a very dark dark guard

But whether it is to win support 'votes', gain an advantage in the number of supporters, or win military/military assistance from other countries, today's farce in the hall must be the finale.Exposing each other's shortcomings, exposing each other's scandals, and judging whether someone has the virtue to inherit the throne is not important at this moment.

I wonder why they didn't use force in the first place and save a lot of trouble in the middle.

Probably the thinking and behavior style of the royal family and the wealthy are different from those of ordinary people like me.

Yunzhou competes equally in other projects, but he can't dispatch troops to eliminate the government/enemy in an open and honest manner.

Sun City's military/matter/power is in the hands of others.

The patriarch only gave him the edict, but did not give him the army under the direct command of the patriarch.

It also depends on whether he has the real ability to turn against the wind and win the strong with the weak.

Of course, it cannot be said that the imperial edict is useless. After the battle in the palace is over, if Yun Zhou wins and he has an imperial edict, he will succeed to the throne justifiably, and no one can fault him.

The imperial edict is icing on the cake, not a gift in the snow.

Fortunately, Yunzhou persuaded a few, and I poisoned a few. Only one-third of the troops controlled by the competitors actually acted.

They only had enough to surround Xiyuan, and the siege was a bit difficult.

I set up Qi silk nets on the six sides of the main hall. Some people saw that the situation was not good and wanted to escape from the secret passage, but they were stopped by Qi silk, knowing that the situation was over.

Yunzhou has two brothers who have gone overseas to hunt for treasures, so they have no chance to participate in this battle for the throne.

They probably didn't know the news of the patriarch's death.

Seeing that there is no hope of inheriting the throne, those who usually have grudges have to get revenge before the regiment is destroyed.

They knew that they couldn't move Yun Zhou, so they could only pull and beat those who could handle it.

Xiqing and Xixuan's Liangzi had the deepest knot, and if they didn't chop each other eighteen knives and die together, they couldn't swallow their breath.

Besides, there was a new feud between them just now.

Yun Zhou didn't intend to stop them from killing each other.

Until the hall, there is no legal heir except Yunzhou.

I was a little surprised that none of his brothers were subdued and wanted to live.

Yun Zhou is definitely not someone who admits defeat, and he wants to kill them all.

His brothers knew who he was, they just didn't want to live as losers.

They don't want to be that 'Kou'.

Those who can follow the master into the underground hall will not abandon the master to live alone.

I wanted to persuade a few words, but seeing their momentum, it was useless to persuade them at this time.

Those who want to survive, I will guarantee, are all ministers and clan elders who stand among the heirs.

They can't afford to live and die with their partners.

After everything was over, Yun Zhou went up to the ground and asked the next team to clean up the hall.

Who is on one side with whom, all put together, how to bury how to bury.

Everyone is gone, Yunzhou will not save the last face.

Although there is no such thing as a grand burial, a grand burial is possible.

Yunzhou's supporters are on the ground, we go up, he told his subordinates that they will handle the matter of the underground hall.

He walked out of the underground hall alive, and everyone else lay down. The result is self-evident.

Whoever survives to the end is the winner.

People outside have nothing to say, and there is no other heir to stand up at this moment.

Yun Zhou was holding the patriarch's edict again in his hand, and the position of patriarch was already his.

Just like taking over a business, he will have endless meetings next.

The patriarch was poisoned to death, and he investigated with great fanfare.

If it was found on Xixuan's mother, the matter would be over.

Both the victim and the murderer were dead, and the living gave justice to them, and they were not buried together in the end.

The convenience that Yunzhou has brought me as the patriarch is that I can walk around in Xiyuan at will.

The matter between me and him is not a secret, everyone in Sun City knows it.

He is the patriarch, and I must be the patriarch's wife.

It's just because too many people died during the change of positions, and his father and stepmother had just died, so he couldn't hold the wedding right away.

Some people are sure that I am the patriarch's wife, while others take chances.

If we don't get married for a day, others will have a chance.

The servants and maidservants in Xiyuan changed a lot, and Yunzhou took this opportunity to remove all the eyeliners planted by various forces.

But the new ones also have new purposes.

Some of them were monitoring Yunzhou, and some were eyeing the location of the patriarch's wife.

Of course, they didn't think it was necessary to squeeze me out. There was no limit to the number of wives of the patriarch, it all depended on how many the patriarch himself planned to marry.

