My uncle, he has all the power in the world

"The ordinary people are not talented," Xiang Dong said: "On the way to Beijing, I heard people talking about it, so the ordinary people deliberately inquired about it."

Xiang Dong comes from a poor family, and even the traveling expenses for his trip to Beijing to take the exam were raised by his fellow villagers. He never thought about being the top scorer in high school, but only wanted to be admitted to the Hanlin Academy and do something for the people in the future.

On the way here, he heard about the flood and felt very sad.

Many people find it difficult to wear clothes and cover their bellies. Corrupt officials oppress us, bullies bully us, and countless people die unjustly. Coupled with natural and man-made disasters, the situation becomes dire.

After hearing this, the courtiers on both sides couldn't help but secretly thought that this building was just a candidate. After hearing about the flood, he was able to understand it and think about countermeasures. He was so concerned about the people! If I become an official in the future...

He must be a rare and good official!
Su Yuanhe narrowed his eyes.

He never expected that someone, just a candidate, would be so concerned about the flood? !

at the same time.

Prime Minister's House.

Aunt Du was lying on the bed at this time.

Due to the fear of death, Aunt Du had little food and sleepless nights. She lived in fear all day long. She didn't know when the March deadline was, and she would die as painfully as skin and bones.

At this time, her hair was disheveled, her face was dark blue, and she was skinny. Not to mention her eye sockets were extremely sunken, and the surrounding areas were covered with wrinkles. In just over a month, she looked as if she had aged more than 20 years, and looked like an old woman.

She couldn't make a sound and lay on the bed all day long enduring it alone. The more frightened she became, the worse her body became. She was so weak and weak that she could not even take a few steps in the room without being out of breath.

When the servants saw that she could not speak, Su Yuanhe ignored her and began to be negligent and perfunctory. They would not eat when they saw her, and sometimes they would not even bring her dinner.

What saddens Aunt Du the most is...

Su Xinsheng has never been here!
Her mood was very complicated. She was afraid that Su Xinsheng would find out the truth about her muteness. But when Su Xinsheng didn't come to Changqiuyuan for half a month, Aunt Du panicked.

Why!

She is her daughter, the flesh that fell from her body!
Don’t you think about yourself and worry about yourself?

Every time she thought about this, Aunt Du's dim and desperate eyes would shed tears.

She really wanted to question Su Xinsheng, but she couldn't say a word, and she was even more afraid of seeing Su Xinsheng...

Disgusted by her look!

Right now, it was Su Qizhi who was supporting her to survive.

In today's palace examination, his ambition will be determined to be the number one!
If her ambition is to flourish, it will be safe to give birth to a baby!
No matter how cruel the master is, can he still kill his own son?
Thinking like this, Aunt Du suddenly stood up with her hands to support her and wanted to get off the ground.

She can no longer give up on herself like this!
She wants to eat, she wants to live well!

Even that bitch Shen Li got drunk, didn't he live for a year and gave birth to that little bitch Su Qingmo?
How could she not survive!
But who knows...

As soon as her lower body got out of bed, her hands could no longer support her. With a bang, Aunt Du fell to the ground.

It was accompanied by the sound of bones breaking.

Suddenly, Aunt Du's face looked painful, and tears of pain fell down.

Every part of her body was in pain, especially her right elbow. The pain was like a cone, and Aunt Du knew it was a fracture even if she was being stupid.

After lying on the ground for a long time, Aunt Du wanted to try to get up, but when she moved slightly, the pain in her elbow was excruciating.

Aunt Du opened her mouth and looked at the door. She wanted to call someone, but she couldn't make a sound, so she had to lean on the bed and didn't know what to do. But at this moment...

With a creak, the door was opened.

Aunt Du suddenly raised her head, hope bursting into her eyes. She slapped the ground, hoping that the maid would walk into the room and find her, but the sound of light and steady footsteps came, and it was clear...

Very strange!

Aunt Du was stunned. For a moment, she saw a face that would captivate the entire country.

Su Qingmo!
Aunt Du suddenly widened her eyes and looked at Su Qingmo fiercely.

This bitch!

Why is she here? Why is she here?

Are all the maids in the yard dead?
The visitor was none other than Su Qingmo. She walked in slowly and smiled when she saw Aunt Du sitting on the ground.

"Aunt Du is only half a master, so she wouldn't be so generous to me."

Su Qingmo sat on the chair as if there was no one there, looking at Aunt Du with a smile, showing no intention of helping her.

Aunt Du was so angry that Su Qingmo was clearly saying that she was half a slave!
Aunt Du looked at Su Qingmo angrily, unable to move but unable to make any sound.

Seeing this, Su Qingmo smiled and said, "Why are you looking at me like this, Aunt Du? I just came to see if you are really mute."

Su Qingmo held her face in her hands and said with a smile: "Everyone in the house is talking about it, saying that my father poisoned Aunt Du and silenced her. I didn't believe it at first, but now that I have met Aunt Du..."

