Chapter 120: Blocking the Street to Complain

The Sixth Prince Zhao Zhuoran got off the carriage, took the complaint personally, read it carefully, and took a deep breath.

"Your father has been dead for three years, why are you filing a complaint now?"

Zhao Zhuoran knew that it was difficult to file a complaint among the people, and he knew that it was even more difficult to file a complaint against the son of the current right prime minister.

Ordinary people certainly would not choose to file a complaint and swallow their anger.

But now he suddenly started to complain again. Zhao Zhuoran looked at the complaint in front of him, thoughtful.

"Okay, I'll accept the petition. Please go back first. I'll have someone serve it to you on the day of the trial."

After receiving Jiang Jiu's instructions, Shao Yingying did not continue to pester him and turned away.

Zhao Zhuoran took another look at the teahouse where the owner was, and he understood a little that Jiang Jiu was going to take action against the Zhou family.

Next, he was not in a hurry to review any case related to Jiang Jiu.

He has to wait for an opportunity.

Sure enough, in the afternoon, he heard what happened in Zhou's mansion.

Mrs. Zhou's birthday, Zhou Shian's two fierce dogs make trouble

The birthday banquet not only scared Queen Zhou, Zhou family's legitimate daughter and former Crown Princess Zhou Min, but also Madam Zhou. The two fierce dogs even bit Zhou Shian.

Although it wasn't a serious incident and no one was killed, it still made people feel uneasy.

You know, the night after tomorrow is New Year's Eve.

In previous years, the New Year's Eve banquet was always celebrated by the ministers and their families into the palace to spend the night with the emperor, which would last until after midnight, when fireworks were set off.

The ministers then took their families back to their homes, and the next time they went to court was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

During the half-month holiday, the ministers did not have to attend court or go to the government office.

If there is really an emergency, you can work at home.

It’s a good benefit once a year.

In previous years, Prime Minister Zhou would celebrate New Year's Eve with his wife Zhou and his youngest son Zhou Shi'an, as his other two older sons had already started their own families.

Although she still lived in the mansion, she did not have to go to the palace with him to observe the New Year's Eve.

The ladies also got married and spent the New Year's Eve with their husband's families.

Only the youngest son, Zhou Shi'an, has never married.

Now that Zhou Shian is injured, it is unknown whether he can make it to the New Year’s Eve banquet.

It's not that he has to attend this New Year's Eve, because this year at this banquet, Prime Minister Zhou wants to find a marriage for his youngest son.

The granddaughter of the Zhenguohou family is already fourteen years old, and he has been waiting for her for a long time.

The previous generation of the Zhenguohou family had no daughters, only sons. Zhou Xiang did have two daughters and a niece, but they both married the prince and the capable Chang Mingyuan.

He clung to the imperial power and ruled the civil officials in the court, but the military officials who made up half of the court were still not very friendly to Prime Minister Zhou.

If he could form a family relationship with the Marquis of Zhenguo, Prime Minister Zhou's power in the court would be completely invincible, second only to the emperor, and he would directly undermine the imperial power.

In fact, during the time of Prime Minister Zhou's father, he was married to the Duke of Zhenguo. However, Zhou Hengzhi did not live up to his expectations. Although he is only a small Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel now, in the eyes of outsiders, he is considered quite good.

Qin Yuan had already thought of what Prime Minister Zhou was planning, so he suggested that Zhao Zhuoxi marry the granddaughter of the Zhenguo Marquis family.

But I didn't expect that today's banquet would be disrupted by two hounds.

Zhao Zhuoxi took Jiang Jiu and Nishang and left in a hurry.

When leaving, Jiang Jiu passed by a pretty girl about fourteen or fifteen years old.

Nichang whispered in Jiang Jiu's ear: "This is the granddaughter of the Marquis of Zhenguo."

He is only fourteen years old, like a big piece of fat meat, and many people are eyeing him.

What a pity.

Although Zhou Shian was injured, he still appeared at the banquet in the palace on New Year's Eve.

