Chapter 351 Reason
She needed to ask Rong Que what exactly happened in the Zhenning Marquis's Mansion. At the moment, Su Qingqing looked at the lamb leg in front of her. After the old lady of the Minister of Rites' Mansion finished speaking, she said expressionlessly: "What happened after this blood sacrifice? Has the crisis of the Eight Great Families been resolved?"
The old lady of the Minister of Rites said, "Whether the crisis was resolved or how it was resolved, I don't know. The master didn't mention it that much when he came home."
Having said that, she glanced at Zhou with some resentment.
It is obvious that as a concubine, Zhou knew more than her, the wife.
Su Qingqing didn't want to bother with the trivial matters of the disputes between wives and concubines in their family, and only asked: "After the blood sacrifice, have you ever held a similar worship activity again?"
The old lady of the Minister of Rites shook her head, "I don't know this either. I only learned about this blood sacrifice today."
"Then, has your Xu family experienced any turmoil since then?"
The old lady of the Minister of Rites thought about it carefully and said, "No."
"What about other families? Is any of your eight families about to suffer any misfortune, even a small one? Think about it carefully."
While she was thinking, Su Qingqing was playing with the dagger in her hand, stabbing the lamb leg again and again.
The wife of the Minister of Rites , who was kneeling beside her, frowned and said, "Your Majesty."
He looked as if he wanted to say something but was hesitant.
Su Qingqing raised her eyelids and looked at her, "Speak."
She said, “A few years ago, the Xue family was deprived of the job of managing the granary by the late emperor because of a failure in disaster relief. At that time, the late emperor wanted the Qin family to take over. The Qin family has always been close to the late emperor and was willing to contribute to the reform of the new policy, but later the matter was left unresolved.
The late emperor only verbally reprimanded the Xue family for the failure of the disaster relief and fined them three years of salary as punishment, but did not deprive them of their jobs. "
When she said this, Su Qingqing and Rong Que looked at each other and asked, "Did this happen after the blood sacrifice?"
"Because it happened so long ago, I can't remember exactly when it happened. Your Majesty can ask other senior officials in the court. Anyone who served in the court when the late emperor first ascended the throne should know about this incident. Maybe someone remembers the time. I am just a woman, so I only heard a superficial understanding of this."
What she said is true.
But Su Qingqing and Rong Que already had some guesses in their minds.
When the previous emperor ascended the throne, there was turmoil and instability in the court. In order to take back the delegated powers and achieve the centralization of imperial power, he wanted to employ new nobles, but the eight old noble families would definitely not agree.
If the Eight Families wanted to resolve this matter once and for all, there was only one way: to tie the emperor to their boat.
This blood sacrifice may not really be for any other purpose. It may just be a means for the eight major families to win over or intimidate the late emperor.
After all, this blood sacrifice is too cruel. Once it is leaked, the reputation of the late emperor will be ruined, and it will also provide an opportunity for those who are eager to seize the throne.
At that time, the imperial court was in turmoil, and there were more people who wanted to seize the throne than just Prince Yu's party.
The person who could come up with this idea must have a very vicious mind.
Later, this plan was perfected by someone. Since they could tie the emperor to a boat, why not use it to do something else, so...
Rong Que's younger brother was sacrificed.
One of Su Qingqing's relatives was sacrificed.
As for what this other purpose is, I'm afraid we can only wait until the mystery is solved again.
That was about all that could be asked. Su Qingqing glanced at Zhou and said, "From now on, you will move back to the residence of the Minister of Rites. Don't worry, as long as I am alive, you and your son will be safe."
No matter what conflict there was between Zhou and the old lady of the Minister of Rites' Mansion, it was their private family affair.
In order to survive, they hid their identities and lived in the farm. The mother and son could have continued their peaceful life there, but because she wanted to investigate things, she dragged them into this and that. Su Qingqing had to be responsible for them.
Zhou didn't expect the queen to say this and was so shocked that she stood there in a daze.
It was her son who hurriedly bowed and expressed his gratitude.
Su Qingqing looked at the old lady in the Minister of Rites's mansion, "Remember what I said. First, if anything goes wrong between them, I will immediately drag everyone in your mansion to be buried with them. They are my people."
These words made the old lady of the Minister of Rites look unhappy.
Doesn't this mean that the old bitch Zhou is superior to her?
But she didn't dare to complain or object.
Su Qingqing continued, "Secondly, I want all the information about the eight families. The more detailed the better. You do this, and I will just ask your mother-in-law and daughter-in-law for people.
As for what others say, if you think you can trust her more than me, you can give it a try.
Others are the butchers and I am the meat. Remember your identity: you are the fish.
If you want to survive under my sword, how long you can live is up to me, do you understand?"
After Su Qingqing finished speaking, she threw the dagger in her hand like a dart onto the leg of lamb in front of her.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the Minister of Rites's mansion were so frightened that their faces turned pale.
How could they not hear that these words were referring to Qingyue?
Qingyue had looked for them, and the Queen knew everything.
Moreover, it was because Qingyue had looked for them that they went to look for Zhou, which led to the Queen's interrogation. If Qingyue had not looked for them, they might not have remembered Zhou and would not have looked for her, and the Queen might not have been able to find her.
The more I think about this relationship, the fear that is deep in my bones becomes more intense.
This time, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were completely frightened.
After everyone left, Rong Que tilted his head to look at Su Qingqing, "Wow, General Su is so cool, I like him so much."
Su Qingqing laughed, "Can you not be so funny?"
Rong Que said, "What's so funny about this? It's either you're not cool enough or I don't like you enough."
Minglu next to him rolled his eyes silently.
You are not worthy of such a cool queen.
After rolling his eyes, he seemed to feel that his idea was a bit excessive. After all, Rong Que was his master, so his gaze silently drifted to the side.
Just happened to meet Minghe.
Minghe glanced at him and then looked away.
But that glance!
He He Ran: You’re right, I’m just not worthy of you!
Ming Lu: …
Minghe retracted his gaze, glanced at Jixiang, and lowered his head.
Oh~
I don't deserve it either.
I don't have that kind of fate, it won't be my turn~
Rong Que had no idea what the two kids were thinking. After making Su Qingqing laugh, he asked them if they wanted to eat more. If not, they would go back to the house together. The two lamb legs that had hardly been touched were left to Ming Luminghe and Jixiang.
"It seems that the Xue family is most likely the mastermind behind the blood sacrifice. Moreover, the Xue family may also be the leader of these eight families. What do you think?"
