After hearing Yu Jin's words, Emperor Jingming glanced at the prince.
At Princess He Shu's full-month banquet, the Crown Prince went out of the palace to celebrate, but he was bitten by Erniu in the garden of Prince Yan's Mansion. He knew about this a long time ago.
The prince teased Erniu for a long time because he enjoyed it, not because he was idle.
Thinking of this, Emperor Jingming felt slightly relieved.
Although the result is equally embarrassing, the reasons are different and it makes you feel better.
The prince felt quite aggrieved by Emperor Jingming's look: Who does his father think of him? If he hadn't taken a fancy to Erniu, would he have the nerve to play with a dog after eating?
"If you like dogs, you can raise one, but don't let it ruin your ambition." Thinking about the prince's performance in the past two days, Emperor Jingming felt that he couldn't be too strict with him. Maybe giving him some encouragement would make him perform better.
The prince suddenly widened his eyes and felt like cleaning his ears.
Did he hear it wrong? His father actually took the initiative to say that if you like dogs, you can keep them. He had never been treated this way before.
Indeed, there are many advantages to pretending to have amnesia.
At this moment, the prince once again congratulated himself on his wit.
He looked at Erniu with curiosity: "I just heard from the eunuch that Erniu is a fourth-rank general. I was curious, but unfortunately I don't remember meeting Erniu before."
Erniu may not like being too hasty. He should start over and take it slow. Maybe after a while, Erniu will like it.
The prince thought happily.
Yu Jin looked at the prince meaningfully and smiled slightly: "It's okay if Second Brother doesn't remember. Er Niu came today and we've seen him before."
As he spoke, he patted the big dog on the head and said, "Come on, Erniu, say hello to the prince."
Erniu, who had been sitting next to Yu Jin like a good kid, stood up, wagging his tail and took two slow steps forward.
When the prince saw the second cow's tail wagging and its expression becoming friendly, he immediately relaxed his guard.
The eunuch who had raised a dog in the previous family said that if a dog wags its tail at a person, it means that it likes that person.
It turned out that I was too anxious that day. Now it seems that Erniu is really well-behaved and obedient. He must still remember the goodness of that package of halved beef.
As soon as this thought flashed through my mind, the big dog in front of me suddenly changed its expression.
The gentle and well-behaved face turned into a ferocious one, revealing a mouthful of terrifying fangs, and the two front legs were suddenly raised up.
The scene of being bitten by Erniu that day suddenly flashed through the prince's mind.
The prince is of noble status. Although he was scolded and yelled at by the emperor since childhood, which damaged his spirit, he is still petite and slender.
He was hit on the back by a flagpole once due to an earthquake in front of the Imperial Temple, beaten once by Yu Jin and Prince Lu, hit once by Emperor Jingming with a white jade paper, and then bitten by Erniu.
Apart from that, it has had almost no bumps or bruises in all these years.
In the prince's subconscious, no matter how terrible his father and brothers are, he still has reason. But Erniu is different. No matter how intelligent he is, he is still a beast. Once he goes crazy, he can really bite people to death.
From this, we can see how much psychological trauma Erniu's bite on the prince left on him.
Seeing that Erniu's reaction was exactly the same as before he bit him that day, the prince instinctively covered his buttocks and backed away, shouting, "Get Erniu away! It's going to bite my butt again—"
The big dog stood on its two hind legs, stretched out one of its front paws as if waving, and turned to look at its owner with an innocent look on its face.
Yu Jin was surprised: "Second brother, Erniu just wanted to say hello to you, why are you running away?"
The prince hadn't recovered from his nervousness yet, and blurted out: "What kind of greeting? It clearly wanted to bite me just now, just like it did in your garden that day--"
When the prince heard this, he seemed to be frozen in place by a spell cast by a god, and then his face changed drastically as he looked towards Emperor Jingming.
Emperor Jingming's face was as gloomy as water at this moment, and he stared at the prince with eyes as sharp as knives.
The prince's legs went weak and he almost fell to his knees.
He...he was exposed?
It’s over, it’s over, my father will definitely kill him!
The King of Lu said in surprise: "Second brother, do you remember?"
These words seemed to have handed the prince a life-saving straw, causing him to suddenly wake up. He laughed dryly and said, "After being frightened by Erniu, I suddenly remembered something--"
"Enough!" Emperor Jingming shouted angrily, waving his sleeves and turning around, "Go to Yu's study."
"Father..." the prince shouted with a pale face, but when he saw Emperor Jingming walking away without looking back, he could only bite the bullet and chase after him.
Prince Lu looked at Yu Jin and said, "Seventh brother, what should we do?"
Just now, my father told us to go to Yu's study. I think he was just talking about the crown prince.
At this moment, King Lu just wanted to leave as soon as possible.
It's fun to watch the excitement, but my father's expression is too scary. Now is not a good time to watch the excitement.
Yu Jin glanced at King Lu, wishing he could kick this idiot away.
He is really a person who is incapable of doing anything good but always makes trouble. If it weren't for the fifth brother's reminder, the prince would probably have admitted that he was pretending to have amnesia.
Yu Jin was angry, so naturally he would not let Prince Lu have his way, so he said seriously, "Brother, didn't you hear that father asked us to go to the study? Let's go."
On the way to Yu's study, Prince Lu reacted belatedly and whispered, "Seventh brother, father should just let the crown prince pass, right?"
Yu Jin didn't even raise his eyelids, and said calmly: "Father didn't thank us by name. What if he called us and we didn't follow him when we got to Yu's study? You know, father is angry..."
When King Lu heard this, he no longer dared to hope for luck and had to follow obediently.
Emperor Jingming strode back to the study room. When he turned around, he saw the prince standing at the door and hesitating. He shouted, "Get in!"
The prince was used to being depressed, but King Lu's reminder gave him a glimmer of hope, allowing him to calm down and walk in.
He bit me to death and said that his memory was restored because he was frightened. That should be fine, right?
The prince was nervous and felt like crying.
Standing in front of Emperor Jingming, the prince said awkwardly: "Father——"
Emperor Jingming raised his eyebrows: "Why, have you recovered your memory?"
The prince did not dare to look into Emperor Jingming's eyes, and said with lowered eyes: "I suddenly remembered something..."
"How much do you remember?" Emperor Jingming asked calmly.
The prince was delighted: Does the emperor believe this?
This made him a little bolder, and he said, "Being scared by Erniu reminded me of the time when I was bitten by Erniu at my seventh brother's house..."
Anyway, no one can cut open his head, not even my father.
"Do you think of anything else?"
"not yet……"
"Look up and look me in the eyes."
The prince raised his eyes and looked into the eyes of Emperor Jingming.
Emperor Jingming stared at the prince, his eyes were disturbingly calm: "Did you really just remember it, and you haven't lost your memory all this time?"
The prince couldn't help but look away.
"I said, look into my eyes!" Emperor Jingming emphasized.
The prince secretly clenched his fists, his palms were wet with sweat.
"How dare my son lie to you? I just remembered..."
Emperor Jingming picked up the newly replaced white jade paper on the table.
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