At first, when he heard the summons from the palace, Hong Tianzong was quite happy.

He just thought that he had performed well in Wenyuan Pavilion yesterday and was favored by the king, and was going to be awarded a position in Songhe Academy, so he was extremely excited for a while.

——That's Songhe Academy!!!

Not only was it once the leading academy in the capital, but now it is directly under the Ministry of Rites and is so valued by His Majesty, its future can be imagined, and it is definitely unmatched by other places!

He also knew that he couldn't be the headmaster at his age, but even if he was just an assistant teacher, a position like a lecturer, he would definitely have a bright future!

So, with such an excited mood, Hong Tianzong came all the way to the palace.

He originally thought that he would meet the emperor directly, but the eunuch who led the way led him to Ci'an Palace, saying that the empress dowager wanted to see him.

Why did the empress dowager want to see him?

Hong Tianzong had no choice but to step into the palace in a daze, kneel down and salute, "I, the humble servant, pay my respects to the empress dowager."

As soon as he finished speaking, the empress dowager asked, "Are you Hong Tianzong?"

Hong Tianzong nodded honestly, "Yes, I am."

"Very good." The empress dowager

then ordered to the side, "First, give him twenty slaps."

What? What?

Hong Tianzong was stunned, and before he could react, he saw a burly eunuch immediately responded, walked up to him, grabbed his collar, raised his arm and slapped him.

Suddenly, his face hurt, and the sound of slaps rang out in the hall, like thunder.

However, it was accompanied by screams.

Hong Tianzong had been spoiled since he was a child. When had he ever suffered such pain? The eunuch was very powerful. He slapped him so hard that he almost fainted. Of course, he couldn't help but wail.

But that was twenty slaps!

Every time, Hong Tianzong was about to faint, but was awakened by the slaps. After twenty slaps, his cheeks were swollen like a pig's head, blood was oozing from the corners of his mouth, and his hair was messy. He was no longer the human being he was just now.

Hong Tianzong was in pain, dizzy, and confused. He could only kneel down and kowtow in fear, "Your Majesty, please spare my life. I don't know how I have offended you. Please show me mercy!"

"I don't know how I have offended you?"

Yan Shu, who was accompanying the queen mother, sneered and asked, "Do you know who your first wife is?"

First wife?

Hong Tianzong paused, thought about it, and said, "My first wife is Chen Wanjun, who is from Nanping. She was the niece of the Prince of Nanping..."

At this point, he thought that the queen mother was resentful of the Prince of Nanping's rebellion and he was implicated.

But he heard the queen mother coldly said, "Since you know that she is a royal bloodline, you dare to use violence against her. What is your intention?"

What, royal bloodline?

Hong Tianzong then vaguely realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly explained, "Please calm down, Queen Mother. I did not use violence against Zhuo Jing... It's just that there is occasional unhappiness between husband and wife, and I accidentally hurt her..."

"Accidentally?" The Queen

Mother sneered and said, "Wanjun, come out." After

the voice fell, Chen Wanjun, who had been hiding in the inner hall, dared to appear in front of Hong Tianzong.

But she did not stand with him, but went to Yan Shu's side.

At this time, she had also changed into cool summer clothes, and the bruises on her neck and wrists were clearly visible.

Yan Shu pointed at the scars on her body and angrily questioned Hong Tianzong who was kneeling on the ground, "You call this carelessness? You really know how to say it. What would you do if I treated you so carelessly?"

After she finished speaking, the Queen Mother nodded and said, "Yes, come, strangle his neck for me, let him taste the taste of carelessness."

Hong Tianzong paused and immediately begged, "My Queen, please spare my life..."

However, before he finished speaking, the eunuch who had just slapped him in the face came forward again and stretched out his hand to strangle his neck without giving him any explanation.

...

Yuwen Lan stepped into the palace in this situation.

He looked around and saw the Queen Mother sitting on the warm step, Yan Shu standing aside, and there was a young-looking girl beside her.

