After the eldest daughter was reborn, the whole family knelt down and begged for forgiveness

Xiao Xuetang gasped inwardly, then stood up with a swish, almost hitting his head on the roof of the carriage. He said quickly, "I remembered that I have something else to do. I'll take my leave now."

Lin Xun took a sip of tea and said calmly, "Are you in such a hurry to leave before you've even finished the story?"

Xiao Xuetang had no choice but to sit down, covering her ears, and cried, "My Lord, I suddenly realized that I am not that curious about you anymore."

Curiosity killed the cat. She shouldn't have been curious about Lin Xun, and she shouldn't have gotten on this carriage!

"As for Xiao Yu, I will help you persuade him... I promise you that he will show up at the gate of the clan residence on time tomorrow."

Lin Xun simply ignored the behavior of someone trying to cover up his mistakes.

The deep and clear voice in the past now sounded like a magic sound to Xiao Xuetang, accurately penetrating her eardrums...

"At that time, Taizu passed the throne to his younger brother, but he also left a will to the cabinet ministers, naming his eldest son, Prince Qin, as the crown prince, and secretly left him a group of Qinglian Guards. When Prince Qin came of age, the throne would be returned to its original owner."

But Prince Jin, also known as Emperor Taizong, was not stupid.

He worked hard to help his brother build his empire, and then devoted himself to Dayin. How could he possibly make wedding dresses for the King of Qin?

So he treated the kings of Qin and Chu well on the surface, but in fact he secretly devised a plan to make them childless.

This led to the King of Chu becoming a monk, the King of Qin having no children and dying suddenly in his prime.

He secretly instigated a rebellion against the Qinglian Guards and stole the will.

However, the devil is always one foot taller than the enemy. Who would have thought that Taizu left not only the Qinglian Guard to King Qin, but also... the Tianji Palace!

King Tianji is the real person to whom I entrust my son.

However, the overall situation in the court had been decided at that time, and Taizong was indeed a good emperor. Under his rule, Dayin was thriving and the country was peaceful and the people were safe. If the will was taken out again, wouldn't it cause chaos in the world?

Therefore, King Tianji made a difficult decision. He hid the will and treated the King of Qin's son as his own so as not to let Taizu's lineage be cut off.

Originally, this secret should have disappeared forever in the long river of time with the death of King Tianji and the death of Emperor Taizong.

Until twenty-seven years ago...

Twenty-seven years ago, the then-unknown Nanyi sent envoys to Kyoto and presented a secret treasure. It was said that it was a phoenix mirror forged from the ashes of the nine-headed divine bird.

Just a drop of blood can show a person's past and present life.

Although Emperor Wuzong was only in his forties at the time, the Lin family had always had a short life span, which made him very afraid of aging and death. Under the instigation of the great eunuch Wang Qin, he hired many sorcerers to practice elixirs in an attempt to seek the way to immortality.

It is also because I heard that the Nanyi people are very mysterious, and there is even a rumor that the ancient Nanyi country has the art of immortality...

Under the introduction of Wang Qin, the envoy from the Southern Yi met with Emperor Dayin on the pretext of presenting a mirror, and used words to bewitch Emperor Wuzong into taking a blood test in front of the Golden Throne Hall.

At that time, all the civil and military officials in the court treated the Southern Barbarians as a barbarian country and looked down on them, and watched them present their treasures with the mentality of watching a good show.

Only King Tianji Lin Ziqi, who was ordered to quell the rebellion of Tianxuan Sect at that time, knew better than anyone the wolfish ambitions, insidiousness and cunningness of these Southern Barbarians after so many battles.

In order to avoid this being a conspiracy, King Tianji decided to audition himself...

No one knows what Emperor Wuzong saw in the phoenix mirror!

All people knew was that Wuzong, who had been in high spirits during the morning court session that day, suddenly changed his expression and ordered his men to seal the Luan Mirror and drive the envoys from southern Xinjiang out of the capital.

The next day, he went to the Taimiao in disguise and stared at the portrait of Emperor Taizu for the whole night.

The next day, everything was calm.

until...

Lin Xun's birth.

Before Lin Xun was born, the green lotus that had not bloomed for many years in the lotus pond of Huguo Temple bloomed overnight. The monk predicted that this child was the reincarnation of Buddha and was invaluable.

On the eve of Lin Xun's birth, Emperor Wuzong suddenly had a dream...

He dreamed that he and the entire Lin royal family died at the hands of a monk in a white robe.

He ordered the extermination of Buddhism throughout the country!

The first to be affected was the unborn prince of the Tianji Palace, who was a good omen for bearing the Buddha's child.

At that time, Wuzong issued an imperial decree overnight, sending the imperial guards to guard the entire palace, and at the same time sending the Qinglian Guards to the Huguo Temple.

If the lotus in the Sansheng Pond at the back of the Huguo Temple has not bloomed, the Tianji Palace will be born; if the blue lotus blooms, no one will be left in the entire palace!

The princess was in labor for three whole days...

On the third day, the faint light of dawn shone on the clear pool water as if a layer of golden light was sprinkled on it. The sleeping lotus flowers blossomed, and under the brilliant glow of the sunset, it looked like a burning flame.

Just as it is recorded in Buddhist scriptures, when a Buddha's son is born, lotus flowers bloom with every step he takes.

However, such a good omen was like a nightmare to everyone in the Tianji Palace.

The news of the Qinglian Guards reached the capital, and the imperial guards led by Wang Qin launched their slaughter...

When the prince got the news, he led his men to Tianji Palace and only saved the newborn Lin Xun.

Back then, when those rumors that he had heard from others were no longer just a few words but presented to Xiao Xuetang in very specific details, Xiao Xuetang couldn't find his own voice for a long time.

It’s just too…

It’s so terrible!

Even an outsider like Xiao Xuetang found it very thrilling to listen to.

As for Lin Xun, his tone remained as calm as ever, as if he was telling a story that had nothing to do with him.

But Xiao Xuetang's state of mind was totally incapable of being as calm as Lin Xun's. She drank several cups of tea in succession, but was still in a trance, muttering to herself.

So, Emperor Wuzong discovered the secret of the Qin King's bloodline and fabricated the prophecy of destroying Buddhism?"

Lin Xun said: "Taizu left behind two sons, the eldest son, the King of Qin, and the second son, the King of Chu. The descendants of the King of Qin were saved by the King of Tianji, while the descendants of the King of Chu became monks."

Xiao Xuetang frowned: "The King of Chu has become a monk and cannot marry or have children, so why did Emperor Wuzong want to kill him?"

After saying this, Xiao Xuetang seemed to feel that she was being a little rude...

What if this was another romantic affair in the royal family and Lin Xun talked about his ancestors behind their backs? That would not be good.

But Lin Xun has always been a reckless person, and the secrets of the royal family are not something that should not be made public for him...

"The King of Chu is far away from the royal family, but he is a rare long-lived person in the Lin royal family."

"If Prince Chu is still alive, he would be over a hundred years old..."

Xiao Xuetang talked to himself, his brain working rapidly, and finally connected everything together!

A monk who lived for hundreds of years and had royal blood must have a very important position in Zen Buddhism. At that time, everyone from the nobles to the common people believed in Zen Buddhism.

It was precisely because of this fear that Wuzong used the dream as an excuse to launch a killing spree to consolidate his throne and his country.

The origin of this killing was the Luan mirror presented by Nanjiang twenty-seven years ago...