On the desk, a large "endure" character was written with a sharp edge. However, when he heard the voices of his two sons, the moment the brush stopped, a single word was dropped onto the desk. The word "endure" had lost all of its original edge.
"What happened?" The Duke of Qing carefully cleaned up the brush, but his hands were still trembling slightly. Even though he had planned all of this, the two of them were indeed grandchildren that he valued dearly. If it weren't for the crown prince, he wouldn't have let his grandsons die. As a result, he didn't even tell his two sons about this.
The two most highly regarded sons of the Duke of Qing were Qing Yin, whose eyes were bloodshot as he looked at his father. "Father, our son is actually dead!" As the pillar of the Duke of Guo's household, they had a lot of children, but each of their sons was only one of them. Not only were they extremely favored by the Duke of Guo, but they were also taught well by the Duke of Guo. In the future, he would be their successor.
Even though he knew the result, the Duke of Qing was still sad. However, thinking about how he could topple the Crown Prince, he felt a lot of comfort. Looking at his two sons, he said resentfully, "Why don't you turn in the paper and let our henchmen impeach the Crown Prince!" It was not a sad time, but a time to seize the opportunity, to prevent the Crown Prince's faction from preparing and retaliating.
"Father, what's wrong?" Qing Yin looked at his father doubtfully, "Does this have something to do with the crown prince?" "But we don't have any evidence. It would be impossible for us to incriminate the Crown Prince!"
"Yes, father, you can't panic at this time. If this really has anything to do with the crown prince, we will avenge our son!" Qing Li was so angry that his eyes turned red. He gnashed his teeth and roared. There was clearly something wrong with this matter, but he couldn't find anything wrong with it.
The Duke of Qing roared at his sons in disbelief, "What are you talking about? "Tell me everything from the beginning to the end!" He told himself over and over in his heart that this matter had succeeded, but the Duke of Qing clearly knew that he had screwed up this time.
"Father, the two children were beating each other up in the Star Pavilion today. When the soldiers of the Palace arrive, they … The two children are already dead! " Qing Yin choked on his words. His son had died in a place like this where he had fought with his brothers. This caused the Duke of Guo to lose face.
"Not in the palace?"
"Father, no, it's in the brothel!"
"Not competing with the crown prince?"
"It was two children killing each other!"
"Bastard!" The Duke of Qing struck his son. Yin He and Qing Li didn't dare to dodge. They could only bear the brunt of their father's beating. However, because they were old, the Duke of Qing stopped.
"This crown prince is really good, really good!" The Duke of Qing kept patting the desk as he spoke, before spitting out a mouthful of blood in anger. This frightened the two brothers; the Duke of Qing's mansion was no longer as famous as it was before, and it was already in danger from the crown prince's mansion's suppression. If the Duke of Qing were to fall down now, the Duke of Qing's mansion would really be inferior to the crown prince's mansion.
"Father, please calm down. You have to keep your body safe!" Qing Yin supported his father with tears in his eyes. His son had just died, and now his father was vomiting blood. What was going on with the Duke of Guo's estate?
"Of course I'll be fine! What a good crown prince, what a good crown prince!" The Duke of Qing was helped to sit down on a chair. He had just vomited blood because of the fire that had assaulted his heart. Everything had been planned and had involved two of his grandchildren, but now that his grandson was dead, the Crown Prince didn't have the slightest bit of bad smell. How could the Duke of Qing, who had been scheming against others for so long, be at peace?
A short while later, the Residence of Guo's physician rushed over in a hurry. He hadn't even bowed before he was pulled over to feel the Duke of Qing's pulse. However, after a while, the doctor replied, "The Duke of Guo's anger assaulted the heart, and this servant will go drink it with the assistant minister. But the Duke of Guo must never be this angry again!"
Looking at his two sons, he felt a pang of unhappiness in his heart. After all, he was the one who did all of this, but his two sons were completely unaware of it. He never thought that his meticulous plans would be seen through by the Crown Prince.
"Honorable Duke!" "Honorable Duke!" The butler's voice carried a hint of panic. The brothers wanted to stop him, but before they could do so, they heard their father ask the butler to enter the study. As soon as the butler entered the study, he knelt down and said, "My lord, something bad has happened! The news about the eldest young master and the second young master had spread throughout the capital. There were many people outside the mansion throwing vegetables and eggs, saying … "Speak..."
"Say what? This old man will forgive you for your innocence. The Duke of Qing was gasping for breath as his two sons looked worriedly at their father.
"The commoners outside say that the two young masters of the Residence of the State Duke are too lustful and cause trouble, killing each other because of the injustice of the situation. They even say that the Residence of the State Duke is not fit to serve as a subject, and yet many people are actually protesting against the emperor's removal of all rights from the Residence of the State Duke!"
"Father!" As soon as the steward finished speaking, he saw Duke Qing faint, and in a moment, the steward was busy again. The steward stepped forward and kicked the steward a few times, and said, "Useless things, why don't you chase away those people at the entrance and beat them to death? Let's see who dares to cause any more trouble in front of the estate!"
