Kick out the general as soon as you are reborn

Golden Palace

Emperor Hongda looked at the memorial presented by Regent Zhou Yanze and was so angry that he almost tore it up. Thinking of the assassination of Liu Yanyan some time ago, he looked at Zhou Yanze with an indifferent face and thought to himself, "He can endure for a long time."

The princes standing respectfully below all lowered their heads respectfully. They felt very depressed. They didn't know what could have made their father so angry. Their fingers were shaking and they dared not move.

The ministers behind him almost buried their heads in the ground, sweat pouring down their foreheads, wondering who dared to offend the emperor.

Emperor Hongda looked at the fifth prince below, and was so angry that he threw the memorial on his head and yelled, "Look, look carefully at this, what is this? Is this how you control your mother's family? Is this how I taught you? How could you let these things happen?"

The fifth prince was so frightened that he fell to his knees, his forehead pressed to the ground. "Father, please don't be angry. Don't get yourself hurt by being angry. I really don't know."

Emperor Hongda was so angry at his timid appearance that he coughed a few times. Looking at the blood on his handkerchief, he held the handkerchief tightly in his hand, not wanting others to notice.

The fifth prince knelt and moved several steps to pick up the memorial. He saw that it listed more than a dozen crimes of the Lan family, ranging from raping women and buying and selling official positions to bullying the market, molesting decent women, and raping famous women. He was terrified.

Turning around, he saw the calm and composed Regent standing beside him. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead. "Father, this must be a false accusation. I beg you to investigate it and give justice to the Lan family. This must be false. I beg you to investigate it."

When Emperor Hongda heard what the fifth prince said, he was so angry that he almost couldn't breathe. "You, you idiot! You?" There is all the evidence on it. Check it again. You can't be under Zhou Yanze's hands. Idiot!

Regent Zhou Yanze bowed and said firmly, "Your Majesty, please investigate. You must give justice to the Lan family. You cannot tarnish their innocence. After all, they are the fifth prince's maternal family and cannot have any stain on them."

Before the Fifth Prince could react, the officials behind him knelt down and shouted in unison, "Your Majesty, please investigate. Your Majesty, please investigate."

Emperor Hongda looked at the useless Fifth Prince and said through gritted teeth, "The Ministry of Justice will start the investigation, with the assistance of the Third Prince and the Regent. We must investigate thoroughly and give justice to Concubine Lan's family."

The Regent and the Third Prince bowed and said, "I obey your command."

Upon seeing this, Emperor Hongda waved his hand to signal the end of the court session, turned around, lifted the bright yellow curtain and walked out.

The Fifth Prince saw that most people had left and was about to leave, but Eunuch Li called him and said, "Fifth Prince, the Emperor is waiting for you in the Qinzheng Palace. Please come this way."

When the Fifth Prince heard what Eunuch Li said, he was so frightened that his legs went limp. He still pretended to be calm, took out a purse and put it in Eunuch Li's hand. "General Manager Li, is the emperor angry now?"

Eunuch Li pushed the purse back nervously and said, "Fifth Prince, you asked the wrong person about this matter. This is not something I can know. I am just a useless servant."

The Fifth Prince stuffed the purse into Eunuch Li's arms. Knowing that Eunuch Li could not speak, he did not embarrass him and walked straight to the Qinzheng Hall. He hesitated at the door for a long time before he mustered up the courage to walk in.

As soon as the Fifth Prince entered the Qinzheng Palace, a paperweight was thrown at him. The Fifth Prince was so scared that he dodged to the side. The paperweight also hit his shoulder. He gasped in pain, endured the severe pain, and knelt on the ground, "Father."

Emperor Hongda saw that Old Five's face had turned pale, and then he suppressed his anger and sat on the dragon throne, saying unhappily, "Did you participate in what the Lan family did? Did you know about it?"

The fifth prince prostrated himself on the ground and replied, "Father, I don't know. How could I know about this? If I knew, I would have dealt with it long ago. I didn't even know about it, let alone participate in it."

Emperor Hongda looked at his son, who had turned pale and looked guilty, and said coldly, "It's good that you didn't participate. Go and comfort your mother and let her rest assured. The Ministry of Justice will investigate and will not wrongly accuse the Lan family. Let her rest assured."

The fifth prince kowtowed and said, "I will go and comfort mother in a moment."

Emperor Hongda looked at him and said with some disappointment, "You'd better not be involved!"

"Father, I am innocent! I really did not participate. The last time the Regent Princess was offended by Lan Hu, she beat him up when she returned to the Lan family. It can be seen that she is a strict ruler. Those charges are probably mostly false."

Emperor Hongda was helpless and didn't want to see this idiot, so he waved his hand to signal him to get out.

Upon seeing this, the Fifth Prince acted like a joke and rolled over a few times before finally rolling out of the Qinzheng Palace.

Seeing that he was still trying to be funny, Emperor Hongda smiled and coughed several times. Thinking about his worsening health and his sons' disappointment, he felt uneasy and couldn't help sighing.

Lanhua Palace

Concubine Lan looked at her son distressedly, unbuttoned his coat, and applied medicine to him. "Your father is too cruel. What's going on? You are so stupid to let him beat you like this. Why don't you know how to hide? He is the emperor. How can he chase you and beat you? You are really not smart at all!"

The fifth prince hissed and gasped, "I didn't hide because I was afraid of angering my father. After all, this is a big deal! It's only natural that my father should be angry!"

Concubine Lan wrapped her son in gauze and said unhappily, "Tell me what made you so timid."

The fifth prince covered his wound, put on his coat, and said to his mother, "I'll talk to you after you're mentally prepared."

Imperial Concubine Lan said calmly, "I have seen all kinds of storms and waves. Just tell me directly. Who has an accident in the palace?"

The fifth prince hesitated and hesitated for a long time without saying anything.

Concubine Lan patted him, and he said, "Yes, the Lan family has been impeached. There are more than a dozen crimes, big and small. Father has asked the Ministry of Justice to conduct a thorough investigation."

Concubine Lan suddenly fell to the ground, muttering, "I'm going to beg the emperor, I'm going to beg your father."

The Fifth Prince held down Concubine Lan and said distressedly, "Mother, don't go. We are just starting the investigation now. Wouldn't it be confusing for you to go over and beg for mercy? Let's wait!"

Concubine Lan nodded absentmindedly, "Okay, I'll wait! I'll wait!"

Regent's House

After the secret guard finished speaking, Zhou Yanze waved his hand to signal him to go down, then turned to Yanyan and said, "Yanyan, you have been wronged. I wanted to take action early in the morning, but too many things happened, so it has been delayed until now. Give me some time, and I will deal with those who hurt you one by one."

Liu Yanyan was moved and raised her hand to press against his lips. "Shh, Yanze, don't say these things. I always believe in you." After that, she leaned on his chest and listened to his pounding heartbeat.

Zhou Yanze hugged her and kissed her hair. "Don't worry, Yanyan, they won't have an easy time. I won't let any of them go. But I can't do it now. I'm sorry for putting you in such a difficult position."

Yanyan nodded slightly, sobbing, "I don't feel wronged. I know Yanze has me in his heart, and I'm happy!"