Xiao Changqing's expression suddenly became lonely. Xiao Changying knew at a glance why his brother was like this. He whispered, "Brother..."
My brother and my sister-in-law were actually destined to have no good ending. It was not because of their personalities, nor because my brother was young and did not know how to cherish this relationship, but because of the Gu family and the royal family's stance.
If my sister-in-law was not from the Gu family, any of the Xue, Wang, Cui, or even Fan families might still have a chance of survival.
It happens to be the Gu family, the head of the aristocratic families. Killing the chicken to scare the monkey and making a warning to the tiger can only have a deterrent effect by taking down the Gu family.
"Brother, His Majesty..."
Xiao Changying wanted to say something, but when he met Xiao Changqing's calm gaze, he couldn't speak.
He thought it was understandable that his father would not let the Gu family go. As long as the Gu family was not destroyed, even if it retired, it still represented the eternal power of this aristocratic family. A single call could guide the poor scholars in the world. For thousands of years, the aristocratic family's tyranny and the myth of its unshakable standing had been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The aristocratic family must be destroyed once in order to shatter its influence.
But the brother hated the father, not because the father destroyed the Gu family, but because he gave him false expectations and made him make the wrong choice. If the father had not given the brother expectations, perhaps the brother and sister-in-law would have been a different story during their short time together.
Xiao Changying didn't say anything. Xiao Changqing, who had waited for a moment, had already guessed it. He didn't ask any more questions, but calmed down and said, "Old Four will come looking for me. I can't hide it from the Crown Prince. To avoid the Crown Prince's eyes and ears, I need to have an inconspicuous reason to leave the capital first, so that I can free up my hands to make arrangements."
"Leave Beijing?" And he had to leave no trace. Xiao Changying felt that it was unlikely at the moment.
Because of the Ye Jia case, any prince who left the capital at this moment would be seen by others as an attempt to cover up something.
"Since we can't go against the trend, then we should just go with the flow." Xiao Changqing smiled confidently, "I'm not someone who can be coerced easily. The Crown Prince will be restrained by His Majesty's watch. In addition to leaving the capital, he also has to find the second brother to lay a maze. You don't need to worry about my business. The fourth brother is cunning. If you want to ambush him, you should be prepared early."
In the next few days, Kyoto was calm and everyone was waiting for the truth of the Ye Jia case. The ministers actually had some complaints about His Majesty sending the young Prince of Yan to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but they also felt that Xiao Changgeng was the most suitable person for this matter.
The other adult princes have all established their own courts for many years and are very likely to be the masterminds behind the scenes.
"Ye Qi has been leaving the palace frequently these days." Due to the Ye Jia case, the trip to the palace to escape the summer heat has been delayed. Xiao Huayong began to go to Shen Xihe's princess residence every day, and it became a scene in the imperial city.
Everyone in Kyoto knew about it. The day before yesterday, someone even had the courage to run to the outside of the princess's mansion to wait for the crown prince and accuse the local rich man of bribing the county magistrate and bullying the market.
Xiao Huayong ordered people to intervene in the matter, which was indeed a case of corruption, and therefore won a lot of praise from the people.
Shen Xihe was worried that everyone would follow suit. Some people felt that they were being wronged or suffered injustice purely out of their own opinion, because under the law, they were not the beneficiaries.
I don’t know what Xiao Huayong did, as nothing happened afterwards.
"Are there any abnormalities among the other people in the Ye Mansion?" Shen Xihe asked after leaving one child behind.