Princess of the auxiliary country

Chapter 381; Hammer to Death

"Second sister-in-law, trust me, go ahead and do it."

Seeing what she said, Fang Zhilan said nothing more.

At the same time, in the East Palace, the prince had also reacted and was furious.

"Huo Junyao, you are very good!"

At this moment, he was filled with hatred, and he no longer had those little thoughts towards Huo Junyao.

He really has no confidence that such a woman can bury the hatchet. This time, she even almost lost her position as the crown prince. He will not let go of this grudge.

"Your Highness, you are so confused about this matter. I have told you not to provoke her, but you have not listened."

At this time, Cao Guogong also hated that iron could not become steel.

Since he started supporting the prince, he has been telling the prince that he can provoke anyone in the Yu Dynasty, but he must not provoke Huo Junyao.

At least when you are not in that position, you can't provoke her. Even if you can't make friends with her, you can't continue to make enemies with her. Just pretend that she doesn't exist.

However, he never expected that he would cause such a big thing just by not paying attention.

Speaking of which, Cao Guogong has also undergone many changes in his heart.

Especially after his daughter's death, his psychology changed even more. When Zhao Yan'er was alive, he was indeed very disappointed with this daughter, and even cruelly ignored her.

But after his daughter died, he couldn't help but feel guilty when he thought about what happened to his daughter.

His daughter, the only daughter of a majestic prince, the proud daughter of heaven, once upon a time, he also placed his hope on her finding a good husband and living a happy life.

The results of it?
She became a small concubine in the East Palace, and her status was very low even after she died.

This was because he, as a father, had failed to do a good job. As for the reason, Zhao Yaner was certainly at fault, but Huo Junyao was also at fault.

Ever since, the more guilty he felt in his heart, the less happy he was towards Huo Junyao, and he even had some faint hatred.

If Huo Junyao hadn't appeared, his daughter might have been able to marry into the East Palace safely, and she wouldn't have suffered so many looks at her, let alone enter the East Palace with that low status.

However, although he has some hatred, his rationality is still obvious.

Knowing that he is no match for Huo Junyao now, it is even said that even Duke Ji is much more powerful than him now.

Even if he wanted to seek some justice for his daughter and make Huo Junyao's life difficult, that was not the time.

Therefore, he has always emphasized that the prince should not provoke Huo Junyao, and should only focus on it. Wait until the prince ascends to that position, and then deal with Huo Junyao slowly.

"I didn't expect her to be so bold."

The prince's tone was a little weak at this time. He had no choice but to do something wrong this time.

He originally thought that he could force Huo Junyao to rely on the pressure of public opinion. Even if he couldn't get the things in the other party's hands, he felt that the other party would be forced to hand over the things to the court under pressure. Isn't this somewhat part of his achievement?
Besides, since the things were returned to the imperial court, as the current supervisor of the Arms Supervisor, he would naturally be able to find a way to get them.

As for the consequences, it's not that he didn't think of some, but because Huo Junyao refused to give him face twice in a row, he somewhat realized that even if he wanted to ease the relationship, the other party would not be willing.

In this case, it's okay to offend a little more.

What if the other party hates him to the core? He is the prince, does the other party still dare to kill him?
With this idea in mind, he agreed to Zhou Tong's method.

It's just that he never expected that instead of making a fuss, he would use such a more ruthless means.

He directly incited people from many places across the country to go to their local yamen to express their dissatisfaction with him, forcing him to accept punishment to quell public anger.

Regardless of how he almost lost his position as prince, now even if he keeps his position, he is in big trouble. It's true that stealing the chicken will lose the rice.

He, after all, underestimated Huo Junyao.

"It's useless to say this now. The emperor won't punish her. Your Highness should just write a letter of repentance."

"Never target her again in the future, at least don't provoke her again until you get into that position."

The prince nodded quickly. He was quite frightened by what happened this time.

Although he was very angry with Huo Junyao at this time, he really did not dare to touch her.

There was nothing he could do, his attacks were too ruthless, and he had too much power. With just a few moves, he almost endangered his position.

A few days later, the prince's letter of repentance spread throughout the country in the form of a public announcement, and officials from various local government offices received orders to read the prince's letter of repentance locally.

The repentance is well written and the attitude is very sincere.

Just when everyone thought this matter would end like this, some discordant voices came out again from various places.

The target of the crusade is still the prince.

The people were not satisfied with the prince's letter of repentance. Many of the statements were shirking responsibility, indicating that he had not targeted the Hot Spring Resort Company.

But in fact, some people openly reported it, and some officials were demanding the Hot Spring Villa Company's industries and products.

And these officials are all acting in the name of the prince.

There were even hundreds of workers who had their jobs taken away by being framed or threatened. Some were beaten up and sent to jail because of their dissatisfaction.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and many things were revealed about certain officials from various places who used the banner of the East Palace to do evil, plunder the people, and rob the people of their wealth.

There was even an account book that was sent to Emperor Zhaowu's desk.

There are many things recorded in the account books. Some officials under the prince's command used clever pretexts to collect money in various places, framed and suppressed some local wealthy households with no deep background, robbed family properties, etc.

The amount of money earned was as high as hundreds of thousands.

This also explains why the prince had so much money at that time to compete with the king of Qi and the king of Chu for the shares of the hot spring villa in the hands of businessman Lao Zhang.

The money such as love and affection was all obtained by the prince by asking some officials from other places to bully the people.

This matter was investigated by Huo Junyao. From the time when the prince made a quotation to the businessman Lao Zhang, she felt that there was something fishy in it.

The prince has been in the East Palace and has no land for shops. The prince's family is also famous for being noble. Although Cao Guogong has some money, he definitely doesn't have that much.

So where did the prince get all this money?

So, she asked people to secretly investigate the source of the prince's money. It didn't matter if she didn't investigate. Once she did, she was shocked. Is this something the prince can do?

Not only did they oppress the people and rob their property, there was even human trafficking involved.

This prince really goes to great lengths for money.

No, she sorted out all these things, thinking of finding an opportunity to give the prince a fatal blow.

Now is a great opportunity.

Emperor Zhaowu had just obtained the account book for making money, but before he could deal with it, another incident broke out. There was a manor selling people on the outskirts of the capital, and the person behind it had a lot to do with the East Palace.