"That's the case......" Cui Zhengdong said the matter carefully.

It turns out that everything that happened today is actually a big conspiracy that has been planned for a long time.

The protagonist of this conspiracy is a person Xiao Qiongzhi completely unexpected.

This person's name is Xiao Jiqing.

He is Xiao Han's eldest son and Xiao Xuanxiong's eldest son.

Xiao Qiongzhi actually saw him at the palace banquet on the first day of the new year every year.

Because, according to the rules, at the palace banquet on the first day of the new year every year, Xiao Qiongzhi has to follow Xiao Zhengzhen and Chen Lingfeng to pay New Year's greetings to all the elders of Xiao Zhengzhen.

However, Xiao Han has many children and grandchildren, although there is only one son left, Xiao Xuanliang is left, and there are nearly 20 grandsons.

Every time Xiao Qiongzhi greets the New Year, he is basically going through the motions.

Except for when she saluted several grandparents who had a good relationship with Xiao Zhen's family and had always been good, she stayed in front of them for a while and listened to Xiao Zhengzhen's cold talk with them, she didn't pay serious attention to what the other grandparents looked like and where they came from.

For example, this Xiao Jiqing, she has no impression.

But now it seems that whether it is her, Xiao Zhenjia, or Xiao Zhengzhen, they obviously underestimated this person's energy and overestimated Xiao Xuanliang's weight in Xiao Han's mind.

Although Xiao Han has been the emperor for more than 60 years, he has devoted himself to suppressing his children and grandchildren, and only Xiao Xuanliang's vein has been completely left to the present.

However, he did this not because he cherished Xiao Xuanliang, the eldest son, but because he had another conspiracy.

This conspiracy is to let Xiao Jiqing inherit the throne of Da Xiao justifiably.

Because, he owes Xiao Jiqing's father Xiao Xuanxiong a throne.

As early as nearly eighty years ago, when he was a teenager, he fell in love with his childhood sweetheart's aunt and cousin Zhu Qianniang.

However, this Zhu Qianniang is the concubine of the Zhu family, and his father, Xiao Qiongzhi's wife and grandfather, Xiao Juexian, disliked Zhu Qianniang's low background and charming appearance, and chose Chen Huijuan, the daughter of the Chen family in Jiangnan, as his wife.

He was young and vigorous, at that time, he was Xiao Juexian's only son-in-law, and at the same time, his mother's family was strong, and he coaxed his mother, Xiao Qiongzhi's wife, Xu Yuan, to support him, and led the entire maternal family, once putting pressure on Xiao Juexian, intending to ruin the marriage and marry Cui Qianniang.

Xiao Jue was annoyed and angry, and began to vigorously suppress the Qin family, and committed to supporting the concubine Liu family, and even faintly had the intention of abolishing the position of prince Xiao Han and making the eldest son of the Liu family the prince.

Xiao Han was scared, and took the initiative to take the blame and promised to marry Chen Huijuan as the crown princess, so that Xiao Jue gave up his plan to set up another prince first.

But the power of the noble concubine Liu family has been supported, and in order to increase the help, Xiao Han had to start to alienate the Zhu family and envelop the Chen family where Chen Huijuan is located.

However, after Chen Huijuan married him, he immediately coaxed Chen Huijuan to agree and accept Zhu Qianniang as a good woman.

This made Xiao Juexian still not feel at ease with him, and he didn't decide to abdicate until Chen Huijuan gave birth to Xiao Xuanliang ten years later.

Before abdicating, Xiao Juexian deliberately forced Xiao Han to establish a book, guaranteeing that after succeeding to the throne, Xiao Xuanliang would be appointed as the crown prince immediately.

When he wants to abdicate in the future, the throne can only pass on Xiao Xuanliang's vein.

Otherwise, Xiao Jue would not pass on the throne to him first, insist on reigning for more than ten years, and when Xiao Xuanliang grew up, he would directly pass on the throne to Xiao Xuanliang.

Xiao Han had no choice but to agree to the letter.

But in his heart, he always felt that he owed Zhu Qianniang a queen, and Zhu Qianniang's son Xiao Xuanxiong a throne.

