Chapter 345 Bastard
The wife of the Minister of Rites felt a sharp pain in her chest and felt dizzy and about to fall down. Fortunately, there was a tree next to her. She gasped for breath and leaned over, holding her chest.
"How do you know I went to see Xiao Yu?"
After taking a few breaths, she looked at Qingyue with a pale face.
Qingyue said, "Don't worry about this. I understand that you want to save your master, but don't do stupid things. If you do something stupid, you will cause everyone to die miserably."
It was harsh, but because her previous analysis was reasonable, and the wife of the Minister of Rites was so distressed about her bag of gold ingots, she had no extra energy to argue with her. She just said, "What should I do? I can't just watch my master being sent to Da Qi."
Qingyue said, " You have to think clearly about why, after the incident was exposed, the entire family of Imperial Physician Liu was executed, but only Lord Xu from your family was sent to Da Qi, and you were not implicated at all. With His Majesty's attitude, you went to those noble families to ask for help, but none of them were willing to come forward."
Qingyue did not have the extra time to let the wife of the Minister of Rites figure it out on her own. She said bluntly: "That's because your Xu family still has someone available. As for the aristocratic families, they would rather sacrifice a Lord Xu than offend the emperor at this critical juncture, because it is not worth it. Without Lord Xu, the Xu family still has others.
As for the emperor, he was also keeping an eye on this person.
He openly wants your Xu family to become his spy among the noble families, but his actual purpose is probably because he is afraid of this person."
The wife of the Minister of Rites was confused by what she said, "There is such a capable person in our Xu family? How come I didn't know? Although the Xu family is also an old family, it has been declining since the third generation. In our generation, only our master has a promising future. There is no one who has a promising future among the children of other families."
Qingyue said, "Think about it again. In short, you can't let the emperor lead you by the nose and really become the one who betrays the family. If you betray the family, I tell you, the emperor can't protect you at all, and you will die a more miserable death."
After saying this, she hurried back to Shattered Red Mansion and turned around to leave.
The wife of the Minister of Rites reached out and held her back, "You've already come out, why are you leaving? What are you going back to that place for!"
Qingyue sneered, "Su Qingqing thought she could humiliate me by leaving me there, but she didn't know that the fireworks place is where the real news gathers. Of course I won't leave."
She walked away, and soon disappeared from the sight of the wife of the Minister of Rites.
As soon as she left, the wife of the Minister of Rites went to the old lady's yard with a lot on her mind. When she entered the palace, the old lady had been waiting anxiously at home. When she learned that she had returned home but still couldn't get her to come, the old lady was so anxious that she almost went out to look for her.
"You're finally back. What happened?"
As the wife of the Minister of Rites entered the room, the old lady called out anxiously.
The wife of the Minister of Rites dismissed her attendants and told them everything about her meeting with Qingyue. "... Is there such a person in our Xu family?"
The old lady's anxious look faded, replaced by a solemn expression, "Did Qingyue really say that?"
The wife of the Minister of Rites looked at her mother-in-law's expression and felt a pang in her heart, "Mother, is there really such a person in our family?"
The old lady twisted her fingers in silence for a long time, then nodded, "Yes, there is one, but it's not as magical as Qingyue said."
The wife of the Minister of Rites opened her eyes wide, "Who? Where? What does he do? How come my daughter-in-law has never heard that there is such a capable person in our Xu family who can make other noble families give up our master for him?"
The old lady sighed and said, "Let me think about it carefully. You go first."
The wife of the Minister of Rites was stunned. "Mother, this person concerns the safety of the master, you can't..."
The old lady's eyes immediately became sharp and annoyed, "Get out!"
A very impolite order.
The sound was quite loud, and the maid standing outside the window must have heard it clearly. The wife of the Minister of Rites bit her lower lip, looked humiliated, and stood up to leave.
As soon as she left, the old lady seemed to collapse. She leaned heavily on the pine flower pillow behind her, and her tired eyes slowly closed.
The Xu family has a capable person, but isn't this person... dead?
At that time, His Majesty performed a blood sacrifice in the palace, which was originally a top-secret matter, but she carefully designed an encounter so that the son born to the concubine in the mansion accidentally passed by the cold palace when he entered the palace to find the prince.
The concubine at that time was deeply loved by the master, and the illegitimate son born to her was proficient in martial arts and tactics. The master valued him very much and often praised the illegitimate son and belittled her legitimate son in front of outsiders.
How could she bear such humiliation? What's more, the concubine was constantly making small moves in private. At that time, she was only worried that the concubine and her son would replace their status, so she deliberately designed such an encounter.
As she expected, no matter the royal family or the eight great families, even the master who was still alive at that time, would never give this bastard any chance to survive.
He entered the palace and never came out.
Finally, the only news that came out of the palace was that he accidentally fell off his horse while accompanying the prince on an outing, and was trampled to death by the frightened horse, but in the end, not even his body was brought back.
After the master returned home, he never mentioned the incident again, as if the person he lost was not a son he loved very much. If the master didn't mention it, she certainly wouldn't mention it either.
Only the concubine made a big fuss with the master for a long time, demanding to see her alive or dead. No matter how much the master loved her, he could not stand her making such a fuss, and finally sent her to the farm.
The incident happened too long ago, and the old lady in the Minister of Rites's house thought she had forgotten it long ago. But now when she thinks about it, it turns out that she still remembers everything that happened so clearly.
There really is no one in the Xu family who has great abilities. The most capable person is her son, the current Minister of Rites.
If there was anyone in the Xu family who could replace her son, it would only be the illegitimate son from that year.
Is the person not dead?
In fact, she had doubts back then. The master acted too calm after returning home. It didn't look like he had lost his beloved son at all. She once thought that the master might have bribed someone to do something secretly.
But later on, the master devoted all his energy to raising the legitimate son she gave birth to, and she let the matter go. She even never paid much attention to the concubine who was sent to the farm.
Now that I think about it…
That concubine should still be alive.
