Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Absolutely! It's utter nonsense. Don't you know how many people your father killed, including your master and maternal grandfather?

If you want to curse, then curse as much as you want; no one else will hear you anyway.

Gu Wenxuan took a sip of juice and waited for the next part to continue.

"If it weren't for the destruction of the Liang family's empire, it would still be the common people who suffer. Do you really think my master and uncle want to support one of his cousins ​​as emperor!"
What a pipe dream! Countless members of the direct line died or were injured, leaving only a single drop of bloodline. My master was only able to preserve this bloodline by becoming a slave. Who is innocent?

They even said that my master's family and father's family had a deep and irreconcilable hatred, but who doesn't know that if the late emperor had even a little bit of tolerance, how could he have reduced even the collateral branches to such a small number of people!

They thought I really believed that leaving my master a princess's mansion was a sign of their love for him. They didn't realize that just across the street was the Liang State Duke's mansion, where families were destroyed!
They even want my master to return to the capital. How could she possibly bear it if she went back to the princess's mansion? The father is petty and self-centered, and the son is no better!

He has been in power for many years. It is said that the case of the former Duke of Liang involved the former crown prince. He only cleared the name of the former Duke of Liang after my uncle helped him eliminate the remnants of the former crown prince!
Only my master and uncle had a strong sense of righteousness, cared about the common people, and could not bear to see them suffer from the ravages of war again; otherwise, they would have destroyed the Liang dynasty long ago!
"Want to arrange a marriage? What a load of rubbish! That Liang family, the descendants of the rebels, are the worst of the worst—ungrateful wretches, unfilial bastards!"

Liang rebelled?

Taizu?

Hahaha.

Gone?

Stop cursing?
"Let's go, let's not talk about them anymore, they're annoying!" Zhou Banxia shook her hand and turned to walk towards the back door of the kitchen. "The more we talk about it, the angrier we get, and I've even helped the enemy!"

"It doesn't count as aiding the enemy—"

"How can it not count? What does it matter to me whether the Liang family's empire is stable or not? Those grains are being consumed by the Liang family's people. How infuriating! I still have to embroider pictures to curry favor!"

Hahaha.

I'm about to burst!

"What are you after, Zhou Banxia? Do you really just not want your uncle to fight alone? Just admit it, Zhou Banxia, ​​you've gotten too big for your britches!"
You're just a poor wretch who suddenly became rich, all high and mighty, all high and mighty! Don't deny it, Zhou Banxia, ​​what's wrong with your dog-like brain that you can't stand the sight of meat and bones?!"

"Hahaha..." Gu Wenxuan couldn't help but burst into laughter, laughing so hard that she almost didn't have time to remove Zhou Banxia's hand from her head.

fool!

Zhou Banxia reached out and patted his arm. "You're going to laugh yourself silly. Stop laughing. Come on, take a deep breath. What great air this place has."

You know, I already have this precious place, so what have I been busy with? I could be living a carefree life, so why am I putting myself in shackles?
I've made up my mind, Xuanzi. From this day forward, let the Liang dynasty rise and fall, I will remain unmoved. Yes, I will enjoy life to the fullest while I can.

Their Liang family's lack of filial piety and brotherly love is their business; we, the Zhou and Gu families, will not interfere. We'd be better off using that energy for something meaningful.”

Are you sure running to the backyard is something meaningful to do late at night?
"Come on, what are you standing there for?" Zhou Banxia blinked in confusion, tilted her head, grabbed his hand, and turned to leave. "Speaking of which, your Senior Brother Qian is also an idiot."

Why should I mention Liang Jiu to you? No matter how much connection Liang Jiu has with the Gao family, he has an older brother and the Second Prince. Even if the Crown Prince falls, it won't be his turn.

As for the Gao family, why would they bet on him to win? If it weren't for the imperial decree granting the marriage, Gao Qi would have died long ago with a bowl of medicine, and there would have been no chance for him to enter the prince's harem.

