Chapter 133 A Good Eagle Never Stands on a Dangerous Wall (Two Chapters Combined into One)

Lord Zhu took a long time to enter the palace, and Emperor Yongjia had lost his patience. I sent someone to summon him to the palace, but he was so late. This was clearly disrespectful to me!

After Lord Zhu entered the palace, he lowered his head and looked straight ahead, so he did not see Yan Xia lying on the door panel.

He bowed respectfully and heard a majestic voice above his head.

“Lord Zhu is so arrogant.”

Lord Zhu was startled, knowing that something bad had happened, and he quickly kowtowed: “Your Majesty, please calm down. I deserve death, but I really came here as soon as I heard the summons, and I dared not delay for a moment.”

“Haha!” A sneer was heard, and Lord Zhu thought to himself, which old man dared to laugh at me? After the court session, I will show you how I will deal with you.

But then, Lord Zhu heard a very familiar voice: “Lord Zhu, you didn’t stay at the Marquis’ Mansion last night, did you? You stayed at Baihua Tower or Ruoyu Pavilion? Oh, by the way, it is rumored that Lord Zhu has a pair of new sisters and bought an outer house in Hongxiu Hutong. Could they have come from Hongxiu Hutong? It is indeed far away.”

Lord Zhu.
How did Duke Weiguo know that he bought a house in Hongxiu Hutong?
Just as he was about to deny it, he heard the emperor’s voice again: “So that’s how it is. I was wrong about Lord Zhu.”

Lord Zhu.
He knelt on the ground and kowtowed again: “Your Majesty did not blame me wrongly. It was my own slowness that made Your Majesty wait for so long.”

Emperor Yongjia nodded slightly and said, “Duke Weiguo, Marquis Baoqing is here now, what do you have to say?”

Duke Wei bowed to the ground, and then said loudly: “I sue the Marquis of Baoqing for not managing his family properly, allowing his mother to commit murder, and intending to cut off the bloodline of the founding hero. He has ulterior motives and should be killed!”

Lord Zhu was stunned and couldn’t help but look up: “What?”

Wasn’t it about Zhu Yu being arrested? How did it become that he allowed his mother to commit the crime? Besides, Yan Xia was a junior, so what if he was beaten by the old lady? And he committed the crime? The Duke of Wei was not afraid of the wind blowing his tongue away.

“Yan Xia is not dead again!”

Lord Zhu has already seen Yan Xia. Although he is lying on the door panel, he can still distinguish the living and the dead, and Yan Xia is alive and well.

Hearing this, the Duke of Weiguo looked at Emperor Yongjia and said, “Your Majesty, you heard it, didn’t you? The Marquis of Baoqing still regrets that my son is not dead? My son is still alive now. This is because of the blessing of our great grandfather and the mercy of King Yama, so my son didn’t die at the hands of a villain.”

Lord Zhu was so angry that he was fuming. The villain that Duke Weiguo was talking about was obviously his own mother.

“Your Majesty, you must believe me. There is no grudge between the Baoqing Marquisate and the Weiguo Dukeate. How could they intentionally hurt each other? It was a misunderstanding. Yes, it was a misunderstanding. My mother is old and her eyesight is dim. She mistook Prince Yan for her own grandson and gave him a few scoldings. Really, it was just a few scoldings.”

Duke Wei’s eyes widened with anger: “Mr. Zhu, since this is a misunderstanding, can you let me give you a little scolding?”

Lord Zhu hurriedly said, “Duke Weiguo, you are unreasonable.”

Duke of Wei: “My son is about to be beaten to death by your mother, how can I reason with you?”

Lord Zhu: “Your son is clearly not dead yet.”

Duke Weiguo: “If you dare to curse my son, I will fight you!”

The two eunuchs quickly supported the Duke of Wei, one on each side, and said, “Duke, calm down. Don’t frighten the emperor.”

Seeing that the two were about to fight, Emperor Yongjia shouted, “How can this be allowed in the court?”

The two men knelt down reluctantly, and Emperor Yongjia said, “Lord Zhu, is it true that the old lady of Marquis Baoqing injured Yan Xia?”

Lord Zhu wanted to say no, but he didn’t dare. Yan Xia didn’t go to the Marquis’ Mansion alone. He brought so many people with him. It was no secret that his mother beat people.

“It is true, but…”

Emperor Yongjia didn’t want to listen to his explanation. On one side is the Duke of Weiguo’s Mansion, which is loyal to me, and on the other side is the Marquis of Baoqing’s Mansion, which is always causing trouble for me and is more likely to cause trouble for me. Who should I side with? Is there any need to ask?
By not punishing Madam Wei, I am already giving face to Concubine Dowager Li.

There was no sign of joy or anger on Emperor Yongjia’s face, but the more this was the case, the more uneasy one felt.

Everyone subconsciously held their breath, and the hall was completely silent.

Emperor Yongjia tapped lightly with his fingers on the dragon table. It was only a slight sound, but it caused Lord Zhu, who was kneeling below, to tremble.

