"Are you back? What delicious food did you eat at your prince brother's place? I thought Xiaoliu was reluctant to go back." During dinner, the imperial concubine joked to Yinzuo.
Yinzuo smiled somewhat embarrassedly.
"No way! The dishes cooked in our Chengqian Palace's small kitchen are still the most delicious!" As if to increase his persuasiveness, Yinzuo immediately took two big mouthfuls of rice into his mouth.
"Xiao Liu, I have no objection to you going to Yuqing Palace to play, but there is one thing you must remember, that is, you must not disturb your brother the Crown Prince from doing his work. Otherwise, if your Royal Father finds out, he will definitely scold you when he comes back."
"I know. I didn't disturb the prince from handling government affairs. Xiaoliu is very good~"
"You, you are so thick-skinned, I don't know who you learned it from. The Defei and the emperor are not people of that kind. No one would brag about themselves like you, you have no shame!" The Imperial Noble Concubine said so, but her love for him did not diminish at all. As soon as she finished speaking, she personally picked up several of his favorite dishes with chopsticks for him.
"Isn't Xiaoliu a good boy~" After swallowing a mouthful of rice, Yinzuo blinked his innocent big eyes at the Imperial Concubine.
The Imperial Concubine pinched his little face and said with a smile: "Good boy! I wish the one I give birth to in the future will be as good as Xiaoliu."
"When the baby in your Royal Mother's belly is born, Xiao Liu will be the older brother. I will definitely teach him to be as well-behaved and obedient as Xiao Liu. What do you think, Royal Mother?"
"Of course it's fine. Then let's make a deal. Let your brother be a witness. When the child is born, I won't care about him anymore. I'll leave it to Xiaoliu to take care of and raise. How do you say that?"
"No problem~" It doesn't matter if he takes care of one or two. Anyway, Yinzuo will definitely take care of the new little sister in his mother's belly after she is born.
Yinzhen, who was standing aside, curled his lips slightly and remained silent.
Tong Jia, who was in the late stage of pregnancy, was obviously in poor spirits. After dinner, she said only a few words and asked the two brothers to leave.
Yinzuo held his brother's hand and skipped around in the yard.
"Brother~"
"Um."
"Can you go to Yuqing Palace with Xiaoliu tomorrow?"
"Why do you want me to accompany you? Isn't it enough to have the prince accompany you?" Yinzhen's words sounded fine at first glance, but if you think about it carefully, you can smell a sour taste.
Yinzuo chuckled, stopped, stared at his brother and asked in a low voice: "Brother, are you jealous again?"
"Are you still leaving?" Yinzhen avoided the question and changed the subject.
"Let's go, let's go~ Xiaoliu wants to tell his brother a secret about the prince!"
Yinzhen just thought it was funny. What secret didn't he know? He was a man who had lived a second life.
"Let's go." Yinzhen walked ahead with an unmoved look on his face.
Yinzuo hurriedly followed him on his short legs, and asked as he ran: "Hey! Brother, do you really want to know~"
"In no mood."
"No! Just think about it~" Yinzuo wanted to tell him anyway, so he had to think about it even if he didn't want to.
After the two brothers entered the hall, Yinzhen took off his boots first and sat on the couch. Yinzuo insisted on squeezing next to him, then held his arm and whispered in his ear.
"Brother, do you remember last time you said you envied the prince?"
"Yeah." Yinzhen certainly remembered that it was the first time he opened his heart to Yinzuo.
"Guess what the Crown Prince said to me today?" Yinzuo kept the question in suspense.
"Could it be that he said he envies you?" Yinzhen added casually.
Yinzuo's eyes widened immediately and he exclaimed, "Brother, how can you be so smart!"
"Don't be so smooth-talking." Yinzhen tapped the little guy's head and gave him a gentle warning.
"You're not happy even when I praise you~" Yinzuo complained softly while touching the place where he was hit.
"Hmm?" Yinzhen didn't hear clearly what he said.
"I mean, my brother envies the prince, the prince envies me, and I envy my brother. The three of us envy each other~"
"Why should the prince envy you? Envy that you can eat and sleep well?" Yinzhen teased him deliberately.
"Brother is annoying! Prince brother clearly said that he envied me for having two mothers who loved me very much, and a very good and smart brother~"
"Really? Nothing else?"
"Also, the Crown Prince said that he envied me for living a carefree life. He is so busy. I heard from the maids in Yuqing Palace that sometimes he has to stay up late at night, otherwise he would never finish reading all the memorials. The pile is taller than me."
Yinzhen couldn't help but think of his life after he ascended the throne. He only slept two hours a day and reviewed tens of thousands of memorials during his thirteen years in power. If this little guy knew about this, he wondered what his expression would be.
"You should do your job. As the heir to the throne of the Qing Dynasty, the Crown Prince enjoys a special status and treatment, but he must also bear the corresponding burdens. This is nothing surprising."
After listening to his brother's words, Yinzuo couldn't help but think that he was the future emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and he believed that his brother must be very diligent.
"Brother~"
"Hmm? What happened again?"
"If you in the future..." Before Yinzuo could even ask the question, his brother covered his mouth with his hand.
Yinzhen frowned and whispered, "Be careful with your mouth. I know what you want to ask, but don't be so reckless in front of others in the future." After saying that, he slowly took away the hand that was covering Yinzuo.
"Okay~ I won't tell you." Didn't Yinzuo think that only the two brothers were in the hall and wanted to ask?
"I will. Not only will I try my best to shoulder my responsibilities, but I will also do my best." He can even do better in this life.
Yinzuo smiled and nodded. He said, "Then Xiaoliu will always be with brother and watch him get better and better~"
"Why aren't you getting better with me?" Yinzhen discovered the loophole in Yinzuo's words.
