Chapter 274: The Unlucky And Humiliated First Prince
Therefore, he had no money to pay these people their salaries.
However, the First Prince’s status was undeniable, and these people were not just after a small amount of salary. They primarily wanted to gain benefits by leveraging the First Prince’s identity.
The problem now was that they hadn’t gained any benefits, but if they truly went to capture that young alien and child, they would lose their lives.
Keke cawed and mocked, “Go on, try and catch us if you can. You’ll never make a sound.”
“Shut up!”
The First Prince had lost face and dignity and only wanted to kill this bird.
He knew this bird could talk, and its words were quite sharp.
After all, his pretentious third brother had suffered greatly at this bird’s hands, and he had even mocked his third brother to his face back then.
Now, the tables had turned, and it was happening to him.
Keke circled the First Prince’s head slyly.
“If you have the ability, then knock me down. Who do you think you are, shouting ‘shut up’ and expecting this bird to obey? What makes you so great that you can even ride a horse?”
The First Prince’s face turned completely red with anger.
“Guards, bring me arrows!”
Keke: “Bring what? You’d be better off bringing yourself. Who is as shameless as you, picking on a child? How dare you, you stinky, rotten cucumber! Is our cub that easy to bully!”
“Ahhhh…”
The First Prince shot ten arrows but missed every single one.
Keke swooped past his face with elaborate glides, taunting, “So close! I almost thought your archery was impressive and that I was about to be captured by you.”
Being cursed and mocked by a bird in front of so many people, the First Prince, who cared so much about his reputation, actually coughed up blood from sheer anger.
Keke cawed, “So fragile?”
The First Prince pointed at the bird, “Carry me back to the Imperial Palace! I want to seek justice from Imperial Father!”
He didn’t want to continue losing face here, and he couldn’t rely on those lackeys anymore.
Since he couldn’t catch the bird or shoot it down, he would seek justice from Imperial Father and demand an explanation from Rong Zhi.
He refused to believe that Imperial Father would protect his own biological son less than he would protect a bird from Rong Zhi’s household!
And so, the First Prince was carried back to the Imperial Palace.
Keke: “Wow, you can’t win an argument so you go find your dad? How shameless.”
Keke didn’t take the First Prince seriously at all. Although it had turned into a bird, it wasn’t a real bird. It was the spirit of the Book of Fate.
How could ordinary people in this world possibly kill it?
So, it flapped its wings and landed in Qin Wanwan’s arms, holding its head high with the imposing aura of a victorious general.
“Aren’t I amazing, cub? I scared that ugly monster away with my scolding.”
The First Prince wasn’t exactly ugly; he had a valiant appearance. But compared to Qin Wanwan and her five fathers, the First Prince was made to look rather ordinary.
“Keke is amazing. Wanwan has always known.”
The little milk bun knew how to praise, making Keke’s feathers fluff up with pride.
Qin Wanwan furrowed her little brows, “Should we write a letter for Xuehua to send to Daddy? What if that First Prince badmouths us to the Emperor?”
Keke snorted, “What did he say? That he failed to bully a child and got so angry arguing with a bird that he coughed up blood? What a disgrace!”
Meanwhile, in the Imperial Palace…
The Emperor leaned on his bed, his face pale as he drank medicine. A commotion erupted outside.
He frowned, “What’s happening?”
“Reporting to Your Majesty, the First Prince has been carried in.”
“Cough, cough…”
The Emperor coughed a couple of times and asked, “What has he done now?”
“Imperial Father, Imperial Father, you must deliver justice for me!”
The First Prince, who was overbearing outside, knew how to play the victim when facing the Emperor.
Of course, he wouldn’t have done it originally, thinking it was too embarrassing for a grown man to cry and play the victim.
But after suffering losses at the hands of the third prince several times because that fellow knew how to play the victim, the First Prince relented. He learned a few tricks from his Imperial Consort and gradually became accustomed to it.
The Emperor felt a headache coming on, with the noise around him being quite loud.
The Grand Eunuch, with keen eyesight, stepped forward to massage his temples.
“What’s going on?”
Before the First Prince could speak, one of the guards who carried him knelt on one knee and reported exactly what happened at the palace gate, without any embellishment. The First Prince couldn’t even interject.
First Prince: “???!!!”
“Say, whose subordinates are you!”
After the guard finished speaking quickly, the Emperor’s imperial chamber became extremely quiet.
In a corner, an inconspicuous ‘little imperial physician’ looked at the First Prince several times, then stealthily sent a little insect over.
After listening, the Emperor weakly said, “So, you failed to bully Imperial Minister Rong’s daughter, were scolded by the bird beside her until you coughed up blood, and now, finding it not embarrassing enough, you’ve come to me for justice?”
The First Prince refused to admit it, “Imperial Father, this guard is spouting nonsense. He is slandering your son. I never intended to bully Imperial Chancellor Rong’s daughter. I merely heard that the bird beside her could not only speak human language but also recite poetry. My third brother was even scolded by it last time, so I thought this bird was interesting and wanted to bring it back to amuse you, Imperial Father.”
At this crucial moment, the First Prince’s mind raced to concoct a plausible excuse for himself.
The Emperor coughed a few times, “Oh, so I should praise you then?”
The First Prince felt extremely clever, “Your son was also worried about Imperial Father… Ouch!!!”
The ‘weak’ First Prince, who was carried in, suddenly let out a deafening scream, startling the Emperor who was drinking medicine.
Everyone in the room looked at the First Prince.
At this moment, the First Prince was dancing.
He reached his hands inside his clothes and scratched everywhere, tearing his clothes open.
“Cough, cough, cough, cough…”
The Emperor coughed several times consecutively. Yu Wuyou quickly stepped forward to give him acupuncture, and he soon felt much better.
“What are you doing? How can you behave like this!”
The First Prince’s expression was contorted. He bent over with one hand reaching behind his buttocks. The sight was extremely jarring.
“Imperial Father, Imperial Father, something crawled into my clothes and is crawling on me!”
Without a doubt, at that moment, the thing had crawled onto his backside.
After a period of chaos, the wriggling insect was finally found on the First Prince.
It was a cockroach, and a particularly large one at that.
The cockroach had already been stomped to death.
Everyone looked at the cockroach and then at the First Prince.
Many people suppressed their laughter, their shoulders shaking violently.
This was because the cockroach was caught in a rather unspeakable area of the First Prince.
The Emperor closed his eyes and waved his hand, “You may go.”
His son had completely humiliated him today.
The First Prince also felt very humiliated, his face a myriad of colors as he left.
“You may all go too. Who was the imperial physician who gave me acupuncture just now?”
Yu Wuyou remained. At this moment, he appeared as an old man, with white hair, a long beard, and a body that exuded health, giving a feeling of great reliability.
“Your Majesty, it is this humble subject.”
The Emperor pondered for a few seconds, “Why do you look unfamiliar to me?”
The Head of the Imperial Hospital stepped forward to explain.
“Your Majesty, this is an imperial physician from the common folk who has just joined the Imperial Hospital. Your Majesty, please rest assured, his skills are such that even I bow in admiration, and he was introduced by Imperial Chancellor Rong.”
