Xie Mulin's eyes widened and he looked at Xiao Rui in disbelief: "Really?!" Xiao Lin?! She wouldn't, would she?! Even if she likes the third prince again, she won't be on this job, right?! ”

The Xiao family had a Xiao Mingzhu who was unmarried and got pregnant without a good result. Xiao Lin knew the story of her aunt, why was she stupid?! Even if she divorces the marriage contract, what does it matter? The marriage contract between the third prince and the Lan family is still there! The Lan family is still alive, and it is a royal marriage, can she still be willing to be a concubine for the third prince?! If the emperor was willing to let the third prince marry her, why did he bring up the Lan family in the first place?! It's a dead end! Unless the third prince survives until the emperor dies, and then ascends to the throne as the new monarch, Xiao Lin has never married, and at that time there is still hope to enter the palace and squeeze the original Lan family out of the throne of the main palace. But the emperor is still alive! Xiao Lin became a good thing with the third prince at this time, didn't he completely cut off his back road? !

Xie Mulin looked at Xiao Rui and stopped talking, he couldn't believe what kind of mood he would feel after hearing that his former sister had done such a stupid thing.

Xiao Rui just smiled faintly: "When I first heard about it, I was also very surprised. It was because Wan Long knew the relationship between me and the Xiao family that after hearing the words of his cousins, he became suspicious, and he spent time to inquire about the inside story. But the girls of the Wan family can detect her abnormality just when they meet Xiao Lin during the banquet, and those older women of the family who have been in the world for a long time are afraid that they will discover the secrets of the Xiao family earlier. Even if Mrs. Xiao said something outside, what if Aunt Ma had a miscarriage? In order to maintain Xiao Lin's reputation, she didn't get angry with Aunt Ma, so that things went into trouble.

"How can anyone in Bandung know nothing about something that an irrelevant outsider can inquire? Besides, the Xiao family is not without political enemies, not to mention anything else, it is impossible for those who are close to the prince to easily let go of the mother family of the third prince. Although the Cao family is not successful, the Xue family, the princess's maiden family, is still fine. Old Lady Xue didn't dare to disobey the holy will and speak for the Cao family, but if the third prince who was going to compete with the crown prince revealed his handle, where would he have the reason to help others hide it? ! ”

Xiao Rui concluded that Xiao Lin's scandal would not be long before it spread, and even if Xiao Mingde repeatedly assured the emperor that he would definitely not support the will of the third prince, the emperor would be suspicious of this long-time confidant. Xiao Lin knew that the third prince had a marriage contract, but she still did something wrong with him, and even secretly married for a while, can she still marry someone else? There must be only one choice left, the third prince. Mrs. Xiao obviously wants to keep her daughter, and she and her son Xiao Cong will only secretly be on the side of the third prince to help him ascend to the throne. Because only when the third prince became the new monarch and had the power to ignore the emperor's dictation, Xiao Lin had the hope of marrying him openly.

What if Xiao Mingde is loyal to the emperor? He was able to hide the existence of King Yan's only son from the emperor for nearly twenty years for the sake of his sister's peace and wealth, maybe he would choose the side of the third prince for the sake of his daughter's happiness in life?

With such an ugly thing, even if the emperor knew in his heart that Empress Cao's death was just a bitter ploy, and the palace guards were not transferred by the Xiao family, he would no longer trust Xiao Mingde. And once Xiao Mingde loses the emperor's trust, he may lose his military power. What is the Xiao family without military power? Why did the three princes borrow the power of the Xiao family to compete for that supreme position?!

Xiao Rui smiled bitterly, not knowing how to evaluate the former father's ability to control his family. Xiao Mingde was loyal to his duty and lived in the barracks for most of the year, neglecting his family. His wives and children feared his majesty on their faces, but how could they really take his commands to heart in their hearts? For the sake of his relatives, he did something to deceive the monarch to whom he was loyal, but all he got was betrayal from his family. This kind of life is too sad, isn't it?

Xiao Rui was in a heavy mood, but he didn't plan to show it in front of the Xie family. He just said lightly: "Maybe it won't be long before relevant news will reach Beiping." At that time, if anyone talks about my relationship with the Xiao family in front of you, you don't have to pay attention to it. It's just my aunt...... Master Jingming's side, I would like to ask you to hide a little bit from it. I'm afraid that she will think of some unpleasant past events because of Xiao Lin's affairs...... "For example, Xiao Mingzhu was once unmarried and pregnant......

The Wen family now occasionally sends things to Tzu Yun Nunnery, and in their hearts, they do not regard Master Jing as a loyal maid who raised Xiao Rui, but as the adoptive mother of their future son-in-law, that is, half of their in-laws. The reason why Xiao Rui mentioned Xiao Lin's scandal in front of the Xie family was actually to hope that they would be a little mentally prepared and help hide it in front of Master Jingming.

Xie Xianzhi moved, his heart was full of doubts, but he didn't know whether he should bring it up at this time. Xie Jinzhi quietly tugged at the corner of his sleeve, gave him a look, and he quieted down. The brothers quickly reached a tacit understanding, and later they would privately ask their father Xie Pu for some things they didn't know.

Xie Mulin coughed lightly and comforted Xiao Rui: "Don't worry, people in our family never talk much." Besides, everything is just Wan Long's inference, and there is no definite evidence, how can we mention the Xiao family's gossip in front of others? ”

Xiao Rui smiled at her, his eyes full of tenderness.

Xie Yinghui cleared her throat and tried to redirect the topic back to the topic: "So...... This time, the death of the queen mother was to find a way to live for the prince and the Cao family, so she used a bitter trick, and by the way, she pitted the second prince and Lin Zhaoyi, as well as the third prince and Xiao Guifei, as well as the Xiao family behind it. The emperor couldn't convince the world to reverse public opinion, saying that this matter was deliberately calculated by the queen's mother, so he could only admit it, right? So...... The crown prince will be abolished, and another title will be given to the idle king, and the second prince may be demoted to a concubine, and the mother concubine and the mother family of the third prince have carried such a big black cauldron, and their reputation is ruined in the eyes of the world, and he can't get out. So these three older princes all had no chance to save the throne, and in the end they could only cheapen the four princes?! Although I have heard that the emperor is optimistic about the four princes, why does the queen mother pave the way for the four princes? ”

Xie Mulin tried to guess: "Maybe the fourth prince has always been very honest and has not offended Queen Cao much, she feels that she has paved the golden road to the throne for him by the way, which is a kind of goodwill, in exchange for the four princes' tolerance and generosity towards the Cao family and the crown prince after they succeed to the throne in the future?" ”

It's not impossible.

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