Lin Jiaoyun, her eyes reddening with a distraught look, took a deep breath, twitched her sore nose, and said through tears, "Lanlan, you misunderstood Zhou Cheng, and I misunderstood him too..."
"I never imagined he would go to such lengths for me, sigh."
What?
Why don't I understand what you're saying?
"Sister Yun, what misunderstanding is there? Is there some hidden story behind this?"
Lin Jiaoyun nodded firmly, hesitated, and then closed her mouth again.
The girl in the blue dress immediately urged, "Sister Yun, is there anything you can't say in front of me? Don't worry, I will keep my mouth shut. Just tell me, at least don't make me misunderstand him."
Lin Jiaoyun thought about it and agreed.
This is my best friend, I'll definitely keep it a secret for her.
Thinking this, she told the girl in the blue dress everything that the princess had heard, and the girl's pupils contracted sharply and her face turned pale with fright.
After returning home, the girl in the blue dress kept quiet and told her parents.
When his own father heard this, he was furious.
He immediately informed his close friends and ministers, fearing they might be implicated by the Zhou family.
They kept it a secret and passed it down.
In just two days.
Everyone knows it!
Some ministers who wanted to rise to power by stepping on the Zhou family immediately wrote a memorial accusing General Zhou of plotting a rebellion and colluding with the Xiongnu.
He described it so vividly that the whole capital knew about it.
Just then, news of the defeat of the three hundred elite warriors reached Emperor Yan's ears.
Upon hearing this, Emperor Yan was furious. All the civil officials in the court were so frightened that they knelt down and demanded a thorough investigation. Emperor Yan had no choice but to immediately issue an imperial edict to the deputy general at the border: "Absurd! You are all absurd!"
“The ancestors of the Zhou family have all risked their lives for the Yan Kingdom. How could General Zhou collude with the Xiongnu and plot a rebellion? I absolutely do not believe this.”
"But I just received another secret letter."
"It is said that General Zhou has a private army and extremely powerful weapons. A thousand bandits near Lituo County died at the hands of General Zhou and a dozen others. If they hadn't been hiding something, how could a dozen men have fought against a thousand bandits?"
"I really don't want to believe it, but... never mind."
"Then so be it, pass on the order."
"Notify the deputy commander at the border to temporarily assume the command of General Zhou, and order General Zhou to return to the capital immediately to accept the investigation and evidence collection by the Dali Temple. I absolutely do not believe that the Zhou family would plot a rebellion, and if it is found that this matter is a slander."
"I will certainly investigate this matter thoroughly and clear General Zhou's name!"
The imperial edict was issued.
The whole city was in an uproar.
All the ministers knew perfectly well that whether General Zhou was plotting a rebellion was no longer important; what mattered was whether His Majesty believed he was planning one.
The Zhou family is probably doomed!
Zhou Cheng, who was being mocked and ridiculed by everyone in the capital, was sitting peacefully in the cool hall, watching the twelve selected guards practice their archery and crossbow skills.
Madam Zhou said that these twelve people were guards that the Zhou family had brought from the border three years ago.
Unlike buying people in the capital.
They were born into the Zhou family and were the most loyal.
The rumors outside were spreading more and more widely.
Now everyone in the mansion knows that the general's mansion is in dire straits. Some servants, seeing the twelve guards practicing archery day and night, showed sympathetic looks.
Even from dozens of meters away, Zhou Cheng could hear the servants' fearful whispers.
"There are rumors outside that the general has colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country. His Majesty is going to take the general to the Dali Temple for questioning. I said that the general was very worried and strange in the days before the expedition. I'm afraid it's not true."
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