He was young and had been in the palace for so many years, but he never knew that Zhou Beichen ruled the country with filial piety. He thought that as a prince, he was more important than Concubine Shu in Zhou Beichen's heart.
What's more, the palace maids he brought from Li'an Palace were his confidants.
As soon as he finished speaking, the twenty or so people who followed Zhou Zeyu turned pale, knelt on the ground, and said words of apology.
"Second Prince, calm down. No matter what the Concubine Shu says, she is your elder. If she is not your mother, she is your concubine mother. You have no right to imprison your concubine mother. If the Emperor knew about this, I'm afraid he would be furious."
Seeing that he couldn't order anyone around, Zhou Zeyu was so angry that he stood on the ground, thinking about a solution.
Concubine Shu looked at him intently, and kept trying to comfort Zhou Ze'en with her hands. When Zhou Zeyu really wanted to put her in jail, her heart suddenly calmed down. She would just not feed the ungrateful person, so why make herself angry.
After a long while, Zhou Zeyu said angrily, "If the emperor finds out, I will take full responsibility."
He wanted to torture Concubine Shu into a confession and take the opportunity to rescue his mother.
Anyway, all preparations have been made.
With a determined heart and closing their eyes, the guards thought about it this time and stepped forward obediently. Soon, they surrounded Concubine Shu.
There were many guards in Chonghua Palace, and someone immediately jumped down from the roof to intercept them. Concubine Shu held Zhou Ze'en and retreated, fearing that she would scare him, and she also said a few words of comfort.
Zhou Zeyu became more and more angry as he watched. He gave an order and ordered several guards to capture the man without mercy.
"My Lady Shufei, I'm sorry."
"I think you've been offended too."
For a moment, the atmosphere in the hall was tense and it looked like a fight was about to break out when a sudden voice came from the door.
"Stop, everyone, stop it."
Nuannuan came running all the way and was still panting when she arrived at the hall. She was a princess of a certain rank, higher than the empress. The two parties blinked their eyes and chose to keep the peace. They each quietly stepped back a little. This way they would not offend the princess and could also save the master's face.
Seeing that the tense atmosphere had disappeared, Zhou Zhaonuan breathed a sigh of relief. Holding up the hem of her skirt, she ran a few steps to Zhou Zeyu. Without saying a word, she grabbed his ears, stretched them out, and scolded him ferociously.
"Zhou Zeyu, what are you doing?"
She pulled the man's ears and moved him towards Concubine Shu, saying that she was very disappointed with him.
"Who is that? That's not a slave, not a prisoner, that's Consort Shu. Not only is she your legitimate mother, she's also your concubine mother. Father governs the country with filial piety, and he's always been respectful to the Empress Dowager. You little bastard, how dare you imprison your mother? I think you're asking for a beating!"
Zhou Zhaonuan's expression froze. He loosened his fingers, raised his foot, and kicked Zhou Zeyu, who had just been hurt by his ear being pulled, hard. He kicked him far away. Zhou Zeyu staggered several steps before he could barely stand firm.
The palace people were no longer surprised by this kind of situation. When the second prince was a child, he was beaten by his sister every day, and it was still the same now.
The second prince was kicked into a corner and kicked in the butt in public. He turned around and rubbed it hard before he felt a little better. He looked up at Zhou Zhaonuan, then immediately lowered his head with a guilty look.
His sister had always oppressed him, and even though he had no expectations of her now, he didn't dare to offend her. He thought she might be useful in the future.
Zhou Zeyu looked up again and saw Zhou Zhaonuan looking at him seriously without saying a word. He paused, took small steps, walked towards Zhou Zhaonuan carefully, and called out softly.
"Sister, I'm fine!"
Zhou Zhaonuan clasped his hands together and scolded coldly, "Safe? How can I be safe with a troublesome brother like you?"
Zhou Zeyu stood at attention with a wronged look on his face, his eyes full of innocence, silent tears and grievance welling up in them, and before he knew it, his eyes were red.
He pulled the corner of Zhou Zhaonuan's clothes and shook his body gently.
"My sister is so mean. She kicked me in public. It's so embarrassing."
Rolling his eyes at him in annoyance, Zhou Zhaonuan said bitterly.
"Shameful? You're the only one who thinks it's shameful. If your people had really tied up Madam Shu and thrown her into jail, I think you would have been utterly disgraced. Not only would you have been humiliated, but you would have also been severely beaten and imprisoned by your father."
Zhou Zeyu's eyes immediately turned red, his nose turned red, and he looked pitiful. "But sister, the silver that Concubine Shu gave me was poisoned. It's okay to hold it on weekdays, but you can't put it in your mouth and bite it. She gave me so much, but it's not poisonous. Doesn't she want to harm me?"
While Zhou Zeyu questioned seriously, he tried his best to observe Zhou Zhaonuan's expression. The road ahead was long, and he might need Zhou Zhaonuan's help. In short, he couldn't become an enemy with Zhou Zhaonuan.
What's more, now, after thinking about it, considering how anxiously she pleaded for him that day, he might as well acknowledge her as his sister for a few more days.
Nuan Nuan helplessly held her forehead and glanced at him with a look of disdain and suspicion, "I said no...you're so stupid, whoever poisoned someone has to use their real name. If it's discovered, it will only harm themselves."
Zhou Zeyu couldn't help scratching his head and answered naively.
"That's right."
Zhou Zhaonuan couldn't help but pat his head. "That's it. Everything requires evidence. Why are you so anxious? Or, Xiaoyu'er, do you have some hidden secret?"
Nuannuan's eyes flashed, and she circled around Zhou Zeyu several times, making Zhou Zeyu almost shiver. Zhou Zhaonuan finally stopped.
Still staring at him intently, Zhou Zeyu felt guilty being looked at, and quickly waved his hands to deny, "Sister, sister, Yu'er didn't do that. Yu'er doesn't have any secrets that cannot be revealed. You have always known that Yu'er is very well behaved. Yu'er misses mother. Just now, I was in a hurry and had no choice but to do it."
Zhou Zeyu failed to achieve his goal and admitted his mistake reluctantly. When he was thinking about how this matter would end, he felt a pain in his ear and was pulled by Zhou Zhaonuan to appear before Concubine Shu.
“Kneel down!”
Zhou Zhaonuan scolded him coldly. Although he was unwilling, Zhou Zeyu did not dare to refute and knelt down obediently.
"Admit your mistake!"
Zhou Zeyu was silent for a moment. When he saw Zhou Zhaonuan about to lose her temper, he hugged Concubine Shu's thighs and cried, "Mother, Mother, I was wrong just now. I shouldn't have been so desperate and suspicious of you. Please forgive me."
Her body moved slightly, and Shufei looked at the person who was holding her and crying, and her heart...could not soften at all.
Having lived in the deep palace for many years, she admitted that sometimes, when talking about her children, her heart would soften uncontrollably, but softening did not mean that she didn't care about anything.
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