Xu Zhi said with great interest, "Our aunt has finally seen the error of her ways. Before, she wouldn't even look at us properly."
Chen Zhaoci glanced at Xu Di and saw a mysterious smile on his face. She shook her head. Xu Zhi saw Chen Zhaoci shake her head, took Chen Zhaoci's hand, and said with a smile, "Mother, what I said is true."
The Yongping Marquis's mansion was once a very prestigious and powerful family. As the wife of the heir of the Yongping Marquis's mansion, Xu Shao had a good relationship with many ladies from high-ranking families in the capital. However, at that time, the old lady was already on her deathbed, and the Marquis had also passed away from illness. The entire Yongping Marquis's mansion was in decline. Xu Zhi had been wondering why the Yongping Marquis's mansion had fallen so quickly. If it weren't for someone colluding with outsiders, the Xu family wouldn't have collapsed so quickly, like a building crumbling.
Xu Zhi naturally wouldn't tell Xu Di about these doubts in her heart, much less her parents. Xu Zhi kept thinking to herself that these were things that couldn't be explained to others, like a dream. She would just treat it as a dream, and once she woke up, she would simply live a good life with her parents and family.
Chen Zhaoci, with Xu Zhi pulling her hand, swayed back and forth as Xu Zhi pulled her, and said with a smile, "I believe you, I believe you, okay? Alright, alright, look at you, you're making me dizzy."
Xu Zhi quickly let go of Chen Zhaoci's hand and said worriedly, "Mother, shall I have Bai Wei come and take a look at you?"
Chen Zhaoci quickly waved his hand and said, "I am a doctor myself, why would I need to find someone else to treat me?"
Chen Zhaoci thought of Xu Di's talk about river management and asked him, "Xu Di, you said you wanted to ask the old man from the Liao family to help you manage the river. Is it safe for them to come and help you?"
Xu Di nodded and said, "I have made thorough preparations, so it is naturally safe. Mother, what else do you worry about in handling this matter?"
Chen Zhaoci could only swallow the words he wanted to say.
For years, Xu Di had kept the Liao family on a farm in the suburbs of Beijing. Chen Zhaoci had even treated the Liao family's daughter a few times. The girl's emotions had recovered very well in the past few years. However, the child she gave birth to had been raised as the grandson of the Liao family's patriarch. The Liao family's patriarch told Chen Zhaoci that he dared not let the girl know that this was the child she had given birth to, for fear that the girl would be traumatized again.
Thinking of the Liao family's plight, Chen Zhaoci sighed heavily in his heart. There have always been such cases of bullying men and women, but in this generation where human rights are not respected, such things happen even more often. Those girls who are as beautiful as flowers are like branches blown off by a storm, scattered on the ground and crushed into the mud.
When Granny Lu heard that Xu Di had arrived, she quickly came over from the kitchen. Xu Di put his arm around Granny Lu's shoulder and said with a smile, "Granny is getting healthier and healthier, that's wonderful, that's wonderful."
Granny Lu smiled and said, "Not at all. I've felt my body getting weaker and weaker these past two years. Di'er, what brings you here this time?"
Chen Zhaoci pursed her lips and said, "Granny, our Lord Xu is here to take up his new post."
Upon hearing this, Granny Lu frowned and said seriously, "Di'er, I know you are capable, but this Miaozhou is really not a good place right now. Not to mention how many places need to be rebuilt after the flood, the mess left by that Chu family member is not something an ordinary person can handle."
Xu Di pushed Granny Lu to sit down and said with a grin, "We're not afraid of that. His Majesty told me that I'm only in charge of the Miao Prefecture matter because it involves the capital. Prime Minister Feng and Prime Minister Fu have taken over. This time, His Majesty is furious and insists on investigating it thoroughly."
Granny Lu sighed and shook her head, saying, "It's not so easy to get to the bottom of things. Sometimes, when children make mistakes, parents don't think it's a big deal. They'll help cover it up if they can."
Xu Di smiled and said, "Granny, when tigers get old, they're afraid their cubs will grow strong and take their territory. How much more so would a human be afraid?"
Upon hearing this, Granny Lu looked at Xu Di with a horrified expression. Xu Di simply smiled slightly. Granny Lu knew very well that the previous emperor had harmed the crown prince in his later years because of this very reason.
The late emperor was a wise ruler in his early years. Those years were blessed with good weather and abundant harvests. After decades of recuperation, the Great Liang Dynasty was strong and powerful when the late emperor was young, and its prestige was awe-inspiring. It was because of this that the late emperor became somewhat arrogant in his later years. Although the crown prince was not very old at that time, he was a steady person and was able to humbly learn from the court officials. He was a wise heir apparent.
The late emperor later became very wary of the crown prince, and the crown prince's life became more and more difficult. Later, under the instigation of several princes, the late emperor finally took action against the crown prince. The crown prince was disheartened and wrote his will before committing suicide in the Eastern Palace.
After the Crown Prince passed away, the late Emperor felt some regret. Otherwise, he wouldn't have allowed Zhu Shen to secretly have the Marquis of Yongning redeem her, and then she would have taken the Crown Prince's child and hidden in the Marquis of Yongning's residence.
Upon hearing this, Chen Zhaoci recalled these old stories and asked Granny Lu, "Granny, when the late Crown Prince had his accident, was the late Empress Dowager still alive? Didn't she plead with the late Emperor on behalf of the late Crown Prince?"
Granny Lu sighed and said, "Of course there was. The late Empress Dowager fell seriously ill because of this matter, and our Grand Madam stopped going to the palace because of it. However, the late Emperor was getting old and became exceptionally stubborn. He knew in his heart that he had wronged the late Crown Prince. Firstly, because the late Crown Prince was already gone, and secondly, because the late Emperor was afraid that the other princes would harm him. He could only let the princes fight openly and secretly. Seven or eight tenths of the wealth accumulated in the early years was lost. In the end, none of the princes got anything good, and our Emperor got the benefit. At that time, I was still young and didn't understand many things. In order to keep us from getting involved in those things, the late Empress Dowager had the older aunts in the palace restrain us. Before the late Empress Dowager passed away, she made sure we were all settled."
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