EBE Chapter 164 It's not that our side is too incompetent, but that the enemy is too powerful.
Chapter 164 It's not that our side is too incompetent, but that the enemy is too powerful.
When Kangxi heard Yinzhuo's words, he almost lost his smile. Looking at Yinzhuo who was still arguing with him, he couldn't help but raise his hand and lightly tap his forehead.
"I see your skin is getting thicker and thicker. What does it matter to you that your elder brother won? And what do you mean by 'I want to eat this'? Did you hunt that thing? Why are you being so generous with other people's money? Altai, now that you've won the competition, do you want any prizes or anything you like? Just tell this kid. He has plenty of good stuff, so don't be polite with him."
Upon hearing his father's words, Yinzhuo's gaze immediately turned to him. "You have the nerve to criticize me like that? We're father and son, after all. Even if I have a habit of being generous with other people's money, it must be inherited from you. I have plenty of good things, but Father, have you forgotten where all my treasures came from?"
"Yes, yes, yes, just say what you like, Altai. If you don't have what you want, that's okay too. My Khan's private treasury has plenty of good stuff. I'll go in and rummage around for you, and I'm sure you'll find something that suits your taste."
Altai dared not let Yinzhuo rummage through Kangxi's storeroom for him. Upon hearing this, he quickly said that friendship came first and competition second, and he would be happy with just a participation award.
In the end, it was the old father who took the blame and rewarded Altai with his personal bow and arrow. If Yinti hadn't already had a birch bark bow, he would probably be green with envy right now.
"Yinzuo, listen to your father's advice. In the future, we must never find someone to compete with casually, otherwise I'm afraid what I have here won't be enough for you to lose."
Although Kangxi's words were quite reasonable, could Yinzhi accept them? Obviously not. He simply swaggered over to sit down next to Kangxi, grabbed his father's arm, and began to defend himself.
"Father, it's really not your fault that we lost the game. It's not that our side was too incompetent, but that the enemy was too strong. Actually, in the end, it's all your fault. Yesterday, I just said it casually. I never thought you would betray me today."
If Yinzhuo's initial words were somewhat of a defense, he became increasingly assertive as he spoke. As the saying goes, even when you're in the wrong, you'll still argue your way out of it, and when you're in the right, you won't let it go. Yinzhuo truly embodied this saying perfectly.
"That's right, it's all Khan's fault. If you hadn't told Altai that his son wanted to challenge him, he wouldn't have come to find his son so early. If he hadn't come to find his son, then his son wouldn't have had to get up so early to compete with him. If he hadn't competed with him, how could he have lost? So you can't blame me for losing the match. If you want to blame someone, blame... Ouch! Khan, let go! You're about to pull my ear off! Brother, don't just stand there watching, come and help me!"
The older brother, who had been watching the interaction between the father and son like a ghost since entering the tent, apologized, saying, "I'm sorry, I can't help you. It's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that I don't dare to go up and pry open your father's fingers. It's okay, you're his own son, he won't really pull your ears off. Just bear with it, it'll pass."
Seeing that his elder brother had no intention of helping, Yinzhuo had no choice but to take out his little tune again. Embarrassment didn't matter; the priority now was to save his ears.
"There's no one better than a father in this world, a child with a father is a treasure..."
Yinzhuo had only sung one line when he heard a "poof" sound from not far away, followed by his elder brother's earth-shattering cough.
"Cough...cough...cough, you...cough cough..."
Kangxi was startled by Yinti's cough, and the grip on Yinzuo's ear loosened. Yinzuo seized the opportunity and quickly ran away. He stood up abruptly and ran towards Yinti.
"Brother, are you alright? You're such a grown man, how can you be so careless? How could you choke on your tea? Here, let me pat you. How are you feeling?"
Yinti coughed for a while before he recovered. He first apologized to Kangxi, and then, right in front of his father, grabbed Yinzuo's ear.
"You still have the nerve to lecture me? Who caused my situation? Why are you singing nonsense for no reason?"
Kangxi had been caught off guard and let Yinzhu escape, so when he saw Yinzhu being grabbed by the ear by Yinti, he was somewhat gloating. However, when he heard what Yinti said, he immediately felt uneasy.
Why did he sing such a silly tune? He thought it was quite good. Although the lyrics were straightforward, it was full of emotion and focused on realism. It seemed that his eldest son's appreciation skills still needed improvement.
"Alright, Yinqi, let him go now. Don't you know how strong you are? Look, Yinzhuo's ears are all red from your pulling."
"You... pinched...it...red..." Individually, Yinqi could understand each of those five words, but why couldn't he understand them together? Did I pinch his ear red? Was it because you used too much force? Oh, so now you know how to feel sorry for yourself, so you're trying to extort money from me?
Yinti was suffering inwardly, but he couldn't say anything. What could he do if his father tried to stage an accident for him? A higher-ranking official could crush a person, so he could only let them do it.
"Father is right. It was your son who did not control his strength well. I am sorry, Sixth Brother."
To be honest, Yinzhu felt wronged for Yinti at the moment he apologized. So he raised his hand, patted his elder brother's shoulder, quickly walked to Kangxi's side, and leaned in to put his ear close to his father's.
"Father, please don't wrong my elder brother. Look at my red ear, it was you who pulled it. You pulled me much less forcefully than you did. My ear still burns from the pain you caused."
Emperor Kangxi never expected that after helping him, he would be betrayed in the end. He couldn't help but raise his hand and slap Yinzhu on the back of the head. Yinzhu had been beaten for a while, and now that he had been slapped again, he naturally didn't dare to do it again. He simply covered the back of his head, squatted down on the ground, and continued to act for his father!
"Damn it, why did my head suddenly start hurting? I'm so dizzy! Big brother, come and help me up..."
Kangxi and Yinti had been fooled by Yinzuo's act before, so naturally they wouldn't believe him so easily this time. Yinzuo squatted on the ground groaning for a while, but seeing that his father and brother weren't falling for it, he got bored and had to stand up. Coincidentally, his legs were already a little numb from squatting for a while, and when he stood up suddenly, he felt a blackout and almost fell to the ground. This startled Kangxi and Yinti, who quickly got up and walked over to Yinzuo.
"Liang Jiugong, quickly summon the imperial physician! Yinzhuo, how are you?"