Reborn 80,000 Years

Chapter 54: Ling Family's Past

There was no bloodshed in this meeting, which made Ling Yuyao a little confused, not knowing what Jiangnan was thinking.

She thought that Jiang Nan would take this opportunity to beat up Yang Chen, but the two of them broke up after just talking a few words.

But this also made the little girl feel relieved.

Soon, the two arrived at the Ling Mansion, and Yang Chen stopped in his tracks: "Squad leader, your home is here, so I'll go back first."

Ling Yuyao pursed her lips and muttered, "That...Yang Chen, I'm sorry today."

"What are you sorry for?" Yang Chen said lightly.

"It's about the Tiandimeng matter today..." Ling Yuyao was a little nervous, she didn't dare to look at Yang Chen, she lowered her head, like a little girl who made a mistake.

"Yang Chen, you won't be angry..."

"Angry?" Yang Chen sneered, and said, "Of course I'm angry."

"Ah?" Hearing this, the little girl suddenly had a frowning face.

Yang Chen sneered and said, "Although I don't know what you have against Jiangnan, but between me and him, you did choose to betray me."

"It's impossible not to be angry. After all, I, Yang Chen, am not a saint. However, since you borrowed my notes, the matter is evened out, and there is no difference between us. "

Yang Chen said lightly.

In the tone, the indifference of rejecting people thousands of miles away was restored again.

Hearing this, Ling Yuyao felt pain in her heart.

"I'm sorry..." Ling Yuyao lowered her head, her expression extremely gloomy.

Yang Chen didn't speak, just turned and left.

The figure gradually disappeared into the distance.

Until Yang Chen's figure completely disappeared, two lines of clear tears slowly slid down Ling Yuyao's face, and she felt as if she had lost something in her heart, with bursts of pain.

...

"Miss, why are you crying?"

The old butler Ah Fu stepped forward and looked at Ling Yuyao with tears on her face, feeling pity in her heart.

"Grandpa Ah Fu..." Seeing the old housekeeper, Ling Yuyao burst into tears instantly, and threw herself into the other's arms, as if she had found some outlet, the tears couldn't stop flowing.

"Oh, my little ancestor, who made you angry?" Ah Fu patted her on the back and said softly: "Tell Ah Fu, Ah Fu will teach her a lesson for you!"

"It's nothing." Ling Yuyao rubbed her eyes and said, "I just failed the exam..."

Hearing this, Ah Fu couldn't help but smiled bitterly and said: "Miss, it's just a test, why bother? Just pass the test next time."

"Hmm..." Ling Yuyao nodded.

The old butler rubbed her head, his eyes showing doting.

When she was a child, Ling's father was unable to take care of Ling Yuyao because of his busy affairs at court. Therefore, the little girl basically spent her childhood with Ah Fu, and to Ah Fu, Ling Yuyao was like his daughter.

"By the way, Grandpa Afu, where's my father?" Ling Yuyao muttered.

"The master is in the study, he has been busy all day, he should be resting now." Ah Fu said.

"Oh." Ling Yuyao responded, and said, "Grandpa Afu, then I'm going to find my father, you should go to bed early!"

"Okay." Ah Fu nodded with a smile.

It wasn't until the figure of the other party went away that Ah Fu sighed, and his brows seemed to be full of thoughts.

...

Ling's study.

At this moment, a middle-aged man in his forties was sitting, flipping through some books lightly.

His expression is not angry and majestic, his brows are always furrowed easily, appearing to be preoccupied.

This person is none other than the head of the Ling family, Ling Song!

Speaking of the Ling family, there is still an extremely glorious history, but this history can be traced back to the previous dynasty...

About two thousand years ago, this place was not ruled by the Qingfeng Empire, but by a country called the Great Moon Empire. At that time, the Ling family had a prominent position in the Great Moon Empire, and its patriarch was the Right Wheel General of the Great Moon Empire at that time!

