinched the Sixteenth Brother, smiled faintly, and explained: "It's nothing, Sixteenth Brother is dazzled."

The Thirteenth Prince looked deeply at Yinyou, then glanced at the Sixteenth Prince, opened his mouth, but swallowed the words back.

Whether in the palace or among the wealthy families outside, the more you know, the easier it is to get into trouble.

After the fourth brother arrived, he sent someone to find the thirteenth brother.

After the Thirteenth Brother disappeared, Yinyu waved his hand to dismiss the servants in the pavilion. Because the Sixteenth Brother could no longer hold back. As expected, after there were no outsiders in the pavilion, the Sixteenth Brother could not help but ask Yinyu: "Brother, why did you stop me?"

Yinyu explained calmly, "If you were the one who exposed this scandal in Fifth Brother's house, how could you ever come to visit Fifth Brother's house again in the future?"

The Sixteenth Prince was not a stupid child. After hearing Yinyou’s explanation, he immediately understood.

Seeing that the Sixteenth Prince was silent, Yinyu struck while the iron was hot and reminded him, "Listen carefully, the water inside and outside the palace is very deep. Those who do the ugly things will certainly not end well, and those who expose the ugly things will definitely not end well. If the couple is the relatives of the fifth brother, his face will be completely destroyed."

Old Sixteen was a smart child. He immediately stuck out his tongue, looking lucky that he hadn’t gotten into trouble.

"Thanks to my brother for reminding me in time."

"You are my biological brother, why do you have to say such nonsense?" Yinyou raised his hand unhappily and patted the Sixteenth Old Man's arm lightly.

The Sixteenth Old Man grinned, then lowered his voice and asked Yinyu curiously, "Can a woman be in the front and a man in the back also get things done?"

Yinyu couldn't help laughing, and while he was in a good mood, he whispered, "The princesses who are trying out marriages all bring colored picture albums. When the time comes, you can study them and you will understand everything."

"Hmph, you just know how to bully me because I'm young." The Sixteenth Prince stayed with Yinyu all day long. How could he not know that Yinyu liked to be mysterious?

Judging from the sky, it’s almost time to serve the banquet.

However, what Yinyou did not expect was that the fifth brother actually abandoned many distinguished guests and came to the pavilion specifically to talk and chat with them.

"Fifteenth brother, sixteenth brother, I'm really sorry. I invited you to be my guests, but I couldn't find the time to talk to you. I really deserve to be beaten."

As soon as they met, Lao Wu took the initiative to bow and apologize repeatedly.

"Oh, Fifth Brother, you are too polite. We are both impatient and we are sorry to have worried you."

Hey, the fifth brother has given enough face, what else can Yinyou complain about?

After sitting down, Lao Wu smiled and said, "I am sorry that you guys spent so much money on my son, the Second Prince's full moon celebration. I am very upset."

The Sixteenth Prince's gift was just following the trend. It was obvious that the Fifth Prince was talking to Yinyou.

In order to avoid embarrassment for the guests, nowadays when entertaining guests and giving gifts, the popular practice is to hand over the gift list to the receptionist at the front gate, and then send the gifts into the house through the back door and give them to the hostess for counting.

The younger brothers in the palace are all short of money because of the heavy burden of rewards, and it is impossible for the fifth brother not to know this.

Among the royal families, the prince with an annual salary of 10,000 taels of silver lived the most comfortable life. The next best was the county prince with an annual salary of 6,000 taels of silver.

"Look, my servant just brought back some good horses from the Khalkha grassland. Let's go and take a look?" Lao Wu couldn't stay for long, so he just spoke frankly.

Old Sixteen was so happy that he couldn't stop grinning, and urged, "Then let's go and take a look."

Yinyou understood immediately what Laowu meant. He knew that there were too many guests today and he was too busy to leave, so he neglected them and wanted to give each of them a good horse.

For ordinary people, it is difficult to get a fine horse from the Mongolian grasslands, even if they spend a lot of money.

The fifth brother was different, he never lacked Mongolian horses, because he had been raised by the Empress Dowager since he was a child, and had an extremely close relationship with the princes and ministers of Mongolia.

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