Chapter 61: Do You Want to Continue Reading?
Gong Xiangxiao was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses and said, "No."
They came here to meet the palace concubines at night and plot important events, and they didn't come to drink tea and snacks. How could they bring water? !
"Don't interrupt!" Qi Jiulu was about to say something else, but Yun Fenghuang said impatiently, "Go on!"
"...The Chao family has contacted the Imperial Capital." Seeing her urging, Qi Jiulu sighed secretly and said, "The elders in the clan are worried that once the person they rely on succeeds, it will be the Chao family who has the final say in the north. Therefore, I proposed to come to the Imperial Capital, and the elders agreed after some discussion."
Yun Fenghuang sneered and said: "Are those old guys so easy to talk to? Isn't it just that if you leave, you will start cultivating your brothers?"
Qi Jiulu said calmly: "Before I left, my father had already taken Jiuzhang with him."
Qi Jiuzhang is Qi Jiulu's younger brother, the one in better health.
Qi's intention in doing this was obviously that if Qi Jiulu succeeds, the Qi family will naturally be proud of their success in the future, and Qi Jiuzhang will obediently serve as his brother's arm; but if Qi Jiulu makes a mistake, Qi will immediately abandon him and switch to another Fully support Qi Jiuzhang in shouldering the burden of the family.
This is a method commonly used by wealthy families, and they never resort to all-or-nothing measures. Qi Jiulu was not surprised, and Yun Fenghuang was also expected.
Although the two of them could not help but have their teeth cold at the moment, it was not surprising. Gong Xiangxiao, on the other hand, had been living under the wings of the regent for many years due to the small number of people in the clan. It's better. On the scene, he is still a noble prince, and he sounds somewhat grievance and compassion.
It's just that Yun Fenghuang and Qi Jiulu didn't pay attention to him at the moment, and only talked about Xie Fenghuan's affairs: "When my sister first married Wang Shizi, it was a harmonious relationship. Later, Wang Shizi fell in love with a merchant girl for some reason. , so we had a bad relationship with my sister, but over the years, we actually respected each other as much as ice... I remember that at that time, my mother often took my sister home because this elder in the family was not very good and that elder was not very good, so she wanted her to come back to visit. Serve, but actually I want to give my sister some relief.”
The Wang family is not considered a big family in the North. The first is that they have a small population and have produced some talents but not very outstanding ones. The second is that the ancestors of this family are said to have the blood of the Hu people and are naturalized Hu people from the previous dynasty. Descendants of intermarriage between Chinese and frontier Han people. Although the Wang family has never been willing to admit this, insisting that at most they have some ancestors who coveted Hu Ji's beauty and took several concubines, but in the Northland where the concept of alienation is strong among people who are not of our own race, they are still somewhat out of place.
Jiang was very opposed to the marriage between Xie Fenghuan and Wang Shizi. She felt that Wang Shizi was not worthy of Xie Fenghuan. Even though Xie Fenghuan was just a concubine, she, a daughter raised by her aunt, should not only marry the eldest son of a well-matched family like Qi Jiulu, but also a legitimate second son or something.
But Wang's son was handsome and could coax people. Xie Fenghuan was young at the time and devoted her whole mind to him, which made her extremely troubled.
If it were Yun Fenghuang, Jiang would never accept this trick, and she had the confidence to break it up for them.
Unfortunately, Xie Fenghuan was not her biological child after all. The biological mother Qin felt sorry for her daughter, so she knelt down in front of Jiang to plead. Jiang was angry, hateful and sad, so she agreed in a rage... Later, Xie Fenghuan was ruined and even brought trouble to her natal family. Jiang was like a dream. When he first woke up, he thoroughly inspected the Qin family's yard and beat most of the maids and women to death and maimed them. The rest were all given dumb drugs and sold out.
Even so, there is no way to save the day...
But the saddest thing may be Mrs. Qin herself. She gave Fenghuan a biological daughter. She was not able to raise it personally when she was a child. Finally, when the child grew up, she wanted to marry the person she liked. Mrs. Qin felt that she could not do anything for her daughter in this life. , in this life-long matter, even though I know it will make my mistress unhappy, I still have to contribute.
As a result, this effort pushed his own flesh and blood into the fire pit...
Mrs. Qin fell seriously ill after Xie Fenghuan's death, and her appearance and appearance were drastically reduced. Even Xie Jian, who had doted on her for most of her life, didn't want to see her again. Half a year ago, Yun Fenghuang heard Jiang Shi mention it casually in a letter. , saying that she wanted to become a monk, but was persuaded by Jiang to stop. Now she is just living alone in the yard, without leaving home, and she doesn’t know how many years she can live.
