Chapter 24: The Evil Deeds Done by Su's Father

Rong Yin sighed: The hero and heroine are loving and happy, but all the suffering is borne by innocent people. The people originally lived their lives in peace and stability, but were inexplicably persecuted by the rebel army. Foreign tribes took advantage of the internal chaos to attack the border, and the group of heroes fought desperately, and many people died.

As he thought, he glanced at Lu'e who was standing beside him: It's good that the heroes are loyal, but they are too honest. Even though they were framed by the male protagonist, they only advised him to kill the female protagonist to eliminate the trouble forever, and they didn't even think of kicking him off the throne. Lu'e was much more direct. Since you can't be a good emperor, just die. It's a pity that she failed in assassination many times, and finally could only die by hitting her head against the pillar with hatred.

Zong Zhengxiao followed suit and praised: He is a smart and courageous hero.

After looking at Lu'e, Rong Yin looked at Zong Zheng Lianqi's younger brother: This must be the poor second brother who took over the stall after the male and female protagonists retired with their children. Like Zong Zheng Xiao, he was unlucky and died young due to exhaustion in governing the country. He was a good candidate to be the emperor, but it was a pity that he did not meet a good time.

The second son of Prince Ning is called Zong Zheng Lianjun. He is indeed a good young man with excellent talents in all aspects, but he is too young to attract the attention of the outside world.

Most people's eyes were still on the eldest brother, Zong Zheng Lianqi.

Zong Zhengxiao thought that he could pay more attention to this child in the future, and if suitable, he could train him in advance.

Even though Rong Yin muttered so many things in his heart, the reality was that not much time had passed.

Prince Ning's family was extremely uneasy, fearing that Zong Zhengxiao would investigate the matter of Su's father. They did not even have time to pay attention to what snacks were on the table, let alone appreciate the flowers.

Zong Zhengxiao was digesting the information in Rong Yin's words and had no time to care about them.

In fact, long before today, Zong Zheng Xiao had basically confirmed that the person who would inherit the throne after his death would be Zong Zheng Lianqi.

In the secret letter sent by the secret guard, apart from the fact that Su Wan'er's father accepted bribes from students, the rest were all the results of the investigation into Su Wan'er and her family.

Su's father was once a retainer of the family of a favorite concubine of the previous dynasty. Su Wan'er was the daughter of the favorite concubine. When she was born, the empress dowager had just passed away. The emperor at that time regarded her as unclean and wanted to sentence her to death directly. However, the favorite concubine loved her daughter so much that she knelt down and begged the emperor to spare her daughter's life.

The emperor loved his favorite concubine deeply, and thought it was unlucky to see blood during the empress dowager's mourning period, so he announced to the public that the little princess had died, and then followed the concubine's wishes and sent Su Wan'er back to her parents' home.

When her mother's family found out that the child was not a prince but a princess, and a little princess disliked by the emperor, they naturally didn't like the child. But they couldn't kill her outright, so they could only grit their teeth and raise her.

It happened that the half-year-old daughter of the Su couple died of illness. Seeing that the host family did not like the child, they asked the host family for the child and raised her as their own.

The concubine's family didn't value the child in the first place, so they agreed without hesitation.

The previous dynasty was overthrown, and the favored concubine and her entire family suffered along with them, leaving no one alive.

Su's father fled quickly with his wife and Su Wan'er, and fortunately they escaped the disaster. From then on, they were the only two people in the world who knew Su Wan'er's true identity.

After the establishment of the Da Sheng Dynasty, Su's father returned to the capital with his wife and daughter. He used the gold and silver treasures he had taken away from his master's family to bribe higher-ups, and eventually he was admitted to the Imperial College to teach.

Su Wan'er inherited the beauty of her mother, the favored concubine. She was cute and sweet as a child, and became even more beautiful as she grew up.

Su's parents have always been proud of their daughter's appearance. After Su's father met Zong Zheng Lianqi by chance, he felt that such a young talent was worthy of his daughter. Even though he knew that Zong Zheng Lianqi already had a fiancée, he still arranged for the two to meet.

As he expected, the two fell in love at first sight.

Moreover, the cause of death of the daughter of Ning Wang's deputy general was also related to Su Fu.

The deputy general's daughter really liked Zong Zheng Lianqi. It was Su's father who sent a message to her, letting her know that Zong Zheng Lianqi actually loved someone else and had already asked his family to cancel the engagement with her.

Feeling that this was not enough, Su's father deliberately brought the deputy general's daughter to the sweet rendezvous between Zong Zheng Lianqi and Su Wan'er, so that she could face reality.

The deputy general's daughter was indeed hit hard. She became unstable and lived in a daze. Eventually, she accidentally fell into the lotus pond at home. After being rescued, she suffered from new and old illnesses and eventually died.

I did not kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren died because of me.

Su's father indirectly killed an innocent person, but he had no sense of shame. He once let it slip when he was drunk that he thought it was a good thing that the deputy general's daughter died, otherwise she would have blocked her daughter's path.

The deputy general gave his life for Prince Ning, and his own flesh and blood also suffered the same fate because of Prince Ning's son. I wonder what he would think if he knew about this in the afterlife.

Zong Zhengxiao's secret guards also found out that just last year, Su's father met some "old friends", that is, a group of dignitaries who fell with the previous dynasty. They hated the Zong Zheng family and longed to restore the previous dynasty and live the life of aristocrats again.

Su's father knew that they had ulterior motives and that his daughter had already become the daughter-in-law of Zong Zheng's family, but not only did he not report these people to the government, he also secretly funded them.

He hasn't told those people Su Wan'er's true identity yet. He probably wants to have the best of both worlds, thinking that no matter who wins, he will benefit.

The book that the little mermaid read said that Su Wan'er's background was later exposed, which can also prove this point.

Perhaps the remnants of the former dynasty later had hope of a successful rebellion, or perhaps Su's parents and the Zong Zheng family had differences in interests, so Su's father completely surrendered to the former, and Su Wan'er's life experience was a token of her surrender.

More than ten years have passed since the incident, and most of the people who knew about it at the time are no longer around. If it weren't for the powerful secret guards trained by Zong Zheng Xiao, they would probably have been kept in the dark like Prince Ning's family.

But in the final analysis, this is all thanks to the mermaid. If he hadn't come to him and he couldn't hear his voice, he's afraid that the future would really develop like the plot in the book he had read.

Thinking of this, Zong Zhengxiao once again thanked himself for his good luck, and at the same time, his gratitude and love for Rong Yin increased a little more.

He touched Rong Yin's face and asked him in a low voice: "Are you thirsty? Do you want some smoothie?"

The scene was unusually quiet, so when Zong Zheng Xiao spoke, everyone could hear it clearly.

Prince Ning and his family also looked at the merman, whom they had consciously ignored because they were afraid of Zong Zhengxiao.

Rong Yin was thinking about the content of the novel and had no time to think about whether it was appropriate for Zong Zheng Xiao to feed her in front of outsiders. She opened her mouth and ate the smoothie that Zong Zheng Xiao brought to her.

His inky black hair was a little messy because it was not combed carefully, but this did not affect his beauty at all. Instead, it added a bit of liveliness to his quiet temperament.

The silvery-white fish tail sparkles, and the tail fin is almost transparent in the sun, so beautiful that one can't take their eyes off it.

Only an emperor like Zong Zheng Xiao is qualified to possess such a near-perfect mermaid.