The emperor's words were like telling the three brothers clearly that they had to act like brothers and sisters.
Faced with this request, the three of them didn't dare to disobey the order, so they immediately agreed.
"I'm warning you again, please be more at ease with me these days. If trouble occurs again... I won't be lenient!"
"My son will never do it again!"
The three of them agreed readily, but obviously they didn't take it seriously. After all, the emperor didn't even mention the specific punishment.
No mercy, these four words are not as powerful as a scolding from the emperor.
"go out!"
"yes!"
The three of them wanted to leave a long time ago. After agreeing, they helped each other stand up. It seemed that they were extraordinarily respectful brothers and sisters. It was obvious that they started acting from this moment on.
But before the three of them took two steps, they saw Zhu Jinghong stop again, causing the two brothers to stop as well.
Seeing Zhu Jinghong turn around, Zhu Xianming asked with a gloomy face: "Do you have anything else?"
"Dad, I just want to ask what should be done with the Wang family's fine horse in Beijing!"
As soon as these words came out, Zhu Xianming's face became even more ugly, and he secretly thought that this boy was only thinking about good horses, and he was afraid that he didn't listen to what he said.
"Today you brought Sheng'er out of the palace. I haven't argued with you yet, but now you are so busy... Go down and get yourself twenty imperial staffs!"
"Dad, my son is just..."
"roll!"
Seeing that the old man was getting angry again, the two princes dared to let Zhu Jinghong talk more, so they pulled him left and right and walked out.
"None of them are worry-free!" Zhu Xianming became increasingly dissatisfied.
After returning to his position, Cheng Ying appeared outside the palace at the right time. He had been serving the emperor personally for so long, so he was very good at timing his appearance.
"Your Majesty, King Beijing has arrived. Do you want to summon him?"
Picking up the teacup, Zhu Xianming said calmly: "Let him in!"
"yes!"
Besides, when Zhu Jinghong and the others left the hall, they happened to meet Shui Rong, who was waiting for Zhao in the cold wind.
"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Royal Highness Prince Rui, and the Thirteenth Master!"
Although he was treated badly by the two direct princes, Shui Rong did not dare to show any dissatisfaction. At this moment, the whole set of salutes was flawless.
In response, the prince said nothing, but Zhu Jingyuan snorted twice. Only Zhu Jinghong stood up and excused himself.
Then the three of them walked outside, talking and laughing among themselves. If you listened carefully, you would know that it was all nonsense.
Seeing them chatting and laughing as if nothing happened, Shui Rong felt particularly aggrieved. Apparently none of the three of them cared about the torture he suffered.
To put it simply, he, the King of Beijing, is no different from the servants on duty in the palace.
Just as he stood up slowly, Cheng Ying also walked out of the hall and ordered him to enter the hall immediately to see the emperor.
After entering the main hall and coming in front of the emperor, Shui Rong was very alert. He knew that the next answer was very important.
After saluting, Zhu Xianming said with an indifferent expression: "Tell me exactly what happened!"
When Shui Rong explained in detail, the three brothers who came out of the Qianqing Sect were acting more and more exaggeratedly.
Not only were they talking and laughing, they were even arm-in-arms. They really responded to the emperor's words, and they didn't have the dignity of the royal heirs at all.
"Thirteenth brother, you go and get the imperial staff first, your sixth brother and I will not accompany you!"
"Ting Zang? What kind of Ting Zang? I don't know..." Zhu Jinghong just pretended to be stupid.
"You dare to resist the decree?" Zhu Jingyuan asked.
Zhu Jinghong replied: "As long as the old man doesn't ask, how will he know that I didn't receive the penalty?"
The emperor asked him to collect the punishment on his own. It was up to Zhu Jinghong whether he wanted to receive the punishment. After all, no one was watching him specifically.
"Brother Six, you won't tell the truth, will you?"
Zhu Jingyuan said righteously: "Thirteenth brother, what are you talking about? In order to find a good horse for you, my brother even received scolding from the old man, how could he do such a thing as informing!"
"It's just... your sixth brother can keep a secret, but it's hard for others!"
