Chapter 374: Soft and cheap as a dog
Jia Lian and others actually guessed it right. The guest entertained in Guanlan Pavilion was none other than Prince Zhongshun who came specially to show his support!
Of course, Sun Shaozong was indeed in there, but he was just sitting at the last seat.
However, when Sun Shaozong heard about the assassination outside, he was frightened at first, thinking that there really was some rebel group out to assassinate him.
So he quickly stood up and protected the two leaders at the table.
Who knew that someone would cry out:
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, we are from Rongguo Mansion... Ouch~!"
"Have mercy! We are from Ningguo Mansion..."
"I am Jia Lian from Rongguo Mansion, absolutely not..."
"I am the mighty General Jia Zhen..."
It turned out to be Jia Lian and Jia Zhen outside?
How come these two guys were considered assassins?
Sun Shaozong was puzzled, and others were also suspicious. Prince Zhongshun gave a look, and immediately the guards from the palace came forward and carefully opened half of the door.
As soon as the door was opened, two people with bloody heads and bruised faces rolled in from outside, fell to the ground and cried, "Please, Your Majesty, please help us!"
It turned out to be the two servants guarding the gate who rushed in to complain.
When King Zhongshun saw his servant being beaten so miserably, his face immediately sank and he shouted, "What on earth is going on? Tell me the truth! "
"Your Highness, I was guarding outside when I suddenly saw a dozen men coming up to the second floor aggressively, all holding whips in their hands, so I asked them a few questions."
"Who would have thought that those people would not give their names, but instead asked if there was Lord Sun in the private room."
"Of course, we dare not disclose the situation inside, so we said that this matter is not for them to ask."
"Who would have thought that the man would order his men to beat us up without saying a word !"
"And there's this guy who calls himself Jia Zhen, who says he wants to knock out our teeth and pull out our tongues!"
"We deserve to die, but today we are guarding the gate for the prince. How can we allow others to bully us like this?!"
"Please make a wise decision, Your Majesty!"
The two of them talked back and forth and explained the general situation. Prince Zhongshun also realized that Jia Lian and Jia Zhen were probably coming for Sun Shaozong, but accidentally got into a conflict with their own servants.
This can be said to be a complete misunderstanding.
But King Zhongshun has always been a protective person. When the servant who guarded the door for him was beaten like this, why would he care whether it was a misunderstanding or not?
He immediately slammed the table and said angrily: "How dare the Rong and Ning families bully me!"
Pah pah pah~
Then he punched several times and shouted, "Bring those Jia Zhen and Jia Lian in... No, let them crawl in and answer the question!"
"The prince has ordered: Jia Zhen and Jia Lian crawl in and answer the call!"
"The prince has ordered: Jia Zhen and Jia Lian to crawl in and answer the call!"
“Your Majesty…”
This order was passed on to the outside world layer by layer, and there were countless swords and knives threatening each other. Jia Zhen and Jia Lian's faces turned red and their necks became thick, but how could they dare to learn any strong orders?
Thinking about it again, kneeling down and begging for mercy from King Zhongshun doesn't seem to be unacceptable.
So the two of them gritted their teeth, got on all fours, and crawled to the door slowly, one step at a time.
Then the two of them started to speed up at the same time, and changed from crawling on all fours to crawling on their knees. When they rushed into the door, the unwillingness on their faces had turned into a look of trepidation and flattery. They said to King Zhongshun with their heads on the ground: "Your Majesty, please spare me, Your Majesty, please spare me! We didn't know that it was Your Majesty who was inside, and we thought..."
"What else did you think?"
King Zhongshun sneered and said, "If it were someone else, would they be bullied by you two dogs?"
“No, no, no!”
How could Jia Lian and Jia Zhen dare to admit this? They hurriedly shook their heads like rattles. They were still trying to figure out what was going on when they heard Prince Zhongshun raise his voice and ask, "How many of those rebels outside who wanted to assassinate me have you killed?"
Immediately, the chief guard came forward to report: "Your Majesty, we only injured a few people, but no one was killed."
"absurd!"
Prince Zhongshun threw the wine glass at them and shouted, "Why are these rebels still around? Drag them out to the street and execute them right there!"
Jia Zhen and Jia Lian were horrified when they heard this, especially Jia Zhen, who screamed in panic, "Your Highness, please don't do this! Please don't do this, Your Highness!"
"No?"
Prince Zhongshun leaned forward, stared at Jia Zhen grimly and asked, "General Jia, could it be that those people outside are trying to assassinate me, and you are behind it?!"
