Song Jinhe's teeth chattered, and she almost fainted. If she had been lucky before, now seeing Su San's appearance, her heart sank.
"The commander of the Zhaowei Guard stopped me at the palace gate and allowed only the young master to enter the palace. Before the young master entered, he told me to go to the dark place to check the news of Yancheng. I——"
Su San, who was well-trained and never showed any expression, lost her composure, hit her head on the ground, and tears rolled down her cheeks.
"A letter came from the northern border, Yancheng was destroyed, Su Yi and Su Er died, and the old master's head was hung on the city gate——"
[Ah, I was right, see I said it, there is no hope]
Damn it, Su Mi's face fell. She was thinking about how to save the men of the Northern Xinjiang Su family. After all, they were all loyal to their country, and she was close to such people in her bones. Unexpectedly, time waits for no one, and it's too late.
Finished.
"Where's my second brother? Is he dead?"
Song Jinhe was so proud of herself. The Su family had nine generals, but only the second general was not surnamed Su, and that was her second brother Song Jinnian. The Song family was a merchant family, and her second brother entered the army with the reputation of her useless husband. Outsiders did not know the inside story, so they all called them the nine generals of the Su family.
[My second uncle is not dead, lost, lost——]
Sumi spoke a lot of baby talk. Oh, why couldn't these adults understand what she was saying?
(It’s so annoying, she has turned into a baby, how come her inner voice has also turned into baby talk)
"Madam, General Song II has been captured and his life or death is unknown."
When Su San thought of the message delivered by Saker Falcon over a thousand miles, she bit her fangs to pieces.
"The general led the cavalry battalion deep into the enemy's hinterland and disappeared. Su Er returned to the city to seek help, but died with Su when the city was broken. The third and fourth generals -"
Su San raised her head, her eyes filled with tears. She dared not say anything more, fearing that the old lady would be upset after hearing it. What should she do then?
"Tell me, how did my son die, and at whose hands?"
Old Madam Su's face was full of majesty and her brows were filled with anger. In an instant, she seemed to be possessed by a star general, shining brightly.
[Grandma is so awesome! Grandma, please protect us weaklings. ]
Su Mi raised her little face and looked at Old Madam Su, just like a sunflower facing the sun.
She remembered that the book only briefly mentioned Old Madam Su's background.
She was born in a farming family, her father was a butcher, she was of strong character, and she followed her husband through hundreds of battles with just a kitchen knife, and was the most courageous woman among all the wives of the emperor's servants.
"The third general lost an arm, the fourth general was trampled into a pulp by his horse, the fifth general drowned in the moat, the sixth general died of exhaustion, and the most pitiful general, the seventh general, was shot by 103 arrows, 72 of which pierced his chest—"
[I think the uncles died miserably, the author is such a nobody]
Su Mi really didn't remember these details. Now after hearing what Su San said, he realized that the generals of the Su family died tragically.
"What about the eighth brother? He's still alive, right?"
Song Jinhe felt heartbroken. Old Eight, who was as gentle as a girl, was her mother-in-law's youngest son and the favorite of her mother-in-law.
He won the top three places in the imperial examinations and was the best student among the eight generals of the Su family. After that incident, he gave up literature and took up military affairs, and went to the northern border with his father and brothers.
"The eighth general is missing. All the information was personally written by the third general and delivered by Hai Dongqing."
"mother--"
Song Jinhe stood up suddenly, and she and Nanny Su stood in front and behind, nervously protecting Old Madam Su.
I was afraid that my mother-in-law would fall headfirst. Then there would be chaos in the mansion.
[It's broken, grandma can't fall. Save my brother, confiscate the house——]
A long string of mumblings, all in Mibao-style baby talk.
Sumi was almost dying of anxiety.
All the men in the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion were almost dead, leaving behind a house full of women. According to what was written in the book, the Emperor sent people to search and confiscate their house at the hour of Xu.
Actually, she only had about an hour, so she had to think of a solution quickly, otherwise these women would be tortured to death or freeze to death or starve to death during the exile.
