The Chu Palace in Wuchang, Huguang is located on the southern foot of Gaoguan Mountain, facing north and south, and backed by Gaoguan Mountain. It is two miles wide from east to west and four miles long from north to south, covering an area of ​​hundreds of acres, which is equivalent to half the size of Wuchang City.

The water surface of Gedi Lake in front of the royal palace is rippling with light. Sometimes white water birds swiftly pass through the lake, pick up a fish and spread their wings to fly into the forest on the other side.

In a unique courtyard in the southeast corner of the huge royal palace, several powerful men, Kong Wu, were whipping a young man tied to a tree. The man was already covered in blood and his head was tilted to one side, as if he was about to die at any time.

Seeing this scene, several big men stopped one after another, and one of them stepped forward to test the breath of the person being beaten.

"Criminal, King Shouchang seems to have more breathing and less breathing! If you continue to fight, you may be..."

The big man reported to a man sitting on a chair not far away in panic.

"It's cheaper for this beast! I'll tie him to a tree and come and see it tomorrow. If he doesn't die, he will spare his life!"

The man sitting on the chair is over thirty years old. He is wearing a red round-necked dress and soap-skin boots. He has beautiful eyebrows and eyes, slightly thin lips, and a sinister expression. When looking at people with slender eyes, he gives people the feeling of being stared at by a poisonous snake.

He is Zhu Yunhui, the prince of the King of Chu. The one who was beaten to death was his younger brother, Zhu Yunhao, the king of Shouchang.

"Criminal, do you want to ask a medical officer to treat King Shouchang? If you really want to be beaten to death, the prince will blame him, and the prince will also be punished!"

The big man said carefully.

Although they acted on the order of the prince, if the prince knew that they had beaten King Shouchang to death, the whole family and the young would have to be buried with them.

"Li San, you dog slave! Let me mention that old man stripped you alive! Go and see what happened to that bitch!"

Li San hurriedly picked up the clothes on the ground and put them on, and ran towards the moon gate on the side of the yard.

He knew that Zhu Yunhui was cruel and suspicious, and would beat and scold his subordinates if he was not satisfied. There were many servants and maids in the royal palace who were beaten to death for no reason.

Although Zhu Yunhui and Zhu Yunhao are brothers of the same mother, they are already in the same position. The reason is very simple: As early as a few years ago, King Zhu Huakui of Chu had the idea of ​​Yi Chu, and the princess had long been circulating in the palace. In the past two years, this trend has become more obvious. The disgust of the King of Chu and the princess towards Zhu Yunhui has been beyond words, and he is even more pampered with Zhu Yunhao.

The King of Chu had three sons and one daughter. Zhu Yunhui and Zhu Yunhao were both born from the concubine He, and another son Zhu Yunlong was born from the concubine Ma, and his daughter Zhu Fengde was born from the palace maid of the royal palace. She is less than five years old.

As the eldest son, Zhu Yunhui was smart since childhood and was deeply loved by Zhu Huakui. When he was five years old, he submitted a letter to the emperor for a title, and then Wanli enthroned him as the crown prince of the King of Chu.

The King of Chu and his wife were extremely spoiled to Zhu Yunhui since childhood, which made him develop a domineering and arrogant personality. After growing up, they became both lustful and extremely vicious. The palace maids in the King of Chu's mansion were raped by him. Zhu Huakui severely punished them many times after he found out, but he still remained thief.

Zhu Yunhui, who is lewd by nature, once attracted dozens of prostitutes in Wuchang City. He participated in it with a group of rogues. Both men and women met. While drinking and having fun, they also announced sexual intercourse during the day. After this incident was reported by someone, it caused an uproar in the outside world. The reputation of the Chu Prince's Mansion, which was originally unpleasant, became even more unbearable.

Zhu Yunhui often gathers villains in Wuchang City. Hundreds of people sway over the market. When they meet beautiful women, they will force them to snatch them back to the house. When they get tired of playing, they will sink into the lake or throw them outside the house. The victim's family reported to the government, but the previous Wuchang prefects were afraid of Zhu Yunhui's ruthless methods and dared not come forward to negotiate with him, which further encouraged Zhu Yunhui's yín    wēi.

Due to his disappointment with Zhu Yunhui, Zhu Huakui let his other two sons live in the palace and wanted to secretly observe which one is suitable to replace Zhu Yunhui as the prince. Unexpectedly, this unintentional act brought a catastrophe to the Chu palace.