In fact, the two people's intention to kill each other was a misunderstanding. Those people were servants of the Ning and Rong mansions, so Prince Zhongshun might not be able to kill them easily.
only……
“No, no, no!”
Jia Zhen said repeatedly: "Those people have nothing to do with me! It's just that my son followed me upstairs just now. Please don't... don't kill him by mistake."
What a perfect example of 'not at all relevant'!
King Zhongshun sneered twice, then raised his voice and ordered: "Let his son come in and answer!"
Another series of orders were heard.
Soon, Jia Rong crawled in tremblingly and knelt obediently behind Jia Zhen.
Prince Zhongshun then asked, "How is it? Are there any people from your Ning and Rong mansions among those rebels outside?"
"No, no, absolutely not!"
Jia Zhen was the first to shout, and although Jia Rong didn't understand why, he quickly followed suit.
Jia Lian was reluctant to leave the two handsome servants and wanted to say a few more words, but when he met the cold gaze of Prince Zhongshun, the courage he had finally mustered disappeared immediately, and he hurriedly said, "No, no! There is absolutely no one from our Rongguo Mansion outside!"
"Hahahaha...that's what I said!"
King Zhongshun laughed loudly and shouted, "Drag all those rebels out and chop them up!"
The head guard took the order and went out. Soon, the sound of pushing and shoving was heard from outside.
Seeing that if this continued, the dozen or so servants would surely die, another person at the table suddenly stood up and said, "This matter was caused by me. If anyone is to be punished, I should be punished first. Please, Your Majesty, show mercy and spare the lives of those servants!"
When this person opened his mouth, Jia Lian and the other two were stunned, because the person who spoke was none other than Sun Shaozong, the person they came here to teach a lesson!
"how?"
Prince Zhongshun looked at Sun Shaozong with interest and said with a smile, "At this point, you still want to plead for them?"
If there were no consequences, Sun Shaozong wouldn't bother to care about the lives of those slaves!
But these dozen people can serve Jia Lian and Jia Zhen, most of them have connections in the Ning and Rong mansions!
If they were all killed at once, how could the Ning and Rong families let it go? Prince Zhongshun and his men might not dare to do anything, but it was certain that they would turn against the Sun family!
Putting aside whether the Sun family would be branded as ungrateful, just for the sake of Jia Yingchun's face, Sun Shaozong had no choice but to bite the bullet and come forward to plead for mercy.
So when he heard Prince Zhongshun ask this, he bowed again and said, "Prince, I am..."
"Spare his life, spare his life!"
Just as Sun Shaozong was about to use his eloquent speech, he heard someone outside shouting and running towards him from downstairs. No one dared to stop him along the way.
Sun Shaozong looked back curiously, only to find that it was Jia Baoyu and Jiang Yuhan who came together - considering how favored Jiang Yuhan was in the palace, naturally no one dared to stop them.
Jia Baoyu knelt on the ground, kowtowed three times sincerely, and said politely: "Jia Baoyu kowtows to His Majesty! These servants who offended His Majesty are guilty of unforgivable crimes, but considering that their ancestors had followed the great grandfather to quell the troubled times, I dare to ask His Majesty to spare their lives!"
These words were quite polite and decent, at least ten times better than what Jia Zhen and Jia Lian had just said.
Prince Zhongshun was in a bad mood to continue killing those slaves, but he was unwilling to give up. He rolled his eyes and suddenly laughed, "Since the uncle has begged me so much, what else can I say? Come on, give each of those slaves thirty lashes, and then let them go!"
Jia Baoyu was overjoyed , and then he stood up and said, "In this case, Baoyu would like to thank the prince on behalf of my sister."
This actually fulfills the title of the king's uncle.
There was nothing wrong with him doing this. As the younger brother of the imperial concubine, he was worthy of being called the emperor's uncle.
But Sun Shaozong sighed secretly, stretched out his hand to Prince Zhongshun, and said helplessly: "Brother Bao, why don't you go up and meet the uncle of the king."
Have you met the King's uncle?
Jia Baoyu was stunned when he heard this.
The middle-aged man who had been sitting beside Prince Zhongshun suddenly sneered, "I don't deserve it. How dare I, Zhao, call myself the uncle of the state in front of Uncle Jia?"
Mr. Zhao?
The king's uncle?!
Jia Baoyu widened his eyes in embarrassment, regretting - he could acknowledge the title of the emperor's uncle in front of others, but not in front of this person!
This is because the middle-aged man is the younger brother of the current queen, the uncle of the prince, and the only legitimate uncle of the emperor in the world!
