Tao Li'er smiled, stepped forward and pulled General Tong to sit down at the table, Xiang'er knocked on the door, the tea arrived, Tao Li'er took the tea, asked Xiang'er to prepare the meal, and then turned around and poured a cup of hot tea for General Tong.

General Tong sighed and took it, "Yesterday's ......"

"Seeing is believing and hearing is false, don't speculate first, this matter is not necessarily done by the emperor." Tao Li'er interrupted General Tong's words, General Tong was a little stunned when he heard this, and saw Tao Li'er's expression was determined, and he had some doubts in his heart.

"Are you so sure?" Facing General Tong's question, Tao Li'er smiled, "Who knows, it's just that this time the thing is too obvious, just tell us directly that the emperor did it, the traces are so obvious, Dad has been with the emperor for many years, and he must also understand the emperor's temperament, this kind of thing, does Dad think it will be the emperor's handiwork?" ”

Tao Li'er did not answer General Tong's question, but asked back, General Tong frowned and pondered, "I am also very suspicious in my heart, but the emperor has not been as high-spirited in recent years, and I can't figure out his thoughts, plus it is about Sister-in-law Lin, I can't directly argue for him, otherwise it will seem partial." ”

Listening to General Tong's concerns, Tao Li'er's heart was quite warm, General Tong himself said this, but he didn't know that he had inadvertently favored her, if he didn't care about her Tao Li'er's feelings, with General Tong's upright temper, he must have defended the emperor who had served for many years at the first time, but now he only locked himself in the study and was aggrieved, not worried about Tao Li'er's feelings?

Tao Li'er smiled, "I know that my father loves me, and my father drinks tea." The atmosphere was a lot more relaxed all of a sudden, knowing that Tao Li'er had no mustard in his heart, General Tong was also relieved, he had always felt that he owed Tao Li'er, and thought of a way to make up for her, but now he saw that Tao Li'er didn't blame himself, and his heart was quite comfortable.

Now that the knot in her heart has been untied, Tao Li'er is also ready to ask about the matter, Tao Li'er considered her mouth, "Dad, it is rumored that the emperor is because of my identity as a criminal minister, so he doesn't want to see me as his daughter-in-law, but I don't know what you think?" ”

General Tong snorted coldly, "What qualifications does he have to not wait to see you?" He doesn't want you to marry the king, and I don't look down on his son! Since ancient times, a gentleman said that horses are difficult to chase, but he is good, as the king of a country, he openly repented of his previous promise, and the order is changed, I think he has really changed! ”

General Tong's tone was obviously not angry, but Tao Li'er heard the disappointment in General Tong's tone, their friendship between kings and ministers, Tao Li'er couldn't put his beak. But as a descendant of the Tao family, she also has the responsibility to find out the truth, and when General Tong's mood calmed down a little, Tao Li'er spoke again.

"Dad, I came to you today mainly to ask, what happened to my biological mother's mother's mother, that is, Tao's family, in person? Why did it end up with a full body of beheadings, and what's more, after so many years, why everyone is silent about the Dow collapse case, I really want to know. ”

At the gate of Tong's mansion, Tong Yimeng was riding back to the house, General Tong didn't want to enter the palace because of yesterday's pretext of being unwell, but the affairs of the DPRK and China still need to be known, so Tong Yimeng went directly to General Tong's study as soon as he returned to the house, but saw that the door was closed, and he knew General Tong's temper in his heart, and was about to turn around to ask the housekeeper about the situation, but he heard a crisp sound in the study, and his footsteps immediately stopped.

Looking at the broken teacup on the ground, Tao Li'er was a little stunned, and frowned at General Tong, "Dad, what's wrong?" Could it be that I asked something that shouldn't have been asked? But the Tao family is my eldest brother and me's foreign family, and my eldest brother and I also have the blood of the Tao family, and I always have the right to know the truth about the collapse of the Tao family. ”

Tong Yimeng was about to push the door in, but he heard Tao Li'er's voice inside, and the hand pushing the door immediately stopped, and Tao Li'er's words fell into his ears word for word.

The fall of the Tao family, this is also his constant doubt, he asked General Tong a few times when he was a child, but General Tong just refused to tell him, and after a few beatings to him, he learned to be obedient, no longer asked, his mother was silent about it when he was alive, but he could see that every time he asked about it, his mother was sad.

After so many years, no one in Donglin dared to mention it, and he gradually forgot about it, but he didn't expect to be mentioned again by Tao Li'er today, he also wanted to hear what General Tong said, and the hand near the door was gradually lowered, and Tong Yimeng listened carefully.

In the study, General Tong obviously didn't want to say, "What are you asking for?" It is expressly forbidden to mention the Dow matter, so don't ask more. ”

Tao Li'er knew that if she didn't be ruthless, General Tong wouldn't tell the truth, so she said casually: "Really? If I say that my mother's death is related to Tao's, wouldn't my father still be willing to tell me? ”

As soon as Tao Li'er finished speaking, General Tong was stunned, he turned around, looked at Tao Li'er and said, "You can't talk nonsense at this time, where did you hear this kind of rumor!" ”

General Tong's tone was serious, Tong Yimeng outside the door obviously heard this kind of remarks for the first time, he had guessed that his mother was killed by Zhao Meizhi or several other aunts in the house, and the women in the backyard couldn't do anything because of jealousy, but he didn't link the news of his mother's death with the fall of Tao.

Tao Li'er drank tea unhurriedly, she was naturally guessing, but it was also a well-founded guess, listening to Murong Wenbin's remarks, it was hard for her to imagine that her biological mother was killed by her aunt, listening to the words of the old man in the house, her biological mother was also a clever person, and ordinary backyard women must not be able to harm her, Zhao Meizhi did not have that ability.

If it is really explained by Murong Wenbin's words, the Mo family will definitely kill the Tao family, after all, her grandmother Tao Qingrou made the emperor love and hate, and the current emperor adheres to the will of the first emperor and will definitely kill the Tao family.

Thinking about it like this, it doesn't seem to be unreasonable, and Murong Wenbin also mentioned that the death of her mother is likely to be done by the emperor, but there is no evidence, because when Murong Wenbin reacted, all the things that might be related were wiped clean, but it was because it was too clean, so it was abnormal, isn't it?

"You, what you said is true?" When it comes to Dow, the ironclad evidence of Dow's treason was like a mountain, and the entire Donglin criticized Dow's verbal criticism, almost one-sided, everyone knew that Dow's treason, and General Tong was also young at the time, so he didn't know the twists and turns at all, and he thought that Dow's treason.

But at that time, Tao Lier's mother had already married him, and he was worried that the Emperor Taishang would shift his attention to Tao Li'er's biological mother, so he didn't dare to plead and tried his best to protect her.