Everyone sighed in their hearts, "Wow, this prince of Zhenbei Palace is really a tough guy!" But at the same time, they had to hide their complicated emotions and rushed into the classroom, trying to calm this farce.
At this time, Lu Heng and Wan Jingrong had also come back to their senses from Yu Zizhen's sudden howling. With gloomy faces, they raised their feet to approach Yu Zizhen.
No matter what, they had to shut this country bumpkin up first, otherwise if this matter came to the attention of the emperor and the empress dowager, they would definitely be blamed to some extent.
However, it was too late for them to deal with the aftermath. As soon as Yu Zizhen saw the teacher and other classmates, he seamlessly switched from crying mode to complaining mode.
She kept talking so fast that Lu Heng and Wan Jingrong couldn't get a word in at all.
She finally shut up. Lu Heng and Wan Jingrong were about to start defending themselves, but Yu Zizhen had already taken a step ahead of them and pulled Yaoguang out.
As she walked, she shouted, "The capital is too scary, we want to go home!"
She roared with such force that no one could tell she was afraid. But what difference did it make? She had been bullied, and had nearly been injured or even killed. That was a fact.
Although no one said it openly, everyone actually knew in private that the Crown Princess of Zhenbei was specially summoned to the capital by the Queen Mother in order to restrain the Prince of Zhenbei. If she was allowed to run back to the northern border like this, the Queen Mother would be furious.
You know, the empress dowager also asked the emperor to summon the eldest son of Duke Jingguo who was guarding the southern border and the eldest grandson of Duke Weiguo who was guarding the western border. If these two were not far away, they should be studying in the Southern Study with the eldest prince and others.
If the news got out that the Prince of Zhenbei was bullied and cried on his first day in the palace and insisted on going home, wouldn't the "hostages" of the two families have to return home immediately?
The consequences are not something that those present can bear.
No one dared to stop him, and no amount of persuasion could stop him. Zhou Wenyong, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy who was in charge of today's lecture, was overwhelmed. He had no choice but to try his best to appease Yu Zizhen, while asking someone to invite his direct superior, the old tutor Ge Tonglin, and the emperor, the official owner of the palace, to come over.
The emperor was also very panicked when he received the report. He pulled the Prime Minister Fan Ting and the empress dowager's brother, Duke Cheng'en Lu Tong, and the three of them went to the Southern Study together.
When they came over, the old lady Ge Tonglin also arrived panting.
Seeing the emperor, Fan Ting and Lu Tong from afar, the old tutor immediately realized that this matter was most likely to be very tricky. If he could turn around and run in front of these three people, the old tutor really wanted to escape directly.
After paying his respects to the emperor and exchanging greetings with the other two, the old tutor reluctantly followed the three of them into the room where the children were studying.
As soon as the emperor arrived, Yu Zizhen immediately stopped crying.
She took Yaoguang with her to pay her respects to the emperor, and after the ceremony she said she wanted to leave the palace and leave Beijing.
The emperor had a headache. He asked the only adult present, "Master Zhou, what exactly happened? Tell me."
Zhou Wenyong was just a small scholar in the Hanlin Academy. He did not dare to offend the Prince of Zhenbei, let alone offend Duke Cheng'en Lu Tong, so he only dared to talk about what he knew and experienced, and his wording was very cautious.
As for the rest, he let Yu Zizhen, the victim who was determined to establish an image of being "not easy to bully", tell it in person.
Yu Zizhen was not polite either. She started from the moment when she pushed open the door and an inkstone fell down and she knocked the inkstone away in fright, and then she talked about the thrilling moment when Wan Jingrong used broken silver to shoot down a chair hidden on the beam above her head, scaring her to death.
The emperor didn't take it too seriously at first. After all, many naughty children had put inkstones on the door to tease their teachers and classmates. But Wan Jingrong actually wanted to hit Yu Zizhen with a high-back chair. This behavior was indeed a bit too much.
He did not make a judgment immediately, but instead turned his attention to the three people who came with him to deal with the dispute.
Neither Prime Minister Fan Ting nor Old Tutor Ge Tonglin spoke a word. One of the parties involved was a child of the Lu family, and they had already expected that Duke Cheng'en Lu Tong would definitely not stand idly by.
As expected, when seeing the emperor looking at them for their opinions, Duke Cheng'en Lu Tong immediately started to smooth things over in an official tone.
He said, "Your Majesty, I believe this was just a quarrel between children. There's really no need to make a serious fuss about it. The Wan family kid was indeed a bit naughty and reckless, but he wouldn't deliberately kill the Prince of Zhenbei. The Prince of Zhenbei reacted so violently because he's still young and inexperienced. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so easily frightened by such a little joke."
Upon hearing this, Wan Jingrong immediately said, "That's right! Your Majesty, please understand. I was just playing a little joke on the Prince of Zhenbei. I didn't know that he, the eldest son of the battle-hardened Prince of Zhenbei, could be so cowardly."
As he spoke, he looked at Yu Zizhen with an angry look, and at the same time, he kept sighing and shaking his head at Yu Zizhen with a look of regret.
Yu Zizhen was almost irritated by their shameless behavior. Without saying a word, she pulled Yaoguang and walked out.
"Wow, wow, wow—the capital city is truly terrifying. Not only are the children cruel and ruthless, their fights often aimed at killing people, but the adults are also thick-skinned and black-hearted, and like to tell lies with open eyes."
"Sure enough, let's go back to the North. I want to go back and ask my father if I am no longer in his sight and I am just a poor little thing that anyone can step on. If I am bullied, no one will stand up for me."
Everyone: ...Good fellow, this is really a way to curse, the only thing missing is naming names before the words "thick-skinned, black-hearted, and likes to tell lies with open eyes", and replacing "adults" with "Duke Cheng'en" or "Adult Lu".
Duke Cheng'en Lu Tong's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and the emperor was so anxious that he broke out in sweat. He looked at Lu Tong hesitantly, but Lu Tong turned his face away and said nothing.
He had already been scolded by this brat, so was he going to beg him to stay? Wasn't he embarrassed enough?
The emperor then gave a wink to the Prime Minister Fan Ting and the old tutor Ge Tonglin.
Fan Ting was quite happy to step on Lu Tong at this time. He signaled his eldest grandson Fan Zhongming to stop Yu Zizhen.
Fan Zhongming understood and stepped forward to stand in front of Yu Zizhen. He said to her in a gentle voice, "Why are you in such a hurry to leave the palace, Prince? His Majesty is here. If you have any grievances, instead of going to the King of Zhenbei to complain, why not come here and respectfully ask for His Majesty's judgment?"
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