Chapter 461 Can’t Stay
So he turned his eyes and took advantage of the opportunity when everyone else went home to complain, and pulled the little grandson to ask the emperor for justice, and the two of them came like that.
Emperor Mingde looked at Ji Changchuan, who was kneeling there with a righteous expression, confessing his guilt, but in reality, every word he said was like an accusation. He asked with a stern face, "What did they say?"
"Prince Yi's son said to my mother, 'I don't know where this wild chicken came from, pretending to be a phoenix. She doesn't know her own weight, and she dared to send her son to be appointed as an official to be on equal footing with them.'"
"King Zhuang's son said of my father, 'He's just a poor farmer, but he relied on women to rise to his current position. He dares to expect his son to be like them. He has no sense of propriety.'"
"King Xuan's son fanned the flames, but he didn't say anything unpleasant."
Ji Changchuan picked out the key points of what these people said and briefly repeated them. Then he looked at Emperor Mingde and said, "Although His Royal Highness is of nobler birth than me, as a son, I should do my utmost to protect my parents. Otherwise, what difference is there between me and an animal?"
Zhongli Tao chimed in, tears welling up in his eyes, "They also said my father was a short-lived ghost, with bad luck, so he couldn't handle this great blessing. I was so angry that I stepped forward to help him, and I pinched my arm until it turned purple!"
Although he was stopped before he could rush over, he would not tell anyone.
Standing aside and cheering is also considered helping, right?
He rolled up his sleeves and saw a bruise on his delicate arm.
Emperor Mingde was shocked and angry, especially since the Crown Prince was implicated. He lowered his eyes, but spoke calmly, "Someone, call the three princes over to me!"
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Within half a day, the emperor was furious and beat Prince Yi and put Prince Xuan under house arrest. The news that Prince Zhuang was spared punishment but was humiliated and scolded in front of everyone because he entertained the Prince of Northern Yan and his entourage spread throughout the capital.
The people standing in line were naturally worried. Some of them couldn't figure out whether the emperor was taking advantage of the situation or really valued the newly found princess so much.
A group of idlers in the Taichang Temple gathered together to gossip enthusiastically.
Ji Fengshou, who was a transparent person in Taichang Temple, listened with great interest at first, but when he heard the later part, he couldn't help but sit up straight, pricked up his ears and got closer to the person who was gossiping.
"I didn't expect the Emperor to truly value this newly found princess. He even looks up to her son! He even beat His Royal Highness Prince Yi! Do you think the Emperor has made up his mind?"
"Be careful with your words! This is none of our business. It's the fault of the emperor's grandchildren for speaking without restraint. After all, the princess is their elder, how can they talk like this? It would be strange if the emperor wasn't angry! If this were my grandson, I would not only beat my son, I would also beat my grandson myself!"
"Then should we be more respectful to the Prince Consort in the future? No matter how he got to this position, he is just better than us now..."
The man who was speaking suddenly felt someone squeezing him. He turned around impatiently and was about to scold when he saw Ji Fengshou's face. He swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue: "Haha... Sir, why are you here?"
Ji Fengshou didn't get angry when he saw that he was discovered. Instead, he asked in a gentle voice, "Brother, were you talking about my child? Is that true?"
Seeing that he wasn't angry, the three people looked at each other in surprise: "This couldn't be more true! People from the Taichang Temple just passed by there and saw the guards executing Prince Yi!..."
After hearing this, Ji Fengshou turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by the Temple Secretary: "Sir, I have some wine at home. I happen to be having a small gathering with my colleagues today. Would you like to join us?"
Ji Fengshou was anxious and had no mood to drink, but it was rare for people here to extend an olive branch to him, so it would be bad to refuse.
"I'm so sorry, I have to go home today, but the emperor recently rewarded me with a fine painting. If you have time, why not come and see it tomorrow?"
"Since the adults have something to do at home, they need to go back early! Then why don't we go and take a look tomorrow?"
"Of course I have to take a look. Anything the Emperor has awarded me must be a masterpiece..."
A few people expressed their understanding.
Ji Fengshou smiled slightly and hurried home.
Ji Fengshou, who had wanted to ask his son about the situation, discovered that his son and daughter were sitting together eating melon seeds, listening attentively to Qingfeng talking in front of them.
"Haven't you heard the news outside?"
Ji Fengshou seemed to think that he had misheard before and this matter had nothing to do with his son!
"Isn't that what Qingfeng is saying here?"
Ji Changying pointed at Qingfeng who was reporting in front of them, as if he was listening to some family gossip.
"Then why are you so calm? We've offended three princes at once. How are we going to live in the future?"
Ji Fengshou sat on the chair with a worried look on his face, hoping that the emperor would get better and live a few more years.
Ji Changying waved her hand to let Qingfeng go. After confirming that no one was around the princess's residence, she lowered her voice and said to Ji Fengshou, "Instead of looking for a way out everywhere, why don't we find a way out ourselves? Who said that the emperor only has these three sons who can ascend to the throne?"
Ji Fengshou was startled by these outrageous words, and reacted with a start: "You mean..."
Ji Changying mouthed the words: King Ping.
"Whether we offend them or not, they look down on us. Rather than letting them humiliate us, we should take advantage of the emperor's support to take revenge. We can enjoy it first. We are not cowards, so how can we endure this?"
Ji Changchuan also spoke up: "They humiliated my parents and didn't even take us seriously. How could I just listen and be indifferent? I only regret that my mother didn't give me the power. Otherwise, I would have beaten these people today and made them cry for their parents!"
Ji Fengshou gritted his teeth when he heard this, and was just glad that his wife only passed on this magical power to one child. If it had been passed on to two children, he would have gone crazy.
"Let's get back to the point. Everyone can see that the Emperor dislikes Prince Ping. It's impossible for him to do that! If he were to go astray, I'm afraid it would deeply hurt the Empress and the Emperor's love for us."
Ji Changying smiled indifferently: "Who knows if we don't make it to the end? Maybe the emperor will change his mind himself."
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Xie Siheng brought people to arrest Master Huiji of Huangjue Temple. This news caused an uproar.
Before the officials in the capital could figure out what was going on, the monks from Huangjue Temple spontaneously went to the Jingzhao Yin government office and beat drums, accusing the people from the Criminal Investigation Department of arresting innocent people and taking their lives.
Many people followed suit and pleaded for Huiji, and the entire capital was in an uproar for a while.
When the news reached Emperor Mingde, he was furious: "Just investigate! Regardless of whether Huiji has any problems or not, he cannot be allowed to stay!"
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