So this is why Zhou Cheng emptied the entire General's Mansion and humbly fawned over Miss Lin!
In order to retain military power;
For these grains;
For the sake of weapons that can move mountains and seas, my younger brother was carrying such immense pressure and pain.
The second sister couldn't hold back any longer and immediately choked up and cried.
The more disappointed and powerless she felt about Zhou Cheng's behavior in the past, the more guilty and heartbroken she felt now.
She originally thought... that her younger brother only had eyes for Miss Lin, and that he would give up everything for her, even his family!
"Fourth brother, I misunderstood you before, sob sob... You must have suffered a lot of grievances and misunderstandings in these three years. I even thought that you didn't want to run away because you couldn't bear to leave Miss Lin."
"Mother never imagined you had suffered so much. Fortunately, after all the hardships, the sun is shining through. With these compressed biscuits, there is hope. My Zhou family's fate is not to end!"
"I will go to the palace to see the Emperor right now! With provisions and weapons, what has the Zhou family to fear! What use is loyalty if I cannot even protect my own wife and children!"
"Once the birds are gone, the bow is put away; once the rabbit is dead, the hunting dog is cooked. When there is trouble, the Zhou family is made to shed blood and sacrifice their lives, but after the success, they turn their backs on us without mercy. I'd rather not be the Marquis of Zhenguo!"
Having witnessed the availability of food and weapons firsthand, General Zhou had no more worries.
The dejection on his face vanished, replaced by a radiant glow, and the fierce, bloodthirsty aura that once again threatened to protect his entire family rekindled.
General Zhou narrowed his sharp and majestic tiger eyes, his heart filled with nothing but anger and resentment!
With Zhou Cheng nodding in approval, he mounted his horse and galloped off towards the palace.
Zhou Cheng and the others then returned to the general's mansion by carriage.
"Ahhh!!!"
Heart-wrenching screams echoed from a mansion somewhere in the capital.
"Your Highness, you must hold on... The imperial physician will be here soon."
"Why hasn't the imperial physician arrived yet! If anything happens to His Highness because of his delay, Her Majesty will make the entire Imperial Hospital pay with their lives!"
“Ahhh!!”
"Your Highness, Your Highness! Quickly report to the Imperial Concubine! Yesterday, the Fourth Prince was attacked in the night. His tendons in his hands and feet were severed, and his tongue was cut off! The attacker was highly skilled in martial arts..."
On the bed made of Phoebe zhennan wood, the fourth prince stared wide-eyed, his eyes bloodshot and red. He contorted his face in pain and fear, letting out screams of agony.
At 1:15 PM yesterday, the Fourth Prince was attacked on his way back to his residence.
The opponent was thin and weak, but ruthless and experienced in his methods.
Before the guards protecting the fourth prince could react, their throats were slit. If the other party hadn't not intended to kill him, he would probably be meeting the King of Hell by now.
Even now, the Fourth Prince still doesn't understand who he has offended!
Who dared to launch a night attack on the prince?
Who hates themselves so much?
They actually used such ruthless methods as cutting off tongues and tendons.
The fourth prince's eyes were filled with overwhelming resentment and rage. When extreme emotions surged, his blood and qi surged upwards, his vision went black, and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted.
The servants were immediately thrown into chaos.
Upon hearing this rumor, Zhou Cheng, sitting in the carriage, clapped his hands and laughed out loud: "Hahaha, retribution! Doesn't this just prove his words from yesterday, 'The palm print turns black and the blood energy soars to the sky'?"
"I wonder who did it. Well done!"
Madam Zhou looked at Zhou Cheng with a loving yet helpless gaze, put her index finger to her lips and shushed him: "We don't know what the outcome will be with your father yet, be careful someone doesn't overhear."
"Cheng'er, if the Zhou family no longer pledges allegiance to Emperor Yan, do we really have that many weapons to resist the imperial court?"
"And enough food to feed an army of 300,000 for the winter..."
After the initial shock and excitement subsided, Madam Zhou began to calmly consider her next steps.
Such a large amount of grain is no small sum; any mishap could cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
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