“Lord Zhu, do you know how many memorials have been submitted to criticize your tyranny? If they were piled up, they would be higher than the gate of your Baoqing Marquisate!”

Lord Zhu was sweating profusely and kowtowing on the ground.

Emperor Yongjia snorted coldly and said, “However, I just realized today that those imperial envoys were too cautious.”

Lord Zhu’s forehead was already bleeding, and his robe on the back was soaked with sweat: “I have failed to teach my son well.”

Emperor Yongjia interrupted him and asked, “Is it just that you don’t teach your son well?”

Lord Zhu knew very well that Yan Xia was still lying there. Of course, he was not only a bad parent, but Yan Xia’s injuries were caused by his mother. But he could not take care of his own mother.

“I have failed to educate my children and manage my household properly, so I am willing to accept the punishment.”

If something can be solved with money, it is not a big deal.

Emperor Yongjia ignored him and looked at Duke Weiguo: “What do you think, Lord Yan?”

Duke Wei wiped away his tears and said, “My poor son, his life or death is uncertain. I am useless and I can’t even afford to buy ginseng for my son to keep him alive.”

Lord Zhu gritted his teeth and said, “Listen, this shameless guy just wants money.”

“Then let the Baoqing Marquisate pay more silver as compensation, my dear Lord Yan, what do you think?” Emperor Yongjia said.

Duke Weiguo hurriedly said, “Your Majesty is wise. My son’s injuries are too severe. Without fifty thousand taels, I’m afraid he can’t be cured. Alas, the Ministry of Justice has a case waiting for my son to handle.”

Lord Zhu was so angry that he wanted to curse, “How dare you ask for it? You just ask for 50,000 taels.”

Emperor Yongjia nodded and said, “In that case, I will fine you one year’s salary and order you to discipline your family and clean up the family. Since Prince Yan was injured because of your mother, I order you to compensate the Duke of Weiguo’s Mansion with 50,000 taels of silver. You cannot delay.”

The emperor’s words were golden, and Lord Zhu was speechless and could only accept his grievances. He also shouted “Thank the Lord for his grace” together with Duke Weiguo.

Lord Zhu didn’t know how he got out of the palace. When he returned to the mansion, Madam Wei had already returned. Seeing him coming, she hurriedly asked, “Why did you come back by yourself? Where’s Yu’er? Didn’t you go to the Ministry of Justice to pick her up?”

Lord Zhu was stunned: “Did Concubine Li agree? Is Yu’er okay?”

Madam Wei snorted, raised her gold and ruby-studded nail guards and looked at them: “Isn’t it just that a dead body was dug out of the manor? What’s the big deal? Can’t we just hand over the murderer?” Lord Zhu breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: “Son, you know that as long as mother is there, no matter how big the matter is, it won’t be a big deal.”

He was curious again: “By the way, mother, where did you find the murderer?”

Madam Wei glanced at him and said slowly, “Do we need to look for it? Whoever killed that bitch is the murderer. Anyway, this matter has nothing to do with our Yu’er.”

Lord Zhu was startled again, and suddenly thought of someone: “Madame Niu?”

Madam Wei sighed, “Lao Niu has been with me for decades. Who would have thought that she is so cruel? Alas, she wants to kill people. Now, no one can help her.”

Lord Zhu hurriedly comforted her, “Mother, don’t be sad. It’s not worth it for such a lowly thing. She doesn’t deserve it. Oh, mother, you injured Yan Xia. Today, the emperor fined his son a year’s salary and asked us to pay 50,000 taels of silver to the Duke of Weiguo’s Mansion. Look at this silver.”

The Baoqing Marquisate has not yet been divided. Although in the eyes of Marquis Zhu, all the money in the marquisate belongs to him, the amount this time is a bit large. Taking out so much at once, the second brother will not say anything, but the third and fifth brothers, as well as the fourth brother who is away, will definitely not let it go.

That year, Zhu Yu simply brought the third son’s daughter into her own room, but the third son’s wife insisted on going to the emperor to file a complaint. She was not afraid of being embarrassed and was not allowed to go. She pretended to be crazy and stupid, and wanted to chop Zhu Yu with a knife. She was only calmed down after the old lady slapped her several times.

However, since then, the third son’s wife has been at odds with the eldest son’s wife, and has been blaming the eldest son for everything. If it weren’t for the ancestral order not to divide the family, she would have kicked the third son out long ago.

Lord Zhu felt annoyed just thinking about it, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask Madam Wei for the money.

Madam Wei slammed the table and said, “They’ve rebelled, they’ve rebelled. When will it be our Baoqing Marquis’s turn to pay the silver?”

But having said that, Old Madam Wei knew clearly that if she had not entered the palace today it would have been fine, but she had just come out of the palace, and if she went to see Concubine Li again for the 50,000 taels, she was afraid that this favor would not be useful.

“Then let’s just put it off for now.” Old Madam Wei said unhappily.

But ideals and reality are often far apart.

