The prince's sudden action surprised everyone present.
Shen Zhixiu and Su Yuanzhou immediately stood up and wanted to step forward to stop the prince.
Song Hongshen's expression remained unchanged. "Lord Shen, Yuanzhou, please sit down. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is just joking with me. Don't take it seriously."
Then he looked at the prince's hand holding the knife, "Your Highness, why is your hand holding the knife still shaking?"
The prince's hands were shaking, not because he was afraid, but because he was deeply angry with Song Hong.
"Song Hongshen, aren't you afraid of death? I am the crown prince, so killing you today would be in vain."
The prince didn't ask for much, he just wanted Song Hongshen to submit and save a little of his face.
But Song Hongshen was not the type to give in. He looked at the prince and smiled faintly, "Killed in vain? There is no such thing as killing in vain in this world."
"If Your Highness has thought about how to explain to the Emperor and the Song family, then proceed. If the emperor wishes for the death of his subjects, then the subjects must die."
The Crown Prince was frozen in a dilemma. If he killed Song Hongshen, the Song family would not let him go. Even his father would have to give an explanation to the Song family.
But he just picked up the knife in impulse, how could he save face if he didn't take action?
At this moment, he hoped that Shen Zhixiu and Su Yuanzhou could stand up and smooth things over, giving him a way out.
But the two of them listened to Song Hongshen's words seriously, sat there calmly, and didn't say anything else.
Seeing that the prince had no intention of taking action, Song Hongshen pinched the tip of the knife with his fingers and moved the knife away.
Then he stood up and said, "If Your Highness doesn't take action, I won't wait any longer. It's tiring."
The prince was so angry that his chest heaved, and he swore in his heart that he would kill Song Hongshen with his own hands sooner or later.
Rong Yi stepped forward and asked cautiously, "Your Highness, what about the Leng family..."
The prince glared at Rong Yi and said coldly, "Let's go."
He didn't have the face to stay here any longer, and had to go to the Leng family to deal with the mess caused by Rong Yi.
Upon seeing this, Shen Zhixiu and his companions stood up and escorted the prince to the gate. With a shout of "Farewell, Prince", the carriage slowly drove out of the gate of the Shen family's manor.
After seeing the prince off, several people turned and walked towards the hall.
Song Hongshen approached Shen Zhixiu and said, "Teacher, you saw it too. It's not me who is humiliating the Crown Prince. It's really His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who is being too bullying."
Shen Zhixiu glanced at Song Hongshen, then shook his head helplessly. "The Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness is unwilling to get involved in the battle for the throne. If the dispute between you and the Crown Prince gets out today, it will be difficult for the Song family to remain neutral."
Su Yuanzhou snorted upon hearing this, "This Lord Chen doesn't know how to teach the Crown Prince. The Shen and Song families are both loyal ministers. As long as the Emperor doesn't think of changing the Crown Prince, when the time comes for the Crown Prince to ascend the throne, the Shen and Song families will definitely ensure that he sits firmly on the throne."
"Even if the Song family and Consort Xian were at odds because of the late queen, they didn't dethrone the Crown Prince, did they? This shows that the Song family doesn't want to mix private affairs with state affairs."
"But look at the trouble he caused, and how it got to the situation today."
"We should talk to the imperial court and ask them not to appoint a crown prince so early. His qualifications are too poor."
Su Qingyu deeply agreed with Su Yuanzhou's words. Forget being an emperor and ruling the country, even being a maid in the mansion doing needlework would require some consideration.
They returned to the hall and sat down again, and the maid brought in tea.
Shen Zhixiu said, "It's good that you acted a little differently today, so that those who promised to give you women will have a break."
Even though it was a joke, it was also the truth. Although Song Hongshen and Su Zhilan were already engaged, there were still many people staring at Song Hongshen.
They simply felt that Su Zhilan was not worthy of the loyal and brave king, and that Su Zhilan was too young to marry right away. These people then plotted to snatch up the marriage before the fifth young lady of the Su family got married.
Song Hongshen smiled and said, "Teacher, please stop teasing me. Since I'm engaged to the Fifth Miss, I will never do anything to let her down."
Su Yuanzhou still didn't understand what happened today. Since it was still early, he asked Song Hongshen to tell him what the prince had done.
Seeing that there was no outsider in the room, Song Hongshen began to speak.
Even though everyone had already guessed it, after hearing what Song Hongshen said, they still secretly cursed the prince for being dirty.
Su Yuanzhou asked with great interest, "How could you tell that the wine was drugged?"
After asking this question, Su Yuanzhou felt a wave of fear. Fortunately, he hadn't drunk alcohol today. If he had been given the drug, he might not have noticed.
Song Hongshen looked around at everyone and said, "My father taught me all the tricks people use to scheme against others in the market. That girl must have been trained to serve people. She was wearing armor on her fingers, and there was medicine hidden in the armor."
"When pouring the wine, I flick my sleeve and the medicine goes in."
"She drugged me three times, and I threw up all the alcohol I drank on those three occasions."
Shen Zhixiu was a little surprised. "The Marquis of Loyalty is so thoughtful. What else did he teach you?"
Song Hongshen raised his eyebrows slightly, "That's a lot. Drinking, gambling, women, I've taught you everything."
"Other families' young masters, when they grow up, at most have two maids in their rooms. But my father, on the other hand, just threw me into a brothel."
"Luckily I ran fast. Since then, I've been more careful when I go out with my dad."
Everyone burst into laughter at these words. Su Yuanzhou said with a smile, "Being the son of your Song family is really not easy. Is the Marquis of Loyalty afraid that you will get caught up in these things in the future, so he conducted a rehearsal in advance?"
Song Hongshen shook his head. "My father only treats me like this. He says I'm not as ruthless as my brothers and he's afraid that I'll be schemed against."
In fact, apart from these, his father's teachings to him were also different from those of others. Other brothers had teachers to teach them, but he had to be taught by his father himself.
His father even taught him how to be a king. For a while, he thought his father was going to rebel.
Later, his father explained that only by learning how to be a king can one be a good subject.
He thought about it and it made sense.
The rumor in the palace was that it was because his biological mother was the beloved of Marquis Zhongyi that the Marquis Zhongyi valued this illegitimate son so much.
Fortunately, their stepmother was kind and did not mind it, and the brothers were still relatively harmonious.
After chatting and laughing for a while, they saw that it was getting late and decided to leave.
Wen Zhu suddenly came in to report, "Third Master, news has come from Qianzhou that the Duke of Wei has won three consecutive battles. The defense line has advanced a hundred miles south. The battle report will be delivered to the palace tomorrow morning."
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