When Erniu agreed, King Lu was deeply moved. Besides being moved, he was also proud of his own cleverness.

"Seventh brother, take a look, am I right?"

Yu Jin was almost amused by the Prince of Lu's barely concealed pride, and nodded with a stern face: "Fifth Brother is really a master of foresight."

King Lu immediately took a liking to his younger brother, smiled and patted Yu Jin's arm: "Let's go."

Yu Jin shook his head: "It's not appropriate for us to go see our eighth brother and bring the dog with us, right?"

"Why is it inappropriate?" King Lu was unhappy when he heard it. "Is Erniu an ordinary dog? He is a fourth-rank official of the imperial court. It is most appropriate for him to go with us to see our eighth brother."

Lao Qi is really talking without any concern. He doesn't even look at the situation now. Can he do without Erniu?

If Erniu were really to be left behind, it would be strange if Erniu would let go of his pants.

Seeing that Yu Jin was hesitant, Prince Lu tried to persuade him earnestly, and it took a full quarter of an hour before he finally nodded.

"Since Fifth Brother insists, let's take Erniu with us." Yu Jin said reluctantly.

Prince Lu heaved a sigh of relief and thought to himself: I finally convinced the seventh brother. When we get to Prince Xiang's mansion, he will definitely drink three cups of tea to make up for the wasted breath.

The two brothers did not delay any longer and took a big dog to the Prince of Xiang's Palace.

Jiang Si was stunned after hearing Ah Man's report: "King Lu begged the prince to take Erniu with him?"

"Yes, first I asked the prince to go with me, and then I asked the prince to agree to bring Erniu. I persuaded the prince for at least quarter of an hour. Even the sparrows on the branches couldn't stand it and flew away." Ah Man was eloquent and told Jiang Si what he had found out with a smile.

Jiang Si was filled with emotion after hearing this: I never thought that King Lu was such a wonderful person.

Originally, I thought it was a bit abrupt for A-Jian to bring Erniu to visit Prince Xiang, and I was afraid that it would arouse the emperor's suspicion afterwards. But now that Prince Lu is so considerate, I can rest assured.

The gate of the Prince of Xiang's Palace opened several times this morning, and the first person to come in was the Prince of Qi.

Given the prudence of Prince Qi, he had considered whether it was appropriate to visit Prince Xiang’s mansion first.

It was well known that he and the Eighth Brother had always been on good terms, and the Emperor also knew that they got along well. Now that the Eighth Brother had encountered setbacks, he came early to comfort him, which would not cause the Emperor to misunderstand him, but would instead make the Emperor think that he was kind and righteous.

The reason why the King of Qi was so impatient was to solve a puzzle: Yesterday they had clearly agreed to poison the seventh brother's wine, so how come the eighth brother became the victim in the end?

Because he was thinking about this problem, the Prince of Qi tossed and turned all night without sleeping, and his complexion did not look much better than that of the Prince of Xiang who had just made a big fool of himself.

Staring at the dark shadows under the eyes of the King of Xiang and the stubble on his chin, the King of Qi sighed, "Eighth brother, what happened yesterday?"

The King of Xiang looked numb: "I don't know."

"have no idea?"

The King of Xiang looked distraught: "I can't escape being schemed by Old Seven, but I can't figure out what's going on. I clearly saw Old Seven drink the glass of wine with my own eyes—"

As the King of Xiang spoke, he became emotional.

King Qi patted his arm and said, "Eighth brother, calm down. Yesterday, I remember that the seventh brother toasted you with a glass of wine. Could the problem be with the wine he toasted you with?"

"Even so, could it be that the medicine he prepared is the same as that prepared by Fourth Brother? How do you explain that he was fine after drinking the wine with added ingredients?" Prince Xiang asked.

This was also the question that King Qi pondered over and over again last night.

I can’t figure it out——

King Qi suddenly had an idea: "Could it be that Old Seven did not drink the glass of wine, but poured it back when he was toasting you?"

The King of Xiang was startled, then he thought of something and tilted his head to vomit.

The King of Qi was initially surprised by the King of Xiang's reaction, but after a little thought, he understood and comforted him with a wry smile: "Eighth brother, you are mistaken. No matter how capable the Seventh Brother is, he can't spit out the wine he drank in front of you..."

The King of Xiang looked pale and weak: "Fourth brother, don't say anything. Anyway, this time I have seen clearly that the Seventh Old Man is definitely not simple!"

"Yes, the seventh brother is not simple..." King Qi murmured.

The two brothers sat facing each other for a while, and then a servant reported that the King of Qin had arrived.

King Qi smiled coldly: "Our eldest brother never does anything out of line."

Nothing will be left behind, and nothing will stand out. It is so low-key that it has no sense of existence.

The King of Xiang was in a bad mood and sneered when he heard this: "What else can he think of?"

In other words, he was lucky to be the eldest son of his father. If he had not been raised under his father's name, he would now be just a member of the royal family whose name he could not even remember.

"Brother came to see you with good intentions, we can't turn him away." King Qi was worried that King Xiang would lose his temper, so he reminded him.

It's understandable that he is the first one to visit Lao Ba, but it would be hard to say if Lao Ba refuses to see anyone else except him.

"Eighth brother, don't be too depressed. The title can be demoted or promoted. A temporary setback is nothing." King Qi said meaningfully.

The King of Xiang smiled bitterly and nodded: "My younger brother will rely on my fourth brother to support him from now on."

After what happened yesterday, although the King of Xiang was deeply shocked, he was not imprisoned or sentenced to death. He had to live on.

He complained that it was useless for the fourth brother to instigate him to take the lead, and he would be better off just following the fourth brother.

When he tossed and turned on the bed last night, he could only suppress the resentment he felt towards Prince Qi. The only consolation now was that the fifth son was also a prince, so he wouldn't be too embarrassed.

"Please invite King Qin in." King Xiang cheered up and instructed his servants.

When King Qi saw King Xiang act like this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, Old Eight did not collapse after this blow. Maybe he will be in better shape after enduring this period, and will be able to find the right opportunity to bite off Old Seven in the future.

By now, the King of Qi was extremely wary of Yu Jin and no longer considered him a reckless man with courage but no strategy.

Not long after the King of Qin was invited in, a servant came to report that the King of Shu had arrived.

The reception hall of the Prince of Xiang's Mansion suddenly became lively.

The palaces were not far from each other. On Yu Jin's right was Prince Lu, and behind him was Erniu. They soon arrived at Prince Xiang's palace.

"Go tell your prince that the King of Yan and I are here to see him." King Lu ordered his followers without any courtesy.

As Prince Qi and others had come one after another, the disciples were not surprised at all and quickly went in to report.

King Qi was worried that King Xiang would look strange when he heard Yu Jin coming over, so he quietly touched him and broke the silence: "I didn't expect that the fifth and seventh brothers would come together."

"They live across from each other, so they probably ran into each other." The King of Qin continued with a smile.

Prince Xiang calmed down and said calmly, "Please come in, my two princes."

The people in the reception hall were not in the mood to talk anymore and just drank tea while waiting for the two to come in.

Not long after, the waiter standing outside the door lifted the curtain, and Prince Lu and Yu Jin walked in one after another.

Several people in the hall started to greet him, but they swallowed the greeting halfway through and stared straight behind them.

What's the matter with the cow following behind Lao Wu and Lao Qi?

Oops, wrong, it’s Erniu!