But she was just a baby who had just learned to crawl, and her only golden finger was space.
Sumi moved her little hand, trying to see if she could put the pastries on the table next to her into the space.
My hands are too short to reach it.
Look, look hard, your eyes are cramping.
At this moment, she couldn't just disappear and enter the space in front of so many people.
Sumi tried to use willpower to explore the space like the characters in the novel.
Hmm, I’m not quite sure, but I saw that the pastries were at the medical information desk in the lobby on the first floor.
"Jinhe, you stay in the mansion. I'll go to the palace to rescue Zhenbei."
Old Madam Su's face was pale and her whole body was shaking, but she did not faint or fall down.
If what San'er said was true, Song Er was captured, and the eldest and eighth brothers were missing, given the situation in the Northern Kingdom, and the Su family army had been guarding the Northern Frontier for thirty years, they were mortal enemies of the Northern Frontier Dynasty. How could the enemy allow the three brothers to live?
By this calculation, there were only two sons left, the third and the second. The third was disabled, and the second was a good-for-nothing.
The eldest wife had no children. The grandchildren of the other wives were young and stupid, so all the hopes of the Zhenguo Mansion were placed on the second wife.
The eldest grandson Zhenbei cannot die, and the Zhenguo Mansion cannot fall.
"Mother, I will go to the palace with you. You go to see the emperor, and I will go to see the prince."
[My beautiful mother is wrong, Chapter 3 The emperor is a bad man, the prince is miserable, my eldest brother is miserable, our whole family is miserable]
Su Mi really wished she could tell her family all about the perverted emperor's sinister plot in one breath.
[The Emperor wants to get rid of the Crown Prince, the Grand Tutor, and the Zhenguo Mansion]
It's useless to ask the prince for help at this time, as he can't even protect himself.
According to the plot in the book, three major events will happen in the capital tonight.
The first thing: there will be a fire in the Prince’s Eastern Palace, and the Prince and his wife will die in the Eastern Palace.
The second incident: The Zhenguogong Mansion colluded with the enemy and sold out the country, and the entire family was exiled
The third thing: Taifu Wang’s ten-year-old daughter entered the palace as Concubine Wang, and Taifu’s entire family was exiled.
"Mother, the prince won't--"
Song Jinhe didn't dare to say anything more.
The Crown Prince is the eldest son of the current emperor, the eldest grandson favored by the late emperor, and the future heir to the throne.
How could it be? "It seems that he finally took action."
Old Madam Su paused heavily on her dragon-headed cane.
"He, mother, you are talking about the one above——"
Song Jinhe couldn't believe that the emperor would attack his own son?
"The royal family has no gratitude, and power moves people's hearts. Our Su and Wang families are ultimately blocking the way for others."
Old Madam Su looked much older in an instant, and her heart was filled with sorrow. She knew that the Su family was doomed this time.
Song Jinhe hugged Mi Baobao tightly. She couldn't imagine that she would have to watch her whole family die tragically.
"The emperor wants to kill Zhenbei, what should we do? Mother, what should we do? And San'er, Mi Baobao, everyone in our mansion, will they die?"
If the father wants his son to die, the son has to die; if the king wants his subject to die, the subject has to die!
[Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager]
Su Mi pulled her hair with her little hands again. She only remembered the plot of saving Su Zhenbei in the book. It seemed that her grandmother went to the palace to ask the Queen Mother for help. As for the specific details, she didn't see it clearly.
Sumi swore that if she was lucky enough to wear it again, she would never skip the plot again when reading novels.
"I'm going to the palace to see the Queen Mother."
Old Madam Su stretched out her old hand and gently stroked Sumi's little head. Baby Mi was really the little blessing of their family.
If Mi Baobao hadn't reminded her, she would have almost forgotten the secret that happened so many years ago.
Now, in order to save Zhenbei and the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, she could only risk her life and ask to see the Queen Mother.
(End of this chapter)