Did The Young Prince’s Kingdom Get Destroyed Today? Chapter 73

He had promised Shen Tang that he would go, and now that the day had arrived, he couldn’t not go.

Noble Consort Yi didn’t really want him to go.

Lying on the bed together, Noble Consort Yi held his chubby little foot and tried to negotiate with him: “How about not going?”

The little one shook his head: “No, I have to go.”

Noble Consort Yi frowned and was about to say more, but the little one reached out to touch her face, stopping her from talking.

“Time to sleep.”

To avoid hearing any more objections, the clever little one even closed his eyes, switching instantly to sleep mode.

Seeing his tightly shut eyes, Noble Consort Yi felt a twinge of helplessness.

They went to sleep together, but Noble Consort Yi fell asleep much later.

The next day.

The little one stood in front of the bronze mirror, looking at his reflection from different angles. As he looked, he touched his little face: “Do I look good?”

The ink on his face was mostly washed off, thanks to the face-washing solution Shui Shui had made for him.

The little panda-like cub had turned back into a cute, fair little one. He felt so pleased with his appearance that he asked Noble Consort Yi for a small mirror, frequently checking himself in it.

“You look good.”

Noble Consort Yi had been asked this question several times, so her response was somewhat perfunctory.

Fortunately, the little one didn’t notice her perfunctory attitude and continued happily picking out his clothes.

With his face looking nice, his whole demeanor became more spirited.

Ji Yan laid out all his clothes for him to choose from.

After a long selection process, the little one chose a set of sky-blue clothes. He liked colorful clothes, though he also liked pure white ones, but he knew he could never keep white clothes clean.

After changing into his chosen outfit and filling his belly, the little one headed out.

Ling Fu, who rarely got up early, was waiting outside for him.

“Little Seven.”

Ling Fu, worried that Little Seven would still act impulsively like before, especially fearing he might get into fights without informing him, specifically emphasized, “Don’t act rashly. If they provoke you, we’ll deal with it together. Don’t go alone.”

Last time they only splashed ink, but what if they threw stones this time? It would be much more serious.

The little one obediently replied, “Sixth Brother, Little Seven knows his limits.”

Ling Fu: “…”

Looking at his obedient-looking brother, Ling Fu found it hard to believe he would behave.

The little group of children set out, with Ling Rui leaving Shui Shui behind since it wasn’t appropriate to bring him to such an occasion with his sixth brother.

Emperor Ling was aware of their plans.

His guards and secret guards followed them, but kept hidden.

After a short ride in the sedan chair, the little group arrived at the Shen residence.

They were stopped at the entrance and asked for an invitation. Ling Rui thought for a moment and said, “We don’t have an invitation. Shen Tang invited us.”

The servant’s expression turned cold at this: “No invitation, no entry. You should leave.”

Dressed in his finest clothes for the banquet, the little one was unhappy at being turned away and said, “Shen Tang invited me. I want to see Shen Tang.”

“Our young master doesn’t see just anyone.”

Without the invitation, the servant’s tone grew even ruder: “You should leave. We have other guests coming.”

It was a blatant dismissal.

The little one, furious, stomped his short legs and tried to push past the servant, shouting, “Shen Tang! Shen Tang, come out!”

His little face red with anger, he called inside, “You invited me, and now you won’t let me in. Are you doing this on purpose?”

His shouting stunned the servants.

Guests passing by whispered among themselves: “What’s going on? Why is this child shouting at the entrance?”

Seeing the commotion, the servant hurried over to calm him down.

In the courtyard, Shen Tang heard the shouting.

Rubbing his ears, he uncertainly asked his brother, “Brother, is that Little Seven? It sounds like him.”

His full-blooded brother also perked up his ears and listened for a moment: “It seems like it’s his.”

The two brothers looked at each other, and finally, Shen Tang hesitantly asked, “Brother, did you give the invitation to Little Seven?”

Shen Hui frowned: “I thought you did.”

Shen Tang: “…”

Shen Tang: “I didn’t.”

Both brothers had assumed the other had sent the invitation. Realizing their mistake, they hurried outside.

Thinking of that little one who looked well-behaved but was actually not at all, the brothers’ expressions both changed. They rushed out together and quickly made it to the door.

The little one saw them coming and struggled hard in the servant’s arms, shouting, “Put me down!”

The servant had the little ones clinging around his legs and waist, both in front and behind him, making it hard for him to manage.

“Hurry, let him go!”

At the same time, both Shen Tang and Shen Hui’s voices rang out. The servant turned his head, saw the two young masters of the mansion, quickly set down the child he was holding, and shook off the one clinging to his legs, intending to report the situation to the young masters.