In order to make up for all this, when Zhu Qianniang died of illness thirty-two years ago, he deliberately posthumously named her the queen of benevolence, filial piety, goodness and virtue.

As for Xiao Xuanxiong, he originally planned to find a way to kill Xiao Xuanliang and pass on the throne to Xiao Xuanxiong.

But Xiao Xuanxiong's body was not angry, and in the third year after Zhu Qianniang's death, he died of illness.

As a last resort, he had no choice but to give up his plan to kill Xiao Xuanliang and set out to use a roundabout method to let Xiao Xuanxiong's son Xiao Jiqing inherit his throne.

Specifically, he himself tried to live longer, kept dragging it out, and did not abdicate to make way for Xian.

dragged it until Xiao Xuanliang couldn't wait, there were signs of rebellion, Xiao Jiqing also had enough connections and power in his hands, and he took the opportunity to seize the handle, put Xiao Xuanliang in name and punish the family, and then pass the throne to Xiao Jiqing.

It's a pity that he didn't calculate that Xiao Qiongzhi's father, Xiao Zhengzhen, would secretly instruct Xiao Zhennan, the third cousin of the Xiao Zhen family, to kill Wei Feng and all his cronies when he secretly went to Chu with Wei Feng to fish for Tai, forcing him to abdicate and make way for Xian.

In the eight years since Xiao Xuanliang succeeded to the throne, he has been thinking about how to turn the tables around.

However, although Xiao Xuanliang is very filial, it is just a filial piety to ensure his safety, health and wealth, as for the imperial power that he can't let go of at all, it is not for him to touch the phone at all.

However, Xiao Zhen's family and Xiao Zhengzhen are very valued by Xiao Xuanliang, especially Xiao Zhengzhen, who not only almost took over the main imperial power, but also sent powerful secret guards to protect Xiao Xuanliang and Xiao Zhen's family.

He was very anxious in his heart, after returning from the Chu State, he accepted the reality on the surface, and no longer instructed people like Wei Feng and others to make waves.

In fact, he has been contacting his old subordinates to cultivate new forces, especially the forces of the Zhu family, and at the same time, he has also relied on a few chess pieces that have long been placed around Xiao Xuanliang to understand all the movements of Xiao Xuanliang and Xiao Zhen's family, and to act with a machine.

For example, Xiao Xuanliang and Xiao Zhen's family, in the Shi Shi Nao behind Dugu Peak, found gemstones, in fact, Xiao Han already knew.

Wan Yan Hao was able to find that there were gems in the stone pool, which was the clue he provided.

And Xiao Xuanliang took Mr. Zheng to the Bugu Courtyard today to prepare to come to Dugu Peak to hunt in the afternoon, and Xiao Han also knew about it as early as this morning.

It was he who instructed Wan Yan Hao, and at noon today, with more than 30 masters prepared by the Zhu family and the Cui family, and 20 masters secretly cultivated by himself, as well as more than a dozen secret guards from Wan Yan Hao, they were ambushed near the peak of Dugu Peak and by this stone pool, waiting for Xiao Xuanliang to come from the net.

As for Cui Zhengdong, the Cui family where he is located and the Zhu family where Zhu Qianniang is located are in-laws.

Cui Zhengdong's uncle, Cui Ziqiang, is the patriarch of the Cui family.

Cui Ziqiang's wife, Zhu Zhenhui, is Zhu Qianniang's niece.

Zhu Zhenhui's cousin Zhu Fangfei is Xiao Jiqing's wife.

More than 30 years ago, Cui Ziqiang was too punctual in Yuyang, and the corruption and bribery were serious, and Cui Ziqiang's two sons repeatedly robbed the people's daughters in the local area, which seriously aroused the anger of the local people, leading to a riot of tens of thousands of people.

At that time, this matter was found out by Xiao Xuanliang, who was in charge of investigating the chaos.

Xiao Xuanliang reported to the imperial court, insisted on following the law, and exterminated the entire Cui family.

Fortunately, Zhu Zhenhui asked Xiao Jiqing for help through Zhu Fangfei, Xiao Jiqing secretly asked Xiao Han to intercede, and Xiao Han tried to pull Cui Ziqiang's master and the Cui family's housekeeper out as substitutes for the dead ghosts, so that the Cui family was spared.

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