Lu Mingzhuo was young, and the various experiences after the family change had worn away his courage and sharpness. His identity as an official slave made him feel inferior and cautious. When he was ridiculed by the youngest son of Lu Huaiyi's former subordinate, he stammered for a long time and did not dare to say a word in reply.
Before Lu Huaiyi was imprisoned, the boy's father often brought his family to curry favor with Lu Huaiyi's family. Although Lu Huaiyi looked down on him for being too mediocre, he did not show contempt or disrespect.
Every time this family came to curry favor with them, Lu Huaiyi's family would treat them with courtesy. When they brought gifts, the Lu family would also return a gift of similar value.
Lu Huaiyi's family felt that there was nothing wrong with what they did, but this family felt that Lu Huaiyi's family was uncooperative.
Because Lu Huaiyi did not show any special care to the male owner of the house because of their flattery, the family has been indignant and felt that they were simply flirting with a blind man.
Every time Lu Huaiyi promoted other subordinates, the family felt that the head of their family had suffered a great injustice.
They held a grudge against him, so after Lu Huaiyi was imprisoned, the family jumped up and down for joy.
Although the head of their family was so mediocre that the Lu clan was unwilling to recruit him, and they had no ability to kill the Lu family in one move, they still tried their best to humiliate the Lu family within their ability.
Previously, the women of the Lu family were almost humiliated in prison, and this family was behind it.
When the Lu family was auctioned off, they actually went there eagerly, thinking of buying a few members of the Lu family and going back to torture and humiliate them. However, they did not expect that the Lu family and Yu Zizhen were determined to get the Lu family and did not give them any chance to show off their power.
At this moment, they finally met the Lu family at the city gate. The youngest son of the family rode over without thinking and started to speak sarcastically to the Lu family.
The Lu family didn't want to cause trouble for Yu Zizhen, so they didn't refute him just because the other party spoke harshly.
Lu Mingzhuo grabbed Lu Mingxuan's sleeve and motioned him to take him away.
Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingzhuo were riding together. When he received Lu Mingzhuo's signal to leave, he pulled the reins and tried to go around the young man who was looking for trouble.
However, the other party did not want to let them go. When the verbal insults did not get a response, the other party actually whipped Lu Mingzhuo in the face.
Lu Mingzhuo had his back against Lu Mingxuan and could not dodge by leaning back. He could only watch the whip coming towards his face.
Fortunately, Lu Mingxuan reacted quickly. He raised his right arm and blocked the whip that was heading towards Lu Mingzhuo's head and face.
After receiving the timely warning from the system, Yu Zizhen stood up and said, "Yaoguang, tell someone to prepare the car. I need to go out."
Upon hearing this, Yaoguang immediately ran towards the courtyard as fast as she could.
Yuheng quickly took a paperweight to help Yu Zizhen hold down her half-finished homework.
After informing Madam Zhang of his whereabouts, Yu Zizhen took Yuheng to chase Yaoguang.
When they arrived at the entrance, her attendant, guards and coachman were already in place.
Yu Zizhen jumped onto the carriage, and took Yuheng, Yaoguang, several attendants and a group of palace guards, and went straight to the city gate where the Lu family was blocked and beaten.
In order not to cause trouble for Yu Zizhen, the Lu family did not dare to fight back even when they were whipped by the young man with a horsewhip.
They tried to avoid him, but were surrounded by the young man's brothers and servants.
By the time Yu Zizhen rushed over, except for Lu Mingzhuo, who had been held tightly in Lu Mingxuan's arms, all the other members of the Lu family had been beaten with whip marks all over their bodies.
Seeing this scene, Yu Zizhen was furious. She shouted coldly, "Separate them!"
"Yes!" The guards brought by Yu Zizhen responded loudly and rushed into the crowd like wolves and tigers.
It was one thing that they disapproved of Yu Zizhen taking on this nosy matter, but it was another matter that others knew that the Lu family was now affiliated with the palace but still bullied them unscrupulously.
The former was a minor disagreement within their palace, while the latter was the contempt and trampling of the dignity and face of their palace by outsiders.
The confident guards of the palace would not swallow their anger like the Lu family did. They ruthlessly beat down all those who took action and tied them up like dumplings, including several masters of that family.
As soon as the carriage with the palace emblem and the men wearing the palace's uniform guard uniform appeared, the man of the house's face changed drastically.
The reason why he allowed his son to bully the Lu family was, on the one hand, because he never dreamed that Yu Zizhen, a prince of a royal palace, would actually come in person to support the Lu family who were just official slaves; on the other hand, it was because he never expected that the people from the royal palace would come so quickly.
As a person who is used to flattering the powerful and looking down on the weak, he certainly did not dare to confront the Zhenbei Palace, so he was actually calculating the time silently.
He had already planned to take his family out of the city before the Zhenbei Palace got wind of the news and sent people over.
Even if the Lu family had not just swallowed their anger, he would not have allowed his son to bully them for such a long time.
He was sure that the Lu family would not go back to complain, or even if they did, no one would support them or vent their anger.
But judging from the current situation, his prediction was obviously wrong.
Before he could figure out how to smooth things over, Yu Zizhen had already ordered people to take action.
He was afraid that his sons would suffer, so he hurriedly rode his horse towards Yu Zizhen. However, her guards and attendants who had been guarding Yu Zizhen stopped him at a safe distance.
"Prince!" This man couldn't get close to Yu Zizhen, so he could only lean over from a distance and bow. He spoke to Yu Zizhen in a loud and anxious voice, "Prince, if you want to talk, let's talk it over. This is all a misunderstanding. My son is a naughty boy. I beg you to be magnanimous and forgive him."
Yu Zizhen didn't even spare him a glance. Seeing that the assailants had been apprehended by his own guards, Yu Zizhen coldly spat out two words, "Report to the police."
"Yes!" One of Yu Zizhen's attendants clasped his fists and accepted the order, then jumped on his horse and headed straight for the government office.
It would be better to report to the authorities. Then he wouldn't have to worry about his own prince personally teaching this family a lesson, and then being branded as someone who uses power to bully others.
After the long-time attendant left, the guards of the Zhenbei Palace quickly controlled the family. When Yu Zizhen saw this, he turned his attention to the people who were watching from afar.
Coincidentally, many of those people were acquaintances that Yu Zizhen had met before.
She bowed to the spectators around her and said, "Are you all enjoying yourself?"
Everyone returned the greeting with an embarrassed look on their faces.
Yu Zizhen smiled, not showing any anger, but his words revealed a tone that could not be refused, "Since you have enjoyed the show so much, why don't you all follow me to Jingzhao Prefecture. After all, the plays in my Zhenbei Palace are not something you can just watch casually."
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