Emperor Jingming was a wise ruler, but as a wise ruler he certainly could not be too willful. Except for his own son, he could not reward or punish his subjects at will.
Although he felt a little sympathy for the unfortunate girl at this moment, he couldn't give her the gift right away to make her proud. Otherwise, what if Yu Shi scolded him for being obsessed with women and wanting to expand his harem?
With these thoughts in mind, Emperor Jingming looked at his son with a frosty face mask and said with a smile: "He is your cousin after all, don't say such harsh words."
Yu Jin said expressionlessly, "I help the family, not the parents."
No matter it is helping or assisting relatives, it is all to help Ah Si. As for that bastard Ji Chongyi, sooner or later he will be dealt with to vent Ah Si's anger.
Emperor Jingming sighed: "You seem to be very suitable to work with Zhen Shicheng."
He is too straightforward and can't even say a word that is pleasing to the ear. He doesn't act like a member of the royal family at all.
For some reason, although Emperor Jingming was reluctant, he was still a little worried deep down.
"You have done a good job. Keep up the good work. Go on."
"Your son will take his leave." Even after walking out of the palace gate, Yu Jin was still confused and had no idea why he was called into the palace.
Looking back at the majestic palace walls, his black gemstone-like eyes narrowed slightly, filled with brilliant fragments of light.
The chief eunuch Pan Hai saw this scene and felt for some reason that the Seventh Prince who walked out of the palace was completely different from the Seventh Prince who faced the Emperor. But it was hard to explain what the difference was.
Perhaps she is not used to the constraints of the palace.
Pan Hai returned to the palace and reported to Emperor Jingming that Yu Jin had left.
Emperor Jingming took off the notebook covering his face, glanced at Pan Hai, and suddenly asked, "What do you think of the King of Yan?"
Pan Hai shuddered.
He would have to be crazy to criticize the prince.
"I have never dealt with the King of Yan, so I can't say for sure."
Emperor Jingming stared at Pan Hai for a moment, then smiled and said, "That's enough, you can leave now."
Perhaps it was because he was born and raised in the palace like those sons, and was no different from the princes of past dynasties, so he always felt inexplicably curious about the seventh son, who was born among the common people.
What even Emperor Jingming himself didn't know was that once a person becomes curious about another person, he or she will become tolerant.
You have to be more patient and wait and see how the other party does things.
Every move of the superior affects the hearts of countless people. After Emperor Jingming summoned important officials from the six ministries for questioning, he only summoned Prince Yan to the palace. In the end, Prince Yan was sent out personally by the eunuch Pan Hai, which immediately aroused speculation among people.
Has Prince Yan won the Emperor's favor?
Compete with the crown prince? This is not possible. No one would compare a prince who was raised among the common people with the crown prince who sat firmly in the East Palace.
But there is definitely a difference between a prince who is valued by the emperor and a prince whose appearance the emperor cannot remember.
The Prince of Yan cannot compete with the Crown Prince, but can't he help others compete with the Crown Prince?
For example, the fourth prince, Prince Qi.
To be honest, among the princes, Prince Qi has the highest reputation and is both virtuous and talented.
The ladies in the palace got the news first, and Concubine Xian started to have some thoughts when she heard it.
She originally thought that the seventh child was a good-for-nothing, but now it seems that he has great potential.
The fourth child, who was so outstanding, had the disadvantage of being born a few years later. If he had a brother who was favored by the emperor to look after him, the future would be much easier.
Concubine Xian was well aware of the importance of favoring a prince, like the Sixth Prince.
The Sixth Prince's mother, Concubine Zhuang, was famous for her talent in her past, but now she is old and has actually fallen out of favor. However, because she has a favored son, the Sixth Prince, the Emperor will go to sit with Concubine Zhuang whenever the Sixth Prince makes the Emperor happy.
Therefore, no one in the palace dared to underestimate Concubine Zhuang.
Concubine Xian was a fierce and powerful person. As soon as Yu Jin returned to the house in Quezi Hutong, the eunuch beside Concubine Xian came over with a bunch of gifts.
Erniu blocked the door and refused to let anyone in.
The eunuch screamed, "You beast, don't block the road!"
Erniu became furious upon hearing this, and leaped up, knocked the eunuch to the ground, and started biting his butt.
The eunuch screamed and shouted, "Are you all dead? Beat this beast away!"
Long Dan folded his arms across his chest and reminded him with a smile, "Er Niu is a fifth-rank official, appointed by the emperor himself."
Three years ago, there was a fierce battle between Da Zhou and Nan Lan, and the master was seriously injured. It was Er Niu who bit to death the enemy who was about to kill the master, and dragged the master out from the mountain of corpses.
One of Erniu's legs became lame at that time.
Erniu not only saved the current prince, but the Nanlan man he bit to death was actually a young prince. When the war situation reached the capital, Emperor Jingming ignored the historians' comments and appointed Erniu as the fifth-rank general of Xiaotian without hesitation, even though Erniu was just a dog.
When Long Dan said this, the eunuchs were stunned, not knowing whether it was true or false.
Long Dan sneered: "Only three years have passed and no one remembers it? Do you want to see the bronze plate on General Xiaotian's neck?"
Erniu opened his mouth when he heard it, stood up straight, revealing the bronze plate hanging around his neck.
The big dog looked majestic and looked down upon the dumbfounded eunuchs.
"See? To be honest, you have to show respect when you see Erniu. Want to hit him? This is a crime above, and you will be punished by being beaten and put in jail!"
The eunuchs were more and more dumbfounded and could not help but look at the leader on the ground.
The leading eunuch climbed up with difficulty, holding his butt. Just as he was about to take out the virtuous concubine to suppress the others, he saw the half-man-tall dog suddenly bare its teeth.
The leading eunuch trembled with fear and ran away in a dusty state.
Naturally, the eunuchs followed suit and dispersed.
The place became quiet for a while, and only the gifts piled up on the ground brought a sense of liveliness.
Erniu stepped over the gifts, came to Yu Jin, who had remained silent from beginning to end, and rubbed his hand in a flattering manner.
Yu Jin's icy face showed a hint of smile, and he stroked Er Niu's head and said, "You did a good job. I'll ask Long Dan to buy you some braised beef later."
"Woof woof!" Erniu barked twice contentedly, then squeezed in from his master's side and continued to eat the meat and bones.
Under the shade of the tree, a pot of meat bones exuded a lingering aroma. Erniu picked out the one he liked the most and chewed on it, his big tail wagging back and forth.
Well, with meat and bones, and if there is also a mistress to accompany him, the dog's life would be perfect.
Long Dan looked at the gifts piled on the ground, then at Yu Jin's cold expression, and asked tentatively: "Master, how about I throw all these on the street?"
Yu Jin sneered: "Why throw them away? They are all good things, keep them for use!"
He never did anything stupid like taking out his anger on someone he disliked.
Good or bad is done by people and has nothing to do with objects.
After Erniu made such a fuss, many people who were paying attention to what was going on here knew about it.
The Crown Prince had originally been preparing to find an opportunity to severely suppress Yu Jian, so that he would not join forces with the Fourth Prince to cause him a headache in the future. But when he heard that Concubine Xian's people did not even enter the door of the house in Quezi Hutong, he could not help but be happy.
Eh, it seems like he doesn't need to be a bad guy in a hurry. The seventh brother is different from the other brothers.