Yun Fenghuang calmed down and put away his memories, and said, "I have never believed that the daughter raised by my mother would be so stupid that Hongxing cheated on her and was caught by her husband's family... The most important thing is, why did the Wang family agree? I, Mr. Xie, am angry?"
Originally, the purpose of getting married between two families was to bring good relations between the two families. Even if one of the children had an affair, it would not cause an outburst unless it was absolutely necessary. Especially if the Wang family's reputation is not as good as that of the Xie family, even if they find out that Xie Fenghuan Hongxing is having an affair, why would they make such a big deal about it?
Doing this would not only offend Madam Xie to death, everyone knew that Madam Wang was a cuckold, so would it be shameful to go out?
The normal approach is to give the evidence to Mr. Xie privately and let Mr. Xie clean up the house himself. In this way, Mrs. Xie knows that she is in the wrong and will never be merciful to the adulterer and adulteress. Moreover, she will also owe Mrs. Wang a deep favor... This is the tacit understanding between the rich families.
And what did Wang do at that time?
The adulterer and adulterer were tied up and paraded through the streets before being sent to the Xie family. During this process, I wanted to beat gongs and drums to invite the whole city to watch.
At that time, Mrs. Xie was unprepared and was caught off guard by the news. She responded in a hurry from top to bottom without having time to think deeply. But as the most intense and tragic period passed, Xie was not stupid.
Ru Yunfenghuang was not surprised by the news that Qi Jiulu said about Chao's affair with Xie Fenghuan... They had not doubted it.
"I don't know yet whether there is any involvement between the Wang family and the Chao family." Qi Jiulu said slowly, "But the man who had an affair with my sister was seen to be in contact with a distant descendant of the Chao family... The Wang family It was said at the time that my sister met the man again and again when she was out for fun, and gradually became involved. From this, it is obvious that they had planned to murder my sister early on."
Yun Fenghuang was silent for a while, then sneered: "Sister doesn't have that weight, and Wang Shizi is even less qualified. In the final analysis, this matter is for the two of us, or in other words, it is for our two families. !”
Qi Jiulu's face was expressionless: "No, it should be said that he is going for the entire Northland!"
Now, looking back at the scandal that swept the entire Northland, it is very clear: the dispute between the country, the dynasty, and the temple began when Emperor Shenzong was the emperor. Later, when Shenzong ascended the throne, with his skill and courage, it was also purged. He has been in court for several years. But after Xiaozong took the throne, he fell out with the Ji family, and the government and the public were suddenly in a state of fragmentation.
In this process, the great clans of the North have always adhered to the principle of long-lasting water and refused to enter the water easily.
When the Qi family got married to the Xie family, in addition to the openly proclaimed statement by the head of the Qi family that "the Xie family's legitimate daughter is smart, capable, smart, virtuous, and my son is a perfect match for her, a talented man and a beautiful woman," there was also a hidden consideration, which was that she was still young at that time. Qi Jiulu and Yun Fenghuang didn't realize it, or they couldn't have imagined it at the time, in order to join forces to fight against the solicitation from the temple.
The Qi family is the leading family in the North. Although its power has declined in recent years due to the few heirs, its prestige is still there.
The Xie family is slightly inferior to the Qi family, but the population is prosperous and vigorous, and they are in a prosperous situation.
The two families joining forces are enough to suppress other local snakes in the North.
Only in this way can we be qualified to say "no" to the lobbyists in Imperial Capital.
So for the people behind the plot to plot the Northland, it is inevitable to break up the engagement between the two families... However, the two families' will to get married is firm and clear. Yun Fenghuang and Qi Jiulu are childhood sweethearts and have a deep relationship. No matter how you look at it, they are a match made in heaven. .
The family and unmarried couples couldn't do anything, so they thought of Xie Fenghuan.
"Well..." In the dead silence, Gong Xiangxiao whispered again, "Since the marriage between your two families has such a profound purpose, then when something happens to the Yungui people's concubine, even if you are still young and ignorant, the elders of your family should You know what's going on? Then why should Mrs. Qi break off the engagement?"
After all, the Qi family knew that their in-laws had been cheated.
Moreover, the prospective daughter-in-law is innocently in love with her own son... Why not stand up and support the Xie family at this time? This way, you can not only continue the alliance between the two families, but also gain a wave of goodwill in front of the world, and let Xie Do all the clans owe you love?
"Because the Qi family is thin." When Gong Xiangxiao asked this question, he looked at Qi Jiulu. In his opinion, Qi Jiulu was the eldest son who knew the most about the Qi family's affairs, but at this moment it was Yun Fenghuang who answered. , she said lightly, "Including Qi Jiulu of the Qi family, do you know how many direct descendants there are? Only five! And there were two more who died before I left Beidi. You know that of my Xie family's direct descendants How many are there? I have four brothers alone, and my father also has four brothers, and a total of seven half-brothers... The person behind the scenes plotted against my sister, not only to break the marriage contract between the two families, It’s also to warn the Qi family, if they can attack my sister, why can’t they attack the Qi family’s children?”
