Chapter 158 – Qing Transmigration Tale (67)
Ninth Prince was struggling over a matter the entire afternoon, was Ye fat?
Fat? He could not be fat.
Who did not say that Ye was magnificent? Yes, he was stout and majestic.
The brat was just a brat. He did not know how to admire. Ninth Prince stamped Hong Shi with the label of brat.
In the afternoon, he got a cup of tea, and the rest was just plain water. But halfway, there was a bowl of soy milk.
Four’s days were really…… exquisite.
It could only be described as exquisite. He could even taste four different things from the soy milk.
In the afternoon, he saw Four meet some people. There was one of Songgotu’s sons, some of the unremarkable imperial relatives. One was Four’s deceased teacher Gubadai’s son. These people did not have power or wealth. But Four met them, and he even had a good attitude.
Ninth Prince felt that Four was pretending and acting.
But it was like the saying, it was easy for a person to act for a day, but hard to act for a lifetime. If Four acted like this for a long time, it was no different from it being true.
When comparing, Eight seemed to lack something.
After writing two sheets of paper, Ninth Prince leaned back on his chair. He could finally rest.
But Si Ye seemed to be supervising him. Seeing him put down the brush, Si Ye stood up to walk, and said to him, “Follow.”
Follow? To do what?
Ninth Prince thought. I want to use you, this is not very good, I am in the wrong. So regardless of how much he orders Ye around today, Ye will not hold a grudge against him. Ye will just think he is playing with a child.
But just after he left the door, he saw Hong Hui and his brothers waiting outside. Hong Shi said, “Ninth Uncle, how are you so slow in your writing? We have waited such a long while for you.”
You brat, could you close your mouth and not talk?
Ninth Prince had thought that Four was trying to torment him, but after all this, he realized that it was the family’s tradition.
On the training field, the three children were freely running. Si Ye held a bow in his hand and aimed at the target. The target had several concentric circles in different colors. The center was red, then it was green, and then the black, and the outer most circle was white.
The wind on the training field was strong. Si Ye shot five arrows. Two hit the black area, two hit the green, and only the last one hit the border of the red.
Ninth Prince laughed in scorn. Such skill was really not acceptable. No wonder he had never seen Four hunt in these years. It seemed that he knew his limits well.
Si Ye turned his head and looked wryly at Ninth Prince. A young eunuch immediately handed over a bow.
Ninth Prince confidently pulled the bow and aimed, his movements flowing smoothly. He appeared very skillful.
The arrow flew right by the edge of the target.
He missed the target!
Ninth Prince looked in disbelief at Four. “There is something wrong with your home’s targets.”
“Yes! It is the target’s fault that it did not manage to receive your arrow,” Si Ye said coolly and then indicated for him to speed up. “Aren’t there four more chances? Once is because you are not familiar, two is because you are not used to this,Ye does not have much hope. If you hit the target with your third arrow, you are not bad.”
Ninth Prince felt that he had received a great injury to his soul. How bad was Ye now? Anyone was able to talk about his riding and shooting, except for Four. Among the brothers, he was just a bit better than Seven.
But reality gave Ninth Prince a slap on the face. The last arrow hit the outer white area on the target.
As though he had not embarrassed himself enough, when Hong Hui, Hong Yun, and Hong Shi returned, the three picked up their bows. Hong Hui would hit the red area with each arrow. Hong Yun was on the border of red and green. Hong Shi had a small bow. Two of his arrows missed, and three were on the outer circle.
He comforted Ninth Prince in a whisper, “It is fine! Ninth Uncle, we can work on it. We may not be able to catch up to Big Brother, I think we can catch up to Second Brother.” His words were very heartfelt.
If this was his child, Ninth Prince would beat him.
How old are you! How old is Ye! He had originally wanted to say that Si Ye had the benefit of the home range, but now he could not say such a thing. Even Hong Shi was better than him. If he said such a thing, he would lose face.
He felt great regret right now. Why had he come to Four? Was he not just finding discomfort for himself?
Four must be doing this on purpose, calling his sons to deal a blow to Ye and showing off.
He had such a bad heart!
“Go! After washing up, it is time to eat,” Si Ye was kind and said.
The dinner was set up in the courtyard. The table in the flower hall was set up already.
“Fourth Sister-in-law, thank you.” Ninth Prince put away his emotions and said politely to Lin Yu Tong.
Lin Yu Tong had learned of what happened on the training field and said with a smile, “No need to be so polite, you are not a stranger. This is just ordinary fare, do not disdain it.”
Lin Yu Tong and Moyaqi was going to eat in the inner room. Si Ye, the three boys, and Ninth Prince were eating in the outside room.
