Chapter 48 Right and wrong
“Can afford to raise?” Yun Bo shook his head and muttered: “It’s true that eldest brother is fond of literature, but his temperament is just like eldest uncle’s. He has a righteous spirit but lacks courage. Do you feel that us younger brothers cannot be of one mind, and enter imperial court as an official, and would have to solely rely on eldest brother to support Yun fu’s future? Would that be alright? Would we have a footing in the capital?” When he asked the last sentence, his voice raised a pitch higher, and at this time he also realized that all this time he had also merely lazed around.
Yun Yu was somewhat petrified as he stared at inexplicably excited Yun Bo. He just wanted to reprimand him a little, but was astonished by the meaning within his words.
“You…what are you trying to say?” Why does he feel that his tranquil life is about to be shattered?
“Do you know where I went after leaving the flower house?”
“Where did you go?” He inquisitively asked.
“I went to the Yun family.” Originally there wasn’t any difference between the Yun residence and the Yun family, but because of fourth uncle’s momentary anger, their situation became a bit peculiar in the capital. Thinking about himself, without any courage, the corners of Yun Bo’s mouth couldn’t help but hung down in a pained smile.
“Yun family? Did you again go to bully Yun Lingxuan and Yun Lingyan?” Deep down in his bones Yun Yu had a chivalrous disposition, thus he disdained bullying young girls and also disapproved Yun Yu bullying the sisters, as such he bluntly admonished him: “Even if you weren’t feeling good, you shouldn’t go and vent your anger on the sisters. Fourth shu[1] and fourth shen[2] had already passed away, if you don’t protect them in future, wouldn’t they suffer grievances to the death in the future?”
叔(shū): father’s younger brother/paternal uncle
In the face of Yun Yu’s admonishment, Yun Bo didn’t explain much. He merely suppressed his emotions, and said in a downcast muffled voice: “Yun Lingxuan questioned me in the same way… She said that if I can pursue neither civil nor military, in this life, how can I gain a foothold in the capital. I was suddenly at loss, and found myself not even as good as a young girl. Then what can those previous arrogance and smugness regarded as? Probably nothing, right!?”
Yunbo’s self-questioning and answering by himself startled Yun Yu and was tongue-tied, unable to reply.
“You… these words said by you, were said by Yun Lingxuan?” How is this possible? She is merely a ten-year-old young girl, much younger compared to them.
“She is the fourth shen’s daughter, can she be ordinary?” Being aware of Yun Yu’s shock, Yun Bo didn’t have much feeling. As he had already lost will to raise his head because of a bet.
Yun Yu opened his mouth, wishing to say something, but only ended up stammering for a while before curling his lips. It was only after a while, he could again open his mouth to ask, “What else did she say?”
“Currently Yun fu looks fine, but you know what? Today those noble young masters completely held no regard to whatsoever person from the Yun residence, this let me know that whatever Yun Lingxuan has said is the truth. She didn’t lie to me, and merely wanted to let me see the truth that Yun fu at present is shrouded. Letting us, these opinionated young masters of the residence, become sober!” Yun Bo self-deprecatingly laughed at himself.
“You mean to say…The reason why the matter that happened in Flower house today was because Yun Lingxuan asked you to do so?” Yun Yu pointed his finger at him, as he asked with astonishment across his whole face.
“She demanded me to have a bet with her, and asked me if I dared or not,” Yunbo scratched his head, and said feeling quite upset deep down in his heart, “I felt as if I was being looked down by her, thus I also agreed to her right away without thinking, and the outcome was…hehe…she was right and I was wrong.”
“Then today did you carry any money with you or not?” Yun Yu asked inquisitively.
“I didn’t,” Yun Bo shook his head, and replied quite firmly: “Since I promised Yun Lingxuan, naturally it was unlikely for me to hide any silver in my pocket!”
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Footnotes:
[1] 叔(shū): father’s younger brother/paternal uncle
[2]婶 (shěn): paternal aunt, father’s brother’s wife
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