Su Qingmo smiled like a flower and said: "It seems that this rumor is true."

Aunt Du was shocked all over!
Her eyes suddenly widened, her desperate and angry eyes full of disbelief, her whole body trembling, and she even held her breath.

How can it be?

How can it be!

The servants are all talking, did the master poison me? !

In other words, everyone in the house knows that the master poisoned him to mute him!
Aunt Du's pupils were trembling.

That is to say...

Wan'er also knows!

But Wan'er didn't come to ask herself a question, let alone question the master!
So not only does Wan'er know about it, she also... also agrees with it!
Then I...have clearly become a joke to the Su family!
How could it be!

impossible!
Aunt Du looked at Su Qingmo with scarlet eyes, her expression clearly saying that Su Qingmo was lying to her!
Su Qingmo smiled and said, "Look, Aunt Du, do the servants still respect you as before?"

Su Qingmo tapped her fingers on the table and said word by word: "The servants of Changqiuyuan are all looking forward to your early death!"

After hearing this, Aunt Du suddenly moved forward, as if she wanted to rush out and tear the servants into pieces.

Su Qingmo said it right!
These cheap maids must know that the master poisoned them, so they dare to neglect themselves like this!
But who knew that this movement would cause a sharp pain in his right elbow again.

Aunt Du fell hard, and her already weak body sat on the ground for a long time. When she moved, she realized that her whole body was cold and numb, and she had no consciousness.

Seeing the fear and pain on Aunt Du's face, Su Qingmo said with a smile: "Aunt Du is waiting for her third brother to return home."

Aunt Du, what’s more painful is yet to come!

Although Aunt Du was speechless, she glared at Su Qingmo as if she wanted to cut Su Qingmo into pieces with a thousand knives.

When Zhi'er returns home, she will definitely let Zhi'er kill this little bitch!

Unexpectedly, Su Qingmo smiled and said: "I advise Aunt Du not to wait any longer, third brother..."

Su Qingmo leaned forward, looked at Aunt Du with interest and said, "I can't win the top prize!"

Aunt Du looked at Su Qingmo with disdain in her eyes, with a hint of ridicule in her determination to win. She was mocking Su Qingmo for dreaming!

Her Zhi'er is very knowledgeable and rich. Looking at the capital, there are few people who can be better than her Zhi'er!

The number one scholar must be Su Qizhi!
She didn't believe what Su Qingmo said!
Su Qingmo didn't care, but asked: "Aunt Du, do you know who will be the examiner in today's palace examination?"

Aunt Du still looked at Su Qingmo like that, chief examiner? The chief examiner of the palace examination is naturally His Majesty! What's more, whoever is the main examiner can do anything!

Su Qingmo smiled and said softly: "The examiner is Mr. Xiao Muyao!"

A trace of doubt flashed across Aunt Du's confident and sarcastic look, and she obviously didn't understand what Su Qingmo meant.

What about Xiao Muyao?

But she heard Su Qingmo say word by word: "Why does Aunt Du think Xiao Muyao sent me a congratulatory gift on the day I returned to Beijing?"

In one word, Aunt Du was shocked all over!
The day Su Qingmo returned to Beijing, she was shocked. Then Duke Ning Guo, Xiao Muyao, and Eunuch Xu all sent congratulatory gifts. How could she think carefully about the reasons for Xiao Muyao's gifts?
But now Su Qingmo's question...

Could it be…

Xiao Muyao and Su Qingmo have known each other for a long time? !

Could it be…

Will Xiao Muyao help Su Qingmo embarrass Zhi'er in the palace examination? !
Thinking of this, Aunt Du's eyes were filled with horror.

She opened her mouth and didn't know what to say, but her throat could only make a slight sound of "Woo", looking very miserable.

"Don't worry, Auntie, Mr. Xiao will take care of you, and the position of No. 1 Scholar..."

Aunt Du's eyes widened, her breathing stagnated, and her face turned crimson.

But all I heard was Su Qingmo saying word by word: "Third brother will definitely fail the exam!"

With a 'pop' sound, Aunt Du suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood.

Her whole body was shaking involuntarily. Although she was leaning on the bed, she still couldn't hold on and was about to fall down.

Su Qingmo…

How dare!
How dare she attack Zhi'er!
fake!

Must be fake!

Although she kept comforting herself in her heart, Aunt Du knew very well that Xiao Muyao would send a congratulatory gift that day, which was enough to prove that he had some relationship with Su Qingmo!

what to do! what to do!
Correct!
Tell the master!

Even though Su Yuanhe hated himself very much, Zhi'er was his biological son and only son. There was no way he would let Su Qingmo harm Zhi'er!

Thinking like this, Aunt Du forced herself to stand up, but her whole body was already cold and weak, and her right elbow was in terrible pain, so she couldn't get up.

