Some people grow in prestige over time.

Until 20 years ago, it gradually disappeared.

Long Yun could also guess that as the Lu family had been suppressing, the Zhang family's resources were consuming more and more, and they no longer had more energy to pay attention to some inconsequential things.

The variety of miscellaneous books on the shelves that have been significantly reduced is very telling.

Of course, there are also many secrets, and the inheritance of the family is not in those classic history books, but in these essays.

The truth you see is not necessarily correct, but these 'wild histories' recorded by the Maison are closer to the truth.

Long Yun stayed in this study for three days.

I got a general idea of the origins of each family.

Generally speaking, the family is basically related to each other through generational marriage.

And very few families will be immediately exterminated because of the wrong side of the line.

But through the same as the Zhang family, all kinds of soft knives were gradually harvested, and then gradually declined.

It was also the emperor's balancing measure.

Taking advantage of the competitive relationship between the families to constantly provoke, there are declining families, and naturally there are rising.

The constant chaos between the old and the new also makes this country with an ancient heritage seem less decadent.

It's just that this can only delay the decline of the Yan Kingdom, in Long Yun's opinion, with the continuous escalation of contradictions, the royal family of the Yan Kingdom will either gradually decline, or fight hard, and there will always be a battle with the family.

Otherwise, other countries will dismember Yan State.

If it weren't for the pressure of other countries, the Yan Kingdom would have risen together.

You must know that the four major countries have only been established for a hundred years, and the ambition of the family has not been completely extinguished.

It's just that because the people at the bottom are determined, they have to rest and recuperate for a while.

Because of the smooth upward channel and the integration of various customs, the barbarian country is the most stable existence among the four major countries because people accept new things relatively quickly and can adapt to environmental changes.

The Yan Kingdom is just the opposite, the family has the ascending channel, and all kinds of talents have ambitions that cannot be stretched, either rise up to rebel or go into exile in other countries.

Those who don't choose either have become obscure.

As the family grows stronger, there will always be ideas that want to replace the royal family.

Among the various books that Long Yun browsed, there were many 'civil unrest' and 'bandits' in Yan Kingdom.

But in the end, they will be inexplicably exterminated by the local family.

Even when the Zhang family was the first family, they also raised a hidden force.

This force is all about dealing with dirty things.

It's just a few words, and Long Yun only deduces it from some clues.

Later descriptions of the Zhang family were all pessimistic and hopeless.

After the Lu family waited for the throne of the first family, under all kinds of suppression, it would be difficult for this hidden force to be raised.

Long Yun was sure that the Zhang family must have some more secret records and books, and they didn't put them here for him to see.

However, this did not affect his judgment of some families in Yan Kingdom.

Long Yun looked at it for three days in this study.

Zhang Xishui went to the mansion of the tenth princess Li Mengzhen to hand over the post.

This thing is like a reservation notification letter.

To understand that Zhang Xishui's identity at this time is the head of the Zhang family, if you want to visit, the minimum etiquette procedure is to hand over the worship post, indicating what time, what place, and need to meet.

Although it is not necessary, the Zhang family now has a request for help, and they must meet in a formal way.

Who is Li Mengzhen? The tenth princess, although she has no official position, is also a princess.

The status is there, and the necessary procedures still have to be followed.

Today is the day when Zhang Xishui agreed to go to the Tenth Princess's Mansion.

A meeting that decided the fate of the Zhang family.

Long Yun, as a person who had a relationship with the tenth princess, and even had to give a maid, obviously valued Long Yun's talent very much, so he must go with Zhang Xishui.

Xiao Su, as an old person in the Ten Princesses' Mansion, didn't expect that in just a few days, she would return to the place where she grew up in her memory.

Naturally, he was familiar with the road as a 'guide', introducing the princess's mansion to Zhang Xishui and Long Yun.

The Princess's Mansion is much larger than the Zhang family, especially in the capital, where the size of any large family is regulated.

The princess was undoubtedly the highest of the emperor's many heirs.

Because it is the relationship between the hostess, it is rare to see a man.

Even the guards are mostly female guards.

The whole mansion looks quiet but not deserted, there are not too many tall trees planted, more flowers and plants are planted, and the interior layout is obviously designed by masters.

In a short period of time, I turned around and saw a lot of strange flowers and plants.

Quiet with fragrance, making people feel happy.

When he saw the tenth princess again, Long Yun felt different.

met before, if there was a little bit of casual in private, now the tenth princess is still amazingly charming, but under the formal costumes, it is attractive and at the same time makes people have an alienating distance.

After the three of them sat down, Xiao Su was not eligible to participate.

It's not a matter of trust or distrust, it's her status that dooms her to no way to participate in this matter.

Even the tenth princess didn't bring her most trusted henchmen here.

There were only three people in the room.

Zhang Xishui was the first to speak, telling about the situation of the Zhang family, and at the same time hoping to get the support of the imperial court.

The tenth princess seemed to have expected it, and she didn't take care of anything, so she readily agreed.

The process of forming an alliance went so smoothly that Zhang Xishui did not expect.

Long Yun was not too surprised, in fact, after he finished reading some of the things that the Zhang family had recently collected, he had already expected that the imperial court or the imperial family actually wanted to cooperate with some families with little power.

After all, the behemoth of the Lu family, after growing to a certain extent, will naturally stand in the opposite side of the ruler of the Yan Kingdom.

As the master of this country, the royal family not only hopes that the family will support and stabilize the country, but also does not want the family to be too powerful.

That would seriously threaten one's position.

Although Yan Guo has no example of rebellion, the royal family does not dare to defy the law.

Many Yan Emperors did not wait for the end of their lives, they would desperately suppress the largest family, and the royal family must have their own concerns.

Human nature is the least tested, even if that person doesn't have much ambition.

Ambition is actually closely related to the power he controls, just like Cao Cao, who definitely didn't want to be a powerful minister in the first place.

Since it is an alliance, and it is the Zhang family who has a request for others.

Then there are conditions that must be obeyed.

The tenth princess said that the Zhang family would produce a first-class master to obey the royal family when necessary, and at the same time, she also hoped that some second-rate masters would support her.

After all, the undercurrent of Yanjing City is surging, and all kinds of characters are ready to move, so the tenth princess naturally must be on guard, and she naturally welcomes the Zhang family to come over.