Chapter 573: Tree Falls
Xu Mansion, Qingping Courtyard.
This used to be the courtyard where King Taiping Xu Zhengqi lived, but after King Taiping passed away, Qingping Courtyard became empty. Even though the number of descendants of the Xu family increased, Qingping Courtyard remained empty.
Xu Yuanzu was standing in the pavilion of Qingping Courtyard at this moment, gazing quietly at the plum tree not far away.
Sure enough, even after so many years, and even after so many years of sleeping, I still can’t forget it.
"You bastard, you never thought I could live another lifetime!"
Although he gave up a lot in order to come back to life and slept in that bitter and cold place for so many years, he finally survived.
Unfortunately, even if he lived again, he could not survive to obtain a breath of innate energy, and ultimately had no chance to see the scenery above the innate.
"You once said that if you betray me, your bloodline will be cut off and you will never be reborn!"
"Then, retribution has come!"
Xu Yuanzu flashed by and appeared under the plum tree. He punched out and broke the century-old tree into two pieces.
It is said that this century-old plum tree in Qingpingyuan was planted by Emperor Taizu and Prince Taiping themselves.
This tree has a very different meaning to the Xu family.
Over the years, the people in the Xu Mansion have been doing their best to protect this tree.
Now, the plum tree fell, which naturally alarmed everyone in the Xu Mansion.
Duke Changle and Duke Yong'an were originally preparing to rest, but when they received the news, they ran over without even putting on their clothes.
Seeing the plum tree fall to the ground in Qingpingyuan, both of their hands were shaking.
First, the old lady was poisoned to death, and then the century-old plum tree fell. Is the glory of their Xu family coming to an end?
Duke Changle and Duke Yong'an were confused!
Xu Yuanzu, the one who caused all this, looked on calmly at the anxiety of the people in the Xu Mansion. But when his eyes caught the faces of Duke Changle and Duke Yongan, his brows furrowed.
It's just a tree, but it is treated as a treasure by these useless descendants.
In a flash, Xu Yuanzu suddenly had an idea.
The Xu family, and his descendants, have been ruined by a life of ease. As the saying goes, a serious illness requires drastic measures, and destruction can only be rebuilt. It's time for the Xu family to collapse!
The Xu family started because of him and ended with him, there is nothing wrong with that.
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After a long period of loss and panic, Duke Changle and Duke Yong'an arranged for people to clean up the broken plum trees.
Not long after the two of them left Qingping Courtyard, news came from the steward of the mansion that Duke Dingguo Xu Shuo had arrived.
Thinking that Xu Shuo would go to the palace to meet the empress dowager during the day, the two of them hurriedly asked someone to invite Xu Shuo in.
"What did the Queen Mother say?"
When they saw Xu Shuo, Duke Yong'an and Duke Changle asked the question almost in unison.
"The last will and testament of Emperor Taizu!"
"There's a jade pendant in Xujiazhuang on the Wei River. Anyone who brings it to the capital will be granted the title of Duke!"
"The Empress Dowager didn't want the Xu family to have another Duke, so she had him take Yuan Zhen's title and inherit the title of Duke Antai!"
Xu Shuo explained the matter briefly.
Duke Changle and Duke Yong'an fell silent.
The Emperor Taizu's will, which conferred the title of Duke on a jade pendant, actually existed. It's engraved on a stone tablet in front of the Imperial Palace, and anyone in the world can see it.
Once, when they saw the edict engraved on the stone tablet, they thought that Emperor Taizu had made a joke of it. But gradually, the matter was forgotten.
Now when they heard it again, they felt like they were listening to a fairy tale.
The will is actually true!
The jade pendant is actually real!
But they had asked their family members, and no one in Xujiazhuang, Weihe had such a jade pendant.
"My two brothers, has Xu Yuanzu returned from being summoned to the Imperial City Division?"
After talking about entering the palace, Xu Shuo asked about Xu Yuanzu's situation.
"I'm back, and I came back very early!"
Duke Changle sighed, "It can be said that he only stayed in the Imperial City for a short time before returning safely!"
"The old lady's death should have nothing to do with him!"
Duke Yong'an tapped his fingers lightly on the table. "After all, if it weren't for the old lady, he wouldn't have been able to be granted the title of Duke even if he had the jade pendant."
"By the way, just before you came, the plum tree in Qingpingyuan fell down!"
"Let it fall!"
Xu Shuo was in no mood to care about the plum tree now. He just wanted to know who killed his mother.
Although he had resented his mother in his heart, he still wanted to avenge her murder. As for counting on the Duke of Yong'an and the Duke of Changle, Xu Shuo was not that stupid.
His mother was nominally the old lady of the Xu family.
But in fact, his two cousins didn't seem to have much respect for his mother.
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
"The plum tree in Qingpingyuan, have you forgotten the origin of this tree?"
When Duke Changle heard Xu Shuo's nonchalant response, he slammed the table in anger.
Xu Shuo snorted and said, "Instead of worrying about a tree that has lived for hundreds of years, you should pay more attention to my mother's affairs."
"The world is not peaceful nowadays!"
"Without my mother supporting the family, how different is the Xu family from any other noble family?"
Xu Shuo stood up and looked at Duke Changle and Duke Yong'an, "I still think there's something wrong with that Xu Yuanzu."
"I will continue to investigate this matter!"
The implication was simple. No matter what choice the Duke of Yong'an and the Duke of Changle made, Xu Shuo had his sights set on Xu Yuanzu.
"what ever!"
Duke Changle also snorted coldly, not taking Xu Shuo's temper seriously at all.
Even though Xu Shuo was a duke and married the eldest princess, in his eyes, Xu Shuo was still a hopeless case.
When Xu Shuo left the Xu Mansion, he suddenly felt a little confused. He didn't know where to go now.
Dingguo Gongfu?
He didn't have any good memories there.
As for the Xu Mansion behind him, without his mother's presence, it no longer had any appeal to him.
In the huge capital city, Xu Shuo suddenly realized that he was even more lonely than the emperor.
"My Lord, Her Highness the Grand Princess has asked me to take you back to the palace!"
Just when Xu Shuo was at a loss as to what to do, the female guard beside the Grand Princess appeared.
"The war in the north hasn't ended yet, so I have to go back. I won't be returning to the mansion. You should go and report to Her Royal Highness the Princess!"
Looking at the female guard who appeared in front of him, Xu Shuo's heart shuddered. He quickly jumped on his horse and galloped towards the city gate.
The moment he saw the female guard, Xu Shuo inexplicably felt a sense of threat.
He didn't know why he felt this way, but his intuition told him that he had to stay away from the Grand Princess.
Although the female guards came here on the orders of the Grand Princess, she did not order them to bring the person back. And the reason Xu Shuo gave was so convincing that before the female guards could even focus, Xu Shuo had already ridden away.
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