"Meet the young marquis."
"No need to be polite..."
"Third brother," Xiaowu came over, holding two large tomatoes, "This is the largest tomato in the vegetable garden today. I'll give you one."
"Thank you, Xiaowu. This is the milk tea that mother made."
The two brothers exchanged food and fed each other while sitting on the swing.
"Third brother, aren't you in the Ministry of Justice at this hour? Why are you in the palace?"
Su Ningwen swallowed the tomato in his mouth, wiped his mouth, and then said, "I discovered that the law that mother said in Xishui County that oppressing women and children and intimidating the weak is a capital crime is not recorded in our Beiyi Law. I came to the palace to verify it with mother, and she said that this article may have been lost when the law was first compiled."
"Xishui County? Where is that?"
"It's a county in Beiyi, under the jurisdiction of Huayang Commandery. Mother took us to Xishui County to do business, and we encountered some bad guys who made things difficult for us..."
"What did you say?" Xiao Wu interrupted Su Ningwen in surprise. "How could the Queen Mother bring you to do business in Xishui County? It's not like the Royal Father and the Queen Mother can't support my brothers and sisters...ah!"
Xiao Wu shouted, "I remember now! All of you get off and move away."
"Yes." The palace servants responded in unison and quickly retreated a hundred meters away.
"Third brother, at Huangjue Temple, I heard from my great-grandmother that our father had suffered for over twenty years among the common people. What on earth is going on?"
"And why did Grandmother marry Dabogong? You four siblings all have your own families, so how come you're the sons of Father, the Emperor, and Mother, the Empress? ... I really want to know what's going on. Third brother, tell me."
Su Ningwen was surprised and shocked, and Xiaowu was so sharp-minded, worthy of being the child of his father, the emperor, and his mother, the queen.
This matter involves royal secrets, my grandmother, and the feud between the retired emperor and my master's teacher. It is more appropriate for my father, the emperor, and my mother, the queen, to tell the story.
"Xiao Wu, you must have asked Mother about this matter."
Xiao Wu quickly denied, "I haven't asked Mother yet. You just mentioned that you encountered trouble with bad guys in Xishui County, and I just remembered all this. Today is a good day to catch up. Please tell me everything. I don't need to bother Mother anymore after I know the truth."
Su Ningwen looked at the anxiety in Xiaowu's eyes. He lived with his mother day and night, so he would definitely tell her.
The Queen Mother should tell him on the right day. After all, Xiaowu is still young, and it is not a good thing to know the evil of human nature too early.
Even if I tell him the truth immediately, Xiaowu may not be able to accept it or understand it.
Should the Queen Mother wait for an opportunity to tell him? While telling Xiaowu the truth, she is also telling him what imperial power is?
"Xiao Wu, I'm not very clear about the details. After all, there are many things that our father and mother haven't told us. The queen mother will definitely tell you everything at the appropriate time. Before that, I can tell you about the history of the four countries. What do you think?"
Xiaowu pouted, looking disappointed. His third brother actually understood his mother's thoughts so well.
He is indeed a good son to the Queen Mother, and he is of the same mind as her.
If he asked his second brother, he would definitely not tell him.
"Then Third Brother, please tell me about the history of the four countries. But you have to sleep with me every night and tell me a bedtime story."
Su Ningwen wanted to cry. If she had known this earlier, she would not have come to the palace.
"good."
With Su Ningwen's help, Xiaowu studied harder. When Xiao Lingyu was five months pregnant with her second child, Xiaowu completed the academic tasks assigned by Xiao Lingyu.
"Mother, six months have passed now, and I've learned about the history of the Four Kingdoms, as well as the great achievements of our Northern Yi emperors. Can you now tell me the truth about my father's suffering among the common people for over twenty years?"
Xiao Lingyu looked at the little man in front of him and smiled, "I guess you must have waited a lot for this day, right?"
"It's okay, not too hard." Xiao Wu blinked and reached out to gently touch Xiao Lingyu's belly. "Sister, you should want to know too. Look, sister is moving."
This baby is indeed a girl. Xiao Lingyu checked herself in the space.
"Your sister is turning over and continuing to sleep."
"Then mother, let's talk quietly so as not to disturb my sister's sleep."
"Okay, I'll tell you. Now that you understand history, what do you think was the reason your father suffered among the common people for over twenty years?"
"It's because of imperial power." Xiao Wu, having studied history, knew that imperial power was paramount, and those who succeeded to the throne had blood on their hands. "My great-grandparents were the rulers and heirs of Dongjun. With such a powerful background, the concubines in my grandfather's harem wouldn't have the guts to plot against her, right?"
Xiao Lingyu said, "Your maternal great-grandfather's family is far away in Dongjun. Your grandmother suffered an injustice, and I couldn't immediately support her. After all, distant water cannot quench a nearby fire. The concubines in your royal grandfather's harem wouldn't have the guts to do that, but the instigator of this matter was your royal great-grandmother... This matter is very complicated. Your mother will first tell you about how your maternal grandfather's Xiao family was imprisoned because your second uncle, the Holy King, was framed by Concubine Cui and her son, leading to the Xiao family's exile. While in exile, your mother received an imperial decree from your royal grandfather granting her marriage, sending her to marry your father."
"What? My mother was married to my father?" Xiao Wu was shocked.
Xiao Lingyu smiled and nodded. "Back then, your father was the son of Old Man Su from Guihua Village in Xishui County. He made a living by hunting. When your mother was sent there, your father had an eye disease and was unable to walk. Your brothers and sisters were also frail and sickly, and were almost sold out by the villagers..."
Xiao Lingyu told Xiaowu everything in detail.
Xiao Wu kept his mouth shut as he listened to Xiao Lingyu's story.
Xiaowu heard that his grandmother had been drugged and died of heavy bleeding during childbirth, and that his father was buried underground.
The second brother was suffocated to death, and the third brother was poisoned and thrown into a mass grave.
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