Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law.

Chapter 554 Domestic Violence
Although the court had previously announced that Xu Guozhong was plotting treason and usurping the throne and had launched a mutiny, Lu Sheng killed Xu Guozhong in order to stop him from committing treason.

But anyone who knows the details knows that Xu Guozhong and Lu Sheng were not on good terms and were fighting among themselves, and the former was one step behind and ended up dying.

As the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Previously, Prince Huai sent troops to overthrow Xu Guozhong. Now that Lu Sheng has killed Xu Guozhong and is in power, coupled with the current situation, it is entirely possible for them to cooperate.

King Chong said, "That's true, but can Lu Sheng trust us? After all, we surrounded and dealt with him together."

"Your Highness, there is no friendship without fighting. Besides, there is no deep blood feud between us and Lu Sheng. There was a blood feud before, because Lu Sheng killed the brother of Huai Wang's wife Xiao Yunxi." Gongsun Yan quickly changed his words, then glanced at Huai Wang, and seeing the latter's face darken, he quickly finished the rest of his words:

"But now Xiao Yunxi has divorced Prince Huai, and even the Xiao family has joined Chen Mo. Prince Huai has severed his ties with the Xiao family, and the hatred involved has actually been transferred to Chen Mo."

"General Gongsun is right. Now that Xiao Yunxi has become Chen Mo's concubine, Xiao Yunxi's brother is his brother. Lu Sheng and Chen Mo cannot get along. In this way, we have a common enemy and it is entirely possible for us to unite." Liang Song said.

The scar was exposed again, and Prince Huai felt a little depressed. He wanted to get angry with Gongsun Yan, but he had to bow his head under the eaves. Prince Huai could only hold back and keep the humiliation in his heart.

The residence of Prince Huai.

In the backyard room, Madam Hui was wearing gorgeous clothes, and the golden hairpin in her hair was shining. At this moment, she was sitting in front of the dressing table, looking at the beautiful and gorgeous face in the bronze mirror. Madam Hui couldn't help but raise her hand to touch the corner of her mouth, only to see that the corner of her mouth was purple and blue, as if there was a flaw in a beautiful painting.

This piece of purple and blue was made by Prince Huai.

Ever since Madam Xiao betrayed Prince Huai, the latter would beat Madam Hui and Madam Gan to vent his anger whenever he was in a bad mood.

And last time, Madam Hui was slapped by Prince Huai.

Madam Hui looked at the purple and blue spots at the corners of her mouth, frowned, and took out powder to cover them up.

After several layers were laid and it became difficult to see, Madam Hui got up and went out.

In Chongzhou, Madam Hui still has some lady friends. At this moment, she was invited by her friends to go out for a trip.

But just as she was about to go out, she ran into Prince Huai who had just returned.

Madam Hui was startled. When she found that Prince Huai's face looked a little strange and he seemed to be in a bad mood, her heart sank immediately: "My Lord, you are back?"

But her frightened look was immediately taken by Prince Huai as a sign of guilt, and he immediately said coldly, "Are you going out?"

After arriving in Chongzhou, Prince Huai did not continue to imprison Madam Hui in order to avoid gossip from others. However, this made Prince Huai, who had been betrayed repeatedly, more suspicious, even to the point of psychological distortion.

"Well, Madam Song invited me to go out for spring outing." The Madam Song that Mrs. Hui mentioned was a concubine of Prince Chong.

"Madam Song." Prince Huai snorted coldly and said in a cold voice: "You are dressed so solemnly. I think you are not going to accompany Madam Song for the spring outing, but to meet a pretty boy. What? Are you going to betray me too?"

"Your Highness, I don't have any." Madam Hui's face changed drastically.

"No? You are not allowed to go. Prince Huai grabbed Madam Hui's wrist and walked towards the mansion."

"Your Highness, please go slower. You are pinching me." The Prince of Huai was a top-grade warrior. Madam Hui could not break free at all and was dragged by him to the mansion. Because the Prince of Huai walked too fast, Madam Hui almost fell to the ground. When the servants in the mansion saw this scene, they all lowered their heads and dared not breathe. It was obvious that they had seen it more than once.

Prince Huai dragged Madam Hui into a room. As the door was closed, Madam Hui turned pale and said hurriedly, "Your Majesty, please don't do that."

Before he could finish his words, Prince Huai slapped Madam Hui in the face, knocking her to the ground.

"Bitch, shameless bitch, don't even think about betraying me without my permission." Prince Huai pulled Madam Hui up and slapped her again.

"No, I didn't." Madam Hui was still trying her best to defend herself.

However, Prince Huai refused to listen, because the Li family's betrayal was already a fact.

Afterwards, Prince Huai ripped off the golden hairpin on Madam Hui's head and all the jewelry on her body, threw them on the ground, and shouted: "From now on, you are not allowed to wear jewelry or go out without my permission. You should also wear more clothes for me. If you dare to do it again, I will not forgive you."

After staring at Madam Hui, who was lying on the ground with disheveled hair, blood at the corner of her mouth, and crying non-stop, Prince Huai left with a gloomy face.

At this moment, rays of sunlight shone from the door onto Madam Hui's face, making the purple and blue corners of her mouth extremely clear. As the door closed, the room became dim, and faint patches of darkness could be seen in the room, just like Madam Hui's sad and numb heart at this moment.

It’s just the beginning of April.

Chen Mo and Yue Ruyan led 5,000 newly recruited soldiers from Huaizhou, set out from Yi County, and began to take over Fengzhou.

Prince Huai had already led his troops out of Fengzhou, so the process of Chen Mo taking over was very smooth at the beginning. Every time he arrived in a county, the local county magistrate would bring a group of clerks and gentry out of the city to greet him.

At this rate, Chen Mo should be able to take over the entire Fengzhou in less than a month.

But if it was as simple as entering the city and taking over the city, Chen Mo would not have come to Huaizhou in person.

Instead, every time he arrived in a city, Chen Mo would order people to build a public trial platform in the city to try local officials, clerks, and landlords.

Who of these people should die and who is innocent will be decided by the people in the city.

Every time a public trial platform was built, Chen Mo would personally go on stage and speak.

"I am the Duke of Anguo. Like you, I was born in poverty. Over the years, I have traveled around and seen that the rich have vast fields while the poor have no place to live. You work so hard just to have food to eat and keep your family alive, but you always have endless taxes to pay and debts to repay. You work so hard for a year but cannot even eat the rice you planted.

As a last resort, we can only sell our land to the rich and landlords at low prices, and even become their slaves... In order not to kill innocent people, I, Chen Mo, will set up a public trial here. Who deserves to die, who is not guilty of death or who is innocent, will all be decided by you below."

Among those who are publicly tried, there are no innocent people.

Chen Mo followed the people's wishes and killed these guilty people.

This move not only maintained local order and stability, but also, after beheading the landlord, distributed his land to the people, allowing Chen Mo to win the hearts of the people.

(End of this chapter)