Chapter 34 The Prince Stands Up for Jin Cheng

She turned her head to look at Zong Jincheng. The little devil looked confused and didn't seem to know him.

The wife of the Duke of Jin quickly reminded him, "Your Highness, this Zong Jincheng is the son of Zong Zhao, and he is exactly eight years old this year."

She emphasized the word "Zong Zhao" heavily, fearing that the prince would not recognize the child and did not know that he was the son of someone he disliked.

Everyone knows that although Zong Zhao and the prince grew up together and were very close, they suddenly had a big quarrel eight years ago and have been strangers ever since. After that, whenever someone mentioned this name in front of the prince, he would frown, which shows how bad their relationship was.

Xu Wan also knew about this.

Before entering the palace, in order to avoid making mistakes in the East Palace, she asked Cuizhi about her family's social situation in the court and whether she had made friends with or offended anyone.

Cuizhi said that the Marquis' Mansion did not deal with people much, and the only person they might have offended was the Crown Prince. However, the Crown Prince had a good character and would probably not make things difficult for a woman like her.

After meeting the prince in person, Xu Wan became even more convinced of this.

After the prince confirmed Zong Jincheng's identity, he stared at him from head to toe, and suddenly said, "You have grown so big."

Zong Jincheng also looked back at him, his dark and bright eyes full of doubt, "Do you know me?"

The prince smiled and said, "When you were born, I held you in my arms."

Xu Wan noticed that there was a hint of bitterness in his smile.

Is there any connection between the prince and Jincheng?

Xu Wan couldn't help but think too much. Everyone in the world knew that this child was Zong Zhao's eldest son, but his biological mother was unknown. However, the Marquis's Mansion firmly allowed Jin Cheng to be registered as the eldest son's son. Could his biological mother be related to the prince?

"Oh, then I don't remember you." Zong Jincheng replied truthfully.

"It's okay," the prince touched his head and said, "Tell me, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing this, the wife of the Duke of Jin became anxious: "Your Highness, what are you doing..."

But before she could say anything, the prince gave her a warning look.

The wife of the Duke of Jin was confused. How did the situation develop in the opposite direction?

Didn’t the prince break off relations with Zong Zhao?

Why is he still chatting with Zong Zhao's son? ?

The prince ignored the dissatisfaction of the wife of the Duke of Jin, and just listened attentively to Zong Jincheng's explanation of the whole process. Then his eyes turned to Zhai Yao, who started the trouble at the beginning.

The smile in his eyes faded, but he still spoke in a gentle tone: "As human beings, there is no distinction between noble and humble. Since you think the people there are rogues, then you must look down on them. Someone, go inform the Weiyuan Marquis's Mansion that I want to send Zhai Yao to the slums to be raised, so that he can experience the life of the rogues firsthand. No one is allowed to help secretly."

Zhai Yao said in horror: "No, no, I don't want to go to the slums. Your Highness, I was wrong. Please have mercy on me, Your Highness... Your Highness, please spare my life!"

"Take him away." The guards immediately took action, dragging Zhai Yao away, letting his wails become louder and louder.

Perhaps because of the noise here, the guests who had already arrived in the East Palace came out one after another, and the wives and children of officials came over, and even the Crown Princess followed and asked, "Your Highness, what happened?"

It was the Crown Princess' birthday, but everyone was stuck at the door, squeezed into a ball. It looked really ugly. The eunuchs and maids passing by outside the palace couldn't help but look over here, and it might even disturb the ladies in other palaces.

The Crown Princess was also a gentle person. She came up and advised, "Your Highness, there are many people here and they are talkative. If there is anything, why not let them come in first?"

Xu Wan also felt that this matter was going to get out of hand. The eyes of the people around her were all on them. Before coming here, the Marquis' Mansion did not have any enemies, but this trip to the East Palace would probably make a lot of enemies.

But the prince, although he spoke gently, did not do anything gentle.

He said calmly, "It's not a big deal. The wife of the Duke of Jin just said something unpleasant. The child doesn't understand human feelings, so she wants an apology."

The Crown Princess looked at the wife of the Duke of Jin in surprise and said bluntly, "Then Madam, just tell him. Why bother with the child?"

"I..." Lady Jin was angry but dared not say anything. How could it be all her fault now? How could she, the Lady of the Duke of Jin, apologize to a child?

And there was Xu Wan, who had just dared to attack her. If she apologized, wouldn't that be admitting defeat? And the entire Duke Jin's Mansion would be embarrassed.

After waiting for a while, the wife of the Duke of Jin did not apologize and the Crown Prince remained motionless. The Crown Princess was extremely surprised and seemed to understand why he insisted on not entering the East Palace.

At such times, the Crown Princess would be the one who had a bad face among the gentle couple. She would put on airs and say coldly, "Madam of the Duke of Jin, do you want His Highness and I to stay here with you until dark?"

The wife of the Duke of Jin was startled by her sudden change of expression and kept saying, "I dare not, I apologize now, I apologize now..."

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have cursed Young Marquis Zong. I hope Madam Zong and Master Zong will forgive me for my outspokenness!"

Zong Jincheng snorted and turned his face away.

The wife of the Duke of Jin was so angry that her face turned pale.

This hateful little bastard, she will make him pay after she leaves the East Palace!

Xu Wan saw the anger in her eyes and said quickly, "Madam Jin, you are too polite. You are a magnanimous person. Don't be so lenient with a child."

Lady Jin Guogong bit her back teeth and forced a smile: "Of course not..."

Seeing the tense situation, the Crown Princess hurried to smooth things over: "Okay, okay, now that the matter has been resolved, everyone go in. The palace has already laid out fruits and snacks, just waiting for you to taste them."

"Thank you, Crown Princess, for your concern. I heard that there are also green grapes as tribute. We must taste them carefully."

"There are many. The emperor has given many gifts to the palaces. Everyone can try them freely."

The Crown Princess led the crowd away, and the wife of the Duke of Jin followed them.

Xu Wan was just about to ask Jincheng and Wenxiu to go with her, but the prince stood next to Zong Jincheng, touched his head and said, "Jincheng, come and sit with me."

Xu Wan: “!!!”

What kind of affair do you have!!!

Why do you want to sit together so stickyly after just meeting?

Zong Jincheng had just been helped by the crown prince to teach Zhai Yao a lesson, and also helped him vent his anger at the wife of the Duke of Jin. He had a good impression of him, so of course he agreed immediately, "Okay!"

The two of them walked to the other side talking and laughing, leaving Xu Wan and Zong Wenxiu looking at each other in bewilderment.

Zong Wenxiu said weakly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince seems to like his younger brother very much, so he should be fine..."

Xu Wan chuckled and said, "He will be fine. We will be the ones in trouble."

"Ah? Why?"