Concubine Chen cried out that she was wronged.
"I am innocent! Your Majesty, you know me and Rui'er very well. There must be a misunderstanding!"
Li Guiren also said: "Yes, the Second Prince is still a child, he would never do such a thing!"
Zhou Yunshen sneered in his heart.
The second prince is a child, isn’t he also a child?
He is younger than the second prince.
Zhou Yunshen lowered his head: "Mother is right, my second brother is still a child..."
Zhou Yunshen bit his lower lip with a lonely look. He was born handsome, and under the guidance of Li Guiren, he always believed that men should not shed tears easily and never complain about grievances.
This appearance now is in stark contrast to usual appearance.
The emperor believed him even more.
"Well, well, well, I didn't realize that my beloved son was actually a liar who did evil things and told lies!"
"Yun Shen is talking nonsense, and the Grand Tutor is also talking nonsense? Are the Princess and the others also talking nonsense?"
"Do you think I'm a fool?"
The emperor picked up the teacup at hand and smashed it down, and Concubine Chen and others immediately knelt on the ground.
The emperor was furious. She knew it was pointless to continue talking, so she started crying like she usually does, making a fuss and threatening to commit suicide. She cried pitifully.
Zhou Yunshen thought of Jiang Shuyue's words and pinched himself secretly. Tears welled up in his eyes, and the look on his face as if they were about to fall was heartbreaking.
The emperor went up and slapped Concubine Chen: "Cry, cry, cry, how dare you cry!"
"I think it's because I dote on you too much that I've made you lawless! Come here."
"The servant is here!"
"Concubine Chen was demoted to a concubine, fined three months' salary, and confined to her house until summoned."
"The Second Prince is arrogant and domineering, bullying his brothers and deceiving me. He will be punished with twenty strokes of the cane and ordered to copy the sutra a thousand times. He will not be allowed to leave his room until he has finished copying."
"Order, those bastards today will be caned thirty times. Their fathers failed to discipline them strictly, and they will be punished with six months' service!"
The eunuch immediately went to convey the order.
Just as Chen Fei was about to cry and wipe her tears, Zhou Yunshen's stomach began to rumble again.
He covered his stomach in embarrassment, looking as if he wanted to dig a hole in the ground, and exchanged a timid look with the emperor.
The emperor was too lazy to talk to Concubine Chen and had her and her son thrown out.
Concubine Chen knocked on the door crying and tried to plead for mercy.
Eunuch Liu came up with a smile and said, "Mrs. Chen, please don't make things difficult for me. I'm just an employee. You will only make His Majesty more upset."
Chen Pin's crying stopped abruptly.
She stood up with her lips pursed, and slapped the Second Prince in the face.
"It's all your fault! Useless thing! How could I, with all my fame, have given birth to a loser like you?"
"Cry, cry, cry! All you do is cry! Get back here!"
Concubine Chen grabbed the second prince's ear and left in a noisy manner.
The emperor picked up Zhou Yunshen, weighed him for a moment, and sighed deeply: "Why are you so thin?"
"Your Majesty, Yun Shen is a picky eater and doesn't eat much."
"Really? Did he eat less, or did you not give him any food at all?"
Concubine Li fell to her knees and began to sob, "Your Majesty, I have wronged you! Yun Shen is picky about food. He is never satisfied with what I cook. Yun Shen, please say something."
Zhou Yunshen still had an expressionless face and said calmly, "If you say so, then so."
The emperor sneered, "Yun Shen is picky about food, so he only eats steamed buns and nothing else, right?"
"As a prince, you don't even have breakfast before going to school. How can that be right?"
"Since you can't raise Yun Shen, find someone else to take care of him. I remember that Concubine De was childless and she was very sad, so I let Yun Shen be adopted by her."
"Your Majesty, this is unacceptable! Yunshen is my child. I am fine and have done nothing wrong. How can you give Yunshen to someone else? Yunshen, please say something."
Defei was the most senior concubine under the imperial concubine, and there was no imperial concubine in this dynasty, so she was second only to the emperor.
Moreover, Concubine De not only had no son, but also no daughter. Her family tried every possible way to make her pregnant, but failed.
Zhou Yunshen's peach blossom eyes flickered as he looked at the old emperor.
Sometimes bright, sometimes dark.
The emperor's father-son love was aroused again.
He touched Zhou Yunshen's head and said, "Don't be afraid, Shen'er. Father will take care of everything!"
"Since your biological mother doesn't have time to take care of you, just find another one. I'll go to Concubine De later."
Concubine Li cried and wailed, "No, Your Majesty, no! Yun Shen is my own flesh and blood. How can I live without him?"
"Mother."
Zhou Yunshen walked over to her and helped her up from the ground.
She just smiled and was about to open her arms to hug Zhou Yunshen, but he dodged her.
"Mother, you said that boys should be self-reliant and independent, never complain about hardship, and never disobey their elders. I have taken your words to heart, so I have never complained."
"From now on, I will be raised by the Virtuous Consort. I am very happy to have two mothers who love me so much."
Concubine Li stood there in a daze.
Li Guiren knew every word he said, but she didn't understand when they were put together.
"Father, I'm very hungry. Can I go get something to eat first?"
When the emperor heard him say this, he felt even more guilty.
He picked up Zhou Yunshen again. He was already eleven years old, but he was still as light as an eight-year-old child. When the second child was Yunshen's age, he couldn't even hold him.
"Shen'er, what do you like to eat? Father asked the imperial kitchen to make it for you. How about roast chicken?"
"Father, I am not picky about food. I can eat anything!"
"Okay, then let's eat roast chicken. What are you still doing here? Go back and pack Yun Shen's things and send them to Concubine De."
Concubine Li retreated with a pale face.
She didn't understand. This was a very common thing, so how could it have gotten to such a point?
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