Chapter 69: You little slaves, who taught you to make irresponsible remarks about your master?

Ji Jinyou saw the seventeenth prince fall with a thud, and hurried over to pull him up, asking with concern, "Are you hurt?"

The seventeenth prince shook his head, his eyes wandering over Xiaojiu's head, but he could see nothing.

He heard such voices yesterday when he was in the lotus pond. He didn't know what was going on. He originally wanted to ask Lu Zhaoyi, but before he could ask, Lu Zhaoyi started fighting with Concubine Kang and fell into the water. He was then taken away by Concubine Ru. Afterwards, what happened was so shocking that he forgot about it.

Hearing it again this time, he opened his mouth, wanting to ask what was going on, but no sound came out.

Ji Jinyou stood on tiptoe to look at his mouth: "Did you bite your tongue?"

The seventeenth prince shook his head, his eyes filled with bewilderment and confusion. He didn't know who Xiaojiu was talking to, how that person knew what would happen to him in the future, and he didn't understand why he suddenly became speechless.

Seeing this, the fifteenth prince stepped forward and grabbed his little brother's neck, looked at him and said, "Xiao Jiu, I will take Seventeen to see Fourteenth Prince first. You go to my room to drink tea and eat fruit first. We will be back soon."

At present, Fourteenth Prince has turned over a new leaf, and Ji Jinyou no longer dislikes him, so he holds Seventeenth Prince's hand and says, "Fifteenth Brother, Youyou should go and take a look too."

The Fifteenth Prince wanted to talk to the Seventeenth Prince about something, so he couldn't ask the little girl to go with him. So he lied, "I'm going to apply medicine to the Fourteenth Prince. You're a girl, so it's not appropriate for you to go with me. Be obedient and go eat the fruit first."

Changing the dressing would mean that Fourteen would have to expose his buttocks. She didn't mind, but she was afraid that Fourteen would not be willing. Ji Jinyou spread her hands and said, "Okay then."

The fifteenth prince ordered his personal eunuch, "Chang Xing, invite the ninth princess to my room. There are snacks and fruits for her to eat and things for her to play with."

Chang Xing hurriedly responded, then smiled and bowed to Ji Jinyou, saying, "Ninth Princess, please follow me."

Ji Jinyou took Jin Xing and Haitang to the west side hall.

The Fifteenth Prince took the confused Seventeenth Prince in his arms and went to the East Side Hall. As soon as they entered the door, he asked the young eunuch beside the Fourteenth Prince to go out and guard. The young eunuch glanced at the Fourteenth Prince, saw him nod, and then did as he was told. After going out, he considerately closed the door.

The fifteenth prince brought the seventeenth prince to the couch, pulled him to sit down, and started talking about the barrels directly. The fourteenth prince echoed and supplemented his remarks.

The matter of Tongtong was no longer a secret. The two brothers explained the situation clearly to Seventeen.

Including the things that happened to them both, and Tong Tong's taboos, such as not being able to speak in front of Xiao Jiu and not being able to tell others, all of them were told.

The seventeenth prince listened quietly and sat there blankly, as if he was frightened.

Fourteen and Fifteen gave him about a cup of tea to digest the news, and then they couldn't help asking, "Seventeen, what happened yesterday was also because of what Tongtong said, right?"

Seventeen was an honest child. Seeing that his two elder brothers had told him all the tragic things that had happened to them without reservation, he no longer concealed anything and confessed everything.

After listening to the little boy's whisper, the fifteenth prince was filled with indignation.

Originally he felt that he was very pitiful, but Queen Khatun had truly loved him for so many years, and her bad thoughts were only in her mind, and she had never done any actual harm to him.

But look at Seventeen again. Not only was he stolen away from his biological mother, but he was also abused by her own mother for so many years. It’s painful enough to think about it.

In the past, he always looked down on his younger brother, thinking that he was always timid and timid, and was more like a little girl than a little girl.

I never thought that he actually had such a hard life. Compared with Seventeen, he was basically living in a honeypot. What qualifications did he have to look down on others?

Fifteen's chest rose and fell violently. He reached out and pulled Seventeen into his arms, patting him hard on the back several times: "Seventeen, from now on I will be your real brother."

Fifteen climbed over walls and trees to get into the house every day. He was in good physical condition and was two years older than Seventeen. Those slaps made the quiet little boy hum.

The Fourteenth Prince could tell something was wrong. He had groaned like that when he was in great pain a few days ago. He reached out and tugged at the Fifteenth Prince's clothes: "Are you being too forceful?"

"I didn't hit you too hard." The fifteenth prince let go of his younger brother who was much shorter than him, and asked a little embarrassedly, "Did I hurt you?"

