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"Greetings Brother Yi. Please introduce this is the Young Prince of Hua, Kai Le" said FeiEr.
Tang Yi looks at Kai Le from the feet to the top. The young prince means a prince who is not part of the main family. Could be the son of a princess or a cousin of the King. That's why he has never seen him during his visits to that country.
"Greetings Your Highness," said Kai Le.
Tang Yi and Tang Wen, both greet him too.
"Greetings, Your Excellency, it's very nice to meet you here," said Tang Yi.
Five of them then sat down around the large round table member of families.
Kai Le can't stop glancing at Hong Er, who seems so close to Tang Yi. Several times Tang Yi's ignorant hand tickled her to ruffle the 'girl's' hair, they must be very close to each other.
"Brother Yi, why you haven't come for a long time? Hong Er is bored"
Tang Yi took out the gift from his sleeves, a reddish-gold hair hairpin with a peacock carving, which is Hong Er's symbol, the elegant Red Peacock. Every Royal family always has their mystic creature as their symbol from birth. Hong is a Red Peacock, while Fei Er is a Blue Dragon.
"This suits you very well, Hong" cried Tang Yi. Tang Wen interrupted. She was so excited at Hong Er's cute face at that time, can't wait to pinch his cheeks but Tang Yi's hands always got in her way.
"Brother let me near him"
Fei Er sipped his tea, he frowned deeply, no one told him that his cousin the Crown Prince would come to visit today. The latest news he received was that he had been studying at Mo Shan with the Great Master for a couple of months and he couldn't attend the banquet as he used to. But turned out that day, it looked like he couldn't wait to meet Hong Er with all the gifts he bought from Mo country.
Fei Er leaned his shoulders, today is going to be so tiring.
"Brother Yi, please don't tease me." Hong Er's cheeks were getting redder because Tang Yi kept teasing him. The closeness of the two was unmatched apart from Fei Er, of course, that's worrying, Fei Er sighed.
Kai Le sipped his tea, trying to lighten up the awkwardness around him. Tang Wen turned to smile at him.
"Prince Kai Le, do you like our Tang's dishes?"
Kai Le nodded.
"Yes, of course, I like it. The taste is diverse, a little bit spicy compared to Hua's food, but it's delicious."
Soon San Tu approached to put Fei Er's order of food on the table.
"Excuse me, Young Master, here are the snacks"
Fei nodded his head letting San Tu put the snacks on the table. Right in front of Hong Er. Hong and Tang Yi who were busy as if they were in their own world, stopped.
Soon Hong's eyes widened to see what was in front of him now.
"Waah, Brother, you bought it!" exclaimed the boy in amazement.
He's been craving for the cake since yesterday. Just a 'not special' peanut cake that Fei Er often bought every time he went out of the valley.
Without waiting for too long, the boy grabbed the cake and ate it heartily. His eyes sparkling, held one in each in of both hands. Fei Er can't stop smiling and feels so proud of himself.
Tang Yi nodded.
"Wow, you are really something, Fei. I heard that this cake is only sold at the border of Hua, did you deliberately go there to buy it?" Praising TangYi,
Kai Le who was sitting next to Fei Er tried to blend in. He couldn't hide his smile seeing how happy Hong Er was at that moment who was eating voraciously.
"Hong likes it? This is a typical pastry from Hua, and fortunately, I happened to also bring it along today" This is great, Kai Le thought, he had a very good opportunity right in front of his eyes.
Hong Er raised his head, and saw Kai Le with big round eyes as if Kai Le was a very beautiful star.
"Really, Your Majesty? Wow, this is great, the real one from Hua must be better than this, right?"
Kai Le smiled.
"Hehe I don't think so, if it's made by Hua residents then it might be more or less the same"
Fei Er straightened his seat, blocking Hong Er and Kai Le.
"Yeah, it must be the same, and Hong you ate too much already, what if you have a stomachache?"
"Brother, the taste must be different, Hong Er also wants to try the pastry made by Hua's chef palace"
"It's the same!" Fei exclaimed.
