The evil woman becomes the concubine and the villain is crushed to ashes

Xie Lingxi snorted coldly.

"Whoever provokes us must be prepared to bear the consequences. In the worst case, they will be like the Xiao family, who will be severely punished by us and seriously injured. In the worst case, they will be like the third prince, who will be severely embarrassed. In this way, if anyone wants to take action again, they must think carefully and see if they are strong enough to bear our revenge."

Although this statement is bold, it does make sense.

People bully the weak and fear the strong.

If the Xie family really did as Lingxi said, and gave the Xiao family a good beating, and made the Third Prince lose face, no one would dare to provoke them in the court in the future.

After all, the Xie family is not afraid of the prince above, nor is they afraid of the Cheng'en Marquisate of the same level below. If they get ruthless, they can bite everyone, just like a mad dog.

If your level cannot catch up with the prince or the Cheng'en Marquisate, then you should give up the idea of ​​dealing with the Xie family as soon as possible, otherwise the outcome will be even worse.

To put it more directly, the Xiao family is the chicken that the Xie family threw out to scare the monkeys.

Xie Zhibai's mood immediately brightened up a lot, and then he smiled.

"If we can establish our authority this time, our Xie family may be able to turn things around. However, it's not that easy to deal with the Xiao family. Does Lingxi have any rules?"

"The Xiao family has suffered setbacks one after another, and I'm afraid they won't act rashly again. If we want to catch the Xiao family's tail, I'm afraid we won't be able to pull them down easily without sufficient evidence."

"After all, we still have the Third Prince to protect us. Generally speaking, we still have to kill them with one strike. Otherwise, if the Xiao family fights back, we may not be able to withstand it."

Xie Zhibai couldn't help but sigh again: "Although the Xiao family is incompetent and bad, who can blame them for having a backer? The lackey found a good master for himself, which is different."

Xie Lingxi nodded: "Brother is right. If we want to use the Xiao family as a warning to create a big shock, we can't just give the Xiao family a skin injury, we have to make them suffer serious injuries. But the Xiao family has the support of the Third Prince."

"So what I mean is that we set up a bewildering array in advance to confuse the Third Prince and divert the Xiao family's attention, lower their vigilance, and make them gradually forget about our Xie family and our hatred for them, and then wait for an opportunity to act."

After a pause, Xie Lingxi's tone became more calm.

"If we act now, we will most likely be discovered. After all, the Xiao family has suffered a loss just now, so they must be on guard at all times."

"So if another major incident happens at this time, and it has nothing to do with our Xie family, their attention will definitely be distracted. Waiting for them to let down their guard will be a good time for us to take action."

Lord Xie and his companions listened attentively, and were also wondering what kind of thing could divert the attention of the Xiao family and the third prince.

Xie Lingxi carefully recalled the dream, and suddenly remembered a person she had just mentioned to her father - Liu Yushi!

However, she remembered an important event that happened in the court in her previous life, which might be a way to break the impasse.

Her eyes sparkled as she looked at Lord Xie and asked.

"Dad, I have a question. If an official in the court abuses his power for personal gain and sells his position for money, what crime should he be charged with? Is it enough to attract the attention of the entire court?"

"Especially since there are so many and diverse official positions being sold for money, and the money and property received is comparable to the court's half-year tax revenue, what crime should be committed?"

After these words were spoken, Lord Xie and Xie Zhibai both gasped.

……

Xiao family.

Lord Xiao blurted out.

"impossible!"

Mrs. Xiao was not surprised, because she also thought it was impossible when she heard Xie Ruyu's analysis, but in the end she was convinced by Xie Ruyu.

Or in other words, I was convinced by reality.

Madam Xiao was too lazy to waste words with Marquis Xiao.

Although this man is her husband, now that this old woman is standing up for this bitch in Hanmei Garden, according to her previous temper, she would have made a scene a long time ago.

The reason why he was holding back now was because of his son. Holding back his temper was already a good thing.

Asking her to patiently explain the whole story to Lord Xiao? That was absolutely impossible.

So Mrs. Xiao handed the matter over to Xie Ruyu.

"You tell me."

Xie Ruyu was not stage-nervous and was quite happy. She had been wanting to show up more often in the Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion.

In the current Cheng'en Marquis Mansion, even if Madam Xiao has a say, she cannot truly be the master of the household.

The one who truly held the most say was Lord Xiao, so she acted a little more respectful and then repeated her analysis in a concise manner.

After hearing this, Lord Xiao's face turned pale.

He was also very surprised before that the Xie family was so eager to stand up for Xie Lingxi, even at the cost of disobeying the imperial edict.

You have to know that at that time the emperor had no intention of issuing an edict to cancel the engagement. Besides, the reason why the emperor allowed the two families to marry was because he wanted to balance the power in the court, so the Xie family had to agree even if they didn't want to.

But that bastard Xie Yunchuan seemed to be possessed by a demon and insisted on going against his own family. He made such a big fuss that he even threw away his former dignity and started a quarrel in the street.

Even though Lord Xiao knew that Xie Yunchuan looked at Xie Lingxi like the ball of his eye, he still found it strange.

Because in the eyes of Lord Xiao, no matter whether it is a son or a daughter, no matter how precious they are, they can never be more important than the interests of the family.

When a son grows up, he will inherit the family line; when a daughter grows up, she will marry out and make profits for the family.

No matter how much Xie Yunchuan loves his daughter on a daily basis, when it comes to critical moments, as the head of the family, he will definitely put the family's interests first.

But Xie Yunchuan didn't care and wanted to cancel the engagement.

Lord Xiao felt something was strange that day and couldn't think of any reason. Now, after listening to Xie Ruyu's analysis, and considering that Xie Ruyu is a member of the Xie family, he must know more about the Xie family than outsiders.

Therefore, her analysis became more convincing, and Lord Xiao finally understood why Xie Yunchuan was so determined to cancel the engagement.

It seems that it's not that he doesn't want to join the Third Prince's army, but that he wants to join the Third Prince's army by stepping on the Xiao family!

Hasn’t the Xie family achieved their goal now?

Lord Xiao couldn't help but have another thought.

He frowned and glared at Xie Ruyu and asked.

"How much do you know about Xie Yunchuan? He made such a big fuss. Besides wanting to step on our Xiao family to get to the top, does he have any other intentions? For example... marrying Xie Lingxi to the third prince as a concubine?"

Lord Xiao had thought about it before, and Xie Yunchuan had the guts to marry Xie Lingxi to the third prince as his principal wife.

But the Third Prince already has a wife, and she is his cousin. She is the niece of the Third Prince's mother and the eldest daughter of the Mu family. Xie Lingxi cannot surpass her, so being a concubine is already a compliment.

Xie Ruyu had never thought about it and said with disdain.

"Lord Xiao, you are worrying too much. My sister has such a bad reputation now. How can she be qualified to marry the third prince as a concubine? But the Xie family is still likely to step on the Xiao family to rise to power. We can't delay any longer. We must hurry and meet Prime Minister Mu first. We can't let the Xie family get there first."