Chapter 265 Seizing the title
This family is shameless and has already lost all their face. If they just break the pot, he will make the second house and his family even more shameless.
Anyway, his eldest family and his family of three are sympathized with.
He bows his head when he should be bowed, is proud when he should be proud, and is unambiguous when it comes to acting in a sad drama.
His wife and son had been driven away, so why did he continue to stand alone and be bullied by this whole family?
Doesn't Mrs. Chu just hold the title of stepmother? Has she ever raised him for a day and made him a piece of clothing?
Since she doesn't have him as a stepson in her heart, why should he recognize her as a stepmother and her ruthless brother who wants to kill him.
They are going to kill his family of three. If he is still soft-hearted towards them, is he still worthy of being a husband and a father?
Chu Xuanyu hated his second wife and his family to the extreme.
After Capt. Li dragged the second room and his family to the government office, Chu Xuanyu went to the study and wrote a memorial, accusing Mrs. Chu Haoyu of murdering her brother, sister-in-law and nephew, and Mrs. Chu of murdering her stepson.
The memorial, together with the evidence in his hand, was presented to the emperor.
"Are you really going to do this?" The emperor, with a smile in his eyes, exquisite facial features, and a large yellow dragon robe, asked, sitting high in the Qianqing Palace, staring at Chu Xuanyu with an angry look on his face.
Chu Xuanyu raised his eyelids and raised his eyebrows, "If you don't destroy it, you won't build it. If you break it, you will build it. As long as you can get rid of that family, I am willing to suffer for a few years."
The emperor held the memorial in his hand, thought for a moment, and then said, "Okay, before you leave, I will ask you to take care of your family affairs, so that you can work for me with peace of mind."
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Then he solemnly said, "I will entrust the northwest half of my country to you."
"Don't worry, a few Tatars can't do anything in my hands."
When Chu Xuanyu walked out of the palace, there was a smile that could not be hidden on his handsome and elegant face.
Then he turned over and rode his horse, heading straight to Chu's house.
The Chu family was having dinner. When Mrs. Zeng saw Chu Xuanyu coming, she hurriedly asked the maid to add bowls and chopsticks, "We are not outsiders, so there is no need to avoid it. Let's eat together."
"Thank you, godmother." Chu Xuanyu was not polite and sat down to eat.
Mrs. Zhuo put down her chopsticks and wanted to ask him how the Chu family was doing, but Mrs. Zeng gave her a tug and signaled, "We'll ask after we finish eating. It won't be long before now."
After finishing eating, Chu Xuanyu hurriedly took Zhuo's Chu Jingqi back, and gently told Mrs. Zeng, "Godmother, if you hear any news about the Chu family, don't worry, it's all for outsiders to see."
"You kid, have you done something again? I don't care about anything else. As long as you protect the two of them, I won't let you go if they suffer any more grievances."
Zhuo's eyes instantly turned red.
This is the advantage of having her mother's family as a backer. After more than ten years in the capital, someone finally can speak out for her.
Chu Xuanyu's smile froze for a moment, then he raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't worry, godmother, I made this decision just to protect them."
Zeng didn't receive the news until late afternoon.
The emperor decreed that the Yu family assassinated Chu Xuanyu. The evidence was conclusive. She was deprived of her title as princess and sent to a nunnery. From then on, the Qingdeng Ancient Buddha accompanied her throughout her life.
The hereditary first-class dukedom of Duke Anguo was also deprived of it by the emperor, and all the property of the Chu family was confiscated.
"The emperor said that in recognition of Lao An Guogong's many years of hard work and merit, he will give you three days. After three days, we will come to collect the house."
The commander of Yinlin Guards, who was responsible for checking the Chu family's belongings, told them expressionlessly.
It was a bolt from the blue, it was like an atomic bomb.
Mr. Chu immediately jumped up from the bed angrily, and with great vigor, he picked up the whip and whipped Chu Haoyu who had just returned from the Yamen.
The old man was really angry, and the strength of the whip was unmistakable. As soon as the whip came down, the skin and flesh were torn apart, making Chu Haoyu roll around in pain, crying like a wolf and howling like a ghost.
Mrs. Chu hurriedly went to start a fight, but the old man also whipped her hard and kicked her, "You stupid woman, my Chu family was defeated at the hands of your mother and son."
"Even if you are dead, you will not have the shame to meet the ancestors of my Chu family."
On this day, the Chu family was deprived of their title, their property was confiscated, and their house was taken back. Except for thousands of acres of family sacrificial land and the dowries of each female family member, the Chu family had nothing.
After Chu Haoyu was whipped, he was almost dying from the beating. He suddenly became as decadent as a flower withered.
Mrs. Chu was heartbroken and heartbroken.
Half of what she was crying about was the injuries on Chu Haoyu's body, and the other half was about the Duke's title and the glory and wealth that had passed her by.
She also planned to wait until two or three years later, when the assassination of Dafang by the Yu family stopped, and then she would slowly start planning for the title.
