My house was confiscated and I was exiled. I emptied the emperor's warehouse and fled.

Qin Mu thought of the person who grew up with his eldest brother and with whom he had an extraordinary friendship, and a deep shadow covered his face.

"Hahaha..." Qin Hongyi laughed loudly when he saw this, then looked at Qin Mu with an ugly, smug face.

"Qin Mu, you are obsessed with tricks and ingenuity, but you didn't expect that you would lose the big picture while picking up sesame seeds! No matter how powerful your improved weapons are, they cannot be immediately sent to the front line against Di to play a role. Once the prince loses his food supply, tut tut..."

To Qin Hongyi's surprise, Qin Mu didn't look panicked at all. Instead, he sneered and said, "Do you think that you can test my strength just by your wife's little tricks? Since I knew your conspiracy in advance, how could I really let your son bear the heavy responsibility alone?"

"What do you mean!" Qin Hongyi's expression broke and he glared at Qin Mu with bloodshot eyes.

He let his wife Miao take the lead in making money.

If the Miao family had not suffered sanctions from Qin Mu, it meant that Qin Mu had no time to look east and had relaxed his control over his clansmen.

And once the matter was exposed, he could lightly say that it was purely the fault of his wife, a woman, and that he was just negligent in supervising the rear quarters.

This move can not only raise money for the rebellion, but also test Qin Mu's strength, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

In reality, Qin Hongyi saw that Qin Mu had no reaction. Having tasted the sweetness of making money, he became more and more greedy. He asked Miao to let his son place his old subordinates in the family on the pretext of accepting bribes.

Their family has been acting out this big drama for such a long time, so Qin Mu had already seen through their intentions?

No, perhaps even earlier, the fact that his eldest son was entrusted with an important task by Qin Mu was just a bait set by Qin Mu!

The purpose is only to lure out these ancestors' adopted sons who have been lurking for more than ten years with great effort!

And who is the mastermind behind all this, Qin Mu or Qin Junyi?

The more Qin Hongyi thought about it, the more horrified he became. He blurted out all his questions, just wanting to lose clearly.

Qin Mu fulfilled his wish.

"That's right! My eldest brother already knew that the three branches had ulterior motives, but his approach was different from my father's.

My father vigorously eradicated your power, and my eldest brother gave your descendants the opportunity to restore our former glory.

If you can think of your descendants, give up the past grudges, and support each other with the direct branch, then he will not pursue the grudges of the previous generation and will allow you to live out your life in glory.

And if you don’t change your evil intentions, he will wait for you to reveal your true colors, and then exterminate all the side branches of the clan, and completely solve the problems left by your ancestors.”

"Ha, ha ha ha...you speak better than you sing!" Qin Hongyi didn't believe at all that Qin Junyi could be so broad-minded and really give them a choice as Qin Mu said.

At this time, Su Yunwan got off the carriage and looked at Qin Hongyi, who seemed to have aged several years in an instant, and said indifferently: "What you think is a test is also a test from us.

If your son had remained loyal, there would have been no need for him to sacrifice his own family for the sake of justice. As long as he could have effectively prevented you from rebelling, things would not have developed to this point.

It's a pity that he was still bound by family affection and filial piety. In fact, if you had done nothing, you would have become a royal relative sooner or later, and wealth and honor would have been within your reach, but you insisted on dragging your whole family down with you. "

As early as when the Qin clan first arrived in Youzhou, Qin Junyi told her about the clan's composition, hidden dangers, and countermeasures.

She knew that what Qin Mu said was true. The three legitimate sons of the clan had been Qin Junyi's study companions since childhood, and their friendship was extraordinary. Qin Junyi really did not want to see them go down the path of self-destruction.

But now it seems that Qin Junyi's hopes are going to be dashed.

"I am the only one who did this, Princess, please let my family go, they are innocent." Qin Hongyi no longer had his previous arrogance and showed a gesture of submission.

Su Yunwan shook her head: "If one prospers, all prosper; if one suffers, all suffer."

Qin Hongyi knew this truth, so he turned to Qin Mu and said in a sad voice: "For the sake of our ancestors, please don't kill them all."

Qin Mu said coldly: "Everything will be decided by my eldest brother."

"Good, very good! I have already made a backup plan. Once I die, rumors will spread all over Youzhou that the Qin family treats their adopted sons as tools. I want to see how the other adopted sons of the late prince can be at ease serving you after hearing this!" Qin Hongyi bared his claws again and threatened with a grin.

At this moment, a voice like a huge bell came from afar: "Then you can go to the underworld to see it!"

Uncle Qin came galloping over with a team of several thousand men. Their armor was stained with blood, and it was obvious that they had just been through a fierce battle.

"How come you are here!!!" Qin Hongyi was shocked.

Uncle Qin sat on his horse and said condescendingly: "All those who participated in the rebellion have been captured. Do you still want to resist stubbornly?"

As soon as he finished speaking, several key figures who took part in the conspiracy were escorted to the front by soldiers, tied up and kicked and knocked to their knees.

Qin Hongyi's men looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, then laid down their weapons and knelt down in surrender.

Qin Hongyi had done all these things just to deliberately delay time and wait for the arrival of his own reinforcements. But he did not expect that the person he was waiting for would appear in front of him in this form.

This time, he had to face the reality of complete failure.

Unwilling to be held prisoner, he picked up a sword and cut his own neck.

The scarlet blood sprayed onto the ground like water, mixing with the rain, looking shocking.

"Father, don't!" Behind the crowd, Qin Hongyi's eldest son Qin Xinglang shouted sadly, fell off his horse, staggered in front of Qin Hongyi, covered his neck which was bleeding, and cried bitterly.

Qin Hongyi's lips trembled, and he tried his best to utter only the word "godfather".

As he lay dying, what flashed through his mind were the warm times when his ancestors treated him like a son.

Too bad, we can never go back to the way it was before...

*

This operation to eliminate traitors ended successfully. When Su Yunwan returned to the palace, it was already past noon.

The old lady had heard about the rebellion of the branch family. When she saw her coming back, she immediately went to meet her. While looking her body to see if she was injured, she asked anxiously, "Wanwan, are you hurt or scared?"

"Don't worry, grandma. Everything is under Qin Mu's control. I knew about this accident a long time ago." Su Yunwan replied.

The old lady complained repeatedly: "Since you knew it long ago, you should have asked someone to pretend to be a substitute. If something really happened, how could Qin Mu be responsible!"

"Okay grandma, I'm hungry." Su Yunwan touched her stomach.

She had prepared food long ago, but faced with killing and blood, she had no appetite and so the food was of no use.

When the old lady heard this, she turned around and ordered the servants: "Hurry, serve the food quickly, don't let Wanwan and the baby starve!"

After Su Yunwan had a full meal, she ignored everything else and went back to her room for a nap.

This rebellion, which originated from a branch of the Qin family, was quelled before it could cause any major waves.

But under the invisible water, dark waves were surging, just like Qin Hongyi's threat.