Chapter 374: Fierce and Brute Force

The princes and ladies of the imperial capital all know that His Highness is at odds with the eldest princess, and they also know the reasons.

According to the laws of Dongling and the consistent tradition of inheriting the throne, the eldest son of the queen has an absolute advantage. He is both the legitimate son and the eldest son, so he should be the original crown prince.

But this time the throne was special. It coincided with the birth of the second empress of Dongling. It was inevitable that fate would be violated. Both the high priest and the emperor had to obey the will of heaven, so the position of prince fell to the eldest princess.

The eldest princess of Dongling was raised according to the standards of a prince since she was a child. Her outstanding abilities and calm demeanor were admired by all the courtiers. Coupled with the blessing of the oracle from the priest's hall, no one would have any doubts about this prince.

However, His Highness is the daughter of the Queen and has a high status, so he and the Eldest Princess are in an invisible conflict.

In fact, the ministers knew in their hearts that the eldest princess had to take the throne of Dongling. However, His Highness and the Queen's family were so powerful that no one dared to offend him for a while.

As a result, the eldest prince's behavior became increasingly tough.

However, whether he was strong or not had nothing to do with Dan Shu. In the past, Her Royal Highness the Princess and him were on equal footing and would greet him lightly when they met. She never seemed to have any intention of overpowering the other.

But the relationship between the monarch and his ministers has always been about respect, regardless of seniority. For a eldest prince and a prince to be equal, it is an offense and deliberate oppression to the prince.

Just because Dan Shu doesn't care, it doesn't mean that His Highness's behavior is right.

But today, His Highness touched the people around the eldest princess.

Everyone was wondering, how would the eldest princess react? Continue to keep things quiet, or will this break the long-standing balance with His Highness?

Dan Shu held the tea cup in her hand and said in a calm voice, "Did Huaijin offend His Highness?"

The guard replied: "It seems not."

"What's going on?"

The guard hesitated for a moment: "Your Highness, you'd better go over and see for yourself."

Dan Shu then put down the tea cup, turned her eyes slightly, and looked around at the silent princes and ladies in front of her without emotion: "If you want to know what's going on, you can go with me."

After saying that, he stood up and asked the guards to lead the way, and walked together to the courtyard where His Highness was.

His Highness did not come here for a birthday party today, but to propose marriage, and by chance, he saw Rong Huaijin.

Since entering the eldest princess's residence, this young man has become a "popular person" in the eyes of all the noble princes in the imperial capital - not because of his noble status or his ability, but because he is lucky enough to be the person beside the eldest princess.

As the future queen, every move of the eldest princess is closely watched by people. The boy whose name has been changed next to her naturally attracts more attention. Besides, he is really beautiful. He is always with the eldest princess, and he is always with him when he goes to and from the palace study room. It's hard not to notice.

His Highness has been eyeing him before, but he has never had the chance to get close. Today, he finally caught the young man alone, how could he let it go?

So there was a scene like this.

After all the threats, intimidation, and orders had no effect, His Highness coldly ordered, "Take it down."

The muscular attendant instantly grabbed the young man's arm and forced him to kneel on the ground. However, the young man's cold eyes exuded a bloodthirsty light. He turned his head and opened his mouth and bit the attendant's arm. The attendant was in pain and violently As soon as he let go, the young man broke free from his grasp.

It's just that the attendants accompanying His Highness are not idiots. As soon as he broke free, he was quickly grabbed by the shoulders by the other two attendants.

"When I see His Highness not kneeling down to salute, but instead acting so presumptuously, I deserve death." The fair-faced, beardless middle-aged man snorted coldly, "First slap twenty."

The young man's eyes were cold, and he obviously didn't want to sit still and wait for death. When the attendant came over and slapped him, he slammed his head forward. The attendant was caught off guard and was pushed back a few steps. When the two people slapping his arms saw this, they moved He became more and more rough, but after being angered, the young man was like a ferocious little beast, scratching and biting, but with a fierceness that refused to admit defeat, he broke free from the attendant's grasp again.

But there are wolves on the left and tigers on the right.

Is it easy to escape from a place of right and wrong?

The young man clenched his hands, pursed his lips tightly, his expression showed an unruly luster that had not appeared in a long time, and the ferocity in his eyes seemed to mean that he wanted to die with everyone present.

When His Highness saw this, an interesting smile appeared on his lips: "Sure enough, you are ruthless enough, but with your three-legged cat tricks, you just got a temporary advantage with your brute strength. Do you really think you are so powerful?"

As he spoke, he raised his hand to signal.

A total of eight guards, front, rear, left and right, stepped forward, gradually narrowing the scope of the young man's movement. The young man clenched his fist and suddenly struck towards the two people in the south.

This decisive action, which seemed to lead to the same death, made the two guards subconsciously avoid it. The young man jumped out of the gap between the two, and then ran towards the direction of the garden. However, before he could even take two steps, he was caught by The guard who reacted in time rushed over and roughly pushed him to the ground.

No matter how ferocious he was this time, he could never break free.

His Highness is not in a good mood. There are so many skilled servants around him who are being messed up by a young man who doesn't know martial arts. It's really humiliating for him.

However, the boy was subdued, which made him look better after all.

Walking up to the young man, he looked at him condescendingly: "How dare a humble servant dare to be so presumptuous in front of His Highness? He simply doesn't know how to live or die——"

"Brother, are you going to teach my men a lesson for me?"

A cold and calm voice came from not far away, like a cool breeze blowing suddenly in spring, which made people pause for a moment.

The eldest prince turned his head and looked at the girl walking on the corridor. His pupils shrank slightly, but a faint smile rose at the corner of his lips: "Brother is just teaching an ignorant servant a lesson, how did you alarm the imperial sister?"

Dan Shu walked over slowly, with a slender and calm figure, calm and gentle eyebrows, and no emotion could be seen in her eyes. Behind her followed a group of young men and ladies. When they saw the young man being pressed to the ground by seven or eight guards, their faces changed slightly.

"What did Huai Jin do wrong that he needed to be taught a lesson by the eldest brother?" Dan Shu walked up to the young man and glanced at him lightly. The faces of the several servants who clamped him changed, and they all let go of their hands at the same time, stepped back and knelt down.

Dan Shu's eyes fell on the young man's face.

Although he didn't suffer a big loss, he still got a little scratched during the struggle, leaving a clear bruise on his face.

Dan Shu's expression became more and more indifferent: "Rong Huaijin is my man. You dare to touch him, you are very brave."