But the two young masters ran over, not paying any attention to him. They bypassed him and walked up to the group of children without invitations.

“Little Six, Little Seven.”

Shen Tang saw their angry little faces and explained, “I didn’t mean it. I thought my brother gave you the invitation.”

Little Seven’s eyes were full of distrust.

“Ahem.”

Shen Tang felt a bit guilty this time, so he didn’t argue with him at the door. After all, this was his home. It wouldn’t look good if they caused a scene here.

His family elders would probably blame him if they found out.

“You guys come in first.”

Shen Tang stepped aside to let them all in.

After being invited several times, Ling Rui looked at him, snorted heavily, and walked in with short legs.

Seeing that they had all entered, the servant didn’t say much.

Inside the mansion.

Shen Tang continued to explain that it was all a misunderstanding. They wanted to bully Little Six and Little Seven. But without invitations, they couldn’t bully them!

They were unwilling to be blamed for this.

“Alright, stop talking.” Ling Rui rubbed his ear a bit and showed a bit of impatience on his pretty face. “It’s too noisy.”

Shen Tang: “…”

This was his home!

How could Little Seven be so rude to him!

Shen Tang also stiffened his face, feeling unhappy, and led them inside. He originally wanted to introduce them to his large mansion, but thinking that Little Seven found him noisy, he closed his mouth again.

Although he didn’t speak, Shen Tang led the way intentionally.

He intended to show Little Seven around his big house.

He led them halfway, but Ling Rui didn’t want to continue.

Shen Tang’s house might be a bit larger than others’, but to Ling Rui, it didn’t seem big at all. He glanced at his older brother, who also had a displeased look, clearly not wanting to go further.

“Are you making your guests walk all the way?”

Ling Rui stood still, unwilling to move.

Shen Tang had invited them to bully them. The first step of bullying them was to show them around his own home, let them know how rich his family was, and make them feel frustrated.

But now, it seemed that the first step didn’t work at all.

The expressions on Little Six and Little Seven didn’t look frustrated; instead, they seemed to disdain his poor hospitality.

“We’ve only walked halfway. To see my home fully, you’d have to walk another half.” Shen Tang insisted on continuing to show off his home.

Ling Rui glanced at him and finally realized his intention to show off.

“I’m not going.”

Ling Rui sat on a small rockery at the side, showing off even more than him. “At home, I have to ride in a sedan chair to see my home.”

“Your house doesn’t even have a sedan chair. How stingy.”

Shen Tang: “…”

Shen Tang thought he was bragging.

The rockery beside them was very low. After climbing up, Ling Rui waved his little hand and asked Ling Fu and the others to sit up with him.

In the end, all the little ones sat on the rockery, engaging in a verbal battle.

Children of this age naturally had a sense of competition.

At first, they were comparing whose house was bigger, but then they started comparing other things. For example, Ling Rui proudly said, “My mother is very beautiful!”

Shen Tang didn’t want to be outdone, “My mother is beautiful too!”

Ling Rui: “My father is handsome!”

Shen Tang: “…”

Shen Tang’s father wasn’t particularly handsome, but now, to save face, Shen Tang put an 800-meter-thick filter on his father and insisted, “My father was handsome when he was young!”

Ling Rui: “My brother is more numerous than yours.”

Shen Tang: “I have many brothers too.”

Including his illegitimate brothers, he had quite a few brothers.

Ling Rui continued, “My brothers are all very capable. My Sixth Brother eats a lot!”

In the eyes of the little ones, it was quite impressive to eat a lot. Ling Rui could eat one and a half bowls of rice at most, while his Sixth Brother could eat three bowls at once.

Shen Tang also thought that eating a lot was a bragging point, but in the competition with the little ones, Shen Tang was gradually falling behind.

Seeing himself unable to keep up with Little Seven, Shen Tang became anxious.

Pointing his small finger at his real brother, he was almost sweating as he struggled to come up with something his brother was better at. Just then, a big yellow dog wandered over to the corner.

After stumbling over his words for a long time, Shen Tang finally finished. He shouted loudly, “My brother dares to fight dogs!”

Ling Rui thought about his own brother, “My Fourth Brother dares too!”

His Fourth Brother was so strong and powerful, he could definitely beat a dog.

Shen Tang looked at the dog, his face turning red, and came up with a big move, “My… my brother also eats poop! Can your brother do that?”

Ling Rui: “…”

Ling Rui instinctively looked at his brother who could eat a lot. Before he could say anything, his chubby-faced Sixth Brother turned green first, “I can’t.”

