Reborn to overthrow the throne, I became the new emperor's dark moonlight

"you are?"

After bringing Su Heting to the study, Grand Tutor Zhou asked.

Su Heting didn't want to hide it from him, "Zhou Huiyue's son, Si Yu."

Zhou Huiyue is the queen's name in the Zhou family.

Even the experienced old master couldn't help but widen his eyes in shock when he heard this, "How is this possible?"

"Your second uncle personally sneaked back to the capital. He investigated and found that there was no possibility that the prince would survive."

Su Heting's lips curled up into a gentle arc.

The Zhou family was exiled to Jiangning, and if they were discovered secretly returning to the capital, they would lose their heads.

But Su Heting was not surprised at all that the Zhou family would send people to the capital. They really treated him sincerely.

The old master touched Su Heting's face with trembling hands.

In the past, the Crown Prince and Grand Tutor Zhou were of the same height. Now the old Grand Tutor was hunched over, and Su Heting was taller than the Crown Prince. He bent down and put his face close to Grand Tutor Zhou.

"what on earth is it?"

Grand Tutor Zhou didn't figure out anything, and his eyes were filled with tears. He stared at Su Heting intently and said in a hoarse voice, "Your face really does look like Su Zhaoyi. Are you really Yu'er?"

When he was young, he was the late emperor's study companion. Later, he was valued by the late emperor and often accompanied the late emperor. He was one of the few ministers who had met Su Zhaoyi.

Su Heting helped the man sit down on the armchair, and then he sat down on the chair next to it. Then he said, "You are not mistaken. This body is indeed my second brother's. Five years ago..."

He slowly told the story of his resurrection and complained to Grand Tutor Zhou.

Grand Tutor Zhou was first shocked, then angry.

With his fingers like dead branches, he slammed heavily on the armrest of the chair. "Beast, beast! If I had known he was such a beast, I would have opposed the late emperor's marriage even at the risk of my life."

"Don't get yourself sick from anger."

Su Heting persuaded him.

How could Grand Tutor Zhou not be angry? Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs, let alone the one he was harming was Dayou's future crown prince, Dayou's future.

But when I think of the child I had high hopes for, he is still alive, but living in the body of another grandson.

A man who had been calm all his life didn't know whether he should be happy or sad for a moment. Tears welled up in his cloudy eyes, and he quickly wiped them away.

"It was my incompetence that I didn't realize he had poisoned your mother, let alone noticed anything unusual about the Second Prince's untimely death.

Back then, when he was looking for a reason to take down the Zhou family, I was only thinking about the crown prince growing up and the emperor being in his prime. I was worried that the Zhou family's presence in the capital would make him even more wary of you."

He paused, suppressed his overwhelming anger, and continued, "But I never thought he would actually want to harm you.

If the late emperor had not valued you, that position would never have been his. The late emperor would have given this great blessing to you.

It is my fault. I should not have left the capital at that time. I have failed you and I am ashamed of the trust placed in me by the late emperor."

During these years, he left the capital, the crown prince was killed, and Dayou was tortured beyond recognition by the emperor.

"It's not your fault. He is the king and you are the subject."

Su Heting comforted him.

"As for the matter concerning my second brother, my mother was reluctant to tell you because she didn't want to involve you and the Zhou family."

It was only after he confirmed his second brother's identity that he understood the real reason why the Queen did not allow him to have close contact with the Zhou family.

The Queen Mother must have already developed a rift with the Emperor at that time, and was worried that the Emperor would vent his anger on the Zhou family and him.

So the queen mother locked herself in the harem and alienated herself from everyone.

If the Zhou family had been too involved in these matters back then, they would probably have been exiled to Jiangning, but their entire family would have been wiped out.

These old masters also understand this.

But after learning of the prince's death, he felt very guilty, fell seriously ill, and aged a lot in a short time.

"Your two uncles and I didn't believe you were capable of such a witchcraft, and we even suspected the emperor might have done it.

But seeing that Princess Chaoyang is close to the emperor, and we have not found any evidence that you have been framed, we will treat it as a dispute between the princes.

However, we are far away in Jiangning. When the emperor punished the Zhou family, he had already eliminated most of their former connections, and we still haven't been able to find anything."

Having said this, he looked ashamed.

The direction is wrong, what can be found?

Everyone in the Zhou family knew that Qiao Xi had a good relationship with the prince. They subconsciously thought that if the emperor harmed the prince, Qiao Xi would definitely turn against the emperor.

But they never imagined that the emperor would make a fuss about Qiao Xi's memory.

Su Heting explained, "After I got into trouble, Xier's memory was tampered with by the emperor, and she was thrown into the secret factory..."

Apart from not mentioning Qiao Xi's rebirth, he also briefly talked about Qiao Xi's experience, especially the fact that the emperor trained Qiao Xi in order to assassinate the leaders of various vassal states.