It was just that Zhou Shian dressed up specially today. Perhaps because he followed Prime Minister Zhou, he became much more honest and well-behaved.

Originally, Zhao Zhuoxi could have claimed to be ill and not attend a banquet like the one in the palace.

However, he did not claim to be sick this time because he wanted to watch a good show.

A good show should be watched in succession to be more enjoyable.

Jiang Jiu followed Zhao Zhuoxi into the palace. Originally, she didn't have to come, but she came to the palace to find something.

There was a long banquet in the palace. Zhao Zhuoxi was afraid of the cold, so he wore a black cloak.

As the emperor's younger brother, he sat at the emperor's lower right with the sixth prince Zhao Zhuoran.

She was lying there in a daze, with four beauties following her. The emperor frowned at the sight of her.

"Old Nine, this is the imperial palace, there must be some rules, this is not your Prince Qi's mansion."

Zhao Zhuoxi leaned his head directly on Jiang Jiu's shoulder: "I feel chest tightness and cold, my brother, please start early and finish early. If I don't sleep well, I will have a headache again."

The emperor couldn't do anything about him because he was in poor health and after returning to Beijing, he visited relatives here and there.

As soon as I asked, I found out that he had responded to Queen Zhou's request and was going around looking for noble ladies from aristocratic families to choose a daughter-in-law.

But today, without a wife to choose from, he naturally didn't want to come.

Sure enough, after sitting for a while, Zhao Zhuoxi used the excuse of being cold and went to rest in the warm room nearby.

There was laughter and singing in the house.

But just as Zhao Zhuoxi stood up, he suddenly saw Zhou Shian screaming and standing up, his face full of fear and frenzy.

"I don't want water, I don't want water... take it away, take it away quickly..."

This time, Zhou Shian was some distance away from Jiang Jiu. Zhao Zhuoxi was about to leave, but when he saw that there was some excitement, he sat back down.

"What's wrong with him?"

Jiang Jiu frowned: "The rabies is about to break out."

Zhao Zhuoxi raised his eyebrows: "When rabies attacks, the first thing is fear of water, then it bites, the whole body aches, and there is a fever...right."

This is what Shao Yingying told Jiang Jiu. This happened shortly after her sister was bitten by the hunting dog.

Jiang Jiu nodded: "The hound deserves to be killed, and Zhou Shian also deserves to die. They deserve to die."

Zhao Zhuoxi snorted disdainfully: "Prime Minister Zhou will be sad."

Jiang Jiu narrowed his eyes slightly: "From now on, you have to be careful. Once you are bitten by him, rabies will be contagious..."

Zhao Zhuoxi was startled and quickly commanded the imperial guards behind him.

"Quick, catch him. Be careful, don't hurt him. He has rabies and will bite you like crazy..."

Sure enough, as soon as Zhao Zhuoxi finished speaking, the imperial guards began to arrest people.

Zhou Shian began to dodge and then started barking.

“Woof woof woof…”

Rabies was not uncommon in ancient times, especially since Zhou Shi'an had two Tibetan mastiffs and didn't know how many people were around him, so he got rabies.

Now, it is finally Zhou Shian's turn.

It was quite difficult for the Imperial Guards to capture people and evade at the same time.

The emperor was also frightened. He looked at the ministers below who were in chaos and waved his hand.

The commander of the guards took up his bow.

Although Mrs. Zhou begged desperately, Empress Zhou also tried to stop them: "No, arrest him first, he, he...can't be killed..."

"If we don't kill them, this disease will be contagious. Do you want all my ministers to turn into dogs?" The emperor was furious.

Zhao Zhuoxi also said coldly: "Even if you don't kill him now, he won't live for a few days..."

With a "whoosh" sound, the sharp arrow shot out and Zhou Shian fell in a pool of blood.

There was finally peace in the hall.

The emperor closed his eyes and said angrily, "Seeing blood on New Year's Eve is very unlucky. Let's go to Master Huiyuan to calculate whether the country's fortune next year will be affected..."