Author: Rongtu

"father."

It wasn't until the two little ones had completely left General Xiao's yard that Xiao Yichen whispered, "Did you know Xiaojiu's identity when you brought him back?"

Xiao Hanyue seemed to be shocked by the grown-up Xiao Jingmo's appearance, looking at her father with gray temples with worry.

Xiao Gang stood under the bright sunlight, but the gloominess on his face remained unabated, and there was an uneasy sadness on his brows.

Finally, he nodded under the worried eyes of his two sons.

"Dad! What if outsiders know Xiaojiu's identity!"

Seeing his father admitting, Xiao Yichen's voice couldn't help but become a little louder, and he said in a questioning and frightened tone, "His current appearance is 70% to 80% similar to that one. If someone really sees the clues, he will point out

It might cause some big trouble!"

"In recent years, our Xiao family has managed to live a little more smoothly under the protection of Qingtian. Beijing's attitude towards us and the Xiao family army has also improved a lot. If anyone really discovers Xiaojiu's identity, Xiao Jiu will expose everything.

Your family will be exterminated!"

Facing Xiao Yichen's excited and worried words, General Xiao opened his mouth for a long time but in the end he didn't spit out a single word.

He didn't know and couldn't tell his son that all of this might be God's will.

"Lao Wu, please be patient!"

Xiao Hanyue scolded Xiao Yichen. As the eldest son in the family, he had been with his father since he was a child, and he knew his loyal and courageous old father very well.

There is no way that his father would bring Xiaojiu back for no reason. He must have carefully considered it.

After thinking for a while, Xiao Hanyue asked softly, "Dad, does that person know about Xiaojiu's matter?"

At this time, General Xiao was also recalling Xiao Jingmo's figure and that extremely handsome face over and over again in his mind.

Indeed, just by virtue of this face, many past events have automatically opened up and been revealed to the world again.

"Follow me into the study."

Mr. Xiao knew that this matter could no longer be kept secret, so it was better to briefly explain to his family that they should not take risks again, even for Qingtian.

The two looked at each other and followed Mr. Xiao into the study.

As soon as he closed the door, Xiao Yichen couldn't help but ask, "Dad, what happened back then?"

When that incident happened, Xiao Yichen was leading his cavalry to fight against the Snow Country's raiding army. It was already more than a month later when he received the news.

"Now that Xiaojiu has become a member of my Xiao family, I will naturally not abandon him. As my son, I will support all the decisions you make to the end, but..."

Xiao Yichen took a slow breath to calm down his emotions. He knew that he was a little out of control today, but he couldn't help but continue, "You can't hide such a big thing from the whole family!"

After all, the entire clan will be wiped out once this incident occurs!

General Xiao was sitting in the study room, his eyes falling on the essay he had practiced this morning on the table.

Heaven and earth can only distinguish between pure and turbid

But why was the thief Zhi Yanyuan so confused?

The sunlight coming through the window pane happened to fall on the word "discrimination". It seemed that God was telling these mortals something, but it didn't seem to be...

"Back then, you all knew about Concubine Ning..."

Speaking slowly with a deep and hoarse voice, Old General Xiao recalled, "At that time, Concubine Ning was His Majesty's most favored concubine. After she gave birth to her first son, His Majesty immediately summoned the Imperial Master.

Give him orders."

"Unfortunately, that is an extremely unkind criticism."

"The Imperial Master asserts that the Ninth Prince is a lone star of evil. He has suppressed his father and elder brothers since he was born. Anyone who is close to him will be suppressed to death."

"Bah!"

When Xiao Yichen heard this, he spat out regardless of the noble master's image, "What kind of Po-guoshi? Everyone is a lone star of evil, an evil star of heaven. I don't know why the emperor believes in him so much!"

Xiao Hanyue was also very dissatisfied with what the Imperial Master said. She frowned and looked at General Xiao and said, "I remember that Concubine Ning hanged herself?"

Faced with his eldest son's question, General Xiao did not speak.

"Could it be that there is another hidden reason behind her death?!"

"Indeed, this matter is more complicated than what you have seen and heard."

Putting away the rice paper, General Xiao stood up and walked to the window.

"The Imperial Master also said something. He told Your Majesty that the Ninth Prince and Ning Guifei complement each other. Ning Guifei is the only one who is not killed by the Ninth Prince but can bring good luck to her. And the Ning family also has an emperor because of the birth of the Ninth Prince.

spirit."

"This is nonsense! How could the Ning family be so loyal and loyal to usurp the throne?!"

The Imperial Master's words were so obvious that Xiao Yichen, who couldn't hold himself back, cursed again. Thinking of the tragic situation of the Ning family back then, he clenched his fists and turned pale.

Looking up at his father's majestic back, Xiao Yichen asked in disbelief, "Is it because of these words that the Ning family was wiped out?!"

General Xiao just stood there without saying anything.

As sons, the two men instantly understood that their guess was correct.

The three people in the room were silent for a long time.

Neither Xiao Hanyue nor Xiao Yichen expected that the entire Ning family would die tragically just for a few words of criticism, and General Xiao couldn't help but feel sad when he mentioned the past.

"The one hundred and sixty-three loyalties of the Ning family died just like this with two innocent words."

Xiao Hanyue sighed with emotion.

"In fact, Concubine Ning chose to hang herself that day and promised that everyone in the Ning family would resign to save their lives."

"It's a pity that she forgot about the ruthlessness of the royal family. Less than three days after her death, the entire Ning family was wiped out. The newborn Ninth Prince was supposed to be executed secretly, but someone stepped forward to spare his life."

Hearing this, Xiao Hanyue and Xiao Yichen both looked at General Xiao. Who else besides the emperor could have such effective words?

"It's the Imperial Master."

General Xiao turned around and looked at his two sons, "Although I still haven't figured out why he wanted to save the life of the Ninth Prince, it was indeed his words at that time that saved the life of this scourge for the country."

Xiao Hanyue and Xiao Yichen were also surprised. General Xiao continued, "Although Xiao Jiu survived, he only lived like an ant. If the queen hadn't been kind and helped her from time to time, I'm afraid the child would have died long ago."

When it comes to the queen, Xiao Hanyue can also guess quite a lot about what happened back then.

The only person who could allow his father to take the Ninth Prince away from the imperial city to Fengcheng at all costs was the queen who had a childhood sweetheart relationship with her father.

"You don't have to worry about me taking Xiao Jiu away." Mr. Xiao said, "Xiao Jiu left the imperial city, although it was arranged by the queen, but it was also tacitly approved by the emperor. This is the main reason why the Xiao family's military power was not deprived."

"It seems that the Emperor still has feelings for the Ninth Prince." Xiao Hanyue murmured, "After all, the Emperor has deep feelings for Concubine Ning."
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