When Concubine Shu said this, her brows couldn't help but furrowed tightly, her face full of worry.
"Princess, the Emperor doesn't look very well right now. If we delay, it will be bad. When you go over there later, if the Emperor gets angry and scolds you, please don't scold him in person because there are so many people here. Please give the Emperor some face."
Deshun came forward at the right time, and by the end of his speech, his voice had sunk to his throat.
Shufei was a little surprised. She seldom went into Xuanzheng Hall, so of course she had no idea how Zhou Zhaonuan and Zhou Beichen got along in private.
When she heard Deshun say this for the first time, she suddenly understood that Zhou Zhaonuan had been so confident in everything he did over the years.
Zhou Zhaonuan didn't know what big deal it was. She lifted her skirt and walked away under the worried gazes of Concubine Shu and Zhou Zeyu.
When the two arrived at the entrance of the Xuan Zheng Hall, the ministers inside were already in an uproar.
They knelt on the ground one by one and complained to Zhou Beichen.
"Your Majesty, you don't know that the princess actually brazenly ran into my residence in broad daylight, not only beat up the guards guarding the door, but also dismantled my door. Not only that, Your Majesty, look..."
General Ye took a step closer to Zhou Beichen with a tearful look on his face, showing him his arm. "Your Majesty, Princess Chang'an rode a white tiger into my residence, scaring my grandson so much that he almost fell into the garden. I was afraid I might hurt him, so I blocked her and got a big gash on the branch."
Looking down, he saw a hideous wound on General Ye's arm, which was gradually healing. Zhou Beichen held his forehead and felt a headache.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please help me. My family has only had one son for three generations, and my grandson still only has one son. However, Princess Chang'an kicked my grandson's penis in the street and broke it. That's his lifeblood. If he can't have children from now on, my family will be extinct."
"Your Majesty, I have heard that Princess Chang'an recently took some of the Imperial Guards disguised as men to visit a brothel and even redeemed a prostitute. Your Majesty, is this something a princess could do? It is ridiculous, truly absurd."
"I also heard that the princess has been looking for lovers since she was very young. If this continues, she will have many lovers when she grows up. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me for speaking frankly."
"Your Majesty, please also judge for me. Princess Chang'an arrested my son and brought him to the Ministry of Justice for no reason and even instigated the Ministry to torture him. This is an abuse of punishment."
The person who spoke was Duke Nan. He had been brooding over the fact that Zhou Zhaonuan had arrested his son in the street and taken him to the Ministry of Justice. He had been looking for an opportunity to report Zhou Zhaonuan, and now he had found one.
Sitting on the dragon throne, Zhou Beichen casually flipped through the joint letter signed by ten ministers. It was very good, and there was not a single word praising his daughter.
That's right, why doesn't this girl leave herself a way out when doing things? She has no brains at all and just rushes around recklessly.
Zhou Beichen believed in his heart that there must be a reason for the "bad" things Zhou Zhaonuan did, because he only said a few simple words in response to the ministers' crying.
"My dear ministers, I have summoned Princess Chang'an. I will judge who is right and who is wrong."
Just as he finished speaking, a childish but angry voice came from the door.
Zhou Zhaonuan glanced at the minister and knelt down in front of Zhou Beichen.
"Your Majesty, your son, pays homage to your father. Long live your Majesty!"
Lifting his eyelids lightly, Zhou Beichen waved to Xiao Shunzi, "Please take a seat."
The minister who just cried: "......"
Everyone was confused. No, why? The culprit had obviously done so many wrong things, but the emperor not only did not question her, but let her sit down. He was really biased.
The ministers looked very unhappy as they couldn't vent their resentment.
Zhou Beichen was so angry that he was going crazy. Thinking about what the ministers had just said, he thought for a while and asked Zhou Zhaonuan.
"I heard that you rode a white tiger into the general's mansion and scared people."
"That's because I saw General Ye complaining about his daughter attending court, so I decided to go and see what he had to say. But I didn't expect his grandson to be so timid. He was scared of a mere white tiger."
Zhou Zhaonuan glanced at Ye Chouxiu with a sinister look, and found that General Ye was glaring at her with a frown. Zhou Zhaonuan twisted her body unwillingly, "Father, that's right. His grandson is the same age as his daughter. Why is he afraid of me but not me? He even learned martial arts, and his grandfather is a general."
Hearing this contemptuous tone, General Ye was so angry that he gasped and his eyes were shining. Zhou Beichen paused, motioned Xiao Shunzi to move a stool for General Ye, and persuaded him.
"Alright, Ye Aiqing, your grandson is indeed one year older than Nuannuan. He's a boy, so just treat it as a courage test."
General Ye: “…”
His heart sank, but he felt guilty, so he didn't dare to refute and silently said yes.
"The Minister of Personnel said you kicked his grandson's... root, what's your explanation?"
When Zhou Beichen told his daughter about this, he felt that it was unnatural no matter how he said it.
Zhou Beichen leaned back in his chair and asked questions calmly, which made many ministers feel disheartened. It seemed that the emperor would protect his own people to the end.
Zhou Zhaonuan showed a generous and natural smile, "Father, that's because he was only a teenager. He saw that it was dark and there were not many people on the street, so he raped the girl in the street. When she refused to follow him, he wanted to beat her. I couldn't stand it anymore, so I kicked her. I never thought..."
Zhou Zhaonuan lowered his head guiltily. Zhou Beichen laughed dumbly and then asked.
"Why was Han Yushi's son arrested and tortured in the Ministry of Justice prison?"
"His son broke the law knowingly. He knew corruption was a serious crime, but he still secretly accepted money from others behind his father's back. I saw it with my own eyes."
Upon hearing this, Censor Han lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Why did you go to a brothel? Did you really bring a woman back? Or, at such a young age, did you really find a lover?"
When saying this, Zhou Beichen's tone became heavier, completely different from the light and airy tone just now, and it was obvious that he was angry.
Many ministers began to gloat, squinting their eyes and waiting to watch the show.
Zhou Zhaonuan pursed his lips and muttered in dissatisfaction.
"Isn't going to a brothel for the sake of your father's treasury? Father, you don't know that the madam of Zuihonglou actually dared to use a fourteen-year-old girl. Nuannuan couldn't stand it and asked her to pay three hundred thousand taels of tax a month. Speaking of which, father, Nuannuan is actually helping you."
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