133 Killing a chicken to scare the monkeys (2/2)
The Second Prince hadn't reacted firmly, and hadn't been able impose his dominance properly, which would have left Lady Yue'er very disappointed - If a man can't even protect the woman he is trying to pursue, then would he still be able to call himself a man? Especially in this case, when the man was powerful enough to protect her…. But since he didn't take the initiative, their relationship would inevitably suffer.
If Jun Mo Xie had been in the Prince's shoes, then he would have certainly charged screaming: [This is my woman! Keep your hands off her!] But the second prince hadn't, at least not boldly. In fact, even Jun Mo Xie was looking down upon the prince. [Is my wealth and position of that much importance?]
In fact even Jun Mo Xie hadn't expected to get away with his actions so easily, especially since he knew that the Second Prince had shown interest in Lady Yue'er!
As for his action, Jun Mo Xie felt no guilt about the manner in which he had treated Lady Yue'er: [She might be a woman, but she's still an enemy, and there's nothing that I wouldn't do to intercept an enemy. Since she planned and plotted against the Jun Family and me, why should I show any restrain against her? The young master Jun's conscience was clear in that regard!]
Lady Yue'er's entire body trembled with rage as her tear stained eyes looked at Jun Mo Xie's swaying palanquin. She turned around and raised her gaze to look wildly at the prince in complain, but instead of voicing her complain, she turned around and left.
The second prince stood dazed in his spot, but his face was expressing the disgust his heart felt!
Who would have thought that the Second Prince's attempt to entertain Jun Mo Xie would yield such a result? Who could have guessed that the young master Jun would act so arrogantly, and would even ignore the Second Prince's objections!
Jun Mo Xie had paid no heed to the prince's objections and had even left without apologizing for his actions, which was tantamount to slapping the Prince's dignity in the face!
The Second Prince had never been so embarrassed in his entire life! It could be said that he hated Jun Mo Xie right down to his core! He stood there motionless for a long time, away from the other men in his company; the Prince was barely able to stop himself from breaking into tears!
The Prince stood dazed for a long, long time. He eventually raised his gaze, sighed and said: ”Let's go.”
Cheng De Cao decided to fawn and make his gains: ”Your Highness? This Jun Mo Xie was so rude to your Highness today; allow me to teach him a lesson; I could even have his life…..”
”Are you really that stupid?” The Prince looked at the man in front of his eyes, and said: ”He might have been arrogant, and may even have insulted me today, but I cannot retaliate…. and that is a fact! Do you think that Jun Mo Xie would have had the courage to contradict me if he didn't know this? And you want me to break my relationship with him? Teach him a lesson? Assassinate him? Is your head really full of so much rubbish? First, you do not have the power to do anything to Jun Mo Xie, and secondly, if anything untoward happened to Jun Mo Xie right now, then we'll be the first ones coming under suspicion! Jun Zhan Tian's anger has caused blood baths in the city before as well; will you only be happy after he runs a bloody riot inside my palace? Well? Don't you think I've had enough for one day?”
The flatterer had been kicked in the face. Cheng De Cao's face twitched in anger a few times, but he remained silent. Although he continued to curse inside his heart: [What kind of a prince are you? First you allow the grandson of your military general to humiliate you, and then you take it out on me?]
”That's for certain when it comes to Jun Zhan Tian….” Fang Bo Wen stroked his beard, and slowly stated: ”Jun Mo Xie's actions were clearly intentional; meaning, that he had already come prepared to cause a scene today.”
”Well? What makes you say that?” the Second Prince thoughtfully asked.
”The Jun Family has always refused to participate in the politics of the Empire, and has only concentrated their attention on military matters. All three of His Majesty's sons were trying to involve the Jun Family in the Empire's politics, so it's only natural that they would want to remove themselves from being involved. Jun Zhan Tian's army has already proven that they can cause a blood bath in ministerial mansions before; the Jun Family has already shown their power before, and whichever son of the Majesty manages to get a grasp on this force, will have enough power to overrule the other two! In other words, the prince who gains their support will rule the Empire. Now we have seen their attitude…. and the other two will also come to know about this soon.”
”So now, I'm afraid that High Royal Highness, and his brothers, will have no other option but to leave the Jun Family and Jun Zhan Tian out of the political agendas since the man doesn't wish to get involved. Even if the Jun Family is willing to expose their true strength, they still wouldn't be willing to join into the muddy waters of political conspiracies. In this case, the best way to retain their support is to leave them out of the politics; and that's the only way.”
The Second Prince was gradually beginning to understand: ”So I should break my political relations with them?”
”NO! His Royal Highness must break his political connections with his brothers! Only after demonstrating your solidarity against the politics of this Empire, will you ever be able to securely gain the support of the Jun Family; otherwise Jun Zhan Tian will never support you.”
”In other words, it didn't matter which Prince's invitation Jun Mo Xie accepted today, he was going to act in the same way, and would have choreographed a falling out. His Highness, the Second Prince was just unlucky since Jun Mo Xie decided to pick you for making his statement…..”
”Killing a chicken to scare the monkeys?” the Second Prince was finally beginning to understand, but couldn't help gnash his teeth in rage: ”Jun Mo Xie, that son of a bi**h, he actually made me, the Second Prince, his chicken?”