Xue Jinqiao's tears rolled down, and Xue Heng felt distressed. Prime Minister Xue, who had never wiped tears for anyone, clumsily wiped her tears with his sleeves: "Don't cry, people will always have such a thing when they get old. The King of the Northwest is a gentleman who values his promises. The Princess of Zhaoning is watching with cold eyes. She is definitely not an ordinary person. If she really marries into the East Palace, it is hard to say whether she will win or lose in this world.
The Xue family is no longer a powerful family. Your father can't support the Xue family. Your great uncle only hopes to support you until you reach the age of 15 and get married soon. The advantage of you being adopted is that Xue Qi won't be able to control you in the future. The disadvantage is that if your great uncle can't support you, you will have to observe mourning.
My uncle doesn't dare to arrange a marriage for you casually, and others can't protect you, but if it's the prince of the Northwest, and Princess Zhaoning is here, you will definitely be fine. When you marry into the Shen family in the future, you must think more about them. The Xue family has no one to rely on, and they are your relatives. "
"Yes." Xue Jinqiao nodded while crying and choked up, "Qiao Qiao knows."
"Fortunately... Fortunately, God has mercy on me..." Xue Heng sighed with relief.
At this time, Qinniang met Shen Xihe and Shen Yun'an. Shen Yun'an was really willing to marry her. King of the Northwest knew about Qinniang's illness and felt pity for her without any disgust. As long as this marriage was arranged, Qinniang would have a home in the future, and he would have the face to face his deceased wife when he went to the underworld.
Xue Jinqiao was very sad. Her most beloved great uncle had an incurable disease. The doctor said it was a heart disease caused by missing his deceased wife and there was no cure. He didn't want to lose his great uncle.
But she knew that her great uncle really missed her and that sometimes the words he muttered in his dreams were her great aunt's maiden name, so she didn't dare ask her great uncle to cheer her up.
Great-uncle knew that his father could not support the Xue family, and knew that the Xue family would collapse because of his departure, but he still couldn't support it. Even the family couldn't support great-uncle, so you can imagine how difficult it was for great-uncle to live. She was sad but didn't want to be selfish.
However, she had no one to confide in her pain, so she could only come to Shen Xihe.
Shen Xihe sat in the warm room, somewhat helplessly letting Xue Jinqiao hold her. Xue Jinqiao had been holding her like this since he arrived today. His eyes were red but he didn't cry or speak, he just held her tightly and refused to let go.
Knowing that she was going to be engaged to his brother, Shen Xihe naturally included her in the scope of relatives and was not averse to her intimacy. Knowing that she was sad, he didn't dare to ask, for fear that he would accidentally let the tears in her eyes roll out.
Although she was a girl, perhaps because she didn't cry easily, she was also afraid of seeing girls crying.
"Sister, my great uncle is leaving me..." After an unknown amount of time, Xue Jinqiao spoke in a hoarse voice.
Shen Xihe's eyes fixed, and she reached out her hand to stroke Xue Jinqiao's back, silently comforting her.
However, his heart was in turmoil. If Xue Heng passed away, there would be an uproar in the court. He was one of the three prime ministers, and the three prime ministers were the three great families who checked and balanced each other. Since the Cui family and the Xue family had the same political views, they had been jointly suppressing the king's government.
The last person who has the chance to fill the position of Zhongshu Ling is Wang Zheng. I don't know who Your Majesty will appoint to fill the vacancy of Menxia Sheng Shizhong.
The most likely choice is to promote Xue Qi. Xue Qi lives in a different room from Xue Heng, so he doesn’t need to observe mourning. However, Xue Qi’s ability…
"Sister, I wish my great uncle were alive, but I know his life was hard and tiring." Xue Jinqiao said, tears rolling down her cheeks again.