The prince's sudden action surprised everyone present.

Shen Zhixiu and Su Yuanzhou immediately stood up and wanted to step forward to stop the prince.

Song Hongshen's expression remained unchanged. "Lord Shen, Yuanzhou, please sit down. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is just joking with me. Don't take it seriously."

Then he looked at the prince's hand holding the knife, "Your Highness, why is your hand holding the knife still shaking?"

The prince's hands were shaking, not because he was afraid, but because he was deeply angry with Song Hong.

"Song Hongshen, aren't you afraid of death? I am the crown prince, and it would be in vain to kill you today."

The prince did not ask for much, he just wanted Song Hongshen to submit and save a little of his face.

But Song Hongshen was not a man who would give in. He looked at the prince and smiled faintly, "Killed in vain? There is no such thing as killing in vain in this world."

"If Your Highness has thought about how to explain to the Emperor and the Song family, then do it. If the emperor wants his subjects to die, then the subjects must die."

The prince was in a dilemma. If he killed Song Hongshen, the Song family would not let him go. Even his father would have to give an explanation to the Song family.

But he just picked up the knife in impulse, how could he save his dignity if he didn't take action?

At this moment, he hoped that Shen Zhixiu and Su Yuanzhou could stand up and smooth things over, giving him a way out.

But the two of them listened to Song Hongshen's words seriously, sat there calmly, and didn't say anything else.

Seeing that the prince had no intention of taking action, Song Hongshen pinched the tip of the knife with his fingers and moved the knife away.

Then he stood up and said, "If Your Highness doesn't take action, I won't wait any longer. It's tiring."

The prince's chest was heaving with anger, and he swore in his heart that he would kill Song Hongshen with his own hands sooner or later.

Rong Yi stepped forward and asked cautiously: "Your Highness, the Leng family..."

The prince glared at Rong Yi and said coldly, "Let's go."

He didn't have the face to stay here any longer, and had to go to the Leng family to deal with the mess caused by Rong Yi.

Upon seeing this, Shen Zhixiu and his companions stood up and escorted the prince to the gate. With a shout of "Farewell, Prince", the carriage slowly drove out of the gate of the Shen family's manor.

After seeing the prince off, the group turned and walked towards the hall.

Song Hongshen approached Shen Zhixiu and said, "Teacher, you saw it too. It's not me who humiliated the crown prince. It's really the crown prince who was too bullying."

Shen Zhixiu glanced at Song Hongshen, then shook his head helplessly, "Loyalty Marquis does not want to get involved in the fight for the throne. If the dispute between you and the crown prince gets out today, it will be difficult for the Song family to remain neutral."

Su Yuanzhou snorted when he heard this, "This Lord Chen doesn't know how to teach the prince. The Shen and Song families are both loyal subjects. As long as the emperor doesn't think of changing the crown prince, when the prince ascends the throne, the Shen and Song families will definitely ensure that he sits firmly on the throne."

"Even if the Song family and Concubine Xian are at odds because of the late queen, they didn't dethrone the crown prince, did they? This shows that the Song family doesn't want to mix private affairs with state affairs."

"But look at the trouble he caused, and it has led to the situation today."

"We should talk to the court in the future and ask them not to appoint a crown prince so early. His qualifications are too poor."

Su Qingyu deeply agreed with Su Yuanzhou's words. Not to mention being an emperor and ruling the country, even if it was a maid doing needlework in the mansion, she still had to see if she was cut out for it.

They returned to the hall and sat down again, and the maid brought in tea.

Shen Zhixiu said: "It's good that you are a little bit out of line today, so that those who swear to send you women will give you some rest."

Although it was a joke, it was also the truth. Although Song Hongshen and Su Zhilan were already engaged, there were still many people staring at Song Hongshen.

They simply felt that Su Zhilan was not worthy of this loyal and brave king, and that Su Zhilan was too young to get married for the time being. These people then had an idea to intercept the marriage before the fifth young lady of the Su family got married.

Song Hongshen smiled and said, "Teacher, please stop teasing me. Since I'm engaged to the Fifth Miss, I will never do anything to let her down."

Su Yuanzhou hadn't figured out what happened today, and since it was still early, he asked Song Hongshen to tell him what the prince had done.

Seeing that there was no outsider in the room, Song Hongshen began to speak.

Even though everyone had already made their guesses, after hearing what Song Hongshen said, they still secretly cursed the prince for being dirty.

Su Yuanzhou asked with great interest: "How can you tell that the wine was drugged?"

After asking this question, Su Yuanzhou felt a little scared. Fortunately, he didn't drink alcohol today. If he was given the drug, he might not be able to find it.

Song Hongshen looked around at everyone and said, "My father taught me all the tricks used in the market. The girl just now should be trained to serve people. She was wearing armor on her fingers, and there was medicine hidden in the armor."

"When I poured the wine, I flicked my sleeves and the drug went in."

"She drugged me three times in total, and I threw up all the alcohol I drank on those three occasions."

Shen Zhixiu was a little surprised. "The Loyal Marquis is so thoughtful? What else did he teach you?"

Song Hongshen raised his eyebrows slightly, "That's a lot. I've taught him everything, including drinking, gambling, and women."

"Other young masters would at most have two maids in their rooms when they grew up. But my father, on the other hand, threw me directly into a brothel."

"Luckily I ran fast. Since then, I've been more careful when I go out with my dad."

Everyone burst into laughter after hearing these words. Su Yuanzhou said with a smile, "It's not easy to be the son of the Song family. Is the Loyalty Marquis afraid that you will get caught up in these things in the future, so he conducted a drill in advance?"

Song Hongshen shook his head. "My father only treats me like this. He says that I am not as ruthless as my brothers and he is afraid that I will be schemed against."

In fact, apart from these, his father's teaching to him was also different from that of others. Other brothers asked teachers to teach them, but he had to be taught by his father himself.

His father even taught him how to be a king, and for a while he thought his father was going to rebel.

Later, his father explained that only by learning how to be a king can one be a good subject.

He thought about it and it made sense.

The rumor in the palace was that it was because his biological mother was the beloved of Marquis Zhongyi that the Marquis Zhongyi valued this illegitimate son so much.

Fortunately, their stepmother was kind and didn't mind it, so the brothers were still in harmony.

After chatting and laughing for a while, they saw that it was getting late and decided to leave.

Wen Zhu suddenly came in to report, "Third Master, news came from Qianzhou that the Duke of Weiguo has won three battles in a row. The defense line has advanced a hundred miles to the south, and the battle report will be sent to the palace tomorrow morning."

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