Chapter 396: Stalemate
The people from the Ministry of Rites did not dare to be negligent when they saw the two princes and immediately followed suit in paying their respects.
Prince Yi had a straight nose, thin lips, and an elegant temperament. He looked older than Prince Xuan and Prince Zhuang, and more stable.
King Xuan had a handsome face and a warm temperament, giving people a feeling of a spring breeze. He looked at Xie Siheng with a smile and said, "My nephew is so polite at all times. I've told you so many times! We brothers don't talk about this."
"Etiquette cannot be abolished." Xie Siheng smiled but did not agree with this.
"The eldest nephew is the most polite, unlike the rest of us. Old Five, please don't force him."
Prince Yi looked at him with a smile and spoke. He had to say that Xie Siheng's attitude made him feel a lot more comfortable.
No matter how much the emperor favors him, he is still just an outsider and cannot surpass their biological son.
King Xuan spread his hands in frustration and turned to King Zhuang, "Fourth brother, why did you lead your men to stop my nephew's men in the street? If the Censorate saw this, you'd be bombarded with memorials implicating me tomorrow morning."
There was a certain schadenfreude in these words. King Zhuang hadn't expected to be humiliated by Xie Siheng, and then be caught by King Xuan and laughed at him. He sneered and lost his temper: "Which eye did you see me leading people to block the road? Since we met on the street, it's not too much to say hello, right? The road is so wide, there's no way you can't go anywhere! Feel free to do as you please."
King Zhuang's attitude was very clear. He used his body to show that I'm not stopping you, so just get out of here if you have nothing to do.
The people from the Ministry of Rites behind him had bitter expressions on their faces, wishing time could go back so that they would have left earlier.
They just came out to welcome the envoys, but who could have imagined that they would encounter these giant Buddhas by such a coincidence, and now they are all delayed here.
The atmosphere was tense for a moment, and no one moved.
Xie Siheng was not happy to watch them go back and forth, so he replied lazily, "Since the princes have things to do here, I have official business to attend to, so I will take my people and leave first. Goodbye."
After he finished speaking, he signaled Chuan Qiong beside him to prepare to bypass King Zhuang's men and continue on their journey. However, the three men were coming for his group, so how could they let him go easily?
Prince Yi stepped forward and said, "Nephew, is there anything I can help you with? I see that these carriages are all dented and in great disrepair. Why don't you go to my palace and replace them first, so that they don't look so undignified?"
King Xuan and King Zhuang gave their subordinates glances, signaling them to take action.
Just as the convoy began to move slowly, the horses on the carriage that had just started behind suddenly started rushing forward like crazy.
First, the carriage that the Zhou family women were riding in overturned, and in a flash, it hit several cars in front one after another, causing a huge chaos.
Xie Siheng ordered without hesitation: "Kill the horse!"
The two charging horses were immediately killed by the people from the Criminal Investigation Department.
The people nearby screamed in fear, because the moment the horse's head was chopped off, blood splattered everywhere. However, the headless horse continued to run forward two steps by inertia before falling to the ground with a bang.
Xie Siheng had a cold face and attacked without hesitation. He jumped up and grabbed a person hiding among the guards, and cut the man's neck with a sword.
Until his death, the other party stared with eyes wide open, somewhat confused.
“You dare!!”
It all happened so quickly that by the time King Zhuang reacted and shouted angrily, the man was already dead.
There was a sound of gasps all around. King Zhuang looked at his men lying in a pool of blood, and his own face felt like someone had put it on the ground and stepped on it again and again.
He was so angry that he was shaking all over: "Xie Siheng! How dare you deal with my personal guards without authorization? Do you even take me, the prince, seriously?"
"I know this is the prince's personal guard, but just now this man had ill intentions and suddenly attacked the horse, almost causing a disaster. Now, I want to ask, is this the prince's intention?"
King Zhuang didn't expect that he would ask him back!
King Xuan and King Yi looked at each other, and when they saw the figure rising from the carriage, they felt relieved. They glanced at the stable carriage in front and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Who are these people that my nephew brought with him? Why do they all look... like this?" King Xuan's astonished voice interrupted King Zhuang's anger.
When he turned his head, he was also stunned.
A group of people dressed like ordinary people were standing beside the carriage, supporting each other, looking at a loss. Among them, Tang Qingfeng could actually be seen!
Ji Changying looked at Ji Fengshou with concern: "Dad, how are you guys?"
Ji Fengshou dusted himself off and said, "It's nothing, just a little scrape. How about you guys?"
Hu screamed in surprise. Ji Minghao's wrist was hit to the ground and was now red and swollen.
"Aying, do you have any more medicine for wounds? Come on, give some to your brother!" Mrs. Hu looked at her youngest son's wrist and blew on it with some heartache.
"I'm fine." Ji Minghao wanted to pull his hand back, but Hu held it tightly and he couldn't move it.
Ji Fengyi and Ji Mingxuan's expressions were not good.
They didn't expect to encounter such a thing as soon as they arrived in Beijing. In broad daylight, these princes took action as soon as they said they would. It seems that the situation in the capital is much more serious than they imagined.
Prince Yi stepped forward and smiled apologetically, "I didn't expect my ignorant fourth brother to disturb you all. I apologize on his behalf."
King Zhuang immediately became furious: "What are you pretending to be? What happened just now was an accident. What do you mean by that?"
"Fourth brother! If you hadn't been so careless with your subordinates, this wouldn't have happened. We were just having a nice stroll, but look at what's happened now. Third brother was kind enough to apologize on your behalf, but not only did you not say thank you, you even got angry."
King Xuan looked at King Zhuang with disapproval, as if he was looking at someone ignorant.
King Zhuang's gloomy face suddenly calmed down.
The third and fifth brothers, are they planning to join forces to deal with him?
"I'm an old man, and you guys actually threw me off the carriage. When I see that shameless guy, I'll have a good talk with him no matter what I say!"
Old Huang held his waist and rubbed it, his face full of pain. Tang Qingfeng's usually cheerful face also darkened: "The princes are so leisurely and leisurely, but they are embarrassing us on the street for no reason. I wonder what their intention is?"
As soon as Tang Qingfeng opened his mouth, the three princes looked at him in surprise, as if they had just seen him. "Master Tang! I didn't expect you to be here. Haven't you been sick and staying indoors lately? Why are you out on the street now, and with these people..."
Ji Changying ignored the confrontation and went straight back to their carriage. She lifted the curtain and looked at Jiang Qianruo seriously. "You said before: Even if the sky falls, you will hold it up. Do you mean what you said?"
Jiang Qianruo moved to get out of the car, and when he heard this, he looked up at her seriously:
"What I said counts at all times."
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