eurekapd Chapter 435 The End of the Prince's Mansion, Chen Shou's Whereabouts
Chapter 435 The End of the Prince's Mansion, Chen Shou's Whereabouts
After more than two months, King Zhou's condition not only did not improve, but became even worse.
Princess Zhou's condition is also not good.
When she saw King Zhou suffering a stroke and becoming paralyzed, she was secretly happy, thinking that from now on she would have the final say in the palace.
But she soon realized that something was wrong.
Because King Zhou was seriously ill, many people chose to defect.
In addition, the imperial envoy Luo Zheng also encouraged those who knew the truth to report secretly.
Soon someone secretly reported the illegal activities of King Zhou and his cronies.
The Princess of Zhou was the principal wife of the King of Zhou and held a very special status. Therefore, after the King of Zhou was enfeoffed, her family members moved to the King's fiefdom one after another.
Over the years, these people have been bullying others.
Naturally, they also committed many evil deeds such as bullying men and women, occupying people's land, and seizing property.
In the past, with the King of Zhou keeping a low profile, no one dared to file a complaint with the government.
Now that Luo Zheng was the imperial envoy and King Zhou was bedridden, many people naturally changed their minds.
Therefore, Luo Zheng received many reports about Princess Zhou's family.
After he sent people to conduct a thorough investigation, Princess Zhou's family naturally noticed it, so they immediately ran to Princess Zhou to complain, hoping that she could stop Luo Zheng from continuing the investigation.
Princess Zhou wanted to stop it, so she immediately sent someone to pass a message to Luo Zheng, asking Luo Zheng to just brush it off.
At first she thought Luo Zheng had obeyed her orders, until her family came to complain again, she realized that the situation was not good.
So he used Luo Zheng's identity to threaten him, trying to force Luo Zheng to compromise.
Luo Zheng did not give a perfunctory answer this time and directly sent someone to inform Yang Jing.
So Princess Zhou was placed under house arrest by Yang Jing.
Yang Jing did not dare to put her under house arrest openly. After all, Princess Zhou was his biological mother, and he could not be disobedient and unfilial to her.
But he secretly asked people to pretend to be the ghosts of Yang Xiu and Yang Shu at night to seek revenge on Princess Zhou.
Princess Zhou was so frightened that she fell ill again.
Even after Princess Zhou's family members were captured, she was unable to get up and look for Luo Zheng.
As one unjust case after another was exposed, King Zhou's reputation became increasingly notorious.
Every day when Yang Jing paid his respects to King Zhou, he would whisper to him the news outside, which made King Zhou so angry that he almost died on the spot!
But perhaps he didn't want to die so much that he managed to survive tenaciously.
This disappointed many people.
After nearly three months of thorough investigation, Luo Zheng finally found out all the facts about King Zhou.
He wrote all the cases in a memorial, along with the copied evidence, and had it sent to the capital at full speed.
After reading it, Emperor Taihe immediately sent someone to tell Luo Zheng to set off immediately and escort King Zhou and his family to the capital.
When everyone in Prince Zhou's palace heard the news, they were all heartbroken.
It was not until they arrived in the capital and received the decree from Emperor Taihe that everyone realized the situation was not as bad as they had thought.
King Zhou raised private soldiers and condoned his subordinates to do evil, so Emperor Taihe stripped him of his princely title and sent him to guard the imperial tomb.
As the legal wife, Princess Zhou naturally had to go along.
As for the Zhou king's concubines and favorites, as long as they had not done anything wrong, they would be exempt from punishment and could return home.
But if you have done evil, you will be punished according to your crime.
The same was true for the King of Zhou's children.
In the end, except for Yang Jing who was appointed as the General of Assisting the State, all others were stripped of their titles and honors.
Yang Xu was even going to guard the imperial mausoleum with his father Yang Ying.
From then on, Yang Ying was no longer the King of Zhou and had no fiefdom. He could only guard the imperial tomb until he died suddenly.
Yang Jing, the auxiliary general, could no longer live in the Zhou Palace.
Emperor Taihe also gave him a mansion in the capital. From now on, he and his brothers had to live in this mansion unless they separated.
Although the brothers were resentful, when they thought of Yang Xu who was sent to guard the imperial mausoleum, they felt that their current life was already very good.
Even though they were jealous of Yang Jing's title, they did not dare to make a fuss, fearing that if they did, Emperor Taihe would accuse them of disrespecting their brother and punish them by sending them to guard the imperial mausoleum.
However, although they did not dare to make a fuss, they hated Jia Rui and Chen Shou.
Thinking that Chen Shou was still on the run, they became even more jealous.
But they didn't know that Chen Shou's life was not easy now.
Before, Xie Ying was kidnapped, people around Doctor Yao Shen were poisoned, and Lin Xiao suddenly turned against him.
This led many people to suspect that the remnants of the Chen family were also involved.
The Black Kirin Guards even intensified their efforts to search for Chen Shou.
All this made Chen Shou dare not stay where he was, so as soon as he got a chance, he hurriedly fled the mountains where he was hiding, and traveled all the way to the base camp established by the Chen family outside.
This is a small island overseas. The Chen family has transferred many people here over the years.
Most of the children born to Chen Ping were sent here.
The person in charge of this place is Chen Shou's biological brother from the same mother, named Chen Shao.
When Chen's mother gave birth to him, she raised him as her daughter. Later, when Chen Huan came to replace him, he was sent to Jia Rui and raised by Jia Rui himself.
Poor Lord Cheng'en was kept in the dark and thought he had found a famous teacher for his son. He also felt very guilty about letting the other party raise his son for him, so he gave Jia Rui many gifts.
When Chen Shao was fifteen years old, Jia Rui brought him to this island.
Because Jia Rui deliberately disguised his appearance, the Chen family on the island did not have any suspicions and respected Mr. Jia Rui very much.
But Jia Rui is the patriarch of the Jia family after all, and he cannot stay on the island for too long, so he has to go back after staying for a while.
Although the island is free, life is not easy.
Because the island is not big, it is impossible to be self-sufficient and it is necessary to return to the mainland frequently to purchase supplies.
The good things they got also needed to be transported to the land for sale.
In the past, with the secret efforts of the Cheng'en Mansion and the Jia family, everything went smoothly.
However, as the Chen family and the Jia family fell one after another, the people on the island lost their support on land and easily became rootless duckweed.
Jia Rui had no choice but to seek refuge with King Zhou, hiding in his palace and seeking help for Chen Shao.
Once he has completely established his foothold beside the King of Zhou, he will be able to gradually erode the King of Zhou's power, undermine the King of Zhou, and use his power for his own benefit.
Unfortunately, Jia Rui underestimated Luo Zheng's ability and King Zhou's cruelty, and ultimately ruined himself.
After his death, both the Zhou Palace and Luo Zheng blamed him for the poisoning of King Zhou.
The Black Kirin Guards also further strengthened their efforts to capture the remnants of the Chen and Jia families.
When Luo Zheng thoroughly investigated King Zhou, he also pulled out many people who had colluded with Jia Rui, and they were all found out.
As these people were arrested one after another, life on the island naturally became more difficult.
What good life can Chen Shou have if he returns to the island at this time?
Even if Chen Shao was his biological brother from the same mother, he would not be willing to let Chen Shou come and snatch his position as island master.
What's more, although the two are brothers, they spend very little time together.
Langhuan Island.
Chen Shou and Chen Shao are in the same room at this moment.
The two brothers look quite similar, but Chen Shou has pale skin, while Chen Shao has a bronzed skin and a more muscular body because he has been staying on the island for many years.
The two sat opposite each other, and the atmosphere was extremely tense.