At this time, the three of them were watching the eunuch Zhao Laicheng in the palace pinching Hong Tianzong's neck.

Hong Tianzong was a scholar, not very strong, but Zhao Laicheng was one of the strongest men in the palace. It didn't seem to take much effort to pinch Hong Tianzong, making his face blue and purple, and his hands and feet twitching.

Yuwen Lan, who didn't know the truth yet, was shocked and asked hurriedly, "What happened? What happened?"

But Yan Shu said, "Your Majesty, this man abused his wife and humiliated the royal bloodline. The Queen Mother is punishing him."

"Punish?"

Yuwen Lan glanced at Hong Tianzong again.

But seeing that her face was already red, she hurriedly said, "Mother, if you continue to pinch her, I'm afraid someone will die."

The Queen Mother then ordered Zhao Laicheng, "Okay, let him take a breath."

Zhao Laicheng agreed and then let go.

Hong Tianzong immediately knelt on the ground with a thump, gasping for breath, unable to say anything for a while.

Yuwen Lan then asked the Queen Mother again, "What's going on?"

The Queen Mother glanced at the girl from the Chen family who was wiping tears beside Yan Shu, and said to the Emperor, "This is the granddaughter of the King of Nanping and the daughter of the former Lord of Leping County. Although her uncle caused trouble and caused her parents to lose their titles, she is still of royal blood after all. Hong Tianzong married her, but not only did he not take good care of her, but he beat her every few days. If I hadn't found out about this in Beijing, she would have died here sooner or later. The beast's hands!"

After the voice fell, Yan Shu added, "This man is unworthy of the name of a talented man, with such a vicious heart, he should be made to taste the violence and evil deeds he inflicted on his wife! And after he has tasted it, he can be punished for his disrespect!" The Queen

Mother nodded, "Yes, your majesty is there to stop him today, but when he was beating his wife in the room, who was there to stop Wanjun?"

After the voice fell, the girl from the Chen family felt wronged and could not help crying again.

Yuwen Lan suddenly realized and said to Hong Tianzong, "You are really just a man with a reputation for talent! How could you, a man, do such a thing to a weak woman, especially your first wife?"

Hong Tianzong, who had recovered a little, could only kneel on the ground and kowtow repeatedly, crying, "Your Majesty, please calm down, Queen Mother, please calm down, I know I was wrong..."

Yan Shu snorted and said, "You won't know your fault unless you are beaten! As the saying goes, it is the father's fault if the son is not well educated. If his parents knew about this but did not discipline him, it would be very hateful."

The queen mother nodded and said, "How could his parents not know that their daughter-in-law is beaten by her son every day? Just now I asked why Wanjun wore thick clothes, and Wang said that Wanjun was afraid of the cold and wanted to cover up her son's crime."

Yan Shu hurriedly said, "Isn't this the crime of harboring? It cannot be forgiven!" The

queen mother hummed again and said to Yuwen Lan, "The mother of this child is your majesty's eldest cousin. As her uncle, your majesty should make the decision for her."

Yuwen Lan nodded and said, "Your Majesty is right. Someone, call Hong Tianzong's parents to see you!" As soon

as the words fell, someone outside the door responded immediately and quickly went to find someone.

Not long after, the couple from the Hong family arrived at Ci'an Palace.

At that time, Hong Tianzong was still kneeling on the ground, his face was like a pig's head, his neck was red and swollen, and he looked like a wolf. The couple from the Hong family saw it at a glance.

After being surprised, after paying respects to the emperor and the other two, Wang immediately asked, "What happened to Tianzong?"

In an instant, she was so distressed that she burst into tears.

The Queen Mother said coldly, "My son humiliated his daughter-in-law, who is of royal blood. You, as a mother-in-law, knew it but did nothing. I only let him taste some of the atrocities he committed on his first wife today, and you are so distressed. How could you stand by and watch when his wife was murdered? Your flesh and blood is human, but others' flesh and blood are not?"

