Chapter 3 House Confiscation
Zhou Yunshu held her daughter in her arms and walked towards the gate of the Zhenbei Palace step by step, braving the gazes of the soldiers outside the Zhenbei Palace.
One of them, who looked like an officer, recognized Zhou Yunshu and asked in front of the gate of the Zhenbei Palace, "What can I do for you, Princess Wei?"
The reason why the officer in front of him was still so polite to Zhou Yunshu after the fall of the Zhenbei Palace was because even if the Zhenbei Palace fell, Zhou Yunshu was now the wife of the King of Wei and the daughter-in-law of the Emperor.
Not to mention that the King of Wei is notoriously cold-blooded and protective of his people. If he offends the Princess of Wei here today and scares the little princess to tears, he will lose his life.
"I'll go in and take a look."
Zhou Yunshu certainly knew why the officer in front of her was so polite to her, and she would not be so foolish as to tell the news that she would ask to leave the family at this moment. By keeping it secret for a moment, she could protect the Zhou family for a moment.
The officer frowned.
"Princess, this doesn't make sense..."
"I just watch."
Just don't interfere first.
Zhou Yunshu walked up the stairs holding her daughter. The officer looked at the little girl in Zhou Yunshu's arms and opened the door.
Anyway, if something really happens, the blame will be directly put on Zhou Yunshu, because the Princess of Wei has the support of the King of Wei!
Zhou Yunshu didn't even look at the officer who made way, and strode towards the Zhenbei Palace with her daughter in her arms.
Coincidentally, before Zhou Yunshu entered the main courtyard, she heard a noisy sound, including the voices of soldiers urging people sternly, the frightened cries of maids and servants, and the crying of children.
When Zhou Yunshu walked into the main courtyard gate with her child in her arms, she saw her family members being surrounded in the middle of the courtyard unarmed by armored soldiers holding knives.
"Body search." The speaker was a long-faced general who was about thirty years old.
Except for the Zhou family members, all the others were soldiers, so they were the only ones who could search the women and children of the Zhou family.
Being searched by a strange man was such a great humiliation that the women of the Zhou family could never allow it to happen.
Just as a soldier was about to reach out, a heroic woman in a red dress grabbed his wrist, twisted his arm and threw him out.
This action caused the surrounding soldiers who were preparing to search to instantly raise the knives at their waists.
They almost forgot that the Zhenbei Palace was a family that had fought its way to success, and some of the women in the family were also skilled in martial arts.
"You want to rebel!" The leading general narrowed his eyes and said to the heroic woman.
Before the woman could speak, Zhou Yunshu's voice was heard.
"You are going too far!"
After Zhou Yunshu finished speaking, the people in the yard finally turned their attention to the main entrance of the courtyard.
"Shu'er!" The speaker was Zhou Yunshu's mother Li Jialan. Her eyes instantly turned red when she saw Zhou Yunshu appear in front of her holding the child.
The long-faced general didn't recognize Zhou Yunshu. He frowned and said to the soldier beside him, "Are you blind? Don't you see there's still a fish that has slipped through the net?"
"You are blind!"
After Zhou Yunshu said this, the general's face turned gloomy. Just as he was about to take a step forward and pull down the beautiful but arrogant woman in front of him, he heard the voice of his boss not far away.
"I didn't know the princess was coming. I'm sorry I failed to welcome her."
The person who was speaking was wearing red armor and was about thirty years old. Zhou Yunshu felt that he looked familiar, but she had forgotten where she had seen him.
"But this is not a place for a princess."
Zhou Yunshu held her daughter in her arms and looked at the general who was speaking. "I wonder if I will have the honor to hear your majesty's decree again."
Zhang Qinglai was a little unsure of what Zhou Yunshu meant, but for the sake of King Wei, he glanced at the eunuch who was delivering the imperial edict.
The eunuch took up the imperial edict in his hand and unfolded it, saying, "By the providence of Heaven, the Emperor decrees that because the Prince of Zhenbei, Zhou Cungao, has colluded with foreign enemies... I decree this."
After hearing the decree, Zhou Yunshu almost trembled as she exhaled a breath of foul air.
