If not abolished

Chapter 196 Justice (1)

It took everyone a long time to react and they rushed over to separate the two people.

The two people were asked to sit far away from each other, but they still stared at each other. If no one hadn't pulled them back, they would have probably started a fight.

Zhu Zhanyin was left in the main hall by his master today to sort out things. When he came over, he saw this scene: both of them had bruises and swollen faces, which showed how severely they had been beaten.

The last time, the matter was not reported to the prince, but this time it was in front of everyone and there was no way to hide it.

The prince heard about this on his way back. Now the two brothers Zhu Zhanjun were kneeling in the main hall.

Soon, the two concubines Guo and Li also rushed over after hearing the news.

Concubine Li sighed inwardly. When Concubine Guo saw her son being beaten like that, she immediately went over to touch Zhu Zhanqi's face and said, "Does it hurt? Why did you hit him so hard?" She turned to Zhu Zhanqi and asked, "Second Prince, what did Xiaoqi do to offend you that made you hit him so hard?"

Zhu Zhanjun stiffened his neck and said nothing.

Seeing that Zhu Zhanjun could not get any information out of her, Concubine Guo asked her son again: "Tell me what happened. Did they bully you together? I will help you."

"They, they insisted that I was lying, saying... that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not give me the horse, and I... I couldn't take it out, so they laughed at me, and then I got so angry that I started fighting with my second brother..." Zhu Zhanjie said intermittently.

After hearing this, Concubine Guo roughly understood what was going on. It was obvious that Zhu Zhanjun and his friends deliberately provoked Zhu Zhanjun to make things turn out like this. Zhu Zhanjun must have done this because of Li's instigation. She was just jealous of their favor. Well, she had tried to win her over before, but she didn't expect that she failed. Now she is plotting against her son. It's really despicable.

"So that's what happened. Concubine Li, please tell me. It was indeed our Zhan Kai who was at fault last time. I personally brought him to apologize to you, and you also said that you didn't care about it. So what's going on now? I was afraid that something might happen again, so I punished Zhan Kai by not allowing him to ride a horse for a period of time. Now he is being accused of lying. Doesn't Concubine Li need to explain herself?" Concubine Guo immediately pointed the finger at Concubine Li.

Concubine Li knew that there was no way this matter would end well, but she still said, "Whether sister believes it or not, I really didn't take it to heart. Afterwards, I told Zhan Jun and the others not to bother about it anymore. I am also very sorry for what happened today."

"Is an apology enough for this?" Concubine Guo naturally had no way of letting it go. When had her son ever suffered such an injury?

"We are all their mothers, so it's inevitable that we will be biased. Let's wait for the Crown Princess to come and make the decision. No matter what the result is, my sister will have no complaints." Concubine Li didn't want to say anything more.

"Everyone in this palace knows that you and the Crown Princess are on the same side. You will definitely join forces to bully us mother and son. No, I have to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come over." As she said this, she immediately gave a look to the palace servants around her. The palace servants immediately understood, but they didn't expect that they would run into the Crown Princess before they even reached the door.

The Crown Princess understood exactly what she had just said.

"Since my sister doesn't trust me, Jinyun, go and see if His Highness has returned. If he has, ask him to come over immediately, otherwise I will bully his favorite concubine and her son."

"Greetings to the Crown Princess." Everyone bowed and greeted.