"Jiulang, do you really want to marry the county lord of Changle? There have always been rumors outside that the temperament and character of this Changle county lord are the same as those of Empress Dowager Yang and the eldest princess of Nanyang, if you really marry such a woman, you will follow in the footsteps of Shen Ji. ”

In the past, Shen Ji was handsome and chic, famous in Luojing, who didn't praise the jade Shen Lang? At that time, Shen Ji had never been without Lingyun arrogance.

But since he married Nanyang as his wife, it seems that the whole person has changed, and people only laugh and ridicule when they mention Shen Jiqi, and the former Pianpian Meilangjun has become a shameless person who is spurned by everyone.

"No, you can't let them ruin you! Let's go see your grandfather, he'll have a way! ”

Looking for a grandfather?

Xiao Qingyan was dragged forward by Xiao Kunqiang, and secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, his grandfather was afraid that he would not care.

Sure enough, when they arrived at Xiao Pei's Reading Hall, Xiao Pei's first words were......

"I can't help it."

"Brother! If you think about it, Jiurou is your only grandson. ”

Xiao Pei smiled bitterly on his lips: "The king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die, not only because the courtiers are stupid and loyal, but also because the power in the hands of the monarch makes the courtiers unable to resist." ”

He patted his unconscious legs: "If I had a way to compete with Empress Dowager Yang, how could I have been a waste person for so many years?" How could they watch the Xiao family fall to this point? ”

Xiao Kun hesitated and said, "Empress Dowager Yang frequently suppressed the Xiao family, but she always left a line, isn't it because my brother holds the handle in his hand that makes that poisonous woman jealous?" ”

He didn't know what that trick was, but if his brother was willing to hand it over, he believed that the forced marriage would be stopped.

Xiao Pei glanced at Xiao Kun, and then glanced at the silent Xiao Qingyan: "Jiulang, do you think the same?" ”

Xiao Qingyan lowered his head: "Uncle and grandfather love Qingyan, Qingyan is very grateful, but Qingyan doesn't dare to affect the whole family because of myself, Empress Dowager Yang is narrow-minded, because that kind of thing has been afraid of the Xiao family for so many years, if we hand it over now, Empress Dowager Yang will immediately kill the Xiao family, so as to eliminate the resentment that she has been coerced by us for many years." ”

Xiao Pei nodded with satisfaction: "Things are not as bad as you think. ”

He clapped his high-five, and a middle-aged man in a dark blue power suit walked out quietly from behind the bookshelf, with a slight resemblance between his eyebrows and the light of the dark guard beside Xiao Qingyan.

The man's name is Lan Cang, the leader of the Xiao family's secret guards, and he is also Heguang's uncle.

Xiao Pei: "Lan Cang, tell me what you heard." ”

"Yes." Lan Cang's face did not have any expression, just like Kazuko, "The news that the Xiao family is going to marry the royal family has spread in Beijing last night, and it is rumored that the Xiao family has betrayed their promises and forcibly withdrawn from the marriage contract with the Xu family in order to marry the county lord of Changle. ”

"This is simply reversing right and wrong, they are going to ruin the reputation of the Xiao family!" Xiao Kun was so angry that his face turned red, and his chest rose and fell violently.

Xiao Pei glanced at Xiao Qingyan with his spare eyes: "Empress Dowager Yang killed Ji Wenruo's entire clan, the government and the opposition were already complaining, King Guang'an and King Huaining were still in Beijing, Your Majesty was seriously ill, Empress Dowager Yang will definitely have greater actions next, her maiden Yang's ambitions are obvious, and they are no longer reliable, and Empress Dowager Yang urgently needs to recruit newcomers to help her eradicate dissent and stabilize the court." ”

Xiao Kun hesitated: "Brother, didn't you mean it...... Empress Dowager Yang intends to recruit our Xiao family? ”

"Although the Xiao family has been away from the court for a long time, the prestige of the past still exists, as long as the Xiao family is willing to abandon the previous suspicion and cooperate with the Empress Dowager Yang, it may not be impossible to stabilize the situation, she wants to win over the Xiao family, but she is afraid that the Xiao family's prestige is too strong and beyond her control, so she wants to discredit the Xiao family, completely cut off our retreat, and let us only rely on her with all our hearts."