Just as he remembered the order, the emperor wanted to execute all males over the age of ten in the Zhenbei Palace, and exile all males and female relatives under the age of ten to the Nanman.
but……
Zhou Yunshu looked at the people in the middle of the yard. There were two people missing.
Her grandmother Ji Mingzhu and her aunt Zhou Jianying.
Zhou Yunshu looked at her mother who had been staring at her, and said to her daughter in her arms, "Go find grandma."
Zhou Yunshu put Xixi down, and Xixi turned around and ran towards Li Jialan with her short legs.
On the way, the little girl was blocked by two soldiers holding long swords. She looked at the long swords and was not afraid. She even raised her head and shouted in a baby voice: "Get out of the way!"
The two soldiers looked at the fierce little kid in front of them, exchanged glances and silently stepped aside.
This is the King of Wei's only child, they dare not force him.
After the soldiers moved aside, Ji Nancy threw herself on Li Jialan's legs and was held in Li Jialan's arms while sobbing.
The little one wiped his grandmother's tears distressedly and said, "Don't cry, grandma, Xixi will protect you!"
Upon hearing this, Li Jialan hugged her granddaughter even tighter. She had so many questions in her heart that she wanted to ask her daughter, but she also knew that this was not the time to speak.
Zhang Qinglai looked at Ji Nanxi who had run to the women and children of the Zhou family, and looked at Zhou Yunshu disapprovingly and said, "Princess, what do you mean by this?"
"You've also heard His Majesty's decree. I allowed you to confiscate the family property, but I didn't allow you to deliberately humiliate the women of the Zhou family under the decree."
"I didn't!" Even if he did, Zhang Qinglai didn't dare to admit it.
After all, this is the Prince of Zhenbei's Mansion. The most important thing is that it is not only the Prince of Zhenbei's Mansion, but the mistress of this house is also the eldest princess of Ningping.
He just wanted to take advantage of the situation simply because the eldest princess was not in the Zhenbei Palace.
It is tacitly accepted by all those who do the job of confiscating property and taking advantage of it. It is impossible that there is nothing in his case!
"Then please General Zhang act in accordance with the law."
Zhang Qinglai looked at Zhou Yunshu deeply.
She came to the Prince of Zhenbei's Mansion so openly today. Isn't she afraid that His Majesty will find out and go to the Prince of Wei to ask for punishment?
Zhou Yunshu knew what Zhang Qinglai was thinking at a glance.
So what if he knows? By then, that dog emperor should also know that he has asked to step down.
The reason why she is so calm now is simply because she has created a time difference.
Because of Zhou Yunshu's interference, Zhang Qinglai simply asked his soldiers to take off all the jewelry that could be seen on the women and children of the Zhou family.
The women and children of the Zhou family who finally walked out of the Zhenbei Palace had nothing but the clothes on their backs.
After leaving the Zhenbei Palace, the women and children of the Zhou family could not go wherever they wanted. They were about to be exiled, and before exile, they had to stay in the Western Prison, which was specially used to detain the families of criminals.
Therefore, just after leaving the gate of Zhenbei Palace, Zhang Qinglai looked at Ji Nanxi who was still in Li Jialan's arms and said to Zhou Yunshu beside him: "Does the princess want the little princess to go to jail with the Zhou family?"
Upon hearing this, Li Jialan immediately put down her granddaughter.
Her daughter came with her child to support them, but she didn't know how she was bullied by Concubine Li and the Emperor afterwards. She couldn't let her daughter down anymore.
"Today I..."
Before Zhou Yunshu finished speaking, a carriage arrived at the gate of Zhenbei Palace, a low-key yet luxurious carriage.
The man driving the carriage was about forty years old. After he stopped the carriage, a woman who looked to be about fifty years old got out of the carriage.
After the old woman got off, a eunuch about fifty years old came out of the carriage.
When they saw the eunuch, the eunuchs who had come to the Zhenbei Palace to announce the imperial decree immediately bowed and went to greet him, and even Zhang Qinglai took a few steps forward.
When Eunuch Feng saw Zhou Yunshu standing next to the women of the Zhenbei Palace, he was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "This old servant pays his respects to the Princess of Wei."
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