How did Wan Long get acquainted with Xu Laishun and find out so many secrets from his mouth? He did not write in detail in the letter, but even so, the reader could clearly understand his ability between the lines, and thus produce a sense of admiration.

The letter written by Wan Long to the Yan Wangfu and the letter to the Xie family have different contents, the former pays more attention to the news between the government and the opposition, and the latter focuses more on the various shorts and flows within the court and the official eunuchs, but when Xiao Rui and Xie Mulin privately exchange information about each other, the content of the two letters is no longer a secret to the people on both sides.

Xie Mulin couldn't help but sigh to Xiao Rui: "This Bandung is really a talent!" How long has he been in the capital? I actually heard so many things, and even the situation inside the three princes and the Xiao family can be heard, it's really not simple! ”

Xiao Rui nodded and said, "Although I told him that there are still people in the Xiao family who have a good relationship with me, and I can ask them about General Xiao's current situation, but he can do this, which is quite unexpected to me." It is estimated that Wan Long saw it in the capital that the assassination of Empress Cao had a deep impact on the Xiao family, and then Xiao Lin's private affair with the third prince was exposed, which made the Xiao family fall into passivity. Wan Long concluded that Xiao Rui still had feelings for the Xiao family who raised him, not to mention that his biological mother Xiao Mingzhu was the daughter of the Xiao family, so without waiting for Xiao Rui's side to give instructions, he first inquired about all the news, lest Xiao Rui's side make a wrong judgment and affect the future of the Xiao family.

Xiao Rui told Xie Mulin: "I have already consulted with my father, written a handwritten letter, and sent a reliable messenger to the capital on a fast horse. Calculating the time, it's almost time for General Xiao to get into his hands. Although the news that has come one after another recently is obviously unfavorable to the Xiao family, General Xiao must make a decision immediately. He may have only lost part of the emperor's trust at the moment, but he can let the people behind him make waves, but he is afraid that the emperor will soon be suspicious of him. Once the emperor misunderstands that he is a treacherous person, what awaits him will definitely not be just the loss of holy favor. He knows that the emperor has too many secrets, and if the emperor thinks that he has betrayed the lord, he will never allow him to enjoy wealth and honor! ”

Xie Mulin asked with some concern: "Will the emperor execute General Xiao?" That's not good! Although Queen Cao is dead, I don't know if she has discussed it with the Cao family in advance. If the Cao family made a gesture of concession on the one hand, and on the other hand, they were secretly making trouble, pushing the three princes and the Xiao family to the cusp, and constantly sowing discord, it is difficult to say whether General Xiao could pass the test safely. He can't restrain his wife and children, and he can't stop Xiao Guifei and the third prince from plotting to save the throne, in the eyes of the emperor, he is probably too incompetent, right? ”

An incompetent minister with a heavy army may also be guilty of bullying the king, saying that he is loyal, but in his heart he wants to support his nephew in his plot to seize the throne, which is simply a living target. How could the Emperor tolerate it?!

Xiao Rui sighed secretly. General Xiao Mingde's loyalty to the emperor is true, but he also attaches great importance to the safety of his relatives. In the past, in order to keep his younger sister, he could hide the last words of his eldest sister and the existence of Prince Yan's heir from the emperor, how could the emperor believe that he would not change his mind and support the third prince to seize the heir in order to keep his own daughter today?

In the past, in order to weaken the influence of the Cao family on the army, the emperor let General Xiao take over the power of the city guard, and he has been raising his prestige in the army. Now that the emperor has suppressed the Cao family, the Xiao family, who should be the most loyal, is unreliable, and the emperor can't find a third person to take over the military power for the time being, ensuring his absolute control of the army, and he will be very annoyed in his heart. If the Xiao family can't prove their innocence, I'm afraid they will have to bear the emperor's wrath. However, whether it is Xiao Mingde or Xiao Cong who pays the price in the end, it is a result that Xiao Rui does not want to see. Needless to say, the former is after all an elder whom he regards as a father and has loved for nearly twenty years; The latter is General Xiao's only son and heir, and if he is abolished, General Xiao is afraid that he will also be abolished.

In the handwritten letter Xiao Rui wrote to General Xiao, he pointed out the other party's current situation and persuaded the other party to stop having illusions, thinking that he could persuade Mrs. Xiao, Xiao Cong and Xiao Lin's mother and son to give up their original plan, dissuade Xiao Guifei and the third prince from continuing to plot for the throne, and even persuade the emperor to believe that their family was still loyal ministers. General Xiao was among his relatives, and there was never a time when he really spoke effectively. No matter what he ordered, his relatives did what they wanted to do. Rather than believing that he can do what he has not been able to do in the past twenty years, General Xiao might as well break the kettle!

Why did the third prince insist on seducing his cousin, even if he knew that the emperor gave him another woman to marry, he didn't give up on doing good things with Xiao Lin? Isn't it because of the military power in Xiao Mingde's hands? The Cao family wants to calculate the Xiao family, and they are also afraid of this, believing that his military power is the biggest reliance on the throne of the third prince. In this case, it would be good for General Xiao to give up his military power directly. He has also been in the army for many years, his prestige is not bad, and he has a knighthood himself, and if he does not hold military power, no one will despise him. But without military power in his hands, the emperor will believe that he is really loyal to himself and does not care about fame and fortune; There is no need for the Cao family to calculate him anymore; There is no need for the third prince to hold him tight!

Moreover, as long as General Xiao has no military power and the emperor has no taboos in his heart, how difficult is it for Xiao Lin to marry the third prince? The Lan family is the main concubine given by the emperor for marriage, and her status is unshakable, so Xiao Lin should be a side concubine. It is good for a woman who has lost her reputation before marriage to have this result. If the third prince really had as sincere feelings for Xiao Lin as he claimed, then he shouldn't complain about anything!

Once Xiao Mingde handed over his military power, Xiao Cong should no longer stay in the Jingxi camp. He has been growing up in the rich and noble land of the capital, and has never been to the frontier battlefield to experience, at most he followed him to see the world when he suppressed bandits, and got some military merits in order to be promoted. The generals raised in this way are not used at all, but they are just soldiers on paper. Even if General Xiao loves his son no matter how much he loves him, he should send people to the frontier land to experience experience. Anyway, now that the war has stopped, it's just a few petty conflicts, and Xiao Cong can cope with it as long as he brings enough soldiers. When he left the capital, he didn't have to be pestered by the three princes, Mrs. Xiao and Xiao Lin all the time, and did something taboo. As for whether he can be transferred back to the capital again in the future and regain military power, it depends on his ability.

Xiao Rui explained all the pros and cons to his adoptive father one by one, and also said that if Xiao Cong went to the north, he would definitely take care of it. But he didn't know how Xiao Mingde would decide, so he could only hope that this adoptive father would not be stupid and be too blindly confident in himself. Empress Cao even gave up her life, and she must completely cut off the future of the second prince and the third prince, and she must have a lot of back-ups. If you continue to hesitate, I am afraid that by the time General Xiao really makes up his mind, it will be too late!

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