He was afraid his younger brother would compare this with him.

Ling Fu’s timely voice and quick reply also saved his reputation.

On the other side, Shen Hui had already raised his hand and started slapping Shen Tang’s head, “You’re talking nonsense, you’re the one who eats sh*t! Your whole family eats sh*t!”

Shen Tang cried out from being hit, dodging away.

Watching Shen Tang being beaten up, sitting on the rockery with short legs swinging, Ling Fu whispered in Ling Rui’s ear, “Shen Tang’s whole family is Shen Hui.”

The group of little rascals gleefully watched as they fought.

Originally, they had agreed to team up and bully the two brothers, but before they could bully anyone else, they started fighting amongst themselves. They fought for quite a while before Shen Hui finally called it off.

“Alright, let’s not play here anymore.”

After finishing with his younger brother, Shen Hui realized that they hadn’t bullied the guest they had called over, so he decided to start with them instead.

Since showing off their family background wasn’t enough, Shen Hui decided to get serious.

“Little Seven.”

Shen Hui emphasized Little Seven’s name and said, “I’ll take you somewhere where no one will disturb us. The few of us can have some fun together.”

The way he said this made it clear he was brewing something mischievous.

Ling Rui knew they were up to no good from the moment they arrived, so he didn’t hesitate. “Alright, I’ll come with you.”

They weren’t afraid of fighting in a place where no one would interrupt them!

Under Shen Hui’s lead, they wandered through the Shen Mansion, not knowing where they were going, but it was certainly quiet.

“Let’s stay here, nobody will come.” Shen Hui said confidently.

There were too many guests visiting today, some big and some small, wandering around the mansion. Although Shen Hui and Shen Tang were favored young masters, they had been reminded early in the morning by the elders to greet the guests.

They didn’t like to greet people, and they had planned in advance —

To call Little Seven and others over to bully.

“What place is this? Why won’t anyone come?” Ling Rui asked curiously.

Shen Hui pointed not far away and said, “Because that’s our family’s ancestral hall, outsiders can’t enter. Guests won’t go there either.”

The ancestral hall was the most important place; he and his brother never went there.

Ling Rui nodded, “Oh, I see.”

In this quiet spot without disturbance, Shen Hui initiated a humiliating tactic: mud throwing. They made small bowls with soft mud, and the bigger the bottom of the bowl when thrown on the ground, the more awesome it was.

The winner could draw a tortoise on the loser’s face.

Shen Hui and Shen Tang’s faces, which had just been cleaned from the ink last time, still had that grudge in their hearts, so they tried their best to draw tortoises on Little Six and Little Seven’s faces.

To them, having a tortoise on their faces was simply a nightmare!

This was the vicious plan Shen brothers had in mind.

Not only did Shen’s brothers think it was vicious, but the little rascals thought drawing a tortoise was extremely malicious! He tightened his face and solemnly accepted the challenge!

The mud throwing officially began.

Several little rascals seriously threw mud, Shen Hui and Shen Tang had practiced before, but they didn’t expect that the little rascals had played with mud on the way to Luocheng.

There were winners and losers.

In the end, almost every little rascal had a tortoise drawn on their face. The little one had seen the black tortoise, which was just a tortoise.

He had almost been bitten by the black tortoise, so he hated the tortoise the most.

Both sides with tortoises drawn on their faces held grudges against each other, they looked at each other.

Finally, the little one couldn’t help it. He rolled up his sleeves and asked, “Or, fight again?”

Shen Hui raised his chin gracefully and said, “You’re younger than me, and I can let you punch.”

Little one: “Good!”

Little one finished, clutched his small fists and gave him a punch.

Shen Hui: “…”

Shen Hui’s eyes suddenly hurt with tears.

Several little rascals fought in a group, this time no one pulled the frame, and no one came forward to stop, they fought very comfortably.

A few of the little ones rubbed their eyes, holding back their tears. They had no choice—they had all been hit to some extent, and it hurt a lot.

After being punished, the kids sat exhausted on the ground, panting and not saying a word. The atmosphere remained tense for a while.

Finally, Ling Rui sniffled and took the initiative to speak: “Want to play another game?”

Shen Hui sniffled: “Yes.”

Ling Rui came up with this game because he wanted to ask some questions about Lord Zhu but needed a way to start the conversation, so he suggested playing a game.

Sitting on the ground, Ling Rui seriously explained the game rules: “We’ll ask each other questions, and whoever can’t answer has to bark like a puppy!”

After Ling Rui finished speaking, the Shen brothers looked at him as if they were staring at an evil little rascal.