The Chu family's dukedom can only belong to her son. Chu Xuanyu is only sitting on it temporarily. He wants to sit on this seat forever, but she will not agree.
But now it's better. The title has been taken away by the emperor, the property has been confiscated, and the palace will be taken away by the emperor. The Chu family has nothing.
The glory, wealth, power and title were all far away from her. No, the Chu family still has one thing, and the Chu family still has military power.
The emperor took away the Chu family's title, but retained the military power, and rewarded Chu Xuanyu with the rank of general.
But... military power is not a title. You can sit on it and enjoy the splendor and wealth leisurely without doing anything.
If you want military power, you must be ready to hang your head on your belt at all times, but her son is a puddle of mud and is not a man who knows how to fight. If he wants to fight, he will die.
Although this piece of pie is delicious, it is also dangerous. Mrs. Chu does not dare to plot for her son.
If her son dies, she will have no one to rely on for the rest of her life. She will die without her son, so it doesn't matter how many she plots.
She only wanted the title, but when the title was gone, so was her wealth.
Mrs. Chu collapsed on the ground and cried loudly.
On the same day, the palace of the second prince was also unclean.
Ao Tianchen looked at the second princess indifferently and said with a face full of disappointment, "Mother concubine, you promised me that you would marry her for me, but what did you just say, that you were going to marry Princess Mingzhu for me?"
The second princess had a stern look on her face, and earnestly advised her son, "Chen'er, Chu Yu has a good temper, and her mother likes her, but her natal family's foundation is really too weak, and she won't be of any help to you in the future. You... ”
"Mother and concubine." Ao Tianchen interrupted her lightly, "The child is already a prince and does not need any help."
If it helps, he wants to go higher. Could it be that the mother-in-law still wants to help him get into that position?
That position was stained with the blood of many royal heirs.
Ao Tianchen's brows and eyes turned cold for a moment, "My status is already noble enough, and I don't need to marry another princess with the same noble status as my wife. Mother, you'd better give up your thoughts."
"What's on my mind? I just want to marry a high-status daughter-in-law for myself. Is this wrong?" The second princess was also angry. "You also know that there are many pairs of eyes watching in the darkness of this mansion." Watching us, they are like poisonous snakes lurking in the dark, waiting for the opportunity to move. If we are slightly negligent, we will be bitten. ”
"Over the years, my mother and concubine have worked hard to protect the three of you brothers and sisters. In this way, you and Lao Wu have passed through the door of hell many times."
"That child Chu Yu has a gentle temper and a kind heart. If you really pity her, don't bring her into this den of jackals and tigers."
Ao Tianchen clenched his fists, his face covered with a layer of frost, losing his usual gentleness, "Can Princess Mingzhu do that?"
There was sarcasm in his tone.
The second princess said, "Yes, the mother-in-law will never see the wrong person." In Princess Mingzhu, she seemed to see the shadow of her youth.
In a family full of intrigues and intrigues, in order to protect themselves, they gathered all their talents and only blossomed at the most critical moment to find a good marriage for themselves.
That was how she was back then.
She is talented and has a photographic memory, but in the Qiu family, she has to perform worse than her cousins because her grandmother favors her uncle and her cousin. If she is worse than her cousin, her grandmother will find out who is better than her cousin. A reason to punish her.
When she was a child, she didn't understand and was quite proud of her talent. Every time she won against her cousin, she would tell her grandmother to get her praise.
But the next day, she was sentenced to kneel in the ancestral hall on an unfounded charge.
In the dark night, she was tired from kneeling and her knees were numb. The mice squeaked and sang songs and crawled over her knees, which scared her so much that she screamed and her heart trembled.
But she didn't dare to move because there was someone watching outside the door, and because her grandmother said that if she didn't kneel down, she would keep kneeling down.
Her mother was meek and weak, unable to protect her siblings, so she had no choice but to protect herself.
If her mother had been tougher, her brother would not have been beaten to death by his grandmother when he was ten years old.
Her brother was just naughty and tripped his cousin with a rope. The cousin broke a little skin on her palm and when she saw the blood, she cried as if she wanted to kill her.
As a result, my brother was beaten twenty times by his grandmother.
A child who is only ten years old can play twenty boards. How can my grandmother do it? He is still her grandson.
Later, my brother injured Gengen, and the injury never healed. It took him half a year before he left.
Her mother was so heartbroken that she retracted herself into a tortoise shell, chanting and praying to Buddha all day long, living with Buddhist scriptures and no longer caring about worldly matters.
And after she realized that no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't compare to her grandmother's beloved cousin, she began to use up her talents and performed worse than her cousin in every aspect. She was never punished again.
It wasn't until she met the second prince, who went to the Qiu family in person to ask for her to marry her, that her life finally saw the light of day.
The situation of Princess Mingzhu is the same as when she was young.
She believed that Princess Mingzhu knew how to take risks and keep a low profile at the age of five. With her ability to assess the situation and her years of forbearance, she was capable enough to become the next generation mistress of the Second Prince's Palace.
(End of chapter)