What Lu Qing thinks, Zhu Yu now doesn’t know either.
However, she knows that a cold sweat has already soaked through her back.
Although the words of the Fake Castle Master greatly reduce its credibility in her heart, just listening to this narrative alone is enough to make one’s heart pound.
Throughout history, the greatest fear in the hearts of emperors is those whose achievents overshadow the throne, hence the "killing the donkey after it has done its work" outco ntioned by the Fake Castle Master has never been lacking through the millennia.
The better scenario is to promise the ritorious subjects glory and wealth, strip them of their heavy powers, and regardless of whether they are willing or not, send them away to live as wealthy idlers.
The worse scenario is being caught by the king on so mistake soday, and being exiled is the best one can hope for, as examples of heads rolling are in abundance.
The more an emperor has experienced bloody storms before finally ascending the throne, the more they cherish this hard-won victory, and how could they give others the chance to covet it!
Not to ntion, Lu Qing’s family was once a branch of the Imperial Family...
After all, history has its proofs, a descendant of the collateral branch of a founding monarch twenty generations later, even downfallen as street peddlers, could still muster forces under the guise of restoring ancestral orthodoxy, establish power, and proclaim themselves king.
In comparison, Lu Qing’s grandfather had it much better than that.
He already had a troop ford of his clansn, and many comrades willing to support and follow him, more importantly, he was open-minded and righteous.
If he even had a hint of such thoughts, or even if he originally did not, were those ministers who supported Emperor Jin because of him suddenly wake up and realize that there is a more suitable wise king candidate than Emperor Jin, would they forcefully elevate him and pull down Emperor Jin in the sa manner they elevated?
After all, that throne was also snatched by Emperor Jin.
If he could seize it, why couldn’t other royal blood relatives seize it too?
To Lu Qing’s grandfather, it sowhat carried the flavor of "being guilty for having a cherished item," regardless of whether he had such thoughts, all these conditions converging on him inevitably made him a thorn in the Emperor’s eyes.
Not to ntion, Emperor Jin was inherently a hard-to-fathom personality.
Even if sitting on the throne myself, Zhu Yu indeed couldn’t guarantee not growing wary.
Lu Qing listened to these words, his face grew gloomier, and he did not respond to the question posed by the Fake Castle Master, which didn’t need an answer, but remained silent until after a while, he asked, "How do you, as an outsider, know so much about these ancient affairs of the court?"
"If I didn’t know, how could I help you distinguish right from wrong, identify friend from foe?" The Fake Castle Master seed increasingly satisfied with Lu Qing’s reaction, "I guess, you’ve been in Bhutan for a while, t King Fan, and also ca to the Great Priest Mansion, so you should know that originally, in the High Priest’s sect, there was a very formidable senior brother, right?"
Lu Qing nodded slightly, to indicate a response to his question.
"Back then, that senior brother of the High Priest was also among those who followed and supported Emperor Jin to ascend the throne.
After all, Jin Country is the Upper Country, and Emperor Jin is the Sovereign of the World, so that senior brother of the High Priest was wholeheartedly looking for opportunities to establish rits and illuminate the sect, hence defied the master’s objections to assist Emperor Jin.
Unfortunately, despite his hard work and countless rits, Emperor Jin always held disdain for the vassal state barbarians, finding that senior brother’s thods ruthless and underhanded, unworthy of recognition, thus never valued him or employed him significantly."
The Fake Castle Master laughed mockingly: "People are just so selfish and hypocritical, even as the Sovereign of the World, it’s still the sa.
When they are not in power, even if they think that senior brother’s thods are not gentleman-like or decent, since he’s capable of defeating enemies, he is useful and thus tolerated.
But when the situation stabilizes and achievents are ensured, they disdain again, fearing that employing him even slightly would cause public criticism and impact their reputation.
That senior brother of the High Priest was ignored and saw no honors, just eagerly trying to gather information, and was suddenly noticed by Emperor Jin.
Then Emperor Jin secretly summoned him to the palace and asked him to devise a thod to silently annihilate your grandfather’s entire clan in one night.
Such a matter, others struggled to achieve, and even that senior brother of the High Priest found it difficult, but it was his only chance to climb up, he believed that achieving it would earn him the riches and honors he dread of.
He returned to Bhutan, spent a fortune hiring people to find the Jade Snowbird, and after much trouble, finally accumulated enough Jade Snowbird blood.
Afterward, he secretly searched within the Capital of Jin Country for soone who could be bribed to act as his inside man, and after ticulous planning, he found the right mont, during your grandfather’s grand birthday celebration when your entire clan gathered, using the occasion to have his inside man mix the Jade Snowbird blood into the food and drinks.
Indeed, all perished completely.
Afterward, that senior brother thought his mont of glory had finally co, but Emperor Jin turned his back, having him secretly brought into the palace and then having him executed secretly, even the body was dealt with, leaving no trace whatsoever.
That senior brother disappeared as if he never existed, and since he had no prior dealings with your grandfather and others, naturally no one suspected him first.
Thus your family’s tragic death overnight beca an unresolved mystery.
Emperor Jin pretended to arrange for an investigation, but nothing could be found, and afterward, he never ntioned it again.
Once he stopped ntioning it, no one else dared to investigate, who would have the guts to bring up matters the emperor himself wouldn’t touch?
Of course, there’s also the credit of your imperial brother’s maternal grandfather in all this."
"Duke Yan?" Lu Qing asked.
"Who else but him?" The Fake Castle Master laughed, "That old man was extrely jealous of your grandfather’s abilities and reputation, no matter how he sched, his power always fell short of your grandfather’s.
Your family’s mishap suited him perfectly.
So when Emperor Jin avoided ntioning it, he eagerly conford, coupled with the sycophants in the court, no matter what stance they held before, the dead do not need consideration.
Those people quickly fell under Duke Yan’s influence, and from then on, no one in the court dared ntion your Lu Family’s unresolved case."
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