"Shut up!"
Ji Tingyou was furious: "Who the hell are you? How dare you call me your friend!"
"Brother," Ji Tingxuan said, still looking like he was thinking about him wholeheartedly, "Why don't you understand? I'm doing this for your own good. If you treat others as friends, who knows how they might cling to you and try to get something out of you."
"You!" Ji Tingyou couldn't bear it any longer and clenched his fist to hit him.
"Young Master! Young Master, calm down!" The two servants beside him quickly pulled him back. San Bao urged him earnestly, "Young Master, if you do anything, the Duke will really be angry."
"Don't stop me, I'm going to beat this foul-mouthed thing to death!"
"Master, please don't do anything." Another servant, Sanyuan, hugged him tightly.
"Master, please think about what Madam said and don't do anything..."
Ji Tingxuan curled the corners of his mouth slightly, with a hint of success in his eyes: Go ahead, as long as Ji Tingyou does it, his father will dislike him even more, and his grandfather will be disappointed. Without his grandfather's love and support, the position of the crown prince in the future will only belong to him, Ji Tingxuan.
Improper behavior? Hooking up?
Su Li sneered in her heart. She originally thought that no matter what, this was the family affair of the Duke's Mansion. It was a quarrel between Ji Tingyou and her brother. As an outsider, it was not easy for her to interrupt. But seeing that the other party's words were becoming more and more excessive, and even scolded her, she would not tolerate him.
Su Li pulled Ji Tingyou and pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Ji Tingyou, this person keeps calling you Big Brother, but didn't the Crown Prince's wife only give birth to you as her child? Where did you get your brother?"
Ji Tingyou was so angry that his eyes were red. He had no intention of answering and did not react to the meaning of Su Li's words.
His servant Sanbao quickly explained, "Madam Su, the second young master is the child of our eldest son's concubine, Madam Liu."
Su Li pretended to be enlightened and let out a long "Oh," "equal wife, then concubine? It turns out that the second young master is Ji Tingyou, your half-brother..."
According to the laws of the Jin Dynasty, a concubine was also a concubine, but her status was higher than that of an ordinary concubine, and the children of a concubine were also classified as illegitimate children.
Commoner!
Ji Tingxuan suddenly looked at Su Li, his hands clenched tightly into fists in his sleeves. The smile of triumph in his eyes disappeared, and was replaced by anger. He gritted his teeth and said, "What did you say?"
His father doted on his mother and also loved him. He had always been treated as a legitimate son in the Duke's Mansion, and all the servants treated him as a real legitimate son.
But he knew very well in his heart that he was a bastard's son. From childhood to adulthood, what he hated most was Ji Tingyou's identity as the legitimate son of the Duke's Mansion, which was extremely respected. He also hated his mother who occupied the position of legitimate wife. That was something that he and his mother could not get no matter what means they used!
He also hates it most when people mention his illegitimate status!
"How dare you! Who are you? Do you think you can comment on the identity of our young master?" Ji Tingxuan's servant also immediately scolded.
"Ah? Identity?" Su Li looked innocent, imitating Ji Tingxuan's innocent tone. "I'm just telling the truth. According to the laws of the Great Jin Kingdom, children born to a concubine are indeed illegitimate. Why can't you talk about the illegitimate status?"
These restless illegitimate children often care most about their illegitimate status. If anyone dares to provoke her, she will specifically poke at his sore spots!
Ji Tingyou was stunned. Looking at the angry expression on Ji Tingxuan's face, it took him a while to react. He immediately responded, "Yes, he is indeed my half-brother."
He emphasized the word "half-brother" very strongly.
How could he forget that although Ji Tingxuan had always been raised as his father's legitimate son, he was ultimately born out of wedlock, and this was what Ji Tingxuan had always cared about the most, wasn't it?
"Tsk tsk!" Su Li shook her head and said meaningfully, "No wonder people say I'm not presentable. Look at what this bastard has taught him. He dares to commit treason and slander his legitimate brother in public, insulting his brother's friends. Ji Tingyou, your bastard son from the Duke's Mansion has such unruly upbringing. As his legitimate brother, you have an unshirkable responsibility..."
Ji Tingyou quickly reacted and grinned, "That's right, Sister Su, I really made you laugh. Today, I, your legitimate brother, will teach you a lesson, my ignorant and rebellious illegitimate brother!"
As he said this, he shook off Sanyuan Sanbao, who had no longer been pulling him hard, and walked forward to attack Ji Tingxuan.
Sanbao and the other man also understood what Su Li said. It was natural for the master to beat and scold the servants, the wife to teach the concubine, and the legitimate children to teach the illegitimate children. Even if they returned to the Duke's Mansion, the eldest son would be right. Thinking of the excessive words that the second son and his servant had just said, they were actually a little excited.
"What are you doing? Ji Tingyou! If you dare to do anything, I will definitely tell my father!" Ji Tingxuan retreated repeatedly. He just understood what Ji Tingyou meant.
Even if his father loves him much, there is still a difference in status between legitimate and illegitimate children. If he uses the excuse of his rebellion and falsely accusing his legitimate brother to teach him a lesson, then he is indeed wrong. At that time, even if his father is on his side, his grandfather will not stand on his side, and then he will certainly not need to suffer the beating in vain.
"Master, please, please don't do anything rash..." Seeing that something was not right, the two servants beside Ji Tingxuan quickly stood in front of their master.
"You dog slave, how dare you stop me!" Ji Tingyou mercilessly pulled a servant away with one hand and kicked another servant away.
Seeing this, Sanyuan Sanbao immediately restrained the two servants who were kicked away. They were servants and could not hit their masters, but it was okay for servants to hit servants.
Ji Tingyou pulled Ji Tingxuan over and started beating him up regardless of his scolding.
"Ah! Ji Tingyou, stop it! Stop it!" Ji Tingxuan screamed without any image. He was already in the voice change period, and the scream was really hard to describe.
Although Ji Tingyou's martial arts skills were not very good, he was much more agile than Ji Tingxuan, who had never practiced martial arts before. Ji Tingxuan could only passively take the beating.
"Why, you're calling me by my full name this time? Why not just "Big Brother"? Am I not your Big Brother? Huh? Calling me by my first name, have you learned all these rules? You deserve a beating!"
Ji Tingyou asked back while beating him, feeling so happy in his heart. Why didn't he think of teaching him a lesson in this way before?
He had long wanted to give this bastard a good beating, saying one thing to your face and another behind your back.
On one side, servants were beating servants, and on the other side, masters were beating masters, which soon attracted the attention of the people in the shop. The shop owner quickly recognized that they were the eldest and second sons of his family. More than a dozen shop owners and employees stepped forward to separate them. They said they were separating them, but in fact they were mainly trying to separate Ji Tingyou, after all, it was he who unilaterally beat Ji Tingxuan.
However, Ji Tingyou had almost finished fighting by then, and when he saw someone coming to stop, he stopped.
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