The wife of the power minister's family

Xiao Yi's eyes flashed slightly and suddenly seemed darker.

Zhao Jingming couldn't help but curse and said: "What do they deserve?! Wolf ambition is wolf ambition! What kind of golden shell are you putting on yourself!"

Under Xu Jing's somewhat inquiring gaze, Xiao Yi picked up the tea cup and took a sip, saying: "This is outside after all. There are some things that are difficult to say clearly. I will talk to you about this when I return to the room later." ."

Xu Jing was slightly stunned.

They seemed to have discussed a lot of court secrets just now. There were only two waiters on duty at this inn. Because they wanted to talk, the people around Xiao Yi had already made excuses to send them out. Now, one of them is in the kitchen for them. When preparing for midnight snack, one of them made the bed for them in the room. It was hard for Xiao Yi to say these words clearly because he was probably not afraid that the two guys would hear them.

It can only be that what he wants to say is even more secret than what they just said, and even the people around him cannot know it.

After clearing her thoughts, Xu Jing nodded and said, "Okay."

Zhao Jingming on the side was scratching his head and couldn't help but look at them, "Can I sleep in the same room with you tonight?"

Xu Jing and Xiao Yi: "..."

Xiao Yi narrowed his eyes and said coldly and ruthlessly: "Stay somewhere cool."

Zhao Jingming: "..."

He suddenly missed Xiao Yanci very much when he didn't have a wife before!
Because it was already very late, after the food was served, Xu Jing and Xiao Yi just took a few bites and then went to the room upstairs to rest.

After the two of them simply washed up, they both went to bed. In the flickering candlelight, Xiao Yi used a clean handkerchief to gently wipe the ends of Xu Jing's hair that she had accidentally wet, and whispered: "Da Chu." The four major families are all the families that followed Emperor Taizu to conquer the world before the founding of the Chu Kingdom. You have known this for a long time. Now, the four major families ranked in terms of power are the Zhao family, the Jiang family, and the Xiao family. Among them, the Wang family was once the second most powerful family, but it has only fallen in recent years. But do you know which family was the most powerful among the four major families at the beginning? "

Xu Jing said: "Could it be...the Jiang family?"

If he could ask this question, wouldn't the answer be obvious?

Xiao Yi chuckled and said: "No, the Zhao family was still the most powerful at that time, but the Jiang family followed closely behind, and there was a faint tendency to surpass it.

At that time, the heads of the Zhao family and the Jiang family were the confidants of Emperor Taizu. These two families had been following Emperor Taizu since his decline. Emperor Taizu was very grateful to them for this and was very willing to Reuse the Zhao family and Jiang family.

However, when the world was first settled and Emperor Taizu began to prepare for his enthronement, he discovered something that concerned him very much. "

Xu Jing was slightly stunned.

Xiao Yi said quietly: "Not many people in Dachu know about this matter, because Emperor Taizu once ordered not to spread this matter everywhere.

But he asked the historian to write this incident in the secret history of the royal family. Only everyone in the Wei royal family who became the prince could get this secret history and see the contents. It says that when the world was first settled, Emperor Taizu discovered that the Jiang family had been secretly cultivating its own power, and its power even vaguely surpassed that of the other three major families combined. "

Xu Jing turned back suddenly and looked at Xiao Yi in disbelief.

No way, could it be that the Jiang family has always been restless, thinking of rebelling since the founding of the Chu Kingdom? !

Xiao Yi seemed to understand the expression on Xu Jing's face, gently turned her head back, and said softly: "Your hair is almost dry, don't move, I will help you comb your hair."

How could Xu Jing care about her hair now? She couldn't help but ask: "What did Emperor Taizu do after he found out about this?"

"No emperor can tolerate his ministers cultivating his own power behind his back, not to mention that Emperor Taizu is a straightforward person and hates such tortuous things. After he found out about it, he secretly called people After identifying all the forces of the Jiang family, he immediately called the head of the Jiang family over, threw the scroll with the Jiang family's power in front of the head of the Jiang family, and asked him what was going on.

The head of the Jiang family was immediately frightened and knelt down. After reading the words on the scroll, he could only admit that the Jiang family had indeed expanded a lot of power recently, but his explanation for the Jiang family's behavior was to better support Taizu. Emperor, to prevent Emperor Taizu from being violated by villains when he was about to ascend the throne. "

The corners of Xu Jing's mouth twitched slightly and she said, "It's impossible for Emperor Taizu to believe this reason!"

Hearing the disdain in Xu Jing's tone, Xiao Yi couldn't help but chuckle and said: "Emperor Taizu really doesn't want to believe it, but the Jiang family has been following him for so many years, and they have always tried their best to support him, even for his sake. The Jiang family had sacrificed many sons and daughters for the great cause. Emotionally, he was even more unwilling to believe that the Jiang family would betray him.

The head of the Jiang family, Xu, noticed Emperor Taizu's hesitation and immediately said that the Jiang family had done something wrong in this matter. They had seen Emperor Taizu so worried about his enthronement recently and did not want to be disturbed by their own family affairs. Emperor Taizu took it upon himself to hide these things, but they had absolutely no disobedience to Emperor Taizu. If Emperor Taizu minded their secret expansion of power, the Jiang family was willing to give up all these forces. And gave up half of the Jiang family's original power. "

Xu Jing was silent and couldn't help but sigh: "This head of the Jiang family is quite talented."

Know how to watch people's words, follow people's hearts, and have the decisiveness and courage to cut off one's arms at critical moments.

No wonder that later, the Jiang family was saved and their favor remained intact, becoming one of the four major families in Da Chu.

Xiao Yi held a comb in his hand and gently combed Xu Jing's black hair, with soft eyes and nodded, "Yes, he did save the Jiang family at the critical moment, but it also made the original power second best. After the Zhao family, the Jiang family once became the weakest family among the four major families.

One can imagine how much effort the Jiang family has spent in the past thirty years since the founding of Da Chu to catch up again. "

Xu Jing lowered her eyes and thought deeply. After a moment, she suddenly said: "So what Jiang Erlang said about the oppression of the Jiang family by the Wei royal family is this? Could it be that the things that the Jiang family wanted to get back were taken by them before they could rebel in time? That throne?"

The more Xu Jing talked, the more absurd she felt. What kind of gangster logic is this? !
Originally they wanted to steal someone else's throne, but when they failed, someone else took their thing?
Wouldn’t the Jiang family educate the next generation like this?
Xiao Yi was silent for a moment, then said: "What Jiang Yu said should be more than this."

Xu Jing couldn't help but feel a little stunned. (End of chapter)