Chapter 378: The Tenth Prince and Family Dynamics
Song Xiaoxiao said she could make snacks and soups, and she would let Zhao Yao have a taste.
Zhang He and the others listened in disbelief to their mother’s and sisters’ words. Usually, when they wanted to eat the meals or snacks their mother and sisters made, they would never make them. Only on their birthdays or during important festivals would their mother and sisters benevolently make them.
What’s gotten into their mother and sisters today, offering to make delicious food for their eldest brother?
Their mother and sisters must be possessed!
This is really terrifying!
Upon hearing there was something delicious, Zhao Yao’s eyes immediately lit up, and he quickly expressed that he would certainly visit when he had time to enjoy the good food made by their mother and sisters.
Just then, Moli, the maid beside Qin Xiulian, walked in. She first respectfully greeted Mrs. Zhang and the others, then said, "Mrs. Zhang, Mrs. Song, Miss Zhang, and Miss Song, my mistress requests your presence."
It was only then that Moli noticed the presence of the Tenth Prince, and she was momentarily surprised. She quickly apologized to Zhao Yao and greeted him, "This servant is at fault, this servant greets His Highness the Tenth Prince. How is it that His Highness is here?"
"No worries, how is Princess Consort Yingpin? Is she injured or frightened?" Zhao Yao asked.
"Replying to His Highness, the mistress is not injured, just a bit frightened, but she’s alright now."
"That’s good." Zhao Yao turned to Mrs. Zhang and the others and said, "Aunt, Princess Consort Ying has summoned you, you should quickly go over."
"Then we’ll go ahead."
Princess Consort Ying invited Mrs. Zhang and the others over to thank them for their rescue earlier. Without their intervention, she might be dead by now.
Previously, Princess Consort Ying had already thanked Mrs. Zhang and the others.
Mrs. Zhang and the others quickly said it was their duty, and Princess Consort Ying shouldn’t think much of it.
After expressing her gratitude, Princess Consort Ying began to chat idly with Mrs. Zhang and the others.
Meanwhile, Zhao Yao was surrounded by his four young followers, who gazed at him with admiration, impressed by how Zhao Yao "tamed" their mother and sisters so obediently. They had never seen such a gentle side of their mother and sisters, nor could they believe they had such a side.
"Aren’t you afraid of being beaten for speaking about your mother and sisters like that?"
"We’d get beaten even if we didn’t say anything."
"Eldest Brother, I didn’t expect you to have such a skill." Being able to make their mother and sisters so gentle, Eldest Brother is really impressive.
Zhao Yao, seeing Zhang He and the others with faces full of admiration, said proudly, "I’m good-looking and cute, who wouldn’t like me?"
Zhang He and the others: "..." Eldest Brother, is it alright to praise yourself like that?
"Besides, I have such a sweet mouth, who wouldn’t like me?" Zhao Yao glanced sideways at Zhang He and the others, "Haven’t you heard the saying that women need to be coaxed?"
Song Jicai and the others shook their heads in unison, "Never heard of it."
"You guys are truly ignorant." Zhao Yao first shook his head, then posed as a teacher giving a lecture, "Whether it’s an eighty-year-old grandmother or a three-year-old girl, they all like to be coaxed and praised. If you often compliment your mother and sisters, they will surely be good to you."
"No, Eldest Brother, if we coaxed our mother and sisters as you said, they’d definitely think we’re being greasy and chase after us to beat us."
Zhao Yao: "..."
Chu Huan bluntly stated, "Mainly because Eldest Brother, you are good-looking."
Zhao Yao agreed wholeheartedly, then looked at Zhang He and the others and said, "Then there’s nothing you can do."
Zhang He and Song Jicai: "..." They felt Eldest Brother was just mocking them, and they had proof.
"By the way, have the four of you thought about what to do in the future?" Zhao Yao said earnestly, "You can’t just keep playing around like this, you should learn something."
"Eldest Brother, we’ll definitely follow you in the future. Wherever you go, we’ll go."
"Eldest Brother, we’ll follow you to your fiefdom in the future."
"Eldest Brother, we’ve already decided, we’ll resolutely follow you to your fiefdom in the future."
"Eldest Brother, we’re ready to follow you to your fiefdom."
Zhao Yao had already guessed that Song Jicai and the others would follow him to his fiefdom, "Then after you follow me to the fiefdom, what will you do?"
This question hadn’t crossed Chu Huan and the others’ minds before.
"You don’t want to be hedonistic sons of rich parents for a lifetime, do you?"
Zhang He countered, "Isn’t continuing as hedonistic sons of rich parents good?"
Zhao Yao thought to himself, as expected, they had never thought about what they would do when they grew up.