The road from Africa to Europe

Chapter 284 Threats and Incentives

No matter how well other people live, it is someone else's life, not your own. Although the eldest niece's threatening behavior is the same as hers, Li Shi can feel that Ling Xiao and her are not on the same path.

She knew that her eldest niece was a very smart person who could see through the world. Such people often lived very uncomfortable, because smart people knew too much, but found that they were often powerless to change anything, even the emperor was the same.

This is the reality that Li Shi discovered after familiarizing himself with history. For example, after the appearance of the only Queen, she did not allow other women to have more opportunities to participate in politics. The men left behind by Tang.

During the Queen's reign, the only famous female official was Shangguan Wan'er, and there were no waves of others.On the contrary, it was the empress's experience that greatly stimulated the famous Princess Taiping and made her ambitious. Empress Wei and Princess Anle were also affected by the empress' ascension to the throne.

After reading the history books, Mrs. Li pondered for a long time, why didn't there be another queen?The queen's daughter, Princess Taiping, has held a lot of power in the court for a long time, and it is said that she may succeed in becoming the second queen.But her opponent is too strong, he is Li Longji who is very talented.The two joined forces to overthrow Wu's possible supremacy, and then began to fight on their own.

Princess Taiping was still very popular after the empress was forced to abdicate, because she was the younger sister of the successor emperor and had a lot of rights in her hands. Naturally, she wanted to become the empress and even wanted to get rid of her opponent Li Longji.But her opponent is the emperor's son. As the emperor, he valued his sister and his son even more. After the Taiping rebellion ended, he was given to death.

After reading the history books, Mrs. Li can be sure that Mrs. Wu, who was very smart and capable, could not do whatever she wanted when she became emperor. There were too many impossibilities. She was forced to abdicate after more than ten years in power.

Mrs. Li also knew that the five ministers who took the lead in forcing the queen to abdicate were also very smart people. It can be said that it was because of them that the restoration of Li Tang was possible, but they did not end well.

Before they act on their own, they probably understand their future. In many cases, loyal ministers will end up tragically, but they will still do that without hesitation.

The eldest niece gave her the feeling of that kind of smart person. Li Shi felt that it was the first time that she was very close to a smart person, as if seeing those influential figures in the history books.

And she didn't want to live with her eldest niece, because she found that she couldn't control her eldest niece at all, and she might cause her to overturn at any time.

But he didn't dare to offend his eldest niece, because she might rise to the top one day, who knows what sensational things she can do?Everything is unknown.

If it is possible, maybe the daughter can get a ride. After all, the eldest niece has never left her daughter, and her heart should still be soft.

So if Baozhu, as a cousin, maintains a certain good relationship with her eldest niece, she will definitely be able to reap certain benefits.

When thinking of this, Li frowned slightly, because just now she saw that the child Baozhu disliked the eldest niece.

I'm afraid that the eldest niece should know it in her heart, which makes Li feel a little bad, Baozhu!

After thinking about it for a while, Mrs. Li quickly gave up the idea of ​​educating her daughter. Sometimes things go against the grain.

Since she could tell that Baozhu hated her cousin very much, it was better not to force her.

Mrs. Li is not stupid, she knows that the more she wants her daughter to be close to the eldest lady, the more she can't do it.

I'm afraid that Baozhu will think that she values ​​her great niece and ignores her daughter.

Then Tao Baozhu might be very jealous of the eldest lady in her heart.

Forget it, Li Shi, who thought it through clearly, didn't irritate her child anymore.

Just let Baozhu grow up peacefully, don't force her to succeed.

It's a pity, Li Shi feels that this eldest niece will definitely become powerful in the future.

So since you can't maintain a particularly good relationship with her, don't anger the big lady.

Why!Li felt that she was unlucky, if she had known this would happen, she would have found another way.

At the very least, he will be more cautious in everything he does, and he must not let his eldest niece catch him.

Of course, it was too late to say such things, the eldest niece was afraid that she could see through her true nature, so Li sat with a blank expression.

Her husband didn't think of his wife's thoughts at all, and he was angry because what his niece said was too vicious in his opinion.

Ling Xiao noticed that Li Shi was gradually recovering, and Li Shi was secretly relieved to find that she was not mentioned in Ling Xiao's statement.

After Ling Xiao found out, he verified one thing: Second Aunt is more intelligent than Tao Er, and also found that Li's expression management is in place, and his psychological quality is extremely strong.

Mrs. Li should know that Ling Xiao sees her true face, but her demeanor doesn't have much influence, which shows that Mrs. Li has a strong ability to cover up, which Tao Baozhu didn't learn at all.

Perhaps it was because she had a mother who was too protective of her, so Tao Baozhu had no chance to learn how to read her words, and she was full of arrogance and coquettishness, which also showed that she lived a very happy life.

