The Crown Prince looked at the Eighth Prince very carefully and seriously, then said regretfully, "I was too merciful and went too far! Look how the swelling has gone down in just two days!"
The Eighth Prince said with a half-smile, "So, I should thank my Second Brother for showing mercy?"
"No need to be so polite, we're all brothers!" the Crown Prince said magnanimously, waving his hand.
[The second prince is really infuriating, but it's quite satisfying to hear!] The eldest prince looked down at the teacup in his hand.
"Eighth Brother, do you know that He Xue has been blaming the person who attacked you ever since she saw your injuries!" the Crown Prince said with a serious expression.
Upon hearing this, the eldest prince looked up at the crown prince in shock. [Could it be that the second prince is about to be cuckolded? That doesn't seem likely. He Xue isn't that kind of person. If it were true, the second prince would definitely have beaten the eighth prince to a pulp!]
The Eighth Prince was also delighted, knowing that Xue still cared about him.
"He Xue asked why I only hit one of your eyes. Why not hit both eyes? Hitting only one eye makes her feel uncomfortable all over. Because of this, He Xue ate half a bowl of rice more last night!"
"If Xue hadn't been scared last night, I would have come and bruised your other eye too! That way Xue would feel better!"
"Second Brother, don't think that just because you're the Crown Prince you can bully people so much!" the Eighth Prince said through gritted teeth.
"There's nothing I can do; I'm the Crown Prince!" the Crown Prince said arrogantly.
“He Xue’s ideas are really quite unique sometimes!” the eldest prince said with a hearty laugh.
The Eighth Prince thought the First Prince's words made sense, and Xue's ideas were indeed quite novel at times.
Suddenly, a teacup flew towards the Eighth Prince.
The Eighth Prince immediately dodged to the side.
"Sorry, my hand slipped!" the Crown Prince said expressionlessly. "Eighth Brother, you'd better keep those inappropriate thoughts to yourself, otherwise next time you might not just slip up with a teacup, but guess what?"
[The way Old Eight looked so lewd just now, he must have been thinking about Xue. One day, I'll kill everyone who dares to covet Xue!]
Sensing the murderous aura emanating from the Crown Prince, the First Prince glared at the Eighth Prince with displeasure, thinking, "He's practically asking for death!"
However, he couldn't let the Crown Prince kill the Eighth Prince now, otherwise the Crown Prince would also be in trouble, unless the Crown Prince rebelled now.
The eldest prince felt sorry for himself after spending the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. "Truly, the eldest brother is like a father, always worrying! I've been so worried about the eighth prince's life; I'm a truly devoted eldest brother!"
"Eighth Brother, congratulations! You're going to marry another one into the household!" the eldest prince said to the eighth prince.
"Why don't you give this congratulations to your elder brother instead? Would you like it?" the Eighth Prince said with a sinister look in his eyes.
Upon hearing the Eighth Prince's words, the First Prince's temper flared up completely. "You think you're so great? You're going to bite whoever you want, you mad dog!"
You brought this trouble upon yourself, so who can you blame? Why did you go to Ganlu Temple and provoke the nuns? How does it feel to have your own tail between your legs?
Just as tensions were rising, a palace maid from the First Princess Consort's side entered, "Your Highness, Your Highness, the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess Consort has been pushed down by the Eighth Prince's concubine!"
"What?" The Crown Prince stood up abruptly and asked, then turned and stared intently at the Eighth Prince. "If you have even a hair on your head, I will tear down your Eighth Prince's residence!"
"Take me there quickly!" The Crown Prince had already taken the lead and walked out.
The Eighth Prince could roughly guess who it was; it must be Juechan. He always thought that with Consort Liang as his backer, he could act lawlessly in the mansion. If He Xue was really hurt, he would not let Juechan off the hook.
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