Chapter 85

  Beaten

  No matter what, Rong Jingze is still the prince and also Yin Ruofei's real uncle, with the right to discipline him. Not to mention the brothel incident, just going to the gambling house alone is enough for Rong Jingze to punish him.

  Yin Ruofei heard that there was a penalty and immediately stopped. Although he did something with Rong Jingze that he shouldn't have done, he also investigated the news!

  This was the first time he had been beaten in all the years they'd spent together; previously, when he made a mistake, he would just be punished with extra training.

  Credit is credit, blame is blame. Still being pressed down and beaten with ten slaps, he wasn't a child after all, but unfortunately the skin was at its tenderest, originally stubbornly enduring. But this pain on his body and the grievance in his heart made tears swirl in his eyes.

  Rong Jingze looked at those clear black and white eyes, feeling a bit unbearable, but he didn't want the other person to go astray. Such a big child was easily led astray, and now they were having smooth sailing days...

  He taught him those things so that he would understand everything, but not to go and have fun in the brothel. This must be made clear to him. As for the brothel... as long as he lives, don't even think about going, even if he's dead... forget it!

  Yin Ruofei was already resentful, and seeing the thread of unbearable in Rong Jingze's eyes, he finally couldn't bear it anymore, as if he had been wronged for a lifetime, and burst into loud wails.

  Rong Jingze's hands and feet were immediately flustered, and although Yin Ruofei had been fined before, he had never cried, at most just turning his tears around to pretend to be pitiful. But at this moment, this grievance had obviously hurt him to the heart.

  Yin Ruofei was lifted up and held in his arms, carefully comforted, Rong Shi touched her nose, and quietly retreated.

  Yin Ruofei cried so hard that she was gasping for breath, remembering the times in her past life when she was framed, humiliated, and beaten, all those helpless moments came flooding back.

  Rong Jingze only felt that the child in his arms was crying with extreme grievance, not to mention that he was also trembling slightly, and couldn't help but hold him tighter. "Sorry, it's my fault..."

  In the end, Rong Jingze had no choice but to hold him and coax him for half a day, promising him many things before he was finally pacified.

  However, after this time, Yin Ruofei heard about the casino and brothel, her heart couldn't help but tremble, and she really didn't dare to think about it.

  Yin Ruofei cried and made a scene again, but was sent to bed early by Rong Jingze. However, Rong Jingze himself found it hard to fall asleep.

  Wine houses, gambling dens, brothels... and the previous nunneries, how many more are under control? The more I think about it, the more uneasy I feel. Has his early move in this life changed the established rules, allowing the other side to develop even faster?

  The next morning, Yin Ruofei was sent to Guozi Jian by Gongjiu with red eyes. When he arrived at Guozi Jian, he found that Xiling Hao also had a red eye circle.

  The two of them exchanged a glance and couldn't help but blurt out, "You got beaten up too?"

  The two of them couldn't help but let out a sigh after they finished speaking.

  "Xiling Ge, you've made me suffer!" Yin Ruofei cried with a gloomy face. He was sent to the Imperial Academy today, but Rong Jingze didn't show up. However, there were several guards outside, and he couldn't escape either.

  "I've been ruined by you." Xiling Hao was on the verge of tears. Yesterday, he had managed to talk his way out of trouble and smooth things over, but who would have thought that last night, a guard from Ze Wang's mansion came personally to deliver Ze Wang's verbal order, hoping that Master Xiling would strictly supervise his son and not let him go to the gambling house.

  This order came out, and suddenly made the West Hill Dao Master's nose crooked. Now even the old master of West Hill Shou couldn't stop them, and the old couple turned around and left.

  Sneaking into the gambling house, adding lies to deceive his father, and most importantly, he also offended Ze Wang... The master of Xiling Road was furious, using the family's secret whip technique, whipping Xiling Hao until he ran out of the courtyard, ten times more miserable than Yin Ruofei.

  This whip method was used by the founding emperor in battlefields back then, and now it's being used on his unworthy descendants.

  Yin Ruofei and Xi Linghao both had swollen buttocks, a pair of difficult brothers who sat down with difficulty, revealing extremely depressed expressions.

  The two of them studied at Guozi Jian, and Rong Jingze secretly investigated the places that Yin Ruofei had mentioned, including the casinos and brothels.

  Nowadays, he can't help but think of many things, enter the palace to see the emperor, and say some concerns.

  "Ze Er you are saying......"

  "Your Imperial Highness, the year the king's corpse was burned to a crisp, I thought that should have been an eye-opener. The events in the capital over the past two years have been extremely strange and suspicious."

  Rong Jingze had mentioned the Lin brothers before, and after seeing the evidence, the Emperor also thought that the two brothers were very suspicious. However, due to Rong Jingze's warning not to startle the snake by hitting the grass, he still decided to keep them stable and promoted them with official titles and noble ranks.

  This was part of Rong Jingze's plan, but at this time he could no longer bear it. He found that his speed might be too slow, and if things went on like this, they would not be enough to withstand the disaster.

  "Traitor!" The Emperor was both shocked and enraged. If the charred corpse from back then was a substitute... he didn't dare to imagine it. "Ze'er, what do you think?"

  "Your Majesty, I have a plan!" Rong Jingze whispered in the emperor's ear, and after a while, he stepped back, "What do you think, Your Majesty?"

  "It's good, but it's too dangerous, if it were to happen..."

