Your Majesty won. Xue Jinqiao is a daughter who married out, so she cannot be implicated in the Xue family. Moreover, Xue Qi is incompetent and will never sit in a position of power in the future. Your Majesty does not need to kill all the Xue family members.
The East Palace won, and Xue Jinqiao is another bond. As long as Xiao Huayong takes Shen Xihe's face into consideration, he will not make things difficult for Shen Yun'an. At most, the Xue family will be demoted, but there will be no danger to his life.
"I'm afraid Xue Heng won't live long." Xiao Changqing figured it all out. "What the Crown Prince is doing is clearing the way. He wants to support someone else to replace Xue Heng, the Minister of Revenue, the Minister of Justice... The one who ordered the six ministries to retreat is Censor Tao!"
"He actually supports her grandfather!" Xiao Changying was shocked, "Is he letting him pave the way?"
Xiao Changqing chuckled and shook his head: "I think he really wants to please Princess Zhaoning."
"If so, isn't he afraid that his external relatives will become powerful in the future and undermine his imperial power?" Xiao Changying asked with his eyes lowered.
"Maybe it's self-confidence..." Xiao Changqing murmured to himself, "Maybe I am happy with it..."
He was confident that he would not be controlled by Shen Xihe no matter what, or he was willing to be controlled by Shen Xihe.
Something hit Xiao Changying's heart hard. He tightened his jaw and said, "Brother, how are we going to treat the prince in the future?"
Should I surrender or continue to fight
"It will remain the same as it was in the past." Xiao Changqing said calmly, "We do our thing, and he does his thing. We don't deliberately harm him, nor do we flatter him."
Their interests do not conflict much. His purpose is to deal with His Majesty, which to a certain extent is the same as Xiao Huayong's.
The prince does not need them to surrender, they also have their pride, and when the prince ascends the throne in the future, if he wants to be a wise ruler, he will distinguish between gratitude and resentment and will not make things difficult for them. If he cannot tolerate them, no matter how they try to please him now, they will eventually die.
"Then... the position vacated by Xue Heng..."
"Let them fight, we'll just sit back and watch the show. Let me see how many people want to snatch food from the prince's mouth, and what the outcome will be?" Xiao Changqing flicked his robe and said leisurely.
Not only did the Xiao Changqing brothers keenly sense that something was wrong, Prince Zhao and the Fourth Prince also realized that there would inevitably be changes in the court, and they all began to target Xue Heng's position. Therefore, the court meeting on the fourth day of the first lunar month began again after a busy year, with a great reshuffle of ministers in the court.
"Your Highness, these people are moving." Tian Yuan presented a list to Xiao Huayong.
Xiao Huayong glanced at him casually, and a mysterious smile appeared on his moist lips: "In another month, it will be the Spring Examination."
"I understand." Tian Yuan replied.
They have been preparing for this Spring Examination for a long time. They must rectify the atmosphere and replace the civil and military officials so that His Majesty can have more capable people.
As for those ignorant people, they will be dragged into the Spring Examination.
"Your Highness, what are you doing?" Tian Yuan asked in a low voice, looking at Xiao Huayong who was drawing.
"During the Lantern Festival, Youyou and I made an appointment to watch the lantern festival. I gave her a lantern during the first month of last year, and I'll give her another one today." Xiao Huayong was of course busy preparing a Lantern Festival gift for Shen Xihe.
Tian Yuan felt that he shouldn't ask any more questions. He was about to turn around and leave quietly when someone came in and said, "Your Highness, Eunuch Liu is here."