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"Su'er, pay your respects to Eldest Uncle and Aunt and Big Brother." Zhao Baiyi patted his son's head and greeted him with a smile.

Zhao Su bowed politely, "Nephew greets Eldest Uncle and Aunt. Greetings Eldest Brother."

Zhao Shu stroked his hair and smiled. "Stand up."

Zhao Qingyan laughed and asked, "Can't you see me? Why aren't you greeting Seventh Uncle? "Seems like Seventh Uncle Bai has prepared an eagle for you." As he said this, he took out a wooden eagle carving with wings spread out from his back. It was carved from pear wood into a nearly two feet tall eagle. Its eyes were sharp and the lines were beautiful. The feathers on its body were carefully carved out, making it look exceptionally exquisite.

Zhao Su was stunned. She ran over happily and hugged the wooden statue, saying, "Thank you, Seventh Uncle!"

Zhao Qingyan did not completely let go. With his left hand, he gently held the wooden sculpture and said with a smile, "It's very heavy. Be careful not to fall down and smash your feet." He bent down slightly and lifted the wooden carving higher so that Zhao Su could enjoy it more easily.

Her face was still pale and bloodless. Her delicate facial features were soft and gentle. There was a faint smile on her lips and a smile in her eyes. There was no impatience in her eyes. She was extremely meticulous. This kind of cloud ink … It seemed no different from before, with no camouflage at all. Zhao Shu was secretly observing him. He thought for a while and didn't show any emotions on his face.

Zhao Chou also walked over and squatted down to catch Zhao Su's gaze. "Little Su likes eagles?"

Zhao Su nodded her head vigorously, and her eyes were filled with yearning, "Father said that there are many eagles flying especially high in the plains. They can catch a sheep into the sky in a moment. Furthermore, eagles are especially handsome. Their eyes are made of ice, and anyone who sees them would feel cold. "

Zhao Rui looked back at Zhao Baiyi and asked, "Second brother told such a story before? Are you for real? "

Zhao Baiyi laughed, "Is the story of deceiving my child true?"

Zhao Duo's mouth puffed up as he snorted heavily, "Eldest brother and second brother only know how to lie and hate it the most!" Big Brother Mo, just what does the eagle look like on the prairie? Isn't it extremely fierce? "

Zhao Baiyi smiled at Zhao Shu when he heard this. Zhao Shu shrugged helplessly and whispered, "I don't know how I offended her either. She and Imperial Mother always said I was a liar."

Zhao Baiyi looked at his son, then looked at Zhao Zhuang and Zhao Xu, and sighed softly, "I can only say that we still don't know how to coax our children. "Let's see how Seventh Brother does it. Let's learn a little."

Zhao Qingyan thought about it and said, "Many years ago, I went to the grassland with Master, but I didn't see any eagles there. They flew so high that only a vague outline was visible. But it had to be fierce. According to those people, the falcon's claws could directly tear through a piece of sheepskin and then grab a sheep into the sky. I feel that those eagles should not be too different from the eagles on our side. When you guys grow up a little bit more, you can follow second brother and lead the eagles to hunt. "

Zhao Su stood up and ran to Zhao Boyi's side and grabbed his sleeve. She looked up at him with her watery eyes full of longing. "Dad, I want to watch the eagle. Daddy will teach me how to hunt."

Zhao Baiyi had a headache. "You're still young, so you can't hunt." Ye Zichen glared at Zhao Qingyan. It seemed like he was complaining that Zhao Qingyan had thrown the troublesome matter at him.

Zhao Qingyan quickly flipped his wrist and grabbed the wooden carving that Zhao Su had suddenly let go of. Then he smiled and said, "Second brother, you can't blame me for this. I'm helping you with your work."

Zhao Su did not care what they were saying. She was too focused on tugging at her father's sleeves and pestering him to teach her how to hunt.

Zhao Baiyi pried open Zhao Su's fingers, leaned over and picked her up before placing her on the table beside him. "Su'er, look at how your Seventh Uncle is so old and doesn't know how to shoot. Since you're so young, you shouldn't be able to shoot either."

