The prince was not short among adult men, but Jiang Zhan was tall and straight, forcing him to raise his eyes.

This made the prince even more unhappy.

Even though Jiang Zhan was not a meticulous person, he could feel this dissatisfaction.

He hesitated for a moment, then knelt on one knee: "Please forgive me, Your Highness."

The Jinwu Guards are serving in the imperial city, so it is impossible for them to do whatever they want. Jiang Zhan knows very well that he cannot confront the prince head-on, so at this moment he has no choice but to bow his head.

Kneeling on the cold, hard stone slab, humiliation surged in my heart.

Jiang Zhan clenched his fists tightly, lowered his eyes to stare at the ground and apologized again.

The Jinwu Guards at the side could not help but plead: "Your Highness, Jiang Er——"

The prince's cold eyes made Jinwuwei dare not say anything more.

"I am really confused as to how someone as reckless as you managed to get into the Jinwu Guards!"

Jiang Zhan knelt on one knee, lowered his head and said nothing.

He has begun to understand that any struggle in the face of absolute power would not only bring humiliation to oneself, but would also bring trouble to one's family.

I really want to punch the prince's face into a pig's head...

The prince raised his eyebrows.

I heard that the seventh brother-in-law was a young and inexperienced boy, but now it seems he is quite patient.

Looking down at the person kneeling on the ground, the prince raised a cold arc at the corner of his mouth, raised his foot and stepped on one of the other's hands, and crushed it hard with his short boots embroidered with a five-clawed dragon pattern.

Jiang Zhan bit his lip without making a sound as he felt severe pain. The back of his hand was already torn and blood was oozing out.

The prince was more and more surprised, and after the surprise came a period of frustration.

If the kid cried out in pain, he could accuse him of being frightened.

Jiang Zhan knelt straight, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead because of the pain.

The silly prince wants to grab his whip? Dream on!

The prince did not lift his feet, but instead increased his strength.

The Jinwu Guard standing by turned pale and couldn't bear to watch any longer.

A fist hit the prince.

The prince stumbled forward.

The owner of the fist did not stop and kicked the prince to the ground.

The prince fell to the ground like a dog eating shit, his face hitting the cold, hard bluestone slabs, and he almost died from the pain.

The screams sounded like pigs being slaughtered.

Yu Jin kicked the prince hard on the buttocks twice, picked him up with one hand, and slapped him twice without thinking twice.

The dumbfounded attendant then shouted: "Protect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, protect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince——"

Jiang Zhan held the bleeding back of his hand, stunned.

Brother-in-law beat the prince?

Uh, he even beat the prince so hard that he cried...

Dozens of Jinwu guards rushed over and surrounded Yu Jin, drawing their long swords and pointing them at him.

The Crown Prince is the Crown Prince, and even if the Prince of Yan is a prince, offending the Crown Prince is still a serious crime.

"Hey, it's my second brother?" Yu Jin put down his fist, looking surprised.

The prince was beaten so hard that his eyes went black and he pointed at Yu Jin, unable to speak.

Yu Jin held his forehead in annoyance and said, "If I had known it was my second brother, I wouldn't have done it. Does it hurt?"

The prince grabbed Yu Jin's collar with one hand and said through gritted teeth: "Follow me to see my father, hiss——"

The pain was so severe that he trembled even when speaking.

In a flash, people were kneeling in Yu's study.

Emperor Jingming's face turned pale, he slammed the dragon table heavily, and shouted: "Explain to me clearly what is going on!"

Nothing good has happened this year. I finally waited until the winter solstice when I could go out of the palace for some fresh air. Ahem, I was going out of the palace to offer sacrifices to the heavens. I was in a good mood, so why did something strange happen again?

Taking one look at the crown prince with his swollen cheeks and then at Yu Jian who looked panicked, Emperor Jingming became furious.

It’s the seventh brother again!

This kid beat up all of his brothers on his birthday last year, except for the prince. Is he making up for it today?

Seeing the murderous look that Emperor Jingming gave Yu Jin, the prince suddenly felt less painful.

The seventh brother committed a serious crime by beating him today. If he could be severely punished by his father, then the suffering would be worth it.

The prince felt that he was invincible, so he took the initiative and shouted, "Father, the seventh son almost beat me to death today. Please help me."

"Speak to me carefully!"

"My son was bumped into by a young guard when he was going out. I had just scolded the young guard a few words, but unexpectedly the seventh brother rushed over and beat my son like this without saying a word..." The prince was emotionally agitated and described the incident in detail while gasping for breath and crying out in pain.

Emperor Jingming listened with a cold face. When the crown prince finished speaking, he swept the guards and eunuchs who were kneeling on the ground and said, "Is that so?"

The prince's personal eunuch hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, that is exactly what happened."

The guards nodded, and one of the Jinwu Guards hesitated for a moment and lowered his head silently.

The King of Yan beat the Crown Prince, which was no longer something they could reconcile with. Compared with this, Jiang Er's offense against the Crown Prince was completely insignificant.

After getting a positive answer, Emperor Jingming asked Yu Jin with anger in his eyes: "Seventh Brother, what are you crazy about today?"

Yu Jin said honestly, "My son didn't recognize it was my second brother. He saw someone bullying my eldest brother-in-law from a distance, and rushed over to beat him up in excitement. Only after he was done did he realize it was my second brother!"

Emperor Jingming pressed his finger between his eyebrows and asked through gritted teeth, "What's going on with my brother-in-law?"

Yu Jin pointed at the kneeling Jiang Zhan and said, "Father, my eldest brother-in-law is called Jiang Zhan and he works for the Jinwu Guard. When I came here, I saw someone stepping on his hand..."

Emperor Jingming lowered his gaze to look at Jiang Zhan's hand, and sure enough, he saw a bloody mess on the back of his hand.

"Prince, what's going on?" Emperor Jingming's gaze returned to the Crown Prince.

The prince suddenly panicked and explained hurriedly, "Father, I didn't know that this man was the eldest brother-in-law of the seventh son. Today, when I was going out, I was bumped into by this guard. He knelt in front of me to apologize. I scolded him and hurried to leave, and accidentally stepped on his hand..."

Jiang Zhan twitched the corners of his mouth but said nothing.

Yu Jin no longer had any scruples and said in astonishment, "Could there be a nail on the sole of Second Brother's shoe that accidentally stepped on someone's hand and caused this?"

Emperor Jingming narrowed his eyes.

Naturally, he did not believe all of the prince's explanation, but the bastard Seventh Prince actually dared to shout at this time. Did he really think that he could just let it go after beating Prince Chu?

"Seventh brother, do you admit your guilt for offending Lord Chu?" Emperor Jingming was really angry and asked coldly.

Yu Jin knelt down, lowered his eyes and said, "My son knows that offending the crown prince is a crime of disrespect, but my second brother was not wearing the crown prince's clothes today, and my son did not recognize him when he hit him..."

"Father, don't listen to the Seventh Old Man's nonsense. He couldn't recognize his son when he changed his clothes? Could it be that he couldn't recognize you when you changed your clothes, and he can even beat you?"

The seventh brother actually wants to put the blame on the fact that ignorance is not a crime, forget it!

It was rare for Emperor Jingming to want to agree with the prince.

That makes sense. Lao Qi's reasons are too compelling. It is impossible for him to escape punishment this time.

"No matter what your father wears, he will never trample people's hands." Yu Jin said calmly.

Emperor Jingming raised his eyebrows.

Hmm, that seems to make more sense.