Mrs. Wang and Bai Yuying returned to the Chen family's mansion, and Chen Yuanfeng, the head of the Chen family, and his son Chen Wenqi were already waiting at home.

Mrs. Wang and Bai Yuying didn't care about changing their clothes, so they dismissed the people who were waiting around them, and the family sat in the room, talking about the latest news they got from the queen's mother.

Chen Yuanfeng and Chen Wenqi were a little surprised when they heard Mrs. Wang and Bai Yuying's relays of the queen's mother's plan.

In the middle of the sound, Chen Yuanfeng said: "Niangniang means that now he and the Bai family think that they are snakes?" Paralyze the Bai family, wait until the eldest prince grows up in a few years, and then repent and marry the daughter of the Zhao family? ”

Chen Wenqi said: "Father, I can't say that I regret it, the queen mother means that the eldest prince will still marry Bai Shuangshuang." It's just that they have changed from concubines to side concubines, anyway, they are all concubines of the eldest prince, and they are all royal people, so naturally they are all daughters-in-law of the queen's mother. ”

Chen Yuanfeng frowned and said, "The main concubine and the side concubine are very far apart." Will the Bai family be willing at that time? ”

Chen Wenqi said: "I already understand what Niangniang means. Niangniang is asking us not to talk to death now, just to say that Niangniang likes hoarfrost very much. At that time, the concubine is not a white frost, but Zhao Zhenzhen, and that is also the queen's mother likes white frost, because the white frost is still a side concubine, or the daughter-in-law of the mother, as for why Zhao Zhenzhen is the main concubine, this can be completely pushed to the emperor. ”

"The emperor and Zhao Chongyi are the best friends. This is something that everyone knows. The emperor will marry his eldest son's niece of a friend, which is a normal thing in Dachu. Even the Bai family can't say anything. Do they dare to disobey the emperor's orders? They dare to say. The emperor was kind to Zhao Chongyi, and was it wrong to let his son marry Zhao Chongyi's niece? ”

"No one can say anything so reasonable. We don't have a responsibility anymore. ”

Chen Yuanfeng thought about it and felt that it made sense, so it could only be like this. He said again: "So it seems that the Zhao family is going to rise in the future?" ”

Chen Wenqi smiled and said, "Father, the Zhao family has already risen. Since Wen Hui's sister married into the Zhao family, the Zhao family has risen. If it weren't for a person like Lao Zhongyigong, he would have been very strong all his life, and he was a character who could fight against Wan Guifei's Wan family for the sake of a concubine. will make repeated concessions on the marriage of Wen Hui and Chongyi. Will Wen Hui and Chongyi's wedding be held in the county lord's mansion, will it be better for Wen Hui than for the eldest daughter-in-law? ”

"Father, you haven't been to Nanyang, you don't know Wen Hui's sister's ability. in the South Seas. I already only know that there is Wen Hui. I don't know that there is an Emperor of Great Chu. The people of Nanyang are grateful to Wen Hui. They are all loyal to Wen Hui. Even if it's not Wen Hui's four cities, even if it's the four cities of the Hei family, even if it's Chen Wenlin's four cities. Even if it was my colleague who used to be the city lord, all the people of Nanyang obeyed the law set by Chen Wenhui, and they were all grateful to Chen Wenhui and loyal to Chen Wenhui. ”

"Nanyang has a very good climate, abundant products, more grain, more minerals, and now commerce is also very developed, and the life of the people is better than that of the people in the capital. Nanyang has money, soldiers, power, people, people's hearts, and alliances, they have risen a long time ago, and it is normal for them to win over the four great families in the future. ”

Chen Yuanfeng was a little stunned.

Chen Wenqi said with a smile: "At present, everyone is tacit, in fact, who doesn't know, the Xiao Chen family is now very powerful. The last time Wen Jun came back, didn't you notice it? Wen Jun's family has a kind of domineering, and if you think about it, they now have two territories, Yizhou Island and Waguo. What kind of place is the Wa Kingdom, even the royal family of the Wa Kingdom was defeated by him, and now the entire Wa Kingdom is his territory, so what is he? Isn't he the new king? ”

"What's more, he is even more powerful than the former king of the Wa Kingdom, because he still has the rich treasure island of Yizhou Island. Who is he, you say? It's not the status of a prince or a king. ”

"At the beginning, when my grandfather died, the family was separated, and the second room quarreled with our big house, but when you look at the third room, they are very calm, that is, the third aunt fought for us, and they didn't ask for a penny. Moreover, they also gave a lot of money. What's the reason for that? Because we are still only a branch of the Chen family's capital, they are already a huge existence that can be compared to our entire Chen family. ”

"How can the Xiao Chen family fight with us? After so many years, others don't know, don't we know ourselves? Since the third uncle went to Jiangnan, since the Chen family was not a small Chen family, but the Chen family has three rooms, what has our Chen family mansion supported him, what industry, and how much money? On the contrary, when they first started, they gave us rich gifts every year during the New Year and festivals, and later, when their family became prosperous, they began to give their family 100,000 taels of silver every year. ”

