Accompanied by a scream, half of Hu's face swelled up instantly, and five fingerprints were clearly visible.

"Zhou Yu, are you crazy?" Zhou Zheng looked at Hu's face, then stood up and stared at Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu flexed his wrists. "Crazy? You think I'm crazy? What? Your mother killed my mother, and I can't even slap her on her behalf? Or do you think your mother is wronged and want to take the slap on her behalf?"

After saying that, before Zhou Zheng could react, he slapped Zhou Zheng again. Just now, when Zhou Yu was moving his wrist, he turned the ring he often wore, and the patterned part was facing inwards, so Zhou Zheng was scratched by the patterned part, and blood was seeping out from the base of his ear to the corner of his mouth.

Mrs. Hu jumped up with a cry, first looked at her son's face, then turned around and stretched out her hand to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu grabbed Hu's hand fiercely, "Why, did you hit me too lightly? Do you want another one?"

"Your Highness, I've said that the words I just said were forced upon me by the two of them, and I deny a single one of them. As for what Your Highness just said about A Zheng's birthday, I don't know what Your Highness is talking about. Zhou Yingrong, Zhou Yu, you want to throw dirty water on me, no way."

Mrs. Hu turned her head and looked at Zhou Yiheng, "Your Highness, please seek justice for me and Brother Zheng. I will sue them for slandering the first-rank imperial lady of the imperial court."

Zhou Yiheng really didn't expect Zhou Yu to take action. Although considering what Hu had done to Wang, the slap was not unfair, it was too sudden, especially since Zhou Zheng was injured.

"What is this for? I told you I would give you a result. Just look at what would happen if Ah Zheng got disfigured."

After hearing Zhou Yiheng's words, Mrs. Hu realized that this was indeed possible, and she hurriedly called for help. Mother Lu came in from outside, and she didn't dare to say much. She listened to Mrs. Hu's shrill voice asking for a doctor, asking to find the medicine box, and asking where all the servants had died.

Zhou Zheng held Hu and told her to go find the medicine box, and not to do anything else. He knew that Zhou Yingrong and her brother would have to ask for an explanation for what happened today, especially Wang's death.

He now regretted not convincing Mrs. Hu. Zhou Yiheng's attitude was obviously to make a big deal out of it. They should have lowered their stance and let the brother and sister vent their grievances, and then let Zhou Yiheng find a way to deal with it.

"What are you afraid of? I think even if Zhou Zheng loses an eye, Princess Zhenru won't mind."

Mrs. Hu glared at Zhou Yu fiercely and stepped forward. Zhou Zheng reached out to pull her, but was thrown away by Mrs. Hu. "I'm telling you, don't think you can do anything to me just because of what I said just now. I'm not afraid. Everything must be based on evidence. I..."

"Okay, you want evidence, right? I'll show it to you now. Prince, if I produce the evidence, what will you do? Just like Ayu said, we are not interested in other things, but what about my mother? What will you do?"

Zhou Yiheng looked at Zhou Yingrong's bloodshot eyes and said, "Arong, this is a family matter. If it gets out of hand and people outside know about it, where will the reputation of the Prince's Mansion be?"

"When my mother was poisoned to death by this poisonous concubine, didn't you ever think about the reputation of the Prince's Mansion on that day? Well, I originally thought that the prince would be able to give my sister and me an explanation. In this case, don't you want evidence? Wait." Zhou Yingrong said to Hu.

Mrs. Hu thought about what Zhou Yingrong had just said. Could it be that she had evidence for everything, or did she bring witnesses with her?

At this time, Mother Lu came in with a medicine box. Meng Wan said, "There is no one else here. Please go to the Second Master's study in the outer courtyard and find Mother Kong and tell her that the person can be brought in."

Mother Lu didn't even look at Mrs. Hu, she just nodded softly and walked out.

Mrs. Hu wanted to call someone to apply medicine to Zhou Zheng, but she stopped. She had no time to think about why the servants in her courtyard were so quiet and how Meng Wan did it. But she knew from Zhou Yiheng's attitude just now that he wanted to protect her. So, not too many people could know about it, not even the servants. If there was really conclusive evidence later, with her soft and hard tactics, crying, making a fuss, and threatening to commit suicide, she would at most live in the temple for a while.

But even so, she would not give up easily. She had to see what kind of talents the brother and sister had found.

For a moment, the room was very quiet, as if everyone was tired of arguing. The only sound could be heard when Zhou Zheng was being treated with medicine by Hu.

After a while, there was a noise in the yard. Hu turned her head and saw Madam Lu in front, Madam Kong behind, and the maids and unfamiliar women in Meng Wan's yard. Zhou Yinghan also walked into the yard.

