Chapter 54: A Meeting Gift [Jinjiang Authentic Edition, Not in vain, Full...
At 2:15 PM, a cool breeze blew, and the red and golden sunset slid slowly into the layers of mountains in the west like a round salted duck egg.
The surface of the Wei River in the palace was covered with ripples due to the autumn wind.
At dusk, several tables and seats were neatly arranged in the huge square next to the Wei River.
Fruits and tea were placed on each table. Palace servants in black were busy moving around the tables, placing half-human-high golden lamp stands in the square.
When a round, bright moon rose from the dimly dark sky and the candles on the lampstands were lit one by one, a large group of palace nobles dressed in gorgeous long black robes and long skirts came from the west side of the square, talking and laughing.
The eighteenth young master Hu Hai, with a sullen face, followed a group of brothers and sisters and moved forward slowly.
Seeing his tenth sister, who was one year younger than him, suddenly running to his eldest sister on her short legs, and tilting her little head to ask her curiously about the little bastard Qin Ying, he couldn't help but roll his eyes.
"Big sister, have you seen my nephew outside the palace? Is he really that good-looking?"
When eighteen-year-old Ying Yinman saw her three-year-old younger sister running to her, she actually came to ask about Ying. Obviously, her tenth sister was only three years old and still a short and stout child, but she kept calling her "nephew", which looked quite funny.
She then reached out and took her younger sister's hand, and as she led the little girl towards the table, she smiled and said to her younger brothers and sisters who were also curious and looking over:
"Yes, I did see her a few times when I was outside the palace, but the timings were never right. Every time I went to visit my eldest brother's house to see my eldest sister-in-law, she was either taking a nap in her little bed or she was in Zhangtai Palace and didn't come home."
"Although I didn't get to see the little one open his eyes, I think his facial features seem to combine all the best qualities of my elder brother and his wife. Not only are his features very delicate, but he also has long legs and arms, and he's plump and white from eating well. If he had a cinnabar mole between his eyebrows, he'd look exactly like a fairy from heaven. Just looking at him makes me want to reach out and pinch and hug him."
When the princesses and princes heard this detailed analogy, their eyes lit up instantly.
The oldest among them was only eighteen years old, and the youngest was only three years old. Although they were born into a noble family, their daily lives were not very interesting.
Gongzi Gao and Gongzi Jianglu couldn't help but look at each other, and the same excitement flashed in the eyes of the two brothers.
Among the second generation of the royal family, the eldest prince and the eldest princess are the brother and sister who moved out of the palace, got married and set up their own residence in the royal city.
The second young master Gao, the second princess Yang Man, and the third young master Jiang Lu, who are already engaged, still live in the palace because they have not held their wedding yet, although their respective young master's mansions and princess's mansions have been built.
Except for the eldest princess who lives outside the palace and has the opportunity to visit the eldest prince's house and live a relatively free life, the other princes and princesses rarely have the opportunity to leave the palace on weekdays, let alone visit their eldest nephew.
Even though the eldest nephew occasionally went to the harem to visit Madam Qiang, they were too embarrassed to visit her in the Rose Palace.
As a result, the nephew is now more than ten months old, and many ministers outside the palace have seen him, but they, the brothers and sisters, have never even seen him once.
If it was just an ordinary baby, it would be fine, but the reputation of the nephew "chosen by the black bird and loved by heaven" was widely spread inside and outside the palace, which made a group of girls and boys who had just become aunts and uncles even more curious about their mysterious nephew.
Of course, the people interested here do not include the Eighteenth Young Master.
As one of the only two Eighteenth Princes besides the eldest princess who had personally seen and even been beaten by the eldest nephew, Hu Hai looked at a group of brothers and sisters who were kneeling at the table and were still arguing about the relationship between the "eldest nephew" and the "black bird in the sky". He couldn't help but cross his chest with his hands, with a cold face, trying hard to listen to what his brothers and sisters were discussing, and kept rolling his eyes.
Hearing his second and third brothers, one after another, praising Qin Ying for being as "intelligent, clever, well-behaved and adorable" as the rumors said, Hu Hai couldn't help but curl his lips into a sarcastic smile, cursing in his heart: "Humph! Second and third brothers, what kind of bullshit is that?! Wait until that little bastard gets his chubby hands on your foreheads, and you'll see the light!"
"Provoke—filial and sensible? Lively and active?" Upon hearing his second and third sisters' praise for Qin Ying, Hu Hai snorted disdainfully, his eyes rolling back. "That's right! Second and third sisters are half right. That little bastard is indeed quite lively and active! But someone who swings his hands and feet, baring his teeth and beating up his own uncle the moment they meet, how can he be filial and sensible? What a bastard! He's just a little bastard who relies on his status as the eldest grandson of the emperor and his father's favor to commit violent crimes! Sooner or later, his hateful true colors will be revealed!"
The more he heard his brother, sister and younger sister express their genuine love and expectations for Qin Ying, the more irritated Hu Hai became, and his expression became uglier and uglier.
If he had a choice, he would not want to attend today's palace banquet, but not only did he have no choice, he also didn't dare not come.
The Seventeenth Young Master Yi Qi, who was sitting next to Hu Hai, saw his younger brother's eyelids fluttering under the flickering candlelight. He couldn't help but ask with concern:
"Eighteenth brother, are your eyes uncomfortable?"
Hu Hai frowned upon hearing this, but before he could open his mouth to speak, he saw his tenth sister, who was sitting not far away, suddenly stand up from her seat and shout joyfully towards the east in a childish voice:
"Sister-in-law!"
"Nephew!"
