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"Cousin's chess skills are superb. I feel ashamed of myself." Ming Jiling said warmly as he leisurely picked up the chess pieces.

"It's not that I'm skilled in chess, it's that your mind is not here." Su Zongwen helped to pack, his voice low and powerful.

"Cousin has good eyesight." Ming Jiling lowered his eyes slightly, the gentle smile on his face gradually deepening.

His big brother must have cared about him and cared about him, so he would always pay attention to him and see that he didn't have any intention of playing chess!

"Your Highness, we've arrived at the Intoxicated Immortal Restaurant." The two of them kept the chess pieces away and the carriage stopped at the entrance of the Drunken Immortal Inn. The attendant who was driving the carriage reminded them respectfully.

"Cousin, please." The corner of Ming Jiling's mouth slightly curved, as he extended his hand in a gesture of invitation.

"Your Highness, after you." Su Zongwen said in a deep voice.

"Don't worry about false etiquette when we're outside. The elders are orderly. Cousin, please come in first." Ming Jiling said warmly.

Su Zongwen could not refuse him, so he walked to the front of the carriage and got off. Ming Jiling followed him.

The entrance of the Intoxicated Immortal Restaurant was bustling with activity. The two of them were led up to the second floor by a waiter. The moment they went upstairs, they heard the sound of something being thrown, followed by angry curses from a man.

"Waiter, what's going on?" Su Zongwen stopped in his tracks and stood at the head of the stairs.

"It could be that the guest was drunk and had gone insane from the alcohol." The waiter lowered his head and returned. Unconsciously, he raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.

"The room reserved for you is on the left, please follow me." The waiter swallowed his saliva and quickly changed the topic, leading the two to the private room.

The lobby of the Intoxicated Immortal Restaurant had many seats and the second floor was a separate room. Most of these rooms were reserved for the rich and influential of the capital. Normal people couldn't afford such a meal.

As the two entered the private room, the waiter hurried downstairs after making a pot of hot tea. Perhaps it was because the sound was too loud, but even though the place they had booked was two or three rooms away from the place where the disturbance was, the voices could be heard from the other side.

It was especially clear.

"This voice sounds quite familiar."

Ming Jiling took a sip of the hot tea, raised his hand and poured a cup for Su Zongwen, then calmly said.

"Cousin, do you know the person who caused the trouble?" Su Zongwen took the tea and took a sip.

"Maybe they know each other. Why don't we go take a look?" Ming Jiling's lips curved into a faint smile. In his heart, he had roughly guessed who the person in the cubicle was.

Su Zongwen hesitated for a moment, but in the end, she decided to follow him to take a look.

The two of them walked out of the room and headed straight for the room that had the most activity. The door was not closed, and from afar, they could only see the miserable state the room was in.

The two of them walked closer. Before they could enter the room, they saw a teacup fly over and heavily hit the door. The teacup shattered into pieces and scattered everywhere.

Seeing that, Su Zongwen reacted quickly and dragged Ming Jiling behind him, raising his sleeves to protect the two of them.

"Can't you see that I am currently teaching someone a lesson? "Who was it that foolishly ran over to seek death?"

Not only was there not a single trace of apology in his words, he was even blaming Su Zongwen and Ming Jiling.

This palace? When Su Zongwen heard this, he frowned slightly. He secretly thought about the background of this person, but before he could figure it out, he heard a burst of crisp applause from the side.

"Royal brother, you have quite the grandeur." Ming Jiling had a gentle smile on his face, while clapping his hands, he slowly walked into the house. Su Zongwen was startled for a moment, and quickly reacted and put down his sleeves to follow him.

The room that had originally been elegantly decorated was now in a miserable state. Everything on the table had been swept away, and almost everything that could be smashed within the room had been destroyed.

A waiter was kneeling in front of the soft collapse, kowtowing to the person on the bed.

Standing beside the waiter was the innkeeper of the Intoxicated Immortal Restaurant. He could only admit his defeat when something like this happened. He kept apologizing and was so scared that he lost his balance.

The man who looked soft and weak looked to be about Su Zongwen's age. He wore a goose yellow robe with gold borders, with a jade pendant tied around his waist.

"Why is Sixth Brother here?" Ming Jize looked at him, his expression was filled with displeasure.

