"The Xia family has been in power for many years, and they are in the middle of the game. It's easy to say, but it's not easy to talk about it." When Bai Changshan talked about this, he felt a bit sad.
What Bai Fuling said made sense, the emperor was clearly unwilling to let the Xia family continue to stay in the court and dictate, if they resigned and left tactfully, the emperor must pay the Xia family a good face considering the empress's new funeral.
The Xia family is an aristocratic family of poetry and etiquette. It has deep roots, a large population, and many talented children. After a few years, the emperor's wariness towards the Xia family will weaken. Decades later, the original scenery was restored again.
But what they are doing now is clearly still thinking about clinging to the upstarts, uniting Bai Changshan and his family to re-cultivate party members in the court, with such thoughts in mind, one day the emperor's patience will run out, and the Xia family will be completely destroyed.
From the way the emperor dealt with the Mao family and the Xia family, it can be seen that he is very cruel and merciless, even his own son can be sacrificed at will, let alone others, if the Xia family continues to toss like this, what awaits them is a dead end!
"Actually, the Xia family may not have thought of retiring. It's just that there are too many people attached to them in the local area, and there are intertwined interests between them. They want to retire. Those who worship them all the year round and rely on their protection to make huge profits in the local area What to do? Once the Xia family falls, these people will inevitably be liquidated and retaliated by other forces that have been suppressed by them. At that time, even if the emperor wants to stop pursuing him, he will not be able to hide the public opinion. Xia Ge is already a dying person , His sons will definitely be implicated. Those crimes, exile from the army are minor. They have relied on the power of the elder Xia Ge for most of their lives. If they want them to sacrifice for the family and become prisoners, how can they be willing? Do it." Bai Changshan sighed.
Bai Chou also agreed with Bai Changshan's opinion: "Now the Xia family is riding a tiger. They must continue to hold on, relying on the empress to die in the harem. It is inconvenient for the emperor to turn against them immediately and find helpers in the court to stabilize their position. They are in the court. If they don’t fall, the local people dare not take action against their party members easily. Either go all out, resign from office and go back to seclusion, and try to exile a few prominent figures in the army, and keep the other sons, nephews and juniors of the Xia family... This also requires the emperor to be willing to deal with it lightly. Row."
"I'm afraid the emperor hates the Xia family in his heart... The death of the Sixth Highness's mother and concubine has a great relationship with Empress Xia."
Bai Fuling suddenly remembered that Kansui once said that he set the queen on fire and burned her alive because she killed his aunt, Yang Heng's mother and concubine.
It is said that the emperor loved the concubine Yue very much. He let Gan Sui kill the empress in the palace, and he seemed to treat Yang Heng differently. All the signs showed that the emperor had been thinking about this concubine who died unjustly. Nian Xia's family controlled the government and almost emptied the imperial power. Today they finally have the opportunity to completely eradicate the Xia family and the Mao family. The emperor will not show mercy.
There are two roads in front of the Xia family, one is to fight stubbornly and die miserably, and the other is to withdraw wisely, leaving a little foundation so that the Xia family will not be expelled from Qi State from now on.
"In this way, the Xia family may have no chance of survival. What they are doing now is just to give the emperor a chance to deal with them in a fair and honest way..." Bai Changshan has been an official for many years, and he also vaguely heard about Concubine Yue back then. Heng has a good relationship, and his daughter-in-law was once a Tsing Yi Wei. It is not surprising that the emperor's close ministers would know some secrets in the palace.
Looking back on the past now, it seems that what the emperor leaked in his accidental remarks was indeed a lot of hatred for the Xia family.
But in this way, his determination to draw a clear line with the Xia family and prepare to resign from office as soon as possible was strengthened.
"Not necessarily, if they resign now and return to their hometown quickly before the dirty things of the people below have erupted, and then a few key people falsely spread the epidemic, or claim that they were robbed and killed by exiles on the road, as soon as possible The news of the death is released, and the name is hidden from then on. Even if the emperor really finds the Xia family in the future, the key figures are gone, and it is not easy to do anything to the juniors of the Xia family. Although they will not be able to reunite with their families from now on, at least they don’t need to beheaded or exiled. Take back a little life." Bai Fuling said with a smile.
Bai Changshan was dumbfounded, but he had to admit that this was indeed a last resort to save his life.
But if the Xia family didn't really realize the seriousness of the situation, they probably wouldn't be willing to make this sacrifice decisively. They are like a bunch of red-eyed gamblers now. Before seeing the last one, they still have a fluke mentality. No matter what, they will not give up and leave. They lost everything, and they would not believe it.
Bai Changshan has been in the officialdom for many years, and he has cultivated a hard-hearted heart. He has seen and remembered how the Xia family was domineering before. They have today, and he has a great contribution.
The Xia family is not dead, and they will never show mercy to him if they come back in the future, so they just heard what Bai Fuling said, and didn't take it to heart, let alone try to persuade and hint at the Xia family.