If the Qi family has as many children as the Xie family, they may not be afraid.
If one of the legitimate sons dies, there will still be a bunch of them, and if the concubines give birth to heirs, there will be even more. A large and prosperous family has this advantage. It is a dream to eradicate them by such dirty means as assassination.
If the trouble is too big, considering the Xie family's long-standing business foundation in the North, they might as well start a civil uprising... How can the political opponents of the people behind the scenes not seize the opportunity to add insult to injury?
This is something that is impossible to deal with. As long as your mind is not full of water, you will not do it.
But the two generations of the Qi family are too few and they cannot afford to lose.
Just like this, Qi Jiulu came to the imperial capital, and Qi began to cultivate his younger brother Qi Jiuzhang. This was impossible in previous generations, when their family had many heirs. The tribes in the North valued their descendants very seriously.
It’s not that there are too few heirs, Qi Jiulu’s two direct cousins, one is too young, and the other has mediocre qualifications, how can the concubine from the concubine take the lead?
Gong Xiangxiao listened to this explanation and thought thoughtfully: "Since the Qi family values their heirs so much, why would they let Brother Qi come to the imperial capital?"
You have given up on the Xie family for this, why are you still letting the eldest son run around?
"Otherwise?" Yun Fenghuang looked at him in surprise, "Because you are afraid of staying in the house with your whole family and not going out? Isn't this just a way for people to look down on you and attract others to attack? Mrs. Qi just learned about the Imperial Capital from this incident. The level of the fight no longer allows them to continue to pretend to be deaf and mute and not join in. Therefore, the eldest son is asked to marry a daughter of the Chao family first, and then come to the imperial capital to wait and see the choice... The eldest son will definitely not be stupid and choose someone who is in decline. This is also considered among the clan. Now that they have support for the time being, they will not become the victims of the fight between several parties. Of course, at present, no one can say what will happen to the temple in the future, so if the eldest son chooses the wrong one, they will have no choice but to cut off their own strength, so they must cultivate Qi Jiuzhang to avoid the family There will be no more people to support the portal in the future.”
Gong Xiangxiao said: "But if the eldest son is in the wrong team, even if the Qi family chooses to abandon the eldest son, how can it not be affected at all?"
"Whether or not you will be affected depends on your attitude and your own strength." Yun Fenghuang said coldly, "The Qi family was originally a first-class wealthy family in the North. The only reason for its decline in the past two years is that the descendants of Tai There are many things that you have more than enough energy to do. Now that the eldest son has come to the Imperial Capital and entered the Regent's Palace, with the help of the Regent's name, he can take advantage of the situation to expand aggressively and suppress the Xie family and other big families in one fell swoop!"
"Because of the Dingbei Army, Beidi and the Regent have a very close relationship."
"One day the regent's lineage will win, and the Qi family will naturally become the hero of Conglong!"
"If someone else wins, the Qi family can also take advantage of the situation and help suppress the remnants of the regent in the north... At that time, it will be a big deal to stay low-key. As long as there are more useful places than troubles, what are you afraid of?"
Her expression darkened when she said this, and she looked at Qi Jiulu, "Even if Mrs. Qi is determined to give up her car to protect the commander-in-chief, she still can't abandon you, the eldest son who has been cultivated for many years. Even if she wants to send someone to the Imperial Capital to express her position, she must have to do it at first. I won't choose you... I guess your father and others wanted Qi Jiuzhang to join the Regent's Palace at first, but you insisted on coming, right?"
Qi Jiulu said calmly: "You are here. I have endured three years of not coming to Beidi. I can't bear it anymore. How can I give up this opportunity to Jiuzhang?"
The two were speechless for a moment, and Qi Jiulu looked at Gong Xiangxiao again.
Gong Xiangxiao was confused: "What?"
"...Your Majesty." Qi Jiulu was silent for a moment and then said slowly, "I have said almost everything that needs to be said. Can you avoid me for a while?"
Before Gong Xiangxiao opened his mouth, Yun Fenghuang snorted coldly: "Your Majesty knows that our childhood sweethearts have a deep friendship. Isn't it enough to just listen to them for a while? Can't you just let us talk alone for a while?"
As she spoke, she raised her hand to touch Qi Jiulu's face and sneered, "Do you still want to continue reading?"
Seeing her fingers brushing against the man's cheeks and earlobes, with the intention of exploring Qi Jiulu's lapel, Gong Xiangxiao's face turned red and white, and he hurriedly got up and left. After walking a few steps, he turned his back to them and coughed dryly: "Shichen" It's not early, at most I can leave one more person... no, half an hour! Otherwise, I won't be able to take anyone out!"