HLnovel Chapter 304 The real Jia Hu is long dead!
Chapter 304 The real Jia Hu is long dead!
The seventh prince was startled and immediately stood up.
"It's you!"
Zhen Chenyao smugly poured himself another glass of wine.
"Don't be so surprised, it's not a big deal. Let's sit down and talk."
The seventh prince, enraged, kicked over the table and roared:
"So it was you, you bastard, who tried to frame me! Let's talk! What's there to talk about with you?!"
The dishes on the table were overturned and scattered all over the floor with a clattering sound, and the guards outside immediately rushed in.
Seeing the table overturned, Zhen Chenyao stood up without changing his expression, drank the wine in his hand, and casually threw the wine glass on the ground.
"The Seventh Prince is really impatient. He overturned the table before I could finish speaking, which was a waste of this good wine and food."
"What's there to say to you! I'll send men to arrest you, the ringleader, and bring you to see my father right now!"
The Seventh Prince was already seething with anger, and now that he finally had a place to vent it, he wouldn't tolerate the other man putting on airs in front of him. He immediately called out to the guards:
"Arrest them!"
As soon as they made their move, Zhen Chenyao's men immediately came over as well.
Surrounded by his men, Zhen Chenyao gestured for them to put down their knives.
"With your impatient nature, how can the Seventh Prince accomplish anything great? Since I dare to tell you this, I'm not afraid you'll go around telling others. But don't you want to hear how I did it, and what my purpose was in doing this?"
"Stop trying to sweet-talk me. Now that I've taken you, I'm cleared of suspicion. Tell the Emperor what your purpose is."
The Seventh Prince scoffed and then shouted at the guards, "Are you all just sitting around doing nothing? Seize him!"
As soon as the Seventh Prince finished speaking, Zhen Chenyao smiled and said:
"Does the Seventh Prince really think I dare to say such a thing without any prior arrangement?"
Zhen Chenyao's subordinate said:
"Everyone come out!"
People rushed out of the houses on both sides of the courtyard.
"Good, good, good! The Zhen family is indeed harboring evil intentions and plotting rebellion. They dare to harm me, the prince. Everyone in my household knows that I am here for the banquet today. If anything happens to me, not one member of your Zhen family will escape!"
The seventh prince, protected by his guards, appeared calm on the surface but was inwardly somewhat uneasy. Could it be that the Zhen family harbored rebellious intentions? Was this a plot to rebel?
“I, Zhen Chenyao, cannot bear the charge of treason. I only wanted to invite you, Seventh Prince, to have a proper chat, but you just won’t listen. What can I do? If you, Seventh Prince, were willing to sit down and have a proper chat with me, there would be no need for such a big fuss.”
Zhen Chenyao hadn't expected the Seventh Prince to be so reckless, flipping the table right away. He had already humbled himself so much, yet the Seventh Prince still threatened to capture him, which was why he had no choice but to reveal his trump card.
"Speak! I'm giving you a chance. Tell me now, what are your intentions in inviting me here?"
"What ulterior motives could I possibly have? I was merely trying to share your burdens and help the Seventh Prince. Now that I've done my job, why is the Seventh Prince turning his back on me?"
"What do you mean by asking me to do something to relieve my burdens? Could it be that what you did has been exposed and you're trying to smear me? Let me tell you, no way!"
The Seventh Prince was even angrier. This person really did what Jia Hu did. Even with all the circumstances, they couldn't kill Jia Hu, yet he still dared to come to him to claim credit. What a shameless person!
"Seventh Prince, do you want me to tell everyone all about these things? Even if I were the most audacious person in the Zhen family, I would never do anything to harm a prince. I sincerely want to have a good talk with you and I am willing to surrender."
After Zhen Chenyao finished speaking, he ordered all his men to stop and leave, including those inside the room, to show his sincerity.
Zhen Chenyao realized that the Seventh Prince was a reckless and brainless person, so he had no choice but to speak to him directly.
I doubt he would dare lay a hand on me here; I am a prince, and my father is with the Zhen family.
Seeing that Zhen Chenyao had everyone leave, and hearing that this person intended to surrender, the Seventh Prince waved for all the guards to leave. He also wanted to hear what this person was up to.
The eunuch beside the Seventh Prince said nervously, "Your Highness! You can't listen to him. Evacuate everyone. It's too dangerous."
The Seventh Prince laughed:
“Even if he had the guts, he wouldn’t dare lay a hand on me. Get out.”
Zhen Chenyao laughed heartily:
"I like the Seventh Prince's temper; that's true masculinity!"
Zhen Chenyao instructed his men to prepare another table of fine wine and food.
The head eunuch couldn't dissuade his master, so he could only stand guard outside the door with his guards, watching the people around him with predatory eyes.
The people left inside to clean up quickly tidied up the floor, rearranged the tables, and then bowed their heads and left.
After the Seventh Prince sat down, he looked at Zhen Chenyao with disdain and said:
"This prince has no shortage of food. Tell me, what are your true intentions in inviting me here?"
Ignoring the Seventh Prince's disdain, Zhen Chenyao sat down as well.
“Everything I just said is true. What I did on the ship was to relieve your worries, Seventh Prince. I know you hate the Jia family brat, and I took care of him for you to prove my loyalty.”
The seventh prince's tone became even more disdainful after hearing this.
"What did you solve? You attacked me when I was preparing the fireworks; you're trying to smear me!"
Are you blind?! Jia Hu is still alive and kicking, isn't he?
Zhen Chenyao felt a little embarrassed upon hearing this, and cracked his knuckles as he said:
"No one expected that the kid was so strange. My men had dragged him in the water for a long time and he was so far from the boat, but who knew that the kid was still alive? Just as the rumors said, the kid is indeed a bit strange."
"Hmph, he's just making excuses for his incompetence. What can a little kid like him do? Does he have superhuman abilities? If he did, you wouldn't have dragged him into the water. Incompetence is incompetence."
Zhen Chenyao turned slightly closer to the Seventh Prince and whispered:
"It's no wonder you said that, Seventh Prince. My men were also extremely surprised when they came back. That child was dragged in the water for so long. Let alone a child, even an adult who lives by the river year-round could not hold their breath for that long."
He saw that Jia Hu was no longer alive, which is why he was careless and let Jia Hu slip away from him.
He was brought back by our people. It was so far from the shore and the boat, how could a little kid have that kind of strength?
Considering all the things this kid had done before, they all believed that he must be possessed by a demon, and that the real Jia Hu was long dead!