dtnovels Chapter 147 Seizing Love
Chapter 147 Seizing Love
Zhou Chengzhang's words were very cruel.
Cui covered her face in disbelief.
"How could she, a woman from the harem, be with someone in the mansion?"
"I heard from the servant that she will be going out in a few days. Who knows if she will meet her lover?" Zhou Chengzhang felt refreshed when he saw Cui's old face full of tears of despair.
He once saw his own mother kneeling on the ground begging.
He was humiliated in every way by Cui.
"Hahaha……"
"Mother. Things change, don't they?"
Zhou Chengzhang dragged Cui into the inner room and asked, "Where is the silver that Concubine Song gave you?"
Cui was horrified.
"No."
"No? My second brother went to Fengyang Prefecture to provide disaster relief and deal with river issues. You stay in the mansion to help him divorce his concubine." Zhou Chengzhang knew Cui's character too well. She only cared about money in her life.
"If there wasn't a sum of money, you wouldn't have written a divorce letter for my second brother."
"She's just a concubine. It's not your turn to divorce her." Cui was thrown to the ground by him. "You rebellious son, aren't you afraid that Chengru will come back to settle the score with you?"
"You did this to his mother."
"I'm doing this for the good of the Zhou family."
Zhou Chengzhang was rummaging through the drawers and cabinets in Cui's room, and the servant outside stopped the nanny in Cui's room.
With previous experience.
Cui changed the place where she hid the silver.
Zhou Chengzhang searched for a while but couldn't find it, so he picked up Cui and bumped into the corner of the table.
Cui's waist hit the corner of the table.
"Ah... it hurts..."
"Tell me. Where is the silver? I want to see whether your silver or your life is more important?" Zhou Chengzhang stared at Cui with a ferocious face.
"If you really don't have any money, go find Su Rutang."
"I just want to see you today."
Zhou Chengzhang was unwilling to ask Su Rutang for money because she was the goddess in his heart.
He didn't want Su Rutang to know that he was despicable.
"Forgive me."
……
Cui just refused to tell where the money was.
After Zhou Chengzhang hit her a few times, he pulled down the bed curtain and tried to strangle her when he saw that she still refused to speak. "You can always find the silver after you die."
Cui was strangled so hard that her eyes rolled back.
"I……"
Zhou Chengzhang relaxed and asked, "What?"
Cui moved the stool away from the corner and pointed to the bricks at the bottom.
Zhou Chengzhang bent down to remove the brick, and saw Cui picking up the teapot on the table and throwing it at him.
He rolled on the ground to avoid Cui's attack.
Cui's heart sank.
Thinking something was not right, he quickly ran outside.
He was stopped by Zhou Chengzhang.
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People in the capital are saying that the Zhou Mansion has bad feng shui.
Some people also said that the old lady had a strong life and took Zhou Wenqing away within the first seven days after her death.
Zhou Qiongyu is crazy.
Cui accidentally fell and injured her legs and feet. She needed someone to take care of her in bed. Fortunately, Zhou Chengzhang, the third master of the Zhou family, was filial.
Let the wife serve her all the time.
Just as the Zhou family became the topic of conversation among people in the capital, the emperor ordered Su Buyi to guard Jianzhou.
Several young generals who were at odds with the Su family were transferred to Mobei to assist Su Zhixun.
A eunuch named Chen was sent to Mobei to serve as a military supervisor.
During this period.
The emperor ordered Zhou Chengru to continue serving in Fengyang Prefecture and he did not have to return to Beijing to observe the three-year mourning period.
This incident caused a huge uproar.
Since the founding of the country, love has rarely been taken away.
Zhou Chengru was not an important military or civil official, and the people in the Censorate have been very busy these days.
They were all memorials impeaching Zhou Chengru.
One by one, it was explained that if he could not observe mourning at home, he would be lacking in moral character.
The emperor was furious.
He pointed at the censors' noses and cursed them.
The censors from the Censorate were severely reprimanded by the emperor, but they still failed to change the other party's mind.
Of course, the people from the Censorate became more and more courageous as the battle went on.
The censors of the Censorate are divided into factions, and usually the factions will criticize and attack each other. Everyone makes a living by talking, and no one is afraid of anyone else.
But when they meet someone who has the same goal as them but is not from their faction.
Of course, we should communicate with each other.
Anyway, the emperor would never do anything to the people in the Censorate.