There is such a big commotion between the two of us, I am afraid that no one can shake my position as the eldest lady, so the second, third and fourth... are not still vacant?

They took every opportunity to perform in front of Yunzhou.

For example, winking while serving tea, flopping on the ground in the garden, singing behind the rockery, and playing the piano in the gazebo all bored Yun Zhou, so I specifically told the manager that the servants are too busy recently and work overtime, all overtime 997.

The beauty is so tired that it is difficult to maintain a normal expression without losing her face, and she has no energy to show her talents.

It was not enough to show off their skills and wink, so they had no choice but to play a straight ball, and the minister of the clan applied to Yun Zhou, asking him to allow his daughter to enter the mansion as a concubine.

Yun Zhou also rejected them, because there were too many applicants, and he made a statement on this matter during the meeting, saying that no one should mention the matter of letting him take a concubine in the future.

He has only one wife, which is me. Even if I die, he will pay homage to my memorial tablet. If I die before him after marriage, he will be a widow until old age.

Some people believe this, some people don't believe it, what love is stronger than gold, a lifetime will change sooner or later.

But there is no need to go against him when we are glued together, and when time wears off the love, they will present their beauties, and Yunzhou will keep them.

The dark guard recounted their plan to me, and finally asked me if I would kill them now, so that they would have no future.

"If you kill them, you need someone who will come after you. Don't scare people away from being officials because of this. Give them some hope and let them do things with all their heart. It's better than killing them blindly."

"But, if..." Nan Liu looked up at me.

"What if Yunzhou really changes his mind?"

Nan Liu didn't speak, but her eyes expressed it very clearly.

"I believe in him. Besides, even if there is an emergency, so what, people's hearts will change, who can stop it? Even if I kill all the women in the world, he can still love gorillas. When he has love, he can love as much as he can. Let go when you love."

At least Yunzhou is now a good man who not only loves but also has a sense of responsibility.

As the patriarch, he is qualified to know the ultimate secret of the family.

Arturo's wealth code, the underground secret passage.

This secret is recorded in a box, and the patriarch can read the secret information from the box after he has passed a formal succession ceremony and has a transparent mark on his forehead.

Yunzhou has mastered the secret, the underground and above-ground transportation lines are still operating normally, and the business of the Xi clan is still going on.

The change of power is most obvious in personnel changes.

The business is still those businesses, but there are some changes in the person in charge.

If the Xi clan were a car, then Yun Zhou and his brothers had already removed a lot of original parts and replaced them with their own parts.

The difference is that these 'parts' have a mind of their own and therefore cannot be extended.

Otherwise, if one wheel turns east and the other turns west, the car will not be able to drive.

Yunzhou kept the available staff, and replaced the remaining positions with his subordinates.

He is busy with the affairs outside Xiyuan, and someone asks me to make decisions about the affairs in the garden.

How should the wives left behind by the previous patriarch be arranged, and where should the uncles who are under ten years old go?
Among Yunzhou's brothers, there are not many who are fourteen or adult, and there are more than a dozen who are under ten.

The mothers of these children are not powerful, so they have little say in the back house.

Whether the former patriarch is alive or dead, their future is not up to them to decide.

But since this matter is up to me, I will call them all together and listen to their thoughts.

Their children are young, and they are not very old.

The oldest of them is 28 years old. I think it is very inhumane to ask them to stay in the backyard as a widow for the rest of their lives.

In order to avoid their thoughts left behind, let me first explain that since Yun Zhou inherited the position of patriarch, the next patriarch can only be Yun Zhou's child.

Even if his brothers stayed in Xiyuan, they would not be able to succeed to the throne.

Those who want to leave, I don't feel embarrassed, I will quietly send them away.

It's okay to go back to your mother's house if you want to, whether to go or stay, it's all voluntary.

After several trials, they believed my words.

You can also open up and express your thoughts.

Some of them took a fancy to the former patriarch and married them as concubines for 'love'.

Some were presented as gifts by family members.

There are also those who are out for money, for status, and for whatever purpose.

I just got married and have no children and want to leave. I understand and agree.

There is a lover waiting outside, go out to love, I also support it.

In the end, there is really nowhere to go.

I pointed out another way for them to start their own businesses.

It is outrageous to stay in the inner courtyard of a deep house for the elderly at the age of teens or 20s.