Ninth Prince found to his shock that the table did not just have braised pig trotters, but also a Nine Turn Pig Intestine.
Four would eat something like intestine?
Ninth Prince seemed to have discovered Si Ye’s other side. Even until they finished the meal, he was in a good mood.
Si Ye put down his chopsticks, and said, “There is no extra of the midnight snack today.”
What did this mean? A notice to leave?
Ye does not want it anyways. After eating the last pig trotter, he angrily put down his chopsticks and said to Lin Yu Tong, “Fourth Sister-in-law, on another day, call Donggo-shi to come and learn some skills from Sister-in-law. This braised pig trotter is delicious.”
Lin Yu Tong smiled and nodded. “Just have Sister-in-law come. I hope to have people to talk with me.”
Ninth Prince agreed. He ignored Si Ye and walked away. Hong Hui and Hong Yun hurriedly went to see Ninth Prince out the door.
“Ye, really, look…… Another person has left in anger because of Ye.” Lin Yu Tong rolled her eyes at Si Ye. This person really was something.
Si Ye shook his head. “Ignore him, it is not Ye that angered him, his self-respect was damaged.”
Lin Yu Tong smiled and pushed a plate of tofu in front of Hong Shi. This child was unhappy. Ninth Prince had took the entire plate of braised pig trotters. At night, Di–Eniang did not allow him to eat more meat. He did not like the vegetables and the tofu. So he gave off a presence of unhappiness. He felt that Ninth Prince was not as good as he looked. He disliked people who stole delicious food the most.
Ninth Prince, after having his self-respect damaged, went back to his establishment.
Ninth Princess Consort suddenly felt that her ye was very strange today. He washed up early, and he just walked around in the room dressed in his underclothes. She was very busy. She had to calculate the new year gifts for each establishment. Just after two pages, a black shadow came over the ledgers. She looked up and saw her ye standing to her side. He did not say anything, he just lingered there.
What was wrong with him?
Ninth Princess Consort cleaned up her things. If I could not afford to offend you, could I not hide?
She sat on the bed, and put her little abacus and ledgers on the bed table. She took a sip of tea. Before she even swallowed, her ye followed over, sitting on the edge of the bed by her, and even moved closer to her.
She forgot to even swallow the tea in her mouth. What was wrong with him? Had Si Ye done something?
So, she swallowed the tea with trepidation and probed, “Ye…… You have something?”
Ninth Prince stood up, pulled on the corners of his robes and said, “Nothing.”
He pulled on the corners of his robes. Did he think himself a young girl?
Ninth Princess Consort dazedly nodded. “Then, Ye, move aside a bit, you block the light.”
Then she looked down. So much left for her to calculate. She did not have the attention to spare to talk to him.
Before she managed to move the beads, the light was blocked again. She picked up the abacus and shook it. “Ye, what do you want?”
Ninth Prince coughed, turned his head to the side and asked, “Princess Consort, what do you think of Ye?”
What did she think? Not much.
Ninth Princess Consort thought, but she said, “Ye! Who dares to speak badly of you?”
People did not dare to speak badly, not that he did not have any bad traits.
Ninth Prince immediately did not feel well. She felt that Ye was bad and did not dare to say.
He felt that his face was black. He adjusted his emotions for a while and then said, “What do you think is Ye‘s shortcoming?”
Ninth Princess Consort had just finished calculating a sum, but after he said this, she forgot her place? She immediately slammed the ledger on the table. “Ye, where do I start?”
Ninth Prince was stunned! How bad was he that Princess Consort did not know where to start?
He looked up at Princess Consort and saw that she did not have a good expression. He thought, he must have many shortcomings.
So, he first puffed out his chest and sucked in his belly. “Look at Ye‘s appearance……” He smiled confidently at Princess Consort. “Does Princess Consort not feel that Ye is very imposing?”
Ninth Princess Consort looked at the belly that was still protruding after being sucked in, and twisted her lips.
Imposing?
“You are really imposing.” Ninth Princess Consort looked at Ninth Prince’s bulging belly after he relaxed.
The gaze was so obvious that Ninth Prince could not even pretend to not have seen it.
He could not help but think of the brat Hong Shi’s words. “If Ninth Uncle is fat, Ninth Aunt will not like you.”
The words were like a curse that caused Ninth Prince’s expression to grow ugly.
“Princess Consort, do you disdain Ye for being fat, so you do not like Ye?” Ninth Prince’s tone was a bit wounded and a bit dangerous.
Ninth Princess Consort had just took a sip of tea. She was stunned when she heard Ninth Prince’s words and she choked on the tea. She immediately coughed, and she even had tears……
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