General Zhou finally understood the reason for the excitement on Emperor Ming's thin face and the scarlet bloodlust in his eyes.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I obey your order." He said respectfully to Emperor Ming without thinking.
As a general, he was able to quickly replace Xiao Shuai as the head of the generals after the Xiao family was wiped out.
Of course it was because he had played a huge role in wiping out the Xiao family.
Therefore, he understood even more how worried Emperor Ming was about the resurgence of the Xiao family's power, and smart people must not disobey His Majesty the Emperor on this matter.
Although the prince wanted to say something to save the matter, the fierce look in Emperor Ming's eyes made him finally lower his head and clasp his fists - "My son, I obey my father's will."
"Summon the military department immediately, and the people from the household department will prepare for the expedition to suppress the bandits. The sooner the better! Leave this matter to the attention of General Zhou and the prince!" Emperor Ming ordered happily!
Then, he thought for a while and added: "The mobilized troops will be handed over to King Qin at that time. He has battlefield experience. Hongye has made a contribution this time!"
Anyway, Shangguan Hongye also wrote a letter saying that he wanted to suppress the bandits. Since Cang Qiao asked him not to reveal the secret that he found out that the Changbai Mountain bandits were the Red Blooded Remnants.
Emperor Ming simply gave all the credit to his son.
Seeing that Emperor Ming was so satisfied with Shangguan Hongye, the prince was so depressed that he almost vomited blood——
Is this a thankless job for me, paving the way for Shangguan Hongye?
General Zhou looked at the prince's ugly face and felt better.
The King of Qin is his son-in-law. In the future, if the King of Qin takes over the crown prince, he will be the father-in-law of the country who has the merit of following the dragon!
After leaving Emperor Ming's palace, General Zhou rolled his eyes and suddenly called to the prince: "Your Highness, I will ask for more advice in the future."
The prince looked at him coldly: "What does General Zhou want to say?"
General Zhou sighed with emotion: "I believe you must be very clear. If the Ministry of Revenue does not provide sufficient financial and food support and there is a problem in suppressing bandits... His Majesty will definitely be furious. The consequences..."
The prince's face darkened: "General Zhou, are you warning me? Don't forget that it will be King Qin who will command the bandits at that time. If the bandits fail, he will bear the brunt of it!"
He really couldn't keep his usual mask of gentleness and humility on his face. He didn't fall out with General Zhou directly. He was already well-educated.
A smile appeared on General Zhou's resolute face——
"Your Majesty attaches so much importance to suppressing bandits. His Majesty the King of Qin will be punished if he fails to lead the troops. But if the problem lies with you, your Majesty just said it, it will affect your position as crown prince."
He looked loyal: "I am really worried that if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is deposed, this will shake the country."
He must warn this insidious prince in advance not to try to tamper with military pay!
The prince was almost angry to death. He gritted his teeth and sneered: "General Zhou has lost all his limbs, but the whole family has not trained as many capable young generals as the Xiao family did in the past. You should first worry about whether your family will never recover from this!"
Come on, let’s hurt each other!
Are you the only one who's an old man like you to poke people's pain?
A cold light flashed in General Zhou's eyes, and just as he was about to speak, he heard a cold and composed voice - "His Royal Highness."
Shangguan Zhou looked over and saw a graceful beauty in a simple and elegant blue palace dress with a crescent moon bun leading her maid Lian in.
General Zhou blinked: "Ming Fei?"
But soon, after seeing clearly who was coming, he raised his eyebrows: "It turns out to be the Crown Princess!"
When he glanced at her just now, he thought it was that bitch Ming Lanruo, but when he took a closer look, he turned out to be the Crown Princess Ming Yueying, Ming Lanruo's second sister.
This woman used her legitimate grandson to frame Ming Lan. If she failed and was locked up, she was waiting to be deposed. Somehow the prince let her out again.
Although the emperor did not like to see his daughter-in-law and did not allow her to attend any public events as the crown princess, he still did not abolish her position as crown princess, so the ceremony could not be abolished.
General Zhou said casually: "I'm sorry that I'm not in good health, so I can't salute the Crown Princess."
Ming Yueying didn't care about his perfunctory, and said calmly: "General Zhou is so polite."
"Why are you here?" The prince regained his composure slightly when he saw Ming Yueying.
Ming Yueying smiled and said, "I was waiting for Your Highness and saw you talking to General Zhou."
Or maybe I just happened to watch the "dog eat dog" drama they were having.
The prince saw her dress more and more like Ming Lanruo recently, a coldness flashed in his eyes, but a gentle smile appeared on his face: "Let's go, my beloved concubine."
He was full of anger at the moment and needed to vent.
Ming Yueying felt a chill in her heart when she saw the ferocious light in his eyes, but she said obediently: "Yes."
Watching Ming Yueying and Shangguan Zhou leave, General Zhou ordered the people around him with cold eyes: "Those who have kept an eye on the prince and the household department, if there is anything fishy, come and report it immediately!"
He will never allow this bandit suppression to go wrong. As long as King Qin's bandit suppression goes smoothly, his son-in-law's prestige will be even higher!
Shangguan Zhou and Ming Yueying got on the carriage. As soon as he entered the carriage, his whole face turned gloomy, and he didn't look at all gentle.
Ming Yueying endured the fear in her heart and smiled: "Your Highness, what happened to you today?"
"What's wrong?" Senhan's bloodthirsty light flashed in his eyes that were similar to Shangguan Hongye's: "Gu Na, my good brother, today I'm going to use bandit suppression to step on Gu to get the upper hand!"
What on earth are those two idiots, Magistrate Tang and Master Gu, doing? They haven’t killed Shangguan Hongye yet!
