EBE Chapter 265 Love Doesn't Disappear, It Just Moves Away
Chapter 265 Love Doesn't Disappear, It Just Moves Away
Once in Yinti's hands, Yinzuo truly experienced what it meant to be utterly helpless. His elder brother wouldn't spoil him like his father did. As the saying goes, if you don't reason with your elder brother, he has some tough measures up his sleeve. Yinzuo didn't want his elder brother to grab him by the neck and force-feed him medicine, so he could only obediently comply with his brother's orders with a bitter face. After several days of sulking and obediently drinking the medicine, it wasn't entirely without its benefits. Look, his cold is almost completely cured now.
“Father, you are so heartless. You just abandoned your son and older brother at the South Third Hospital and completely ignored them. Do you know how your son has been these past few days? Do you know how outrageous your older brother has been? It's one thing for him to force me to take medicine all day, but he even threatened to tie my son up with a rope and hang him on a swing in the yard if I didn't obey. My son has been living in fear these past few days, not eating or drinking well. Look at me, haven't I lost even more weight these past few days…”
Good heavens, this is what you call turning the tables! Yinti really hates his own mouth now. Why can't he be as eloquent as this person? Look how easily this person has fooled his father. The way he looks at him is a little strange now.
"Father, don't listen to his nonsense. It's true that he forced him to drink the medicine, but you know what kind of person this kid is. If you don't force him, he can really keep nagging you. Little Six, do you dare to tell Father why your brother hung you on the tree outside? And how dare you say you can't eat or sleep well? You're practically possessed by the god of sleep. It takes me a lot of effort to wake you up every morning to drink your medicine. You've even lost weight. Come here and let me see where you've lost weight."
Yinzhuo wasn't stupid. Seeing his elder brother's expression, he didn't dare go over to him. Not only did he not move, he even moved closer to Kangxi, holding his father's arm tightly with both hands, as if afraid that his elder brother would impulsively come over and drag him over to be punished.
"Okay, I admit I exaggerated a bit just now, but brother, you're really scary. How about we tone down your righteous air a bit? Father, please talk to my brother for me, he's frightening me!"
Kangxi gently pulled his arm out of Yinzhuo's embrace, poked Yinzhuo's forehead with his hand, and then turned to look at Yinti beside him.
"Boss, you've had a tough time these past few days. That rascal is always unforgiving when he's in the right and always tries to be clever even when he's wrong. Don't take it to heart. Don't just stand there. Come, sit here with me."
With Kangxi interceding for Yinzhuo, even if Yinti wanted to punish Yinzhuo, he had no choice but to give up. However, as the saying goes, this death sentence could be avoided, but punishment was inevitable. Following Kangxi's instructions, Yinti sat down opposite the two men and, across the kang table on the bed, poked Yinzhuo's forehead several times until it turned red. Then he pinched Yinzhuo's cheeks until Yinzhuo's face was bright red before stopping.
"Hmph, you're scared of me? I didn't know you were so afraid of me. Weren't you pretty tough when you were messing around with me before? It's only because your father helped you today, otherwise I would have tied you up and hung you on a tree."
It has to be said that Yinti, as the eldest son, still held a certain position in Kangxi's heart. If it were Yinzhi or Yinzhen, and they dared to treat Yinzuo's face like clay in front of Kangxi, Kangxi would probably have already started to reprimand them. Although he frowned and looked disapproving, he did not stop them until Yinti stopped. Only then did he pull Yinzuo over to check him with a pained expression.
"Boss, I'm not trying to be mean, but you really went too far. Look at how you've pinched Xiao Liu's face, it's almost like a monkey's butt. Liang Jiugong, go get some ointment, we need to put some medicine on his face, otherwise how will he go out and face people if it gets swollen?"
After venting his frustration, Yinti felt incredibly refreshed. He didn't take Kangxi's mild reprimands to heart at all. He got up, walked to a nearby table, poured himself a cup of tea, found a seat, and watched his father apply medicine to Yinzuo's face while drinking his tea.
Not long after Yinzhu recovered from his illness, the Spring Festival arrived. The procedures for celebrating the festival in the palace were pretty much the same every year. According to past practice, Yinzhu brought his wife and children to the palace early on New Year's Eve. Kangxi was too busy to bother him, so Yinzhu went straight to Consort De's residence, Yonghe Palace.
"Mother, are you awake? Your precious son has brought your precious grandson to see you."
Yinzhu thought he had arrived early enough, but it was clear that someone had arrived even earlier than him. His shout didn't bring out his mother, but instead brought out the Fourteenth Prince!
"Sixth Brother, Sixth Sister-in-law, you're here. Mother is inside talking to Fourth Brother and Fourth Sister-in-law right now. She heard the noise and sent me out to see what was going on. Hongxu, I'm your Fourteenth Uncle. Do you remember me?"
Seeing that the Fourteenth Prince was teasing Hongxu, Yinzhuo stepped forward and put Hongxu in the Fourteenth Prince's arms. Hongxu was not shy at all when his father suddenly put him in the Fourteenth Prince's arms. He obediently raised his little hands to hug the Fourteenth Prince's neck and softly called him "Uncle Fourteenth Prince". The Fourteenth Prince was naturally lively and a bit of a show-off. When he saw Hongxu's well-behaved little appearance, he was overjoyed. He put the boy on his neck and turned to run into the house.
"You better watch out, Fourteenth Brother. If you drop my son, you'll see what I do to you..."
When Yinzhu saw that the Fourteenth Prince had carried Hongxu away and disappeared in the blink of an eye, he quickly pulled Urentuya to chase after them. When the couple entered the house and saw Hongxu sitting in Consort De's arms sharing pastries with Honghui, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
“Mother, you should really keep an eye on Fourteenth's unreliable nature when you have time. He's almost eighteen and still has no sense of maturity. You didn't see it just now, he was carrying your precious grandson and running like crazy…”
Consort De was now completely content with her grandsons. She held Hongxu in her arms and held Honghui by the hand. She didn't exactly ignore her three sons, but she certainly disliked them. When Yinzhu complained, she ignored him and beckoned Urentuya to sit down next to her before turning her gaze to her three brothers, Yinzhen, Yinzhu, and the Fourteenth Prince.
"Don't you three have anything else to do? Stop standing around here and go do what you're supposed to do. Sixth Brother is right, Fourteenth Brother is a bit unreliable. Fourth Brother is here today, you two take him to the cloth warehouse to practice..."
When Consort De said this, not only the Fourteenth Prince who was being trained, but even Yinzhen, who was about to be trained, was completely stunned. No, Mother, today is New Year's Eve! Go to the cloth storeroom to train him, is this it?
“Mother, you’ve really changed. You weren’t like this before. Didn’t you always say that your son was your precious darling? Fourth brother, sixth brother, say something! Has Mother’s love for us disappeared?”
Upon hearing this, Yinzhuo glanced at Consort De, who was holding and teasing Hongxu not far away, and then at the Fourteenth Prince, who was looking at him with disbelief. He walked over, patted his shoulder, and sighed.
"Fourteen, this love hasn't disappeared, but it has moved on."