  "Imperial brother, if you were to replace me with another brother, would imperial brother trust them as much as he trusts me? Even if imperial brother trusted them, would they truly be without ulterior motives?" Rong Jing Ze shook his head.

  "Alas." The Emperor himself knew this, that in this world, the only one he trusted was his younger brother. That kind of trust from the bottom of his heart couldn't be replaced by anyone else, not even his own son, whom he loved dearly but didn't have the same emotional connection with as he did with his younger brother.

  "This matter, my younger brother still needs Xiaoming's cooperation."

  "Go ahead, go ahead." The emperor waved his hand. Rong Zhongming was his eldest son and the crown prince, a few months older than Rong Jingze, but the two had a good relationship.

  The crown prince had just returned to his east palace when he saw a thin red ribbon tied around the tree at the entrance, and hastily dismissed everyone around him.

  "Little Emperor?" The Crown Prince closed the door and called out softly.

  "Ah, it's me." Rong Jingze emerged from the inner chamber, "I have something to discuss with you."

  "Fourth Uncle, sit down." Although the Crown Prince was several months older, he had always enjoyed playing with Fourth Uncle since they were young. And Rong Jing Ze had been a commanding presence from a young age, to the point where even the Crown Prince listened to him.

  As they grew older and their identities became more special, they had to keep a distance on the surface, but in private, the two were still as usual.

  "Imperial Uncle, when will you bring that little flying one to meet me?" Since learning of Yin Ruofei's existence, the Crown Prince had been curious, but the two had never met. This companion was personally selected by the Little Imperial Uncle and was also the eldest son of Yin Hou. Especially in this year, even his father, the Emperor, couldn't help but repeatedly bestow rewards upon him, making it unbearable for him to not take a look at what kind of wonderful person he was.

  Although Xiao Huang Shu still met with him privately as before, the frequency was much less. Many times he wanted to keep Huang Shu for a while longer, but was rejected by the other party, who said they had to go back and accompany Xiao Fei, which made him even more curious.

  "Hmph, forget about it then." Rong Jingze hummed, his imperial nephew wasn't someone to be trifled with, or else they wouldn't have such a good relationship. But Xiao Fei was still young, so he shouldn't teach him any bad habits! "I came to find you today because I have something important to discuss."

  "Please speak, Uncle." The crown prince put on a serious expression.

  "I want you and me to put on a show, a good show. If you perform well, I'll let you see Little Fei; if not, humph."

  "Uncle Emperor, you're threatening me again." The crown prince showed a helpless expression, "Don't worry!"

  "Come closer." Rong Jingze's face revealed a hint of a smile as he beckoned to the prince.

  The crown prince came over as he was told, and the more he listened, the wider his eyes became. "Imperial Uncle, you..."

  "Didn't you hear?"

  "I really don't want to hear it." The crown prince's mouth twitched.

  "If you don't listen, I'll tell your father! You want to marry the eldest daughter of the Chen Guo Gong family as the crown princess!"

  "Absolutely not!" The prince was shocked, "The emperor's uncle has accumulated virtue!" That Chen family girl looked good, but unfortunately she was a complete tigress. He had enough people to control him in this life - the emperor as his father, the empress dowager as his grandmother, and the emperor's uncle. It was unbearable to have another one.

  "Just do what I said, remember, be careful, don't blow our cover."

  Rong Jingze finished speaking and flipped out of the window, leaving the crown prince alone to rub his head, "Who is he planning to scheme against this time?"

  Yin Ruofei studied at Guozi Jian, and for half a month, Rong Jingze followed him to school every day, which was quite a rare sight. Now that the King of Ze has started attending court sessions, it's truly astonishing that he still comes to study.

  Whenever there are familiar and close inquiries, Rong Jingze will also answer seriously: After hearing about national affairs, I realized my own shallowness and naturally wanted to return to reading books.

  These words made many people's jaws drop, and they couldn't figure out how such humble words could come out of Ze Wang's mouth.

  Half a month later, Yin Ruofei accidentally heard Xiling Hao mention that the casino they had been to before was raided.

  "What? Copied?" Yin Ruofei's heart was slightly excited, "Do you know who it is?"

  Xiling Hao's expression was somewhat strange, "Is..."

  "Who?" Rong Jingze has been attending classes with him recently, and he is very serious during class. Even Mr. Sun praised him several times, so it shouldn't be him who went. But to think about it, Ze Wang doesn't need to take action himself when doing things. He has many people under him, the 28 guards are just the ones on the surface, and there are even more people working for him in private.

  "It's His Highness the Crown Prince." Xiling Hao whispered in Yin Ruofei's ear.

  "What?" Yin Ruo Fei looked bewildered. The Crown Prince was too far removed from his life, although he was the king's study companion and had seen the emperor and empress dowager several times, even those concubines, all spoke to him from behind a screen.

  But this Crown Prince, he hasn't even seen him once.

  "Haven't you ever seen the prince?" Xiling Hao's face was full of mystery. "I have."

  "I heard that Prince Taisi is even bigger than King Beize?"

  "It's..." Xiling Hao suddenly stiffened all over and refused to say another word.

  "Xiling Ge, why aren't you saying anything? What's the Crown Prince like, is he handsome?" Yin Ruofei was full of curiosity, Xiling Hao blinked at him repeatedly but he also ignored him. "Is he even more handsome than Wang Ye?"

  Xiling Hao rolled her eyes and thought to herself that she couldn't save him. "Fei Di... I have something else to attend to, I'll take my leave first..."