Chapter 1202: Innocent
As soon as Fan Zijin returned to the capital, he brought the four clay figurines to the palace to complain. The palace received the news relatively slowly, so Qi Xiuyuan and the ministers were a little shocked when they saw the four clay figurines. If they were not wrong, the Second Prince seemed to among the four too, right?
Fan Zijin complained as soon as he came up. "Your Majesty, you have to uphold justice for the Second Prince and the others. That Wulang of the Dong family beat them up as soon as he came up, totally ignoring etiquette. He’s simply guilty of a heinous crime."
Oh, so it was a fight between profligate sons. The ministers were relieved and began to watch the show leisurely. Everyone knew that Dong Mao was an ignorant and incompetent profligate son, solely relying on Prime Minister Rong’s power to live it up in the capital. However, up until now, the other party was still a profligate son who enjoyed cockfights and dog-racing. At most, he would go drinking and visit brothels with his friends, fight over the top prostitutes with others, and get into fights from time to time. The ministers were waiting for him to ferment further and become a criminal.
However, he was indeed bold enough to hit the princes.
Beating up a member of the royal family should be considered a crime, right?
Just as everyone was thinking about how to convict Dong Mao, Qi Xiuyuan asked Fan Zijin calmly, "Isn’t it office time now? Why did you head out of the city in casual clothes?"
Fan Zijin’s body stiffened, and the ministers froze. They immediately looked at Prince An as if they were watching a good show. As expected of King Rong’s cousin.Never mind that he skipped work, but to also appear in front of the Emperor so brazenly? Serves him right for getting caught.
Qi Xiuyuan looked at the four children with a headache. His heart turned cold. He had long known that Haoran was unreliable, but Zijin too?
He pointed at the place where the four clay figurines were standing and said, "Get out. After we disperse, I want the four of you to carry water in to clean this area."
Then, he said to Fan Zijin, who was standing at the side with his head lowered, "How dare Dong Mao beat up the princes?"