After half a quarter of an hour, a full half-quarter of an hour, the brutal and inhumane beating finally ended.
Zhou Tong was lying on the ground, hurting, his body hurt, and his heart hurt even more.
Another thing is that he doesn't even know why he was beaten.
I had thought before that taking away Han You's position without asking the emperor for permission would make his father dissatisfied. However, he thought that at most it would be just a few curse words. He was also out of filial piety. How could such an important position as the emperor's personal army be allowed? Leave it to outsiders.
In fact, Zhou Tong really didn't expect Han You to really resign and be so cooperative.
At first, he wanted to stand up for the Zhu family and deliberately went to the villa to make Han You evil. Later, he could use the name of the prince to rectify Han You and let the Zhu family know that the second prince would never be treated badly if he followed him.
This is the typical nouveau riche mentality. After becoming a prince, he has not returned to the capital. He was in the army before, and the grassroots troops took him seriously. The generals in the army, the real generals, did not take him seriously at all. In the past, his father had hung out with generals, so a prince was nothing.
So Leng Buding returned to the capital, and he was still thinking about showing off the prince's prestige, but in the end he directly challenged a person who even his father had to coax.
After all, Concubine De is a female, but she is strong as a mother. Even if her physical strength is exhausted, she has to grit her teeth and hit her with a few more sticks.
The emperor had good physical strength, so after being kicked for a long time, he felt uncomfortable and started to look for weapons again. Fortunately, Wenwu restrained him forcefully.
When Zhang Zhuo saw the emperor being taken away, he slipped away to Zhou Yanti for the third time.
Seeing that the beating was almost done, Zhou Yan quickly broke away and fell to the ground, kneeling next to Zhou Tong.
"Father, my second brother is stupid, no, no, no, no, he is stupid to the extreme. You can do whatever you want to do with him, just... just... don't hurt his life."
Zhou Tong, who was holding his head and curling up like a prawn, was so angry: "Xiaojiu still feels sorry for you..."
"Shut up!"
Zhou Yan glared at Zhou Tong fiercely, not knowing who was the elder brother and who was the younger brother.
Concubine De also calmed down, threw away the stick and knelt down next to Zhou Yan, crying as much as she could.
"Everything that is wrong is my concubine's fault. After all, this beast is your Majesty's flesh and blood. You can beat him if you want. It's okay to beat him hundreds of times. Just don't kill him."
Zhou Tong felt very sad: "The queen mother still feels sorry for her son..."
Concubine De: "Your Majesty, if you kill him, no one will go to admit your mistake to General Han."
Zhou Tong: "..."
Boss Zhou's chest was heaving. He pushed away Wen Wu who was holding him, pointed at Zhou Tong and shouted: "Take over the Yidao Guard, okay, take over the Yidao Guard. Do you know, the monthly cost of this Yidao Guard?" how many!"
Concubine De scolded: "Kneel down and answer."
Zhou Tong, who had a bruised nose and swollen face, quickly knelt down and shook his head: "I don't know."
"Thousands of blows will last, no, given time, ten thousand blows will last!"
"What?" Zhou Tong took a breath: "Didn't it mean that the Yidao Guards didn't have many people? How could Han You be so greedy?"
Concubine De's eyebrows were raised and she suggested: "Your Majesty, let's give him another beating."
It can be said that among all the second-hand ladies in the harem, the only one Zhou Tong truly trusted was Concubine De, the second concubine he originally married.
It is worth mentioning that there is also a virtuous concubine in the palace, who was the virtuous concubine of the previous dynasty and lived in a different palace.
Concubine De does not pay attention to the affairs of the foreign court, but only pays attention to the emperor. Boss Zhou trusts the former. In addition to talking to civil and military officials about anything, he will also tell Concubine De and never hide it.
So Concubine De was very clear about Han You's affairs, and she also knew how important Han You was in the emperor's heart.
"Little beast, you just said that even if you die, you must be an understanding person. Okay, I will let you die in an understanding manner!"
Boss Zhou snorted coldly, sitting on the embroidered pier with a big horse and a golden sword: "The expenses for the Yi Dao Guard are all paid by Han You. They have nothing to do with the national treasury, the inner treasury and the private treasury of the palace!"
"This...doesn't this allow him to turn the emperor's personal army into his Han family's personal army?"
"Fuck your mother."
It was Concubine De who made the curse, pointing at Zhou Tong and scolding: "If His Majesty hadn't shamelessly cheated Han You, do you think that Han You would have taken over this mess? At that time, the sword guards in the capital were in name only. Apart from General Wen, there was only General Lu. Why are you!"
