The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 25: The Evil Wind Rages

Chapter 25: The Evil Wind Rages
"Fifth brother, how can I let you spend so much money? No, no!" Yinyou was very tactful and waved his hands to refuse.

The Chinese language art is profound and its prominent features are: ambiguity and never telling the truth.

For example, if a guest comes with a gift, the host will definitely say, "It's okay if you come empty-handed. Why be so polite?"

However, if you really come empty-handed without any gifts, the host will complain privately: You really don't know the rules.

Yinyou and the Sixteenth Prince were nothing and had done no favors to the Fifth Prince. Why should they accept the horse given by the Fifth Prince?
Old Sixteen also came to his senses and quickly chimed in, "Yes, yes, Fifth Brother, how can I take away your beloved things?"

Lao Wu waved his hand and said in an unusually casual manner: "They are just two ponies, not worth much. Let's go and take a look together."

Yinyou wanted to refuse, but unexpectedly, Laowu glared at him and said angrily: "Why, do you think nothing of my horses?"

Hey, now that things have come to this, what else can Yinyou say?

Yinyou and the Sixteenth Prince followed the Fifth Prince to the horse farm. Wow, there were so many fine horses!

The Sixteenth Prince originally wanted to choose the majestic Qinghua Cong, but Yinyou stopped him with a look.

Under pressure from Yinyou, the Sixteenth Prince only chose a two-year-old stallion.

Yinyou himself chose a three-year-old mixed-colored horse.

Seeing that Yinyou and the Sixteenth Prince were not greedy people, the Fifth Prince couldn't help but nod secretly, knowing that he had not chosen the wrong person.

After presenting the horse, Lao Wu suddenly said meaningfully: "You are all very kind. You know that I care about face."

This statement has a double meaning!
Yinyou thought about it for a moment and then understood that they must have failed to expose the scandal in the pavilion and the fifth brother knew about it.

That’s right!

Otherwise, how could there be any reason to give benefits for no reason?
Before the meal officially started, the wet nurse brought out Hong Ang, who had just turned one month old.

The baby was still small and could not speak, but he did not cry or make a fuss under the coaxing of the wet nurse.

There were so many princes coming, and when it was Yinwei's turn to get closer, the baby suddenly started crying loudly.

In the blink of an eye, a large area of the wet nurse's clothes was wet.

"I'll take my leave." The wet nurse quickly knelt down to apologize, then quickly left with the baby in her arms.

Who would have thought that just as the wet nurse carried the baby out of the door, the eldest brother suddenly pretended to be surprised and said, "Did you see that this second prince looks a lot like the third brother?"

Hey, the fifth brother’s son looks like the third brother. Isn’t this a disguised accusation that the fifth brother’s woman is unfaithful and cheating on the fifth brother?
The third brother's face flushed red, and his lips trembled with anger. However, he was used to pretending to be a well-educated and elegant scholar, and he hesitated when the curse was on his lips.

Everyone has a gossipy heart.

However, the eldest, the third and the fifth are not ordinary princes, so who would dare to speak carelessly to them?
For a moment, the room was silent, and everyone held their breath, waiting to see the show.

The Sixteenth Prince disliked the eldest prince very much. He bit Yinyu's ear deliberately and whispered, "You have a bad mouth."

Yinyou didn't say anything, but just shook his head slightly, and hinted to the Sixteenth Prince with his eyes: Keep your mouth shut, don't talk nonsense, and be careful of what you say.

Lao Wu's expression changed again and again, but in the end, he suppressed his anger and said calmly, "I think this kid looks a lot like you, big brother."

Yinyou nodded secretly. The eldest brother was such a reckless man. On such a happy day, he was talking nonsense and had obviously offended the fifth brother.

However, before Mingzhu collapsed, the Big Uncle Party really had the strength to compete with the Second Uncle Party.

"It's really like me, that's good!" The eldest brother touched his nose awkwardly and had to resort to self-deprecating remedial measures.

When the banquet started, the men sat in the front hall, while the ladies sat in the back hall, separated by a large screen.

The big round table can only seat ten people at most, and they sit in order according to their rank.

In this way, the number of princes sitting at the seat of honor was exactly the tenth one.

The princes who sat at the same table with Yinyu were all empty princes without any title. Coincidentally, the Fourteenth Prince was right next to Yinyu.

