The moment Zhao Shu kicked open the door, Hao Zi and his son stood up abruptly, ignoring Zhao Shu's words, and said sarcastically, "So it's Princess Jun who's so audacious! I advise you not to meddle in the affairs of the adults, otherwise, you won't be able to bear the consequences!"

Hao Zi, the Empress's biological father, was a first-class Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery, whose family name was inherited from his ancestors. He commanded 80,000 defense troops.

"How did you do this? Why are they still able to jump and move?" Zhao Shu asked coldly, her gaze fixed on Hao Zi, the Grand Tutor, whose face was clearly ashen with anger. As the Grand Tutor and a first-class Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery, when had he ever suffered such an insult? His anger was no less than Zhao Shu's.

After hearing Zhao Shu's words, Xiao Guozi and Xiao Zhuzi approached Hao Jie. Hao Jie was a veteran general who had fought in many battles. Although he was over sixty years old, he was still very agile. However, no matter how agile he was, he could not withstand the attack from both sides by Xiao Guozi and Xiao Zhuzi.

Hao Zekai, who was watching from the side, hurriedly helped his father, but was hit in the knee by a hidden weapon that Zhi Hai pulled out from somewhere. He fell to his knees with a thud. He tried to get up, but his hand was pinned to the floor by a flying dagger.

Zhao Shu slowly walked over and kicked him in the chest. "Uncle, how is it? Does it hurt?" Zhao Shu chuckled and reached out to grab the dagger lying on the ground. She moved it forcefully, and Hao Zekai broke out in a sweat from the pain, but he didn't cry out.

"Still a tough nut to crack?" Zhao Shu glanced at Hao Zi, who was being fought back by Xiao Guozi, and said loudly, "Your Excellency, I have just thought of a fun game. You and your son can each live. Who do you choose to live?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Hao Jie was defeated. Xiao Guozi grabbed a chair next to him and swung it, causing him to fall to the ground. As the saying goes, the pain goes to the bone. Below the knee, he was almost all skin and bones. At this moment, he was in so much pain that his face was contorted.

"What do you think, Your Majesty? Anyway, your father is already old. Why don't you kill him yourself? I, the princess, will let you go and do my best to preserve your lifelong glory." Zhao Shu stood up and stepped on Hao Zekai's other hand fingers. He tried to pull away, but Zhao Shu was faster. She pulled out the hairpin from her hair and stuck it into his wrist. His hand instantly spasmed, and he couldn't help but scream in pain.

Zhao Shu threw the hairpin away, saying, "What bad luck! My perfectly good hairpin is now dirty and I have to throw it away. You know I'm very poor right now."

Hao Jie and his son watched Zhao Shu stroll around as if she were just saying how nice the weather was. She was a devil! At such a young age, her mind was so vicious and her methods so ruthless. She was simply a devil!

Hao Jie finally recovered and, panting heavily, said to Zhao Shu, "Don't try to scare me. I'm not easily frightened. Don't think that just because you have the Empress Dowager backing you up, you can act lawlessly. If you anger me, your Yongwang Mansion won't be able to withstand my wrath!"

She walked up to Hao Zi and looked at him with amusement, as if watching an idiot trying to be clever. "Lord Zhongyong? Ha, you've disgraced the Hao family ancestors. Threatening me? Even if I have no one to back me up today, I'll make you two beasts wish you were dead!"

After saying that, she kicked the coffee table next to her. The tall table fell over and landed right where Hao Jie was supporting himself. He quickly pulled his hand back, and Zhao Shu, like a cat teasing a mouse, pulled the chair next to her towards his feet. His feet were still hurting from being hit by the chair a few times, so he reflexively dodged, lost his balance, and fell to the ground in a sorry state. Zhao Shu took the opportunity to step on his chest.

Xiao Zhu and Xiao Guo each stepped on one of his hands, preventing him from moving Zhao Shu.

"Princess, the Heavenly Fairy Soup is here." Chu Chun knocked on the door with a tray in hand.

"Bring it in." Zhao Shu stared straight at Hao Zi, whose old face was deathly pale. "Tsk tsk tsk, this princess is a good person. I have always respected the elderly and cared for the young. I can't bear to hurt the elderly and I want to treat them with all my heart. But you are really hateful. Why don't you kill your son with your own hands, and this princess will let you go? You will still be the majestic Marquis Zhongyong, and the current father-in-law of the emperor. In the future, the history books will have a few words about you. Father-in-law, don't you think so?"

"You vixen! You devil! You have humiliated me so much, I will tear you to pieces!" Hao Zi naively thought Zhao Shu wouldn't dare to touch him. "If you don't release my brother and the Empress's brother now, you and Prince Yong will be beheaded!"

Zhao Shu chuckled and shook her head, but the coldness in her eyes chilled everyone to the bone. "I'm so scared! So powerful! She managed to take the heads of everyone in the Yong Prince's Mansion. Tsk tsk tsk. It's just a pity that the Yong Prince's Mansion has so few people, unlike the Hao family, which has thousands of members. Tsk tsk tsk. The Grand Tutor is getting on in years, so he must have quite a few granddaughters. With his legitimate daughters, illegitimate daughters, and collateral branches, he could form a team of women to comfort the soldiers in various military camps. I wonder how the generals will thank this princess. Just thinking about it makes me so excited."

"You!" Hao Zi struggled, but to no avail. He was still firmly trampled under his feet. He gritted his teeth and said with venomous eyes, "If I die, not only will you not live, but the Huo family will also be implicated. Quickly, release me, and I will give you whatever you want." He was in so much pain that he could not speak coherently.

"Alright." Zhao Shu readily removed her foot from his chest, found a chair to sit down, pointed to Chu Chun who had already entered the room carrying a bowl of hyacinth soup, and said very kindly, "As I just said, I never forget to care for the young and old, and I am very willing to let the Marquis go. I don't expect the Marquis to have his hands stained with his son's blood. The Marquis can feed this bowl of soup to the Imperial Uncle. I promise that I will never chop up your son's flesh and boil it into soup for you. Besides, you are not destined to be like King Wen of Zhou, are you?"

Hao Zi simply couldn't imagine that a little girl could have such a vicious heart. He couldn't believe, even in death, that this little girl would dare to kill him!

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