After I got into the drama, I led the plot astray

When Zheng Bang heard this, he cried even louder, and said breathlessly: "Then why did you ignore me after the Liu family got into trouble? And why did you avoid me when you saw me? You were not like this before? When you saw me before, you always told me to study hard and learn how to govern. When you become a king in the future, you will be able to govern your own fiefdom and let the people live a happy life."

Zheng Yan touched Zheng Bang's head helplessly and said, "It's not that the prince brother ignores you, but I have been busy recently. I have to learn the way of governance from the teacher in the morning, and I was sent by my father to search the city with General Du in the afternoon. After returning to the palace at night, I have to review the lessons with my father. Your prince brother is so busy now that he can't even take care of three meals a day, so he can't take care of you. If any servant dares to bully you in the future, tell the prince brother, I will definitely punish them and vent your anger for you."

The huge stone that had been weighing on Zheng Bang's heart was finally removed. He felt extremely wronged and cried heart-wrenchingly, and no matter how he was comforted, it didn't work.

Zheng Yan sat on the ground helplessly, put his arm around Zheng Bang's shoulders, and said, "Seventh brother, don't cry. Although your mother is in the cold palace, father has never treated her badly. If you miss her, just go and visit her. I believe father will never blame you."

"Really?" Zheng Bang looked up at Zheng Yan in disbelief.

Zheng Yan nodded and said, "Father is a wise ruler. No matter who it is, if they have done nothing wrong, Father will never punish them without reason. Your mother was locked up in the cold palace because she did something wrong, so she was punished. You are Father's seventh son. You have done nothing wrong, so Father will not punish you. But if you continue to indulge yourself like this, I am afraid that even the Crown Prince will not be able to protect you in the future."

"I understand." Zheng Bang said sobbing.

Zheng Bang was still kneeling, and Zheng Yan said, "Seventh brother, please sit down. There is no need to be so polite."

Zheng Bang sat down with a grin on his face, and only then did Zheng Yan notice that Zheng Bang's leg was broken.

His face darkened and he asked, "Who did this?"

Zheng Bang looked at Zheng Yan's somewhat gloomy face, hesitating for a long time and not daring to say anything.

Zheng Yan snorted and said, "Is it the fifth brother?"

Zheng Bang looked around in horror, then nodded.

Zheng Yan patted Zheng Bang on the shoulder and said, "Okay, don't think too much. Study hard when you go back, and don't let me hear the teacher complain that you are not serious about your studies. You are the seventh prince, don't let others laugh at you."

Zheng Bang nodded quickly.

Seeing that Zheng Bang's emotions had stabilized, Yi Ping and I quickly brought out the food and invited Zheng Yan and Zheng Bang to come and eat.

The meal was simple. Yiping cooked a plate of boiled beef, a dish of fried pork slices with chili peppers, a plate of vegetables, a few large white steamed buns, and a bowl of rice that was also topped with meat.

Yi Ping originally brought two bowls of rice, one for me and one for Wei Chang, but Zheng Bang was so hungry that he ate one bowl. Yi Ping didn't know who to give the remaining bowl to, so I waved to Wei Chang who was standing far away, and Wei Chang came over reluctantly.

I handed the bowl of rice to Wei Chang. Wei Chang took it, walked to the side, squatted on the ground and started eating silently.

Zheng Yan glanced at Wei Chang and said to me, "You are such a strange guard. You can't even say thank you."

Zheng Yan was blaming Wei for being impolite.

But I know Wei Chang very well. He is a man who has lived in the dark for many years and has been bloodthirsty all his life. Even when he steps into the sunlight, he still cannot change his cautious and distant character.

I stuffed a big steamed bun into Zheng Yan's hand, widened my eyes and said, "He is not my guard."

Zheng Yan took the bun, took a bite and asked, "Who is he?"

I stuffed another steamed bun into Zheng Bang's mouth. This guy's stomach was already bloated from eating just now, but he still took it without hesitation and started eating it in big mouthfuls.

I said, “He is my master.”

Zheng Yan said with some disbelief: "Not really."

I rolled my eyes at him and said, "Experts are usually quite cool and aloof, what do you, a rookie, know?"

Zheng Yan was stunned and couldn't help asking, "What is a rookie?"

I suppressed my laughter and said, "A rookie is someone who knows nothing."

"You!" Zheng Yan was so angry that his hair almost stood up. He said, "You are inferior to others in every aspect, and you always mock me. Don't go too far!"

I said slowly, "When you beat me on horseback, you can call me a rookie."

"Oh my, I'm so angry." Zheng Yan was so angry that he wanted to throw the steamed bun to the ground. At this moment, Li Qingshan actually brought us a big bowl of mutton and a pot of liquor.

Li Qingshan said, "It's cold here at night, and the brothers who keep watch like to drink some shochu. This shochu is brewed by us. It's not as good as the fine wine in the palace, but it tastes good. Your Highness, please try it."

Zheng Yan was about to say that he didn't drink and refused, but I quickly took it and said, "Thank you for letting General Li go. We have boiled pork slices here. You can bring it over for everyone to taste."

Li Qingshan refused to take it, so I forced it into his hands. Li Qingshan finally took it away happily.

Zheng Yan looked at the plate of boiled meat with some reluctance and complained, "I just took a bite and you asked someone to take it away. This is too unreasonable."

I pointed at the mutton and said, "They sent me a large plate of mutton, shouldn't you give them something in return?"

Zheng Yan pointed at the stir-fried vegetables with an angry look on his face and said, "You could have let him take this dish of vegetables away."

I rolled my eyes at Zheng Yan speechlessly and said, "You don't like vegetables, but I do. You must not touch them. I'll give this pot of wine to my master first."

A rebellious teenager is one who wants to do something the more you forbid him to do it.

So when I turned around, Zheng Yan reached into the vegetable dish with his chopsticks, picked up a piece, looked at it, and said, "It doesn't look that special to me."

After saying that, he stuffed the vegetables into his mouth.

There is nothing special about the vegetables, and Yiping simply uses garlic and chili peppers to enhance the flavor. But precisely because it is simpler, it tends to be more appealing to people.

The greens were tender and slightly spicy, very fragrant and refreshing. Zheng Yan fell in love with it at first bite.

When I came back after delivering the wine, the plate of vegetables was empty!

I looked at the empty plate, then at Zheng Yan, whose cheeks were puffed up, and I couldn't help but angrily said, "Didn't I say you can't touch this plate of vegetables?"

Zheng Yan swallowed his mouthful of food with great difficulty and said, "Tomorrow I'll ask the catering department to send you a truckload of green vegetables so that you can eat until you have diarrhea."

Zheng Bang whispered to Zheng Yan: "Brother Crown Prince, we are having a meal. It's a bit disgusting for you to say that."

Zheng Yan looked at me and said, "How can I feel disgusted by someone as rude as him?"

"Me! You!" I was so angry that I almost kicked over the remaining stir-fried chili dishes.

Zheng Yan, who had already eaten a big steamed bun, picked up another big steamed bun and directly brought the plate of chili stir-fried vegetables in front of him, saying: "I see you have almost finished eating, so don't fight with me for this plate."

Yi Ping and I looked at the steamed bun in our hands at the same time, and then looked at each other. I was about to kick Zheng Yan away, but Yi Ping hugged me tightly and said, "Brother, don't worry. We still have pickles. You can eat some pickles with the steamed bun."