Chen Ye is a person with strong executive ability.

In order to fulfill his mother's wish, he booked a plane to Southwest Spring City the next morning.

The next day, eight o'clock in the morning.

Chen Xiurui personally sent Chen Ye, Fang Lan and Xiao Jiu to the door.

"Ono, your mother just arrived in Yanjing yesterday, and she should be allowed to stay in Yanjing for a few more days. It's good for you to accompany her around, you have to hurry up. ”

Chen Xiurui couldn't help but complain about Chen Ye, not at all like a high-powered military helmsman, but like a grudgeful little old man.

"Dad, I asked Ono to book the ticket. You are busy, and we can't interfere with your work. I'll come back to see you after the Chinese New Year. ”

Fang Lan relieved Chen Ye.

"Okay."

Chen Xiurui smiled bitterly and said no more.

Everyone in the Chen family thinks that Chen Xiurui is good to Fang Lan and Chen Ye's mother and son, mainly because he misses Emperor Chen Qing and values Chen Ye, but there is actually another reason.

He felt guilty about Fang Lan, a daughter-in-law who had never really come to the door.

This is also one of the important reasons why he went south to attend Fang Lan's father's funeral.

Subsequently, Chen Ye, Fang Lan, and Xiao Jiu got into Chen Xiurui's special car, and Secretary Zhang personally sent them to the airport.

The car drove away from the alley, Chen Ye looked at the passing scenery outside the window, his heart moved, and suddenly thought that Xiao Ziyu had not contacted him since he went back that night.

"Will she be affected by Zhao Tianming's affairs?"

Chen Ye couldn't help but ask himself secretly in his heart.

There is no answer.

Chen Ye wanted to make a phone call to ask Xiao Ziyu, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was inappropriate and gave up again.

Meanwhile.

In a villa in a family courtyard in Xia Guo.

Zhao Rui, as usual, finished breakfast, carried a briefcase, and prepared to go to the unit.

"Wait."

Zhao Tianming's mother suddenly called out to Zhao Rui.

"Something?"

Zhao Rui stopped and asked.

"Isn't there a turnaround in the matter of Destiny?"

Zhao Tianming's mother asked unwillingly.

Although Zhao Tianming's order for the transfer of duties was issued a few days ago, Zhao Tianming will leave Beijing tomorrow to take up his post.

"How can the decision made by the old man be changed?"

Zhao Rui sighed.

Generally speaking, the children of the powerful will be promoted from various departments to the localities, focusing on a gilded level to complete the grassroots training.

Zhao Tianming was adjusted down, which was obviously the punishment of the old man of the Zhao family.

"I don't understand, how can an illegitimate son of the Chen family play everyone around?!"

Zhao Rui's mother couldn't help but complain.

She is from the Lingnan Gao family.

Chen Ye once broke the three legs of the Gao family, so that one of the Gao family's descendants was cut off, and personally went to the Gao Mansion, smashed the door of the Gao Mansion, and humiliated the Gao family fiercely.

Gao Mingyuan lost his position because of this, and even lost his life later, which was also related to Chen Ye.

At the beginning, Zhao Rui asked her to swallow her anger, and she endured it.

Now, her son, Zhao Tianming, who is known as the crown prince, has also been trampled under Chen Ye's feet - not to mention the dissolution of the prince's club, Zhao Tianming himself was also sent to the poor areas in the west!

This made Zhao Tianming's mother puzzled.

If she hadn't known that Chen Ye was the son of Emperor Chen Qing, she would have doubted whether Chen Ye was the illegitimate son of the Zhao family!!

"You don't understand."

Zhao Rui shook his head.

"You know? Then tell me, what the hell is going on? ”

Zhao Tianming's mother widened her eyes.

"I didn't understand it before, but I knelt in the yard all night that day and figured it out."

Zhao Rui's eyes flashed and said, "The old man is playing a big game of chess." ”

"What big chess?"

"Think about it, there have been so many things in the marriage contract between Destiny and the girl of the Xiao family, but the marriage contract has not been dissolved from beginning to end. Moreover, the Xiao family has also been affected because of this incident, what is the mystery in this? ”

Zhao Rui asked without answering.

Zhao Tianming's mother was anxious:

"Don't sell it, just say it!"

