After the eldest daughter was reborn, the whole family knelt down and begged for forgiveness

In just half a day, the rumor that Ye Jin was Xiao Yi's illegitimate daughter spread throughout the streets and alleys of Kyoto. Even the servants of Shuiyunju heard it from the vegetable vendors when they went to the city to buy vegetables in the morning.

Knowing that the eldest daughter of the Marquis' Mansion was now a favored guest of the old princess, the subordinates immediately asked around in the city and went back to report to the old princess.

The old princess was furious when she found out about this, but Xiao Xuetang's reaction was surprisingly calm, as if she had expected it...

Because the news was released by Xiao Xuetang!

Even though she was in the suburbs, the rumors in the city were all under her control.

As for why Xiao Xuetang was able to act so quickly and spread the rumor so quickly, it was all thanks to Lin Shaoshu...

Over the years, she has devoted a lot of effort to Lin Shaoshu. In addition to giving money to Lin Shaoshu to cultivate his retainers, she also helped Lin Shaoshu win over the people of the Xie family and used the pens of those literati to build up momentum for Lin Shaoshu.

Whenever Lin Shaoshu made any contribution, it would spread among the people.

Just like the Huaizhou flood control this time improved Lin Shaoshu's image in the eyes of the civil officials. Before Lin Shaoshu returned to Kyoto, Xiao Xuetang had already prepared some people to spread the rumor that the third prince had successfully controlled the flood in Kyoto teahouses and taverns...

In addition, with the help of Lin Shaoyu, a prince with poor moral character, those people praised Lin Shaoshu while stepping on Lin Shaoyu at the same time. This is why the Wang family is so powerful and Queen Wang is insidious and vicious. However, Lin Shaoyu is indeed a hopeless person, so many loyal old ministers in the court still stand on Lin Shaoshu's side.

Over the years, Xiao Xuetang was well aware of the channels for spreading gossip in Kyoto, so once the news got out, even Xiao Yi and the Runan Palace did not react, and it was too late to stop it!

Before she died in her previous life, Ye Jin revealed many secrets, but he did not reveal the relationship between her and Xiao Yi.

In the past, Xiao Xuetang had doubts about Ye Jin and Xiao Yi. According to the plan, he wanted Uncle Wu to investigate and deal with it slowly.

But from catching the adulterer in the Huguo Temple to breaking off the engagement in Wenyuan Pavilion, Xiao Xuetang knew that she had repeatedly challenged Xiao Yi's bottom line, and Xiao Yi would not give her too much time.

Therefore, Xiao Xuetang directly released the news to disrupt the situation in the Marquis' Mansion first, and then went back to fish in troubled waters.

But Xiao Xuetang didn't know that the fish that would take the bait the most would be Xiao Yu!

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In the Marquis' Mansion, the quarrel between Xie and Xiao Yi was known to the whole Mansion.

Originally, the old lady was going to hold Xie accountable for injuring Xiao Yi. However, as soon as she called Xie to her side and before she could set any rules, Xie vomited blood and fainted.

Coincidentally, Xiao Yu brought Aunt Su, who used to serve Xie, over...

Aunt Su is not like Zhuying and the others. She was bribed by Xiao Yi and Ye Jin with small favors and had already changed her mind.

This Aunt Su used to serve Xie in the Xie family and was loyal to her.

Perhaps Xiao Yi felt that it would be difficult to manipulate Aunt Su with her around at Xie's, so he made up a reason to let Aunt Su leave.

After Xiao Yu returned to Kyoto, the first thing he did was to find Aunt Su to help Xie.

Although Xie's temperament is much tougher now than before, it's not possible for a person to become smart overnight.

After all, Xiao Yu was a stranger, and he couldn't help Xie to keep an eye on the backyard, so he went to find Aunt Su, who happened to see Xie vomiting blood in front of the old lady.

"You guys are going to force my wife to death so that you can support that concubine and illegitimate daughter to take the top position, right?"

