Chapter 383: Chapter 298: You Impudent Brat!_2
The sword handle was handed over to Prince Rong, but how could Prince Rong tolerate this light insult? He reached out, grabbed the sword hilt and drew the sword, a flash of cold light, and the longsword thrust towards Xu Yin!
Xu Yin had followed Liang Ning in the northwest for many years. It was no secret that he practiced martial arts with the Liang family. Although he was focused on the civil service exam and viewed his skills as merely for fitness, Prince Rong knew no martial arts at all!
This thrust, for starters, had no real force, and under normal circumstances, Xu Yin, who knew some basic martial arts, should have dodged the attack immediately, but to his surprise, when this sword came at him, Xu Yin didn’t avoid it at all!
The sword landed right on his left arm, instantly slicing a half-foot-long gash on his forearm, and blood quickly oozed through his thin shirt!
Prince Rong was stunned!
He wasn’t mad; he obviously knew he couldn’t kill, not only that, he couldn’t even hurt anyone!
He suddenly looked up at Xu Yin and caught a momentary chill in his eyes!
Before he could comprehend it, the slightly ajar door was suddenly knocked open, revealing Lian Rong bringing Xu Lian to the doorway, with some of the palace’s imperial guards brought by Pei Zhan behind them!
"Master?!"
"Father!"
Lian Rong and Xu Lian exclaimed in surprise at the same time, and then the Xu family guards behind them shouted loudly, "Something bad has happened! The Prince wants to kill our master! Everyone, come quickly! The Prince is trying to kill our master because of a quarrel between him and our madam!"
The guard’s voice was loud and resonant, instantly transmitting upstairs and downstairs.
Many pairs of eyes in the crowd looked upstairs, some who knew the inside story, and some who had never seen it before.
The few imperial guards brought up by Lian Rong exchanged glances, then one of them quickly retreated downstairs.
Prince Rong panicked!
In the chaos, he had been praying every day for no more troubles, and yet, due to a momentary lapse, he fell into Xu’s trap again!
Xu Yin must have done it on purpose, implementing a strategy of suffering!
He was willing to take a stab, just to put a pot of trouble on his head?
"Why did you try to kill my father?!"
The child rushed in front of Xu Yin, raising his youthful face to loudly question his grandfather. A pair of eyes, once deeply loved by Prince Rong, now full of anger and hostility.
Prince Rong’s heart went cold. His gaze at Xu Yin was filled with shock and astonishment!
Yongping was his eldest legitimate daughter, whom he loved most dearly. Even now, though angry, annoyed, and hating her, no child could replace her place in his heart!
So he loved her children like his own grandchildren, pampering them since they were little, and even regretted that their surname was Xu and not Yang, so he couldn’t fight for family rights in the palace for them!
But now, this little grandson, who he saw as his own flesh and blood, had been manipulated by Xu Yin into believing him to be a would-be patricide!
"You ruthless brat!"
He angrily slammed the sword to the ground, pointed at him and cursed through gritted teeth, then swept out of the room!
He was the most reputable and honorable Prince in Great Zhou, always looked up to, never played for a fool, but now Xu Yin clearly didn’t respect him at all, and this son-in-law he personally approved was now trampling on his face!
To handle the current scene, Prince Rong could have gracefully managed it, but at this moment, he didn’t have the mind for it, or perhaps he simply didn’t want to bother with it anymore!
He suddenly felt tired.
Messed with by Xu Yin, his life was completely disrupted, and he had no idea when it would end...
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The Crown Prince was writing behind the long desk when Jin Bao entered with small steps:
"Your Highness, trouble has occurred again at Prince Rong’s Mansion."
The Crown Prince lifted his head.
Jin Bao said, "Just now, Prince Rong injured Xu Yin’s arm. It is said that Xu Yin was busy with government office affairs and did not go to the spirit tablet for a few days to pay respects. Mrs. Xu then publicly challenged him, and Prince Rong, biased towards Mrs. Xu, called Xu Yin out and injured him."
The Crown Prince placed his pen on the shelf, and after a moment, he said, "A public challenge, indeed something Yongping would do."
Jin Bao lowered his head, "Mrs. Xu still seems to hold a grudge against him for not standing up for her last time during the plot against the Zhang and Ning families."