When Long Dan saw that his master's sweetheart was actually dragged in by Erniu, he quickly ran away.

This kind of thing must be notified to the master in time, otherwise when the master comes back and knows that he missed the opportunity to meet Miss Jiang, he will definitely punish him.

As for no one greeting Miss Jiang after he left - haha, having Erniu around is better than anyone else.

Yu Jin followed the Fourth Prince to Prince Qi's Palace, and the banquet was held in the palace garden.

Emperor Jingming had a total of eight princes who were kept alive. Yu Jin silently counted the number of people and found that all of them were present except the crown prince.

Seeing Yu Jin coming, the princes had different expressions, and most of them had disdain in their eyes.

Although they came to celebrate Yu Jin's birthday, they were not celebrating Yu Jin's birthday, or even the Fourth Prince's birthday.

I have only one brother who has lived outside the palace since he was a child and went to the south to fight barbarians. He has not interacted with them since he came to the capital. How can I not take this opportunity to join in the fun?

"Seventh brother, it's not easy to have a drink with you." The eldest prince greeted with a gentle smile.

The eldest prince was named King of Qin, which was a bit awkward.

When Emperor Jingming was still an ordinary prince, he had been married for many years without a child. In order to get a good omen, he adopted his cousin's youngest son as an adopted son. Unexpectedly, it really worked. Emperor Jingming was unstoppable from then on and gave birth to many children. When Emperor Jingming unexpectedly became the emperor, the eldest prince, who was the eldest son, could only keep a low profile to avoid offending the empress and the prince.

Over the years, the eldest prince has developed the character of a good guy.

Yu Jin carefully looked at the eldest prince, and seeing that he was looking at the oldest, he silently confirmed his identity, and then he said, "Big brother."

That’s right. After returning to Beijing, Yu Jin seldom met these brothers and couldn’t even recognize them. The ones who left the deepest impression on him, apart from his biological brother, were the prince.

Fortunately, although he is casual, he is different once he gets serious.

The oldest is the eldest brother, the one with a constipated face is the third brother, the one who looks stupid is the fifth brother, the one who rolls his eyes and thinks he is smart is the sixth brother, and the one who has not even grown all his hair is the eighth brother.

Well, it's still easy to recognize.

"Seventh brother, I have wanted to drink with you for a long time, but you don't have a palace yet, so there is nowhere to drink." The eighth prince said with a smile, holding a wine glass, with an innocent look on his face.

Yu Jin raised his eyebrows.

When he was sixteen, he had already beheaded the enemy leader in the midst of thousands of troops, put the head aside and ate meat and drank wine with his soldiers. Why is this little bastard pretending to be innocent in front of him? He is not even disgusted!

"Drinking is not about the place, but about the person." Yu Jin said calmly.

The Eighth Prince was stunned. He never expected that a prince who had long been forgotten by his father could speak with such ulterior motives.

Where does this guy get the confidence from?

Even he was named King of Xiang, so what does the Seventh Brother count for?

Only when the princes are granted the title of king can they have their own palaces and guards. Although they will not be enfeoffed to their fiefdoms, the income from the fiefdoms will all belong to them. Compared with this, the annual salary when they are princes is a drop in the bucket.

It can be said that a prince can only build and manage his own power after he is crowned as a king. The reason is simple: it costs money to support people, and the cost is huge.

Being crowned a king is the dream of every prince, and it is also the key for court officials to measure a prince's power. This is enough to explain the difference between an ordinary prince and a prince who has been crowned a king.

It is no exaggeration to say that there is a world of difference.

The Eighth Prince's mother was just a dancer of humble status. The Eighth Prince was the youngest and had always been suppressed in front of his brothers. Now, he finally had the chance to show off his power in front of Yu Jin but was choked back by the other party's lukewarm attitude. This was really hard to swallow.

The Eighth Prince was not an impulsive person. Given his mother's status, he would not have grown up safely if he had been impatient.

But people are always different when facing people who they think are of lower status than themselves. They seem to be able to act more recklessly.

The Eighth Prince was not annoyed. He placed the wine glass on the table and filled the wine pot: "Since Seventh Brother said so, let's have a good drink today."

He glared at the princes and said, "Brothers, Seventh Brother said that drinking is not about the place but the person. If we fail to treat Seventh Brother well today, then we are the wrong people. Don't you agree, brothers?"

The Fifth Prince had become carefree and impulsive because his mother was spoiled. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "Eighth brother is right. Today we should have a good drink with Seventh brother."

With the two of them making such a fuss, everyone else naturally raised their glasses to join in the fun, and even the Fourth Prince didn't say much.

He was busy arranging a birthday celebration for his seventh brother. He already had a good reputation, and it was not worth it to offend other brothers for his seventh brother.

Yu Jin placed the wine glass on the long table, making a slight sound.

"Why don't you drink, Seventh Brother?" The Eighth Prince smiled, "If Seventh Brother can't drink, then we should just drink less, it's okay—"

Yu Jin brought the wine jar over and placed it in front of him, patting the dark wine jar: "What's the difference between drinking from a wine glass and a woman? We should drink with this!"

The smile on the eighth prince’s lips froze.

Is this his army?

After a brief silence, the Eighth Prince clapped his hands and said, "Seventh Brother is still straightforward! Come, remove the wine glasses and change the wine table!"

With so many of them, are they afraid of him alone?

After finishing a bottle of wine, Yu Jin remained calm, while the Eighth Prince's cheeks were already burning with anger, and the others were not much better.

The Fifth Prince was a carefree person to begin with. He became more talkative once he drank more. He held a wine jar and said with a big tongue: "I, I'm telling you, I've fallen in love with a girl."

"Who?" the other princes asked casually.

Yu Jin absentmindedly patted the empty wine jar.

He's already like this after just drinking one bottle of wine. How dare he ask him to drink with him? If he has this much free time, he might as well wait for Ah Si at home.

If you wait until then, you will make a profit.

Thinking of this, Yu Jin couldn't wait any longer and prepared to get up and say goodbye.

Who knew that the fifth prince's next words would leave him stunned.

"The fourth young lady from the Duke of Dongping's residence!"

"The fourth lady from the Duke of Dongping's Mansion? Oh, I've heard of this lady. Didn't she break off the engagement because Ji San from the Duke of Anguo's Mansion fell in love with a commoner girl? How did you fall in love with her, fifth brother?" the eighth prince asked curiously.

The fifth prince burped, "I ran to see the excitement on the day when the prince of Changxing was arrested, and I saw it by accident. After asking around, I found out that the beauty was the fourth daughter of the Duke of Dongping's mansion. Tsk tsk, I didn't expect that Ji San of the Duke of Anguo's mansion was such a fool, leaving such a stunning beauty behind to marry a commoner girl. But it's better this way, otherwise I wouldn't have thought about her."

"Fifth brother, you have a fifth sister-in-law."

The fifth prince laughed and said, "Old Eight, you are just talking like a child. What's wrong with having a fifth sister-in-law? I don't plan to marry her as my principal wife. If I give her the title of concubine, wouldn't their family send her here happily——"

Yu Jin stood up suddenly.

Everyone was stunned.

"Seventh brother, what's wrong?" The Fourth Prince felt something was wrong.

"I'm drunk."

Everyone blinked: So what?

Yu Jin smiled, picked up the wine altar and smashed it directly on the head of the Fifth Prince.