Zhao Su crawled to the side of the table and looked down. She pursed her lips and spread her arms like a father. "Dad, hug me and let me down."

Zhao Baiyi took two steps back with a serious look on his face, "No."

This was most likely not the first time Zhao Su had been treated this way by her father. She did not persist even when she was rejected. Instead, she turned her pleading gaze towards Zhao Qingyan.

Zhao Qingyan pointed at the wheelchair beneath her and looked at him helplessly. "I can't stand up. I can't pass through. You go find someone else."

Zhao Su's eyes were once again filled with tears as she looked at Zhao Zhuang and Zhao Xu, "Aunt, big brother … Save me. "

Zhao Chou saw the look in Zhao Baiyi's eyes and tilted his head. "I'm sorry, Little Su. I can't carry you." Although Zhao Xu wanted to help Zhao Su, he also knew that his uncles were joking and it was inconvenient for him to interfere, so he lowered his head without saying a word.

Zhao Su finally looked at Zhao Shu, but she did not ask for help. Instead, she sniffed and looked at her father.

Zhao Shu was surprised. "Why?"

Zhao Rui said, "Because Big Brother doesn't look like a good person."

Zhao Baiyi nodded in agreement, "I think so too."

Zhao Qingyan smiled and said, "Imperial brother, go and bring him down. The dishes are all ready, at the table."

Zhao Baiyi only wanted to play with Zhao Su, and naturally did not object. He nodded at Zhao Shu to let him "save" Zhao Su, and then asked, "Seventh Brother, didn't you cook it yourself? "How come you're already sitting here before the dishes have even been served?"

Zhao Qingyan said snappily, "If you really want all of them to be made by me, then you can only eat the cold dishes. I cooked most of the food, and I added some more. Sit down? " Ye Zichen nodded towards Jin`er, signaling that it was time to place the dishes onto the table.

After all, they were brothers that were gathered together, and there was much less formality than usual. Zhao Xu and Zhao Zhuang sat on either side of Zhao Qingyan, not ranked according to the eldest young master.

Zhao Boa added the bowl of steamed meat with the chopsticks and carefully examined the lotus leaves on the ground. "Which one did this lotus leaf come from?" Ye Zichen pointed at the lotus flowers.

Zhao Qingyan said, "That's right. The flowers are about to wilt at this time. It would be a waste not to pick them. How about it? Second Brother specifically ordered this dish. It took a lot of effort for me to cook it, are you satisfied with the taste? "

Zhao Baiyi nodded. "Of course the taste is good. Seventh Brother's cooking skills have always been good. Hm? What about you? " He looked at his son, who was moving about restlessly by the side.

Zhao Su looked at the osmanthus cake in the distance and said, "I want to eat that."

Zhao Baiyi said to Pei'er, "Could I trouble you to bring him a few pieces?"

Pei'er went to a porcelain plate and brought a few pieces of osmanthus cake to Zhao Su. "Is there anything else I can help you with, Young Master Su?"

Zhao Su's face turned slightly red, "No more." Pyle nodded and stepped aside.

Zhao Chou ate the fish that he had picked earlier and asked, "Brother Mo, when are you going to bring me to your feudal fiefdom to play?"

Zhao Qingyan placed a large piece of exquisite fish meat into Zhao Que's bowl, turned around and handed the plate of fish bones over to the servant girl, "There's nothing in the feudal fiefdom yet. It will take a lot of time to take care of it. "It would take at least a year to get there, otherwise there would be no place to stay."

Zhao Chou pouted and said unhappily, "There's still so much time, and …"

Zhao Qingyan placed a steamed dumpling in her mouth and chewed it slowly. "And what?"

Zhao Duo's voice dropped quite a bit as if he was exceptionally disappointed. "Besides, brother Mo might have his own child by then. He definitely won't be able to stay with me."

Zhao Shu looked at Zhao Duo and scolded him softly, "What nonsense are you spouting?"

Zhao Rui snorted, "That's what I was thinking. I don't want anyone to take Brother Mo away."

