Chapter 350 Remember
“I don’t know how my father rescued me, but after I got out, he sent me directly to the manor, and he arranged for his confidant to accompany me at the manor.
Because I was so frightened, I was unconscious and had a high fever. I didn’t know how long I was feverish, but when I woke up, my mother came.
After that, we stayed in the village and were considered refugees who moved here to live.”
When he said this, the old lady of the Minister of Rites glared at the mother and son with resentment on her face.
Su Qingqing was silent for a moment, then said, "When you were dragged into the hall, do you still remember the people in the well? Was there any sound at that time?"
The Xu family bastard shook his head. "I don't remember. I really don't remember. I was too scared at the time. I thought they were going to kill me or torture me. I passed out when I was tied up."
Su Qingqing hummed, then turned to look at Zhou, "You'd better have something to add."
Zhou's heart trembled, and she was a little surprised at the Queen's sharp vision. She actually knew that there was something else.
Biting her lip, Zhou said, "Everyone said that my son was trampled to death by a horse while riding with the prince. I know my son. His riding skills were specially taught by the master since he was a child. It is impossible for such a thing to happen. I cannot accept this result.
Later, when the master saw that I was still unable to get over my grief, he took me to the farm and I met my son.
I begged the master to find an excuse to send me to the farm as well, otherwise I would not be able to survive.
The master asked me to pretend to be crazy and later sent me there. After I was sent there, I pestered him to give me an explanation. The master said that my son ran into the sacrifice in the palace at that time.
I don't understand. I said that our dynasty doesn't have these things, so how could there be sacrifices? At that time, there were even rumors that the queen was suspected of witchcraft and was confined to her house."
When she said this, Sese glanced at Rong Que. Seeing that Rong Que had no other reaction, she breathed a sigh of relief and continued.
"My master said that the military of Zhao State is developing better and better. In a few years, General Yu will lead an invincible army. By then, the Great Yan Dynasty will be hard to defeat.
At that time, Your Majesty had only been on the throne for a few years, and his foundation was unstable. He was overwhelmed by the myriad of affairs at court. Someone gave Your Majesty advice, asking him to use the power of others to his advantage.
This so-called borrowing power means using the murderous spirit of General Yu Yang, whose momentum is now strong, to suppress the weird and supernatural forces in this dynasty.
At that time, I said, isn't this nonsense? If such a vicious method works, who would still work so hard to practice martial arts or train soldiers? Wouldn't it be enough for everyone to be more insidious?
The master had no choice because among the eight great families at that time, the other seven families all agreed to this method, and it was they who tried their best to facilitate this blood sacrifice. At that time, it seemed that the eight great families and the late emperor had reached some agreement.
As long as the late emperor performed this blood sacrifice, they would agree to any conditions.
The master didn't tell me the details, I just know this much, and then not long after that blood sacrifice, the status of the Duke of Zhenguo in the court jumped a lot. I heard the master sometimes complain that the blood sacrifice proposed by the Eight Families at that time could not solve the urgent needs of the Eight Families at all. I don't know what the master meant by this, but it seemed vaguely that the Eight Families had encountered some difficulties at that time and urgently needed such a blood sacrifice to overcome the difficulties.
Anyway, from what the master said, that blood sacrifice seemed to be the most united one in the history of the Eight Great Families. "
What kind of difficulties did the eight great families encounter that they had to resort to such a illusory and inhumane blood sacrifice to overcome the difficulties?
Su Qingqing looked at the old lady in the Minister of Rites' Mansion.
The old lady looked at Zhou with resentment. Feeling Su Qingqing's gaze, she came back to her senses with a start, "Your Majesty, I know all this. I don't know."
Su Qingqing smiled , "Then you'd better know something else to save your life. After all, just yesterday, your son instructed Liu Yuyi to bribe Jixiang to harm me. If you don't hand over some bargaining chips, how can I let you go? Even if I let you go, will you feel at ease? Will you sleep well after you go back? You are so worried that you will scare yourself to death one day."
This was said bluntly, with a strong hint of sarcasm, as if I were the butcher and you were the meat .
But the old lady of the Minister of Rites did not dare to show any dissatisfaction.
She tightly grasped the handkerchief in her hand and said, "I may know something about the difficulties of the eight great families, but I am not sure whether it is accurate."
Su Qingqing said, "Tell me about it."
As she spoke, she swung the dagger in her hand, thrust it into the leg of lamb in front of her, and cut off a piece of meat at a time.
The cutting action made the old lady in the Minister of Rites's mansion feel numb.
"A few years ago, not long after the late emperor ascended the throne, the affairs of state were complicated and repetitive, and the late emperor was overwhelmed to deal with them. At that time, the father of the Second Prince's Consort, Lord Qin, advised the late emperor to withdraw from reform, get rid of the old and welcome the new, and suggested that Your Majesty recruit children from poor families."
When she mentioned Qin Wanru, Su Qingqing's hand holding the dagger tightened.
She knew that the death of Qin Wanru's father was definitely not such a coincidence.
"The eight great families have always had their own survival rules. They are also worried that if their power becomes too strong, the royal family will be wary of them, so they rotate every few years. Each time, they elect two families to obtain high positions in the court, while the others choose to sacrifice the superficial to preserve their foundation. After a few years of low-key precipitation, when it is their turn, they will push a carefully trained child from the family to take charge of important tasks in the court.
Originally, this principle was passed down from generation to generation, and the eight major families followed it very well. This principle also allowed the eight major families to benefit a lot, because no matter how the world changes, the fundamental interests of these eight families will not be affected, and those who are sinking now will sooner or later become glorious.
But Lord Qin's proposal to recruit people from humble families was equivalent to making enemies for the eight major families. And at that time, there really were a few people from humble families who had great abilities.
They were very good at politics and were also very good at marching and fighting. The Zhenning Marquisate and Yongning Marquisate that rose later were both outstanding representatives of the poor families at that time.
Their appearance frightened the Eight Great Families."
Zhenning Marquis Mansion, Zhenning Marquis Mansion...
If the old lady hadn't mentioned these four words, Su Qingqing would have almost forgotten them.
Before she got into trouble, the prince of Zhenning Marquis's Mansion was engaged to Su Jinghe. After she got into trouble, she borrowed the body of her real sister to come back to life . She returned to the Dayan Dynasty and did so many things, but she forgot one thing.
The marriage between Su Jinghe and the Young Master of Zhenning Marquisate.
She didn't investigate once.
Now she suddenly remembered that after she got into trouble, the Marquis of Zhenning was found to have embezzled money and his entire family was exiled to northern Yunnan.