Mrs. Hu secretly hated this little bitch, thinking that she had some leverage over her. If she brought it up later, she didn't know how she would explain it. But then she saw Bi'er.

Mrs. Hu's eyes widened instantly. It turned out that what Zhou Yingrong said was true and she was not kidding herself.

Zhou Zheng noticed his mother's strangeness, and following her gaze, he also saw Bi'er, and his heart tightened. He helped his mother send several groups of people to look for Bi'er a while ago, but they couldn't find her. It seems that Zhou Yu has been setting up this situation for a long time, so will it become a dead end today?

He leaned towards Mrs. Hu and said, "If they find all the witnesses and evidence, remember not to be tough and just act pitiful and beg father for forgiveness. After all, this is a matter behind closed doors, and people outside don't know. Even if father says something cruel, you have to bear it. Mother knows the truth of saving the life. Don't be impulsive like you were just now."

Hu nodded. What she had just thought was correct. She also knew the current situation. The siblings would definitely ask for an explanation today for poisoning Wang. When the time comes, she would just say that she didn't know and was deceived by Zhuang Jing.

Moreover, as long as the matter is resolved in the mansion and no news leaks out, there is still room for everything to turn around.

Zhou Yiheng looked at the people who came in and knew that today would not end peacefully. He thought that the solution he had just thought of should satisfy Zhou Yingrong and her brother. But Hu must show her attitude. If it really doesn't work, she will be sent to live in the temple for a year or two.

Zhou Yiheng sat back in his chair, motioned for Mrs. Hu to sit down as well, and then asked everyone to sit down. "What you just said is the family affairs of the palace. No matter if it is right or not, no matter if it is true or not, all you want is a result. Don't worry, I will give you a satisfactory result. There is only one thing, no matter whether the evidence you have and the words spoken by the witnesses are true or not, and no matter whether the crime you just convicted the princess of is true or not, I only have one request."

"Please speak, Your Highness." Zhou Yingrong said coldly.

Zhou Yiheng couldn't help but sigh as she called him "Prince" three times in a row. "Arong, everyone makes mistakes, big or small. The mistakes made by Mrs. Hu may be unforgivable in your eyes, but it doesn't matter. As long as you can prove that she made those mistakes, I will let her atone for her sins. My only request is that these things are limited to you knowing, don't let outsiders, including anyone in the Zhou family, your second uncle, and Jun Ge know about it. Can you do it?"

Zhou Yu sneered and said, "It's too late."

"What do you mean?" Zhou Yiheng asked.

Hu and Zhou Zheng looked at him together.

Zhou Yu shrugged, "I thought that the county magistrate allowed the people to watch the trial, and also to serve as witnesses. I thought that such a big thing happened in our family, and we should have more people to confirm it. Look, I was right. From the tea room to the main room, Mrs. Hu denied it."

"What on earth did you do?" Zhou Yiheng asked angrily.

Zhou Yu shouted loudly, "Wu Hen, has the effect of the drug worn off?"

The door of the west room was opened. Hu couldn't believe her eyes. She saw the head of the Zhou family, Hu's eldest brother, the second master of the Zhou family, Zhou Jun's mother Lin, and several respected elders in the family slowly walking out.

Zhou Zheng looked at their walking posture, which was the same as the one he had just walked after the effect of the drugs wore off. What was there to not understand? They had all been given the two drugs, only the dosage they used was a little more than his.

Of course, for someone like Lin, there is no need to use drugs at all, it is just done for show.

Zhou Yiheng stood up with shaking hands. He really didn't expect that Zhou Yu would do things so ruthlessly, leaving no way out for Hu.

At this time, Mrs. Hu was really scared. With so many people and so many mouths, even if she could turn black into white with the help of Zhou Yiheng, who knew what would be spread tomorrow? On the surface, she was kind to the old and the weak in the clan, but the reason why everyone respected her was not because of her status as the Princess of Shen County. If these things were true, it would be almost impossible to get these people to surround her and listen to her, not to mention whether she could still be the Princess.

Mrs. Hu looked at Zhou Yiheng, and Zhou Yiheng's blushing face returned to normal. Fortunately, fortunately, the people Zhou Yuxun found were all influential people in the clan, and they were all more or less dependent on him. This was good.

Then he bowed and said to the Zhou clan leader, "Uncle is here too. I have troubled you to personally handle a few household matters. I am not a good manager. Everyone, these are just household matters. Please don't worry about them. Let Brother Zheng take everyone to the outer courtyard. I will prepare a glass of wine later to apologize to you."

When Mrs. Hu heard this, she felt happy and relaxed. She turned her head to look at Zhou Yingrong's expression which was hard to read, and gave a sarcastic smile.

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