Only the kind of children who have been raised and cared for by others will have this kind of personality. People who have been pampered and raised in their infancy basically have no lack of love. This is better than the kind of orphans who grew up without parents .

Tao Erlang never thought that the two women around him were wandering off in their minds, ignoring his ferocious look, and he was still angry, thinking about what he should do now?
Because the two of them didn't have a big change in their facial expressions, he didn't notice that the two of them were distracted at all, and Li Shi was used to hiding his thoughts.

Ling Xiao has the ability to do two things at once, pretending not to see the situation, if he wants to survive in the world of fame, he must learn to manage his expressions.

Then it was time to test her acting skills, Ling Xiao decided to strictly learn to manage her expressions from today, so as not to leave a mess for the original owner.

Ling Xiao knew that today's performance was out of line, so don't be too aggressive after that, especially when dealing with relatives of the original owner.

Absolutely can't let the uncle and aunt of the original owner feel that there is no way out, just come to the bottom of the boat and let everyone not live.

Pay attention to learning a skill in life: it is rare to be confused, letting go of some people is actually letting go of yourself.

As for the original owner's two younger brothers, there are corresponding plans for their future development. Fortunately, the imperial court started the imperial examination.

The two children should have their own paths, and Ling Xiao didn't insist that they must go to officialdom.

But I still hope that they will be able to obtain fame and fame. You must know that only after obtaining fame and fame will you be a citizen.

The people and the common people are different, if the Tao family has no power in the officialdom.

One bad thing is that the slaves in the rich and powerful families can come and persecute them.

This is what Ling Xiao knows from previous experience.

That's why she wanted to let the original owner's younger brother make progress.

Not for any other benefit, but for both of them.

Of course, this is the first time she has to take on the responsibility of educating children.

In the previous world, the original owners after she traveled to the past were considered relatively large.

Even if the original owner of the second world is younger, he is older than the younger brother of the original owner of this world.

The original owner of the second world has a lot of cognition of his own, and Ling Xiao's arrival only adds part of it.

Um!So Ling Xiao decided to educate the two boys this time, for the sake of the original owner and for herself.

And Tao Erlang saw that his anger didn't get any response at all, and eventually the anger gradually disappeared.

For a moment, he had the feeling that he was dreaming, and after blinking his eyes, he was sure that all this was not a dream, but something that was happening.

He looked at Ling Xiao and said, "Ma'am, what exactly do you want to do? I don't think you will expose these weird things, right?"

Tao Er has naturally made some progress in these years of being an official. He will never think that Ling Xiao intends to spread these things widely. At some point, they are grasshoppers on a rope.

As the saying goes, one prospers and one loses all, Tao Er still knew this, so he soon understood that this eldest niece probably wanted to negotiate with him, so she threw out these seemingly hurtful news.

Ling Xiao thought this guy was too stupid before, but he didn't expect a big change in the blink of an eye. It turns out that Tao Erlang also has brains. Ling Xiao said lightly: "Actually, the main reason is to separate the family, so everyone can live independently."

Tao Er was taken aback when he heard this, because he never thought that Ling Xiao made this request, as if he didn't want to squeeze out anything, but just such a request?

But Mrs. Li understood somewhat that this eldest niece probably didn't want to live a life of being dependent on others, which made all the previous plans of their husband and wife go to waste.

After Tao Er heard this, he didn't like Ling Xiao very much, because her lethality was stronger than he imagined, which made him take a closer look at her.

It feels like this child doesn't reassure him very much, but he finds that he has a clue to be caught and has to agree, and he can't object, which is annoying.

After thinking for a while, he agreed, "Since you want to separate, it's up to you, but there are some things we should talk about."

Now he is only thinking about throwing away this ignorant eldest niece, feeling that she is too dishonest, and he is afraid that he will cause trouble.

"I don't know what the second uncle wants to talk about. The ugly words are up front. The mother and daughter's deed of prostitution will be handed over to me."

Mrs. Li glanced at her husband as soon as she heard it, and saw Tao Er nodded after thinking about it, and then said "OK!"

After knowing that the eldest niece is not a good stubble, Mrs. Li does not intend to confront the eldest niece.

Anyway, she felt that she had given her eldest niece, Nanny Fang, the mother-daughter deed of prostitution.

The eldest niece will not let the two of them speak out.

She was a little annoyed and sent Nanny Fang there.

Now she is even more afraid that her eldest niece will turn over old scores for her.

But Ling Xiao understood their concerns after taking a look at the couple.

In the end, I decided to give the two of them a reassurance so that they wouldn't worry.

Just say: "There are some things I don't want to expose, because this is not just your business."

Hearing this, Li Shi and Tao Er looked at each other, and returned to the original place with a raised heart.