Upon hearing this, Wang shuddered and kowtowed, crying, "I know my crime! It's all my fault. Please punish me, Queen Mother, and don't blame Tianzong..."

Yan Shu shook her head.

——She accustomed her son to this and still favored and protected him. This woman is hopeless!

Seeing this, the father Hong Yusheng also knelt down and said, "This is all due to my lax management of the family. I will definitely discipline my son in the future and never let my virtuous daughter-in-law suffer any grievances again. I also ask Your Majesty and the Empress Dowager to give my son a chance.

" The Empress Dowager spoke again, "It is indeed your lax management of the family that caused this situation, but the crime of abusing the royal bloodline is not something that I and Your Majesty can give a chance."

Yan Shu also spoke, "Yes, in the future? You must know that once this atrocity is spoken, it will never be possible to stop it. Please, Your Majesty

and the Empress Dowager, pity Wanjun and don't let her go back to the Hong family." Yuwen Lan nodded and said, "What my mother and Concubine Yi said is very true. Since it involves the royal bloodline, it will be handed over to the clan office for handling. It is reasonable, if the matter is gently, where is the majesty of the royal family? As for Wan Yan, I will ask someone to leave a book later and judge you. "

"Ming ." But added another sentence, "After arriving in the palace, people will appreciate the fifty slaps in Hong Tianzong, and ask his father and mother to watch him fight, not to avoid, and taste that taste.

Extremely " 该, deserved this kid to touch. It should be hit. ~~ After sending the three members of the Hong family to the clan house, Wanjun stayed in the palace temporarily. After learning the news, the eldest princess also brought her concubine, Ankang County Lord, to visit. Seeing the scars on Wanjun's body, the eldest princess, as her aunt, couldn't help but hug her and cry. "What a sin! After all, you are the descendant of Emperor Gaozu, how can you be treated like this!" Ankang County Lord also couldn't help crying. Chen Wanjun also cried in her aunt's arms. The Queen Mother said, "Well, fortunately it was discovered in time, and the bad family was waiting to suffer the consequences. Now Wanjun has a divorce letter and is free, which is a good thing. Now we just need to think about what she should do in the future." The eldest princess wiped her tears and nodded, "I think she must not go back to her father's side if she can marry that kind of person. It's better for her to stay in the capital, at least there will be this palace and the Queen Mother to take care of her." Chen Wanjun nodded with tears in her eyes, "I will listen to the elders." The Lord of Ankang County said, "Your mother and I are cousins. I remember that she took me to play when I was a child. Although she is not here now, I am still here. If you don't mind, you can recognize me as your stepmother, and I will protect you in the future." Hearing this, Yan Shu's eyes lit up. ——This is a good idea. Although the Queen Mother had the right to confer titles on women, after all, the Chen family had been implicated by the Prince of Nanping and had been stripped of their titles, so it was not easy to do so to Chen Wanjun. However, if she was adopted as an adopted daughter by the Lord of Ankang County, it would be justified in terms of both emotion and reason, and she would not be looked down upon. The Grand Princess nodded and said, "That's great. You will be my granddaughter in the future. Why worry about not having a good man to marry you? If you don't want to marry again, I can support you." Wanjun was so moved that she couldn't express it in words. She could only cry, "Thank you, my great aunt, thank you, my cousin..." But the Queen Mother said, "I will give Wanjun three more farms and a house. She will have her own food and accommodation in the future. You just need to take care of her outside the palace. Just one thing, don't let the Hong family or the Chen family come to harass us." The Grand Princess and the Lord of Ankang County agreed. Chen Wanjun even knelt down to thank her. ——I thought I was going to die at the hands of Hong Tianzong, but I didn't expect that I would finally have a chance to live. ~~ Thus, the matter was settled, and Chen Wanjun followed the eldest princess and her daughter out of the palace. Yan Shu said goodbye to the queen mother, and when she returned to Ganlu Palace, she immediately picked up her pen and started writing a storybook. Humph, it's not enough for a violent scumbag to just be beaten, he also has to die in society!