Seeing that Emperor Jingming was very angry, the Empress raised her hand and patted him on the back, and said softly, "Your Majesty, don't get angry and hurt yourself. The King of Shu is still young, and the atmosphere is good today. He may be greedy for wine..."

Thinking about the ugliness of Prince Xiang, the Queen was still frightened.

Fortunately, the emperor did not make a mistake at that time. If he had named her the Prince of Xiang, she would have been better off living alone in the cold palace.

After hearing the empress's advice, Emperor Jingming became even angrier. He picked up a tea pig and smashed it to the ground, angrily saying, "He drinks, and so do others. Why don't you see others running naked after drinking too much?"

A prince ran naked at the empress dowager's birthday banquet. Emperor Jingming could already foresee how the royal family would be laughed at after the news got out.

The Queen thought of the heartbreaking "Mother" that the Prince of Xiang had called her, and felt uncomfortable. She pursed her lips and sighed, "Perhaps the Prince of Xiang is worried about something."

Persuade the emperor to stop the fire? Of course not, she just wants to add fuel to the fire.

Emperor Jingming was indeed provoked to greater anger: "Are you worried about something? Just because you are worried about something, you can run naked under the pretext of drinking?"

He still has things on his mind. He has encountered many troubles in the past two years. If he were like that bastard Lao Ba who ran naked when he was unhappy, he would have been unable to be the emperor long ago.

"What could he be worried about? Is it because I chose the seventh brother instead of him that he is unhappy?" Emperor Jingming asked angrily.

Emperor Jingming was no fool. When he thought about what Prince Xiang had shouted in the Changsheng Palace, how could he not understand?

Lao Ba is unhappy because he was not selected!

Because he and the Empress had gotten along well over the past two years, Emperor Jingming had nothing to hide and said angrily, "How dare he be angry? It's our business to choose who to choose, how can a young man like him get involved? Is he rejecting his own mother?"

The mother of Prince Xiang was a dancer. Although she was insignificant in the heart of Emperor Jingming, it was another matter if she was the biological mother that his son disliked.

The eighth son was different from the seventh son. Although he had few opportunities to meet Lipin after growing up, he had the impression that Lipin had always been very caring towards this son and loved him very much.

A son does not despise his mother's ugliness, and a dog does not despise his family's poverty. But to despise and abandon your mother just because she is of humble origin, how can you be anything but an ungrateful person?

The more Emperor Jingming thought about it, the worse his impression of Prince Xiang became.

The queen did not forget to add fuel to the fire: "Don't worry, Your Majesty. People go to high places and water flows to low places. This is human nature—"

"It's just human nature!" Emperor Jingming not only dropped the tea pigeon once, but also kicked the stool far away.

The queen raised her lips slightly and stopped persuading him.

After this incident, the Prince of Xiang completely lost the emperor's favor and it was impossible for him to become her son.

Well, she already had Prince Yan as her son, so it was impossible, but it was still necessary just in case.

The queen felt relieved and said with shame: "Your Majesty, please don't be angry. The birthday banquet went wrong. It was all my fault for not arranging it well--"

"You can't be blamed for this." Emperor Jingming interrupted the empress, "Who could have thought that the eighth brother would run naked? Ah, who could have thought of that?"

The anger that had finally subsided came back up again.

Pan Hai on the side: "..." The Queen might have a grudge against the Prince of Xiang.

The queen continued to persuade him in a gentle voice for a while, then left leisurely.

Emperor Jingming sat there for a long time, sulking. He ordered Pan Hai in a hoarse voice, "Pass my decree down. The Prince of Xiang behaved unbecomingly after drinking at the Queen Mother's birthday banquet. He is demoted from a prince to a county prince and fined one year's salary..."

Pan Hai secretly sympathized with Prince Xiang for a moment, and hurriedly followed Emperor Jingming's instructions.

After Prince Xiang, who was thrown back to his mansion by the guards, came to his senses, he was completely devastated.

He, what did he do?

Running naked at the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet - Prince Xiang raised his hand and slapped himself, and became more sober.