The steward scrambled out of the study room and rushed out of the mansion with all the soldiers of the mansion. Each of them held a weapon in their hands that made people feel disgusted, but when they left the estate, they saw the commoners shouting and some of them even threw rotten vegetables and eggs at the gates. Seeing so many soldiers, they all stopped in their tracks in fright.
"Now scram from the gates of the Duke of Guo's estate. Otherwise, don't blame me for not making a move against you!" The steward had not expected that there would be so many people standing outside. There were women and children, and they all looked furious.
Cheng Shi, who was hiding among the commoners, suddenly took out an egg from the basket of a woman and threw it at the steward. He shouted with a scholarly voice, "The Duke of Guo's estate is actually relying on their power to bully people, and beat up the commoners!" How could there be any justice! Young master of the Duke of Guo's residence has killed each other in the brothel, and now he's come to kill the commoners again! "
The egg was thrown at the head of the steward. The broken egg white and egg yolk flew over the head of the steward, making his hair and face look extremely miserable. The steward rubbed the egg in his hand and shouted angrily, "Beat him up! Beat him up!"
When the soldiers heard the voice of the housekeeper, they all walked towards the people. At this time, the commoners kept shouting, "The Duke of Guo's Mansion is hitting people!" The Duke of Guo's residence beat them up! " If one were to listen carefully, one would be able to hear the mischievous laughter in these shouts. It was simply not a emotion that a commoner would have.
Shouts made the citizens panic and shout. At this time, the Blood Solidified Army among the commoners left to protect the commoners while shouting as if they were intentionally injured. The entire Residence of State Duke was thrown into chaos.
When the gates of the mansion fell silent, the soldiers of the mansion all felt their heads and faces covered in dust. Even the soldiers themselves didn't believe that they were in such a sorry state, but from this day on, the reputation of the mansion as a place where they could oppress the citizens had truly spread and the reputation of the mansion had plummeted.
When Cheng Shi returned to the crown prince's residence with more than ten soldiers disguised as commoners, Fearless was already waiting there. Seeing that everyone had returned safely, he asked with relief, "How was it going?"
Cheng Shi wiped off the disguise on his face and said proudly, "Don't worry. Some of the citizens have sustained some minor injuries and no one has lost their lives. However, the citizens' hatred for the Mansion of the Prefecture Duke cannot be low!"
"That's right. The soldiers of the Duke of Guo's residence are too weak!" While we were protecting them, we pretended that we didn't know any martial arts, and just like that, these people were played around outside! " A Blood Shang Army member laughed boldly. If it were not for the fact that they were worried about the crown prince, they would not have gone to such lengths to hide.
"So you took off the soldier's pants?" At that time, they were having fun, but when they heard the soldiers let out a wail, they realized that this brother of theirs had taken their opponent's pants. If it wasn't for the location, they would have done the same thing.
Although the Blood Shang Army had been trained by the crown prince to be like a wolf, they were often like foxes, because they had a very good relationship with each other. Everyone got along very well, but as long as these daring Blood Shang Army soldiers arrived at the crown prince's side, they would for some reason restrain themselves a lot and be more serious than anyone else.
"All of you better be careful in the future. If you screw up the crown prince's anger, I won't be able to save you!" The reward and punishment of the Blood Shang Army were clear. It would not be easy to be punished if one made a mistake. Many people would lose half their lives if they were punished. However, no one had any resentment towards them.
When Fearless arrived at the Crown Prince's sleeping quarters, he saw, without any surprise, Master Ye sitting in the sleeping quarters with a book in his hands, reading it to the Crown Prince who was lying on the soft couch. The Crown Prince was drowsy, and Master Ye was only reading a few paragraphs, so the atmosphere was so good that Fearless couldn't bear to disturb him.
"What is it?" Shang's drowsy eyes opened instantly, and Ye Yi Zhe went forward to help Shang to sit up.
Fearless lowered his head, "Crown Prince, the matter has been settled. The reputation of the State Duke's Mansion has started to decline among the commoners!" When Young Master Ye and Young Master Fantasy came back, they had already told the crown prince what they had done.
"Let the rumors spread!" Shang Wuxin only said a few words before closing his eyes and continuing to lie on the soft couch. If it were not for the fact that the Crown Prince was lazy and thought that the Crown Prince was pregnant, it would be painful to think that the Crown Prince would drink some medicine every time he had an affair with several of his sons. Could it be that the Crown Prince really did not wish to have a child? If these young masters knew what the Crown Prince had done, they might even complain.
"Yes sir!" Dreadless lowered his head and withdrew himself. His expressionless eyes were really too frightening, making her like a love rival. Dreadless had a hunch that perhaps in the future, she and Dreadless would really lose their favor.
On the other side, when Duke Qing woke up and heard what his son had asked the steward to do, he passed out again …