Based on my understanding of Madam Gao and Lord Gao, given the Gao family's current status, there's absolutely no way they, mother and son, would have taken any shortcuts or made any contributions to the family's rise to power.

"If it's possible that Gao Er's position as Minister of Personnel is in jeopardy, can the mother and son remain calm and not take sides?" Zhou Banxia thought about it seriously and nodded emphatically, "That's right, they won't take sides. As long as the Crown Prince is still alive, the mother and son will never take sides."

The reason why the mother and son initially supported the current emperor was because the crown prince was gone, and later on, the current emperor, who was still a prince at the time, had the best chance of winning.

Furthermore, it must also be related to her uncle. Outsiders may not know where her uncle is, but Old Madam Gao certainly wouldn't be unaware of where he was sent to in Jiangnan back then.

Perhaps even the late emperor later knew that his uncle had been sent by his teacher to be raised by the Zhou family in Yangzhou, which is why his uncle wasn't the top scholar, but rather because he was suppressed by the late emperor.

That's very possible!
Such an outstanding gentleman, whose surname is Zhou, and coincidentally from the Zhou family of Yangzhou, how could the late emperor not investigate?

"This explains why the late emperor, that lunatic, would send my uncle to the Hanlin Academy to sit on the sidelines, yet still summon him from time to time with his unpredictable temper."

It's not impossible.

Anyway, the late emperor is dead, so who knows if it's true, as rumored, that the late emperor was testing you, leaving you to assist the current emperor.

"And then there's my master. I don't know why the late emperor didn't revoke her title of county princess and instead kept her at the princess's residence to await her return to the capital, but there's one thing..."

I'm also very curious about the reason.

Praise first.

"Oh, in which way?"

"The current Empress Dowager had sent her confidante to inform my master through Madam Gao before the incident at the Duke of Liang's mansion."

My master continued to stay at her residence, regardless of whether she recognized my uncle or not. At that time, the Gao family had already been dragged onto the pirate ship by the current Empress Dowager.

Rather than saying that Madam Gao and her son supported the then-prince as emperor, it would be more accurate to say that they were forced by circumstances to choose sides and would be drawn into one faction if they did not take sides.

But it's impossible to force them and their son onto the ship again. They also don't have the guts to take sides. If anyone tries to win over Master Gao, he will report them to the Emperor.

Madam Gao is old, and Master Gao is also quite old. The key issue is that the military family has abandoned military affairs for civil service, and even though they have successfully transformed, there are no more people in the Gao family in the military today.

Before Gao was appointed as the current governor, the military power left by General Gao should have already been under the control of the current emperor, who held a high position but was in reality like a reflection in a mirror or a flower in the water.

Ultimately, it wasn't the military generals who truly made great contributions. Everything the Gao family has now was given to them by the emperor, and it would be easy for them to take it back. As long as the emperor is alive, Lord Gao will not, and dares not, pledge allegiance to any prince.

Besides, he has so many trusted civil officials around him. He is a civil official who has neither military power nor has he been promoted to Minister of Personnel. He doesn't need to rely on any advantage to curry favor with any prince to gain important positions. It's not like there's no successor.

Even if Gao Er was dismissed from his post and could not become the Minister of Personnel due to his influence, the Gao family could not possibly be forbidden from taking the imperial examinations for three generations. No matter how you look at it, it would be more beneficial for the third generation of the Gao family to be loyal officials.

The third generation of the Gao family were well-educated. Not to mention how outstanding the two obvious successors, Gao Da and Gao Er, were, Gao Si, one of their brothers, was just like the eldest brother who was overshadowed by his uncle, and his talent was not outstanding. Otherwise, he would have become a scholar long ago..."

Well, things have gotten a bit off-topic.

Why compare yourself to anyone else? Compare your older brother to Senior Four!

Your older brother is the successor, while the fourth-year student is just a replacement. How can the two of them be compared? (End of Chapter)