CHAPTER 236: CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE

Zhao Yao did not answer Tong Xi’s question directly but instead asked back, "What do you think?"

Tong Xi suddenly thought of someone, widened his eyes in shock, and exclaimed, "Your Highness, could it be..."

"Whoever it is doesn’t concern us." Zhao Yao’s little stomach growled again, "What’s delicious for breakfast today?"

"Your Highness, take a guess." Tong Xi deliberately kept him in suspense.

"Guess?" Zhao Yao’s eyes suddenly lit up, "Snake soup?"

Tong Xi was surprised that Zhao Yao guessed right and said, "Your Highness, how did you know?"

"So many snakes appeared last night; it would be such a waste to kill them all and throw them away. It’s much better to make snake soup." Zhao Yao said, tempted, "Let’s go, go and have snake soup."

When Zhao Yao returned to the Fourth Prince’s tent, the Fourth Prince and Wei Mian had already set up breakfast.

"Smells so good." Zhao Yao smelled the fragrance of the snake soup, getting even hungrier, "Snake soup porridge tastes good. Snake meat is also delicious."

Wei Mian said, "Your Highness the Tenth Prince, you’ll be able to eat snake meat all day today."

"A whole day of snake meat feast?" Zhao Yao said happily, "That sounds great."

The Fourth Prince didn’t expect Zhao Yao to like snake meat, "You really like eating snake meat? When have you eaten snake meat before?"

"I had it outside the palace during my holiday." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "Fourth Brother, don’t you know that snake meat from Zhenxiu Building is delicious and famous?"

"I didn’t know." The Fourth Prince hadn’t visited Zhenxiu Building much.

"Then Fourth Brother, you must try Zhenxiu Building next time." Zhao Yao strongly recommended to the Fourth Prince, "It’s really delicious; you’ll like it."

"Okay, I’ll be sure to try it when I have time." The Fourth Prince said, personally serving Zhao Yao a bowl of snake soup porridge, "Weren’t you hungry? Go ahead and eat."

"Thank you, Fourth Brother." Zhao Yao took the bowl and scooped a spoonful into his mouth, but was stopped by the Fourth Prince.

"Hot, eat slower."

Zhao Yao blew a few times perfunctorily, then continued eating. It was so hot that he gasped from the heat.

The Fourth Prince smiled helplessly and took the snake soup porridge from Zhao Yao’s hands. He scooped up a spoonful of porridge, blew on it until it cooled a bit, and then fed it to Zhao Yao.

"Fourth Brother, I can eat by myself."

"Like the way you just ate? By the time you finish a bowl of porridge, your small lips will be scalded." The Fourth Prince said, "Let me feed you, open your mouth."

Zhao Yao obediently opened his mouth and ate the snake soup porridge fed by the Fourth Prince.

"The snake soup porridge is really delicious. Fourth Brother, you should eat some too."

The two brothers finished their breakfast together and then went to the Emperor’s tent to pay their respects to the Emperor.

The Emperor wasn’t in the meeting tent but in his rest tent, having breakfast with Noble Princess Consort Rong, Prince Dai, and the Ninth Prince.

When Zhao Yao and the Fourth Prince walked in and saw the Emperor having breakfast with them, for a moment, they felt they came at the wrong time and disturbed the family’s breakfast.

The Fourth Prince paused his steps slightly at this scene, then smoothly saluted the Emperor and Noble Princess Consort Rong.

Zhao Yao obediently saluted.

The Emperor stopped his chopsticks and asked, "Have you had breakfast?"

The Fourth Prince answered respectfully, "Yes, Father, we have eaten."

The Ninth Prince smiled smugly at Zhao Yao and then, thinking of something, intentionally asked, "Zhao Yao, were you scared to tears last night?"

"No, I fell asleep last night." Zhao Yao said, showing concern as he asked, "Ninth Brother, were you scared to tears last night?"

The Ninth Prince glared at Zhao Yao and said, "I wasn’t scared to tears."

"Oh, I heard there were a lot of snakes last night, very scary, and I thought Ninth Brother got scared to tears, so you asked if I was scared." Zhao Yao said innocently, "Ninth Brother, good to know you weren’t scared."

Just as the Ninth Prince wanted to say more, the Fourth Prince said, "Father, my Tenth Brother and I will not disturb your breakfast and will take our leave."

The Emperor nodded, indicating they could leave.

The Fourth Prince took Zhao Yao’s hand and withdrew.

"I didn’t expect the Fourth Brother and the Tenth Brother to have such a good relationship." Prince Dai remarked in surprise, "I noticed the Fourth Brother quite supports the Tenth Brother."

The Ninth Prince curled his lips and said, "I don’t know what kind of charm Zhao Yao has used on the Fourth Brother..."

Before he could finish, the Emperor suddenly placed down his chopsticks with a crisp sound, startling the Ninth Prince into silence.

The Emperor looked displeased at Prince Dai and the Ninth Prince, his tone somewhat cold, "Isn’t the Fourth and the Tenth your brothers?"

Seeing the Emperor unhappy, Prince Dai hastened to say, "Father, that’s not what I meant."