Being beaten

Mr. Gao, who heads the Xu family's courtyard, is in a good mood today.

Just after breakfast, she asked her maid to fetch her storybook and read through it leisurely.

"Madam, it's not good."

The maid Chunchan ran in with a panic look on her face.

Mr. Gao's face darkened, and he slapped the notebook in his hand heavily on the table.

"Little bitch, how can you talk?"

Aunt Tian next to her took two steps forward, raised her hand and slapped Chun Chan on the face.

Chun Chan knelt down.

"Madam, please spare your life, slave, slave, slave"

"Talking about things."

Mr. Gao waved his hand impatiently.

"Master, it was the master who ordered me to be beaten."

"What!"

Mr. Gao stood up suddenly, a look of anger quickly appearing on his face.

"Who is so bold as to dare to attack the imperial official?"

"This slave doesn't know."

"What about the old man?"

Knowing that Xu Zhao was in the front yard, Mrs. Gao rushed out of the room.

After a while, they came to the front yard. The doctor had already arrived. Xu Zhao was still in a coma on the bed. His official uniform was damaged in many places, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. He looked very miserable.

"What's going on? Who is so bold as to beat the imperial official?"

When she turned around, she realized that the boy who usually followed the master was not there.

"Where's the wealthy man?"

"Come here, go find this little slave named Ah Cai for my wife."

"Madam, this servant is here."

A weak voice came from the side, and Gao quickly turned his head. When he saw the figure in the corner clearly, the anger on his face instantly turned into shock.

Ah Cai, as Xu Zhao's servant, she naturally knew him.

Does the big pig head in front of me look a bit like Cai?

"Ah Cai?"

"Yes."

"My slave is Ah Cai."

After receiving the confirmation, an angry look immediately appeared on Mr. Gao's face.

"Slave dog, please tell this lady, what is going on?"

"Who beat me?"

Ah Cai gasped while telling the story intermittently.

As soon as the morning court ended, Xu Zhao was about to go to the official office. Who knew that as soon as he arrived at the gate of the palace, the eldest prince and a group of guards surrounded him.

Holding Xu Zhao's head and covering his face was a violent beating.

Ah Cai was not spared either. Facing the palace guards, the master and servant had no power to fight back and were knocked to the ground within a few seconds.

It wasn't until Xu Zhao fell into coma that the eldest prince asked people to stop.

Then, the master and servant were sent back to Xu Mansion.

"The eldest prince?"

"How could he hit me for no reason?"

Hiss.

Ah Cai took two more breaths.

"His Highness said, let the master come back and ask the lady himself."

"ask me?"

Gao was startled, and the first thing that came to his mind was that Xu Wenwu almost killed him in Shekou.

As for the gift, she didn't think about it at all.

"Madam, the master is awake."

Hearing this, Mrs. Gao didn't think much and quickly turned around and ran to the bed.

"Master, master, are you okay?"

Xu Zhao shook his head with difficulty.

"Madam, are you provoking His Highness the First Prince?"

Although he was beaten because of Gao, Xu Zhao did not show any resentment.

"No, I haven't left the house during this period of time."

Xu Zhao, who was on the hospital bed, frowned subconsciously, but the injury on the corner of his eyebrow was affected, causing him to gasp in pain.

"Master, don't worry, you need to recover from your injuries first and leave this matter to me."

"Miss, you don't know how miserable Xu Zhao was when he was beaten."

In Bichuan Courtyard, Qiu Yu received the news from the secret guard, so she ran out of the courtyard and hid in the dark, watching Xu Zhao and the servant Ah Cai being carried into the house.

Lu Yaoyao smiled lightly and said nothing.

"I heard that the eldest prince and his men blocked him at the entrance of the palace and beat him up."

"You can't tell that this eldest prince is quite fierce."

At this time, the fierce eldest prince was kneeling in the imperial study.

In the previous chapter, Emperor Hongwen sat behind the imperial case and read the memorials.

Xu Zhao was beaten in front of the palace gate. The news was not small and soon spread throughout the palace.

When Emperor Hongwen got the news, he immediately summoned the eldest prince.

"Your Majesty, the Queen is here."

"Let her in."

After a while, the queen walked in with hurried steps and looked at her son kneeling there, with distress flashing in her eyes.

"I have met the emperor."

"The Queen is exempt from the gift."

Emperor Hongwen waved his hand and ordered Li De to give the queen a seat.

"Tell me, why did you bring people to beat Xu Zhao?"

As soon as the queen sat down, Emperor Hongwen's voice sounded.

"Because Xu Zhao's wife is greedy for Mo Erchen's things."

The emperor and empress were stunned.

The next moment, the queen became angry.

"What a bold Gao family."

"Come here, go get Gao for me."

Although she wants to win over the Gao family and the Xu family, it does not mean that she can tolerate greed and misdeeds.

Even if she didn't pursue the matter last time, she dared to covet her prince's things this time?

Who gave their dogs the guts?

"Queen, don't be anxious, let's figure things out first."

When Emperor Hongwen spoke, the queen must give face.

"Tell me in detail what happened?"

"How dare Mrs. Gao covet your things?"

Emperor Hongwen continued to ask, and the queen immediately turned her attention to the eldest prince.

"My son heard yesterday that the eldest daughter of the Xu family returned to Beijing, so I asked my servants to prepare a congratulatory gift to send over."
To be continued...