Su Liuyue's heart suddenly tightened slightly.

Thinking of Zhou Yunke's cold and ruthless eyes when he talked about his father, for the first time, she truly felt a sense of pity for him.

Although that kind of man's fatherly love is of no value at all.

But for Zhou Yunke, who was just a child at the time, he might have longed for this kind of fatherly love.

“Later, my eldest brother’s status became higher and higher, and he became more and more undisguised in his disdain and disgust for the Chen family.

In order to further consolidate his power, my eldest brother began to marry into the families of various military commanders in the north, and Yun Ke's mother's mood became increasingly unstable.

At that time, I really felt sorry for Yunke. His father didn't love him, and his mother didn't have the ability to love him. On the other hand, what about Jingchen? Apart from not being the legitimate son, in what other aspects was his life worse than Yunke's?

It was probably because I couldn't hide my emotions when I was young. At that time, I looked down on the You family and Jingchen's mother, and even often quarreled with Jingchen's mother. I just couldn't stand them, and I just wanted to protect the innocent Yunke. "

When Princess Changxi said this, she seemed to have returned to the past. Her eyes slightly raised, and even a bit of girlish arrogance appeared on her face.

Su Liuyue couldn't help laughing, remembering what Zhou Yunke had told her before, that her aunt had saved his life more than once when he was in the army. If it weren't for her aunt protecting him when he was a child, he might have died long ago.

Although Princess Changxi got married later, she had been independent since childhood. It was not until she was in her twenties that she decided to get married after repeated persuasion from people around her.

At that time, Zhou Yunke was already eight or nine years old and had a certain ability to protect himself.

Princess Changxi was silent for a moment when she said this, then she sighed deeply and said, “But in fact, even at that time, I vaguely realized that the source of the tragedy of Yunke and his mother was not the You family and Jingchen’s mother, but my eldest brother.

It was my eldest brother's greed and his failure to keep his original intention that led to the tragedy of Yunke and his mother.

I know that Yun Ke has been tolerating his father all these years, partly because of me..."

Princess Changxi's voice trembled, she took a deep breath, and said: "However, Yunke underestimated his aunt. When it comes to family and national affairs, the common people should always be put before personal feelings.

I never thought that my elder brother was suitable for that position.

He didn't conquer this world by himself.

Now, it's time to put him back in his place...

As Yunke's aunt, my only wish is that, if the situation has not reached the worst point, Yunke can spare his father's life, so that I can... go see my eldest brother in my spare time, and so that I can give an explanation to my mother...

After all, although he was not a good husband, let alone a good father, he was still responsible enough as the eldest brother.

I was able to act so recklessly when I was young because my elder brother was willing to protect me all the time..."

The "Aniang" in her words refers to the Empress Dowager in the palace.

The Empress Dowager is now very old, and because of the hardships she had experienced in the past few years, her health has been deteriorating over the past six months.

After Su Liuyue and Zhou Yunke got married, they only visited her once. Although she was so sick that she couldn't even get out of bed at that time and only spoke a few words to them, Su Liuyue could still tell that she was an old woman with a very gentle and straightforward personality.

After Su Liuyue returned home that day, she told Zhou Yunke everything Princess Changxi had said.

Zhou Yunke was silent for a long time that day. Finally, he held her hand tightly and said in a hoarse voice: "Liu Yue, sometimes, I actually feel that God has been very kind to me. Otherwise, how could I have met my aunt and you?

Although I also want to go see my aunt, the situation is complicated at this time and I don't want to involve my aunt too much in the current situation.

Please, talk to my aunt for me."

Su Liuyue recalled the conversation with Zhou Yunke that day, sighed secretly, put down the chopsticks in her hand, and said: "Ersi, Er'an, help me wash and dress."

Ersi was slightly stunned and frowned, "Empress, why do you only eat so little?" As for the fish, the Empress only moved her chopsticks once and put it down.

Su Liuyue said helplessly: "I really don't have the mood to eat recently. And as for that fish, ask the kitchen staff not to cook it for me for the time being."

Er'an was also a little worried and said, "My lady, I remember that you used to like eating fish..."

"It's not that I don't like it, I just don't know if it's the problem with this batch of fish, but it tastes a bit tasteful to me."

Su Liuyue didn't say much, she stood up and said, "I remember His Highness said this morning that he would be back for dinner today. It's getting late, we have to leave for the Princess's Mansion as soon as possible."

Su Liuyue quickly washed and dressed and was about to go out. However, before she reached the door, she saw Feng Qi suddenly walking towards her quickly with a sullen face.

Su Liuyue was slightly stunned, and suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart. He asked before he even walked up to him: "Feng Qi, what happened?"

Although Fengqi is a little jumpy on weekdays, he is still very steady when big things happen.

He bowed and said, "Your Majesty, there has just been news from the palace that... a group of former criminals who were exiled to the Northeastern wilderness to do hard labor suddenly revolted and occupied three states in the Northeast in just three days.

The leader is... General Zhong from the previous dynasty and his family."

Su Liuyue opened her eyes slightly. Although she was indescribably surprised, she also had an inexplicable feeling that she had expected it.

Cui Mingyuan would rather hold on and watch his clansmen being killed one by one than reveal the whereabouts of the Eleventh Prince. This shows that he is still holding his breath and is still hoping that the Eleventh Prince will be able to succeed in his rebellion in the future and turn the tables for the Cui family.

This also shows that the Cui family has many powerful accomplices in secret. Cui Mingyuan must have trusted them very much to hand over his most important grandson.

That man was not the father of the fifth young lady of the Cui family - General Shu who is now in Gaozhou. Zhou Yunke had already sent people to investigate him thoroughly, but found no trace of the eleventh prince.

Moreover, although General Shu had a certain influence in the Gaozhou garrison, because he had always been stationed outside, he did not have much prestige among the generals of the previous dynasty.

It turns out that the person Cui Mingyuan had been waiting for was General Zhong and the Zhong family!
The prestige and influence of the Zhong family among the officials of the previous dynasty and the army cannot be matched by ten Shu families.

Otherwise, the death of Miss Zhong would not have caused the conflict between the powerful people of the new and old dynasties.

Previously, Su Liuyue had asked Zhou Yunke whether there was a possibility that the Zhong family would start a rebellion.

Zhou Yunke said without hesitation: "Although General Zhong was very loyal to the previous dynasty and fought with us until the last moment, he also cares about this land and the people living here.

In fact, in the later stages of the previous war, the army under General Zhong's command once put up a passive resistance, defending but not attacking, and resisting firmly until the last moment. This was because of General Zhong's loyalty to the previous dynasty. His defense but not attacking was his compassion for the people who were displaced by the war.

General Zhong was captured by me, and the battle with him was the easiest one I have ever fought.

On that occasion, General Zhong was escorting a group of royal family members back to the prefectures and counties under their jurisdiction, but unfortunately their whereabouts were discovered by us.

He used himself as bait, allowing the royal family he was escorting to escape successfully, but he himself was captured.

After he was captured, he smiled bitterly and talked to me..."

Zhou Yunke said this with a faint smile, his smile was full of pity and regret of heroes respecting heroes, "As long as Dayan's army has a chance to defeat our army, he will fight to the end and try to end this war in the shortest possible time.

He was actually well aware of the corruption and decadence of the previous court, but he still could not give up his country.

Using himself as bait to protect the loyal royal family from escaping was the last thing he could do for them.

Moreover, he was very glad that he was defeated by me in the end. In this way, he could at least rest assured that his soldiers would not be subjected to inhuman torture. " (End of this chapter)