EBE Chapter 49 The Fourth Prince, who was tricked and became lame
Chapter 49 The Fourth Prince, who was tricked and became lame
"Fourteenth Brother, didn't Sixth Brother say yesterday that he didn't really want to see you for the next month? Why are you here again today?"
Yinzhuo said he didn't want to see the Fourteenth Prince again for a month, but that depended on whether his mother was willing to cooperate. He felt that the Fourteenth Prince was making a lot of trouble. Coincidentally, his mother also disliked him. So, less than a day later, the Fourteenth Prince was standing in his courtyard again.
"Sixth Brother, I would like to listen to you, but Mother sent me to find you."
Faced with his sixth brother's disdain, our fourteenth prince said, "I don't know. Mother sent me. If you have any questions, don't come to me. Go talk to Mother if you dare."
Yinzhuo considered himself to be quite capable, but every time he faced his mother, he thought, "If I didn't have some self-comforting ability, I might not be alive today."
Since he couldn't send the child away or escape, Yinzhuo had no choice but to accept his fate and help his mother take care of the child. But while he could take care of the child, he was in charge of his own territory. Since the child had been sent to him, he could do whatever he wanted with him. As for how the fourteenth child felt about being looked after, well, that was completely outside the scope of his sixth brother's consideration.
“De Xi, now that you, the Fourteenth Prince, have arrived, let all the mules and people in our courtyard rest. After all, it would be a waste not to use the labor that has come to our door. Yin Zhen, come here and learn how to sweep the floor from De Xi first.”
It wasn't until Dexi shoved a broom into Xiao Shisi's hand that he realized his sixth brother wasn't joking; he was serious. Xiao Shisi's eyes widened in disbelief as he looked at his sixth brother.
"Sixth Brother, I'm your own brother. How can you make me do such rough work as sweeping? I'm going to go back and tell Mother that you're abusing your own brother and treating me like a mule or a horse."
“Rough work? Abuse you? Treating you like a mule or horse, Xiao Shisi, before you say that, do you want to see how many servants there are in Sixth Brother’s yard? When it comes to sweeping, none of them can do it better than you. You can’t even compare to them, let alone to a mule or horse.”
Seeing that Yinzhen was still thinking of resisting, Yinzuo was immediately displeased. "You little rascal, you think you can escape from my palm? Dream on! I'll trick you into giving me a piece of my mind in a moment."
"Do you really think Sixth Brother wants you to learn sweeping? Little Fourteenth, don't be ungrateful. Sixth Brother is doing this all for your own good. You're in school now, you must have heard the saying, 'If you can't sweep a room, how can you sweep the world?' Do you know what that means? It means if you can't even clean a room, how will you share the burden for Father Khan in the future? In other words, if you can't do small things, how will you achieve great things? Sixth Brother is having you learn sweeping from Dexi to train you, to teach you from now on, to start with small things, to start with the trivial things around you, to become a responsible and exemplary young man. And don't you always say that you want to be a majestic general when you grow up? Then you need to learn sweeping even more. You've heard of cleaning up battlefields, right? That requires an iron broom. If you don't learn to sweep now, even if you become a general in the future, you won't be able to do the job of cleaning up battlefields well."
To be honest, Yinzhuo's karaoke skills... no, his PUA skills are really quite good. He actually managed to fool the little fourteenth prince, who doesn't even have a kindergarten education, with a long speech.
"So that's how it is. I'm sorry, Sixth Brother. I misunderstood you earlier. Don't worry, I will definitely learn how to sweep the floor well from Eunuch Dexi and will not let you down..."
Seeing his little fourteenth son suddenly full of energy, Yinzhu nodded with satisfaction, raised his hand to pat his little head and praised him.
"Fourteen is indeed intelligent, he understands things instantly, unlike your Ninth Brother, who is a blockhead and stubborn. You should study hard. Sixth Brother will not go anywhere, he will stay under the tree over there reading and watching over you. Tonight, I will have the kitchen make your favorite sweet and sour fish. Go now."
Seeing how his master had managed to persuade the previously reluctant Fourteenth Prince to work so enthusiastically with just a few words, Dexi admired his master but couldn't help but shed a tear for the Fourteenth Prince. He thought that judging from this situation, this mischievous boy would probably never escape his master's grasp. But he also wanted to ask his master, "Doesn't your heart ache when you fool a child like this?"
Does Yinzhuo's heart ache? The answer is of course no. He is now sitting on a recliner under a tree in the courtyard, drinking tea and eating snacks, watching the little fourteenth prince working hard to clean the courtyard for him. He is overjoyed. Look how good this is! The little fourteenth prince's inexhaustible energy has been released, the servants responsible for sweeping and cleaning the courtyard have gotten a rest, and he is happy to see the little fourteenth prince working hard. This is simply killing two birds with one stone, it's perfect.
"Hahahaha, I say, Sixth Brother, how did you come up with such a wicked idea? You tricked Fourteenth Prince into working in your courtyard for several days, and now you've made him so grateful to you. I heard he's so tired he can't even get up now, but he hasn't said a bad word about you. Not only does he not say anything himself, but he also won't allow others to say anything. If Consort De hadn't mentioned this to my mother during our little get-together today, I wouldn't have known that Fourteenth Prince, who usually seems so cunning, is actually so easy to fool."
No matter how energetic Fourteenth Prince was, he was still a child. After two days of intense work under Yinzhuo's supervision, he was completely exhausted. At first, Consort De thought that her youngest son's exhausted appearance after returning from his eldest son's place every day was because he had played too wildly. However, when she asked him, she found out that he hadn't played at all; he was just tired. Even so, he was still protecting his sixth brother. Don't ask, just say that his sixth brother was doing it all for my own good. At first, Consort De wanted to confront Yinzhuo, but after seeing her youngest son like this, she got angry and decided to ignore it. The two of them were willing to fight, so why should she be the bad guy? If he wanted to work, let him work. Anyway, he wouldn't die from exhaustion. He could just sleep when he got back, and she could have some peace and quiet.
"You know perfectly well that Fourteenth Brother was raised well by my mother. He's like a little calf, full of inexhaustible energy. If we hadn't found a way to wear him down, your Sixth Brother would be the one lying in bed unable to get up right now. You came to me today to talk about this, and now that you've finished, you can leave."
Yinzhuo felt no shame whatsoever for tricking the Fourteenth Prince into being his laborer. As the saying goes, whoever takes care of a child will break down. He didn't want to break down himself, so the child being taken care of would have to be the one to break down.
Yinzhen came here today not just to talk about this matter, but seeing that his sixth brother was about to kick him out, he dared not keep him in suspense any longer.
"Sixth Brother, I didn't come here today just to talk about this. Father restored Prince Yu's title a couple of days ago and even bestowed a garden here in Changchun Garden upon him. He's hosting a banquet there today and asked Baotai to invite us."