Ling Xiao decided to remind the two of them that Nanny Fang was bought by someone, and she deliberately messed with the Tao family.

"It's more about the Tao family's affairs. You have to be careful. Someone wants to mess with the Tao family. Who will be the next target?"

Tao Er's eyes widened and his mouth opened wide after hearing this, because he hadn't thought of this question at all.

He has been thinking about how to seal his niece's mouth all this time?I even had a terrible idea: kill my brother's branch.

This thought was dismissed by Ling Xiao's words as soon as it came up, what?Someone plot against the Tao family?Why doesn't he know?He was ignorant.

Ling Xiao could naturally see Tao Erlang's thoughts. In this society, Tao Erlang, as an uncle, was indeed the one who might destroy the original owner.

Then just find a plausible reason, and no one will come out and ask.After all, the original owner's uncle's family is not here at all, and it will be three autumns late when they come back.

Ling Xiao exposed part of the situation and asked Tao Er to wake up. In addition, Ling Xiao wondered how this idiot could become an official?If someone sells it, I'm afraid they'll pay for it.

Just now she sensed Tao Er's murderous intent, and felt that Tao Er brought over the habit of treating human life as nothing in the officialdom, thinking that she could cover the sky with one hand?Ah!Ling Xiao is not afraid at all that he wants to play tricks.

But Li Shi was at a loss at the moment, because she only read the part of Nanny Fang's investigation of the old lady, and Tao Er tore up the confession of poisoning, so she didn't see the specific situation, so naturally she didn't know what was in it. what a big problem.

Ling Xiao explained it to Mrs. Li, and said: "Mother Fang brought arsenic to Tao's house after being bribed. She used the filial piety of her cousins ​​to put arsenic in the soup that the cousins ​​gave to their grandparents. inside."

Hearing this, Mrs. Li almost tore Nanny Fang to pieces. If this operation broke out, her two children would be killed. I'm afraid their reputation would be rotten.

If I knew that I shouldn't have sent my child there, what property would I want to rob?Not only did he lose his life, but he also ruined the child's innocent reputation.

"Nurse Fang, she absolutely can't stay." Li Shi said, she really wanted to kill Nanny Fang, mother and daughter, these two sluts.

Thinking of what Nanny Fang and the others did: harming her own child, her eyes turned red, and her teeth were gritted.

Ling Xiao said: "Mother Fang can't die for the time being, because we don't know Mother Dou, without her, how would we know who is plotting against the Tao family?"

"Auntie, we are on guard, but if someone plays tricks secretly, wouldn't we be passive." Ling Xiao said.

These few words made Tao Erlang and his wife understand, and they forgot that there was a mastermind behind the scenes.

The thought of someone watching them from behind gave Tao Er and his wife a chill in their hearts.

Of course, there is another reason why Ling Xiao kept Nanny Fang, and that was for personal identification.

Otherwise, I'm afraid that the idiot Tao Erlang will do the stupid thing of killing Da Fang.

Tao Er found that the problem was not to solve it, but to kill people.

Even ignoring the blood relationship, this person's heart is too cruel.

So keep some handles.

After hearing this, Mrs. Li glanced at the eldest niece quietly.

She naturally knew that she didn't understand Ling Xiao's thoughts.

But it can be felt that the eldest niece should have some plans.

She thought for a while and decided to give up the pursuit. After all, Nanny Fang was hers.

If something happens to her, she will not be able to run away, and a hat of murdering her elders will prevent her from turning over forever.

Then she chose to keep her mouth shut, so as not to anger this smart and capable eldest niece and provoke the other party's liquidation.

And Tao Erlang thought for a while, if Mother Fang's behind-the-scenes instigation is still not giving up, then it is indeed possible to make another move.

And he never considered that there are people behind him who want to plot against him.So what his niece said today made him understand that there are still people who want to plot against him, so what should he do?
Ling Xiao waited for them to think about it and said, "How about it? Let's separate the two families, and we can walk around as normal relatives in the future, and we don't need uncles and aunts to bother."

Tao Erlang thought for a while, but he didn't know what to do?Look at Li Shi who is not quite the same as before, and want to see what she thinks.

In his mind, Mrs. Li is more qualified to be a regular wife, and she is extremely magnanimous in the relationship between men and women, so he trusts his wife very much.

Although Nanny Fang was his wife's servant, he knew that his wife had no intention of killing her parents.

You must know that once the parents die, it will be Ding You's problem, and the wife is not that stupid.

The wife and parents do not live together, and there is no relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law at all.

Every time someone comes from my hometown, the mother-in-law gives her daughter-in-law a lot of good things.

So in Tao Er's memory, their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have a very good relationship.

Lee never told him some things.

She was the one who found out the affair between the in-laws.

(End of this chapter)