Chapter 391 The First Family

Shen Yueyao nodded and said, "I feel that the princess is a little strange. She asked everyone to stay outside to guard. There was a man inside, and she said something to the man..."

Shen Yueyao told Su Xueyi in detail everything she discovered that night and their conversation.

Including the tunnel, secret room, jewelry and so on, everything is mentioned.

Su Xueyi's expression changed when she heard this.

Just by analyzing what Princess Anping said to that person, I feel that there is definitely something wrong.

Shen Yueyao looked at Su Xueyi's solemn expression and said, "What do you think they are planning? Who is the person behind that man?"

"I wanted to use the space to collect all those jewels, but I was afraid that the princess would find out and alert us, so I didn't move."

Su Xueyi whispered, "Faking death? It seems that man was once familiar to the powerful people in the capital."

Su Xueyi thought, maybe he had seen it before.

"Can you describe what that person looks like?"

Shen Yueyao said: "I can draw it."

Shen Yueyao said, then got off the bed and lit the candle.

Then he spread out the paper on the desk, picked up his homemade charcoal pencil, and began to sketch on it.

Shen Yueyao's painting skills are also very good.

He can draw people in detail just by relying on his memory.

Shen Yueyao was painting quietly there, while Su Xueyi was thinking seriously about the conversation.

Su Xueyi felt that if she wanted to refine weapons, she would also need food and gold and silver, all of which were related to the rebellion.

But who would do such a thing is unknown.

When Su Xueyi was young, as the legitimate son of the Duke's Mansion, he often followed his grandfather and father in and out of the palace. Sometimes he would also attend important palace banquets and banquets of major families.

In addition, he has a photographic memory, so if someone has seen it, he will naturally recognize it at a glance.

Su Xueyi pondered over what was happening.

Time passed little by little, and Shen Yueyao soon finished the painting.

"Look, do you know this person?"

After Shen Yueyao showed the painting to Su Xueyi, Su Xueyi's expression changed after reading it.

Just by looking at Shen Yueyao's expression, Shen Yueyao knew that he must know this person, "Do you really know him? Who is he?"

"This person is Zuoqiu Chi of the Zuoqiu family, the young master of the first family back then."

Shen Yueyao naturally didn't know this person, and she had no idea what the relationships were like among the powerful families in the capital.

"During the time I've been in the capital, I've often visited teahouses and heard a lot of things, but I've never heard of a Zuoqiu family."

Su Xueyi seemed to have thought of something and said in a deep voice, "The Zuoqiu family has long been confiscated and exterminated."

"It was an order from the late emperor, the princess's father."

Shen Yueyao listened and became even more confused, "If that's the case, then isn't that an enemy?"

"Why are they still colluding with each other and planning a rebellion?"

"Then is this Princess Anping really stupid?"

Shen Yueyao really couldn't understand.

Su Xueyi tapped the table with her finger, thinking of the past stories, and said quietly: "There is a story behind this."

"Back then, when Princess Anping was eighteen years old, she fell in love with Zuoqiu Chi, the young master of a noble family. She wanted to be with him and even asked the emperor to decree a marriage."

"But just a few days before the marriage was granted, at a banquet, the princess became intimate with the unfavored bastard son of a declining baronial family. Some people said the princess was being plotted against, but there were so many people at the banquet that the emperor had no choice but to decree the marriage."

"The princess was unwilling, but there was nothing she could do. The emperor was her father. Although she doted on him, he was still a king. She didn't dare to resist, because if she did, she might even be sent to marry a foreign prince."

"After the marriage, the princess gave birth to a daughter. Not long after, the prince consort died in the hunting grounds."

"The princess originally thought that after her husband's death, she could find a way to reunite with Zuoqiu Chi. However, she never imagined that the emperor had evidence of the Zuoqiu family colluding with foreign nations to rebel, and he confiscated the Gongsun family's property and exterminated them."

"No one knows what the specific situation is."

Shen Yueyao listened and probably understood something, and also analyzed some things from it, "I know that Princess Anping is the Queen's legitimate daughter, and her brother is also the Crown Prince. I think the Emperor is playing a very good check and balance game."

"From the emperor's perspective, he's in his prime, so he naturally doesn't want his son to have too much power. He might seem to be doting on the princess, but in reality, it might not be doting; it could be flattery."

"He naturally didn't want this princess, who might threaten his throne, to marry the young master of such a powerful aristocratic family. This would have given the then-crown prince more leverage, wouldn't it?"

Listening to Shen Yueyao's analysis, a bright light flashed in Su Xueyi's eyes. He looked at his little wife and was a little surprised. He didn't expect that his little wife had such a keen discovery of these things.

"Well, am I right?"

At this moment, Shen Yueyao looked at Su Xueyi like a little girl, waiting for praise.

Su Xueyi touched Shen Yueyao's hair and said, "You are right."

"like……"

If it was anything, Su Xueyi didn't say.

But he understood that if Shen Yueyao had been in the Su family at that time, with such keen insights, she might have been able to help the Su family avoid danger.

The Su family would not have been convicted and exiled.

Unfortunately, there is no if.

But now Yao Niang is his wife, and he feels very lucky to have Yao Niang.

"When you put it that way, a lot of things become connected."

"Zuoqiu Chi should want revenge. Regardless of whether he was using the princess or had real feelings for her, his desire for revenge should be genuine. The Zuoqiu family is the most prestigious family in the Yan Dynasty, with a history stretching back thousands of years and rich heritage. Yet, the Emperor found a reason to confiscate and exterminate such a family."

"I heard that at that time, because the emperor was warlike and engaged in large-scale construction, the national treasury was empty. But after the Zuoqiu family was confiscated, all of their belongings went into the national treasury, filling it up."

"Four or five years ago, the royal family fought among themselves for the throne, resulting in many deaths. Therefore, the royal family had no choice but to nominate the current emperor to the throne, believing that he would be kind and would not cause so much bloodshed."

"Now it seems that someone is behind this revenge."

Shen Yueyao thought for a moment and said, “The emperor is ruthless to the aristocratic families, so naturally the aristocratic families will not sit idly by and wait for death. The struggle that disrupts the royal family may be true.”

"Actually, your Su family didn't commit any crime. You were just implicated and exiled."

Shen Yueyao didn't have a good impression of the late emperor either.

"Since Zuoqiu Chi is the heir meticulously nurtured by a prominent family, he naturally possesses all the skills and abilities. If he truly desires revenge and rebellion, then things will be very complicated. Should we warn the Emperor?"