Chapter 1,132 Shadows of the Past

Once upon a time, in the eyes of a little girl, the world was bright and colorful. There are also parents who love her, relatives who dote on her, cousins ​​who play with her, and more people who care for her in the palm of their hands.

However, losing it all is easier than imagined. And the change came very suddenly. Destruction comes from the most familiar strangers.

That day, the kind uncle pressed on the naked mother and put his hands on her neck. Then, the mother never stood up again.

On the same day, when he saw his mother who could not move, his father who was crying did not notice his uncle who was hiding. It wasn't until the uncle took a knife and stabbed his father in the back that his father became aware of his presence. But soon, my father wouldn't move anymore. And the bright red color in that place became the last color in my memory.

And that day, when I was finally discovered during the hide-and-seek, all I could remember was that I kept screaming and screaming. Because it hurts, it hurts...

Then in the following days, I didn't know whether I should grow up. My mother and father who loved me no longer appeared to hug me, as if they didn't want me.

In order not to feel that kind of pain again, I just wanted to stay in my room and didn't want to see anyone. Until someone can tell me that I won't have to suffer like that again. but no……

Those rough hands and scary face often appear in my dreams even if I close the door tightly. Where else could I run away from that horrible man?

Save me...save me...

The little girl's lingering nightmare has now become the memory of the old man who lost his son. When the scene in his memory was only a mixture of blood and gray, the old Duke had never understood what kind of pain would bring about such a change. However, when he realized that this was the world that his own granddaughter saw, the heartbreaking feeling almost made him breathless.

The terrifying face in the memory may have been distorted to the point where it cannot be seen as it was, but the old Duke was very familiar with it. There is no such sentence or similar words in this place, otherwise the old man would definitely say: Even if this guy is burned to ashes, he will still recognize it.

The head of the Risa family in the Guwana Empire, Grand Duke Anji Risa...

When Duke Kawei saw all this from the box cutter, he didn't even ask for other evidence or question whether it was credible. Many things are like puzzle pieces, scattered and scattered, making people not feel that they have any connection with each other. But when the most important piece appears and the whole puzzle is put together, the whole picture becomes quite clear.

In the second half of my life, many things developed quite unusually. But because he couldn't find any more clues, the old Duke could only classify the weird intuition that bothered him as his suspicious attitude. Especially when he lost his son and then his wife not long after, no matter how brave he was on the battlefield, he could not withstand the grief of bereavement one after another.

Among them, the most confusing thing for the old Duke was the change of Duke Rizal.

Rizal and himself, but the current emperor was accompanied by his attendants in an era when he was not even the crown prince. Although they had disputes with each other at that time, they could still be regarded as comrades in arms, helping the prince together.

After the emperor ascended the throne, his initial opposition to Rizal turned out to be more like a good show for the emperor. A warning from the elders, if the subjects unite as one, the person sitting in the supreme position will be worried. Therefore, the disputes between each other's forces have never stopped, but both sides have kept the situation under control and have maintained such a tacit understanding.

But when I came back from the war and heard the sad news that Mo Zi had passed away from illness, everything started to go wrong.

Because of the loss of his son and the serious illness of his beloved wife, at that time he not only had to move the coffin back to his own territory so that his beloved son could enter the family cemetery, but also so that his wife could go back to rest. So at that time, he asked the emperor for a long leave, and entrusted the power in the palace to this "companion" who was both friend and foe. This is to prevent subordinates who don't know the truth from getting into a real fight and getting out of hand.

Little did he know that when he returned to the palace a year later, everything would be different. After a major change of blood in the palace, none of the forces related to him remained.

Whether it was government affairs or military affairs, all I saw were strange young people. The former friends returned to their respective territories to retire one by one, leaving only Duke Rizal as the helmsman in control of this huge country, still in the same position, holding the hand of the empire.

And this friend who was once not so close also changed his past tacit understanding and attacked him from all aspects, whether it was government affairs, personal morality, or private matters in the family territory. It even smells like a fight to the death.

Originally, the old duke thought this was a signal that the emperor wanted to send, which was to hand over the affairs of the empire to other young people and give them a chance to grow. So he gave in and handed over the remaining secret thread in the palace that had not yet been cleared up to his eldest son, asking him to stay and assist the emperor. He returned to the territory and lived a life of retirement.

Even so, the flashes of swords and shadows from the palace never stopped for a day. It's just that the journey is far away and it's on your own territory, so the damage is not that scary.

Now it seems that this so-called behavior of 'forcing oneself to give up position to young people' is actually a secret method by the other party to kill them all. While he didn't know the truth, he wanted to beat himself to death in one breath before he could react! A once and for all approach.

That's right! Couldn't be more right! If it were him, instead of apologizing and finding ways to atone for his sins, he might as well take the blame for the opponent he offended. The whole family is not left alone! This way you truly have no worries.

I still remember that my son's wife is the daughter of a small noble family and a well-known beauty in the capital. There are many suitors, including some old men, who just hope that she can become a secret lover.

It turned out to be a marriage with the wrong family and the wrong family. But I couldn't help but love this younger son the most. He also had a very reliable eldest brother, and he had no ambition to climb up, so he let him choose the woman he liked to get married. Not to mention it's still mutual love.

I still remember the news of my son's death from illness, and the person who handled everything immediately was this very close friend of mine. It will be a few days before a person with enough weight in his family comes forward.

I still remember that I inadvertently saw that face full of resentment. I thought that Rizal wanted to make room for the young man, so he complained that he, an old immortal, was still an eyesore in the palace, so he had that expression.

It turns out...it was all a misunderstanding.

Damn misunderstanding!