After Zhu Yunhui accidentally met two beautiful sisters-in-law, he suddenly became lustful. He came to the door several times to tease Zhu Yunhao and the concubine of King Zhu Yunlong of Hanyang, but his two younger brothers sued Zhu Huakui.

Zhu Huakui was furious and strengthened his determination to depose Zhu Yunhui. Zhu Yunhui's mother He even ignored him. Instead, he loved the weak Zhu Yunhao very much, which made Zhu Yunhui hate his mother and younger brother to the core.

This time, he sent someone to lure his mother and brother to this remote courtyard in the name of apologizing. After driving away all the maids and entourages of the two, he forcibly locked He into the house in the side courtyard, and then tied Zhu Yunhao to a tree and started beating him.

He was not afraid that his father would know. Zhu Huakui, who was over 60 years old, has been addicted to worshiping Buddha and practicing the way of immortality in recent years. He built a Thousand Buddha Hall in the backyard of the royal palace. He stayed there all day to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha's name, and ordered everyone in the mansion to disturb him in his practice without any trouble, so Zhu Yunhui became even more unscrupulous in his actions.

After a while, Li San ran back and reported, "Criminal, the princess is not moving in the house!"

"This bitch! Aren't you protecting your second child? This time I will let you die together! Let's go to the second child's yard, and my sister-in-law is still waiting for me to comfort me!"

When Zhu Yunhui thought of his sister-in-law Mao's handsome face, his heart couldn't help but feel hot. Now the person who was in trouble was either locked up or was about to die. A weak woman from Mao's family obediently allowed him to show his power?

Zhu Yunhui led Li San and others to Zhu Yunhao's yard along the corridor. The palace maids he met along the way hurriedly dodged from a distance to avoid him. When he walked to the fourth Yufeng Pavilion, he happened to meet Chen Nanping, the chief of the royal palace.

Chen Nanping has similar background experiences as Sun Sansheng, the chief of the Zhou royal palace. He has been sent to the Chu royal palace for seven years. He also knows very well about Zhu Yunhui's evil deeds and hates them deeply. It is precisely after his repeated persuasion that Zhu Huakui had the idea of ​​abolishing Zhu Yunhui.

"Where is the prince going?"

Chen Nanping stopped and blocked Zhu Yunhui and his party's way.

"Why is it your turn to take care of me if I want to do it? Get out of the way!"

Zhu Yunhui certainly knew that Chen Nanping persuaded his father Yu to depose him, but Chen Nanping had always been by his father's side. Even if he wanted to take revenge, it would be difficult for him to find a chance. Now that he saw Chen Nanping with only two followers, the anger that had just been extinguished in his heart rekindled.

"Please respect yourself! The prince is sent by the court. His highness is still respectful to the prince. Hasn't the prince not inherited the throne yet?"

Chen Nanping said coldly.

For Zhu Yunhui, Chen Nanping wished he could kill him with thunder in his palm when he debuted as a Taoist.

"What are you? This world belongs to my Zhu family! You are just a dog from my family! Get out of here! Otherwise, the lonely man will kill you!"

Although Zhu Yunhui was extremely angry with Chen Nanping, he thought of Mao's beautiful face and was so anxious that he could not fly over at once.

"I heard that the prince will send someone to invite the princess and King Shouchang to Xiaozhu, Taoxi. I dare to ask the prince, where is the princess and King Shouchang now?"

Seeing that something was wrong, He's personal palace maid didn't dare to report to the prince. In a hurry, she found Chen Nanping and told the story. Chen Nanping hurried from the front hall.

He knew that Zhu Yunhui was vicious. The prince didn't ask about the affairs in the mansion, and no one could control him in the whole mansion. Now Zhu Yunhui suddenly invited the princess and his younger brother, obviously trying to be detrimental to both of them.

"Tie this dog to the orphan!"

When Zhu Yunhui saw Chen Nanping asking about this, he knew that if he didn't clean up him together, after Chen Nanping went to Taoxi Xiaozhu, the whole thing would be exposed. He simply did not do it and locked Chen Nanping there together, and starved them to death after a few days.

Li San and others were all tourists recruited by Zhu Yunhui, and they were really good at it. After hearing Zhu Yunhui's orders, Li San and others rushed forward, knocked Chen Nanping and the other two to the ground in a few seconds, pulled off their belts and tied them up, and then tore off the cloth pieces of their robes to block their mouths.

"Closed them in that yard, Li San followed me, and you will take turns guarding there, no need to worry about the lonely ones!"
Chapter completed!