After Liu Sheng left, Nangong Fusang suddenly seemed like a different person. He became calm and his eyes became sharp.

The palace servants were always good at observing people's words and expressions, and they immediately sensed that something was wrong.

But then he thought again, a powerless prince, no matter how angry he was, he would only beat them up, so he felt relieved.

But they never expected that the prince would grab the leading maid by the collar, drag her into the lake nearby, hold down her head, and push her directly in.

Aren't you guys not listening to me, pretending to obey but actually disobeying me, and taking advantage of the fact that no one stands up for me?

Then I'll do it myself.

The maid thought that the prince would have her slapped in the face or even killed.

But she was not afraid, because she knew that no one would listen to him, but she never expected that he would do it himself.

They dared not to listen to him, and they dared to pretend to obey him, and even to blame him in front of the empress and the emperor, but they would never dare to fight with the prince even if they were beaten to death.

She struggled continuously, but Nangong Fusang showed no intention of letting go, and looked as if he was determined to drown her.

The other palace maids were so frightened upon seeing this that they dared not plead for mercy. Instead, they retreated one after another, stumbling over and over to seek help.

The chief eunuch heard the noise and rushed out to scold them: "Are you guys going to die? How dare you disturb the emperor?"

"Eunuch, help us, His Highness wants to kill us?"

Section 240

When the eunuch chief heard that it was the Grand Prince again, his face instantly turned bad. Why was it him again, always causing trouble?

He led a few capable young eunuchs and walked over quickly.

Nangong Fusang had already let go of the little palace maid. She was not dead, but she was half dead and unable to move.

The eunuch chief frowned slightly when he saw this. The death of a palace maid was not a big deal. But today was a big day for His Majesty to hold a banquet, and this kind of thing had happened. If His Majesty knew about it...

So he quickly ordered people to carry the palace servant away: "Find someone to take a look at him. If he can survive, treat him. If he can't survive, drag him out and bury him directly."

When the other palace servants saw this, they were so frightened that they immediately held their breath.

"Your Highness, if there is nothing else, please return to the palace."

The eunuch chief made a casual remark, and the matter was settled.

Nangong Fusang raised his eyebrows and said, "Okay."

Then he glanced at the anxious palace maids with a sneer and left happily.

What the new top scholar Liu Sheng said was right, these people didn't dare to do anything to him.

The chief eunuch watched him leave and let everyone else go.

A young eunuch caught up with him and said, "Master, why do I feel that the Highness is different today than before?"

The chief eunuch smiled and said, "It will be different in the future. When you see him in the future, you must serve him respectfully."

"Yes, Master."

The news that the prince almost drowned a palace maid soon reached the emperor's ears.

She was originally a concubine, and she whispered in someone's ear, saying that as a prince, he was abusing the palace maids.

Firstly, the palace maid who was punished was a palace maid in her palace, and she couldn't bear the shame of being punished publicly.

Secondly, the eldest prince was raised by the queen, so whatever he did was related to the queen.

Thirdly, the eldest prince was out of favor, so anyone could step on him and report him, something they had done many times before.

As a result, the emperor threw the teacup with a loud bang and said, "How dare you let a palace maid bully my son like this?"

To punish a palace maid, you have to do it yourself?

The concubine didn't expect the emperor to suddenly get angry, and she knelt down immediately in fear: "Your Majesty..."

The emperor ignored her and went straight to the queen's palace.

Before the queen knew what was going on, the emperor scolded her: "If the queen cannot manage the harem well, I can find someone else to do it for her. If she cannot raise an heir, I can also choose someone else."

The Queen said it was unfair, because she really did not treat the prince badly, and it was not unfair either. It was because she never thought of supporting him that the palace people dared to treat him like this behind his back.

Of course the emperor was not without fault either. It was because the emperor himself disliked the prince that the palace officials dared to commit such a rebellion.

But the queen did not dare to say anything. Whoever the emperor disliked or disliked was the emperor's business, and it was not their turn to follow his example.

After the emperor left, the empress beat those ignorant people with fifty strokes of the cane at night and sent them all to the laundry department to do hard labor.

After all this trouble, everyone in the palace knew that no matter how much the emperor disliked the prince, he would support him, so no one dared to look down on Nangong Fusang anymore.

Nangong Fusang did not expect that such a simple action of his could deal with this group of snobs who bully the weak and fear the strong.

He felt that he should thank the newly crowned number one scholar for this, so he waited for him on his way to the palace, ready to thank him in person.

After waiting for a long time, he finally came out of the court. Nangong Fusang hurried over and said, "Lord Liu."

Liu Sheng was whispering something with another official when he suddenly heard someone calling him. He looked up and saw Nangong Fusang, but he was not surprised.

"Your Highness."

Seeing that they seemed to have something to say, another official took his leave first: "Lord Liu, let's talk next time."

"Goodbye." Liu Sheng bowed and sent him away, then asked him, "I wonder what your Highness wants to see me about?"

Nangong Fusang was still a little embarrassed: "Nothing, just...thank you for last time."

Liu Sheng was stunned for a moment, then he understood, smiled and said, "It is not me who helped Your Highness, but Your Highness's identity as the eldest son of the emperor, so Your Highness does not need to thank me."

Nangong Fusang also knew this was the case, but if Liu Sheng hadn't reminded him, he would not have thought of using this identity to make a fuss.

Moreover, Liu Sheng was the first person willing to help him.

"I don't have anything good. This was given to me by my father on my birthday. I'm giving it to you." Nangong Fusang said as he handed him a bow.

Then he ran away like the wind, his face flushed red, and he didn't dare to look back.

Liu Sheng shook the bow in his hand. It was a good bow, but with His Highness' current arm strength, he was afraid that he could not pull it open.

It seems that the Emperor really doesn't care about this prince at all and was so perfunctory in choosing a birthday gift.

When Liu Sheng left the palace, Shi Hu had already prepared a carriage and was waiting there. When he saw him, he immediately came up to him and said, "Sir."

Liu Sheng hummed and handed him the bow: "After we return home, go pick out a bow that can be pulled by an eleven or twelve-year-old."

Shihu was a little puzzled. Although his son was only 13 years old, he started to practice horseback archery at a very young age. He could pull this bow.

"Sir, are you sending someone off?"

"Yes, give it to His Highness. You should equip it with all the utensils."

"Your Highness?" Shi Hu was even more confused. "Sir, I heard that this Highness is uneducated, cockfighting and running around, and has a very bad reputation. His Majesty doesn't like him very much. It's better for us to have less contact with him."

"If we want to make friends, we can go make friends with other princes."

Liu Sheng didn't say anything. The other princes were too stupid and he didn't want to make friends with them.