The cost of buying a house comes from Xiyuan. The former patriarch married so many wives, so he must arrange them after his death. Although he is gone, fortunately, I will arrange for him.

If I have to stay, I will also say a word in advance, there are no idlers in Xiyuan.

Unless it's retirement age, in this world, it's just right for a woman to retire at 40.

If you are less than 20 years old, you want to eat and die. We don't have the budget.

The previous set of rules was set by the wife of the former patriarch. When married, as long as she takes good care of the patriarch and has children, she can receive living expenses.

Now that the person in charge has changed, the rules in the backyard have to change as well.

"The eldest lady said it lightly... In the future, the patriarch will take concubines, and you will let them work and earn money to support the family?" The remaining few nail households have no children and are several years younger than me. They refuse to leave Xiyuan. , ran to my yard to make trouble.

"I don't have the rules of taking concubines. The patriarch wants to marry a concubine, and I'm not an unreasonable person. I don't care if I raise her outside and pay for it from his own private house."

This is just for them to listen to, and it will be perfunctory.

After all, if I said that if the patriarch dared to take a concubine, I would leave immediately, it would sound too much like an angry statement.

"The previous patriarchs have never married such a jealous wife."

"That is, the head of a clan, three wives and four concubines are considered rare. If the eldest lady manages the backyard like this, I am afraid...huh~"

"I'm afraid the seat won't last long!"

"Even if I work for one day, I can still take care of one day's affairs. The severance pay has already been handed over to you. If I don't move out, I won't evict people. I just collect the rent by the day. If I don't pay, first stop the firewood and then cut off the water. I'm not afraid of making trouble like that, anyway, it's boring to be idle, and it's good to live the addiction of the charter wife."

"you--"

"We are your elders after all, but you are so rude!"

"Yo? Want to be my mother-in-law? That's unfortunate. In my heart, there is only one mother-in-law, and that is Ji Ye's own mother."

The old steward in Xiyuan has already revealed it to me in private.

These thorns were suppressed by a few wives before, and they are as honest as quails.

They just see that I am young and have no background to back me up, and they want to overwhelm me with seniority.

If Xiqing or Xixuan ascended to the position of patriarch, their mothers would have killed them all and buried them with the patriarch.

They didn't expect that the last person to sit in that seat would be Yun Zhou, a fringe young man who had never been taken seriously.

They think Yun Zhou is easy to bully, and I am also a soft persimmon.

The old steward told me not to be as knowledgeable as they are. They have lived in the inner house for a long time, and the ex-wives have strictly guarded them, and they don't know much about the outside world.

After being under house arrest for a long time, and finally being released, they got carried away.

"Since we are the wives of the former patriarch, we are still your half-mother-in-law. If you treat us harshly, don't think about it for the rest of your life. Wait to be pointed out."

"Spit stars can drown you!"

"Ma'am, the whole family is watching. You should leave some leeway when you do things."

I listened to their words of threat or persuasion, and twitched the corners of my mouth.

"Now the gate of Xiyuan allows you to come in and out. Go outside and find out what kind of person I am, and then come talk to me."

I happened to have something to go out, so I left them and left.

I'm not around, and it's boring for them to waste time in the yard.

They really haven't been out for a long time, and haven't been in contact with the outside world.

With my permission, they sent out their maids.

The next day, no one came to our courtyard to make trouble.

Within three days, they hurriedly found a place to stay and moved out of Xiyuan without even saying hello.

I didn't send anyone to watch them. It's not easy for them to live in the garden these years. Before they leave, they can take whatever they like.

But within a few days after they went out, rumors spread outside.

The wife of the new patriarch of the Shuoxi clan cannot tolerate young and beautiful women in the backyard.

Regardless of their status, they were all kicked out.

Only the grandmas are left to retire in the backyard.

It is true that there are still a few concubines of Grandpa Yunzhou in the backyard. They are old, and it is impossible for me to clear them out.

But those newcomers in the courtyard are the little girls who showed off their talents and hooked up with Yunzhou, and he kicked them out.

This account was settled on my head.

In less than half a month, my reputation as a jealous woman has been confirmed.

Yun Zhou was so angry about this matter, I turned to persuade him that reputation is the least valuable thing to me.

What's more, it's about the backyard of the inner house, it's good if there are such rumors, in the future, those who want to take advantage of 'sex' to get in the position, know that I am jealous and cruel, so they dare not come forward easily.