Zhen Shicheng understood the situation and found that the servants of the three families had already returned to their respective homes to file a complaint.

When the Minister of Rites and the Earl of Taiping heard that the child was beaten by Zhen Shicheng's subordinates, they immediately went to Shuntian Prefecture to argue.

At the Dongping Marquis's mansion, Madam Feng and others also got the news from the old coachman.

When Old Madam Feng heard that Jiang Zhan had offended Cui Yi and the other two, and even dragged Jiang Si into it, her face immediately turned extremely ugly, and she said to Jiang Ancheng: "Before, I said Zhan'er was not decent, but you insisted on protecting him. Now, Si'er is a girl--"

"Mother, I'm going to look for Si'er and the others!" Before Mrs. Feng could finish her scolding, Jiang Ancheng disappeared without a trace after saying this.

Old Madam Feng almost couldn't catch her breath, and she breathed heavily, holding her chest.

The eldest son is too unreasonable. He has spoiled his two children and made them do nothing but cause trouble. If they continue like this, the reputation of the Bo's family will be lost sooner or later.

Jiang Zhan was fine, but when Jiang Si came back this time, she would definitely discipline her, even if the eldest daughter protected her. Jiang Si had lost her mother, so it was only natural for her, as a grandmother, to discipline her granddaughter.

Among the several families, General Cui was the calmest after hearing this. He just ordered the steward to go to the clinic to pick up the person.

On the contrary, Cui Mingyue, the daughter of General Cui, was furious when she heard this and said angrily, "Father, didn't you hear clearly? My brother's legs are broken. Are you going to let him be bullied like this?"

General Cui glanced at his daughter calmly and said, "Your brother bullies others more often."

"But how can others compare to my brother?" Cui Mingyue became more and more dissatisfied with her father's attitude. "If mother were here, she would definitely make the decision for my brother!"

When General Cui heard his daughter mention Princess Rongyang, his expression turned cold and his attitude became even more indifferent: "Your brother is so naughty because he is spoiled by your mother."

Cui Mingyue didn't find it strange that her father was cold when he mentioned her mother.

General Cui and Princess Rongyang have been in a relationship for many years. Ever since Cui Mingyue could remember, the relationship between her parents was distant and they even rarely met.

My father lived in the general's mansion, while my mother lived in the princess's mansion.

Thinking about this, Cui Mingyue became even more upset and said angrily: "Father doesn't care about my brother, so I will!"

Miss Cui turned away in anger, of course not going to Shuntian Prefecture, but to the palace to complain to the Queen Mother.

Princess Rongyang was the younger sister of Emperor Jingming, but she was not born of the same mother. Instead, she was brought up by the then Empress after her mother died of illness. The same was true for Emperor Jingming. Therefore, among all the princesses, Princess Rongyang was the most prestigious.

The Queen Mother dotes on Princess Rongyang, and she also loves Cui Mingyue very much.

Cui Mingyue entered the palace with ease and met the Queen Mother smoothly before long.

Those who are favored by the nobles in the court always have special privileges.

The Queen Mother was a kind-looking old lady. When she saw Cui Mingyue, she smiled and asked, "Yue'er, do you remember to come and see me?"

"Yue'er has been thinking about her grandmother." Cui Mingyue said sweetly. She chatted and laughed with the empress dowager for a while, and then tears fell from her eyes in the blink of an eye.

The Queen Mother asked hurriedly, "What happened?"

"You don't know, Queen Mother, that my brother almost drowned last night." Cui Mingyue picked out what she could say, and finally talked about Cui Yi's current miserable situation, "A small official dared to do this to my brother. It is said that the Shuntian prefect is still a protective person. It is obvious that he bullies people because my mother is not in the capital. Queen Mother, you have to make a decision for my brother."

The Queen Mother's face darkened when she heard this: "Yier's leg was broken, but your father didn't go to the clinic to check it out or bring Yier back home in person?"

She was well aware of the unhappy relationship between Princess Rongyang and General Cui Xu.

Cui Wei and Su from the Marquis of Yining's mansion were childhood sweethearts. Princess Rongyang took a liking to Cui Wei and eventually separated the two of them using her status.

However, a forced melon is not sweet. The relationship between Princess Rongyang and Cui Xu has always been lukewarm. After Su's death, Cui Xu became even colder towards Princess Rongyang.

Although the Queen Mother knew the reason behind the incident, she was still emotionally inclined towards the adopted daughter and had some complaints about General Cui.

Cui Mingyue wiped away her tears: "Father has never paid much attention to me and my brother. I can't just watch my brother being bullied without anyone taking care of him, so I have no choice but to ask you to make the decision."

"Don't worry, Yue'er. I'll ask later."

"Thank you, Queen Mother." Cui Mingyue burst into tears and smiled.

The Queen Mother was a man of great swiftness and quick action, and she quickly passed the message to Emperor Jingming.

The Minister of Rites did not attend court today. Emperor Jingming had already heard that something had happened to the Minister's grandson. He also learned from the Empress Dowager that something had happened to the other three boys as well, and he felt quite sad.

It seems that other people's sons are also worrying, well, this way he can rest assured.

"Your Majesty, I will not interfere in the affairs of the court, but Cui Yi is Rongyang's only son, and Yang Shengcai is the Crown Princess's biological brother. It's time to give Shuntian Prefecture Governor a warning. We can't let the victim feel wronged."

Although the Empress Dowager was not Emperor Jingming's biological mother, she raised him. In addition, part of the credit for Emperor Jingming's ascension to the throne was due to the Empress Dowager's status at the time, so Emperor Jingming always respected the Empress Dowager.

The Queen Mother has spoken, so of course we have to give her face.

Emperor Jingming thought about it and decided that since he had nothing to do, he might as well let Zhen Shicheng bring the person into the palace so that he could inquire about the situation in person, which would also show the emperor's concern for his subjects.

Shuntian Prefecture was extremely lively at this time. Zhen Shicheng listened to the accusations of everyone, stroked his beard with resentment, and glanced at Yu Jian with a sidelong glance as if nothing had happened.

I never expected that the King of Yan would be such a person. He is a prince after all, but he actually started a group fight!

Just when I was thinking whether to cover up Yu Jin's identity or just give up, someone came from the palace.

Zhen Shicheng felt relieved immediately.

Let the emperor worry about everything.

Zhen Shicheng fully carried forward the spirit of "the poor may die but the friends may not die", and except for the Jiang Si siblings in the clinic and Cui Yi who had a broken leg, he ignored all these noisy people and took them into the palace.

Emperor Jingming was a good-tempered emperor. He listened patiently to the two families describing Zhen Shicheng's subordinates as arrogant and vicious. Then he asked slowly, "My dear Zhen, is your subordinate really so bold? How did you deal with him?"

Zhen Shicheng bowed calmly and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that we should not listen to only one side of the story, so I brought the subordinates involved in this matter with me."

"Oh, let him come forward."

Yu Jin was originally squeezed to the back, but upon hearing this, he pushed aside the people in front of him and stepped forward, saying loudly, "Your Highness, I have come to see you, Father."

Father?

The Minister of Rites and the Earl of Taiping could not help scratching their ears, thinking they had misheard.

What does this person call the emperor? Father?

It seems that this little yamen runner knew that he had offended the three families and was so frightened that he lost his mind. Now, he was talking nonsense in front of the emperor and would definitely be punished for disrespect, and losing his head would be the least of his punishment.

Emperor Jingming stared at Yu Jin for a long time, and said indifferently: "Seventh Brother, did you fight again?"