Chapter 20: The Attitude of the Comments Begins to Change

Hensheng could hardly believe what he was hearing. In just a few days, he had gone from a sickly peasant to a loyal minister and general who would protect him at all costs, and now he was being told that his uncle was the murderer who caused the downfall of the previous dynasty and his exile.

Su Zhenzhen patted Hensheng on the shoulder. If she encountered so many upsetting things, she would probably collapse, let alone this naive and silly child.

Su Zhenzhen, true to her action-oriented style, asked directly, "Speak! What do you want Hensheng to do?"

“Hensheng?” Li Da read the name aloud. “What Hensheng? His name is Jiang Ruheng. He is the only prince of the Jiang family dynasty and the crown prince we support!”

Su Zhenzhen laughed. One is as beautiful as brocade, the other as pure as jade. How interesting!

"If I may ask, was Jiang Sijin's name given by the last emperor? Do you all tend to believe that Jiang Sijin is the last emperor's child?"

Li Da's expression turned wary. "So what if it is?"

Li's wife chimed in, "The last emperor was such a good person, he shouldn't have no descendants left."

Su Zhenzhen understood. Based on Jiang Sijin's age, she should be a generation younger than Hensheng, which means that Hensheng was the late-born son of the last emperor.

With the last emperor having no children for a long time, many of his ardent fans naturally regarded Jiang Sijin as the last emperor's bloodline.

"If I may say one more thing, are you loyal to the Jiang family dynasty or to the last emperor?"

"What's the difference?" Li Dahu asked with a stern face, but his expression looked rather comical without a beard. "The Jiang family dynasty belongs to the last emperor, and we are loyal to both the Jiang family dynasty and the last emperor."

"No, no." Su Zhenzhen waved her flashlight. "I don't believe the Jiang family dynasty doesn't have any collateral relatives. You former officials who yearn for your homeland can go and seek refuge with them. Why are you sticking with a princess who never grew up? And now you're forcing Hensheng to shoulder the responsibility of overthrowing the country?"

“When the capital fell,” Li’s wife explained, “we were able to escape because the princess lived in the garden. At that time, we did not know that the empress had given birth safely.”

Su Zhenzhen was too lazy to argue with them, so she started scrolling through the comments. She thought she had just seen someone praising her.

[The female lead's words are well said! Stop with the moral blackmail; why should our male lead be your tool for revenge?]

Why is the female lead suddenly pleasing to the eye? Even though she's weak, incompetent, and all she does is run away, I'll stop criticizing her just because of what she said for the male lead.

Su Zhenzhen was speechless. Fine, fine, it's still because of hatred, right? This face is too powerful.

Li Da looked at Hensheng and said, "You have been hiding for twenty years, while the princess has been restless day and night for twenty years. Now that the princess is dead, you are the purest bloodline of the last emperor. You cannot forget the blood feud of the Jiang family dynasty!"

Hensheng looked at Old Man Bai, then at Su Zhenzhen, and asked, "What do you want me to do?"

"Of course, it is to summon the loyal ministers of the previous dynasty in the name of the Crown Prince, to capture the capital, and to restore the glory of the previous dynasty."

Before Hensheng could even speak, Su Zhenzhen started criticizing him. Who told her to be so eager to help others (but lacking in manners)?

"Do you have soldiers? Do you have provisions? You don't actually think you can destroy the country just by shouting slogans out of hatred, do you?"

As soon as she finished speaking, several comments flooded the screen saying the female lead deserved to be criticized, and Su Zhenzhen couldn't help but smile.

Nobody likes to be scolded. Just because someone doesn't care doesn't mean they don't like nice things to say.

Li Da retorted, "His name isn't Hensheng, it's Jiang Ruheng."

"So you think you're the only one with a mouth who can talk?" Su Zhenzhen continued her tirade. "If he were Jiang Ruheng, his life wouldn't belong to him, and he'd be controlled by you loyal ministers and generals. If he were Hensheng, he could live a peaceful life. You all claim to be loyal to the last emperor, so why are you so relentlessly pressuring the last emperor's only surviving bloodline? Are you truly longing for your homeland, or are you using this as an excuse to seek revenge?"

[The female lead is so cool! Well said! For a servant to force their master to teach them how to do things is utterly rebellious!]

[Xu Hua's family has suffered so many deaths and he hasn't said anything, yet a eunuch and a palace maid are making a fuss about it.]

Su Zhenzhen could actually understand the feelings of the Li couple. The two of them had limited knowledge and were loyal to Jiang Yichun. In their eyes, overthrowing the country was the most important thing. As Jiang Yichun's only son, Hensheng had to join their plan to overthrow the country without any reason.

However, Li Da thought differently and instead pressed Hen Sheng, "What does the Crown Prince think?"

"If we are to destroy a nation, we must plan for the long term. Moreover..." Hensheng looked coldly at the person in front of him, "You did not clearly state who is sitting on the throne now? You stopped abruptly when you mentioned Song Anbang opening the gates of the capital. Is there another hidden story, or are your words not entirely true?"

“How dare we conceal anything?” Li’s wife held up three fingers. “If there is even a single falsehood, may we have no face to meet His Majesty after we die.”

Su Zhenzhen scoffed, "Stop making oaths with these worthless things. Get to the point. After Song Anbang opened the gates of the capital, what happened? Did the last emperor die? How were the mutinous troops quelled?"

"General Hu originally planned to protect His Majesty and fight his way to the border to join General Huo, but His Majesty sacrificed himself for the country, giving us ordinary people a chance to survive." Li's wife said with a moved expression.

Su Zhenzhen rolled her eyes so hard they almost flew to the sky. Did Jiang Yichun think she could escape? As long as the emperor lived, Song Anbang would be the number one traitor. Since Song Anbang had prepared to betray her, he would inevitably block Jiang Yichun's escape route. Jiang Yichun probably knew she couldn't escape, so she put on a brave act, using her own death to attract the rebels' attention, giving her men a chance to flee.

Not to mention that his empress was giving birth at that time, and there would always be some loyal ministers who would protect the child. Considering all this, Jiang Yichun's sacrifice for his country was not in vain.

"Song Anbang originally wanted to support the Empress's child to become emperor, and himself to become a powerful minister. But how could the nobles in the court agree? It's easy to invite a god but hard to send him away. The rebel army entered the capital, and the prosperity and wealth were dazzling. How could they leave easily? The noble families negotiated with the rebel army and put a member of the imperial family on the throne as a puppet emperor. Song Anbang took the opportunity to curry favor with the powerful and got an official position."

Su Zhenzhen fiddled with the flashlight. "You all seem to know quite a bit. This isn't something a eunuch or a palace maid could do. Or perhaps you belong to some powerful faction?"

Li Da's face was cold, seemingly angry because someone had questioned his loyalty to the last emperor. "His Majesty left a secret guard for the princess. It was the secret guard who gathered the information."

"Then may I ask how many guards are left?"

Mr. and Mrs. Li exchanged a glance, their expressions somewhat complicated.

"Back then, the capital was in chaos, with various forces vying for power. Over the years, we have moved around in different places, and the secret guards have all followed His Majesty."