"Because our ideals are different. The ideals of the brothers are to build achievements and benefit the people, but Xiaoliu's ideals are not that grand. Xiaoliu's heart is very small and can only accommodate his family. So as long as I can be with everyone and see everyone safe, healthy and happy, that's enough~"
"Isn't it because you are lazy?" Yinzhen did not think that Yinzuo would be a person without talent and ability when he grew up. He was very kind and had his own ideas. If he was willing in the future, even if he could not become his important minister like his thirteenth brother, he would at least be an upright and kind minister. He would never be corrupt, act recklessly, and ignore the common people.
"Brother~Brother~~" Yinzuo was unhappy and called out angrily with his little lips pouted.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Yinzhen immediately changed the subject to prevent the little guy in front of him from getting angry.
"You just said you envied me, where did that come from?"
"Of course I envy my brother for having a younger brother like me who is smart, cute, well-behaved, sensible, warm and caring!" When Yinzuo said this, he was so proud, without a trace of shame.
Yinzhen couldn't help laughing out loud, but then he changed his mind and realized that Yinzuo's biological brother could only be the Fourteenth Prince who was born five years later. The Fourteenth Prince really couldn't be compared with Yinzuo. In terms of his biological brother, shouldn't Yinzuo envy himself?
"That makes some sense."
Yinzuo had no idea that his brother was talking about the adopted brother who would be born in the future being unreliable. Instead, he thought that his brother agreed with the points he had just made about himself, and he was extremely happy.
"Then your smart, cute, well-behaved, sensible, warm and caring brother invites you to accompany him to Yuqing Palace tomorrow. You will definitely agree, right?"
"Um."
"Brother, you promised!"
Yinzuo stood up and jumped up on the couch with joy, and even when he fell asleep at night, Yinzhen could hear him muttering.
The sweet and sour spare ribs in Yuqing Palace are really delicious. The spare ribs are made from the freshest spare ribs of the day and are fried in oil beforehand. The skin is crispy and the sauce is rich in flavor. The combination is refreshing and not greasy. Yinzuo can eat a whole plate by himself.
Yinzuo enjoyed the meal very much, and as the host, the prince didn't want to neglect Yinzhen who was standing beside him.
"Schoolboy should be able to enter the upper study room next year, right?"
"In reply to the Crown Prince, the Emperor has already said that he will allow my third brother and I to enter the upper study room together in the early spring of next year."
"The teachers in the study are quite strict. The Emperor would also take half an hour after the morning court every day to check the homework of the brothers. I wonder what books you have read now, Little Four?" The prince acted like a good brother.
The fact that Yinzhen picked out a few introductory books did not expose himself.
"Brother Prince, what is the time when we go to the study? Can I still play with you?" Yinzuo suddenly interrupted.
"Everyone usually arrives at the hour of Yin. After all, they have to review what they learned the day before, and the teachers will draw their own conclusions."
"Yin hour?"
Yinzhen glanced at him. This little guy usually slept until dawn, so how could he know when the Yin hour was? So he said to him, "It's not even dawn yet."
"What?" Yinzuo was so scared that his chopsticks dropped to the ground.
The prince quickly asked his servant to bring him a new pair of clean shoes.
"But you are just starting out, so you will finish school earlier, at noon. But by then, Xiao Si will have to move to the South Third Residence to live with his elder brother. So Xiao Liu, I'm afraid you won't be able to go play with Xiao Si unless you start studying in the upper study room. If you really can't bear to leave Yinzhen, I can ask Father Huang to allow you to go to the upper study room earlier."
Upon hearing this, Yinzuo waved his hands repeatedly.
"No, no, no! No need for that! I think I'd better wait until I'm six before going to the study room. I'm not as smart as my brothers. If I can't keep up with the teachers' teaching, I heard that I'll be beaten..."
The education that Yinzuo received in his previous life did not allow corporal punishment, and he was extremely afraid of it.
After hearing what he said, the prince and Yinzhen both laughed.
"That's fine. Go to the study room later. You can have two more years of fun."
Yinzuo himself was not going, but his brother was about to go in. He rolled his eyes, picked up a piece of his favorite sweet and sour pork ribs for the prince, looked at him eagerly, and asked, "Brother Prince, can you please take care of my fourth brother for me? I'm afraid he won't be used to it after he goes in."
The prince looked at the piece of sweet and sour pork ribs in his bowl, smiled heartily, and agreed.
"That's not difficult, but I have to help the emperor to read memorials these days, so I'm afraid I won't be able to spare time. After the emperor returns to the palace, you two can come to Yuqing Palace every three days, and you can come here at 3 p.m."
It was too late for Yinzhen to refuse. He could only watch his own brother find a new teacher for him. Although the prince was his elder brother, he was just a teenager now. Yinzhen lived for fifty-eight years in his previous life, and his soul had been wandering for who knows how long, at least a hundred years in total.
"Brother, you must study hard under the guidance of the Crown Prince in the future~" Yinzuo warned his brother seriously.
Yinzhen pursed his lips, sighed silently in his heart, and had to accept it. He stood up and bowed to the prince.
"Yinzhen thanks the prince for his guidance."
"You and I are brothers, there is no need to be so polite. Just call me Second Brother in private." As for the title of Crown Prince, Yinreng had his own selfish motives, as it belonged only to Xiaoliu.
"Thank you, second brother."
"Hehe~" Yinzuo looked at the two of them, covering his mouth and laughing to himself.
"What are you laughing at?" The prince looked at him curiously.
"Nothing, nothing~" Yinzuo certainly couldn't say that he was happy because his brother had a brother, the crown prince, to look after him and he didn't have to study and learn to read under his brother's oppression every day.
However, Yinzhen saw through his little trick at a glance and thought he was just indulging him on purpose.
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