Although Aunt Su was not young, she was still full of energy. She pulled Zhuying, who was standing there in a daze, aside and helped Xie up. "Although our Xie family has returned to our hometown, our reputation is still there. We are not a family with no place to live. If you continue to bully the lady and the young lady, the Xie family will never let this matter go!"

Before the old lady could react, Aunt Su and Xiao Yu escorted Xie back to the yard, one on each side.

"They are rebelling. They are rebelling."

The old lady said angrily, "Call Yi'er here and ask him to write a letter of divorce to divorce that bitch Xie and Xiao Xuetang... and get those two unlucky people out of the mansion."

If the engagement between Xiao Xuetang and Lin Shaoshu had some benefits for the Marquis' Mansion in the past, then now that Xiao Xuetang's marriage to the royal family has been called off, what's the point of keeping such a waste at home?

Seeing the old lady's angry look, Nanny Qin hurriedly led people to persuade her: "Old lady, old lady can't divorce..."

"Just now, the Marquis sent someone to pass on a message, saying... that the emperor is recommending the Xie family to come to the capital as the emperor's tutors. If this is true, the Xie family will be revived again!"

Hearing this, Madam Xiao's heart skipped a beat and she asked, "Are you telling the truth?"

Didn't the Xie family lose? Why are they trying to revive again?

Speaking of this, Nanny Qin lowered her voice and said, "Now the harem says that it is... it is because the current emperor is thinking of his old feelings for the imperial concubine, and the reason why the current emperor is sick is because the queen mentioned the imperial concubine Xie for no reason yesterday."

Therefore, Xiao Yi cannot divorce Xie yet...

Emperor Yonghui suddenly issued an edict ordering the Xie family to return to Beijing, catching everyone off guard!

The situation in the court was complicated at this time, and it was obvious that the Third Prince no longer intended to hide his strength. After years of accumulating strength, he wanted to compete with the Eastern Palace in the court.

Originally, everyone thought that the Wang family was behind the Eastern Palace, and the third prince would definitely lose.

But over the years, Lin Shaoshu had been helping Emperor Yonghui with many tasks, and had accumulated a very high reputation among the people and court officials - part of this was because Xiao Xuetang had secretly helped him and spent a lot of money to hire those literati to add fuel to the fire.

But since Xiao Xuetang was able to use the power of public opinion to push Lin Shaoshu to a high position, he can also make him fall from the sky!

After all, the current Lin Shaoshu is not the Emperor Zhaohui who later broke up with her, but only the Third Prince...

Putting aside the grudge between Xiao Xuetang and Lin Shaoshu, the return of the Xie family to Kyoto unexpectedly gave Lin Shaoshu another layer of bargaining chips.

Even though everyone in Kyoto knew that Lin Shaoshu was not liked by Old Tutor Xie, when Emperor Yonghui was still a prince, his status was even lower than Xiao Yu's.

Not to mention, during the heyday of the Xie family, Old Tutor Xie loved his granddaughter Xiao Xuetang the most and even taught her personally.

But according to the thinking of the aristocratic families in Kyoto, Xiao Xuetang is a woman who is not very useful, how can she compare to Lin Shaoshu's noble status. No matter how noble the Xie family is, it is impossible for them to leave the prince who has the most potential to succeed the throne without supporting him.

Therefore, when the Xie family returned to Beijing this time, Lin Shaoshu had an additional bargaining chip.

Not to mention, it was the Regent who proposed that the Xie family return to Kyoto, which made people have to doubt——

The regent, who had always remained neutral and never participated in the fights between the princes, stood on Lin Shaoshu's side!

With the support of the Regent and the Xie family, it is obvious that Lin Shaoshu will have the upper hand in this struggle with the Crown Prince.

This is speculation from outsiders.

Only Lin Shaoshu knew the grudge between him and Lin Xun, and he was very worried at this time.

One is worried about Lin Xun's revenge, and the other is worried about the Xie family...