novelraw Chapter 661 - 650: The Cuckolded Prince
Chapter 661 - 650: The Cuckolded Prince
"Fifth Brother, I have never seen Heng’er before, you are really too stingy, only bringing Heng’er out now." Ye Kai sent a servant to buy many snacks suitable for children, and started to grumble discontentedly.
"I neglected him before." Ye Qiuqing gently stroked the child’s head, his voice somewhat fleeting, and Ye Kai didn’t quite catch it clearly.
But now his interest was on the child, and he didn’t delve into it further. Just then, both teams entered the field, attracting his attention.
Both teams had many supporters. Since Imperial College often wore red jerseys, their supporters also tied red ribbons on their foreheads. Honghu Academy’s supporters wore blue, making half of the venue a sea of red and the other half a sea of blue. Neither side wanted to lose in momentum, hence the cheers grew louder one after another.
Little Ye Heng had never seen such a lively scene before. His round eyes were glued to the field, and he stopped eating his candied haw, curiously clenching his fists.
Ye Qiu and Ye Kai naturally supported the Imperial College, and today Ye Kai even prepared a large red flag, ordering the servants to keep waving it.
Since he and Ye Qiu were known as the most playful and notorious in the Imperial City, this action immediately drew everyone’s attention, and the cheers from the Imperial College side grew even louder. One flamboyant player on the field even waved at them.
"Ten is playing too! Can his little arms and legs withstand the contact?" Despite saying this, Ye Kai still vigorously cheered for his Imperial Brother.
Today, there were not so many rules, especially in the competition. It was impossible to go easy just because there was a Prince on the field, so the Honghu Academy side was also full of fighting spirit.
With the gong sounding, the competitors from both sides mounted their horses, influenced by the atmosphere, every horse looked majestic and imposing.
Little Ye Heng felt like his eyes weren’t enough to take everything in, looking at the red team and then the blue team, his little fists tightly clenched in front of his chest.
"Imperial Uncle is telling you, your father is the best at polo, he’ll teach you later," whispered Ye Kai to Ye Heng’s ear mysteriously.
When the child heard Ye Kai talking about his father, he no longer rejected him, sitting upright and listening, his big eyes admiringly looking at Ye Qiu.
"Come, let Imperial Uncle hold you, we’ll watch while I tell you how great your father was back then." Ye Kai caught the child’s weak spot and successfully coaxed him.
As the competition on the field intensified, Ye Kai couldn’t help but stand up and yell at the players: "Hit him, Ten! Don’t be a coward!"
"Block him, quickly stop number three!"
"Useless."
The Imperial College side conceded a goal, Ye Kai fumed, "If Fifth Brother were in the match, how could number three from the opposing team have scored a goal?"
"Enough, Ten performed quite well today." Ye Qiu comforted him, then sent someone to call over the finished game’s Ten, Ye Qi.
"Lost another one thousand taels, the tigress will lecture me again when I get back." Ye Kai looked dejected, as if a tragedy had occurred.
Ye Qiu couldn’t help but tease him: "Can’t you not be called the ’tigress brother-in-law’? Wasn’t it you who cried and begged to marry her in the beginning?"
Ye Kai pouted: "I was deceived by her beauty at first, who knew she would be so fierce? Moreover, the Queen Mother always takes her side. It’s better to be you, Fifth Brother—Fifth Sister-in-law is pretty and virtuous, she never nags you by pulling your ears."
Ye Qiu tapped his forehead and lectured him, "You really don’t know how blessed you are. Why do you think your Princess Consort is so strict with you? It’s because she likes you that she fusses over you! In the future, argue less with your younger siblings, and buy some rouge and jewelry to pamper her."
Although Ye Kai complained like this, deep down he still liked Xia Yixiao, so he mumbled a bit and then said no more.
At this moment, Ten happened to come over, and upon seeing the child in Ye Qiu’s arms, he jumped in shock just like Ye Kai: "It really is a child, I thought I saw wrong from below! Looks just like Fifth Brother, come let Uncle Ten hold you."
Ten reached out his hands, and Ye Heng curiously looked at him, even tugging at the red ribbon on his forehead, but did not reject him like he had Ye Kai before.
Seeing this, Ye Kai jumped up unconvinced: "Why? Why is it fine when he holds him, and not me?"
Ten said proudly, "My lovely nephew must have been impressed by my heroic presence just now!"
True to say, Ye Heng was indeed freshly curious because of Ten’s recent competition in the marketplace.
Ye Kai puckered his mouth, not uttering any objections, and could only envy; although he liked polo, he was not allowed to play, otherwise the next day his Queen Mother would be raising heaven and earth.
Although he regretted, he had no forceful thoughts as he understood his Queen Mother; who asked him as a child to insist on horse riding when he was ill, even falling off and nearly dying under the hooves, causing his Queen Mother endless worry?
"Come on, Uncle Ten is going to take you to have something delicious," said Ye Qi, holding Ye Heng, also extremely fond of him.
Ye Kai said sourly, "You haven’t spent all your Silver yet? You still have money to treat your lovely nephew to a meal?"
"Father gifted me a chest of Silver just yesterday!" Ten declared proudly.
Ye Kai felt even sourer, mumbling discontentedly, "Father Emperor is really biased."
The restaurant is called Yingbin Building, and the chefs there are descendants of the Imperial Chef, so the business is particularly good; although Ye Qiu and the princes are used to the imperial meals, eating outside felt different from eating in the palace, and the Yingbin Building had many more wild dishes than the palace, which was quite novel.
More importantly, the owner behind Yingbin Building is Ye Qiu, so coming here meant getting a discount.
"Fifth Brother, I really admire you. Is there any business you don’t do in the capital?" Ye Kai exclaimed, "What business are you planning next? Take your brother with you and let’s make a fortune?"
Ye Qiu smiled as he looked at him, "Are you still short of money? Aren’t you afraid of being scolded by Lady?"
Hearing this, Ye Kai dared not make a sound, feeling somewhat guilty towards his fifth brother because his Queen Mother often complained outside that Fifth Brother led him astray. If he really dared to join Fifth Brother in business, his Queen Mother would certainly go crying to Father Emperor.
Better forget it, he should not involve Fifth Brother further. It was clear he shamelessly followed him; how did everyone say Fifth Brother led him astray?
Moreover, he didn’t think there was anything wrong with Fifth Brother doing business; Fifth Brother’s maternal family were Imperial Merchants, he had no actual power, not earning some money would probably mean his manor couldn’t even keep the pot boiling.
Everyone said his Fifth Brother was no good, but he declared his Fifth Brother to be the most awesome, even more so than the Second Crown Prince!
But these words, he dared not say them out loud; who didn’t know Father Emperor favored the Second Crown Prince the most, and in Father Emperor’s heart, none of their brothers could compare to one Crown Prince. If his words got out, it would probably lead to Fifth Brother being immediately questioned by Father Emperor.