"I married your grandfather. As a married princess, I lost my qualifications as a successor in front of the officials and the clan."
Ji Mingzhu looked at the curtain on the bed and said with a slight sigh: "Now think about it, why did you worry so much at that time?"
"Anyway, your grandfather holds military power, and I hold half of the political power. If we directly suppress them with heavy troops, I guess not many people would dare to openly resist. Even if they do, they will be killed."
"How easy it is to kill a chicken to scare a monkey."
Ji Mingzhu narrowed her eyes and said in a cool voice with regret, "However, I chose a safe and easy path, and I chose a puppet who seemed honest."
"It's because of my poor eyesight. I saw that Ji Mingyuan is gentle, honest and obedient, and he has a bit of your great-uncle, so I chose him among the many clan members."
"Perhaps he was indeed grateful to me at the beginning, or even dependent on me, but power will make a person less like his original self, let alone the emperor who possesses the most supreme power in the world."
Ji Mingzhu looked at Zhou Yunshu intently and said seriously: "Never examine a person's heart. The heart will change and no one can control it."
Zhou Yunshu nodded.
"If I hadn't retreated ten years ago and returned the power in my hands to Ji Mingyuan, our family might have been gone five years ago."
"However, not enough has been done."
Ji Mingzhu squeezed Zhou Yunshu's hand tightly and said, "I should have grabbed your grandfather's hand and stopped your father and your uncle when Tiele's army went south five years ago, so that they would not stay in the north. It was five years, and finally he led Yun Kun and the others to death there."
"We were wrong, we were not ruthless enough, and we were too naive! We actually thought that the struggle between the court and the interests could not win over the justice of the country, nor the common people."
"But in the end, it was the Zhou family who guarded the northern border for him, and it was also the Zhou family who was chopped down by the butcher's knife!" Ji Mingzhu felt her heart bleed every time she thought of her husband, son and grandson who were cremated by her own hands.
If it weren't for the Zhou Jiajun's desperate efforts to protect their general's body, Ji Mingzhu would never have had the chance to see them.
Zhou Yunshu looked at Ji Mingzhu's bloodshot eyes, hugged her arm and said: "Grandma, grandfather is not wrong, the Zhou family is not wrong, it is them who are wrong!"
"Even if it happens again, I believe that my grandfather will still stand up when the court has no generals to send. He protects the world of Great Zhou, not Ji Mingyuan's world; the Zhou family guards the people of Great Zhou, never Ji Mingyuan's people. dog."
Zhou Yunshu leaned on Ji Mingzhu's shoulder, held her hand and said, "Grandma, please don't take all these burdens on yourself. It's obviously their fault, isn't it?"
Dr. Xue just said that his grandmother was overthinking and her heart problems would only get worse in the long run.
Even though she was still the backbone of the family on the outside, she was probably crushing herself on the inside.
"Grandma, you have to live well. Only then can you see how Ji Mingyuan committed suicide, and only then can you see how those who add insult to injury and add fuel to the fire reap the consequences."
"You not only have to watch it for yourself, but you also have to watch it for your grandfather, father and uncle."
Zhou Yunshu sat up slightly and looked at Ji Mingzhu who was crying silently. She held her in her arms and coaxed softly: "I will make them pay the price."
Xixi sat next to her and watched her mother coaxing her great-grandmother like she was coaxing herself.
She tilted her little head, a little confused.
Did the royal grandfather do something bad? It seemed that both his mother and great-grandmother wanted him to die.
Don’t think about things you can’t figure out.
Xixi just hopes that her mother will stop crying. She feels very uncomfortable when her mother cries.
If she knows what to do to make her mother not sad, then she can do anything.
After Ji Mingzhu cried, her face looked a little better.
But she was too tired, and Zhou Yunshu didn't bother to wake her up after falling asleep.
After lunch, Li Jialan and Grandma Wang stayed in the inner room, while Zhou Yunshu took Fang Huiwen and Yuan Li Yuanyi to pick up her eldest brother in person with Chu Qi.
Ji Mingzhu and the others came to Jiangzhong from Cangzhou and settled in a courtyard. However, because it was a temporary place to stay and they didn't want to attract too many people's attention, the courtyard was not big, so it was okay to stay there for one night.
The carriage stopped and Chu Qi went to knock on the door. After three long and two short knocks, the wooden door opened.
"Master." The person who opened the door was a young man who looked to be sixteen or seventeen years old, with a round face and a very festive smile.
But Zhou Yunshu knew that the person in front of her looked young, but was actually in her mid-twenties and had a baby face.
When Shiliu saw Chunque helping Zhou Yunshu down, he saluted and said with a smile: "Greetings to the eldest lady."
"Sixteen, long time no see."
Shiliu's face is particularly deceptive, plus he always smiles before saying anything, making him very approachable.
"I'm afraid the eldest lady will find me annoying in the future."
Zhou Yunshu waved her hand, "No."
After saying that, she turned to look at Chu Qi, who was holding Yuan Li Yuanyi down, and Fang Huiwen, who was closely following Yuan Li Yuanyi, and asked Sixteen: "How is my elder brother?"
Shiliu suppressed his smile, "The eldest son is resting."
After speaking, Shiliu opened the door and said to Zhou Yunshu and Fang Huiwen, who was nervous and with red eyes beside her: "Miss, madam, please come this way."
Fang Huiwen was too nervous. She was nervous and nervous, not to mention Yuan Li and Yuanyi beside her.
Yuanli Yuanyi has reached the age of the governor. Seeing his mother's strange behavior, Yuanli has a sullen face, while Yuanyi clutches his twin brother's sleeves tightly with panic eyes.
After walking to the closed door, Fang Huiwen couldn't help but cover her mouth and cry before she even entered.
When Fang Huiwen cried, Yuan Yi beside him couldn't hold it back and burst into tears. Although Yuan Li was still strong, he couldn't stop the fear in his eyes.
Zhou Yunshu looked at her sister-in-law and took a deep breath, "Sister-in-law, come in."
Zhou Yunzhi was already determined to die because he was the only man left to die in the Zhou family. Now when he heard the cries of his wife and children outside, he didn't know if it would arouse his desire to live.
The door opened, and there was a faint smell in the room.
Although it can be seen that it has been cleaned in advance, the man is not that attentive and his service is not very meticulous.
"Ms. sir!"
Fang Huiwen looked at the man lying on the bed and couldn't help but rushed over.
Zhou Yunshu looked at Yuan Yi who was crying and Yuan Li who was starting to cry. She pushed their little bodies and said, "Go find your father."
"father!"
"Oh daddy, I miss you so much!"
Crying filled the whole room. Zhou Yunzhi looked at the top of the bed desperately with his eyes wide open, tears streaming down his face uncontrollably.
Why, why is he the one alive?
He was obviously the eldest brother and the one who should protect his younger brother, but he watched his younger brother being hacked to death by random blades to save him, and watched his father being shot to death by random arrows while protecting him.
Why wasn't he the one who died? Why!