"It's as much as the clan land has given us in the house. Do they still need to compete with us for the industry, you say? To tell the truth, half of these properties in our Chen family's mansion were purchased with the money given to us by the third uncle's family, since they were given to us, do they still want to go back? People no longer stare at such a Zhuangzi and a shop, and they already have their own territory, boundless land, and majestic cities like our Chen family. It can even be said that the money of Xiao Chen's family is already more than that of the entire clan. Back then, Xiao Chen's family gave millions of taels of silver to the clan, and my father still remembers, right? ”

"In the future, the Xiao Chen family will be above the four major families. In terms of wealth, power, and territory, they are all more powerful than the four major families. However, their only shortcoming is that there are still too few people, too few children, and too little time to rise. However, this will not be a problem over time. Although Xiao Chen's family has no concubines, Chen Wenjun and Chen Wenlin's wives are still able to give birth. Now, Chen Wenjun has two sons, and Chen Wenlin also has a son. They are still young, and it is not surprising that they will have three or five sons in the future, and in the future, the sons will have grandchildren, and there will be fewer children? Therefore, the Xiao Chen family has risen a long time ago. ”

"Chen Wenhui's ability, I am clear and admire it very much. At such a young age, she was able to overcome obstacles in Nanyang and open up such a good foundation, she got married, went to the northwest, and governed that wild land so well. Have we heard of a rebellion in the Northwest steppe tribes in recent years? No, because those steppe tribes in the northwest don't have the time and energy to fight. They were busy grazing, raising sheep, cattle, and horses in exchange for grain, delicacies, silk, cotton, porcelain, and tea from the Central Plains. Now their tribal leaders are trying to enjoy themselves, and they don't want to live in the tents they have lived in for generations. ”

"I heard that now the leaders of the Northwest tribe are all buying houses in the five cities, which are all designed by the children of the Hei family, which are very luxurious and luxurious, and even more luxurious and comfortable than the mansions in the capital. You say, Chen Wenhui is amazing, isn't it? Therefore, the rise of the Zhao family is not a matter of the future, it is just around the corner. ”

"Even if Zhao Zhenzhen does not marry the eldest son of the emperor, the Zhao family will also rise. How capable Chen Wenhui is, how much money Chen Wenhui has, although we don't know, but we don't know, is she the richest person? She has money, people, and ability, and there are only four cities at the moment, but these four cities are not in the same place, as long as she is willing, as long as she returns to Nanyang from the northwest, ten more cities will soon be ordinary. ”

"We all know what Lao Zhongyi has been doing in the past few years, he is a military wizard who has not been born for hundreds of years. He has been to Nanyang for so many years, and he has defeated all the natives in Nanyang. Of course, the barbarians are so powerful, he can defeat them, what are the natives of Nanyang? Without obstacles, Chen Wenhui will return to Nanyang and bring a lot of money, but he can't build a city? ”

Chen Yuanfeng nodded and said, "The decline of the four great families is inevitable. The rise of the Xiao Chen family and the Zhao family is certain. ”

Chen Wenqi said: "Not only the Xiao Chen family, the Zhao family, but also the Xu family of Princess Lichuan. Princess Lichuan is the eldest princess of the right name, deeply favored by the emperor, and also respected by the emperor, she is not only the daughter of the queen, is the emperor's concubine, or the blood of our Chen family, she is the eldest princess that no one has anything to say. However, why did she give up being the eldest princess? ”

"Because she wants to establish a Xu family, a family Xu family. Now though there is only one Siam City. However, Siam is a vast area, and there is no problem in building a second, third, or eighth one later. Therefore, her Xu family will also be a family in the future. ”

Chen Yuanfeng nodded and said, "The world has changed. ”

Chen Wenqi said: "Therefore, the queen mother is wise, abandoning the decrepit Bai family and choosing the emerging Zhao family, what a smart choice, in the future, with the help of Zhao Zhenzhen, think about it, the eldest son of the emperor becomes the prince, and even the emperor in the future, it is a very stable thing." ”

Chen Yuanfeng became serious and said: "This matter is exactly the meaning of our clan in the capital. We must support the Queen's decision. ”

Chen Wenqi said: "Moreover, who is Zhao Zhenzhen? Zhao Zhenzhen is Wen Hui's niece, and she is closely connected with our Chen family, so she can be said to be the representative of the Xiao Chen family, the Zhao family, and the Chen family. So, don't we support Zhao Zhenzhen, do we support the Bai family? ”

Chen Yuanfeng made up his mind and said, "What you said is very true. I'll do what the queen said. We just said to the Bai family that the queen mother likes the white frost very much, and when the emperor's eldest son is sixteen years old, we will support Zhao Zhenzhen to become the concubine of the emperor's eldest son. ”

Chen Wenqi smiled and said: "When that time comes, I think that even without our support, Zhao Zhenzhen can become the eldest princess of the emperor, because, at that time, I calculated that Wen Hui and his wife should also come back." As soon as they come back, can the Bai family in the capital still be able to jump like this? ”

Chen Yuanfeng couldn't help laughing. (To be continued......)