The Fourteenth Prince glanced at Yinyou and suddenly sneered, "Fifteenth brother, you are also the son of the concubine, why do you favor one over the other?" Well, the Fourteenth Prince obviously wanted to stir up trouble. He deliberately ridiculed Yinyou and was close to the Fourth Prince, but didn't pay much attention to him.

Yinyu said calmly, "Fourteenth brother, look at what you said, we are all brothers, why differentiate between us?"

The Fourteenth Prince could not find any flaws in Yinyou's words, so he had to give up in disappointment.

When it comes to Lao Wu's place, what is served on the table must be the famous mare's milk wine from the Mongolian grasslands.

Yinyou had drunk mare's milk before, but he really couldn't get used to it, mainly because it had a lingering smell of mutton, which seriously affected the taste.

In wealthy families, the dishes are served first and then the guests are seated, which is in line with the rules of bannermen's banquets.

The mare's milk wine was not very good, but the Shandong cuisine chef here at Laowu was really skilled in cooking, and Yinyou found it quite delicious.

Nowadays, in the capital city, all the restaurants, eateries and restaurants in the streets and alleys serve Shandong cuisine.

To be honest, the Suzhou dishes served by Li Xu did not contain natural MSG and were rather sweet in taste, so Yinyou really couldn't get used to them.

Everyone at the two tables was short of money, but none of them was short of food or drink.

To be frank, the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs had the guts to deduct the daily supplies of the princesses. However, they would never dare to shortchange the princes.

Because all the princes had to study in the Shangshufang, and Kangxi would often go there to check their homework.

If the secret was exposed and found out by Kangxi, someone in the Imperial Household Department would lose his head if his own sons were starving!

The Fourteenth Prince had evil intentions and wanted to take the opportunity to get Yinyou drunk.

However, after drinking three pots of wine, the fourteenth prince's face was already red, but Yinyou acted as if nothing had happened, drinking all the wine he could and accepting all the drinks.

After drinking two more bottles of wine, the Fourteenth Old Man finally got drunk and cursed the Fourth Old Man in an abnormally out-of-control manner: "I have never seen such an unfilial son as you!"

The fourth brother's face immediately turned red with anger. The fifth brother, seeing that the situation was not good, hurried over and, with the assistance of Yinwei, half pulled and half dragged the fourteenth brother away.

Originally, the fifth brother didn’t think too much about it and planned to just send the fourteenth brother to the carriage and go back to the palace directly.

Yinyu reminded quietly, "Fifth brother, Fourteenth brother has drunk quite a bit, you should find a place to rest for a while, and it won't be too late to leave after he drinks the sobering soup."

The fifth brother suddenly became alert and realized that if the fourteenth brother drank too much and got into an accident on the road, he would be responsible.

"Good brother, thanks to your reminder, I almost made a big mistake!" The fifth brother thanked him repeatedly, but Yinyou just smiled and declined.

There will be a grand banquet in the Prince's Mansion today, and hangover soup is a must.

Under the arrangement of the fifth brother, the fourteenth brother was helped into the west wing.

At this time, unexpectedly, the fourth child also squeezed in.

When the fourth brother saw the fourteenth brother lying on the kang and talking nonsense, he couldn't help but frowned, his face turned black with anger, and he stood by the kang without saying a word.

Soon, the servants from the Prince's Mansion brought a bowl of sobering soup.

The fifth brother was just about to reach out to take it, but unexpectedly, the fourth brother, who was quick-handed, took the bowl of soup first.

The fourth brother is the fourteenth brother's biological brother. He personally took care of his younger brother and gave him sobering soup. The fifth brother had nothing to say and could only step aside silently.

However, when the fourth brother sat down on the edge of the kang and just scooped up a spoonful of sobering soup with a spoon, the fourteenth brother slapped him with his backhand and knocked over the whole bowl of soup.

"Bang." Along with the sound of porcelain falling to the ground, in an instant, the front of the fourth brother's clothes was all wet.

"I'm not drunk. I don't want to drink this sour stuff... uh..." Old Fourteen said these drunken words as he became drunk. Suddenly, he leaned over the edge of the kang and vomited all over the place.

Most of the sour-smelling food residue was vomited onto the fourth child.

The fourth brother’s face was so dark that ink seemed to drip out, but he could do nothing about it. After all, the fourteenth brother was his biological brother.

(End of this chapter)

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