"Don't blame me, my brother. It's my own weakness." The seventeenth prince shook his head and had no intention of revealing the fact that he had an injury.

Fifteen shook his head in embarrassment: "Then I will be gentler from now on, but you have to practice martial arts diligently, and your health will get better."

Seventeen has never had a playmate. In the past, when he met his two royal brothers once or twice, he mustered up the courage to play with them, but they never paid any attention to him. Today, when Xiaojiu said she would bring him to Jingming Palace, he was nervous.

I didn't expect that they would be so enthusiastic towards me at this moment. Seventeen was moved, his eyes reddened, he nodded heavily, and said, "Thank you, Fifteenth Brother, for your guidance."

Fifteen was impatient with the red tape and patted Seventeen on the shoulder: "We are brothers, there is no need to say such polite words. If you have any difficulties in the future, come to me and I will help you."

Seventeen, who felt the love between brothers for the first time, nodded obediently, with tears of emotion flashing in his eyes.

Seventeen pointed in the direction of the main hall and asked timidly, "Then, should I go and pay my respects to my thirteenth brother?"

Fourteen and Fifteen shook their heads in unison, and Fifteen said solemnly, "Ignore him."

Fourteen also said: "He is a man who can even kill his own brothers. Let's stay away from him from now on."

Seventeen naturally listened to the two of them, nodded and agreed, then thought for a moment and asked what was worrying him: "Is it true that Tong Tong said I would die on the battlefield?"

The fifteenth prince nodded: "It should be true, but now we all know it, so we are not afraid anymore. We should be careful in the future and we will always be able to avoid it."

The fourteenth prince had no opinion and just responded like a yes-man: "Yes, yes."

Seeing that the little boy still looked worried, the fifteenth prince comforted him again: "You have already known the truth and escaped from their hands so early. Isn't this all a good thing? So don't be afraid. Those bad things will not happen in the future."

"Besides, didn't Tong Tong also say that you will be an excellent martial artist in the future and will be good at fighting? If you work harder and practice your kung fu better, you will definitely be safe."

Fourteenth Prince: "Fifteenth is right."

Hearing these words of encouragement, the Seventeenth Prince felt an unprecedented hope and longing in his heart. He straightened his back and replied in a strong voice, "Okay."

The three little boys had all suffered serious trauma recently, so they were like brothers in distress. They sat on the couch and talked for a while, and the more they talked, the more they got along.

It was not until Xiaojiu had waited too long and was worried that Shiqi was scared, so he sent Changxing over to ask, that the brothers went out and went to the west wing hall together.

In order to avoid arousing Xiaojiu's suspicion, Fifteen asked Fourteen, who had almost recovered, to pretend to limp, and he and Seventeen carried Fourteen all the way over.

Ji Jinyou was standing at the door of the west wing hall waiting. Seeing the three people coming, he quickly made way for them and said a few polite words of concern. Fourteen just casually replied and walked away.

The four children sat on the couch, ate snacks, and chatted about this and that.

Of course, it was mainly Ji Jinyou who was talking. Seventeen didn't dare to say much. Fifteen and Fourteen wanted to listen to Xiaojiu and Tongtong's conversation for a few more sentences, so they were all quiet.

Ji Jinyou thought they were just in a bad mood recently, so she tried to find various topics to liven up the atmosphere, but after half a day, she was the only one talking.

Ji Jinyou looked at the three little boys who had been silent the whole time, and sighed in her heart: [Tongtong, the three brothers are all quite pitiful. ]

All of them suffered betrayal by their family, Seventeen was fine, but Fourteen and Fifteen also looked very sad, and they didn't even want to say a word, and it was obvious that they haven't recovered yet.

System answer: [Yes, but now that it is like this, the ending of the three of them should be much better than the original plot.]

Ji Jinyou also thinks so: [Of course. ]

Fourteen and Fifteen had heard it so many times that they were able to keep a low profile, but Seventeen could not hide his shock. Thinking of what his two brothers had just said, he was afraid of revealing himself, so he had to lower his head.

Seeing him like this, Ji Jinyou thought he was unhappy here, so he stood up, slid down, and took his hand: "Brother Seventeen, let's go somewhere else to play for a while?"

Seventeen nodded and stood up. Just as he was about to bow to his two brothers, Fifteen spoke up, "Xiaojiu, wherever you go, I'll go with you."

It is more fun when there are more people. Ji Jinyou nodded happily: "Okay." Then he invited the fourteenth prince to go together.

The fourteenth prince was in a low mood and shook his head: "I am still under house arrest. You guys go play first. I will accompany you later."

His Majesty and the Empress had recently taken ruthless actions, so naturally no one dared to instigate Fourteenth Prince to disobey the Emperor's orders. A few people comforted him with a few words and walked out hand in hand.