Just when Madam Wei and Marquis Zhu were ready to “delay” the payment, the Duke of Wei’s Mansion came to collect the debt.

The people who came were the four masters and eleven young masters of the Duke of Weiguo’s Mansion.

Duke Weiguo has five brothers, all from the same mother. The four younger brothers have always followed the lead of the eldest brother, Duke Weiguo. Like father, like son. Yan Xia is the eldest brother, and the younger brothers also all listen to him.

As for his youngest brother, he is still breastfeeding and can be ignored for the time being.

That’s right, there were two rich girls in the capital this year, one was Princess Jiayi and the other was Lady Yu, the wife of Duke Weiguo. Princess Jiayi gave birth to a girl as she wished, but Lady Yu was not so lucky. She dreamed of having a daughter, but gave birth to a boy instead.

What the Duke of Weiguo’s Mansion lacks most is daughters, but unfortunately none of the five brothers have daughters.

There are a total of sixteen males in Yan Xia’s generation. Except for the injured Yan Xia, the six-year-old Thirteenth Year, the five-year-old Fourteenth Year, the three-year-old Fifteenth Year, and the infant Sixteenth Year. All the rest came.

In fact, the Duke of Weiguo’s Mansion had been divided up a long time ago, and only the Duke of Weiguo’s family of five were still living in the mansion. But when they heard that Yan Xia was injured, the four uncles came with their sons.

Brothers fight tigers together, fathers and sons fight together in battle, if there is a fight, then fight together, this is the family motto of the Weiguo Mansion.

Now, more than a dozen people, big and small, were all standing in front of Lord Zhu.

Give me money!

In the courtyard, Lord Zhu just said: “Can you guys take it easy for a while?”

The four Master Yans said nothing, they just looked at him and laughed, making his hair stand on end.

Just at this moment, an eagle flew over from somewhere and stood opposite Lord Zhu to watch the excitement. Its little eyes looked as if it knew everything, which made Lord Zhu want to jump up and down.

Just as he was about to continue to find an excuse, he heard Master Yan Wu say to the eleven Master Yans behind him: “Children, it’s up to you.”

The second young master Yan Yuan said loudly: “Okay, please go ahead! Brothers, go ahead!”

As soon as the second young master Yan gave an order, the children, big and small, scrambled to climb up the roof. The youngest, Yan Twelve, was only eight years old and was dragged up by his brothers.

Lord Zhu was confused. What were these little monkeys doing upstairs?

Before he could react, he saw the four Master Yans retreating one after another. Then, Lord Zhu saw something being thrown down from the roof. Not until it fell to the ground did Lord Zhu see clearly that it was actually tiles!

The maids and servants were so frightened that they hid everywhere, and even the eagle that was watching the fun flew into the air.

A good eagle does not stand on a dangerous wall. This is the rule of being an eagle.

Lord Zhu was unable to dodge and was hit on the shoulder. When Lord Yan Er saw this, he shouted at the roof, “You little bastards, watch carefully and don’t hit anyone!”

“Uncle, don’t worry. We have good aim and we can’t hit anyone!” Young Master Yan said with a smile.

Master Yan Er frowned and said, “If it doesn’t hit a person, it won’t be good if it hits a pig or a dog. Look, didn’t it hit Lord Zhu?”

Lord Zhu: I’m your ancestor!
“Who told you to lift the tiles? Come down, all of you!” Lord Zhu shouted loudly. Seeing that the masters of the Yan family were still watching with a smile, he had no choice but to shout, “Someone, pull them down, come quickly!”

The servants of the Marquis Baoqing’s mansion climbed up under the tiles that kept falling down. However, although the boys of the Yan family were not very old, they had all practiced martial arts since childhood. When they saw the servants were about to climb up, they kicked them down.

There was a loud rustling sound coming from the house. Lord Zhu knew what was going on without even looking. The tiles were blown off, and all the dirt and sand on the roof fell down.

The eleven boys, the oldest was eighteen years old and the youngest was eight years old. They were all at an age where they had endless strength. In just a few moments, they had almost removed all the tiles from the houses.

They jumped onto the house next door and continued to climb up and remove the tiles.

The guards of the Baoqing Marquis’s Mansion rushed over. They were quite skilled in martial arts, but as soon as they stretched out their hands, the four Yan masters started to yell, “The Baoqing Marquis’ Mansion is beating people up. They are bullying the weak. Beating one is not enough. They are trying to make our Yan family extinct. You Zhus are too cruel!”

Lord Zhu was almost fainted from anger.

You can’t fight. You really can’t fight.

I hit one yesterday, so I have to pay 50,000 taels today. Now there are eleven of them, which means eleven 50,000 taels.

This guy named Yan is so shameless!
Tiles were thrown everywhere, and seeing that another roof was about to be torn off, Lord Zhu gritted his teeth and said, “It’s just 50,000 taels, right? I’ll give it to you now!”

As soon as he finished speaking, the eagle that was watching the fun flapped its wings and flew away.