"Bastard! This world belonged to his Zhu Clan! It's not my Zhou family's! Why should I donate money? You want this old man to fork out silver? No way!"
In the Jiading Manor, Zhou Kui was cursing loudly!
"Father is right. But the Empress gave us five thousand taels of silver, and we only donated three thousand taels. What if the Empress asks?" State Uncle Zhou Ping asked.
It turned out that Empress Zhou knew that her father loved money as much as his life. Therefore, she secretly sold her jewelry and sent 5,000 taels to Zhou Kui to set an example.
But who knew that Zhou Kui would secretly deduct two thousand taels of silver and only donate three thousand taels.
"What are you afraid of? Shouldn't a daughter be filial to her father? This old man didn't take all five thousand taels, it's already considered as being extremely benevolent.”Zhou Kui said disapprovingly.
He knew that the Ming Dynasty ruled the world with benevolence and filial piety. As long as he did not openly rebel, no one could do anything to him.
"Father is wise!"
Zhou Ping nodded in agreement.
呯!呯!呯……
呯!呯!呯……
At this moment, a series of urgent banging sounds came.
"Impudent!" "Go!" Zhou Kui cursed. Let's see who it is, beat him to death and feed him to the dogs!”
One had to know that he was the father-in-law of the current emperor, the number one person among the relatives!
Even the current cabinet elders and the chief eunuch of the ceremonial department had to respectfully address him as "old imperial relative".
Now, there was actually someone who dared to smash his mansion door?
This was outrageous!
Boom!
Before the servant could reply, the heavy door was kicked open.
Immediately after, a large number of Brocade Guards wearing flying fish clothes and holding embroidered spring knives rushed in.
Anyone who stood in their way was knocked down.
Those who dared to resist were even killed with a single slash.
For a moment, the entire Jiading Manor was in chaos.
"Uncle Jia Ding, who are you going to beat to death and feed to the dogs?”
A clear voice came from the front courtyard. Zhu Ci Xin had already walked in with big strides under the protection of the four commanders.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince is so mighty!”
Zhou Kui said sarcastically when he saw that it was his grandson.
Emperor Chongzhen was superstitious about the civil officials of Donglin, and the Crown Prince that he had nurtured was also a bookworm who only knew how to read.
Therefore, Zhou Kui looked down on his grandson.
Zhu Ci Xin didn't say anything. He just watched Zhou Kui quietly.
Zhou Kui was the richest man in the capital!
In Shuntian Prefecture, there were ten thousand hectares of fertile farmland and countless shops. Moreover, he never paid taxes because of his status as a relative of the royal family.
However, Chongzhen called on all officials to raise funds. Zhou Kui deliberately made the mansion old and wore patched clothes to the palace to cry for poverty.
The civil and military officials followed suit, and in the end, the imperial court only received less than thirty thousand taels of silver!
However, when he broke through the torture, he managed to squeeze out three million taels of silver from Zhou Kui.
One had to know that Wang Zhixin, the richest eunuch, only had a total of eight hundred thousand taels of silver!
The most chilling thing was that in order to please the Eastern Krupp, Zhou Kui not only betrayed his own grandson who had defected to him, but also framed him as a fake Crown Prince.
Not only did this kill Zhu Ciao, but it also killed the fifteen loyal officials who proved that he was the real Crown Prince.
Looking at this shameless old thief in front of him, Zhu Ci Xin had already made up his mind!
Zhou Kui must die!
"Qiansui, why are you looking for me?”
Under Zhu Ci Xin's sharp gaze, Zhou Kui felt as if there was a knife on his back. He finally put away his contemptuous attitude and asked respectfully.
"Seize the house." Zhu Cixi said slowly.
What was that?
Seize the house?
Impossible!
Zhou Kui stretched out his hand and asked Zhu Ci,""Is there an imperial edict?"
Although the current Emperor Chongzhen was impatient, he was very concerned about family ties, so Zhou Kui concluded that Zhu Ciyao did not have an imperial edict.
"Uncle Jia Ding, you definitely won't live past tonight," said Zhu Ci Xin coldly. Hand over all your money and bengong will only sentence you to be cut in half. Otherwise, bengong will make you wish you were dead! This Zhou family will also be executed!"
"The Crown Prince is rebelling! Someone come! Men! I want to enter the palace! This old man wants to meet the Saint! I want to report you!"
Zhou Kui was furious and wanted to enter the palace to meet the emperor.
However, the Embroidered Uniform Guards standing in front of him ignored him.
In the eyes of these Embroidered Uniform Guards, there was only one lord, Zhu Ci.
Not to mention Zhou Kui, even Chongzhen was useless!
"Get lost! My father is the current father of the country! I'm Wansui's brother-in-law! The current empress is my biological sister! I'll see who dares to stop me and my father!"
Seeing that no one moved, Zhou Ping reached out and pushed the Jinyiwei in front of them.
After hearing Zhu Ci Xin's words, Zhou Kui and his son understood that Chongzhen definitely did not have the courage to do so. This was all the Crown Prince's idea.
Now, the only chance to turn the tables was to enter the palace to meet the emperor!
They absolutely did not believe that Zhu Ciyao, who had always been pedantic and foolish, would really dare to make a move on them!
"White Tiger, what should we do if someone dares to offend the Embroidered Uniform Guards?”Zhu Ci Xin said indifferently.
"According to the law, he should be beheaded!"
"Alright, execute him."
Puchi!
A cold light flashed, and Zhou Ping was beheaded…
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