"Why...why?"
"No money, no food."
Concubine De became more and more angry as she spoke: "I followed Your Majesty to the capital. After moving into Fuyang Palace, I never had a good life. I had no choice but to follow such a useless man... Who did Your Majesty have such a grand plan?" Da Zhi only cares about the army and the people. I eat rice bran all day long, and the jewelry on my body is not as much as that of the maids in the previous dynasty. Han You, Han You, if it weren't for General Han, if he hadn't checked the business Tax, money was sent to the palace..."
Speaking of this, Concubine De cried again.
It’s hard to look back on the past. I used to think that my husband would be able to live a good life when he became the emperor. However, after entering the palace, I realized that the palace was so big that it was so big that it was so big that it was so big that I couldn’t tell the north, south, south, and direction. If you can't drink the northwest wind, the poor people are not as good as before in the army. In the army, you can improve your food every month.
The emperor scolded: "If it weren't for Han You, I would be a laughing stock, the laughing stock of the world. The so-called emperor's personal army only has a dead eunuch and a stupid general without a mind."
Zhou Tong felt that he understood what he heard. He rubbed his neck and shouted: "It turns out that the Zhu family is rich because of money. People with rich talents can be as rich as the country. Furthermore, Han You's money is not through the Four Seasons Villa. Just come."
With a "pop" sound, Concubine De slapped Zhou Tong firmly on the face.
"Beast, beast, beast, who do you think your majesty is? Do you know how many great contributions General Han has made for your majesty? Now you want your majesty to seize his Four Seasons Villa. The news has spread. Your majesty and the former emperor are confused. How different are you from those tyrants!"
Zhou Tong covered his face and murmured.
"Seize Four Seasons Villa, seize Four Seasons Villa. If these words had not come from the mouth of my own flesh and blood, I would have killed him all over the house."
Boss Zhou sneered again and again: "Do you know that Han You has no money at all? 30% of the money earned by the villa belongs to the palace, and the remaining 70%, a few of which he distributed to his cronies, and all the remaining money, he It was used for the common people's affairs, such as building a gymnasium, building a villa, building a husband's stadium..."
Zhou Yan corrected: "Golf is a golf course."
"There are still roads to be built and many things to be done. You think he is doing it to make money. You are wrong. It is because he wants the people to have jobs and money to make. He also wants to build the Four Seasons School and transfer the money every month. When they were sent to the palace, I accepted the 30%, and my face was red. If I didn't want to support the army, I would not accept the 30%, at most I would only accept 10%... 15%."
"besides."
Concubine De said: "You don't know other things. Don't you still know how your father got this throne? If Han Fuyin, the father of General Han, hadn't taken the lead and led his men into the capital, killing everyone in the capital. Escape, kill all the civil and military officials who want to stop your father in fear, and beat the palace ministers until they cry for father and mother. If it weren't for Han Fu Yin, do you know that just by attacking the capital, your father's subordinates would How many men and horses will be killed and wounded? How many more casualties will be needed after we capture the capital? How many more casualties will be required after we capture the palace!"
Zhou Tong suddenly realized: "Han Bairen is from his father!"
Zhou Ke: "No."
Zhou Tong: "Then why did he give up the palace?"
Zhou Ke: "No way."
Zhou Tong: "..."
"Tong'er." Concubine De closed her eyes and kept shaking her head: "Did you know that a few days ago, your father suddenly woke up from his dream, covered in cold sweat, do you know what kind of nightmare your father had? "
Zhou Tong shook his head: "I don't know."
"Your father dreamed that Han You wrote a letter to resign, saying that he was too tired. It was very difficult to take care of the people. He wanted to be loyal to His Majesty, but His Majesty always blackmailed him... In short, he was not good to him. Your father The emperor dreamed that Han You had left the court and became a free and wealthy man, and that night, His Majesty was terrified."
Zhou Tong opened his mouth wide. Can the Han family support the throne of the emotional father?
Concubine De also had a look of fear on her face: "After your father told me about the nightmare, I also had a nightmare. In the dream, there was air leakage everywhere in the palace, and the cold wind froze everyone to death. I huddled under the thin quilt. In the middle, I was crying while drinking porridge and water, as pitiful as a beggar on the street...嘤嘤嘤嘤,woo woo woo..."
Zhou Tong: "..."
Concubine De became more and more angry as she talked. She looked at the emperor and suggested, "Your Majesty, let's talk while we fight."
The emperor nodded: "Okay, let's go together!"
