Will Xia Song and Prince Consort Xiao sit there and wait for death, watching their family demise without doing anything, and continue to guard Chu Jingxing and keep the secret
I’m afraid Chu Jingxing doesn’t have this ability.
At least the Xiao family had already had internal strife before, and those who supported Chu Jingxing were only Prince Consort Xiao and Xiao Mingyu's faction, while the other families seemed to have wanted to withdraw a long time ago.
Now he is implicated for no reason, and Young Master Lin has ruthless means.
If those people can't hold on, what awaits them will be a catastrophic disaster.
Princess Chang'an gave a bitter smile and then said, "What's hateful is that now that things have come to this point, Chu Jingxing can still sit still."
Princess Chang'an was in a state of panic. She couldn't bear to see his frivolous look. She was shrouded in a shadow. She looked at the porcelain cup in front of her with unkind eyes and said word by word, "It's too late to regret."
Why did you choose Chu Jingxing after so much careful selection
Now that she thought about it, the Linjiang King family certainly made the right choice, but she actually had a better choice. If her daughter hadn't been so stubborn in liking Chu Jingxing, if it hadn't been for the arranged marriage, she could have chosen Chu Jingwu...
But it was too late to think about this now. She patted her forehead to try to be more awake and asked Nanny Yuan: "Has there been any letter from the Xie family?"
Mr. Xie has always had a very keen sense of smell and has always been very sensible in doing things.
She had previously instructed Second Master Xie to be in charge of the affairs of the Ming family's orphans in Fujian, but for some reason, no news had been received for such a long time.
Nanny Yuan responded, and then said, "The Xie family sent back news that the Wei family was hiding very well, and Liu Biping was also looking for them, but he couldn't get in."
Liu Biping is the local tyrant in Fujian. Is he unable to gain entry, or does he simply not want to enter
Princess Chang'an wiped her well-maintained, still fair and slender fingers, threw the strawberries in her hand back into the crystal dish, tapped her fingers lightly on the table a few times, and said, "Why not just be a good person to the end and send another message to Liu Biping."
She said, and told Nanny Yuan: "Write a letter to Liu Biping and tell him that the Wei family and Shen Chen may form a marriage."
Nanny Yuan understood and agreed. After thinking for a while, she asked again, "Should we make it more meticulous?"
Princess Chang'an thought for a moment and said, "That's fine. Tell Xie Er not to be stingy and use the money that is needed. It's time to make Liu Biping alert."
Perhaps it was because Shen Chen, who had always said that he would go to Fujian Maritime Customs to steal a job, had not taken any action, which reduced Liu Biping's hatred and vigilance. He had lived a comfortable life in Fujian for a long time, so naturally he would not think about causing trouble.
We still have to teach him a lesson.
Nanny Yuan agreed to write down everything one by one, and then asked Princess Chang'an: "This is for the future. What are your plans for the present?"
Just like what Princess Chang'an said herself, the Xiao family and Xia Song are not ordinary people after all, and there is no guarantee that Young Master Lin will be able to use some means to make them say something.
Although Chu Jingxing is still the prince of Linjiang Prince, if anything happens to him it will definitely implicate Linjiang Prince and Chu Jingwu himself, so they will not go too far.
However, they can actually clip Chu Jingxing's wings and make him pay a heavy price.
The strawberries in the crystal dish were a little too red. When you picked up the ripe part with a little force, a lot of juice came out, which was very sticky.
Princess Chang'an glanced at it and then stopped looking, saying softly, "Let's cut the Gordian knot."
But how to cut the Gordian knot
Just as he was saying this, word came from outside that Lady Xianrong had sent someone back again, and this time it was Bailing.
Princess Chang'an was stunned for a moment, and only let her in after a while.
Bailing kowtowed to her respectfully, and first said that Princess Xianrong wanted to eat the five-color Yuanxiao made in the mansion, so she sent her to ask the cook to go to the palace, and then said that the messenger sent by King Linjiang to the capital to deliver the fourth prince had arrived.
The messenger was Hu Changshi, who was beside Prince Linjiang. Upon his return, he first delivered the letter to the palace. After being summoned by Emperor Longqing, he returned to the palace and read the letter from Emperor Longqing, explicitly condemning Chu Jingxing's various misdeeds.
Princess Chang'an raised her eyebrows and looked at her, asking, "Besides the reprimand, is there anything else?"
"And..." Bai Ling was a little embarrassed, and after struggling for a while, she said, "And, the chief secretary said that the prince was extremely disappointed with the prince, and that the prince had done something that angered the old princess to death, which was really unkind and unjust. He is not worthy of being the prince of a mansion and cannot inherit the family business. Please make the young prince the prince..."
Princess Chang'an and Nanny Yuan were both shocked.
King Linjiang actually made this decision!
The most difficult thing to say was said, and the following words were not so difficult to say. Bai Ling organized for a while, and then continued: "Also, Hu Changshi brought a handwritten letter from the prince and handed it to the emperor. The letter said that if the emperor permits, please let the new prince stay in Beijing and let... let the master return to his fiefdom."
Now even the name is about to be changed, Bailing is a little uncomfortable with it.
Princess Chang'an was stunned for a moment and sat in her chair for a long time without being able to recover.
It was Nanny Yuan who came back to her senses first and asked, "Then... did the prince send you here?"
Bai Ling shook her head in embarrassment: "It's not the prince, it's the prince's wife who asked me to come here. The prince's wife wants to ask Your Highness for help..."
It turns out Chu Jingwu and Shen Chen had been waiting here all along.
They did not retreat or tolerate Chu Jingxing's behavior, but were waiting for this moment, waiting for King Linjiang to take action personally.
And the scheme designed by Wei An, the death of the old princess, and Chu Jingxing's ruined reputation, turned out to be all for this day.
With these things as a prelude, it was completely legitimate for Prince Linjiang to deprive Chu Jingxing of his position as Crown Prince, and there was no fault to be found in it. Even the old ministers under Prince Linjiang had nothing to say now.
Chu Jingxing had been reprimanded repeatedly, and then his connections were not as good as those of the Jingying, and he had lost the Xiao family and Xia Song for nothing. Now he did something so immoral that people could catch him and laugh at him.
Anyway, he is not the only legitimate son, so why would they hang themselves on a tree
Really... ... .
Princess Chang'an couldn't even smile bitterly this time. She picked up the tea with a bitter look, took a sip reluctantly, and put it down again. Finally, she sighed and asked, "Did the prince say anything?"
However, looking at Chu Jingxing's appearance, one can tell that he is not someone who is willing to show weakness. Even if he is forced into a desperate situation, people like him will never show their weaknesses to others. The more desperate the situation, the more he cares about his face.
As expected, Bai Ling said, "The prince did not do anything extreme, nor did he say anything..."