This movement didn't matter, the pain of fracture came, and Aunt Du lost her balance and fell directly to the ground.

With a 'clang' sound, Aunt Du curled up on the ground with a painful expression.

After sitting on the ground for so long, her whole body was cold and stiff, and the fall was even more painful, making her feel worse than death.

Although she was in excruciating pain, Aunt Du still slowly crawled outside. Even if she crawled, she still wanted to climb to the front yard, and she also wanted to see Su Yuanhe!
Su Qingmo didn't know what she was thinking, so she said with a smile: "Want to wait for dad in the front yard? Auntie, I'd better save it. If I don't say anything, auntie can't say a word..."

Su Qingmo walked slowly to the bronze mirror, raised her lips and said, "Just talking about Auntie's current appearance, do you think Dad will waste his time on you?"

With that said, Su Qingmo knelt down and placed the bronze mirror in front of Aunt Du.

Aunt Du suddenly shrank back.

who is it!

Who is the person in this bronze mirror? !
No! In that mirror, you can't even see the appearance of a person!
Her hair was disheveled, her originally charming face was lifeless, her skin was dark yellow and blue, and her eye sockets were sunken. She may have cried too much, but her once autumn-like eyes were actually full of yellow spots, and the deep lines around them looked... like a disgusting old woman. !

At first glance, it felt like seeing a ghost.

Aunt Du shook her head with horror on her face, impossible! This is not her! Not her! impossible!
royal palace.

at this time,

"What are your opinions on this Xuzhou rebellion?"

At this time, Xiao Muyao continued to ask: "Master Lin, Master Su, Master Xiang!"

More than a dozen candidates understood it after listening.

It seems that Mr. Xiao is going to choose the first one among these three people!

Their test scores were not as good as these three, but there was nothing to be dissatisfied with.

At this time, Su Qizhi was a little anxious.

He originally thought that he would be able to stand out in this palace examination, but Xiang Dong showed up and stole his limelight because he knew so much about the floods in the neighboring city!

Now this question...

He must make Xiao Muyao and His Majesty look at him differently!
"The common people think," Su Qizhi said, "that uprising and rebelling is a serious crime of treason! They must be suppressed and annihilated to scare the monkeys!"

Mr. Lin frowned slightly and said: "Sending troops to suppress it is time-consuming and labor-intensive. If...if we can win without a fight, wouldn't it be better to persuade them to surrender and disintegrate them firstly to reduce casualties and secondly to save time and effort?"

"If everyone is persuaded to surrender and disintegrate, and acquitted, those people will follow the same example, wouldn't they all come to rebel? Wouldn't the court be in turmoil then?"

Su Qizhi said loudly: "The common people believe that rebellion and rebellion are such serious crimes that cannot be tolerated!"

"This..." Mr. Lin looked embarrassed. He wanted to say something, but he fell silent.

Seeing this, Xiao Muyao smiled and said, "What do you think Mr. Xiang is?"

"People think that everything happens for a reason!"

Xiang Dong said: "If we can first understand the reasons for the people's uprising, we can then decide on a solution based on local conditions."

"For example, the victims of the rebellion in Xuzhou did not have enough to eat. If they did not rebel, they would be waiting to die. They rebelled in order to survive."

"The common people believe that this kind of rebellion, which is forced to the end and is at the end of the road, should focus on persuading surrender! Those who surrender, the court should compensate them, give them rice and clothes, and build houses to let the people know that the court does not care about them! But rebellion is rebellion. , the punishment must still be punished! When the farming season is busy, punishing him to help the people of Xuzhou with spring plowing and autumn harvest is considered a small punishment but a big warning!"

Xiang Dong said sternly: "But if there is a malicious rebellion, someone who is ready to recruit troops, and intends to disrupt the imperial court, of course he will be killed as a warning to others! Completely annihilated!"

After hearing this, everyone secretly said that Xiang Tong understands the sufferings of the people very well.

Su Qizhi disagreed, they were just lowly common people, low-class people, and if they starved to death, that was their fate!
But how dare they take up arms against the imperial court? Who gave them the courage!
He said: "So what if everything happens for a reason? Since ancient times, which dynasties and generations have not had natural disasters? Is it possible that when natural disasters occur, they will rebel against the court? They are civilians. If the king wants his ministers to die, they have to die. How can these people dare to resist? No matter what The reason is, rebellion is a capital crime!”

"No one can be faultless but a sage!"

Xiang Dong said with some excitement: "The flood took away their houses, took away their relatives, destroyed the crops, and washed away the lives! The children who were waiting to be fed starved to death, had no food to eat, and no clothes to cover their bodies. They poured into Xuzhou just for the sake of food. We had food to eat, but the prefect of Xuzhou sent people to beat the victims to death!"

Xiang Dong looked at Su Qizhi with burning eyes and said, "Do they deserve to die?"