"This subject greets Crown Prince." Su Zongwen walked a few steps forward and bowed slightly towards Ming Jize.

"Forget it, let's skip the formalities." Ming Jize didn't even raise his eyes. He was already in a bad mood today, he didn't think that he would bump into Ming Jiling and Su Zongwen.

Seeing the two of them, his mood turned even worse.

"I wonder what the waiter in the shop did wrong to make royal brother so angry?" Ming Jiling asked indifferently, as he found a clean place to sit down without a care.

"Hmph, he is disrespectful to me. Today, it can be considered a small punishment!" Ming Jize said coldly.

"Shopkeeper, is this true?" Ming Jiling turned his gaze to the shopkeeper whose legs were trembling, and asked gently.

"This, this …" The shopkeeper swallowed his saliva, his eyes glanced at Ming Jize, not knowing if he should speak the truth.

"If you have something to say, just say it." Ming Jiling had a gentle and elegant smile on his face the entire time, "If this is true … To dare to disrespect the crown prince, that is a heinous crime! "

These words were said casually by Ming Jiling, but the person who heard it nearly broke their gallbladder. The shopkeeper directly kneeled on the ground, and the person who was kneeling crawled to Ming Jiling's feet, his face as white as paper.

"May Your Highness Prince Su be clear, this lowly one has never acted disrespectfully towards the crown prince, Crown Prince said that he had an appointment today, and that he had only sat in his room for an entire day, and that no one had actually come. This infuriated him, and caused him to become angry, and seek for this lowly one to vent his anger on me!" The waiter mustered enough courage to refute.

Everyone in the imperial court knew that the Crown Prince had lost his power. Even though the citizens of the capital did not know much about these matters, the Drunken Immortal Tavern was a place where many influential people interacted with each other. Thus, they knew a little about the imperial court.

The Crown Prince was no longer as glorious as he used to be.

"Yes, yes, yes. This is the way things are, I hope that Your Highness can look into it." The shopkeeper immediately started crying as well.

"Sixth brother, I advise you to not meddle in other people's business!" Ming Jize was so angry that his face turned green.

"Royal brother's words are incorrect. If someone dares to be disrespectful to you, it is disrespecting the heavens. They should be heavily punished to show their imperial might. However, if someone uses his identity as the crown prince to act mighty …" Ming Jiling maintained his gentleness, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Ming Jiling's cold shout.

"How dare you!" Ming Jize suddenly slammed the table and stood up, staring at Ming Jiling angrily.

The shopkeeper and the waiter were shocked by the shout, but Ming Jiling still maintained his indifferent and elegant look. He stood up and bent down to help the two of them up, and said with a face of affinity: "You two can go down first, your foreheads should be injured to such an extent as to require medicine to stop the bleeding as soon as possible."

"Thank you, Your Highness Prince Su! Thank you, your majesty Prince Su! " The two of them thanked each other and left the room as if they were escaping.

"Ming Jiling, what do you mean by that!" There were no longer any outsiders in the house, so Ming Jize no longer had to pretend to be brotherly.

If royal brother uses his identity as the crown prince to bully the commoners, logically speaking, he would also be punished. As the saying goes, the Son of Heaven is guilty of the crime together with the commoners. Ming Jiling maintained a calm and elegant smile, with an innocent look, as if he was only doing this for Ming Jize.

"Good job!" "Then I must thank you, Sixth Brother!" Ming Jize clenched his teeth, threw his sleeves and walked out of the room with a dark expression.

Today, he finally understood. As the saying goes, a tiger falling to the ground will be bullied by a dog. When he was in his prime, who would dare to treat him like this? Now that he was down and out, he personally sent out invitations to invite those influential officials of the imperial court. Yet, not even one or two of them were able to make it out!

"Sigh, royal brother, there's no need to rush back." Ming Jiling had a gentle smile on his face as he blocked Ming Jize's path at the right time, and said in a tepid voice, "I, your servant, heard that royal brother has been infuriated recently, and accidentally killed a servant girl two days ago?"

"You!" Ming Jize's expression changed slightly. His hand clenched into a fist, half squinting, eyes full of hatred. "Long time no see, Sixth Brother has grown quite a bit!"

He taunted her as a trace of killing intent quickly flashed through his eyes.