"Lao Liu, what do you mean by this?"
There was no one around at this moment, and the two brothers had a tendency to quarrel again, so Zhu Jinghong had no choice but to comfort him with words.
It was at this moment that a eunuch came flying from a distance, looking in the direction looking for the three brothers.
"Your Highnesses, the Queen has summoned you to see me!"
Good guy, this is obviously my father’s scolding, and now it’s my mother’s turn.
"Let's go!"
Besides, in the Qianqing Palace, after listening to Shui Rong's statement and combining it with the news from Dongchang's investigation, Zhu Xianming knew the whole story of the Oolong incident.
"No matter what, this incident... was caused by improper handling of your family. Do you know your guilt?"
The emperor has said this, how dare Shui Rong defend himself.
"Wei Chen is guilty!"
"I don't have any bad intentions in thinking of you. In addition, your father and ancestors have made great contributions to the court. I will fine you half a year's salary. You can accept it!"
"I would like to thank Your Majesty for His grace!"
"Get up!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
He was planning to let Shui Rong leave, but Zhu Xianming suddenly remembered his youngest son's words, so he asked: "What do you plan to do with the horse you brought back?"
"Wei Chen is planning to present it to His Majesty!" Shui Rong answered simply. To him, these were disasters.
Zhu Xianming picked up the tea cup and said slowly: "A few days ago, Lao Shisan led the polo team to face other countries, and I have not yet rewarded him for coming out on top..."
"Since you have good horses, choose one of them and give it to Old Thirteen as my reward!"
My son is brave enough that no man can deserve it, and he has to have a good horse to be worthy of it. I hope Shui Rong really brings back a good horse, and don't humiliate Lao Shisan... Zhu Xianming muttered in his heart.
"Wei Chen accepts the order!"
"Okay, go back!"
"Yes...Wei Chen is resigning!"
After exiting the main hall, Shui Rong's heart dropped, but he couldn't help but cough when he walked out of the Qianqing Gate.
Yes, he really had a cold now, and he was still running a high fever.
When Shui Rong hurried back, the queen in Kunning Palace was scolding her son, and the prince and Prince Rui were being scolded.
As for Zhu Jinghong, the queen only asked about leaving the palace and then asked him to leave.
"Master Thirteen, why are you here?"
Yinglian was extremely surprised when she came towards him. This actually made Zhu Jinghong happy. Shouldn't he be here?
"Girl, why can't I come here?"
After looking Zhu Jinghong up and down, Yinglian approached and asked, "Master Thirteen, are you seriously injured? I'll bring you the medicine right now!"
After patting the snowflakes off Yinglian's clothes, Zhu Jinghong laughed and said, "You girl, why do you always talk nonsense? How can I get hurt when I'm so good!"
Yinglian replied: "Miss Bao said that maybe the Thirteenth Master will use the imperial staff and ask the servants to prepare plasters and go to Chengmingyuan to wait!"
"She is really..."
Before Zhu Jinghong could say anything, he happened to see Baochai coming out of the east hall. The latter also seemed surprised to see him coming.
"Miss Bao, the Thirteenth Master is here!" Yinglian called out, her voice loud enough to attract the attention of the eunuchs and maids around her.
What is this girl shouting for? Baochai secretly complained.
Walking towards Zhu Jinghong, Baochai saluted and asked, "How are you doing, Thirteenth Master!"
"No, I'm very bad... How can I get better after being hit by the imperial cane!"
Baochai then replied: "It just so happens that Yinglian has prepared ointment. Let her apply it for you!"
"Really? But I heard Yinglian said that you asked her to prepare the ointment. It seems that Miss Bao cares about me very much!" Zhu Jinghong smiled.
Baochai's face turned red for a moment, and then she replied: "Who cares about you anymore... I'm just afraid that the princess will be worried, so I told Yinglian!"
Just when Zhu Jinghong was about to continue joking, he saw Zhu Yunsheng and others coming out of the east hall, their expressions full of worry.
"Brother Thirteen, are you okay?" Zhu Yunsheng was full of concern.
(End of chapter)
