Xiao Rui only briefly told Xie Mulin what he thought, and did not go into too much detail. Xie Mulin knew what he meant, and agreed, and then stopped asking.

Of course, she thinks that Xiao Rui's approach is very correct, but Beiping is too far away from the capital, and no matter how good it is, it depends on the timeliness. General Xiao Mingde once did some things that made her wonder, and he didn't seem to be a very smart person, so it was really hard to say how he would choose. What's the use of her being in a hurry? It's better to wait quietly for the response from the capital.

Anyway, even if the Xiao family is really hopeless, King Yan and Xiao Rui will help to intercede and save the lives of the Xiao family. As long as his life is saved, his rights and status are not important. The Xiao family made stupid mistakes one after another, and they didn't know how to stir up the battle for succession, and they still supported the third prince who was ruthless but had no heart and real talent, and he should be punished after the defeat. Xiao Rui can not forget the grace of nurturing, and he is still willing to give advice to the Xiao family, which is already very worthy of this kindness.

Xie Mulin is now more interested in the recent attack on Mrs. Xue in the capital. She asked Xiao Rui: "Which force do you think will do it?" Could it be the Cao family? ”

Xiao Ruiluo groaned: "It's hard to say." Now the Cao family is very honest and low-key, concentrating on keeping filial piety for Queen Cao, and the excerpt of Chengenhou's begging illness was also handed over, and he also staged a drama with the emperor of three stays and three resignations, and did enough superficial work to officially pay tribute. Cheng Enhou also sent a letter to his in-laws who still maintain contact with his family, explaining that he was going to withdraw from the court and recuperate with peace of mind, and even his son's original plan to become an official was dispelled. He reconciled with the second room Cao Erye, and the brothers had a good deal in trouble. Even for Empress Cao's funeral, Cheng Enhou also entrusted many chores to Cao Erye under the pretext of being sick, instead of letting his son Cao Wentai come forward. ”

Even the excerpt of Cheng Enhou's begging illness was handed over to the imperial front through Cao Erye and asked Tuo Jiang Shilang to be forwarded to the imperial front. Jiang Shilang had been busy with the ministry, hoping to find a wealthy place for himself, but after helping to transfer the excerpts, his actions slowed down. It is estimated that once the Cao family becomes a rich idler and has no influence on the government, his in-laws will have no scruples. Even if the Jiang family doesn't release it, it's no problem. Of course, Jiang Shilang would prefer to stay in the center.

After the death of Empress Cao, Cheng Enhou took the initiative to withdraw from the center of power, and publicly proclaimed to his relatives and friends that no matter whether he was sincere or false, if he had such a pretentiousness, the emperor would treat him as if he was sincere and would not give him any chance to regret it. The Cao family will not return to the DPRK for at least the next ten years. Ten years later, if the emperor does not allow it, their family will have to continue to wait for time. may wait until the next emperor takes the throne, and the Cao family may not be able to wait for the opportunity. But any heir to the throne who has a little brain, after knowing that the Cao family once leaned towards the government and the opposition, and even affected the emperor's authority, it is impossible to reuse his family and give them a chance to make a comeback. It can be said that Cheng Enhou's step of going out means that the Cao family has given up the struggle and is willing to be a subordinate with no real power under the rule of today.

Of course, the Cao family also found a way to live in this way. His family's prestige in the army, the connections he once held, those that would not disappear so quickly, can still be used by his family. The wealth that his family currently holds can also guarantee that everyone will continue to live in prosperity. As long as they don't make mistakes, the emperor won't attack them again. The emperor, who now attaches more and more importance to the reputation behind him, does not want to have a reputation in the history books as "not treating the heroes well". Therefore, as long as there is no obvious reflex of the Cao family, the emperor will not take risks. As for how the latter will deal with the Cao family who used to be suspicious in private, it is not something that can be put on the table to discuss.

Xiao Rui believes that at present, everything in the Cao family is low-key, and they have to cooperate with Empress Cao's bitter plan to show their concessions to the world as much as possible, so that the emperor believes that they are no longer a threat to the imperial family. This is the Cao family's life-saving method. In the face of this principle, everything else is less important. Cheng Enhou was only afraid that he would not be able to spare his hand to deal with Old Master Xue and the Xiao family. The Cao family is afraid that they have never taken the three princes in their eyes.

Xie Mulin felt that "Cheng Enhou may not be able to spare his hand, but it doesn't mean that this matter really has nothing to do with the Cao family." Empress Cao can sacrifice her life to do a bitter trick and cut off the back road of Concubine Xiao and the third prince, how can she be soft on the Xiao family? Only when the Xiao family was defeated did the three princes really lose the opportunity to rise. As for Old Lady Xue...... He was bent on supporting the prince, but the prince himself was not angry, and the strength of the Xue family was limited. Since Empress Cao is determined to let the prince give up the throne, and give up another old lady Xue, so that the prince looks more pitiful, weaker and helplesser, and less able to resist, what is impossible? I even suspect that even the Xue family's involvement in exposing Xiao Lin's affair with the third prince was also Queen Cao's people who were secretly making trouble. ”

Otherwise, the third prince and Xiao Lin have been together in private for so long, and the child is pregnant and miscarried, and only a little trace is revealed. Although Mrs. Xiao lied about inviting the holy hand of gynecology, but no one deliberately spread it, who would pay attention to what medicine a girl from a concubine in the General's Mansion bought in the pharmacy and what she said, which happened to contradict Mrs. Xiao's statement?

Just like the assassination of Empress Cao, it was clear that the emperor had issued three orders and five reaffirmations, and the palace people were not allowed to leak the news, but the gossip still spread all over the capital within three or two days, and even changed two versions before and after! No one deliberately put rumors, there will not be so many people in the capital discussing who is the culprit, let alone thinking that Xiao Guifei and the third prince are more like the real murderers, because the Xiao family has that strength, and the Miss Xiao family happens to have a secret knot with the third prince, and the two sides can't tear apart!

All of this seems to be Empress Cao and the Cao family behind their backs, so why can't they understand that they will use Old Master Xue's old in-laws to reapply a bitter trick and completely pull the Xiao family's father and son into the water? The abnormal movements of the palace guards can also be said that the Xiao family is only suspicious, but the soldiers of the Jingxi battalion attacked the important ministers of the imperial court, and the Xiao family's father and son can no longer get out of it.

Xiao Rui thought about it, and had to admit that his fiancée's analysis was reasonable, and sighed: "The Third Highness can also think of this, but he has this cleverness, why can't he use it in business?" Now that the Xiao family is deeply mired, he can't please either. Since the Cao family can give up power for the sake of long-term planning, why can't he honestly be a rich and idle king? The emperor clearly won't consider letting him succeed to the throne! ”

Xie Mulin snorted: "After all, it is the throne of the king of a country, if the third prince is ambitious, I am afraid that it will not be so easy to give up this dream." You also know that he is a stingy and conceited person, and he should be very persistent about the goals he identifies. I'm a little worried, he originally relied on calculating Xiao Lin to win the support of Mrs. Xiao and Xiao Cong, he only needs to slowly convince General Xiao, and he has a great chance of getting the help of the Xiao family, but now that the plan has failed, he is angry and angry, will he come up with any conspiracy again? ”

Xiao Rui raised his eyebrows, and also thought of one thing: "If the crown prince is really going to be deposed, the second prince is likely to be demoted to a concubine, and only one fourth prince is left innocent." If something happens to the four princes, even if the three princes have all kinds of stains, I am afraid that the emperor will have no other choice! ”

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