Song Qingchao sat down at the table.
She picked up the brush and quickly wrote down several names on the paper.
They accused the Song family of treason.
Their purpose was obvious: to exterminate the entire Song family.
Thinking back to what Wanyan Xiyin had said…
There was indeed collusion with the enemy.
But the one colluding was not her father, but someone else.
However, Song Qingchao couldn't understand why the true traitor would risk cooperating with the Northern barbarians.
Currently, the prime suspect was the hostage.
Based on some events from her past life, she could reasonably infer that the hostage had ambitions for the throne.
Being in the Northern territory, he naturally had the most contact with the Northern barbarians.
But he had no reason to eliminate her father.
So, who sent him back to Da Yuan?
Song Qingchao drew a line through the hostage's name, then a question mark below it.
Then she thought of the third prince.
The third prince had always advocated for military strength and often spoke in court about the importance of generals.
After her father returned to Chang'an, the third prince had visited many times, but her father had turned him away.
This was also why he was not favored by the old emperor.
So the probability of him being the culprit was also very low.
Prime Minister Wang was the first person she confirmed to be involved.
Because the subsequent pursuit and poisoning confirmed his desire for the Song family to die.
Prime Minister Wang wanted military power, but as long as the Song family existed, the Song army would not serve a second master.
But Prime Minister Wang was definitely not the mastermind.
This matter was not something Prime Minister Wang had decided on a whim.
As early as when their family first returned to Chang'an, Prime Minister Wang had already wanted to seize military power.
So when the Song family met with disaster, Prime Minister Wang was someone who added fuel to the fire.
He was a beneficiary of the situation.
Song Qingchao crossed out Prime Minister Wang's name as well.
But who notified Prime Minister Wang?
Everything seemed to be related to the Bai family.
Song Qingchao connected the question marks on the paper to the Bai family.
But if what Wanyan Xiyin said was true, the Song family had shown kindness to the Bai family.
The Bai family would not act so treacherously.
Moreover, judging by her father's attitude, the Bai family's treason might not be their doing either.
From what she understood,
Her father and the Bai patriarch were no longer on such good terms with the emperor in later years.
The Bai family would not drag the Song family down with them.
Then who was this question mark?
This person must have known all the secrets and had ulterior motives to orchestrate such a grand scheme.
In this game, even the emperor was just a pawn.
The news was passed through Prime Minister Wang to implicate the Song family.
It was highly likely that her father was not dead, but imprisoned, just as she was imprisoned by Feng Shaocheng for five years in her past life.
The reason for their release was that they were useful.
Heh.
Both she and her father were commodities to be bargained for.
The emperor, following the clues given by Prime Minister Wang, fulfilled his wish and seized her father's military power, but he did not hand the military power over to Prime Minister Wang.
He was a master of checks and balances, so the most likely person to have imprisoned her father was the emperor.
If it followed the development of her past life.
The Song family was officially wiped out.
Next, the hostage was sent to the capital, luring the old emperor into pursuing immortality, and instigating the princes to kill each other.
Their goal was to place the hostage on the throne.
But they left the strongest contender, the third prince.
This would force the hostage to contact the Northern barbarians.
Thus, the plan would succeed.
But for what purpose did the person who pushed the hostage to the throne do it?
The Northern barbarians attacking Da Yuan would absolutely not stop there…
Wait!
She suddenly knew!
This person wanted the entire Da Yuan to fall into chaos!
With both the Northern and Southern generals dead, and a coup d'état in Chang'an, the entire Da Yuan would suffer.
The people would be dissatisfied with the current government.
At this time, with the Northern barbarians invading, the common people would be in even greater misery.
If, at this moment, this person rose up, using the Northern barbarians to eliminate the hostage and the third prince, defeat the Northern barbarians, and then establish a new dynasty,
Then it would be legitimate.
Song Qingchao took a deep breath, her gaze falling directly on the name of the Bai family.
If she guessed correctly, the incident involving the Bai family was also orchestrated by this person.
A game that had been played for so many years.
This ambition was truly…
"Master."
Song Qingchao was woken by Zhou Si.
"It's almost dawn, we should go back. We have to go to work today and can't be absent."
Song Qingchao nodded, then rolled up the haphazardly drawn paper and burned it with the candlelight.
"Xiao Guo, remember to keep a close eye on Wanyan Xiyin. Don't let anyone escape. If it's necessary, you can kill him."
After giving these instructions, Song Qingchao hurriedly left with Zhou Si.
Walking on the street.
The wind mixed with snowflakes continuously hit Song Qingchao's face.
Song Qingchao's expression was blank, her face even paler than the snowflakes.
She walked with her head down, brushing past the army rushing towards Shuiyun Jian.
Leading them was Zuo Suiran.
Such a minor matter had actually alarmed the stationed great general.
…
This Mobei was truly rife with undercurrents.
"Hurry up."
Song Qingchao pulled up her collar and quietly instructed Zhou Si.
The master and servant walked in a hurry.
After gradually leaving the scene of the incident,
Song Qingchao turned directly into an alley.
Unexpectedly, she met Bai You'an here.
"Cha Chao, why are you here?"
Song Qingchao looked up and saw his momentary surprise.
She also wanted to ask why he was here.
"I wanted to go to Shuiyun Jian to take a look, but unexpectedly something happened there, so I came back."
"Shuiyun Jian?"
Bai You'an placed his hand on Song Qingchao's arm.
But Song Qingchao dodged it.
"Where is Mr. Bai going at this hour?"
Bai You'an was as usual.
His smile showed no flaws.
"General Zuo called me, saying something happened at Shuiyun Jian and I should hurry over, perhaps there would be injured people. But why were you going there?"
"So it was General Zuo."
Song Qingchao lowered her eyelids, her voice dejected.
"A few days ago, I took Zhou Si out."
Went out…
"Were you also at Shuiyun Jian?"
"No."
"Then…" Bai You'an's eyes, hidden behind his glasses, flickered with darkness, and his voice became somewhat unnatural. "Did Miss Song see me?"
Song Qingchao nodded, not denying it.
"I saw Mr. Bai enter Shuiyun Jian. It was lively with music and dancing."
"Cha Chao, I had other business at Shuiyun Jian, it's not what you think."
"Not what I think?"
Song Qingchao raised her head, looking directly into Bai You'an's eyes, not missing any expression on his face.
"Does Mr. Bai mean to say that General Zuo also called you there that day?"