The table full of food was swept clean by a group of imperial nobles with extremely refined and elegant movements.
Even though they made extra food on purpose, it was all eaten up.
Tong Wanyan glanced at the bulging bellies of Yin Tang and Yin E and thought to herself, "No wonder they say that half-grown boys can eat their fathers out of house and home."
Yes, you can eat it! You really can eat it!
"Second Sister-in-law, where's my eldest niece? I was wondering why she looked so strange, turns out someone's missing." Yinzhen leaned back in his chair, sipping his refreshing tea, completely satisfied.
Mentioning this made Hongzhao a little unhappy. He always loved playing with Tana. They were twins, siblings who had been together since birth; no one in the world was closer to them.
They are each other's other half, inseparable.
"My sister took Hongsheng to visit Grandmother. I wanted to go with her, but Father said I haven't finished my studies and I'm not allowed to leave Yuqing Palace," Hongzhao complained listlessly.
As he spoke, he looked at Yinreng with a pitiful expression.
Yinzhen felt strangely at ease: "What's the use of telling me this? I have to listen to your father too. Haven't you seen how your tenth uncle and I will both be punished later? How about Hongzhao joins his uncles in the punishment, and they show some brotherly affection?"
Hongzhao shook his head vigorously, he wasn't stupid: "Ninth Uncle, you're lying to me."
Yin'e laughed heartily, patting Yin'tang's shoulder so hard that he winced in pain.
"Second Brother, I'm ready!" Yin'e puffed out his chest, thinking that punishing him sooner rather than later would be better.
Tong Wanyan pulled Hongzhao to her side with one hand: "Your ninth and tenth uncles did something wrong and made their family worry, so they should be punished. You also deserve to be punished for complaining about your father. Come on, your mother needs to teach you a lesson."
Hongzhao struggled in Tong Wanyan's hands like a turtle that couldn't turn over. Shi Xiuzhu thought that Hongzhao was the eldest brother and should set a good example for Hongsheng in the future, so he got up and went to help.
One was his own mother, and the other was the Crown Princess. Hongzhao resignedly took his short legs and walked away.
“Mother always protects Father,” Hongzhao muttered softly.
Tong Wanyan smiled upon hearing this: "Your father is the man I love. If I don't protect him, who else should I protect?"
Upon hearing this, Yinreng's face lit up with a broad smile, and he showed off to his two younger brothers.
Throughout the entire Aisin Gioro clan, from the time of the founding emperor to the present, no one has been as inseparable as these two, and no one has tried to stop them.
Such arrogance made the jealous Yin Tang and Yin E grit their teeth, and they were forced to flatter them with sweet words.
Yinreng truly has all the good things in life; he's so lucky!
"Let's go. To avoid leaving Hongzhao to be punished alone, I'll take you all with him." Yinreng smiled gently, but his smile was full of malice.
For a prince, there are very few things that can truly teach a lesson through punishment.
Yinreng was only the elder brother, not the one sitting on the throne. It wouldn't be easy to make Yintang and Yin'e remember their mistakes and not dare to repeat them.
No one knows exactly how the punishment was imposed.
The servants who attended Yuqing Palace only knew that when the Ninth Prince and the Tenth Prince came out of the Crown Prince's study in the evening, their legs were trembling and their expressions were listless.
Even if he had been flogged dozens of times, it wouldn't have come to this.
After leaving Yuqing Palace, Yintang and Yin'e went straight to their respective mothers' palaces to apologize and admit their mistakes.
He's willing to be beaten or punished, and his words are as sweet as honey.
However, when Consort Gui and Consort Yi asked the Crown Prince how he had treated them, the two of them, unusually tight-lipped, did not utter a single word, only saying that they knew they were wrong.
"Mother, I promise I won't play with Eighth Brother anymore. Please don't ask anymore, Second Brother Crown Prince is a ruthless person!" Yin Tang cried out.
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