Kai Le covered his mouth holding back laughter. Hong Er's spoiled and sulky attitude made him look more adorable. His cheeks puffed up because his brother kept teasing him, while Tang Yi also kept clinging to Hong Er. In Kai Le's mind, the girl in front of him is definitely everyone's favorite. Including Tang Wen who occasionally pinched his cheeks exasperatedly.
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The celebration went well, although it was still busy past midnight.
Fei Er carried Tang Yi who was already drunk towards his room in the Golden Dragon bungalow. One of the most luxurious bungalows beside Fei Er's.
JieTai Valley has many bungalows with beautiful designs. It's so comfortable for anyone to stay in and feel at home.
"Come on, Hong Er, let's have another drink!" Tang Yi raving. Fei handed the Crown Prince to his bodyguard, a Yao at the front of the room.
"Young Master" greets a Yao.
"This Prince of yours only knows to come to my house and drunk, his old bad habits. Soon the maid will bring him anti-hangover soup, make sure he drinks it or tomorrow he will wake up with headaches and nagging all day long,"
A Yao nodded. Tang Yi was exhausted with a red face from heavy drunkenness in his hands, still, he kept on raving.
"Jie Fei Long Yuan don't be stingy. Hong Er is not only yours. You rotten flying dragon. I know what's on your mind, you were scared that your baby brother would be stolen away, didn't you?"
Fei Er was annoyed, Tang Yi said his full name carelessly.
"This Brother Yi" but he stopped. Yeah, he remembered Hong Er took Tang Wen to her room. The problem is not that, but because Kai Le is also with him, he must hurry up.
"I have to go, Yao!" Exclaimed FeiEr.
"Yes, Young Master."
With great difficulty, Ayao carried his master into the room.
"Come on, Your Majesty, we go to the room, please be careful."
"Huh, FeiLong is very stingy. He won't even let me touch Hong Er, that's a very stingy person, eulk"
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To Peony's bungalow, Princess Tang Wen's guest residence.
Hong Er propped the drunken Tang Wen on his back, while Kai Le and his bodyguard Tao were beside him. The Princess's maids followed behind, for a spoiled princess who needed a lot of services she needed at least four maids to follow her anywhere.
Kai Le really wanted to replace Hong Er to support Tang Wen. Not because he liked the princess, but because he couldn't bear to see so thin Hong Er piggyback a girl who looked petite but seemed a bit troublesome. She kept moving to make Hong Er a little overwhelmed.
"Eh little sister Hong, do you need my help? Let me carry her"
For a moment HongEr tried to hold back a laugh. The young prince was so polite and funny, he even called him a little sister, he was so innocent. But he shouldn't be bothered to explain to him. The young prince will only stay for one night, and go back to his country anyway.
"It's okay Your Majesty, Sister Tang Wen so troublesome. She will be very angry if she knows strangers are holding her when she is drunk. Better to avoid the small but big problems"
The group entered Peony's bungalow greeted by the bungalow's servant.
"Please come in, Young Master" greeted old man Fu, the bungalow keeper.
"Here at last"
Hong Er finally handed Tang Wen who had fallen asleep due to drunkenness, to her maid.
He and Kai Le then headed out of the bungalow. Kai Le looked so excited and couldn't stop smiling. The dim light of the night and the moon showed Hong Er's tired face which for some reason was getting brighter in his eyes. Kai Le's chest felt strange, he hugged it, though it didn't hurt, but it felt very strange. At the same time, his stomach felt queasy as if something circling inside him.
Hong Er smiled at him, walking in front of him while slapping his tired hands.
"Hah! So tired, tonight Hong will sleep like a pig"
Kai Le matched Hong Er's steps, walking side by side toward their bungalow. It just so happened that the bungalow was located right next to Hong Er's, he knew it when he heard Princess Tang Yuan's words with her brother right after the event was over.
"Em, do you still want that peanut cake? I will bring it to you by tomorrow morning"
Hong Er turned with glowing eyes.
"Really? Of course, that would be so great, Your Majesty, I'll take it tomorrow"
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