The children and women sat together.
When you put these children together for comparison, you can really see the differences.
Honghui and Hongchang are the same kind of people. They eat very properly and don't seem to have any particular preferences. They chew their food slowly, which makes people anxious.
Fei Yanga wished he could chew the food for them.
They mainly eat light meals and rarely touch greasy or meaty foods.
The three children born to Changning, along with Hongchun, all looked like they were enjoying their meat immensely.
Seeing their good appetites, Wanhe and Wusu ate quite a lot more.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Fourteen was drinking Thirteen's wine. Their table was full of snacks to go with the wine: roasted venison, spicy dry-pot crab, roasted pork skin, wild duck meat, and a whole roasted lamb chop in the middle. To cleanse the palate, there were garlic preserved eggs, cucumber salad, and shredded vegetables salad.
Fourteen felt it was a rare treat to hang out with his brothers. He had originally thought his brother only liked Thirteen and didn't think much of him.
Looking at it this way, it seems that when something good happens, people are more willing to call it their own.
He was incredibly excited, but he didn't dare to force his brother to drink, so he forced Thirteen to drink instead. After drinking too much, he started spinning around.
Yinzhen glared and puffed out his beard, trying to stop him a few times, but the boy pretended not to notice and drank even more heartily. Now he was spinning around and singing. He was humming a song that sounded like it came from somewhere, and it was really awful.
Yinzhen glared at him with disdain and told Su Peisheng to quickly prepare a hangover soup and send the fourteenth prince back to sober up and rest.
After figuring out what was going on with the Fourteenth Prince, Yinzhen turned around and saw the Thirteenth Prince sitting there, head down, counting and eating peanuts, with several wine jugs lying nearby. He had also drunk quite a bit, and his breath reeked of alcohol.
Yinzhen went over and patted Thirteen on the shoulder.
"Thirteen, you're tired, go back to sleep. Don't drink anymore, it'll upset your stomach."
Upon hearing this, Thirteen looked up and was shocked to see his face covered in tears.
"Thirteen, what's wrong? Is something bothering you? Tell your fourth brother."
Thirteen, fueled by alcohol, cried out all the pent-up frustration he had been holding in. He grabbed Yinzhen's clothes, tears and snot streaming down his face.
"It's alright, it's alright. Just tell me if you need anything. I'll do everything I can to help you."
Thirteen and Fourteen grew up together and were raised in Yonghe Palace. Yinzhen treated them the same as his own younger brothers.
Unlike the Fourteenth Prince, who was stubborn and headstrong, the Thirteenth Prince was polite, well-behaved, and adorable. He was also willing to follow Yinzhen around as his little brother, so Yinzhen naturally favored him more.
Seeing how pitifully Thirteen was crying, his compassion deepened.
Thirteen cried for a while before wiping away her tears.
"Fifth Brother told me that the Emperor discussed Thirteenth Sister's dowry with Consort Yi the day before yesterday."
Yinzhen frowned. Although the Thirteenth Princess was of marriageable age, in the Qing Dynasty, princesses were usually allowed to marry in their twenties. Why was it brought forward this time?
The only possibility is that there is some unusual activity in Mongolia.
Emperor Kangxi urgently needed to send a princess to oversee the situation.
Thinking about the matter of pacifying the Mongols, Yinzhen was also powerless. He sighed and said, "Thirteenth, your fourth brother knows what's on your mind. But if Father Emperor's mind is made up, it cannot be changed. If you are willing, go to the Imperial Household Department a few more times, so that they won't play tricks and make your dowry insufficient."
The Thirteenth Prince also knew that pacifying Mongolia was a major event, and once his father, the Emperor, made a decision, no one could change his mind.
He hated himself for being so incompetent. If he were the Emperor's most beloved and valued son, could he have saved his sister?
He had promised his mother that he would take good care of his two younger sisters in the future, but now he was going to break his promise.
Thirteen, grief welled up within him, and tears flowed incessantly.
After being given the hangover soup, Fourteenth Prince slept soundly all night and woke up the next day without a headache; on the contrary, he was full of energy.
He remembered what he had said the night before about catching birds, and eager to try it, he quickly called his son and several nephews over.
"Fourteenth Uncle, aren't we going to wait for Father and Thirteenth Uncle?" Fei Yang rubbed his eyes; he hadn't had enough sleep yet.
"It'll be no fun if we bring them along. Come on, Uncle Fourteen will take you to collect bird eggs."
The boys' eyes lit up; they'd never raided bird eggs before! Their gazes towards Hongchun changed instantly—he was so lucky to have such a fun-loving father!
Hongchun responded with "Hehehe..."
The estate was very large, and there were even more kinds of trees there. Fourteen told them not to look at the bare trees, but to find trees that still had relatively dense foliage.
They went to the old locust tree and looked up from under it to see if there were any bird nests.
Before long, Hongchun was the first to discover one.
“Father! Father! There’s a nest here!”
Several people gathered around and peered up. Sure enough, there was a bird's nest made of dry branches, and it looked quite large.
"Hey, you've got sharp eyes, kid." Fourteen laughed, patted his son on the shoulder, and prepared to roll up his sleeves and climb the tree.
Feng Sheng'e was very worried: "Fourteenth Uncle, isn't this too dangerous? Why don't you have them bring a ladder up?"
Fourteen waved his hand casually, not taking it seriously: "What's the big deal? It's not that tall. Do you want to try climbing the tree?"
The boys looked at each other, and Hongchun was very supportive of his father.
"How do we climb? Father, how do we climb?"
"You guys can form a human pyramid."
So, Fourteen started climbing the tree, while several boys on the side rode on each other's necks, forming a human pyramid.
Hongchang was at the bottom, with Hongchun on top of him, and Hongchun on top of Honghui. It was already swaying precariously, but Feiyanga kept climbing up while holding onto his brother's hand.
"Ouch! Hongzhao! You stepped on my hand!"
"Hongyan, don't pull down my pants!"
"Hurry up! I can't hold on any longer!"
"Hongchang, stop shaking me! I'm going to fall!"
"Brother! Brother! I need to pee!"
It was Fei Yang who said this last.
Fourteen burst out laughing, doubled over with laughter.
The monk didn't last long before he fell flat on his back, leaving the boys seeing stars.
Feng Sheng'e was still worried about his younger brother, so he quickly took Fei Yang'a's hand and asked, "Do you need to pee again?"
Fei Yanga was quite badly hurt by the fall. He scratched his head and said embarrassedly, "It was too high, I was scared, and I don't want to pee now."
Everyone was speechless.
Fourteen was overjoyed, but he was quick enough to hold the small bird eggs in his hands and show them to the boys.
"These are bird eggs? How come they're even smaller than chicken eggs?" Hongchun found it quite intriguing.
Fourteen rolled his eyes at him: "You ignorant brat, these bird eggs taste much better roasted than chicken eggs."
As they were talking, a large bird circled in the air above them, and a moment later an unidentified object fell down.
It landed right on Fourteen's right hand, which he was raising to show off the bird's egg.
Honghui took one look and exclaimed, "Isn't that bird droppings? It stinks!"
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