"Brother, even if you weren't stuck in here but were outside, in your little brother's eyes, you still wouldn't be able to help much."
"Those words of yours are really hurtful."
"Sorry."
"Even here in this lakeside pavilion, I can still read some of the court gazettes, so I more or less know what's been happening outside these past few years."
"For example, our Yan's Lord Pingye?"
"You poking at my sore spot on purpose?"
"I wanted to see how you'd react. After all, you know as well as I do, our bunch of brothers were never in the habit of playing at brotherly affection since we were kids. It's only because Second Prince is now Crown Prince that he deliberately puts on a bit of a show."
"I know. Lord Pingye is your man."
"Oh now, oh now, brother, I really don't have the face to say that. The man is now Lord Pingye, commander-in-chief at Snow Sea Pass, the top favorite in front of Lord Jingnan.
He's hardly some lackey under my command."
