Jun Yannuo sighed, "I know all this! But in the end, we should be careful. Hu Tianyong is still after us. If we push him too far, who knows what he might do?"
Qin Kou'er stood up, walked to the door, looked at the scenery outside, and murmured, "He's at his last gasp, how could he possibly turn the tide? Even if he does, I will definitely suppress him!"
Hu Tianyong was indeed about to cause chaos, at least in his mind at that moment.
With his hands behind his back, he stood alone in the spacious hall, quietly looking at the golden toad in front of him, his eyes dark and his thoughts unreadable.
When Hu Feifan and Lan Xiuyuan walked in, they saw this gloomy scene.
Neither of them spoke, and with slightly gloomy expressions, they walked to the back and bowed to Hu Tianyong.
Hu Tianyong turned around and quietly looked at the two of them.
"Sit down, everyone! I've called you here today to discuss something!"
Lan Xiuyuan and Hu Feifan quietly walked to the side and sat down respectfully.
Hu Tianyong glanced at Lan Xiuyuan, then at Hu Feifan, and sighed deeply. He walked to a seat and sat down, pointing at the golden toad above him. He said in a deep voice, "Do you all know what this is?"
Lan Xiuyuan and Hu Feifan exchanged a glance, but neither of them spoke.
Hu Tianyong sighed again: "I know, you both know in your hearts that this belongs to the Qin family. Back then, the Qin family was engulfed in a great fire, and Empress Qin Meiying also committed suicide by self-immolation in the palace. I thought that everything from that year would disappear with that fire, but I was wrong. Many things never disappear with time. Instead, they slowly grow, turning into an irreconcilable hatred that drags everyone back into the abyss."
This golden toad was the symbol of the Qin family, something I longed for all back then! I thought I'd never see it again in my life, but just yesterday, it brazenly appeared in my Hu family ancestral hall. I know the Qin family has come for revenge!
"Our backs are being held high with knives. If we remain indifferent, we'll be nothing more than lambs to the slaughter!"
Lan Xiuyuan looked up at Hu Tianyong and said in a deep voice, "Does Grandfather have any thoughts on this? Who exactly is that widow of the Qin family?"
Hu Tianyong looked at Lan Xiuyuan with a heavy expression of sadness. He took Lan Xiuyuan's hand from behind and patted it, saying, "Xiuyuan, you shouldn't ask about the Qin family! Even if your maternal grandfather tells you, you won't believe him. Besides, I don't have any real evidence right now."
Hu Feifan stared at Hu Tianyong and suddenly asked, "Is the Qin family member that Grandpa mentioned Qin Kou'er?"
Lan Xiuyuan was startled by these words and frowned, glaring at Hu Feifan: "Don't talk nonsense at a time like this! Does that mean everyone with the surname Qin is a member of the Qin family? Nonsense!"
Hu Feifan remained silent, staring intently at Hu Tianyong.
Hu Tianyong gave a bitter laugh, "I told you, even if your maternal grandfather told you who that Qin family member is, you still wouldn't believe it!"
Lan Xiuyuan was taken aback: "Could it really be Qin Kou'er? Grandpa, do you have any proof?"
Hu Tianyong shook his head. "None of that matters! Whether there's evidence or not is just something to fool outsiders. For us, the most important thing is that the Hu family cannot fall. You cannot fall!"
As he spoke, Hu Tianyong withdrew his hand, looking at the golden toad above, a cruel glint flashing in his eyes: "The Hu family has endured so many years, finally reaching the generation of your maternal grandfather, and finally achieving the highest ranks of officialdom. Now we have another one, so it can be said that the future belongs to us. I know that the Qin family will absolutely not let go of what happened back then; they will definitely try every means to seek revenge on us. And now we've fallen into such a predicament, who knows how much of this is the work of the Qin family?"
Lan Xiuyuan and Hu Feifan remained silent, their minds churning with inner turmoil.
Hu Tianyong's meaning is that he has already identified Qin Kou'er as the murderer. However, thinking of Qin Kou'er's many wonderful qualities, both of them are extremely unwilling to think about that scene.
However, when faced with the interests of their families, they simply had no choice.
Pain is like a bottle of shattered glass, splattering everywhere.
"So what do we do now? Go and fight Qin Kou'er to the death?"
After a long while, Hu Feifan finally looked up at Hu Tianyong with a cold expression and asked.
"Wrong!" Hu Tianyong said coldly. "Do you think that a mere Qin Tian Pavilion can touch our Hu family? That's wishful thinking! Let me tell you, the only one who can truly touch our Hu family is the Emperor!"
"Your Majesty? Does Your Majesty also harbor resentment over what happened back then?"
Lan Xiuyuan looked at Hu Tianyong, his face growing increasingly gloomy and unpleasant.
Hu Tianyong let out a long, desolate sigh: "I'm afraid the Emperor hasn't given up on his guilt towards the Qin family all these years! He hasn't even abolished the title of former Empress all these years, which shows how much the Emperor still cares about what happened back then!"
At this point, Hu Tianyong slowly sat down again: "Although His Majesty has remained outwardly calm over the years, his power behind the scenes has become immense and not to be underestimated! Take, for example, the military deployments. The repeated reshuffling and arrangements, along with the establishment of the Seventh Prince's authority within the army—doesn't this all seem to be weakening Xu Ming's military power? It's laughable that that old bastard thinks he's an impenetrable fortress, that His Majesty wouldn't dare touch him! Hmph, let me tell you, if His Majesty weren't wary of the consequences of his actions, he would have killed that old bastard long ago. Why would he be allowed to live to this day!"
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