After I became a passerby, I saved the villain's family

what? !

The Queen is dead?!

The Jiang family's eyes were full of shock.

Although Mrs. Jiang had heard Jiang Ruoli say this once before, she still felt very sad when she heard it again.

How could the gentle and kind Queen not have a good ending?

[Although the Jiang family and the prince are safe now, the He family has fallen, and that old He will not let it go. ]

According to the plot of the original book, Jiang Ci Yan and Jiang Ci Jin had both passed away at this time, Mrs. Jiang had a stroke, and Duke Jiang was also exhausted in the court.

In the entire Zhenguo Mansion, Jiang Ci'an was the only one who was struggling to hold on. In the end, he was framed by a traitor and died on the battlefield.

The final massacre...

Thinking of the final outcome of the entire Jiang family, a trace of pain flashed across Jiang Ruoli's face.

Fortunately, my eldest brother and third brother are fine now, my mother is in good health, and my father’s position in the court is very stable.

If the He family wants to find a breakthrough, they can only rely on Jiang Ci'an and the Jiang family army.

[We must defend Jiang's army at all costs and not give He Zongsheng any chance to take advantage of us.]

Duke Jiang and Jiang Ci Yan looked at each other and saw heaviness in each other's eyes.

Li'er was right, the Jiang family army was He Zongsheng's ultimate goal.

The Jiang family's crisis has not really been overcome yet...

A house somewhere in Kyoto.

A middle-aged man came to the back door of the yard and sneaked into the yard.

"master!"

The man came into the room and saw the old man sitting at the top. He fell to his knees with a plop, crying.

"Master! You finally came to Kyoto!"

"My lord, he...he..."

"You have to make the decision for the adults!"

The man kowtowed to the ground.

He Zongsheng looked at the man kneeling below.

That was He Mingrong’s former personal attendant, Li Ping.

"Li Ping, get up and talk." He Zongsheng said in a deep voice.

"Yes, sir."

Li Ping stood up slowly.

"What happened before?" He Zongsheng asked.

Li Ping wiped the tears from his face and slowly recounted what had happened in the past few months.

What he knew best was the cheating in this year's scientific examination, and he told He Zongsheng the whole story in detail.

Upon hearing that his son had passed away and his entire family had been exiled to Mo Ze, He Zongsheng was still heartbroken even though he had known the whole story before.

Even though He Mingrong and He Xiangyuan were wrong, Emperor Chengren was too cruel. He did not even leave the He family any way out. He wanted to make his He family extinct!

He Zongsheng gripped his cane tightly, his knuckles turning white.

The anger in his eyes could not be concealed, and he looked straight ahead.

Since you, the royal family, are so unkind, don’t blame the He family for being disloyal!

After calming himself down, he looked at Li Ping.

"What's going on between the Third Prince and Tingjia?"

"The third prince was suspected of colluding with Jiangnan officials and gangs to smuggle salt. He was reported by the crown prince and the third son of the Jiang family. He has been imprisoned in the clan house for more than a month..." Li Ping said.

"As for Concubine Jia... the spies in the palace only reported that Concubine Jia was imprisoned in the palace for poisoning His Majesty. I don't know the specific details of the matter."

Li Ping told everything he knew.

He was just a servant of the He family. When the He mansion was ransacked, he happened to be back home to visit his relatives and thus escaped.

For the past six months, he has been hiding secretly in Kyoto, gathering information everywhere, hoping to avenge He Mingrong one day.

So when he saw that a house of the He family that was originally idle was suddenly occupied, he knew that Mr. He had returned to Beijing, and he immediately rushed over to find him.

"Master! You must avenge the master and the young master! You can't let the master die in vain!"

Li Ping knelt on the ground again and prayed bitterly.

After hearing Li Ping's words, He Zongsheng frowned.

What Li Ping knew was not much different from the information he had received before, and Li Ping did not know anything more.

Seeing that the man was still kneeling on the ground, he said, "I understand. You can go down and rest first."

"Uncle Zhou, take Li Ping down."

Zhou Bo nodded and took Li Ping away.

He Zongsheng sat in the armchair, lost in thought.

Not long after, Uncle Zhou returned to the house.

He looked at He Zongsheng who was in deep thought and said:

"Master, Li Ping already knows that you are returning to Beijing. Do you want to -"

As he said this, he made a gesture of wiping his neck.

"It's okay." He Zongsheng didn't care. "Li Ping is loyal to Mingrong and has never made any mistakes. It's not a bad idea to spare his life."

"But he knows too much about the He family. Lock him up in the house and keep a close eye on him. Don't let him come into contact with people outside."

"Yes, sir." Zhou Bo replied.

"How is the third prince doing?" He Zongsheng asked.

"The spies reported early this morning that the Third Prince is still being held in the clan residence."

"But I don't know why, since the second young lady was imprisoned in the palace, the emperor's attitude towards the third prince seems to have softened." Zhou Bo said.

When mentioning the third prince, He Zongsheng's face turned cold as ice.

The He family had been planning for many years and had previously placed their bets on the late crown prince. For this reason, he did not hesitate to break up his second daughter's marriage and married his eldest daughter to the late crown prince.

I thought everything would go smoothly, but I didn't expect the former crown prince to be so impatient. Not only did he lose his own life, but the He family was also implicated.

In order to offset the suspicion of the current emperor, he had to retire early and start planning again.

Later, when Tingjia's son, the third prince, grew up, they began to assist the third prince. However, they did not expect that the third prince would be so incompetent, and the entire He family was implicated.

He Zongsheng was feeling depressed.

But now, he has no choice but the third prince.

In the future, he will assist the third prince to ascend the throne and then recall the He family from Mo Ze. By then, relying on his merits in following the emperor, the future of the He family will still be bright.

Thinking of this, He Zongsheng took a deep breath.

There is no need to be impatient. The most important thing right now is to get the third prince back into the royal family tree.

"Uncle Zhou, pack up. I want to go to the palace to meet His Majesty."

Zhou Bo was stunned. "Master, aren't we going to Beijing secretly? Why do we have to go to the palace to see the emperor?"

He Zongsheng shook his head slowly, "We can no longer hide now. We must bring the Third Prince out of the clan residence first."

Hasn’t His Majesty become much more lenient in his attitude towards the Third Prince?

Then let this old man try harder.

As the day of tribute from various countries is approaching, he must let the third prince appear in front of envoys from various countries to let them see that Dacheng has a third prince who is no less capable than the crown prince.

This is the best time to bring the third prince to the public.

Seeing that the master had made up his mind, Uncle Zhou stopped trying to persuade him and immediately went to arrange for the carriage and other matters.

He Zongsheng sat in the armchair, thinking about the He family and the third prince over and over again.

After a while, he came to his senses.

He dipped his index finger in the tea and slowly wrote a word on the table:

ginger.