Yin'e accepted the punishment, which gave Yin'tang a way out, and he hurriedly followed suit.
Yinreng smiled gently: "Since you two have voluntarily accepted the punishment, I will grant your wish. Actually, I didn't intend to punish you at all. Children are always prone to tantrums. As your elder brother, I should indulge you."
Yinzhen almost cried when he heard this. Even when he was a newborn and couldn't speak, he wouldn't have believed Yinreng's nonsense.
Who doesn't know that the Crown Prince of the Qing Dynasty was genuinely gentle and kind, but also genuinely vengeful?
The two of them have caused a great deal of worry this time; they won't be done until they've been thoroughly humiliated.
Tong Wanyan smiled jokingly: "I had the kitchen roast a crispy duck today, it should be ready soon. Whether or not to punish them or not, let's put that aside for now."
Yinzhen picked up Hongzhao and found him to be quite heavy.
He weighed the chubby little boy in his arms, gritted his teeth, and shoved him into Yin'e's hands with a smile.
It's too heavy, I can't carry it.
"Fourth Sister-in-law, tell me the truth, did my mother ask Second Brother to take this opportunity to whip me a few more times so that I would learn my lesson?" Yin Tang leaned close to Tong Wanyan and asked in a low voice.
Tong Wanyan looked down at him: "So smart?"
"Is that really so? I was wondering why the jade pendant I saw at Mother's last time was given away so quickly, without even telling me who it was given to. But that jade pendant was carved with green bamboo, and Second Brother didn't seem to like it much, did he?" Yinzhen spoke without thinking in front of his own people.
Shi Xiuzhu, who was walking ahead, stopped in his tracks: "Ninth Brother, take a look, is this the one?"
Yinzhen craned his neck to stare at it, then clapped his hands and said, "Sister-in-law, you are like a green bamboo, upright and resilient. This jade pendant has a good home."
Yinreng grabbed Yintang by the back of the neck with one hand: "Speak seriously."
Yinzhen stuck out his tongue: "Second brother, be gentle, be gentle. I'm a human being, not the cat that Grandmother Empress keeps."
"Pretty much, they're all kept so smooth and shiny!" Yinreng said dismissively.
Yinzhen puffed out his cheeks, looking like a white hamster that had swallowed a handful of pine nuts.
"Let's go eat roast duck, let's go eat roast duck." Yinzhen didn't want to argue with Yinreng; he couldn't win, it was too pathetic.
Golden-brown crispy roast duck, served with a special sauce, is placed on the table, irresistibly drawing people's legs towards it.
Hongzhao twisted his chubby belly and reached out his hand to eat.
Yin'e was very responsible; he washed Hongzhao's hands and carried him to a chair, doing everything himself.
Yinzhen sat beside him and laughed, "Tenth Prince, are you learning how to raise a son ahead of time?"
Hongzhao and Yin'e turned around at the same time upon hearing the sound. With their identical phoenix eyes, they did indeed look somewhat like father and son.
However, Hongzhao was more refined and handsome, so Yin'e was in no hurry to flatter him.
Yin'e rearranged Hongzhao's chair with some concern, and said with satisfaction, "Ninth Brother, you don't understand the heart of raising a nephew."
"Oh ho, you understand?" Yin Tang said.
Yin'e nodded earnestly: "I didn't understand before, but I do now. Just like how Fourth Brother dotes on his eldest niece and never forgets her. I also dote on Hongzhao now."
He spoke earnestly, but Yinzhen didn't take it seriously at all. He knew Yin'e's temperament perfectly well. In a few days, that boy would definitely have forgotten what he said that day, and wouldn't remember it even if reminded.
Compared to Yin'e, Yin'tang was more eager to start eating.
Yinreng didn't keep him in suspense and picked up his chopsticks to put a piece of duck meat into his bowl.
Yin'e had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
"Ninth Brother, don't try to take this piece of meat from me. Even though we're brothers, we can't give up the duck meat!" Yin'e said anxiously.
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