172 Inciden (1/2)
”Miss?” Xia noticed that Jun Hua expression after she had returned from the prison is a bit off. The girl seems like pondering deeply about some things, but at the same times, she looks like dozing off.
Jun Hua opened her eyes. ”Xia, do you know why the four big families can keep their position for so long?”
Xia shakes her head.
Jun Hua didn't blame the girl for not knowing. There are some unwritten rules among the nobles to never talk about this. Who among them didn't have any secret at all? Considering the strength of the four big families, they all choose to close their eyes.
The only one who didn't choose to close his eyes is the current emperor of Ming Kingdom. Ever since he obtained the throne, he was thirsty of power. He doesn't want any of the big families to grow stronger than him and surpass him. Despite him being the emperor, he feels threatened by them.
Unlike the other previous emperor who let them go and collaborate with them, he started to investigate everything related to the four big families. That was what makes the four families entered their most dangerous position in the history. Their position was threatened and they know that their new emperor is someone who's too ambitious for them.
Jun Hua is not there, but she had heard most of them. Lin family chooses to comply with the emperor demand and didn't do anything drastic. Jun family doesn't wish to be controlled which makes them a huge threat and the emperor makes many unreasonable demand. In the end, the Jun family declined and had lost the status as the big family of the kingdom.
Lan family experiences massacre for half of their family. The father of Lan Gao Ya and his family are all killed, leaving only a little girl. Nanglong family lost some of their important members, but it's unclear how it happened. The same with Jun family, but after that the Nanglong family rise quicker and use their might to force the emperor to tone down.
Besides, with the emperor starting to lose those who sides with him, his move becomes restricted. With that being the case and the war that was happening years ago, the emperor had to shift his attention to the outside matter before considering things inside his kingdom again, allowing the remains to stay alive.
The little girl from the Lan family, that was Lan Gao Ya. Considering how she still could survive all these years, Jun Hua knows, she is not ordinary.
”Xia, tomorrow is going to be interesting,” Jun Hua smiled.
”Why?”
Jun Hua truly wants to know how Lan Gao Ya will fare against the execution. If the hidden ability of Lan family is like what she had deduced after examining the four families, that girl indeed have the chance to survive.
With such a good show, Jun Hua wants to know what she will do. And…
”Xia, remind me to buy a horse.”
”Miss?” Xia looks towards her Miss with confusion all over her face. Why the topic suddenly changes so much? However, Jun Hua only smiles slightly and refuses to tell anything to the girl beside her.