Raising a wife? The mistress of the Hou family divorced and remarried her younger uncle

Chapter 141 Old Tutor

After Su Qingwan returned to the inn, she felt restless. The closer it got to the end of the year, the colder the weather became, and the heavier the wind and snow became. The dead trees in the inn were covered with a thick layer of snow, looking like they were covered in silver.

The King of Southwest has not returned to the inn yet, Xilin Yongxuan is also in the palace, Su Qingwan paces in the room, someone pretending to be her and beating the drum to complain has disrupted all her plans. She is very upset, Qingyi brought back news that many students, soldiers and civilians have gathered outside the palace gate, sitting quietly in the snow to seek the truth for Huainan.

"If this continues, something bad will definitely happen!"

The closer it gets to the end of the year, the more the emperor wants peace. With such a big incident today, the emperor is already murderous. Before the woman was killed, Su Qingwan suspected that the emperor had staged it himself to prevent them from seeking redress. But after the woman was killed, the emperor was more shocked than them, and Su Qingwan felt that things were confusing.

If the daughter of King Huainan had not been killed in the hall, the matter might not have been so serious. Now that she was killed on the spot, the situation is serious and the matter will only get bigger and bigger.

The emperor's thoughts cannot be judged by ordinary people. Su Qingwan has to use the most vicious mentality to guess the emperor's intentions. If she were the emperor, what would she do? Redress is impossible. He will only violently suppress public opinion.

After the peace talks, the weather was favorable, the country was peaceful and the people lived and worked in peace. Even though she hated the emperor for tacitly allowing the civil service group to raise the butcher knife against Huainan twelve years ago, she had to admit one thing: to Dayuan, he was a good emperor.

When her father was alive and in charge of the army in the four borders, he often worried about food and supplies. Although there were officials from the direct line of the King of Huainan in the court, their power was difficult to compete with Prime Minister Lu and his men. There were always problems with food and supplies. Sometimes the food sent to the front line was moldy. The war in the north was fought over money and food.

In terms of bravery and fighting skills, the soldiers of Xilin and Dayuan are both good at fighting. The competition is about money and food. If one side cannot supply, the situation of the war will be reversed.

Her father often talked to the soldiers about the difficulties of food and supplies, saying that the civil servants in the court were far away in the capital and did not know the hardships of the soldiers on the border. Therefore, they often interfered and even hoped that they would lose the battle, or often talked about peace talks with Dayuan. He never thought about Xilin's wolfish ambitions. Once peace talks were held, the entire border would be lost.

However, since the emperor ascended the throne, the King of Southwest has never worried about food and supplies. After the emperor personally led the army to fight, he deliberately suppressed the clans headed by Prime Minister Lu. The national policies he implemented were all beneficial to the country and the people. In the imperial examination fraud case, he dealt a heavy blow to the clans, increased the number of places for poor students in the imperial examinations, encouraged the people of Dayuan to study for the imperial examinations, promoted women's education in some places, and also attached importance to commerce, agriculture and sericulture.

He was not like the previous emperor who indulged in pleasure and built large-scale projects. After ascending the throne, he set an example by being simple and diligent. This was the kind of wise ruler that the kings of Huainan of all generations wanted most.

Unfortunately, it was he who condoned the civil service group, which led to the Huainan massacre, and this was the most painful thing in Su Qingwan's heart.

If he was a tyrant, Su Qingwan wouldn't feel so bad.

With so many people sitting in protest at the palace gate, the soldiers are the easiest to deal with. The King of Southwest enjoys great prestige among the soldiers. He can disperse the soldiers and the people... He can just kill a chicken to scare the monkeys and drive away the most difficult students.

The imperial examination will be held next spring. Now the capital is full of students from all over the world. They are well-read in the books of sages and have simple minds. They want to take the imperial examination to bring honor to their family and benefit the people. Such an incident will inevitably anger them, and their verbal and written criticism will inevitably form a huge force, forcing the emperor to re-examine the Huainan case.

Either suppress it, or...overturn the verdict. If he doesn't want to overturn the verdict, he can only suppress it.

Su Qingwan couldn't sit still in the post house, so she put on her cloak and went out. Qingyun and Qingyi accompanied her and went to the Lu family in the south of the city. The Lu family had produced two imperial tutors, and many of their students were all from the Lu family. After he resigned and retired, except for the eldest son who worked in the Ministry of Revenue, the other descendants of the Lu family focused on academic studies and did not pursue official careers. The Lu family produced several great scholars, and after the students came to Beijing, many of them wanted to study in the school run by the Lu family.

After the Huainan Massacre, Lu Taifu also launched a large-scale student protest for the King of Huainan, denouncing the bloodbath caused by Prime Minister Lu, hoping that the emperor would be more discerning and investigate the unjust case. The emperor had just ascended the throne and had no real power. Lu Taifu was defeated by Prime Minister Lu. His youngest son died tragically on the street, his maternal uncle's family was imprisoned, and his uncle was forced to die in prison at the age of nearly 70. Old Madam Lu was half crazy, and Lu Taifu was forced to retire and return home.

He and Lu Shoufu were both Jinshi in the same year, and were also the most anticipated top two candidates in the palace selection. They also had a period of mutual admiration when they were young, but later they had different political views and gradually disagreed, and took two different paths. They fought for a lifetime, and Taifu Lu always had one over him and was the most respected imperial teacher. Unexpectedly, in the Huainan case, Lu Shoufu's true intentions were revealed. If Taifu Lu did not know how to advance or retreat, the whole family would be at stake. Lu Shoufu finally turned the tables and trampled his mortal enemy into the mud.

Tutor Lu was a close friend of the old King of Huainan. This fact alone was enough to cause him to be framed and suppressed by Prime Minister Lu in the Huainan case, leaving him without a burial place.

When Su Qingwan visited late at night, the gate of the Lu family was closed. Two lanterns were swaying in the snow, half bright and half dark. The once prosperous family home was now deserted and dilapidated.

Qingyun knocked on the door and handed over a jade token. After the butler opened the door and took it, less than an incense stick of time later, he opened the door again and welcomed Su Qingwan and her group in.

Taifu Lu is nearly 70 years old. His hair and beard are completely white, but he is still energetic. His family is full of long-lived people, including his mother's family. They spend all day at home planting flowers and raising birds, reading and teaching. Without the open and secret attacks in the court, they are in high spirits. When he saw Su Qingwan, he smiled with kindness on his face.

Taifu Lu's family was also protected by the King of the Southwest back then, and they were constantly courteous to each other during festivals. Although he had appointed Prime Minister Lu as his teacher, he unexpectedly saved Taifu Lu's family.

"Why did the little princess come to visit me so late at night? Where is your father? He has been in Beijing for so long, but he didn't even come to see me." Tutor Lu had a loud voice and a big smile on his face. He didn't show any sign of being frustrated. At his age, he has let go of everything.

After Qingyun and Qingyi presented their gifts, they followed the butler out of the door. Su Qingwan knelt down and saluted him properly. The old tutor helped her up.

"Old Master, how are you!"

"I haven't been a tutor for many years." The old tutor said with a smile, "You look very much like your father."

Su Qingwan thought to herself that if Xiaojiu heard this, she would definitely be sad. She hated being told that she looked like her father the most.

"Mr. Lu, Xiao Jiu came to visit me late at night to ask for a favor. Please save the lives of all the students in the world!"