Chapter 403: Friend or Foe

"It's okay, you can do it without worry, I have the rest."

That night, Qi Rui went to Song Xinyi's house and told the four families about it, but Song Xinyi was not angry after hearing it: "What do you want to do?" ”

"I'll teach them a lesson in secret."

"The lesson is right, but they can guess with their toes that you did it." Song Xinyi said.

"Then they should forget, whether you are the county lord or not, you will be the master of the Protector General's Mansion in the future, and they are disrespectful to you now, that is, to the General's Mansion, just rushing this point is enough to teach them a lesson."

It's okay to hurt him, but Song Xinyi can't hurt him.

"No, didn't this make the emperor catch you?" Song Xinyi shook her head again and again, "No, I take back the previous words, this lesson will not work." ”

"Don't worry, the emperor has never figured out whether I am an enemy or a friend with the four major families, if I stand on the opposite side of the four major families, I will do him a favor, the emperor is afraid of me, and he is also afraid of the four major families. And the emperor won't touch me now, after all, if you still have to fight, I can't do it without me, but the four major families will be disintegrated The emperor won't worry, because after all, there are other large and small families, and it is enough for the emperor to support one or two casually. ”

"The queen is here at Wei Chi's house."

Song Xinyi nodded, the emperor is afraid of the huge force behind the four major families, and that force has affected the imperial power, just imagine that if the crown prince ascends the throne, then the queen is the queen mother, and the Wei Chi family is the boss of the Donghao Kingdom, and the country that the emperor has worked so hard to guard has become someone else's, how can he bear it.

It is estimated that Wei Chilin could not have imagined that the original good plan had become an excuse for the emperor to suppress the four major families, and I wonder if it would be ruined after he knew about it.

It didn't take long for the four major families to be attacked one after another, so they played more vigorously to the emperor. And on this day, Qi Rui happened to be there, he looked coldly at the four jumping clowns and suddenly said: "Four family masters, have you forgotten that this Song Xinyi county lord is the future mother of the Protector General's Mansion, are you going to have trouble with the Protector General's Mansion like this?" ”

The four masters were stunned for a moment, but then said that the attack they suffered was real, how to solve this matter?

The two sides quarreled for a while, and in the end, the emperor came forward and said that he would thoroughly investigate the matter and give an explanation to both parties.

Only then did the two sides suppress it, but the emperor was very satisfied with this result, at least he already knew that Qi Rui and the four major families were on opposite sides, and when he finished cleaning up the four major families, Qi Rui would be next.

"In other words, this matter has been suppressed by the emperor for the time being, but if the four major families are not given an explanation, they will not give up."

Song Xinyi already knew about the matter in the court that day, and it happened that when she came to Qi Rui to ask about Mai, she saw Second Highness Ling Hao discussing the matter with him, so they sat down together to discuss.

"My father also has a headache, and these four major families ask my father about the results every few days." Second Highness Ling Hao said. city

"I have a solution, I don't know if it's feasible?" Song Xinyi looked at the two and asked.

"What's the solution?" Second Highness Ling Hao asked.

Qi Rui didn't speak, but he looked at Song Xinyi and suddenly had a count in his heart.

"This capital is not just about these four families, Your Royal Highness, you can play the emperor, and say that you will rank the families in the capital, whether it is strength and prestige or contributions to the imperial court, and conduct family rankings through verification and analysis one by one, these four major families have been rampant and domineering for so many years, and they are also going to change other families to sit down, so that the four major families will definitely feel threatened, and they will naturally be honest."

Second Highness Ling Hao clapped his hands when he heard this: "This is a good idea!" ”

The next day, His Royal Highness looked at the distressed emperor and told the emperor about Song Xinyi's method with himself.

"Then who will do this? It's not a good job, and whether it's done well or not, it's offensive. ”

The emperor glanced at the crown prince Ling Zhi who was standing aside, but Ling Zhi stepped forward and said: "Since this matter of the father and emperor was proposed by the second brother, it is naturally handled by the second brother." "Just kidding, it's too late for him to win over the family now, how can he do something that offends the family.

Second Highness Ling Hao was dumbfounded, he just put forward his own idea, he didn't think about doing it!

After hearing this, the emperor nodded: "Then let Ling Hao handle it, remember to handle this matter properly, you bring it up to see you!" ”

Second Highness Ling Hao trembled and took over this errand, as for the crown prince Ling Zhi was very proud in his heart, no matter what Ling Hao did, he would be squeezed out by all the families in the end, and then he would have one less competitor.

The Second Highness Ling Hao, who was at a loss, grabbed his head and thought about it for several days, and finally he came to the Protector General's Mansion to seek Qi Rui's help.

But Qi Rui didn't give him an idea, but Song Xinyi gave him an idea.

Let the Second Highness Ling Hao unite with a small number of families to resist the powerful and powerful families that have threatened the imperial power, and to give priority to the families that are not officials in the court but are quite famous among scholars.

Donghao attaches great importance to education, so although these generations are not officials in the court, the court has sent a lot of talents, and enjoys a clear reputation in the hearts of the people, and has been greatly supported and supported by scholars.

Then Song Xinyi asked Ling Hao to write a script about the various conveniences provided by the family for those who read, this time she did not choose to act, and trained a group of storytellers in the Grand Theater, and then entered the major restaurants to publicize all the good deeds and good deeds done by the family, not only to let the world know, but also to let the world learn the spirit of these families.

And those who support the prince's family and the four major families have done bad things have also been publicized, especially the fact that the Wei Chi family lost a bet with her last time but refused to fulfill the gambling contract again, the people were originally very disgusted by the dominance of the four families, but now after listening to the storyteller, they suddenly felt even more disgusted.

And at this moment, it is the sensitive nature of the family's ranking, in fact, in order not to ignite the fire, the four major families have kept a certain distance from the Yu Chi family, which makes the prince and Yu Chilin even more resentful of Song Xinyi.

But the prince is not a fuel-efficient lamp, the junior family can't help him, he has other families. He asked Wei Chilin to come forward, and found three families that were on par with the third family, formed a four great family, and then began to put pressure on the second highness Ling Hao, and put forward various opinions to express his dissatisfaction with the ranking of the family, so as to make Ling Hao unable to complete the ranking.