If the emperor dared to order them to be demoted or punished, they could become famous in one battle. They could also win sympathy from others, which would make it easier for them to do things in the future.
If I lose my temper and kill them, my name will go down in history.
The people in the Censorate are stubborn by nature, and sometimes they just want to attack others just for the sake of attacking them.
Pick the bone in the egg.
What happened in the Zhou Mansion was just like what was described in the storybooks, with all kinds of bloody and sordid things happening.
Du Yue was already standing next to the emperor.
He is now deeply in the Sacred Heart.
He is more willing to please the emperor than Shang Yan, that lackey. Shang Yan has a bottom line and there are some things he will not do.
Du Yue is different.
Do things without any bottom line.
It was also he who instigated the decision to allow Zhou Chengru to continue serving the Great Zhou without observing mourning period.
The Imperial Censor was wearing a brand new official uniform.
Everyone saw that the Censor was going to do something strange.
Whenever there was a big move, he would definitely wear new official uniform.
Everyone was whispering to each other.
"The censor is here today because of Zhou Chengru?"
"Definitely."
"Not really, right? They don't have any grudges against each other."
"He never personally appointed an official below the fourth rank."
"This time is different. The Zhou family's bloody incident had a huge impact. I heard that the censor's father, the old censor, couldn't stand people like Zhou and the Zhou family."
"You don't even know that Zhou Chengru and that widowed sister-in-law have been in a relationship for a long time."
……
After a round of gossip.
Everyone understood.
The morning court first discussed national affairs.
The prince and princess of Nanli Kingdom will arrive in the capital in the next few days.
We will discuss further how to receive him.
The princess of Xiliang Kingdom also came.
The prefect of Fengyang Prefecture reported that there was a plague in Anhe County under Fengyang. He and Zhou Chengru led people to deal with the plague, and they needed to dispatch some more herbs and food.
They have already recruited a lot of doctors there and there is no need to transfer more.
The emperor pressed his forehead.
I have a terrible headache.
The treasury is not well-off.
I can't conjure up silver, so where would I get the silver to buy food and herbs?
Ask about money.
Everyone will just blame each other.
He launched an attack on the Ministry of Revenue.
The Minister of Revenue led his two assistant ministers in a debate with the ministers, and spit from both sides flew in the air.
Shang Yan and Yao Tongzhi both had sullen faces.
He placed his hand on the Embroidered Spring Sword, waiting for the emperor's order so that he could knock out anyone he disliked with the handle of the sword.
The annoyed emperor winked at Du Yue.
He decided to go back and take the pill first.
Don't delay his time for cultivating immortality. Cultivating immortality is the most important thing now.
Du Yue understood.
He had to find someone who was on the same side as him, and Zhou Chengru was his best choice. There was hatred between the two, but they could also be bound together by interests.
They are all shameless people who are only interested in profit.
"If you have a document, please come forward. If you don't, please leave the court." Du Yue flicked his whisk and shouted with full energy.
Shang Yan glanced at Du Yue from the corner of his eye. This was the second day that Du Yue accompanied the emperor to court. There was a tendency for him to replace the eunuchs. It seemed that the last suppression did not hurt Du Yue.
He is indeed a ruthless character.
Shang Yan knew that he couldn't get rid of Du Yue without anyone noticing.
The Censor has stepped out.
"Your Majesty, I have a written statement."
The emperor was furious.
"My dear minister, please think it over. Do you have something to report? Don't let a trivial matter hurt the minister who is in charge of your work."
The censor said solemnly:
"The emperor has many trusted ministers, so one or two of them can't do any harm."
He looked around and said:
"I accuse Zhou Chengru of being incompetent in managing his family and lacking moral integrity. He had been having an affair with his widowed sister-in-law for a long time and had several illegitimate children. In order to cover up his adultery, he killed his own brother..."
This statement came out.
The eyes of the court officials all fell on him, and everyone was wondering how he knew such a secret.
Aren’t you afraid of being silenced?
Seeing that he was still chattering, an idea came to my mind.
This is going to kill Zhou Chengru.
Du Yue's face turned pale.
His palms were full of cold sweat. Who gave these evidences to the censor?
If there is no evidence.
He dare not.
He was suddenly extremely panicked and angry, and wanted to kill the carpenter.
Du Yue looked in the direction of the Su family.
Now only the Su family's side branch has someone left, but his position is not high and he has little influence.
Today, I didn’t see the two people from the Su family’s side branch speaking.
Could it be Mr. Su?