Chapter 197 Celebration Banquet (Part 2)

"Putting everything else aside, the Crown Prince is truly well-educated."

Seeing the two brothers, Honghui and Hongyun, with their arms around each other, laughing and crying, from afar, Yuntang couldn't help but sigh.

Following his gaze, Yun also saw this scene: "If only my son were even a third as sensible as Honghui."

"What's going on?" Yun Tang gave Yun a strange look. "This doesn't sound like something you would say. Tenth Brother, have you been switched?"

"What? Can't I be a loving and caring father?"

Yun suddenly shouted, her face full of dissatisfaction.

"The Gu family? I wonder who it is that comes to my house three times a day, making my sister-in-law look at me strangely." Yun Tang sneered. For so many years, the tenth prince has been following him around, always giving people the impression that he is still unmarried.

“People do change,” Yun said, sticking out his neck to defend himself. “So many years have passed, so many things have happened, I’ve definitely become more mature and stable. Not only me, but Ninth Brother, haven’t you changed too?”

"I've changed? How have I changed? Have I become richer?"

Yun Tang proudly showed off the gold-inlaid jade thumb ring on his hand, which looked incredibly luxurious. Yun couldn't help but roll his eyes in annoyance: "What's changed? You've stopped opposing the Emperor, haven't you? The Emperor wears a thumb ring, so you wear one too. Ninth Brother, tell the truth, you admire the Emperor now, don't you!"

"Can't you speak properly? Can't you shut up!" Yun Tang glared at him fiercely, feeling disgusted by Lao Shi's words. Looking at the ring on her hand, which she used to cherish, she now found it displeasing no matter how she looked at it. She took it off and threw it into Lao Shi's arms. "Here you go. You can admire the Emperor."

"Thank you, Ninth Brother." Yun didn't mind at all and put the ring on his thumb. "I must say, Ninth Brother, your taste is pretty good."

Seeing the tenth brother's happy expression, Yun Tang was stunned for a moment, then realized what was going on and gritted his teeth: "So, you've had your eye on my ring from the very beginning, haven't you? You deliberately provoked me. Tenth brother, you're playing tricks on me."

Yun tried to control the smile on his face, but found he couldn't, afraid that Yun Tang would snatch the ring back. So he simply stuffed it into his purse: "A little trick, everyone says I've grown up, but Ninth Brother, you still don't believe it."

"Believe it? Of course I believe it! I've believed it more than enough!" Yun Tang laughed angrily and picked up the wine pot on the table to start fiddling with it.

"Ninth Brother, what are you trying to do?"

Yun's voice trembled slightly as she watched Yun Tang open the wine pot lid, first adding a little fruit drink, then a little milk tea, and then pouring a little vegetable soup from the plate.

Although his hands were steady and he didn't show any signs of discomfort, Yun couldn't help but tremble, feeling like he was sitting on pins and needles. He wanted to get up and leave: "I suddenly remembered that I haven't toasted Brother Ba yet..."

"No rush, let Ninth Brother toast you first!"

Yun Tang smiled and poured a glass of his homemade, dark, unreadable drink into it. He then held it to Yun's chest, smiling as he looked at him without saying a word.

But his other hand held Lao Shi down firmly, preventing him from moving.

Just smelling that aroma made Yun look pale, but having just provoked Ninth Brother, and knowing that Ninth Brother was the most vengeful, he had no choice but to drink this cup.

Yun had mentally prepared himself for a long time, and he tremblingly reached out to take the wine glass from Yun Tang's hand, but it was snatched away by Yun Zhen who suddenly appeared.

"Tenth Brother, you're no good! I've been watching for ages, and Ninth Brother is toasting you but you still won't drink. If you won't drink, I will!"

"Why……"

Before Yun could stop him, the unsuspecting Yunzhen tilted his head back and drank it all in one gulp, then his expression instantly changed drastically: "Ugh—"

"Fourteen, are you alright?"

Both Yun Tang and Yun were a little flustered. Yun picked up a wine glass to pour him a cup of sake, but instead grabbed the ninth brother's special cocktail. He hurriedly moved closer to Yun Zhen, who couldn't help but gag again just from the smell: "Tenth brother, do you have a grudge against me?"

"Oh no, that's not it..."

"Have some tea!"

It was Yun-tang who reacted quickly and handed over a cup of tea. Yun-zhen drank several large gulps before he could suppress the strange taste.

"What kind of trick are you playing? Drinking this kind of stuff?"

Yunzhen put down his teacup and looked at the two of them with disbelief. His suspicious gaze made them both feel a little awkward.

"That was for the tenth prince, who told you to take it?" Yun Tang was thick-skinned after all, and quickly became nonchalant, instead blaming Yun Zhen for his recklessness.

"Tsk," Yunzhen looked at Yun with a mocking gaze: "Tenth Brother, have you offended Ninth Brother again?"

"What are you saying? How could I offend Ninth Brother?" Yun retorted stubbornly, unwilling to show weakness in front of his younger brother.