The little girl's crisp and sweet voice instantly drew the attention of all the young masters and princesses to the east.
Since Qin Ying was born, some people called him "Ying", some called him "Little Young Master", some called him "Little Prince", and many people called him "Little An Guojun". This was the first time in his two lifetimes that he was called "nephew". Almost as soon as he heard this unfamiliar voice, he stayed in his mother's arms, turned his furry little head with curiosity and looked south. At a glance, he saw a large group of boys and girls in black robes and black skirts happily walking towards him and his mother under the bright moonlight.
Seeing is believing. Realizing that the group of people rushing towards them were the "colorful" aunts and "grains and numbers" uncles that they had heard from their mother in the carriage, the little fat Ying subconsciously grinned at everyone with an extremely bright and beautiful smile.
Wang Ling didn't expect that as soon as she came out of the Rose Palace with her son, a group of her sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law had already arrived at the square of the palace banquet and were waiting there.
"Sister-in-law!"
"Nephew!"
"Sister-in-law!"
In the blink of an eye, a large group of princes and princesses rushed to the mother and son, surrounded the big and small, and called them mother and son.
"Hahahahaha, Ying, come and meet your aunts and uncles."
Wang Ling looked at his son, his eyes wide open, scanning the faces of the princes and princesses in surprise, and couldn't help but push the chubby boy in his arms forward with a bit of amusement.
Qin Ying looked at the large group of tall, short, fat and thin unfamiliar uncles and aunts, and her big eyes were almost unable to take it all in.
Indeed, those born into the royal family, both men and women, are selected from the best of generations of beauty genes. In addition, they eat and dress well on a daily basis, so they are naturally very glamorous and beautiful people.
Looking at the aunts and uncles in front of him, the little fat boy found that each of the princesses and princes under his grandfather's knees was very recognizable and had a pleasing appearance. Even the stinky-faced Hu Hai had a high nose and deep eyes because he was half of the Hu blood. Apart from his annoying temperament, he still looked very good.
But when Qin Ying saw the handsome men and beautiful women in front of him introducing themselves to him affectionately one after another - "Ying, I am your eldest aunt", "I am your second uncle", "I am your third uncle!", "I am your second aunt"... "Nephew, I am your tenth aunt!" When they started talking in gibberish and nonsense, Qin Ying was confused.
Not to mention asking him to grin at each one and memorize everyone's appearance, his big eyes were so dizzy that mosquito coils were spinning around them. It was at this time that the little fat boy really realized that with the blessing of his grandfather's strong fertility, the number of children in the Qin family was only a little less than that of Grandpa Kang.
Their family is really huge!
They saw the little baby, who had been grinning sweetly at them, now became completely confused after listening to the chattering introductions from a group of uncles and aunts. It was obvious that he could no longer tell who was who. The eldest sister-in-law was so amused that she almost couldn't hold the little fat kid in her arms because of her shaking arms.
As the eldest sister, Ying Yinman immediately waved and smiled at her younger brothers and sisters:
"Alright, alright, everyone, please spread out a bit so that Sister-in-law and Ying can sit down and rest for a while and have a cup of tea, then we can introduce ourselves to each other."
Hearing the eldest princess' words, all the princes and princesses nodded hurriedly, stepped back and moved away.
After watching the group of handsome men and beautiful women retreat, Qin Ying felt that the originally thin air in front of him suddenly became thicker. He couldn't help but grin at his aunt. His aunt was really beautiful, kind and considerate!
But when he lowered his gaze and saw his eighteenth uncle standing next to his aunt and looking up at him, Qin Ying instantly lowered his furry little head, narrowed his eyes at him, and pulled the corners of his mouth to reveal the evil smile of a human cub who wants to scratch or bite someone.
Hu Hai, with a sour face, froze subconsciously when he saw the vicious grin Qin Ying showed him. He couldn't help but recall the first time he saw Qin Ying in Zhangtai Palace in the summer. This little bastard stayed in his father's arms and slapped and kicked him like a little madman. He couldn't help but shiver violently and quickly hid behind his elder sister.
Seeing that Hu Hai was scared away by his smile, the little fat boy couldn't help but blink his bright eyes, and his already wonderful mood became even better.
It seems that for a bad kid like Hu Hai, we have to fight violence with violence and establish conditioned reflexes!
Pavlov's dog never deceived me!
The little guy was grinning as he was carried forward by his mother.
After Qin Ying sat down with his mother at the table, he saw a group of young aunts and uncles gathered around him affectionately. He immediately took out a small translator from his sleeve and clipped it to his collar. Then he took out a bag of candies he had bought in the system mall on the way here. Under his mother's surprised gaze, he tore open the bag with his chubby little hands, took the initiative, and faced the group of elders who ran up to him. He took their hands one by one, put the sweet candies into their palms, and nodded with a smile:
"Ah..." (You are the eldest aunt.)
"Ahoyo..." (You are the second uncle.)
"Ya ...
“…”
"Ah, ah..." (Yes, I got it. You are my fifteenth uncle.)
"Aa ...
"Ah hey hey..." (Eighth Aunt, Ninth Aunt, Tenth Aunt!)
"Aa ...
Seeing that his son was obviously the youngest and most junior baby present, and hadn't even spoken a few words to his aunts and uncles, but instead acted like a little adult who was seeing the younger generation giving gifts to the younger generation for the first time, and in turn made his uncles and aunts line up in front of him to receive candies, Wang Ling just wanted to cover his face with his hands while watching.
The eyes of a group of princesses and princes lit up with excitement. They really didn't expect that the rumored nephew really had a very special relationship with Xuanniao!
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