In terms of understanding the Empress Dowager Yang, Xiao Qingyan is far inferior to his grandfather.

Xiao Kun said: "But our Xiao family has been suppressed by Empress Dowager Yang for many years, and countless clansmen have died at the hands of that poisonous woman, will the world believe these rumors she made up?" ”

Xiao Qingyan spoke at this time: "Rumors stop at the wise, there will always be people who guess that this is the trick of the Empress Dowager Yang, knowing that our Xiao family is forced, but in this way, the Empress Dowager Yang can also warn these people that the Xiao family cannot disobey her, and other families will naturally do the same." ”

"Is there really no way? Brother, if you don't let Jiulang pretend to be sick, Empress Dowager Yang and Nanyang will treat the county lord of Changle as a treasure, and they will never let the pearl in their palms marry a sick man. ”

Xiao Pei was silent when he heard this, with a sneer on his face.

Xiao Qingyan said: "How can the pearl in the palm of your hand be compared to the monstrous power? Since Empress Dowager Yang has made up her mind, the more our Xiao family tries to resist, the more she has to marry the county lord of Changle in, otherwise how can it have a deterrent effect? ”

Her phoenix eyes were gloomy, her lips had a vague curvature, and her voice was so cold that there was no trace of warmth.

"Isn't it just a wife? Since they want me to marry, then I will marry. ”

On the same day, the people of the Xiao family went to the market to buy, but in half a day, Xiao's house was already full of red silk inside and out, and the news soon spread to the ears of Empress Dowager Yang's mother and daughter.

The next day, when the sky was getting cooler, a sudden news woke up the sleeping Xiao family.

In other words, it woke up the whole of Kyoto.

"Last night, the king of Huaining had a big banquet in the mansion, but the king of Guang'an suddenly led his troops to break in, and cut off the head of the king of Huaining on the spot, and most of the guests present at the banquet were killed and injured." The chief housekeeper Qian Dongping reported the situation in the front hall.

Maybe Qin Er's dosage was too heavy, Xiao Yuruo fell asleep for two nights, and when he woke up, he was called to the front hall, hearing the news, his groggy head instantly felt like a basin of ice water had been splashed.

Xiao Yuruo was cold, and when he turned his eyes, he found that his father Xiao Kun was also looking at him, with a shocked face.

"Why?" Second Master Xiao Yuzhi asked with a solemn expression.

Qian Dongping said: "The king of Guang'an said that as soon as the king of Huaining entered Beijing, he was eager to gather crowds to solicit people's hearts, plotting against him, and intended to rebel. ”

Xiao Yuruo broke out in a cold sweat again, although he went to the banquet the night before yesterday, not last night, but if it wasn't for his inexplicable coma, he would definitely try his best to go to the banquet last night, then he was probably already a corpse now.

Now that the king of Huaining is dead, those who have been in close contact with him in recent days, or who are eager to give him advice and curry favor, will definitely not escape death.

Xiao Qingyan didn't care about the reactions of the others, but asked, "What happened later?" What happened to King Guang'an? ”

Qian Dongping looked at her in astonishment, and said: "Later, General Jixuan brought His Majesty's Su Yu Banner, relieved the military disaster, and read out His Majesty's imperial decree, saying that the King of Guang'an led troops to rebel in Beijing without authorization, killed innocent people, killed the imperial grandmaster, and plotted against him, and beheaded the head of the King of Guang'an on the spot, and brought it back to the palace to restore his life. ”

The hall fell into a terrifying dead silence for a moment.

King Guang'an cut off the head of King Huaining with his front foot, and his own head fell to the ground with his own back foot, they are all Qin royal blood, close relatives and flesh and blood.