Chapter 250
[Ah, how could Little Zhu forget this? Even though Luo Feng has a pair of children, a son of four and a daughter of two, he and his nominal wife have no children of their own.
With the young pavilion master Luo Feng captured, his master, Old Pavilion Master Feng, might have to support a child of a few years old to take the position, and these children are his grandson and granddaughter.]
"So how did things develop originally?"
[Originally, Luo Feng wasn't struck out by Master's heavenly lightning, so naturally he wasn't captured either.
Xue Zhipan died because he didn't take Tianxing Tower's antidote in time. And He Huan escaped disaster because he was a pawn Tianxing Tower wanted to support.
After He Qi died, He Heng and He Jin siblings were besieged by their uncle and younger brother, eventually fleeing Seven Swords Mountain with injuries, only to reappear years later.
And Seven Swords Mountain fell into the hands of Tianxing Tower, later Tianxing Tower cooperated with Panshan, becoming a lingering disease of Great Yan.
Two years later, Luo Xue died of illness, Sunset Mountain smoothly fell into Luo Feng's hands, Wind and Rain Pavilion was backed by Sunset Mountain Villa, truly growing bigger and stronger in Great Yan, and really created quite a bit of brilliance.
Officials in the Northwest Circuit were frequently assassinated in the few years before Great Yan's subjugation. By the two years before the subjugation, half of them had already been replaced by their people.]
Hearing this, Emperor Mingxi broke out in a cold sweat. Half of the officials in the Northwest Circuit were people from Wind and Rain Pavilion, how was that different from being in the hands of Western Qiang?
Then wouldn't Western Qiang invading Great Yan be like entering an uninhabited land?
Huo Ying carefully recalled the map he had just seen. There was a small path connecting Sunset Mountain Villa and Western Qiang, and its extension led to Savage Mountain!
Savage Mountain, and further ahead was the location of Nanzhao's fine iron ore vein...
A sharp light flashed in Huo Ying's eyes. If they could rely on Sunset Mountain Villa, could they seize the iron ore on Savage Mountain at the right time?
His subordinates had secretly brought back some iron ore, which was finer than any iron ore found within Great Yan's borders, making it impossible for him not to covet it.
Lu Qi, the Minister of Works, had the same idea. As the Minister of Works, he naturally wanted to take good materials for himself.
"Great Yan is really a piece of fat meat. To get it, these neighbors really racked their brains. No wonder it really perished later.
With the intentional calculating against the unintentional, continuous internal problems, an incompetent monarch, party struggles, traitors and national thieves, speculators and rebels, plus natural disasters, it gathered all the necessary conditions for subjugation.
Great Yan perishing was not unjust!"
The ruler and ministers of Great Yan felt sorrowful in their hearts. Some couldn't help but take their seats according to the number, wondering if they were part of the party struggles or speculators, surely they weren't rebels.
It was just that no one admitted to being a traitor or national thief, after all, they still had to save face!
[Master, don't sigh yet, I just saw something fun.]
"What fun thing? By the way, hasn't today's court session lasted a bit long?"
In order to hear the follow-up, Zhang Zhongping, the Vice Minister of Rites, resolutely stepped forward. After getting the emperor's permission, he began to report in detail on the various matters of the Crown Prince's wedding.
You Mingmin, the Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial, had a thought. If Minister Zhang finished speaking and the two ancestors still hadn't finished, he would continue to report on the arrangements for the foreign delegations attending the Crown Prince's wedding.
In short, they had to drag it out and not let the court session end just like that.
[Master, ignore them for now. The thing I want to talk about is somewhat similar to your experience.]
"Someone switched children again?" Yue Fuguang reflexively thought of the true and false wealthy daughters.
It couldn't be that someone else crossed over to another world like her and also brought a quest system!
[Yes, someone's child was switched. I just found out by following Luoyu's line.
He is actually not Luo Feng's twin brother at all. At that time, Luo Xue actually gave birth to twins of different sexes, not two boys.]
"Where is the girl who swapped identities with Luoyu now, is she still alive?"
She wouldn't be a bitter cabbage like the original host, would she?
[Master, you definitely won't guess who she is. Not only do you know this person, but you're also quite familiar with her. She is someone by your side.]
"Cuizhu, Cuiyu, Qingzhu, Chunying, Dongxue, Xiaoman, Liu Wei? The people around me who fit the age and I have more contact with are just these.
Could it really be one of them?"
[Is Master unable to believe it? Little Zhu also looked several times before confirming that Shen Dongxue is Luo Xue's daughter.
The person whose identity was replaced by Luoyu.]
"Since Dongxue is Luo Xue's daughter, without Luo Feng in Sunset Mountain Villa, wouldn't she be the ironclad future heir?"
[Is Master going to help Shen Dongxue get her identity back?]
"Of course. Even if Dongxue wasn't my guard, since I know about this, I would definitely help her get back the identity she deserves.
Moreover, Dongxue is my person now, how could I not help?
And Luo Xue's death from illness, there must be something fishy about it, right? Dongxue must be helped, and Luo Xue must be saved too."
Everyone in their hearts felt a burst of envy. Being recognized as one of their own by the Junior Preceptor was great!
Not only helping themselves, but even their relatives, they would lend a hand.
Many people's minds wavered. How could they hug the Junior Preceptor's golden thigh?
As for the crisis of Sunset Mountain Villa, they were a bit worried at first, but now that the Junior Preceptor was going to intervene, that trace of worry vanished completely.
Song Xingzhou, the Director of the Guest Courtyard, looked at Emperor Mingxi. This Shen Dongxue came out of their Guest Courtyard and now held an official position in the court.
If she could smoothly take over Sunset Mountain Villa in the future, it would also be a center of influence for the court in the Northwest Circuit.
Emperor Mingxi naturally understood Song Xingzhou's meaning. What he had to do was watch quietly. If the Junior Preceptor wanted people, give people; if she wanted power, give power. Anyway, he just had to do a good job in logistics support.
After the morning court session, returning to the Yu Mansion, Yue Fuguang ate and drank her fill, then called the Shen sisters over.
After the two sat down, she said, "Chunying, I once heard you say that Dongxue is not your biological sister, is that true?"
Chunying said, "My lord has a good memory. There are four siblings in my family. Above Chunying are twin brothers Xiayu and Qiushan.
I heard my parents say that when I was one year old, I had a high fever from catching a cold that wouldn't go down. My parents had no choice but to take me into the city to see a doctor. It was also at that time that they found Dongxue, who was frozen purple, in a snow pit on the mountain.
My parents couldn't bear it, so they brought her home and she became the fourth child in our family."
Shen Dongxue also said, "My parents brought me home and always raised me the same as my brothers and sister. In Dongxue's heart, they are my biological parents."
She had a good relationship with her sister Chunying. Besides sisterly affection, she was also grateful to her sister in her heart. If it wasn't for her sister's illness, she might have frozen to death in that heavy snow years ago.
Although she was an adopted child and a girl, the Shen parents always treated her equally with their other children.
Although the family was not rich when she was young, the whole family got along harmoniously. Shen Dongxue felt that she hadn't suffered much, and she was very satisfied with her current life.
Yue Fuguang looked at Shen Dongxue and said, "Dongxue, have you ever thought about finding your biological parents?"
Shen Dongxue paused, nodded, and then shook her head. She said, "My lord, from the time I can remember, my parents never hid my background from me.