Princess Changxi was stunned, and her voice tightened slightly, "But what did Yunke say to you before he left? If something happened to the Xue family, you would definitely be implicated. That kid should have made arrangements, right?"

As she spoke, she could not help but stand up and paced back and forth, saying, "No, the more you say this, the more worried I am. How about you live in my Princess's Mansion before Yunke comes back? I can't guarantee other things, but I am confident that I can save you from the hands of the emperor..."

Su Liuyue looked at Princess Changxi with a frown on her face and said, "Aunt, that's just my guess. You don't have to be too nervous. Besides, even if they really want to attack the Xue family, it won't be so fast.

Before that, I can live in the Princess's Mansion, but after that, I still have to go back."

Princess Changxi said disapprovingly: "Why, don't you believe that your aunt can protect you?"

"No."

Su Liuyue raised the corner of her mouth slightly and said calmly: "I just don't want to implicate my aunt."

If the only enemy was His Majesty, Princess Changxi might still be able to save her.

But the problem is that their biggest enemy now is probably not the emperor.

Next, Su Liuyue stayed in the Princess's Mansion on the pretext of accompanying Princess Changxi.

Just as she and Zhou Yunke had expected, after Zhou Yunke went to war, the storm against the officials of the old dynasty in the new capital suddenly became more intense.

Although the emperor did not go on a killing spree due to the desperate resistance of the group of court officials who supported Zhou Yunke, almost every day, there were families of the previous dynasty being confiscated, and officials of the previous dynasty being dismissed or even convicted.

The officials of the former dynasty in the new capital were all in danger and were even more frightened than when Daqing was first established.

Those former officials who were suspended from their posts and stayed at home would previously try every means to understand the situation in the court, hoping to be reinstated as soon as possible, but now they only dare to stay at home and dare not even step out of the house.

The former officials who were still on duty dared not say a word about anything other than work. The most fortunate thing every day was that they were not found by the officials in the palace who were responsible for investigating them at the end of the day.

However, people are all human beings, and no one can endure such oppression and unrest for long.

Finally, one day half a month later, a young man from the Liu family, a powerful family in the previous dynasty, who served as a doctor in the armory of the court, attempted to escape from Xinjing with a batch of weapons from the armory. He was caught red-handed by the soldiers guarding the city, completely breaking the stalemate.

Originally, as an official in the Arsenal, if he took some weapons out of the city, no one would investigate as long as the reason was proper.

However, the Liu family, to which he belonged, was on the list of families that the emperor had previously compiled for key investigation. His every move, no matter how reasonable the reasons were, would be the focus of attention.

This attention was of great importance. Under the repeated questioning of the soldiers guarding the city, the young man of the Liu family suddenly lost control. He picked up a big knife and shouted, "The tyrant will kill me! The villain will kill me! The tyrant must be killed!" Then he and his entourage started fighting with the soldiers guarding the city, killing dozens of people.

After being caught, he was still screaming miserably: "It is better to die gloriously than to live like this, worse than being a pig or a dog! Long live Dayan! Long live General Zhong! Long live the eleventh prince!"

This almost drove the emperor mad, who was already extremely angry about General Zhong's rebellion. He immediately ordered a search and seizure of the Liu family and punished them for treason!

However, this is just the beginning.

After that, conflicts broke out in the new capital city almost every day. These conflicts came either from officials of the previous dynasty who could not bear this situation, or from reactionary gangs of the previous dynasty who took the opportunity to cause trouble.

In Xinjing, not only were the officials of the previous dynasty feeling insecure, but even the lives of ordinary people were greatly impacted.

That day, under the watchful eyes of Princess Changxi, Su Liuyue had just finished her lunch and drank a bowl of bird's nest stewed with rock sugar. After dinner, Princess Changxi took Su Liuyue to the courtyard for a walk to digest the food. As they walked, she sighed, "Who would have thought that Yun Ke had only been away for a month, and the whole court would be in such a mess. My brother, the emperor, really didn't realize how wrong he was until he was deserted by everyone."

There was a wry smile on her face.

Her feelings towards this imperial brother were complicated from beginning to end.

"Luckily, the people who stayed behind in Yunke have been trying to stop things from getting out of control, but I think if this continues, they will be powerless."

Su Liuyue just smiled faintly and said nothing.

Princess Changxi didn't want to upset Su Liuyue with these things, so she changed the subject and said, "By the way, Yunke sent another letter home yesterday, right? What did he write in the letter to you? That brat always writes to me simply to say he's safe. Asking him to say a few more words to me is like asking for his life."

Su Liuyue chuckled and said, "It's still the same as before, saying that he has been outside Yunzhou City and is in a stalemate with General Zhong.

General Zhong now has 50,000 soldiers and horses, but your Highness, together with the soldiers originally stationed there, has a total of about 100,000 soldiers and horses available. Logically speaking, we have an absolute advantage in terms of military strength.

But General Zhong is a veteran on the battlefield, and even if he doesn’t have enough soldiers, he can still defend the city for a few months without any problem.”

At first, General Zhong should have wanted to wait for other reinforcements to arrive, but he didn't know that his reinforcements had been strangled in the cradle by Zhou Yunke's Shenwu Army stationed in various places before they set out.

Now, General Zhong can only defend to the death, but Su Liuyue knows that what Zhou Yunke wants most is to instigate General Zhong to rebel and defeat the enemy without fighting.

In the letter, he said that he had been trying to communicate with General Zhong and had sent five messengers, but was rejected every time.

But all the messengers he sent were released safely.

This shows that General Zhong is indeed not the cold-blooded and tyrannical person that Zhou Yunke thought.

However, he had some concerns, or some knot in his heart, which made him unwilling to communicate with Zhou Yunke.

The night that Su Liuyue learned about this situation, she sent someone to call Chunxia, ​​the maid who had previously served Miss Zhong.

After Miss Zhong was killed, Chunxia had nowhere to go. Su Liuyue felt sorry for her and left her at Man Yifang's house to do odd jobs.

Chunxia has always been very grateful to Su Liuyue for helping her daughter find the murderer. After hearing the reason why Su Liuyue called her over, she was stunned for a long time, bit her lip and said, "I... I am willing to try to persuade the master, but... I am not sure if the master will listen to me..."

After all, she was just a servant of the Zhong family before.

Su Liuyue smiled at her and said, "If I'm not mistaken, General Zhong's concern is about his daughter. Because of him, his daughter not only fell into a place like the Jiaofangsi and suffered humiliation from the world, but now that she is dead, he can't even seek justice for her.

He seemed to be blaming the Daqing court for not treating Miss Zhong fairly, but he was also blaming himself. "

Chunxia's eyes suddenly turned red, and she shook her head and said, "No, the girl has never blamed the master. She knows that this result is not what the master wants..."

"Then tell General Zhong all of Miss Zhong's thoughts before she died. Also, tell General Zhong everything about what she said: 'I want to see if Daqing today will not repeat the mistakes of Dayan and whether it can really provide a stable life for the people of the world.'"

Su Liuyue smiled faintly and said, "General Zhong is such a smart person, he will naturally understand what Miss Zhong really wants." (End of this chapter)