His bony fingers slammed heavily on the back of the chair again, and Grand Tutor Zhou's eyes widened in anger. "Back then, you strongly opposed delegating power to the local areas, but he refused to believe it. As a result, the imperial power later fell into the hands of others, and Dayou became the fragmented state it is today.

Now he shamelessly uses a woman to help him save the situation. He is really quite capable."

It’s no wonder that Grand Tutor Zhou thought Qiao Xi didn’t have the ability. It was true that Qiao Xi used to be like a lazy cat.

When Grand Tutor Zhou met the Queen in private, he expressed his concerns to her: Can such a lazy girl really lead the harem and assist the new emperor in the future?

But at that time the Queen only smiled gently and said, "My son likes it. There is no shortage of capable people in the palace, but it is not easy to find someone who satisfies you.

My son is lucky, if he gets it, I will be happy."

Seeing the Queen's attitude, Grand Tutor Zhou swallowed back his words of advice to her to teach Qiao Xi more.

But in his heart, Qiao Xi was always a dodder that depended on the prince. Now, hearing that the emperor was going to entrust such a big thing as taking back the imperial power to a weak woman, his contempt and anger towards the emperor reached its peak.

Su Heting respects Grand Tutor Zhou, but he doesn't like people looking down on Qiao Xi.

He then mentioned some things such as Qiao Xi's delivery of grain and the capture of Liangzhou.

"You said she is Qiu Bayue?"

Grand Tutor Zhou was startled again.

Su Heting nodded, "Xier has always been smart. It turns out that she looks lazy because her grandson is always at the forefront. She is the daughter of the Qiao family and the girl that the emperor grandfather has high hopes for."

How could it be bad?

Grand Tutor Zhou did not doubt that Su Heting would lie. In his eyes, his grandson, the crown prince, was a gentleman and never exaggerated.

But he found it hard to believe, so he said to Su Heting, "Then call this girl in and have a chat."

He had just not taken Qiao Xi seriously because of her indifference towards the prince.

This time I have to take a good look at how much this girl has changed.

Su Heting still had many questions to ask, but seeing that the old master was not as strong as before, he thought that he would be staying here for a few days anyway, so there was no need to rush. It would be better to let the old man take his time with some things.

He got up and went outside. After a while, he came back into the house alone and said with a rather arrogant look, "My wife is teaching my uncle how to get fat."

"How does she understand this?"

Grand Tutor Zhou quickly stood up, asking not to waste his fat cakes.

That girl had never touched water in the capital before, and she probably didn't even know what fat was.

When he came out, Qiao Xi was raking up the grass, straw, rotten leaves and other things that the servants of the Zhou Mansion had dug up from outside the mansion and setting them on fire.

"After burning, it is mixed with soil and piled up. After a period of fermentation and composting, it can be used. This kind of fertilizer not only increases soil fertility, but also improves soil structure, which is very beneficial to the growth of crops."

As soon as Qiao Xi finished speaking, the old master hurried forward and asked, "Really?"

If these can be used as fertilizers, then the people can afford them. Human and animal feces and cake fertilizers are limited, but they are everywhere on the ridges of the fields in this mountain of wild grass and dead leaves.

As long as people are diligent.

Without needing Qiao Xi to answer, Su Heting smiled and said, "It does work. After Xi'er told me the method, Xinjiang North implemented it and the feedback was very good. The people even gave this fertilizer a name, 'earth manure.'"

That's not all, he also took credit for it for his wife, "Xier also discovered a kind of grain called golden rice, which has been planted in northern Xinjiang and is looking pretty good.

By the way, my grandson brought some golden rice this time. Grandpa, you can try it. If you like it, you can plant some."

The more Grand Tutor Zhou listened, the brighter his eyes became. Jiangning was not a big place and had previously taken in many refugees.

Nowadays, there are many people and little land. Even if wasteland is reclaimed, it will take several years to grow crops.

Now, Su Heting and his wife not only solved their fertilizer problem, but also brought them new grain seeds, which was like timely help.

He hurriedly said, "Quick, bring it to me for a look."

Su Heting asked Zhou Chongwu to go ahead and find Chen Shan.

After a while, Zhou Chongwu came over with a cloth bag.

The old master took the cloth bag and, without caring about etiquette, squatted on the ground and opened it.

Just as he saw the golden rice grains inside, before he reached out to take it, he saw a yellow cake handed to him. "This cake is also made of golden rice. My grandson asked someone to make it. Do you want to try it?"

The old man followed Zhou Chongwu quietly. He felt that when visiting someone else's home, one should be generous.

Since the old master loved the golden rice so much, he would let him experience the world a little longer and give him the golden rice cakes he had not finished eating.

Grand Tutor Zhou followed the cake all the way up, and when he saw the old man's face clearly, he fell to the ground...