Yu Jin didn't have enough time to coax his wife, and he didn't have the patience to coax a big, strong man. He pulled the corner of his mouth and said, "Why does Fifth Brother say these inexplicable words?"
King Lu was furious: "What a mess! Old Seven, do you know that I have been demoted?"
"Demotion?"
Prince Lu wiped his face and said, "Yes, I was demoted from a prince to a duke!"
"Why?" Yu Jin finally became curious.
"Because I beat up the second son!" Prince Lu looked at Yu Jin with a look of doubt in his eyes, "Seventh son, can you analyze for me why you beat up the second son, who is still the crown prince? You committed insubordination and only stayed in the clan house for a few days——"
Yu Jin couldn't help but add: "He was also fined one year's salary..."
"Even if I am fined for three years, what does it matter? You bought a cosmetics shop for your wife!" Prince Lu slammed the table and stood up, sighing, "I was demoted. You brothers are all princes, but I am inferior to you from now on!"
Yu Jin silently shifted his gaze to the garlic bottle passed down from the big man.
At this time, he still remembered that he bought a profitable cosmetics shop for his wife, which shows that this bottle left a deep impression on Lao Wu.
Prince Lu raised his hand and placed it on Yu Jin's shoulder, shaking him violently: "Seventh Brother, analyze it for yourself. You beat the crown prince and nothing happened, but why did I get demoted for beating the deposed crown prince?"
Yu Jin shook off Prince Lu's hand, picked up the teacup and handed it to him: "Have a sip of tea to calm down."
King Lu took it and gulped it down in one gulp, enjoying it more than drinking alcohol.
Yu Jin glanced at Prince Lu and said, "Actually, Fifth Brother has already explained the reason."
"What did I say?" King Lu looked confused.
"Father punished me lightly because he was the crown prince when I beat the second brother. Father punished you severely because he was no longer the crown prince when you beat the second brother."
The high and mighty prince behaved inappropriately, and the emperor would think it was a good thing to teach the prince a lesson, so that maybe the prince would be more sensible in the future.
But if the deposed prince was beaten, the emperor would only feel that this was adding insult to injury and taking advantage of the prince who was in trouble.
The two different situations will of course result in different punishments.
Yu Jin smiled and touched his chin.
Speaking of which, he hit the second brother just in time.
King Lu was even more confused: "Seventh Brother, what do you mean by this? I don't understand."
What's the matter? When the seventh brother beat the second brother, the second brother was the prince, and when he beat the second brother, the second brother was no longer the prince. Isn't this the same as saying nothing?
Yu Jin smiled and handed over another cup of tea: "There are some things that Fifth Brother still needs to figure out for himself."
Is he familiar with Lao Wu? He made such a clear statement to speculate on the emperor's intentions, but Lao Wu betrayed him and caused him to be demoted. What should he do?
The treatment of a princess of a county is inferior to that of a princess of a royal family, and he cannot let Asi be inferior to others.
"Does Fifth Sister-in-law know about this?"
King Lu's face suddenly turned pale: "I don't know..."
Yu Jin patted Prince Lu's shoulder heavily and said, "Fifth brother, you should go back home earlier."
Prince Lu left Prince Yan's mansion with his head down and in despair.
Yu Jin placed the cold tea on the table and hurried back to the backyard to share gossip with his wife.
"Prince Lu beat the deposed crown prince and was demoted?" Jiang Si almost couldn't help laughing, "Prince Lu is very brave."
Now that the crown prince has been deposed, it may seem that anyone can step on him, but in fact, until the emperor has completely given up on his son, he is the one who should not be provoked.
The most difficult thing to predict in this world is the human heart, especially the heart of parents who favor their own children.
You think this person was beaten and scolded by his parents, and his parents looked like they wanted to kill the child, but if someone else kicked this person, the first people to be unhappy would be his parents.
A person's heart can be very hard, but a parent's heart can be very soft.
Jiang Si was very sure about this. At least the fact that the crown prince was reinstated later proved Emperor Jingming's intention.
The King of Lu is truly ignorant and fearless, courting great death.
Jiang Si's words "your courage is commendable" made Yu Jin smile knowingly.
His son A Si is much smarter than King Lu.
"It is very likely that Prince Jing will be reinstated." Jiang Sidao.
Although she cannot speak out what happened in her previous life, she can still remind her.
"Don't worry, I won't provoke the deposed prince."
所以說想做的事要趁早，機不可失失不再來。娶阿似是這樣，揍太子也是這樣。
Prince Lu returned to his palace and went to see Princess Lu with all his might.
"There's something I want to tell you—"
Princess Lu raised her eyebrows, her eyes full of murderous intent: "Does the prince want to bring a concubine home for the New Year?"
After saying that, she slammed the table and waited for King Lu's answer with an expressionless face.
"It would be nice if it were so—" King Lu sighed.
"What did the prince say?"
Prince Lu tightened his scalp and said in frustration: "I beat Prince Jing today, and my father demoted me to a prince..."
After waiting for a long time, the storm as imagined did not come.
Prince Lu looked at Princess Lu in confusion.
"Is that all?" Princess Lu raised her eyebrows.
King Lu nodded heavily: "Yes."
Isn't that enough?
"I understand. If there is nothing else, just wash up and have dinner." Princess Lu said lightly.
Prince Lu blinked and held Princess Lu's hand: "Did you not hear what I said clearly?"
Princess Lu glanced at Prince Bai Lu and said, "I'm not deaf."
"I was demoted to a prince, and you were demoted from a princess to a princess."
"Um."
Prince Lu reached out and touched Princess Lu's forehead: "Do you have a fever?"
Princess Lu tilted her head and asked impatiently, "My Lord, are you still going to eat?"
"Of course you have to eat, but...but you're not angry?"
Princess Lu rolled her eyes again and stood up: "If you want to demote me, then demote me. A lower annual salary will save you the extra money to support a concubine. Well, I'm hungry, let's go eat."
Looking at the bright face of Princess Lu, Prince Lu was inexplicably moved.
I didn't expect that the tigress could also like something. Why did his eyes look so sore?
Ahem, it must be the strong wind that blinded my eyes.
King Lu pressed his eyes and smiled: "I'm hungry too, let's go eat."
The decree that Prince Lu was demoted was officially conveyed to Prince Lu's palace, and quickly reached the ears of several princes.
The fifth brother beat the deposed prince and was demoted!
That’s not right. Why is it okay for the seventh brother to beat the prince?
It looks like I have to go to Prince Lu's Mansion to have a drink with the fifth brother, and then go to Prince Yan's Mansion opposite to have a drink with the seventh brother.
All the princes were in a state of confusion, and the bluestone road between the Prince of Lu's and the Prince of Yan's mansions immediately became lively. When the news that Prince Jing's family would attend the New Year's Eve dinner spread, more people went to Jingyuan to visit the deposed prince.
At first, I was worried that Emperor Jingming hated the deposed prince and I didn't dare to go. But now that the emperor has expressed his position, the reason to go to Jingyuan is ready: Prince Jing was beaten so badly by Prince Lu, so we must express our condolences.
In response to this excitement, the Prince of Yan's Mansion, the Prince of Lu's Mansion and Jingyuan all responded in the same way, closing their doors to welcome visitors.
The crowd, who had been holding back their energy, finally waited until New Year's Day.