I just want to rob you of your luck

Zhou Yichen recounted what Hu Yunshao had done in the mansion during this period, and then asked someone to bring Mingyu and Chunyu up to serve as witnesses.

After hearing this, the Queen Mother and Emperor Nanmo were so angry that they wanted to kill Hu Yunshao on the spot.

Both of them felt guilty towards Zhou Yichen. He didn't dare to expose Hu Yunshao's evil deeds until the truth was revealed. I wonder how much grievances he suffered since childhood formed this forbearing character.

He was a prince of noble birth, but he lived so cautiously that the Queen Mother couldn't help but feel sad and her eyes turned red.

She waved to Zhou Yichen and said, "Good boy, come here to the Empress Dowager."

Zhou Yichen walked over obediently, and the empress dowager took his hand and asked him to sit beside her.

"My poor grandson was bullied like this by this vicious woman. Why didn't you tell your grandmother and your father earlier?"

Zhou Yichen lowered his head and said in a muffled voice: "After all, she is the princess consort granted by my father. I dare not disturb the peace of my grandmother and father with such a small matter."

The empress dowager looked at her sensible grandson, then glanced at Hu Yunshao, who was crying but still unrepentant, with disgust in her eyes.

The emperor had the same expression. He had indeed neglected the Seventh Prince for so many years. Otherwise, why would he casually appoint such an unpresentable woman to be his principal wife!

He felt remorseful and guilty, and was planning to make an exception and let King Liang divorce his wife, and then punish Hu Yunshao.

Zhou Yichen spoke again: "There is no precedent for divorce in the royal family. Father, you don't have to make an exception for me. I should go back and handle my own family affairs."

This was something Lin Jiuer and Zhou Yichen had already discussed before they came.

Emperor Nanmo always felt like there was something stuck in his chest, but he still respected Zhou Yichen's choice.

"Alright, Hu Yunshao will go back and let you deal with him as you please. As for the housekeeper Ma who framed you, drag him out and beat him to death. These two maids were accomplices, drag them out and beat them with fifty sticks, regardless of life or death!"

Then Emperor Nanmo looked at Hu Lie, his eyes full of dissatisfaction and anger: "Lord Hu, as a veteran of two dynasties, you actually indulged your daughter to do such a thing. It shows that you are not good at educating your daughter. I will fine her one year's salary as a warning. Do you have any objection?"

"I have no objection." He breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that His Majesty still gave him some face because he held military power.

Hu Lie was regretting terribly now. He had made such a fuss in vain and gained nothing. He not only displeased the emperor, but was also fined a year's salary. It was a huge loss.

It was all his daughter's fault. He now felt extremely disgusted with Hu Yunshao.

It seems that Hu Yunshao is completely useless and has become a discarded pawn, no longer of any use.

"Daddy, please save my daughter. I don't want to go back to Prince Liang's Mansion. They will kill me! Daddy, save me!"

"How dare you! At this point, you still dare to slander Prince Liang! Drag him away and give him 20 lashes, then send him back to Prince Liang's mansion! From now on, you are not allowed to enter the palace without being summoned!"

Emperor Nanmo was so angry that he ordered people to drag Hu Yunshao out and beat him with a stick.

Hu Lie was speechless. This daughter was really useless. She only cared about eating and not about being beaten.

Just then a eunuch came in and announced that Prince Rui wanted to see him.

Emperor Nanmo still highly values ​​the legitimate son born to the late queen.

He straightened his expression, asked the two courtyard masters in the room to leave first, and then asked someone to invite Prince Rui in.

Prince Rui is already thirty years old. He looks extraordinary and speaks and acts in a calm and orderly manner.

When he came in, he didn't expect to see so many people in the imperial study.

Even the Empress Dowager was there, and he quickly bowed to her and the Emperor.

Zhou Yichen and Lin Jiuer quickly stood up and saluted him.

Hu Lie also saluted him, and King Rui looked at Hu Lie and nodded meaningfully.

Prince Rui returned the gift to Zhou Yichen, and then spoke to Emperor Nanmo.

"Father, I accidentally discovered that something was wrong with the Black Wind Village, so I secretly sent people to investigate. I found that there were actually more than 10,000 people in the Black Wind Village.

And they all look like well-trained private soldiers. I think this matter is not simple, so I hurried to tell you, father, and ask for your instructions. "

Zhou Yichen stood up immediately upon hearing this and agreed, "Father, I was leading troops to clear out the Black Wind Village before and was severely injured and fell off a cliff. Those people are indeed not like ordinary bandits."

When King Rui heard Zhou Yichen also speak up for him, he was delighted and showed a look of shock on his face: "So the reason why the seventh prince disappeared before was because of the people from the Black Wind Village?

This really can't be blamed on the Seventh Prince, those people are quite skilled in martial arts, and there are so many of them, it's really hard to deal with them."

Hu Lie, who was standing aside at this time, had cold sweat on his forehead. He didn't expect that the matter of Black Wind Village was discovered by King Rui.

What a coincidence that Prince Liang’s previous serious injury and disappearance was also related to the Black Wind Village. He wanted to go out early to inform his son, but without the emperor’s permission, he did not dare to go out early.

The more Emperor Nanmo listened, the more frightened he became. There were actually more than 10,000 people in the Black Wind Village, and they were well-trained. What did these people want to do?

The location is not far from Shangjing and is next to a major transportation route.

Especially when he heard that King Liang’s previous serious injury and disappearance was also related to the Black Wind Village, he immediately became furious.

At this time, King Rui said again: "It's strange to say that my people actually found General Hu in Black Wind Village."

Hu Lie felt as if a string in his brain suddenly broke, and his body shook.

Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, he quickly replied: "Your Highness's people may have seen it wrong. Yunfeng has been training in the military camp. How could he go to Black Wind Village?"

Prince Rui looked at Hu Lie with a half-smile, knowing that he was secretly close to Prince An.

"Really? I hope my people are mistaken, otherwise this will be a serious matter."

Emperor Nanmo looked at Hu Lie suspiciously. The veteran who had always remained calm even in the face of a catastrophe now turned pale and was sweating profusely.

Prince Rui immediately struck while the iron was hot: "Father, I request your permission to lead a team of soldiers to wipe out the Black Wind Village immediately."

Emperor Nanmo thought for a moment and nodded: "I will give you 15,000 personal soldiers. You will set out immediately and make sure to destroy the Black Wind Village for me!"

"Yes, your son obeys your command!" After saying this, King Rui took the order and left.

Hu Lie quickly said, "If your Majesty has nothing else to do, I will also withdraw."

Emperor Nanmo did not make things difficult for him this time and watched Hu Lie retreat.

Then he looked at Zhou Yichen and said, "Seventh Brother, I will reward you with ten thousand taels of gold, and send people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to repair the Prince Liang's Mansion for you. If you have any other requests, just let me know, and I will try my best to satisfy you.

As for your princess, I think it is better to let her die of illness, and your father will arrange a good marriage for you in the future."

Zhou Yichen was stunned. He didn't expect that Emperor Nanmo actually wanted to marry him to another woman.

He quickly stood up and took Lin Jiuer to Emperor Nanmo, and said with a serious face: "Father, I already have the love of my life in my heart, and I don't want to marry another woman.

As for Hu Yunshao, let her fend for herself in the mansion."