The Fourteenth Prince watched them leave the door with great envy, and then walked towards the east side hall.

In the past two days, the Thirteenth Prince has been able to get up with the help of others. When the few people were talking under the tree, he moved behind the window and watched quietly.

Seeing that the annoying girl and Fifteen and Seventeen had left, he leaned out of the window and called out, "Fourteen, come here. I have something to ask you."

When the Fourteenth Prince heard the commanding voice, he tilted his head to look, then turned around and walked into the east wing hall without any expression, as if he had seen nothing, and closed the door.

The Thirteenth Prince was so angry that he punched the window frame heavily, looking annoyed and angrily saying, "If you don't want to come, then don't come. Who cares?"

The eunuch beside him was afraid that he would feel pain from standing for too long, so he helped him lie back on the bed and whispered soothingly, "Master, don't be angry. When our queen is reinstated, the Fourteenth Prince will come back to play with you."

The Thirteenth Prince slammed down on the bed in annoyance: "Did my grandfather and uncle go to my father to plead for my mother?"

The young eunuch didn't know a lot of things, and he had no one to tell him. For so many days, no one came to see him, and he didn't even have anyone to talk to. He was almost suffocated to death.

The young eunuch thought of the news he had heard and was afraid of angering the Thirteenth Prince, so he perfunctorily said, "The two Lords Jiang are the ones who think highly of our queen, and they will definitely go and plead for mercy."

Seeing his eyes dodging, the Thirteenth Prince said fiercely: "You dare to hide this from me, right?"

The young eunuch could not hide the truth, so he spoke up: "I heard that Lord Jiang had pleaded for the queen in the court, but was reprimanded by His Majesty."

The Thirteenth Prince looked extremely unhappy. He raised his hand and threw the pillow to the ground, his eyes full of anger.

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Ji Jinyou took the two little brothers out and strolled around the palace.

What happened yesterday has spread throughout the palace. The servants were shocked, but they didn't know the specific reason. So when they saw the seventeenth prince, they were inevitably curious.

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Look around.

Seventeen was a timid person to begin with, and now he couldn't even raise his head due to the inquiring looks from everyone.

The fifteenth prince could understand him very well, because he also hated all kinds of stares these days and hid in Jingming Palace and seldom went out.

When others looked at him before, he was too lazy to care and just ran away quickly.

But when he saw his brother's head almost drooping to his chest, his chivalrous spirit surged, and he pointed at the two eunuchs who had just walked past and whispered to each other and shouted: "You dog slaves, who told you to talk nonsense about your master? Get out of here!"

The two eunuchs turned around, glanced at the fifteenth prince, bowed their heads and nodded, but their tone was not very respectful. Before turning around and leaving, they curled their lips slightly.

The fifteenth prince clearly saw the extremely disdainful expressions on the two eunuchs' faces. He was very angry and was about to scold them again, but then he remembered that he no longer had his mother to support him and could not control these dogs.

He couldn't go to His Majesty or the Empress to complain about such a small matter, so after a moment's hesitation he gave up, clenching his fists tightly.

The Seventeenth Prince knew that he was trying to vent his anger, so he quickly grabbed his arm and whispered, "Brother, let's go."

Ji Jinyou also saw the eunuch's contemptuous expression just now. She wanted to say something, but when she looked down at her short hands and feet, and thought of Concubine Ru's unwillingness to cause trouble, she kept silent.

In order to comfort her two brothers who were hurt, the little girl waited until the eunuchs were far away, put one hand on her waist, pointed in the direction they left, and said fiercely: "Humph, I will remember you. If you dare to do this again next time, I will report you to my father."

After saying that, he picked up his two brothers, one on each side, shook their hands, and coaxed them in a baby voice: "Don't be angry, just think of them as pigs squealing."

Hearing the interesting analogy from their young master, Jin Xing and Hai Tang pursed their lips and tried to hold back their laughter.

The two little boys also found it funny and burst into laughter. Just as they were about to speak, they heard a rough male voice coming from behind them: "Who made our Xiaojiu unhappy?"

The three children turned around at the same time and saw the tall and mighty Fourth Prince approaching with his personal attendants. The three of them greeted him in unison: "Fourth Brother."

"Get up," the fourth prince said, and he picked up the short, plump, white kid standing in the middle. He asked, "I saw our little nine stomping her feet with her hands on her hips from a distance. Who is so blind that she is mad at our little nine?"

Seeing someone supporting her, Ji Jinyou told him what had just happened. It wasn't that she liked to complain, but the three of them had met each other several times along the way.

The palace maids in front just stared at her for a few more times, but the two eunuchs actually started talking about her in front of them. It was really too much. If it continues like this, Brother Seventeen will probably not dare to go out in the future.

