Changsun Chong was overjoyed, thinking that Changsun Wuji was just pretending.
"Sir, you dare to attack the princess. Do you want the entire eldest grandson's family to be buried with you?"
After the servants left, Changsun Wuji could no longer suppress the anger in his heart.
"Dad, it's not that serious, right?" Changsun Chong said with some disapproval.
"It's not serious? Princess Gaoyang is His Majesty's daughter. If you hit her, you are slapping His Majesty in the face." Changsun Wuji was very angry.
After Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, he was honored and favored far more than others.
Not only did he bestow upon him the title of Duke, but he also made him the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and later he became the right servant of the Minister. He was a very popular minister.
However, there are many examples in history where the power of relatives caused the emperor's suspicion. How could Changsun Wuji not know the hidden danger?
Later, Empress Changsun came to him and told him that it was inappropriate for a foreign relative to have too much authority.
Changsun Wuji didn't know whether this was what Empress Changsun meant, or whether Li Shimin used Empress Changsun's words to persuade him.
Changsun Wuji was not an ordinary person after all, and he resigned from all his positions very decisively.
This move of retreating into advancement really worked, and Li Shimin trusted him even more.
Since then, Changsun Wuji has become more and more cautious, and Li Shimin has become more and more trusting of him.
Doesn’t Changsun Wuji crave power?
No, he wanted it very much.
But he knew very well that Li Shimin could not always tolerate a foreign relative holding power, so he did not dare to get involved in power and kept waiting for opportunities.
However, he had endured it for so long, but was almost destroyed by Changsun Chong.
What will outsiders think of today's incident about Zhang Sun Chong beating the princess once word gets out?
Changsun Wuji knew without even thinking that there would be rumors that the Changsun family was so powerful that even the princess would dare to fight.
Don't underestimate these rumors. Even if Li Shimin didn't care about them at first, if they spread for a long time, it's impossible for Li Shimin to care about them anymore.
Once Li Shimin feels that the Changsun family is too powerful, all his years of forbearance will be in vain.
Changsun Wuji didn't want to talk nonsense with Changsun Chong, so he whipped the stick in his hand hard on Changsun Chong's back.
"ah!"
Changsun Chong was completely unprepared, and Changsun Wuji didn't hold back, so he was beaten to the ground by a stick.
Although Changsun Wuji was a scholar, his physical fitness was still good because he followed Li Shimin on his campaigns in the north and south in his early years.
Even though I am older now, I still have considerable strength in my hands.
Changsun Wuji ignored Changsun Chong's screams and struck Changsun Chong's back with the stick one after another.
Mrs. Xu received a notification from her servants and learned that Changsun Wuji had someone tie Changsun Chong to the ancestral hall. Her expression changed greatly and she hurried to the ancestral hall.
As soon as I arrived outside the ancestral hall, I heard Changsun Chong screaming. The screams were already hoarse, which showed that Changsun Chong had been screaming for a long time.
Ignoring the rule that women cannot enter the ancestral hall, Mrs. Xu pushed the door open and shouted: "Stop!"
"Who asked you to enter the ancestral hall?" Changsun Wuji frowned slightly when he saw Mr. Xu coming in.
In ancient times, women were considered unclean and worshiping ancestors would offend them, so women were not allowed to enter the ancestral hall.
Of course, there are exceptions, that is, when the wife comes in, she can enter the ancestral hall to worship because she needs to write her name into the family tree.
From then on, women were not allowed to enter the ancestral hall.
In many TV shows, women who make mistakes and are punished to kneel in the ancestral hall do not exist.
The Xu family is a small aristocratic family in Taiyuan. When Changsun Wuji was in decline, the Xu family married Xu to Changsun Wuji. Therefore, Changsun Wuji and Xu always respected each other as guests and never blushed.
But Changsun Wuji was still a little unhappy about Xu entering the ancestral hall.
"Whether I come or not, Chong'er will be beaten to death by you."
Mrs. Xu didn't look at Changsun Wuji's face. She went up to help Changsun Chong and said with a serious look on her face: "Chong'er, are you okay?"
"Mom, help me, dad is going to beat the child to death." Changsun Chong cried.
When Mrs. Xu saw her eldest grandson crying bitterly against a man, she became even more considerate and said, "It's okay, my mother is here. Go back with me. If he has the ability, he will beat both of us together."
Saying this, Mrs. Xu was about to help Changsun Chong up, who was lying on the ground.
"Mom, slow down, it hurts."
When he got up, he pulled on the wound, causing bursts of pain, and Changsun Chong couldn't help but scream.
"Do you know what this traitor did?" Changsun Wuji said with an ugly face.
Xu said slightly angrily: "No matter what Chong'er did, you can't beat him to death."
"A loving mother often loses her son." Changsun Wuji snorted coldly and said, "He actually dared to hit the princess. If I don't beat him, when the censor impeaches me, the entire Changsun family will be implicated."
"Who told you to insist on marrying some princess? That Princess Gaoyang runs away all the time. I really don't know how to teach her."
Mrs. Xu didn't like Princess Gaoyang either. When she married a daughter-in-law, she didn't say hello every day, but when she saw her, she still had to salute her.
"Shut up! Princess Gaoyang is raised in front of the Queen. Are you questioning the Queen?" Changsun Wuji scolded.
"I didn't say that." Mrs. Xu also knew that she had made a promise, and said, "Even if you beat the princess, you can beat her, and that's enough. You can't really beat Chong'er to death."
"What do you know?"
Just as Changsun Wuji was about to say something, the butler's voice sounded outside the ancestral hall.
"Master, the princess has returned to the palace with her people. I dare not stop her. Now she has left the palace."
Changsun Wuji glared at Mrs. Xu and said, "Have you seen it now? The princess is golden and beautiful. Beating the princess is a treasonous act. Once the investigation is carried out, the entire Changsun family will be implicated."
Mrs. Xu also panicked at this time and said: "Master, go and beg the Queen for mercy."
"Begging for mercy? How to beg?" Changsun Wuji said angrily.
Although Empress Changsun is his sister, she is also the Empress of the Tang Dynasty. It concerns the royal family's reputation. How can Empress Changsun be partial?
Moreover, Changsun Wuji knew his sister's temperament very well, so he was the most fair. No matter what, it would be a serious crime for Changsun to attack the princess, and it was impossible for her to be partial.
"What should we do now?" Xu asked in a panic.
"What should I do? I was originally going to beat him up and take him to the palace to plead guilty, so that His Majesty would be lenient. It would be better for you not to let him be beaten. Then wait until His Majesty investigates and sends him to the frontier." Changsun Wuji didn't.
Said angrily.
In fact, Changsun Wuji exaggerated a bit. Changsun attacked Princess Gaoyang. Although Li Shimin was angry, he would not send him to the frontier, but he would definitely not be able to escape punishment.
He did this just to show his attitude.
"Master, I am the wrong concubine, please continue." Mrs. Xu said quickly.
Changsun Chong:......
Changsun Wuji waved his hand and said: "The beating is almost done. Now I will take him into the palace to plead guilty."
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Lin Xuan didn't know what happened at Changsun's house. He didn't see Cheng Chuliang and Changsun Chong when he came out of Lizheng Palace and didn't care. He was eager to return home and just wanted to go home as soon as possible.
After leaving Chang'an City, Lin Xuan speeded up his horse and arrived at Zhouzhuang in less than a stick of incense.
When the people of Zhouzhuang saw Lin Xuan, they saluted Lin Xuan with smiles on their faces.
Lin Xuan smiled and nodded in response. Not long after, Lin Mansion appeared in Lin Xuan's eyes.