"Where's Siyi? Go tell Siyi and ask her to come to the quiet room to find the Aijia at midnight tonight."
Hongmei replied: "Yes."
Before midnight.
Zhu Siyi didn't understand why her aunt wanted to look for her late at night. In order to cheer up and not make mistakes in front of her aunt, she drank three cups of strong tea.
The Zhang family was raided and Prime Minister Zhang was killed by being torn apart by a chariot. The male family members of the Zhang family were all killed regardless of age, and the female family members were all given white silk ribbons. The news has spread to Shangzhou.
The matter was very involved, and Zhang's members were also in danger. Almost overnight, blood flowed into rivers in Xijing. Yan Xiu killed nearly ten thousand people, which was several times more tragic than the Yu family back then.
Zhu Siyi also didn't understand why Yan Xiu actually uprooted the huge group of relatives in less than half a month after they came to Shangzhou. The only possibility was that he had planned it and was waiting for the Queen Mother to leave Xijing.
My cousin is really... a cold-blooded monster.
The Yu family can be regarded as Zhu Sijia's maternal ancestors. When Emperor Wen destroyed the Yu family, he did not kill them all. This gave the Yu family the opportunity to marry into Prince Yan's palace incognito.
Thinking of the Yu family, mother and daughter, Zhu Siyi felt jealous. Fortunately, this incident did not involve Prince Yan's palace.
Most likely, Yan Xiu was still afraid of King Yan, and it was also because he liked Zhu Sijia.
Zhang Yin cried and fainted four times after hearing the bad news. Although Prime Minister Zhang was only the uncle of the Queen Mother's sisters, he regarded them as biological daughters and raised them equally. Her affection for the Zhang family was no less than that of the Queen Mother.
Zhu Siyi had coaxed her all day long and was already exhausted. After hearing the Queen Mother's summons, she thought her aunt also needed her company at this moment.
Since her aunt needs company, she doesn't have to go there in a hurry. Thinking like this, Zhu Siyi put on a thin shirt and went out in advance.
…
The window of the quiet room where the Queen Mother lived was bright and clean. When she walked outside the window, Zhu Siyi heard voices in the room.
Who else could meet the Queen Mother late at night at this time?
It sounded like a male voice at first, but... it would be more appropriate to say that it sounded more like a child's voice.
Zhu Siyi did not act rashly and listened carefully.
"Yu'er, your brother is too cruel. He has already ordered the nine clans of your second grandfather's family to be exterminated. My mother has no relatives, and she has no family."
Yu'er? Which Yuer? Could it be that he is the adopted son of Prince Yan, younger brother Zhu Yu?
Zhu Siyi was stunned on the spot, her face blank.
Mother...Mother, why did he call his aunt mother?
Zhu Siyi simply suspected that she was too tired and had auditory hallucinations.
Zhu Yu hugged the Queen Mother gently: "Mother, you still have father and Yu'er. Brother, Your Majesty, he is your biological son after all. After you return to the palace, he will still respect and love you. You She is still the most noble Queen Mother in the Qin Dynasty."
Whose child is Zhu Yuo?
Zhu Siyi could only go to the most filthy place. Could it be her father? But the aunt was most dissatisfied with her father's brother-in-law, so how could she collude with him? But if Yu'er was not her father's child, how could her aunt let her take her back to the house so that she could have children and raise her?
She feels really dizzy now, with chest tightness and shortness of breath.
The Queen Mother wiped away her tears with a wry smile and said: "Respect me? Love me? You don't know, I'm probably the person he hates the most in the world! For so many years, he has never even called me "mother", and he wants me every time he meets me. Make a sarcastic comment and stab me in the heart with a knife!"
"I don't have a family anymore. My mother's clan is completely destroyed. I don't have a son anymore. I have nothing... nothing."
The Queen Mother was very emotional, and Zhu Yu also begged her with tears: "Mom, please stop crying, it's all Yu'er's fault. If Yu'er is as useful as big brother, he can protect you and the Zhang family."
"Zhu Yuancun?" The Queen Mother sneered, "It's not certain whether he is alive or dead now. The Ai family doesn't believe that he is so determined. They failed to kill him last time. This time he will definitely go to Qi and never come back!" "
"When that good-for-nothing Zhu Yuanxi dies, the throne of Prince Yan's heir apparent will be yours."
Zhu Yu hesitated and said: "But I am just the adopted son of Prince Yan... I am not qualified to inherit the title."
Queen Mother Zhang: "What can I do with my adopted son! As long as the Ai family is alive for one day, the Ai family will risk their lives to make my Yu son rich and well-fed."
When Zhu Siyi heard this, she broke into a cold sweat. The bell in Lianyin Temple rang, announcing the arrival of midnight.
She couldn't bear it anymore, so she opened the door and broke into the house to question Queen Mother Zhang: "When will my aunt let me hear it before she gives up?"
When Zhu Yu saw Zhu Siyi, he timidly called her eldest sister. Zhu Siyi didn't even look at him, so he changed his words and said, "I've met Jieyu."
Empress Dowager Zhang kissed Zhu Yu's forehead and stuffed a soothing sachet into his arms: "It's late at night, you should go back to sleep first."
Zhu Yu lowered his head and walked out. When he passed by Zhu Siyi, she yelled at her: "Stop!"
Queen Mother Zhang wiped away her tears and looked at the two siblings calmly.
With tears in her eyes, Zhu Siyi walked up to Queen Mother Zhang and asked her in a trembling voice: "Aunt, whose child is Brother Yu?"
How she hoped that Queen Mother Zhang would answer her at this moment. This was just a show played for her, a farce.
Queen Mother Zhang said without hesitation: "What about the blood of Mr. Chen and the Ai family? He is your cousin."
Hearing her say the word "Chen Rang", Zhu Siyi breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Zhu Yuo coldly: "You go back first, I will talk to my aunt for a while."
Zhu Yu then ran away.
"Why?" Zhu Siyi stood in front of the Queen Mother, miserable, "Why have you lied to me for so many years? Is this the reason why you have never let the eldest children of Prince Yan's house worship Buddha with you for so many years?"
Are you afraid that their quick-thinking minds will find out about this?
The annual Buddha ceremony is not to pray for the country at all, but to take this opportunity to bring their mother and son together in an upright and open manner.
Queen Mother Zhang exhaled slowly: "Yes, Siyi is so smart and reacts so quickly."
Zhu Siyi: "Does mother know about this?"
Queen Mother Zhang: "She was the one who personally found someone to deliver the baby for the Ai family. How could she not know?"
Zhu Siyi felt that all the blood in her body had coagulated.
"What about my cousin? My cousin is so powerful. Does he know about this?"
"You still don't know your cousin's temperament? If he knew, could Yu'er still live well until now?"
Zhu Siyi finally relaxed completely. Fortunately, fortunately, if Yan Xiu knew that the Yan Palace had raised an illegitimate child for his aunt for so many years, everything about her and her mother would be lost.
Empress Dowager Zhang asked her to sit down and said earnestly: "Siyi, you also have the blood of the Zhang family in your body. Now that my aunt is old, the future of our Zhang family and Prince Yan's Mansion all depends on you."
"Early before I came to Shangzhou this year, I was often flustered. I could feel that the Zhang family was exhausted. After thinking about it, I agreed to your request to come with you to pray for blessings."
"The old relative has fallen, and it's time for the new one to take the stage. Siyi, no matter what, you have to take this position in Prince Yan's palace! Only you can do it as Queen of Da Qin! You have to step on Zhu Sijia at all costs. "