It's just that in the last years of the Great Moon Empire, the monarch was incompetent and unjust, causing the people to suffer and complain. At that time, there were rebels making revolutions almost every day all over the country.

Although the Great Moon Empire is safe from external aggression with the Hongchen Empress in charge, but the internal aggression alone keeps the court busy.

And among this group of rebels, there was a magic soldier named "Qingfeng Army", who was almost invincible during the uprising, fighting all the way from the south of the empire to the Central Plains, occupying almost half of the land of the Great Moon Empire!

Seeing this scene at that time, the Patriarch of the Ling family felt extremely sad, knowing that the Great Moon Empire at this time had reached the end of its strength, and it was only a matter of time before it would perish.

In addition, he is kind-hearted, and he couldn't bear to see the people suffer, so he resolutely joined the "Qingfeng Army"!

Thirty years later...

The Qingfeng army won a complete victory, changed the name of the country to "Qingfeng", and established the empire's hegemony!

The Patriarch of the Ling family was also bestowed the title of "Marquis of the Town" by the empire. He is a first-rank official and has a great reputation!

However, the good times don't last long...

With the death of Qingfeng Taizu and the appointment of the second emperor, the end of the Ling family also followed.

The emperor had always felt that the Ling family was planning something wrong since he had not ascended the throne. After all, the Ling family was a legacy from the previous dynasty. So he played to the first emperor over and over again, hoping to remove the Ling family from the position of the township, be demoted to a commoner, and be distributed to the frontiers.

It's just that the first emperor never adopted it, so he didn't mention it again.

But now as soon as this person came to power, the flames in his heart ignited again. The first thing he did was to demote Patriarch Ling to a commoner!

As soon as this incident happened, the whole country was shocked!

All the people in the world were outraged by it, and even more than half of the officials in the court began to jointly write a letter, and even the prime minister of the court wanted to force him to death, begging the emperor to take back his order!

At this time, the emperor discovered in horror that the Ling family had already possessed such a huge amount of energy in the court without knowing it...

Helpless, he could only withdraw his life.

However, some positions in the Ling family were cut off, which greatly reduced their power.

After this incident, the emperor was depressed and died not long after.

It's just that before he died, he left a letter.

That is to warn the younger generation, be careful of the Ling family, especially on the day when you take power, the first thing is to weaken the power of the Ling family!

But now, thousands of years have passed, and those later emperors have always remembered the teachings of their ancestors, constantly weakening the strength of the Ling family.

Generation after generation, generation after generation...

Now, the Ling family is no longer as powerful as before. Although it is still a first-rank official residence, it no longer has the right to speak in the imperial capital, not even the slightest bit of real power.

Like a paper tiger that has been hollowed out, it will never regain its original glory...

...

Ling Song put down the book, looked behind his eyes without any trace, and said calmly:

"Why don't you come in? What are you doing standing at the door?"

Ling Yuyao hesitated for a moment, walked in, and sat silently beside her father.

"Father, tomorrow is the final exam at school, will you come to school?"

"No." Ling Song said bluntly: "I'm busy with affairs in the court, and I can't take time off for my father. Let Ah Fu go with you tomorrow."

Ling Yuyao pursed her lips, and muttered: "But, everyone else is accompanied by their parents, so there is no reason for the housekeeper to accompany them..."

Ling Yuyao seemed aggrieved, tears were rolling in the frame, as if she was going to cry at any moment.

Ling Song paused, glanced at his daughter, seemed to want to say something, moved his mouth, but finally couldn't say it.

Finally said softly:

"Forget it, if it's just tomorrow, those old things in the court should not say anything."

Hearing this, Ling Yuyao immediately showed astonishment, looked at her father in disbelief, and even wondered if she had heard it wrong.

"Father, you promised me?"

"Um."

Ling Song smiled, stretched out his hand, touched his daughter's head, and made a sound in his throat.