EBE Chapter 223 Even if everyone can tolerate it, Auntie can't stand it anymore.
Chapter 223 Even if everyone can tolerate it, Auntie can't stand it anymore.
If you were to ask Yinzhi what the most regrettable sentence he uttered in the 42nd year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign was, then the phrase "If you need anything, just send someone to get it from me" would definitely be the most regrettable. That 14th Prince really doesn't know how to write the word "politeness." That guy is so honest that Yinzhi couldn't help but think he might be a fool.
When they needed ice, they would bring people to his sixth brother's place to get it; when they needed any novel fruits, they would bring people to his sixth brother's place to get them; even when they needed money, they would come to his sixth brother's place to take it. Yinzhu had never suffered such humiliation since he was a child. He was always the one taking things from others, and he had never been taken advantage of like this before. As the saying goes, even an aunt could not tolerate this. After the fourteenth brother once again brought people to Yinzhu's place to take things from him like locusts, Yinzhu could no longer bear it.
"Fourteenth Brother, that's enough already! At this rate, your little nephew and niece will probably be begging on the streets as soon as they're born. Come on, let me ask you, what are you thinking? Do you think I have 'easy target' written on my forehead?"
Seeing that Yinzhuo was getting anxious, Fourteenth Prince quickly waved his hand and told someone to take the things away. He then calmly turned around, walked back to sit down next to Yinzhuo, and cheerfully took the teapot and cup from the table, poured a cup of tea for Yinzhuo, and handed it to him.
"Sixth Brother, didn't you say I could just come and get whatever I needed? Why are you getting so upset now that I've actually come to take it? Besides, it's not as exaggerated as you make it out to be. With your vast wealth, what I'm taking is just a drop in the ocean. And besides, Sixth Brother, don't you always go to Father's place to get things? I've never seen Father get angry with you. Sigh, Third Brother and the others were right after all, Sixth Brother is just stingy..."
Fourteenth Brother's last words were like igniting a prairie fire for his Sixth Brother. Yinzhuo put down the cup he was holding, gave Dexi a look signaling him to leave and close the door, then glanced around to find something handy. He spotted a feather duster in a vase, got up, pulled it out, swung it around in his hand, and thought it looked good. Then he turned and walked towards Fourteenth Brother.
"Yes, I did tell you to send someone to get whatever you need, but is this what you call taking things? You're practically a bandit raiding a village! And how dare you call me stingy? If I were stingy, I would have had you kicked out long ago. Look at you, so self-important! At least I know to go to my father when I need something, but what about you? You're so bold, why don't you go to your father? Don't you know the way to Qingxi Bookstore?"
Although Fourteen was reckless, he wasn't stupid. As soon as he saw Dexi close the door, he knew that nothing good was coming his way. When he saw Yinzuo coming over with a feather duster, he jumped three feet high and nimbly escaped Yinzuo's attack range. He then used the furnishings in the flower hall to dodge Yinzuo's attacks. But as the saying goes, even a novice can be beaten by a flurry of punches. Yinzuo swung the feather duster skillfully. No matter how agile Fourteen was, he couldn't help but take a few hits.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch! Sixth Brother, please stop! I know I was wrong. I misspoke. Sixth Brother is very magnanimous. I was just being petty. Please don't hold it against me. Ouch, it hurts! Sixth Brother, please have mercy!"
Fourteenth Prince, always full of energy, showed no signs of fatigue after chasing and beating Yinzuo, except for taking a few blows himself. On the contrary, Yinzuo was exhausted from chasing and beating Fourteenth Prince for a while. Having vented his anger, Yinzuo was too lazy to bother with this brat anymore. He casually threw the feather duster in his hand on the ground, turned around and walked back to his previous seat. He picked up the tea on the table and drank it down before looking at Fourteenth Prince standing not far away.
"What are you still standing there for? Get over here right now. You're such a grown man, don't you have any sense of propriety? My shoulder hurts a bit from hitting you earlier, come over and give me a massage."
Listen to what you're saying! You hit me so hard that your shoulder hurts, and now you want me to massage it for you? You're just...
"Alright, little brother's coming right back to massage your shoulders... Sixth brother, how's the pressure? You have to tell me if it's too light or too heavy so I can adjust it..."
A true man knows when to yield and when to stand firm. Fourteenth Brother felt there was nothing shameful about his Sixth Brother yielding. After all, that feather duster really hurt when it hit him. Now, he was unwanted by his father and mother, and had nowhere to complain. When it was time to admit defeat, he had to do it...
While Fourteenth Prince felt as pitiful as a little cabbage, Yinzuo, who was enjoying himself with his eyes closed, didn't feel sorry for this little cabbage at all. He didn't hold back when ordering this guy around. Massaging his shoulders was just the beginning, and serving tea and water was not the end. Later, Yinzuo even took Fourteenth Prince on a trip down memory lane, gave him a broom, and asked him to go outside and sweep the courtyard of Shuyizhai.
Fourteen was gritting his teeth as he gripped the broom. After all, these were not pleasant memories; they were all his dark past. Yinzhen's words earlier were like a boomerang that had been flying for a long time, and at this moment, they hit Fourteen squarely on the forehead. Fourteen felt that his fourth brother was right. Every word that the silly old him had said in front of his sixth brother made him unable to hold his head up in front of his sixth brother now.
"What are you still standing there for? What, do you feel a sense of familiarity with this broom? Well, it's true, after all, our Fourteenth Prince was very close to him when he was a child. I heard from Mother that for a while he almost wanted to sleep with a broom in his arms. Alright, stop being so sentimental with this broom. My Shuyizhai is not as exquisite and small as Shufengxuan. If you don't finish sweeping this, Sixth Brother won't let you leave."
Although the Fourteenth Prince dared not speak his anger at Yinzhuo's words, he secretly thought to himself, "Heh, you still have the nerve to say that? Why would I want to sleep with a broom? Isn't that because you're so inhuman? Go ask around the whole capital, and see which elder brother would trick his younger brother into sweeping the floor and grinding grain, and then say things like, 'If you can't sweep a room, how can you sweep the world? Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles.' Fine, you wait and see how I use those words to fool your son when he comes out."
Yinzhuo was completely unaware of the thoughts running through the Fourteenth Prince's mind, but even if he had known, he probably wouldn't have taken it seriously. After all, it was probably not the Fourteenth Prince's place to fool children; Yinzhuo, the father, was very skilled at this task and wouldn't delegate it to someone else.
After many years, Fourteen was once again supervised by his sixth brother to clean the courtyard for him for an afternoon. He was so tired that his back ached, his legs cramped, and he was not as good as he was when he was a child. It was just that what Yinzhuo said this time was not a lie at all. Compared with his Shuyizhai, Shufengxuan, which was not small, was really exquisite and small.
"Sixth Brother, you'd better have your kitchen prepare some good dishes tonight to reward me. I've been working so hard this afternoon, my arms and legs feel like they don't belong to me anymore..."