System Blessing: The Young Master of the Dong Family and Diao Chan's Fate

荀府

The sound of splashing water was heard.

Dong Yu stepped naked into the bucket filled with warm water.

"This journey is really tiring."

Leaning his head against the wall of the barrel, Dong Yu looked comfortable.

On the other side of the curtain, Xun Yu also soaked in the bucket.

The warm air makes your pores dilate, and the comfort makes you completely release fatigue, as if you can have a good sleep right away.

"I understand that you won't call me Your Majesty today."

"But can you stop screaming from now on?"

Dong Yu looked at the figure vaguely reflected on the curtain and asked.

"I know, I'm a bit annoying."

"Even I started to feel disgusted."

"I have been a Han official all my life, and my father and grandfather have also been Han officials for countless generations."

"I know the root of the problem, but if I violate it, I will be in a disgrace to the sages who came before me."

"Whether it's disloyalty or unfilial, I cannot let it go."

From behind the curtain came Xun Yu's struggling voice.

Since ancient times, it has been difficult to be both loyal and filial.

The Xun family had held on for countless generations, but when it came to him, he personally pushed the Han Dynasty into eternal destruction.

“The definitions of loyalty and filial piety are often not that simple.”

"Look at me. Ever since I came of age, people have been cursing me every day. Tens of millions of people are cursing me every day."

"Call my Dong family members disloyal and unrighteous, heartless and treacherous, usurping power and plotting rebellion, and murdering loyal and good people."

Dong Yu rubbed his face and looked at the roof with deep eyes.

After brewing his emotions for a while, he spoke again: "But I have never been confused."

"I know full well that those who insult me ​​do so only because I have affected their interests. They are trying to use such despicable means to incite more people to force me to give up."

"But look, they are nothing but a bunch of paper tigers, strong on the outside but weak on the inside. The peasants they despised buried them in the earth with their own hands."

"Their blood nourished the once scarred land, and the fruit that borne was the birth of a new dynasty."

"A single spark can start a prairie fire."

"Wherever there is oppression, there will be resistance!"

"Since when did it become a mistake to go from kneeling to standing tall?"

"If you still have doubts, why not go out and take a walk and compare them? Are the people under the Han Dynasty happy and content, or are the people under my rule living a fulfilling life?"

"By then, the knot in your heart will untie itself."

"If you can't figure it out, keep looking until you figure it out."

As he spoke, Dong Yu's emotions became turbulent, and every word he said was deafening.

wow-

Dong Yu got up from the barrel, wrapped himself in his outer robe, and strode out of the mansion.

The room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Xun Yu looked down at the water in the bucket. It was clear, yet seemed to be stuck in a quagmire.

Everyone understands the big principles, but it is difficult to control small emotions.

Don’t people like Xun Yu know how what they do benefits the people of the world?

He understands.

But I don’t understand.

Those who are stuck in the mire see only muddy mud before their eyes.

Only when the lotus struggles to break through the soil and stands gracefully on the water surface can you truly appreciate the beauty of the clear lake water.

"Husband...husband..."

"I just heard a loud noise over here..."

Mrs. Tang poked her head out and looked at Xun Yu with some concern.

Hearing his wife's voice, Xun Yu's thoughts were pulled back from his recollection.

"Ma'am, please pack your bags."

Xun Yu said with a serious expression.

"what?"

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Mrs. Tang was stunned at first, then left without hesitation.

Fuchu

The seal is hung in the main hall.

Xun Yu and his wife Tang rode a white horse on the green grass and left Luoyang.

General's Mansion

Dong Yu sat in the hall with his eyes closed, not knowing what he was thinking about.

Guo Jia ran over quickly, seeming to be hesitant to speak.

"Is it because of Xun Wenruo?"

Dong Yu closed his eyes and sat upright in the chair.

"Your Majesty knows?"

Guo Jia is a little different.

"I know. Let him be."

"I have asked Dian Wei to send someone to inform Chang'an that the Secretariat will issue orders to all prefectures and counties to keep an eye on them and protect their safety."

Dong Yu opened his eyes and said calmly.