amaotonovel Chapter 1041 The Crown Prince Cries His Head in the Toilet
Chapter 1041 The Crown Prince Cries His Head in the Toilet
Zhu Biao always felt like he was being mocked to his face.
Then, Zhu Biao harbored resentment towards the officials and gentry—"I can't do anything to my brother-in-law, but I can't deal with you guys?"
You are the culprits who caused me to be ridiculed by my brother-in-law!
Zhu Biao's eyes darted around, and he said in a low voice, "Brother-in-law, you said a while ago that the matter of sealing the wolf's lair would have to be postponed, and that I wouldn't be able to go to Liaodong for the time being, right?"
Yang Shaofeng was slightly taken aback, and asked in return, "What does Your Highness mean?"
Zhu Biao chuckled twice and said, "If I can't go to Liaodong, then you can't go either, brother-in-law?"
How about this?
"I'll go back to the palace later to write an imperial edict appointing you, brother-in-law, as the Inspector of Zhili. Then we'll each take a guard from a centurion's garrison and head straight for Gaoyou and Xinghua."
"Arrested on the spot, interrogated on the spot, and sentenced on the spot."
“Kill those who deserve to be killed, dismember those who deserve to be dismembered, and exile those who deserve to be exiled on the spot.”
"..."
Good heavens, going straight back to the palace to "write an imperial edict"?
You've got some nerve, black sesame dumpling!
The problem is that you're incredibly bold; I certainly wouldn't dare to be any bolder!
Yang Shaofeng glanced at Zhu Biao and said, "Has Your Highness forgotten that I still hold the post of Inspector of Eight Provinces?"
"Even the royal command flag is still kept in the Prince Consort's residence."
"If we add another Inspector General of Zhili, then I will be Inspector General of Nine Provinces!"
Zhu Biao said nonchalantly, "Then I won't write the imperial edict, and you shouldn't use the royal command flag either. Once we get to Gaoyou, we'll just use the tiger tally from the Eastern Palace to mobilize the troops."
East Palace.
Tiger Talisman.
Deploy troops.
These three words could be combined at will and spoken with unparalleled smoothness from the mouth of a prince.
Tsk tsk.
If famous princes like Liu Ju and Li Chengqian found out, they would probably cry themselves to death in the toilet.
Yang Shaofeng was internally ranting, but Zhu Biao glanced at Xia Yu and said, "How about this, let's set off now, and Commander Xia can come along."
Xia Yu was completely numb.
It's one thing for you two to sneak off to Xinghua, but you two had to openly plot in front of me, a commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and then drag me, Xia, into it.
Then, Xia Yu simply cupped his hands in acceptance.
If you run away with Zhu Biao, you'll at most get a scolding when you come back.
But what if they refused Zhu Biao's order and then went to Emperor Zhu to report him?
That's not a matter of whether or not to reprimand them.
Xia Yu could even picture the face of the Zhu Emperor: "Disloyal to the Crown Prince, behead him!"
……
Xinghua County.
Prison.
Guo Huai felt somewhat suffocated by the heavy shackles weighing over thirty pounds.
The dark, dreary prison cells, teeming with insects and ants, amplified this oppressive atmosphere.
Even breathing became extremely difficult.
Guo Huai's elderly father, Guo Liangchen, struggled to open his cloudy eyes. He first looked at his grandson, who was sleeping soundly on the straw beside him, then at his son in the opposite cell, and finally could only let out a long sigh.
Guo Liangchen's sigh drew angry curses from the prisoners in the next cell.
"That dog Guo Liangchen!"
"What kind of son did you raise, you son of a bitch!"
"Ru Xie Niang!"
"We didn't get a single drop of blood on us, but we're the ones who get beheaded!"
"Why didn't you and your whole family die sooner, you dog!"
"My dad shouldn't have given you, Guo Liangchen, that food back then! If you'd starved to death earlier, you son of a bitch, I wouldn't be dragged into this mess by your son today!"
"That dog Guo Huai!"
"What the hell have you done, you bastard?!"
"You've rebelled?"
"Just how high a position do you want to be, and how much money do you want to make?"
"Well, now look what you've done! Is the money you swindled enough to pay for your grave?"
"Ru Xie Niang!"
"..."
The entire cell was filled with beautifully crafted narratives centered on Guo Huai himself, his parents, and his ancestors for eighteen generations.
Until the cell door creaked open.
The prisoners rushed to the fence, shouting frantically, "Injustice! Injustice!"
“We’re more than five degrees of kinship with the Guo family, and we don’t usually have any contact with them!”
"Sir, spare my life!"
"Sir! I'll confess honestly! I know what Guo Huai did!"
"You've mistakenly arrested a good man! I'm going to the capital to appeal to the emperor!"
"..."
Some cried out for justice, some pleaded for mercy, some even launched a vicious counterattack, and some even tried to sever their ties with Guo Huai by filing a lawsuit against the emperor.
Several Imperial Guards dressed in flying fish robes ignored the shouts.
How many people who end up in jail don't feel wronged?
The key question is, which of those who were arrested and put in this cell had no connection with Guo Huai?
Just like that guy who just claimed to be beyond the fifth degree of kinship and had long since lost contact with Guo Huai, that guy had been drinking and carousing at Chunxiang Pavilion in Xinghua County quite a bit, taking advantage of Guo Huai's name.
Good heavens, they were brothers when they were drinking and carousing, and now they're saying they've cut ties long ago?
Several officers of the Embroidered Uniform Guard walked straight to Guo Huai's cell. The leader ordered, "Open the cell door and interrogate Guo Huai."
The color drained from Guo Huai's face instantly, and the last glimmer of hope that had been lurking in his heart vanished without a trace.
Especially when Guo Huai was dragged to the main hall of Xinghua County by the Imperial Guards like a dead dog, and saw Zhu Biao wearing a dragon robe and Yang Shaofeng wearing a unicorn robe, Guo Huai collapsed to the ground.
Throughout the entire Ming Dynasty, there were only a handful of people who could wear the imperial dragon robe, and the only one who was around twenty years old was the Crown Prince Zhu Biao, who had just gotten married.
Similarly, in the entire Ming Dynasty, the only person who can wear the Qilin robe is Yang Dianfeng, who is known for his ruthlessness in the martial arts world.
Seeing Guo Huai collapse to the ground, Yang Shaofeng couldn't help but curl his lip, then grabbed the gavel and slammed it down, shouting, "Guo Huai! Do you know your crime?!"
Yeah, I'll stick a crescent moon on your forehead later.
From now on, please address me as Yang Qingtian!
Guo Huai barely managed to lift his head, his posture indescribably comical—his legs were trying hard to maintain the kneeling position, but the heavy yoke around his neck weighed over thirty pounds, preventing him from straightening up. He could only lean forward, using the floor of the hall to support the yoke.
Seeing that Guo Huai looked like he wanted to speak but didn't know what to say, Yang Shaofeng simply slammed the gavel again and shouted, "Guo Huai! Tell me honestly, who was involved in the case of intercepting and killing Zhang Liuliu?"
Guo Huai opened his mouth, and after a long while, he stammered, "Replying to Your Highness, this humble official really does not know who was involved in the ambush of Zhang Liuliu—even this humble official himself almost lost his life on the spot, and only escaped by pretending to be dead."
After a slight pause, Guo Huai continued, "In fact, the thugs who intercepted Zhang Liuliu and his group that day left without a care for the life or death of the criminal official."