As soon as the word "again" came out of his mouth, Emperor Jingming felt embarrassed.

Saying this seems to reveal something.

When the Minister of Rites and the Earl of Taiping heard Emperor Jingming call him "Seventh Brother", they were stunned for a moment.

The fact that the Seventh Prince had just returned from southern Xinjiang and suddenly became the Prince of Yan had undoubtedly attracted the attention of the court, and many people were secretly speculating on Emperor Jingming's attitude towards the Prince of Yan. Unfortunately, the Prince of Yan rarely appeared in public, and there had not yet been a ceremony to confer the title of Prince of Yan, so very few people had seen him.

The little yamen runner in front of me is actually the Prince of Yan?

The Minister of Rites and the Earl of Taiping looked at Zhen Shicheng with ferocious eyes.

This old guy Zhen Shicheng is deliberately trying to trick them!

"Father, I am not fighting, I am saving people." Yu Jin said calmly.

When he was just a small yamen runner in the eyes of others, no one cared about what he said. But now, standing in front of the emperor and speaking as the Prince of Yan, the Minister of Rites and the Earl of Taiping immediately became nervous.

Yu Jin spoke calmly and calmly, "I was just passing by there, and I saw the son of General Cui, the son of the Minister of Rites, and the son of the Earl of Taiping summoning their servants to attack the carriage of the Earl of Dongping's mansion, frightening the girls in the carriage. In broad daylight, under the feet of the emperor, not far from the Shuntian government office, someone brazenly robbed a decent woman. Father, seeing this scene, can I remain indifferent?"

Emperor Jingming nodded imperceptibly.

If this is true, then we certainly cannot remain indifferent.

When the Minister of Rites and the Earl of Taiping saw the look on Emperor Jingming's face, they knew that something bad was going to happen.

On the contrary, they could not retreat at this time. If they admitted their mistake after knowing the identity of Prince Yan, the emperor would think that they had been bullying others by taking advantage of their power.

You have to know that at this time, the historians dared to confront the emperor, and some ministers dared to argue with the emperor when they thought they were right.

The Minister of Rites immediately winked at the Earl of Taiping.

The Earl of Taiping is half a royal family member, his wife is the cousin of Emperor Jingming. Today's matter can be considered a family affair, so it is more convenient for him to speak up than the Minister of Rites.

"Your Majesty, I didn't rob any decent woman at that time. Instead, I saw Princess Rongyang's son Cui Yi being attacked by a frightened horse, so I called my servants to rush to rescue him. Who knew that he was beaten by the Prince of Yan? Please, Your Majesty, make a decision for me."

"Shocked horse?" Emperor Jingming grasped the key point.

Zhen Shicheng immediately said, "Your Majesty, I have brought the horse with me. It is tied to a willow tree outside the palace. If you want to see it—"

"No need." Emperor Jingming's mouth twitched, "Wasn't the horse frightened? Did Lord Zhen bring it here without hurting anyone?"

Zhen Shicheng touched his beard subconsciously and said, "Your Majesty, that was an old horse. I don't know why it went crazy before. Anyway, from what I saw, the old horse was extremely docile. It was even scared to tears when it saw so many people."

Emperor Jingming imagined the scene of Lao Ma's tears, and tightened his mouth to prevent himself from laughing.

Yu Jin interrupted at the right time and said, "Father, an old horse could actually get hurt, which is enough to show how aggressive Cui Yi and others were at that time. In that situation, isn't it right for me to help people?"

"Your Majesty, even if the Prince of Yan had some misunderstandings about the situation at the time, he shouldn't have hurt my son and others like this." The Minister of Rites pointed at his son's bruised face and nose and said sadly, "Our Great Zhou has always been a country of etiquette. If we rely on force to solve any problem, wouldn't it be a joke? We should ask clearly before handling it."

Taiping Bo followed up, "Yes, the injuries of my son and others are relatively minor. General Cui's son has a broken leg. He is young and if he becomes disabled in the future, when Princess Rongyang comes back—"

Emperor Jingming was unhappy when he heard this.

Their son is a son, but is his son the one who was blown here by the wind?

First, the Queen Mother brought the matter to him, then the Minister of Rites and the Earl of Taiping took turns blaming his son, and now they are even threatening him with Rong Yang!

Well, just because his son didn't lose the fight, it's all his fault? In the final analysis, it's not that their son is incompetent!

Thinking of this, Emperor Jingming suddenly became proud again.

This is the ability of an emperor. No matter what he thinks in his heart, his face does not show any joy, anger, sorrow or happiness.

The Minister of Rites and the Earl of Taiping had no idea what Emperor Jingming was thinking, and they agreed to teach Prince Yan a lesson.

Yu Jin listened to the two people talking excitedly, but kept silent. He stood aside with his eyes lowered and brows furrowed.

Emperor Jingming glanced at Yu Jin and became increasingly dissatisfied with the Minister of Rites and the Earl of Dongping.

Is this because his son is so honest that no one supports him?

Considering that he is the emperor, he must be impartial and selfless in making decisions for his subjects? Then who cares about his son?

The more Emperor Jingming thought about it, the more dissatisfied he became. Amid the noise, he finally couldn't stand it anymore and coughed.

The scene suddenly became quiet.

"You should do your job. Since this matter has been handed over to you, I will leave it to you. I believe you will handle it impartially."

The Minister of Rites and the Earl of Taiping were unwilling to do anything after hearing this.

Zhen Shicheng's attitude is too obvious. If we leave it to him, won't our son be beaten in vain?

"emperor--"

Emperor Jingming glanced at Taipingbo impatiently and said calmly, "Let's do it. It's just a small matter for the children, do we really have to hand it over to the three judicial officials? Even if you don't mind your shame, I do."

When Emperor Jingming said this, the Earl of Taiping and the Minister of Rites were shocked.

The Emperor thinks that Prince Yan is bringing shame to him, and in a way that is precisely because the Emperor cares about this son!

As the two of them thought about this, cold sweats began to flow down their faces.

They were careless. They had always believed that the Emperor didn't care about his son, Prince of Yan. They didn't expect that father and son were still father and son after all. When the two realized this, they immediately became quiet as a chicken.

"Okay, all of you leave now."

Seeing that Yu Jin did not move, Emperor Jingming asked unhappily, "Are you not leaving yet?"

Yu Jin bowed to Emperor Jingming and said, "Father, I think you should comfort the real victims today to show your wisdom. Otherwise, noble ladies will not dare to go out on the street under the emperor's feet in the future."

Emperor Jingming then remembered this and asked, "Which noble lady is from the Duke of Dongping's mansion?"

"Reporting to the Emperor, the one who was frightened today was the fourth young lady of the Dongping Marquis's Mansion. Her brother fell into the water last night, and was summoned to Shuntian Prefecture for questioning today. Fourth young lady Jiang was worried about her brother, so she took a car to the government office to pick him up. Unexpectedly, she encountered something like this..."

When Emperor Jingming heard that it was the fourth daughter of the Dongping Marquis's Mansion, his eyes flashed.

Hey, he had an impression of this unfortunate girl. Wasn't she the girl whose marriage was ruined because the third son of the Duke of Anguo's Mansion was so obsessed with a commoner girl?

Originally, he wanted to reward the girl with something as compensation, but he put the matter aside because he thought there was no suitable opportunity. Now that Lao Qi brought it up, it was a suitable opportunity.

Well, let's reward that unfortunate girl with a jade ruyi. Maybe her luck will change in the future.