Zhao Qingyan reached out to help her pull a strand of hair that had almost fallen into the soup back of her head. He smiled faintly and said, "It won't happen."

Hearing their words, Zhao Su suddenly interjected, "It won't be anything? "He won't not be with his aunt, or he won't have his own child."

"What nonsense again!" Zhao Baiyi casually knocked on Zhao Su's head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Zhao Su looked at her father in dissatisfaction as she held her head with her hands, "Why did Father hit my head again? "My mother said that if you keep on beating me like this, you will beat me stupid!"

Zhao Baiyi didn't care. "If you're stupid, then so be it. I'll support you as well. I don't want you to think about your Seventh Uncle's son every day."

Zhao Su mumbled, "Even if it's my sister, it's fine. Sister Pi Er said that Seventh Uncle will have a baby in a few months. How can you blame me?"

Zhao Baiyi stared blankly at her, then shifted his gaze towards the distant Pei'er and laughed out loud. "A few months? I can't tell! "

Zhao Qingyan's chopsticks stopped in midair, and he slowly pulled them back. With an unfriendly expression, he looked at Zhao Baiyi who was laughing out loud and Zhao Shu who was not smiling at all. "You're all laughing at me, aren't you? Can she believe her words when she doesn't know anything? "

Zhao Shu was the first to straighten his face. "No, Brother Mo is mistaken. This is a good thing. Your son was here a long time ago, so Fourth Uncle can be at ease."

Zhao Qingyan raised an eyebrow and asked with a heavy voice, "Is it a good thing?"

Zhao Baiyi said with a straight face, "It's a good thing, but it's a little late. We have to speed it up. Otherwise, when the sister-in-law passes through the door, her stomach will grow big and her clothes will no longer look good. "

"Why is your stomach getting bigger?" Zhao Chou asked.

Zhao Baiyi said, "You're still young, you'll understand once you get married."

Zhao Chou looked at Zhao Qingyan decisively. "Brother Mo, what are they talking about?"

Zhao Qingyan handed her a piece of Glacial Lotus Root Starch and said with an expressionless face, "Come, eat. Don't listen to their nonsense. It's not like you don't know that your big brother and second brother don't talk properly and only say things that are meant to be bullied, so you don't have to care about what they say. "

Zhao Duo hurriedly nodded. "Yes, big brother never talks properly, he only knows how to deceive others. He hates it the most."

Zhao Shu froze. "I …" Poor Zhao Shu was implicated before he could do anything, and there was nothing he could say.

Zhao Baiyi threw up his hands and smiled indifferently, "I vaguely understand the reason behind your words."

Zhao Su also shouted, "That's right. My father only knows how to bully me. He only knows how to deceive me. He hates it the most!"

Zhao Shu looked at the frozen expression on Zhao Boyi's face and sighed. "I also vaguely understand some of the reasons." He raised his head and drank a bowl of Bamboo Leaf Green, his face filled with grief.

Zhao Xu, who had been watching from the side, couldn't help but laugh as well. Seeing that his father and seventh uncle didn't have any enmity between them, he felt relieved.

Zhao Baiyi saw Zhao Qingyan smiling at him and raised his glass, "Come, big brother and I congratulate Seventh Brother. We already got your son, so big brother has already done it. I also want to toast Seventh Brother!" He was stupefied.

Zhao Qingyan did not mind his shamelessness. He poured himself a glass of wine with a smile, "If you want to drink it, then just say it. Don't hold on to me." After slowly drinking the wine, he waved his hand to allow Jin'er to fill his cup before he said with a smile, "Since we've already reached this point, I'll give you a toast in advance if you're going to get married. Can't you not accompany me?" Without waiting for them to object, a cup of wine was poured into their stomachs.

Zhao Shu looked at the harmless smile on Zhao Qingyan's face and understood the meaning behind his words. Slowly, he picked up his wine cup.

If he did, it meant that he wouldn't stop Zhao Qingyan from marrying Mu Qinghan.

If he didn't drink it, it meant that the matter wasn't over yet.

This glass of wine was very heavy.