The host of the quick travel is lacking in virtue for eight generations

Chapter 604: Palace Fights Are All Scheming

Xiao Yun was startled by his terrifyingly bright eyes. He felt that this guy must be up to no good. He kicked him angrily and said, "Stop thinking about this useless thing. Go and get the job done!"

Jiang Lin immediately calmed down and returned to a respectful manner, saying, "Yes, I'll do it right away."

After Jiang Lin left, Xiao Yun leaned on the table with his eyes slightly closed, tapping the table with his right fingers from time to time.

She was a little unsure whether General Weiwu was planning ahead for his grandson, or whether he had ulterior motives. And that "Imperial Grandson" of the previous dynasty...

Xiao Yun sat up straight. The mighty general's surname was Cheng, and his wife's surname was Cui. These two surnames were relatively common in Qi State, and both were big surnames. This made Xiao Yun think of a historical story he had heard in the real world before.

After the Ming Dynasty was overthrown, the descendants of the emperor surnamed Zhu changed their surnames to avoid being killed by the new dynasty. Many of them changed to the more common ones such as Wang, Li, Zhang, Bai, Lin, etc.

Then... would the royal family of the previous dynasty also change their names? It is not impossible that they changed their names and surnames and served as officials in the court.

Even though this dynasty preached benevolence and kindness to the people, it did not massacre the royal family and old ministers of the previous dynasty. Instead, it demoted them to commoners and drove them to remote areas.

Although they did not kill them all openly, they killed all the royal family members and important officials one by one in secret. Many were killed openly as well. It was said that some royal family members were stubborn and refused to surrender, and they were killed only because they resisted to the death.

The same goes for those old ministers who were loyal to the previous dynasty. Everyone knows that if the roots are not removed, they will grow again in the spring breeze. Also, a new emperor has new ministers, and the new emperor will not like to use the old ministers of the previous dynasty.

Even those who surrendered before are the same. They think that if such traitors can betray once, they can betray a second time, so after the matter is accomplished, the first thing they will be dealt with will be.

The people may not be unable to see what was done, but they can still accept it well because of the comparison with the previous dynasty.

The late period of the previous dynasty was indeed too terrible. The emperor was incompetent, the politics was corrupt, corrupt officials were rampant, the royal family levied heavy taxes and treated human lives as worthless, making the entire Qi people live in misery.

The people are eager for the emergence of a new court. As long as it is stronger than the previous one, it will be the savior who saves them from danger. It is also the kind that comes with a built-in filter, so some "minor flaws" will be automatically ignored.

When you see this, you may say, since all the royal family members of the previous dynasty were killed, how could the prince of the previous dynasty escape?

This has to do with how much the former prince feared death. Because he had been assassinated frequently since he was a child, the former prince knew many ways to save his life and escape early on, one of which was to find a substitute.

Some high-ranking officials of this dynasty only learned from the suicide note of the crown princess of the previous dynasty that the crown prince who had committed suicide first was actually a substitute, and the real crown prince had fled long before the Dali cavalry attacked the capital.

I think the Crown Princess hated the Crown Prince so much that she could have left her wife and children behind and escaped alone, but she chose to take her favorite concubine and illegitimate son with her.

According to the Crown Princess' suicide note, the previous Crown Prince took away his favorite concubine and her illegitimate son. It seems that the so-called "Imperial Grandson" mentioned by Chen Jinshi must be that illegitimate son.

The crown prince of the previous dynasty was indeed a ruthless man. He abandoned his wife and children. However, he probably didn't expect that his original wife would not let him off even after her death. She directly exposed him, forcing him to live a life in hiding to avoid being hunted down. This was probably the reason for his early death, and it could be considered retribution in this life.

This has gone a bit off topic, so getting back to the point, Xiao Yun was wondering whether General Weiwu had any connection with the prince's descendants or the old subordinates of the previous dynasty.

She would not doubt that General Weiwu was the "grandson of the emperor" because he was a general by title, not by military merit.

Yes, General Weiwu is a hereditary title. His grandfather was one of the veteran generals who followed the founding emperor to build the country. At that time, he was named Marquis Weiwu, but he was demoted and executed after three generations of inheritance.

When it comes to General Weiwu, he is the third generation. He can even get the title of first-class general. His descendants after that can only rely on their own military merits.

What Xiao Yun couldn't understand was why a general would go to Linzhou to marry the daughter of a local squire.

Even if she was rescued by the other party, she could give more gifts of thanks or promote the descendants of the Cui family. If she was really attracted by Cui's beauty, she could be taken as a concubine. There was no need to promise her the position of wife.

And I heard that the mighty general loved his wife very much. Not to mention concubines, he didn't even have a maid to share the same room with her at home. This made her look more like the male and female protagonists in ancient Chinese novels.

But if they believed that true love is invincible and that a couple is together for a lifetime, they sent their eldest daughter into the palace and she became a concubine of the late emperor.

If you really love your wife, shouldn't you love your daughter as well and want to find a good home for her?

She chose to enter the palace to seek an unknown future when there were so many other wives of great families. Everyone knew that the harem was a place where people were eaten without leaving any bones. Sending the daughter born to her by her beloved into the fire pit was actually a bit unreasonable.

It was also this point that made Xiao Yun feel that the "love" between the mighty general and his wife might not be that simple, and might be for outsiders to see.

Xiao Yun sighed and thought, forget it, don't think too much about it. If you are really curious, just take some time to go to the Mighty General's Mansion for a tour, so as not to trouble your brain.

……

At dinner time, Emperor Yongkang came over and had a meal with the mother and daughter. They really just had a meal and didn't say much. After the meal, he left after saying that he had some official business to deal with.

Looking at "Qiao Wan" who was lying on his shoulder and looking at her with relief and some complacency, Xiao Yun couldn't help rolling her eyes. If she wasn't a little annoyed with Emperor Yongkang, she really wanted to call him to stay a little longer and scare that annoying guy to death!

The days passed slowly for a few days, and on April 15th, the palace became busy again. Today was the fifth seventh day after Qiao Wan's death and the third seventh day after the Empress Dowager's death, so they were simply held together.

Xiao Yun was also busy all day long. At night, when he finally returned to his palace and was ready to rest, he heard the sound of scratching on the window frame.

Xiao Yun walked over and opened the window, and saw a little mouse standing there. When it saw her, it immediately clasped its front paws and bowed to her.

Xiao Yun fed it a small piece of snack, then whispered to it, "Is there any movement in the west yard?"

The little mouse nodded and replied in his mind: "A group of people came in the evening. The leader was a man and a woman, who looked to be in their thirties. The rest were servants.

My great uncle heard from the neighbors that the two people were the owners of the yard. It was said that they had gone back to their hometown to worship their ancestors and had been away for more than two months.

As soon as the man came back, he went to the study, saw the letter, and burned it. Then he went through the tunnel to the shop in the outer city..."