The Xie family dynasty was established after overthrowing the Tong family dynasty! To make his child serve the descendants of his enemy—is he insane, or are his parents insane?
It's even more impossible for him to be an undercover agent; his family hasn't given him any 'missions' over the years!
Eunuch Qian looked at his Emperor. "No way," he thought, "when they arrived they were a good master and servant, and now they've become the remnant of a fallen dynasty and the current emperor, burdened by the hatred of national subjugation..."
Before Eunuch Qian could think it through, he heard the divine voice of the artifact master, which was as beautiful as heaven, in his ear: "The Qian family is indeed the Tong family royal family that has been hiding their identities. They are the main branch of the royal family. Their ancestors were the third son of Emperor Wei."
However, none of this has anything to do with Lao Qian, because he is not related to the current Qian family by blood.
Upon hearing this, Yue Fuguang's sensitive nerves instantly kicked in. "Could this be another child-swapping scheme? Could Eunuch Qian have another powerful identity, or wealthy parents?"
There aren't that many real and fake heiresses and young masters! Eunuch Qian's surname is Qian; his father's name is Qian Wuliang, his mother is Qian Wushi, and his surviving siblings include an elder brother named Qian Huai, an elder sister named Qian Liu, a younger brother named Qian Yu, and a younger sister named Qian Tao.
As Qian Gui listened, he nodded to himself. Yes, yes, these were the names of his family members. His father, Qian Wuliang, and his chronically ill mother were still alive.
How can it be unrelated to him? The family members' names are correct!
[The names are correct, but the people have changed. Qian Wuliang is not Qian Wuliang, Qian Wushi is not Qian Wushi, and Qian Huai, Qian Liu, and even Qian Yu are no longer Qian Gui's biological parents and siblings.]
"How could this be? How could this be!" Qian Gui managed to keep from shouting out loud only because she had the last bit of reason left.
How come his parents, brothers, and sisters aren't his biological siblings...? Right, the Divine Artifact didn't mention his sister Qian Tao, which means his sister... is still his biological sister?
Sure enough, just as he thought of it, Xiao Xianju asked for him, "Qian Tao is still Grandpa Qian's sister, right? And what do you mean by 'changed'? It's not that they adopted Grandpa Qian and his sister, but that the Tong family changed their parents?"
Yes, the Tong family survived by taking the identities of the other members of the Qian family, except for Qian Gui and Qian Tao.
Thirty years ago, Dayan Tuzhou experienced a drought that was the worst in fifty years. Qian Wuliang and his family fled south to a place with water.
Just a few days after they left, five-year-old Qian Gui fell ill with a persistent high fever. It was at this time that the Qian family encountered the Tong family, who were also fleeing. The Tong family were mountain people from the mountains behind Qianjia Village, meaning they were unregistered residents.
Qian Wuliang had visited the Tong family a few times during his free time. He remembered them because the head of the Tong family looked about six or seven parts like him, and the children in the family were the same age as his family members.
When they met on their escape route, Qian Wuliang was wary of the Tong family, but since they were acquaintances, he was less guarded.
One night, the Tong family finally found their chance and killed everyone in the Qian family except for Qian Gui, who was still running a high fever, and Qian Tao, who was only three years old!
Kill them all!
Kill them all!
His current parents killed his biological parents, sister, and brothers!
Qian Gui felt dizzy and her body was chilled from the inside out. It was so cold! It hurt so much!
He kept his head down, not letting Yue Fuguang see his scarlet eyes and his teeth that were almost grinding to powder.
He dared not cry, or even make a sound. He pinched his thigh hard to stay awake.
He couldn't go crazy or faint; he needed to hear for himself why those he once considered closest and dearest had done this!
Yue Fuguang once again voiced the question that had been on his mind, "Why are they doing this? Is it because of household registration? Isn't that easy to forge? There isn't even an anti-counterfeiting mark."
Minister of Revenue Dong Qianli: Your Excellency, please consider what you are saying. How can household registration be so easily forged?
What exactly is an anti-counterfeiting label?
Every household has a record kept by the imperial court, with one copy each from the prefectural and county governments. Unless you bribe people in both government offices to add your forged records, any major incident requiring verification will be easily detected and proven to be a forgery!
The household registration system in Dayan was quite strict and rigorous. It was extremely difficult for people today to forge household registrations. If one's technical skills were not up to par, it would be easy to detect the problem during an inspection.
Therefore, the Tong family chose a more direct approach: to find someone to replace their identity.
Several years ago, when Qian Wuliang first met the Tong family, they took notice of him. Subsequent contact was also to get a closer look at their family situation.
The natural disaster gave them the best opportunity; the Tong family killed Qian Wuliang's family and took their place.
At the same time, Qian Wuliang's parents and brothers were replaced by other members of the Tong family.
To avoid suspicion, they deliberately got separated from the other villagers in Qianjia Village and eventually settled in Dashan Village, Jingzhou.
Old Qian and his sister Qian Tao survived because, firstly, they couldn't remember many things that happened before they had a fever, and secondly, they were too young to remember anything.
They didn't keep the brother and sister out of kindness. Initially, they used them as food reserves, but later, when they no longer needed them and found a place to stay, they planned to raise them to adulthood and then sell them for money.
At this moment, Qian Gui finally had a moment of enlightenment. Many things that he couldn't understand before were finally cleared up and understood!
Why is it that when the whole family was poor, it was one thing, but when things got a little better, he and his sister were still the ones who ate the least, dressed the worst, and did the most work?
The older brothers, sisters, and brothers can all go to school, but he and his younger sister cannot.
My parents said that my older brother would be the pillar of the family in the future, my older sister would be pampered and married into a good family to help her brothers, and my younger brother, being small, should eat more.
But isn't my younger sister also young? Won't she get married someday too?
After he mentioned it a few times, his mother suddenly started to fall ill and needed a lot of money to treat her illness, so he became the redundant but also the most useful person in the family.
The whole family wanted to sell him for money to treat their seriously ill mother!
He was sold to human slaves, and later ended up in the palace. His family came looking for him less than two years later.
His father said that his mother's illness required expensive medicine to keep her alive, so from then on, he could only keep a small portion of his monthly allowance for himself each time, and sent the rest home through someone else.
He kept sending her away for over twenty years. He only knew from the snippets of conversations his family members made when they asked for money that his younger sister, Qian Tao, had grown into a young woman who could work. Later, she was bought by a passing merchant!
Both he and his sister, Qian, were sold by the Tong family in different ways!
He still didn't understand. He had sent a lot of money home, so how could it have come to the point of selling his sister?
It turns out they weren't relatives at all, but enemies!
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