After the heroine was robbed, save the paranoid villain

When Queen Mother Zheng made a fuss, Xiao Chengji was in the palace, accompanying the Emperor.

The regulations of the Wei Dynasty were that the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics, but regulations are only regulations. The court also stipulated that crimes and murders were not allowed. Yet, aren’t there so many murders every year?

Empress Dowager Zheng was the biological mother of Emperor Jianxing. When the emperor came to the throne, the Zheng family also made a lot of efforts. In addition, Emperor Jianxing relied on the Zheng family to do many things for him. Since Emperor Jianxing was young, Empress Dowager Zheng's attitude was very tough.

In the past two years, Empress Dowager Zheng has grown old and is about to die. She has become more moderate in her work and started to consider the emperor's thoughts.

This time, Xiao Chengji's idea was really too harmful.

Compared to directly depriving the Duke of Ying of his title and giving the position of Crown Prince to the third master of the Zheng family, this is both honorable and sinister, and it happens without bloodshed.

The third master of the Zheng family is in such poor health that he will die sooner or later. It is better to expect a pig to climb a tree than to expect him to run the Zheng family's business.

The same is true for the third wife's descendants. They have no ability to get into officialdom, so they just want to live a comfortable life relying on the protection of the big family.

It is completely impossible to allow such a person to continue the Zheng family's glory for decades.

Empress Dowager Zheng spoke sternly and began to talk about how difficult it was for her to raise the emperor when she was young, how fierce the concubines who fought with her were, and how she had finally managed to protect the emperor and bring him up.

The emperor had heard this at least dozens of times and had long since lost his patience.

He comforted Queen Mother Zheng in a gentle voice and advised her to go back and rest.

Queen Mother Zheng looked at Xiao Chengji hatefully.

This kid is so lucky, why can't we kill him?

Now that he has grown up and become stronger, there is nothing we can do to him.

Xiao Chengji knew what Queen Mother Zheng was thinking. He escorted her out forcefully. His eyes were cold, but the corners of his lips curved: "The harem is not allowed to interfere in government affairs. For the sake of her own family, the Queen Mother even forgot the rules of her ancestors for hundreds of years."

Queen Mother Zheng's face changed drastically.

If Yan Yu and Princess Xianyi had not gone to burn incense, and if Guan had not provoked them, how could this situation have happened?

Xiao Chengji made Zheng Shu's family live a life worse than death. Their future in officialdom was ruined, their titles were lost, their in-laws' property was confiscated, and Guan also died.

The direct lineage has fallen to this point, and the foundation of the Zheng family has been destroyed.

Queen Mother Zheng said coldly: "You should die with your short-lived mother."

Xiao Chengji's tone remained unchanged: "There is no other way. The disaster will last for a thousand years."

Queen Mother Zheng looked him up and down and said: "Do you think the emperor really values ​​you and your mother? If he really likes your mother, she won't die. Over the years, there have always been women around the emperor. Concubine Bo will die because she is not worth the emperor giving up too much."

Just looking at Xiao Chengji's temper, we can tell that Concubine Bo was also a person who refused to bow her head. The emperor was in a difficult position being caught between her and the empress dowager.

Xiao Chengji has always been thinking about Concubine Bo's death.

No matter how aggrieved the emperor is, he is still the emperor after all. Even if there is an empress dowager holding him back, he is still the emperor above everyone else.

It’s not that Concubine Bo can’t protect her, but she just doesn’t want to spend such a huge price.

Xiao Chengji is just a prince now, but Guan bullied his princess consort. Xiao Chengji wants to avenge his princess, so he can still force the Guan family to be destroyed and all nine clans to be exterminated, and force Guan's two sons to have no title to inherit and no official position to hold in the future.

What’s more, he is the emperor.

Whenever the emperor really becomes tough, the empress dowager cannot interfere in state affairs even if she wants to commit suicide. The Zheng family can only be a lackey who focuses on doing the job. If they fail to do the job well, they will be killed and others will take over.

