HCB Chapter 290: The Mystery Revealed (2)
Chapter 290: The Mystery Revealed (2)
Originally, when he saw Shen Yu standing in front of this kid, Prince De was very unhappy. This coward actually wanted his wife to charge into battle? ! But then he heard that he didn't ask about his bloodline first, but was concerned about whether it would implicate Yu'er...
He exchanged a glance with the emperor, and finally heaved a long sigh. He slowly spoke, revealing the secret that he had kept in his heart for many years, "In fact, it's not just you. There's a problem with the bloodlines of both of you..."
This answer surprised Shen Yu very much. He actually had a role in this?
"Do you remember what I said that day? After the fall of the previous dynasty, all the aristocratic families except the Lu family were forced to move out of Luo City and go to Zhuo City?" Prince De spoke slowly, his voice seemed to carry a heavy sense of vicissitudes.
"I remember!" Shen Yu nodded. "My understanding is that the obedient families all went to Zhuo City, which was still a wasteland at the time, but two of them were disobedient and did not want to build a prosperous capital, so they joined forces with the new emperor to kill all the other families... One of them was the Su family, and I thought the other family was the Ou family. Could it be that the other family was actually Ah Xing's ancestor? But that's not right, isn't his surname also Lu?"
Prince De was amused by her playful choice of words. "You guessed right, the other family that was disobedient... was indeed the Ou family, but this is not important. What is important is... the Ji family." After he said that, he looked at Lu Yingxing and was satisfied to see the surprise in his eyes.
Shen Yu was startled, turned around and tried to look at the stunned Lu Yingxing, squeezed their still-holding hands, and asked softly, "What's the matter?"
When he suddenly heard the word "Ji family", Lu Yingxing's heart suddenly stopped, as if it was tightly grasped by an invisible hand. He even forgot to breathe. He stood there stiffly, countless thoughts flashed through his mind, connecting countless possibilities.
Facing his wife's concerned eyes, he said in a hoarse voice, "Mother, my surname is Ji."
Shen Yu was also surprised. Is there a new plot? She stared at Prince De blankly, her little face full of confusion.
Prince De nodded at her lovingly, meaning that she didn't even know the surname of her husband's family member.
But he was not surprised. After all, this girl had planned to escape from marriage before. She foolishly thought that Zhuocheng was really a wild place. He really didn't know where she collected such outrageous false news.
Thinking of this, he lowered his head and smiled. Yixia's daughter is really smart when she is smart, but when she is stupid, she is as stupid as her, which is quite cute.
Prince De picked up the snacks brought by the palace servants and put them all in front of her, motioning her to eat. Shen Yu, who was still in a daze, mechanically picked up the snacks and stuffed them into her mouth as if she had received some instructions. Prince De smiled even more deeply when he saw her like this. See, even this habit is passed down from generation to generation.
At this moment, Shen Yu was lost in thought. The current story development was completely different from the book and Xu Yaying's six reincarnations... This once again put her in a passive situation, because she had basically no information about the previous dynasty and the aristocratic families.
Although it was late at night, the magnificent palace was brightly lit and no one looked tired at all, as if the tranquility of the night was when their thoughts were most active.
"The Ji family was the first family willing to set out for Zhuocheng back then. They are proficient in the art of Qimen Dunjia, and are the descendant of the national master when the previous dynasty collapsed," he said and then looked at Lu Yingxing, as if waiting for his answer.
"In my memory, my mother and her people lived in the mountains. They had a small village. My mother was the only child in my grandparents' family, but they rarely went to the city. When I was a child, I often stayed in the mountains. I also heard my grandmother mention that my mother accidentally rescued my father who was alone in the forest and took him in to recuperate for more than a month. But half a year after he recovered and left, he came back and pestered my grandfather for a year before he reluctantly let go and married my mother to him..."
At this point, he glanced at Shen Yu who was sitting quietly beside him. If you didn't mention it, you wouldn't know that the methods used by both father and son to marry beautiful women were exactly the same.
Prince De looked at the two young men with a calmness he had never seen before. "The seven great families of the previous dynasty were headed by the Su family. Below them were the Ji family, the Fu family, the Yun family, the Ou family, and the Lu family, who were of average family background but finally reached the top. There is also the former royal family, the Mu family, which has already been destroyed."
Shen Yu couldn't help but secretly glance at Mu Hao, who looked like neither a guard nor a friend.
"In the end, the Lu family was crowned emperor, and of the remaining five families, only the Su family and the Ou family stayed in Luocheng. The Ji family, the Fu family, and the Yun family all left one after another. At that time, the entire clan migrated, and in that environment, tens of thousands of people endured the anger of all the people along the way. Although it was not exile, it was no different from exile. Some family branches were forced to change their routes along the way, and some turned back. In the end, only the Ji family reached Zhuocheng as a whole."
"Then the new country of Linyue was established, and each city was granted a title. At that time, the Lu family happened to have six brothers, so they were divided into six cities. At that time..."
"Wait? Six cities?" Shen Yu couldn't help but interrupt. There were clearly only five cities in the history of Linyue Kingdom.
"It is indeed six cities. The Luo City you see now is actually two cities merged into one. The Jiangnan City that the people now refer to is probably a place whose origin many people have forgotten. In fact, it was the former Nancheng City, where the land and materials were the most abundant. The King of Nancheng was the most beloved youngest son of the new emperor at that time..."
The emperor smiled faintly and replied, "Unfortunately, in the third year after the establishment of Linyue State, the emperor died of illness, and the Southern Emperor also fell ill because he could not accept the bad news, and passed away not long after... But because he did not leave any offspring, the fiefdom was taken back by the main city Luocheng. From then on, this became a secret tradition of the Lu family royal family."
Shen Yu seemed to have thought of something and turned to look at Lu Yingxing. She saw that his eyes instantly changed from shock to vigilance and finally to calm, as if nothing had happened. She understood that he had thought of it too.
This is what Prince De said. They never wanted to kill Lu Yingxing, but Prince Zhuo. As long as he has no offspring, the fief of Zhuocheng will be taken back by the main city Luocheng!! This also matches the plot in the book, but in the book, most of the fief of Zhuocheng was taken back by Luocheng, and the remaining three-thirds of the fief was divided between Licheng and Youcheng. Only Yuncheng did not make a move... Does this prove that the grandfather's family in the book is actually in Yuncheng?
Lu Yingxing's reaction naturally caught the attention of the three people opposite. They also recognized the character of this junior, who was able to control his emotions without any leaks. This kind of composure and calmness was truly precious.
The emperor had to count the crimes to satisfy himself. After all, this nephew, the tiger, had been pretending to be a pig by his side for more than ten years, and he had to pretend that he didn't know! !
On the scale of hatred and reason, he chose the latter, so he is more suitable than anyone else.
"Did the King of Nancheng really die of illness?" Shen Yu was anxious and asked after thinking about it. There was obviously a story behind this!