Even more devastated than the Prince of Xiang was the Chief Secretary of the Prince of Xiang's Palace.

Upon hearing that the Prince of Xiang had committed the scandal of streaking at the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, Niu Changshi untied his belt and threw it onto the beam, ready to die.

There's no way he can live. He even secretly laughed at how difficult it was to be the Chief Secretary in Prince Yan's Mansion, because Prince Yan was a troublemaker. He never thought that his prince could do such a thing!

Niu Changshi was stopped by someone and did not die. He rushed to the side of King Xiang and cried bitterly.

The King of Xiang raised his foot and kicked Niu Changshi, saying angrily: "I am already annoyed enough, and you old man are still crying!"

Niu Changshi climbed up firmly and said, "It's all my fault. Your Highness should think of a solution..."

"Think of a solution?" After venting his anger, the King of Xiang sat back down, looking distraught.

What else can we do now that things have come to this?

He clearly saw Lao Qi drinking the glass of wine, but why was Lao Qi not in trouble, and he was the one who got into trouble in the end?

The King of Xiang hit his head hard several times and felt a splitting headache and numbness.

"Fourth brother——" Prince Xiang suddenly thought of Prince Qi, stood up abruptly and walked out.

Niu Changshi hurriedly stopped him and said, "My Lord, where are you going?"

The King of Xiang pushed Niu Changshi away impatiently and said, "Get out of the way."

Niu Changshi was pushed and staggered. Seeing the Prince of Xiang walking towards the gate, he had no choice but to chase him.

As soon as the Prince of Xiang reached the gate, he saw several eunuchs hurriedly walking towards him.

He froze on the spot, fear rising from the bottom of his heart.

The leading eunuch, Xiao Lezi, stepped into the gate of the Prince of Xiang's Mansion and stood in the courtyard. He shook the bright yellow imperial edict and began to read it.

By the time Xiao Lezi finished reading the imperial edict, the King of Xiang had turned pale.

Xiao Lezi sighed and urged, "Your Majesty, please accept the order."

Prince Xiang fell to the ground, staring blankly at the cracks in the bluestone tiles from which fine weeds were beginning to sprout.

He became a prince?

He didn't even dare to take part in the matter of seizing the throne, and was only prepared to follow his fourth brother and make noises and cheers. He hasn't done anything yet, and now he's become a prince?

He subconsciously took the imperial edict handed to him by Xiao Lezi, and it took a long time for the prince to come back to his senses until the eunuchs who came to deliver the edict left.

Niu Changshi had already fainted from crying.

Since the Prince of Xiang had caused such a scandal, it would have been a light punishment for him, as the Chief Secretary, to lose his post.

Since the palaces of several princes were located on one street, several eunuchs would inevitably pass by several princes' palaces on their way back to the palace.

The gate of Prince Lu's mansion was quietly opened a crack, and a man stuck his head out, watched the eunuch go away, and quickly went to report to Prince Lu.

"Did the eunuch really go to the Prince of Xiang's mansion to deliver the imperial edict?"

“I saw it with my own eyes.”

King Lu slapped his thigh and said, "Go and find out!"

Soon the servant who was sent out brought back the news: "My Lord, the Prince of Xiang has been demoted to a Prince of a County!"

Prince Lu was stunned for a moment, then he went to show off to Princess Lu with a smile on his face.

The news that Prince Xiang was demoted to a prince spread everywhere in the blink of an eye.

At that time, the old chief official of the Prince of Yan's Palace was handling the affairs of the palace. After hearing the news, he sat there for a long time, then suddenly stood up and asked in a trembling voice, "Where is the prince?"

He was careless, thinking that nothing would go wrong at the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, so he didn't remind the princes. He never expected that the princes would always surprise mortals like them!

"The prince is at the princess' place."

After hearing this, the old chief historian blinked, his eyes became wet with emotion, and then he felt deeply ashamed: he was wrong, their prince was much more reliable than other princes.

At least I won't run naked at the party!