Queen Mother Zheng thought that these words would make Xiao Chengji furious, but in fact Xiao Chengji had already guessed all the inside story and was not surprised by it.

Xiao Chengji returned to the palace and went to Yan Yu's residence.

It was late now, but a light was still on in Yan Yu's residence. Whenever he was tired from running around outside, this was the only place he could find peace and quiet.

When Xiao Chengji went in, Yan Yu was still reading a book. It was a bit chilly at night, and she had a snow-white blanket draped over her shoulders.

Seeing Xiao Chengji coming, Yan Yu asked the maid to bring in water and a handkerchief.

Xiao Chengji touched Yan Yu's head.

Yan Yu gently rubbed his hand: "Your Highness is unhappy today?"

Xiao Chengji said: "No."

Even if something unhappy happened outside, it disappeared when I came back and saw Yan Yu.

Yan Yu hugged Xiao Chengji's waist and buried his face in his arms.

That night, the Seventh Prince's mansion was in chaos.

Xiao Qirui didn't expect that the title of the Duke of Yingzhou would surpass his father-in-law and fall on the head of the inconspicuous third master of the Zheng family.

Zheng Can saw that he had no way out. Once he died, the Zheng family's wealth, which was rich enough to rival a country, would belong to the eldest son Zheng Shu, and the title would belong to the third master of the Zheng family. His father-in-law was a bastard and had no title, so he would get nothing!

He hated Xiao Chengji so much that he gnashed his teeth and cursed him in his heart.

Then Xiao Qirui's gaze fell on the Seventh Prince's Consort Zheng, with a hint of resentment in his eyes.

I originally thought I had married a mountain of gold, but now I think that the help brought by Zheng was all fake.

These days, as a newlywed, Zheng and Xiao Qirui are very affectionate and she feels that she has married a gentle and considerate husband.

Xiao Qirui sighed: "With your status, marrying the prince as a concubine was considered high-class. I married you in a grand sedan chair, but your father is not worthy of you and doesn't even have a title."

Zheng's expression changed instantly.

She didn't dare to yell at Xiao Qirui, and forced a smile and said, "This is the emperor's intention. The empress dowager can't influence it, and my father can't interfere."

Xiao Qirui was very dissatisfied with the woman arguing with him, and his eyes instantly turned cold.

Zheng didn't notice and continued in a low voice: "My grandfather provided Seventh Master with a lot of connections, and the Queen Mother also took care of Concubine Luo and Princess Fangxin in the harem. Seventh Master should be content. Compared with the Third Sister-in-law, the Fifth Sister-in-law and the Sixth Sister-in-law——"

Zheng felt that her family provided more benefits to Xiao Qirui than those provided by other sisters-in-law!

Think about it, Yan Yu has lost his mother's family, his strong father and brother are dead, and the King of Qin relied on his own efforts to climb to where he is today.

Wei Ruxuan's father was demoted and is said to be in poor health and recuperating at home. Wei herself is a source of trouble and it's good that she doesn't hold back the Fifth Prince.

The Sixth Prince's Concubine Xia and the Sixth Prince had no ambitions. They just ate, drank and had fun every day. There was no need for them to help the Sixth Prince make any plans in the court.

Zheng felt very aggrieved. She had provided so many things and even brought an extremely generous dowry, but why was the Seventh Prince not satisfied?

Xiao Qirui was so angry that he slapped her: "How dare you talk about this? When did I allow you to say that?"

Zheng was beaten so hard that her mind was dazed and she couldn't speak for a long time. Tears immediately fell from her eyes.

Xiao Qirui kicked her and said, "I'm not dead yet, who are you mourning for?"

After saying that, he left Zheng and went to the concubine's courtyard.

Zheng didn't dare cry too loudly, and the maids around her came up to persuade her: "Miss, don't cry..."

"Don't interrupt when Master Qi is talking from now on."

"You are marrying the Seventh Master, and you are going to live with him. You have to follow a man's heart. Don't be stupid enough to tell the Queen Mother and the old master. If they scold the Seventh Master, your life in the mansion will be even more difficult in the future."