"If I'm not mistaken, the old man treats the illegitimate son of the Chen family as a whetstone and uses him to hone the destiny of heaven. Otherwise, the old man would not have given the Mandate of Heaven three chances for the first time. ”

Zhao Rui said with a wise face.

"Whetstone?"

Zhao Tianming's mother's eyes lit up and said, "You mean that when the Heavenly Destiny Treasure Knife was sharp, it was the beginning of the Chen family's illegitimate son ending in tragedy?" ”

"While there may be other factors, I think it's basically the case."

Zhao Rui nodded, then sneered:

"Shengwei must not be offended, the illegitimate son of the Chen family clamored that he wanted to rob the marriage on the day of the marriage of the Mandate of Heaven and the Xiao family's girl, this is simply self-defeating!"

"Makes sense. Emperor Chen Qing was invincible at the beginning, and it ended in tragedy, and I am waiting to see his son follow in his footsteps!! ”

Zhao Tianming's mother's mood immediately improved a lot, and there was an expectant expression on her face.

Meanwhile.

Xiao family compound.

Xiao Zhiyuan, who is at the helm of the Xiao family, did not handle official business as usual, but talked with his most important granddaughter Xiao Ziyu in the study in the inner courtyard of the Xiao family's compound.

The morning light shined through the glass into the study, reflecting Xiao Ziyu's face.

That face was not as radiant and captivating as before, but a little more haggard, and even dark circles.

"Ziyu, you know everything about your parents, right??"

Xiao Zhiyuan was the first to speak.

"Well, they've all told me."

Xiao Ziyu nodded.

In the past three days, her parents have had trouble at work.

Her mother, who had been promoted, was suddenly taken out on the last day of the announcement.

Her father, who was originally a feudal official in a certain province, is expected to be in charge of the developed eastern regions in the next step and become a springboard for going north to Beijing.

As a result, just yesterday, his father was transferred to Yanjing to take charge of a non-critical department.

While there is no change in the levels of the two positions, it is possible that future developments will be very different.

"Ziyu, then you should know very well that your parents have been affected because of what you did."

Seeing this, Xiao Zhiyuan no longer went around in circles, and said straightforwardly:

"Zhao Tianming's grandfather personally made a marriage contract for you and Zhao Tianming. As Zhao Tianming's fiancée, you got too close to the Chen family, and all kinds of gossip spread. This not only made Zhao Tianming's face gloomy, but also insulted the façade of the Zhao family. But the Zhao family can't blame you directly, so they blame your parents for not taking care of you!! ”

Xiao Ziyu's face was ugly, and his hands couldn't help clenching.

She wanted to say something, but felt a deep powerlessness.

"Ziyu, as the saying goes, you have no jokes. No matter how much you don't like Zhao Tianming, but marrying Zhao Tianming is your life, and you can't change your life against the sky! The Xiao family can't help you do that either. Therefore, in the future, as the future daughter-in-law of the Zhao family, you will be strict with yourself, and you must not spread any gossip with the Chen family boy! Otherwise, your father's career will come to an end! And the future of the Xiao family will also cause trouble because of your willfulness! ”

Xiao Zhiyuan spoke again, his expression extremely serious.

Xiao Ziyu was still silent.

"As for that kid from the Chen family. The Zhao family can tolerate him, not only because Zhao Tianming's grandfather gave Chen Xiurui, the town vigil, and the sky burial three people, but also because that kid still has use value. ”

Xiao Zhiyuan said word by word: "In other words, if there is an accident in the Chen family in the future, or if there is any mistake between the two of them at the town vigil and the sky burial, plus the Chen family kid is worthless, he will definitely be settled by the queen of autumn!" ”

"If it weren't for me, wouldn't he be settled by the Autumn Queen in the future?"

Xiao Ziyu looked at his grandfather with a complicated expression.

"If a year later, he didn't come to Yanjing to steal the marriage without knowing the sky, and at the same time didn't do anything else that offended the Zhao family, with his contribution to the Xia Kingdom, it should be fine."

Xiao Zhiyuan expressed his judgment.

"Grandpa, what do you want me to do?"

Xiao Ziyu felt inexplicably depressed and irritable, and asked directly.

"Give up illusions and choose to accept your fate!"

Xiao Zhiyuan slowly opened his mouth and said eight words.

"Resigned?"

Xiao Ziyu smiled miserably, which was distressing, and then she took a deep breath and said word by word:

"Grandpa, what if Chen Ye doesn't let me accept my fate?!"

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