Chapter 8: Life History

When Xi Chen and Gu Weiyu returned to the living room, the maids had already laid out the dishes and stood next to the interstitial screen, and Aunt Qin was sitting on the main seat. Seeing them come in, she got up with a smile and beckoned Xi Chen and Wei Yu to sit on either side of her. The two maids walked up to them with a basin and a towel on the basin, "Childe (Miss) wash your hands!" Xi Chen washed his hands sideways, took the towel on the edge of the basin to dry his hands and sat upright. After Aunt Qin saw the two maids go down, she said to Xi Chen, "It's time to eat." ”

"You girl, where did you take Brother Chen to visit?"

"I took him on a tour of Bamboo, Chrysanthemum, Plum, and Ranbein. Originally, I was going to take him to see Xiaobai," Gu Weiyu said while nibbling on a chicken leg in one hand, and handed the chicken leg in the other hand to Xi Chen.

"Okay, your brother Chen is still here, and I'm not afraid that he will laugh at you, you see that his mouth is full of oil. Wipe your mouth quickly. He took a towel and wiped his mouth on Wei Yu's head.

"Brother Chen, you won't, right? It didn't matter that Aunt Qin helped her wipe her mouth, picked up the chicken leg and nibbled on it, her eyes glanced at Xi Chen, and then pointed to the chicken leg in Xi Chen's hand, meaning: I gave you the chicken leg, you are not allowed to laugh at me.

Xi Chen smiled and nodded at her. After the meal, Aunt Qin instructed the maid to remove the plate and told Siyu to tidy up the room, and Siyun took Weiyu to go for a walk outside. Xi Chen and her were left in the living room, "Follow me!" Xi Chen followed her through the small corner door on the left side and entered a tall and long bookshelf in front of her, covering the inside. Turn right and walk until you reach the end to see the whole interior, and the other three sides of the room are also bookshelves that are as high as the ceiling and the length of the wall. The bookshelves were full of all kinds of books, and Xi Chen took a general look, all of them were some books on geography and history, and some were books related to music and rhythm. In the center of the room there was no furnishings other than a long wooden table and two stools. Xi Chen was about to walk to the stool and sit down, but saw that Aunt Qin did not stop at the desk, but went straight to the back bookshelf and took a book from it, because Xi Chen was following him, and his height was only up to his waist, he didn't know which one she was holding, only heard two rattling sounds, and the bookshelf split in two and slid away to both sides. "Keep up. Although Xi Chen was a little surprised, he still followed her in, and the bookshelves behind him merged into one, and there was no trace to be seen. The inside is similar to the outside, and there are bookshelves against the wall, the difference is that in addition to a few bookshelves against the wall, there are 8 bookshelves in the middle in the shape of "back", and I only saw that there was a square table and two chairs in the center. Xi Chen and Aunt Qin sat down at the table at this time.