"That must be Ninth Brother thinking of you and making this special drink for you. Come on, don't waste Ninth Brother's good intentions, Tenth Brother, have a drink."

Yunzhen smiled mischievously, picked up the wine pot, poured another glass of "Yuntang Special Mix" and handed it to Yun.

Yun Tang chimed in from the side, "Yeah, don't waste my good intentions."

Yun froze, never expecting that she couldn't escape this glass of wine, and had no choice but to bite the bullet and take it.

"I finished mine in one go. Tenth Brother, you and Ninth Brother are such good friends, you must finish yours too."

Yunzhen's words ruined Yun's plan to only have a small taste, so she could only tremblingly bring it to her lips.

Better a short pain than a long one. Prepare yourself mentally, close your eyes, and gulp it down! Then your face contorts in pain, and after trying to hold it in for a while, you can't help but vomit to one side.

"Hahaha..." Yunzhen was instantly satisfied and laughed heartily.

Yunyue, who had been rinsing her mouth with tea, grew increasingly unhappy: "No way!"

"What are you going to do?" Yun Tang and Yun Zhen asked in unison, looking at Yun in surprise as he poured himself another "special" cup.

Ignoring their stares, Yunke, driven by a surge of energy, stood up with her wine glass in hand and walked straight toward the fifth brother, Yunqi: "Fifth brother, fifth brother, the drinks that Ninth Brother specially mixed, you, his own brother, have to try them!"

"What is that?"

Before Yunqi could react, Yun, holding a wine glass, poured the wine directly into his mouth. Caught off guard, Yunqi was hurt by his own brother's creation. He pushed away Lao Shi and gagged to the side.

This scene left Yun Tang and Yun Zhen completely dumbfounded.

"Tenth Brother, you still have the guts? You've really grown up."

While Yun Tang was still sighing, Yun Zhen's mischievous gaze could no longer be contained. He deftly poured a glass of wine, turned around, and began to shout, "Thirteen, Thirteen, this is a special drink from Ninth Brother, I'd like to toast you!"

Watching Yunzhen follow behind to join in the fun, Yuntang sighed. They were indeed still immature, unlike him... Yuntang poured a glass of wine and walked towards Yunsi: "Eighth Brother, I'd like to toast you."

As a result, the situation began to spiral out of control, and the "Yun Tang Special Dishes" began to spread among the royal brothers.

"Seventh Brother, Fifth Brother toasts you."

"Seventeen, come on, let your thirteenth brother toast you!"

"Second brother, I salute you."

"Boss..."

If anyone paid attention to the princes' situation, they would find that every prince had experienced "being offered a drink and then gagging" or "being offered a drink, refusing, being forced to drink, and then gagging".

Finally, a group of pale-faced princes gathered together and tacitly turned their gazes to Yinzhen, who was sitting at the head of the table talking to Honghui.

"..." Yun Tang looked at the group of brothers who were staring at Yin Zhen and then turning to stare at him, and swallowed hard.

"you go."

Yun Ti issued orders directly.

"No, that's the Emperor!" This was the first time Yun Tang had paid such attention to Yin Zhen's status as the Emperor.

"You mixed this drink." Yunreng smiled, but his eyes were full of threat.

"We're all brothers, it wouldn't be good to leave the Emperor out," Yunzhi said emphatically, and the others beside him nodded in agreement. Even Seventeenth didn't say anything against it; they were all brothers, and they should share joys and sorrows.

Helpless, Yun Tang could only slowly pour himself a special cocktail under the threatening gazes of his brothers. There was only this one left in the liquor jug.

"This is fate." Yunzhen grinned, urging Yuntang to continue.

So, Yun Tang led the way, followed closely by his brothers, and the large group marched towards Yin Zhen's location, attracting everyone's attention.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I would like to offer you a toast."

Yun Tang thought to himself, "For the sake of him calling me 'elder brother,' the fourth prince should be able to spare him out of brotherly affection, right?"

At this moment, the moon is bright and the stars are few, and the candlelight is dim. Unless you look closely, you won't be able to tell the difference in the wine glass. This is why many people have fallen for it before.

"OK."

Yinzhen seemed unsuspecting, took the wine from Yuntang's body, drank it all in one gulp, and remained expressionless.

"Brother, don't you feel anything?"

Yun Tang was dumbfounded, and the brothers who came to watch the show behind him were also shocked. How could the fourth brother (fourth brother) be so tolerant?

"Feeling? What feeling?" Yinzhen looked confused, then looked at the empty wine glass with slight surprise. "Oh, you mean the drinks at the New Year's banquet? I thought there were many happy occasions recently, so I specially ordered some strong liquor to be served. It is a bit spicy. If Ninth Brother doesn't like it, just ask someone to serve something else. Honghui just made Hongyun drink some, and that silly boy got drunk after just one cup..."

Yinzhen looked at Honghui with a teasing expression, unusually rambling on for so long, but he didn't notice the brothers' expressions shifting from surprise to silence, and then to increasingly grim faces...