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Rong Lan looked at Xue Rou's expression carefully, and saw that her face was slightly sideways and full of doubts, and her expression did not seem to be fake at all, so she couldn't help but believe a little in her heart.

Just now Xue Rou suddenly said that he wanted him to take the Xiao family's daughter, which really startled him, just an hour ago, he deliberately said on the bell tower that he was going to marry Xiao Mei as a side concubine, so as to stimulate King Qing, at that time he just said casually, but in a blink of an eye, he heard Xue Rou suddenly say the same thing, and he would be so discolored, and subconsciously felt that Xue Rou was spying on him.

But when you think about it, it feels unlikely.

At that time, he and King Qing were in a place, the surrounding vision was wide, the wall was dozens of zhang high, and there was no horizontal or dark place around, there were soldiers and generals guarding outside, and there were guards and entourages of three royal palaces inside, even if Xue Rou was capable, it was impossible to overhear what they said there, and he came here after leaving from the bell tower, and the people around him never left, which also showed that Xue Rou could not know about it from the mouths of the people around him.

After thinking about this, Rong Lan couldn't help but sigh secretly, but he was shocked.

He shook his head with a smile and said, "It's that I'm thinking too much." ”

Xue Rou raised her eyebrows in confusion.

Rong Lan explained: "You may not know, just before I came here, I met with King Qing, when I had a conflict with him because of a disagreement, King Qing wanted to use me, so I casually told him that I was going to Xiao's house to marry Xiao Mei, originally to let King Qing add blockage, but I didn't expect you to suddenly say it in a blink of an eye, so it scared me." ”

Xue Rou couldn't cry or laugh when she heard this, it turned out that this was the case, she thought that Rong Lan really knew that she secretly sent someone to spy on him.

She couldn't help laughing and said, "That's really a coincidence, I suggested that the prince marry Xiao Mei." ”

Rong Lan coughed a little embarrassed, but his face was indeed strange: "Why did you suddenly propose that I marry Xiao Mei?" She is the concubine of the third room of the Xiao family, her status is noble, and her appearance is also extremely outstanding, how can the Xiao family be willing to marry such a good marriage candidate to my mansion and condescend to the position of a side concubine? What's more, my relationship with King Qing is known to the world, and the Xiao family is eager to help King Qing get rid of me, so how can they agree to my request to marry Xiao Mei to help me? ”

"Not necessarily." Xue Rou said with a light smile.

"What do you mean?"

"Lord Wang, you also said that Xiao Mei is a third-room concubine, and in the Xiao family, except for Xiao Qingcang, it is the Xiao family's big house that is in charge."

"Even so, so what?"

Xue Rou smiled when she heard this: "The Xiao family is noble, Xiao Qingcang is the prime minister of the two dynasties, and there is a Empress Dowager Xiao, so it is not surprising that the power leans towards the government and the opposition, but doesn't the prince feel strange, the Xiao family has been an official in the court over the years, and they can be in a high position, or in an official position with a bright future, almost all of them are people from the Xiao family's big house, but the second and third rooms of the Xiao family get most of the idle jobs, Xiao Xiru of the big house has mediocre qualifications, timid and afraid of things, but because he is the head of the big house, he leads the position of secretary of the court, and his sister-in-law Xiao Da is domineering, greedy and lustful, but he also led the position of lieutenant from Qipinyi, and in the second and third rooms of the Xiao family, except for Xiao Shiming, who was promoted to Qingcheng Taishou because of his outstanding political achievements, who else has any real power in their hands? ”

Rong Lan's heart moved slightly, and he heard Xue Rou continue: "Whether it is in the court or in the backyard over the years, the people in the second and third rooms of the Xiao family have not been happy. ”

Since he won the heart of Xiao Qingcang and the Empress Dowager Xiao in the Xiao family, he has tried his best to suppress the talents of the second and third rooms, and they have never been able to get out, he wants to become the minister of the humerus around King Qing, and wants to monopolize the work of the dragon, and is very ambitious. That Xiao Shiming once took all his wives and children to Qingcheng in a fit of anger, although he did not split the family, he has not had contact with the Xiao family in the capital for nearly two years, and now the three rooms are difficult to support alone in the Xiao family, you say that if someone can help them at this time, will they be unwilling? ”

Rong Lan suddenly took a deep breath, and was shocked by what Xue Rou said, two years ago, Xiao Shiming did become the Taishou of Qingcheng, and no one in Beijing has seen him return to the capital in the past two years, but there has never been news that he and the Xiao family's big house have already fallen out, and the Xiao family has concealed this matter very well, even when he and Xie Chen mentioned Xiao Shiming before, they only thought that Xiao Qingcang wanted to spread the Xiao family's power, so he let his second son go to Qingcheng, but he never guessed that it was because of the chaos within the Xiao family.

He couldn't help but look at Xue Rou and asked, "How did you know so many things about the Xiao family's secrets?" ”

Xue Rou said lightly: "There is no impermeable wall in this world, a few days ago, Xiao Shiming's son married in Qingcheng, and no one went to the Xiao family's big house and third room, but he ordered someone to send some congratulatory gifts to the past, only the old lady of the Xiao family took the girl to congratulate her, but she only stopped in Qingcheng for half a day and hurried back, how good can their relationship be?" "But after all, the third room of the Xiao family is still in the capital, and Xiao Qingcang has a lot of prestige, if he doesn't allow it, even if the third room is interested, Xiao Mei can't get married."

"It's up to you, lord."

"Look at me?" Rong Lan frowned, and when he saw the corners of Xue Rou's mouth raised lightly, he paused as if he was smiling, and after a while, he said in surprise: "You mean the father?" ”

Xue Rou nodded: "The prince is over thirty years old, but there are only two children in the house, if the prince has a favorite person, go to ask His Majesty for marriage, presumably Your Majesty will not be able to bear to refuse." ”

When Rong Lan heard this, he immediately knew what Xue Rou's idea was, Emperor Chu had long been afraid of the close relationship between the Xiao family and King Qing, and he couldn't find a flaw, if he could welcome Xiao Mei into the mansion, he would be able to divide the Xiao family's forces in disguise, and Emperor Chu couldn't ask for it, how could he refuse?

And after Xiao Mei married him, the Xiao family Sanfang has a new way out, and it will definitely not be as compromised as now, but as long as it is operated a little, it is not impossible to make the Xiao family mess up, no matter how huge the family and power are rotten from the center, it will not be far from decline, so that not only can the Xiao family be contained, but also weaken King Qing in disguise, and even he may be able to get some of the things he wants from the Xiao family.

No matter how this matter looks, it will only be good for him, but Rong Lan looked at Xue Rou and smiled lightly and proposed to let him use marriage as bait, but he was not happy at all, he only felt as if he was caught by something, and he was uncomfortable. (To be continued.) )