When Ming Yueying heard this, she remembered that Ming Lanruo had someone send a secret letter to her at the same time today!
This is why she wants to enter the palace. It seems that everything is going well. His Majesty agrees to suppress the bandits!
Shangguan Zhou suddenly raised his hand and pinched Ming Yueying's wrist, pulled her over, and raised the corners of his lips with a strange expression: "In this, I don't know how much your good sister has done to help Shangguan Hongye!"
Shangguan Hongye, that reckless man, wanted to suppress the bandits at most, but what bloody remnant he could find would so stimulate his father that he had to send troops!
Eighty percent of it contains the handiwork of bitch Minglan Ruona!
Ming Yueying endured the feeling of suffocation and comforted him gently: "Your Highness, don't be anxious. This may not be a bad thing. Swords don't have eyesight on the battlefield. Who knows whether an accident will happen to His Highness King Qin?"
Shangguan Zhou paused, and a sinister smile appeared on his handsome and gentle face: "That's right, good fortune and misfortune depend on it. Who knows whether my good brother Gu Na will die in the hands of the bandits after suppressing the bandits."
As he spoke, he suddenly reached out and slapped Ming Yueying on the face, with a mysterious and cold voice: "Shangguan Hongye has Ming Lanruo, Gu Ye has you, you sisters are all talented counselors, hahaha..."
Shangguan Zhou's contemptuous attitude towards a dog made Ming Yueying clenched her fists.
She raised her eyes and forced herself to show a coquettish smile: "Your Highness, why are you comparing me to Ming Lanruo? Am I worse than that bitch?"
Shangguan Hongye looked at her displeasure and disgusted Ming Lanruo, smiled and shook his head: "Of course not, how can she compare with my concubine, who is much more informed and knowledgeable than she is, and she is a good helper to Gu."
As he said that, he casually took a medicine bottle from the carriage and gave it to Ming Yueying: "Come on, good wife, eat it, finish things early, I have something to do in the afternoon."
When Ming Yueying looked at the medicine bottle, she couldn't help but tremble, but she tried hard to hold back her fear and anger, and obediently took a medicine and put it into her mouth.
Not long after, her eyes began to wander, her face flushed, and she knelt at the feet of Shangguan Hongye, trembling in pain involuntarily: "Oh... Your Highness... Your Highness..."
Shangguan Zhou looked at her without her original cold and proud look, and raised her chin with the tip of his boot contemptuously: "Tsk, the daughter of the Ming family, you are so despicable, please beg me..."
Ming Yueying's mind started to lose consciousness. She closed her eyes, bit her lip, and hugged his boots to maintain some consciousness: "Please... please, Your Highness... favor..."
Shangguan Zhou smiled and roughly grabbed her bun. Seeing Ming Yueying shaking all over in pain: "If you want to be favored, then show your sincerity as a daughter of the Ming family..."
What could be more suitable to be used as a punching bag than the noble Crown Princess of the Ming Dynasty?
Listening to the sounds of people coming and going on the street, Ming Yueying knew that the prince deliberately chose this place to humiliate her.
She endured the huge humiliation, closed her eyes, and began to take off her clothes.
Shangguan Zhou looked at the tears on Ming Yueying's face. He licked his dry lips, his eyes cold and sinister.
Ming Lanruo, it will always be your turn to kneel before me and bow your head!
…
An hour later.
The large carriage that kept circling on the streets of the capital finally stopped at the door of the household department.
Shangguan Zhou, who felt refreshed and had changed his clothes, got off the carriage and still looked like the gentle and elegant young master. He was respectfully welcomed into the Ministry of Finance by the Minister of the Ministry of Finance.
Xingren looked at the silent carriage. She asked the driver to drive the carriage. After hesitating for a while, she opened the curtain with trembling hands.
At a glance, she saw a snow-white figure curled up in the carriage covered in traces of filth and bruises.
Xingren's tears fell instantly, but he stepped forward and wrapped his lady in clothes. He poured hot water and brought it to her lips: "My queen... Your Majesty, please drink some water... Are you okay?"
The prince did not regard the second young lady as a human being at all, and repeatedly deliberately treated the second young lady as a prostitute, fed him vile drugs, and performed all kinds of abuses for him to vent his marital pleasure.
Ming Yueying tried her best to drink the hot water with her hand to relieve the lingering medicinal effects and discomfort in her body, and whispered hoarsely: "Is that beast Shangguan Zhou gone?"
"Let's go, go to the Ministry of Finance!" Xing Xing said bitterly.
The prince is just a beast! How can such a person be an emperor?!
Ming Yueying's eyes flashed with cold hatred, she bit her lip and said, "I'll think of a way to change cars to Feihe Tower later!"
"But, these injuries on your body need to be treated." Xing Xing was worried.
Ming Yueying looked pale and began to put on her clothes tremblingly. She gritted her teeth and said, "I'm used to it. I can't die. Miss Xu Xiuyi is waiting for me at Feihe Tower. I have important news for her to pass on to the eldest sister."
In order not to be noticed by Shangguan Zhou, she almost never met Xu Xiuyi secretly.
Today is a good opportunity!
Xingren could only nod and sighed silently.
I don’t know when the second young lady stopped calling the eldest lady by her first name, and instead called her eldest sister.
Ever since the second young lady failed to frame the eldest lady and the two completely broke up, they almost never called the eldest lady the eldest sister anymore.
Now this is...is there any chance of reconciliation?
I hope the eldest lady... will come back soon. The eldest lady is so smart and powerful. She knelt down and asked the eldest lady to help her young lady escape from the clutches of the prince!