The Fourth Prince went to Hibiscus Palace first when he entered the palace today. He had already learned from the Royal Concubine what happened in the palace yesterday, and he felt sympathy for his Seventeenth Brother, with whom he had hardly spoken.

Upon hearing what Xiaojiu said, his face darkened immediately and he said angrily: "You daring servant dared to criticize the prince. Go and call him back to me."

The followers behind him responded and quickly chased after them, and soon brought the two eunuchs back.

When the two saw that it was the murderous Fourth Prince, they immediately lost half of their courage and knelt on the ground: "I have seen the Fourth Prince. I wonder if the Fourth Prince called us here. What do you want me to do?"

The fourth prince snorted coldly and said, "You little slaves, how did you treat the ninth princess and the two little princes just now?"

The two eunuchs were frightened at the cold voice, but they remembered that the Fourth Prince was not there, the Ninth Princess was so young that she might not be able to speak clearly, the Seventeenth Prince was always timid and didn't like to talk, the Fifteenth Prince was a motherless one, and the two palace maids of Miao Yunxuan followed their masters and never made trouble, so as long as they denied it, the Fourth Prince would not pursue it to the end for the sake of a few little ones.

The two of them thought about it quickly, and then the taller one spoke up to make a cunning excuse: "Servants have always been respectful to their masters. When we saw the young masters just now, we greeted them immediately, without the slightest disrespect."

Ji Jinyou leaned over to the Fourth Prince's ear and whispered, "Fourth brother, he lied. He was the one who just said that no one wanted the two brothers, and the other one was laughing."

The Fourth Prince was too lazy to talk anymore. He raised his long leg and kicked the eunuch who was speaking in the chest. He kicked the eunuch more than ten feet away. The eunuch lay on the ground, wailing and screaming for a long time without being able to get up.

Another eunuch was so frightened that he kowtowed and said, "Fourth Prince, please spare my life. I know I was wrong."

The fourth prince was always hot-tempered. He kicked the eunuch even further away and then scolded him, "Watch your mouths from now on, or I'll cut off your tongues and feed them to the dogs next time."

The two eunuchs were still recovering from the shock, but they still struggled to get up and kneel down, forcing themselves to answer, "Yes, we will remember that."

"Get lost." The fourth prince uttered a word, then turned around and walked away with the little girl in his arms, "Fifteen, Seventeen, follow me."

The fourth brother was so mighty that the seventeenth prince and the fifteenth prince all looked up with admiration at their brave and majestic fourth brother.

The fourth brother is so bloody. Ji Jin looked at the fourth prince timidly with a pair of big dark eyes. [Tongtong, would the fourth brother really cut off a person's tongue and feed it to the dog? ]

System: [Of course, the Fourth Prince is the sharpest knife in the old emperor's hand...] Cutting a tongue is a piece of cake. He has also done skinning and pulling out tendons.

Because Youzai is still a little kid, the system automatically swallowed the rest of the words for fear of scaring her.

Ji Jinyou: [Does Fourth Brother know that he is Father's sword? ]

System: [I know, he is good at this and enjoys it.]

Ji Jinyou: [That’s good.]

Hearing the concern for him in the little girl's words, the fourth prince was delighted. He lifted the little girl up and put her on his shoulders: "Where do you want to go, Youyou?"

Ji Jinyou held his head and answered seriously, "It's stuffy in the room, so you take Brother Fifteen and Brother Seventeen for a walk."

The little girl spoke in a childish voice, but she also acted very mature. People who didn't know her would think she was a big sister. The fourth prince was amused and laughed out loud, "Then follow the fourth brother to the horse farm. You two can also go."

The three little ones all responded happily.

After watching the group walk away, the two eunuchs who were kicked got up from the ground and supported each other back to Chuixiang Palace.

As soon as they entered the room, they saw Concubine An sitting on a rocking chair in the corridor enjoying the fresh air. The two of them paused and walked over to pay their respects.

Seeing that the two looked pale and strange, Concubine An frowned and asked, "I asked you to deliver something to His Majesty the Seventh Prince. Why did you take so long to return?"

The two men knelt on the ground, tears streaming down their faces. They spoke one after another, omitting the details of what had just happened and embellishing their story.

Finally, he kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, please make the decision for us. We just looked at the Fifteenth and Seventeenth Princes a few more times, but who would have thought that the Fourth Prince would come up and give us a hard kick."

Anpin's face suddenly darkened: "Did you tell me it was from Chuixiang Palace?"

The two eunuchs looked at each other and one of them said, "Although we didn't say it, the attendant beside the Fourth Prince recognized us. I'm sure the Fourth Prince also knows it."

Concubine An clenched her fingers and gritted her teeth, saying, "This is too much."