The family saw that the topic was becoming more and more serious, and they were not interested in continuing. Bai Changshan would go to the palace tomorrow morning, so they dispersed early and went back to their rooms to rest.
Bai Fuling had only met Kansui today during the day, and she was inexplicably afraid that he would come to her door. Gansui was very dissatisfied with her intentionally ignoring him. She could feel it. Will find a way to make her sad.
She tossed and turned tremblingly until midnight, and she was safe and sound, and then she was so tired that she fell asleep.
Having nothing to say all night, when she woke up early the next morning, Bai Fuling couldn't help but secretly thanked the emperor for the secret stake sent by the emperor, and also thanked the emperor for rejecting Gan Sui's absurd idea of marrying her. Fortunately, these royal agents stopped Gan Sui for her. big devil.
This is the capital city, no matter how powerful he is, he won't be able to fight against the emperor in the open. The more Bai Fuling thought about it, the more relieved she became, and finally her guard was gone.
The appointment time with Zicao was at the end of Si time (around 11:00 in the morning), and Bai Fuling deliberately set off earlier to see the situation of Linglong Pavilion.
On the side of the main building of Linglong Pavilion, there is an elegant room for official and rich women to choose custom-made jewelry. It is quiet and quiet, and the waiters are all trained maids. There are also exquisite snacks and tea. It is a bit of a top luxury brand. The size of the flagship store is pie.
It's no wonder that Linglong Pavilion can become the number one jewelry store in the capital. It really has something special. Bai Fuling is very satisfied with it, and feels that his grandfather is really worthy of recognition!
From what I can see so far, Grandpa's wealth is by no means inferior to that of her parents. With this large fortune, it is estimated that her goal of helping thousands of people will be completed much, much faster!
She was elated just thinking of this! So much so that when he walked to the elegant room agreed with Zicao, he was still smiling.
Zicao was wearing a water-blue dress, with a silver-black belt tied around her waist. She was waiting in the elegant room with a smile, and when she saw her, she clasped her fists and said, "Miss Bai is polite!"
Bai Fuling saluted her back and asked her to sit down and talk.
"I don't know what is the purpose of the appointment, Miss?" Zicao was straightforward and didn't beat around the bush, so she straight to the point and asked the reason.
Bai Fuling was already prepared and said: "Miss Zicao must also know what happened in the capital on New Year's Eve."
Zicao stuck out her tongue: "Such a big event is known to all women and children on the street. If the people in our poverty-stricken hall don't know about it, they should be beaten!"
"That day, a group of Mao family's elite dead soldiers, probably thousands of people, hijacked Princess Antai, the two little princes, and me and escaped from the capital. This group of people split into several groups and fled away on the way. Someone found them a few days ago. It is said that they intend to rescue Mao's inmates in prison." Bai Fuling said.
Zicao showed disapproval on his face, and said: "I don't know about marching and fighting, but I have been in the capital for a while, how strict are the guards in the capital? Even if they successfully sneak into the city and take prisoners from the prison , and it is impossible to escape from the capital, even if they all have the ability to be one against ten. It is really whimsical!"
"Yes! Anyone with a discerning eye knows that they will not succeed, and to be honest, whether the Mao family members live or die has nothing to do with us. The problem now is that such a group of people will become thugs after a long time. They have received formal training, are well-organized and strictly prohibited, and they are not comparable to ordinary gangsters. They have horses in their hands, come and go like the wind, and plunder the people of the state capitals around the capital. Encircled and suppressed, they immediately scattered and fled into the mountains, even if there were 10,000 to 20,000 officers and soldiers, they would be helpless. It will be those unarmed civilians who will suffer."
When Bai Fuling said this, she saw that Zicao's face became serious, and she knew that such words would most impress these people who take the world as their own mission to help the poor.
She smiled secretly in her heart, and continued: "So my elder brother Lu Ying came up with a plan to lure the enemy, and wanted to use me as a bait to lure out those dead soldiers of the Mao family. In order to take me hostage, they threatened my family to rescue the Mao family for them The criminal will definitely attack me while I am leaving Beijing and returning to Beiguan City..."
Zicao said: "Miss Bai wants me to pretend to be your identity to lure the enemy?"
Talking to smart people saves time and effort! Bai Fuling nodded in admiration in her heart.
She was afraid that Zicao would be ignorant, and thought that she wanted to ask someone from Jiyuntang to protect her personally, and that would be embarrassing.
It was a little unreasonable for her not to let the people in the Jiyuntang take risks. Now that she has proposed it, it is the best!
Zicao said: "Of course it is obligatory! But... there is a difficulty..." As he spoke, he glanced at the maids behind Bai Fuling, including ginkgo, red koji, and bayberry, hesitant to speak. look like.
Is there anything inconvenient to say in public? Bai Fuling thought for a while, then waved her hand to signal them all to leave.
Seeing them going out, Zicao closed the door with joy on her face, and Bai Fuling's heart flashed with vigilance—she wouldn't have any weird plans, would she