"It's not easy to tell you about your parents outside. In fact, I don't know a lot about your mother, but your Aunt Ye may know more. You know most about your father. I also told you before that your mother, me and your Aunt Yutong are sworn sisters, and Yutong and I grew up together. She is the youngest daughter of the current monarch of Ye State, and I am the younger sister of the current monarch of Xiao State. I'm 3 years older than her and 2 years older than your mother. Yutong's mother and my mother are sisters, Yutong was sent to Qin State to take care of my mother since she was three years old, and we met your mother at Yu Seminary when I was 18 years old. At that time, your mother was 16 years old and was the first on the list of outstanding people in Yu Seminary, no one knew where she came from, I was fifth, and your Aunt Ye was 15 years old and fourth. It was also at Yu Seminary that your mother and father met, and I met your uncle. Your father's summer is 16 years old and is the second place on the list, and your uncle-in-law Gu Yan is 19 years old and the sixth place. The third place is the current monarch of Yin Guoguo, Yin Wuchen is 18 years old. At that time, we represented Yu Seminary to participate in the qualifying competition of the four major colleges, and after the qualifying competition, we became brothers and sisters together. Because your father defeated Ying Yan of Cloud God Academy in that qualifying match. Ying Yan was rated as the "First Genius of the Xuantian Continent for a Thousand Years" by the four major academies, and he cultivated to reach the peak of Xuanhuang, but was defeated by the summer of Xuanhuang's junior level. Therefore, your father had a great reputation in the Yu Seminary and the Wu State at that time, especially in the commoner and small family classes, and your father was the young master of a small family in the southwest border of the Wu State. This also laid the foundation for your father to overthrow the state of Wu at that time, because at that time, the government of the state of Wu was in the hands of an organization called the Netherworld, and the monarch of the state of Wu was only an 8-year-old child, and all the resources of the state of Wu were controlled by the Netherworld Pavilion at that time. Even the four major families of the Wu State were very dissatisfied. Yin Wuchen was the young master of the Yin family, one of the four major families of Wu at that time. So with the support of Yu Seminary and several major families, after two years, he overthrew the state of Wu in one fell swoop and established the state of Xia. Your father and your mother were married when he was 17 years old, and I also married your uncle, and your father ascended the throne as the emperor at the age of 18, named your mother the queen, and pushed back the women sent by several major families to insist on no more concubines except your mother, and at the same time actively reformed the school system, expanded the conditions for civilian recruitment, and issued the basic cultivation law to ordinary families. This move aroused fierce opposition from the various academies led by the Yu Divine Academy and the major families led by the four major families, but more than half of the army that rebelled with your father back then was the cultivation of the civilian families of the various academies of the Wu Kingdom, and they were loyal to your father. The various academies and various families also can't do anything about your father for the time being, in fact, the most important thing is that they are afraid of your father's master at that time, the vice president of Yu Seminary, Qiyun's senior. It is said that at that time, the four great families forced your father to abolish this system or else abolish his throne, and their Supreme Elder was seriously injured that night. The next day, the four great families stopped bothering your father, and this decree was carried out for two years. When Aunt Qin said this, she stopped, took two sips of the tea on the table.

"Ten years ago, I was recalled to Xiao Guo by my father, and it didn't take long to hear that your father was assassinated by the remnants of the Netherworld Pavilion, and before he died, he passed the throne to Yin Wuchen, and the queen disappeared, and after Yin Wuchen took the throne, he changed the country name to Chen Guo. I hurried back, and your brother-in-law also rushed back with the army from the western border pass, gritted his teeth and said that he must kill Yin Wuchen to avenge your father, according to him, Yin Wuchen also likes your mother. Your brother-in-law went to the palace with the army in a rage, and when he came back, he cried and said that it was Yin Wuchen who killed your father, and all the civilian generals who rebelled with your father in the capital were also dead. Now there is no way to take Yin Wuchen, he wants to go back to the border pass to gather other generals to come back to avenge your father, so he hurried back to the border pass. But two days later, the news came that your uncle-in-law had been killed, along with other generals. The edict issued by the palace states that they were poisoned by the remnants of the Nether Pavilion during the deliberations of the military tent. That's when I found out I was pregnant again. In fact, I didn't know that your mother was pregnant with you back then, because your mother has been in the harem since your father ascended the throne, and basically no one has seen it, and I have been at the border with your uncle. Until your Aunt Ye has been with your mother. She and your mother also disappeared together. I thought they had been killed, too. It wasn't until she came to me two days ago that I didn't know she was still alive, your mother and your child. Your mother was taken away by a powerful force and is still alive. It's just that I don't know where this force came from, so there are two people here, both of them are Xuanxian peak cultivators, you must know that the highest cultivator in our continent may be your father's teacher, and he is only the Xuanxian high-level cultivator and the dean of the four major academies who are the same cultivators as him. And in the future, you have to call me my mother, you are my lost eldest son Gu Weichen, and Weiyu is your sister. By the way, when I was at the border with your uncle, I lost a child in the war due to the war with the winning country. If you don't lose it, you'll be about the same size. This is what your Aunt Ye gave you. Hand Xi Chen an envelope.

Xi Chen took the envelope, and inside was a letter. The content of the letter is similar to what Aunt Qin said, and it also explained that she went to Ye Country to find her father to help investigate what happened in Xia Guo that year, and the letter also explained that the ring he was wearing on his hand was given to him by his mother, and the ring seemed to have some seals that had not been unlocked, and he needed to explore it slowly. Tell him to cultivate hard and avenge his father as soon as possible. In particular, he told him not to believe anyone other than Aunt Qin, especially the deans and teachers of the Four Great Families and Yu Seminary, and to know how to forbear, Aunt Qin would arrange for him to enter Longcheng Academy.