After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 675 Hint
What will Lord Sun and the others do?
Hai Jiao thought of what these people did in their previous lives, and decided to give Jin Jiashu some vague hints: "Anything is possible, such as questioning Madam Xu's origin. Although she is the daughter of a scholar, she was abducted to the capital. Was she a slave when she entered the palace? Of course, they are all palace people, so there is nothing to say whether she is a slave or not, but the Xu family has no one now, and you, the nephew, are still young, who can prove Madam Xu's life experience? If the Sun family finds a few bad people with low character and insists that they are Madam Xu's relatives, who can defend Madam Xu? If Madam Xu refuses to acknowledge her relatives, they may also say that Madam Xu is unfilial and has forgotten her roots after becoming rich and powerful... In short, all the dirty water will be poured on her head. Maybe they will even say that she was engaged to someone before, and she had an engagement, and she married someone else before breaking off the engagement, which is against the etiquette and law, and so on..."

Jin Jiashu's face was a little ugly. Concubine Xu certainly didn't have any relatives with bad character, nor did she have any black history of being engaged but then marrying someone else, but she was originally a married woman, it was just that her ex-husband divorced her and remarried, so she became a concubine. These things are now covered up, and once they are exposed, Concubine Xu will really be in big trouble.

Jin Jiashu gritted his teeth and whispered, "The Emperor will never allow others to slander my aunt like this. He is determined to make the Eighth Prince the heir, so how could he allow others to question the Eighth Prince's biological mother? What if the Eighth Prince's position as heir is shaken?!"

Haijiao waved his hand: "Now, Lord Sun has no other choice except the Eighth Prince. Of course, he will not shake the Eighth Prince's position as the heir, but he has someone throw some dirty water on the Eighth Prince's biological mother. It will not affect Madam Xu's future title of Queen Mother, but it can trap Madam Xu in the harem and prevent her from asking about the affairs of the previous dynasty. In this way, Queen Mother Zhou is old, the Eighth Prince is young, and Madam Xu, who is in her prime, cannot interfere in government affairs. The outer court is the cabinet that has the final say. Although Lord Tao is in the cabinet, Lord Sun is still the chief minister! What if he can hold on for a few more years and pull his own children, grandchildren, or party members into the cabinet, and Lord Tao is favored by the emperor, but he is weak! If Lord Sun thinks of some more treacherous schemes to win over the new emperor, what good life can Madam Xu have in the palace? Even if they are biological mother and son, there is no precedent for the Queen Mother and the Emperor to fall out. Madam Xu must be on guard against such things!"

Jin Jiashu's heart sank, and he immediately remembered the stories of several empress dowagers since the founding of the dynasty that several teachers had mentioned to him and Wu Ke when they were teaching him. There are certainly examples of biological mothers and sons or legitimate mothers and illegitimate sons getting along harmoniously, but there have also been cases where biological mothers and sons fought openly and secretly for power and profit, and the empress dowager was eventually imprisoned by the emperor and died of suffocation. He always thought that the Eighth Prince was born to Concubine Xu, and the mother and son should be one, and there would be no day for them to stab each other in the back, so he never thought that Concubine Xu would still have a bad life after the Eighth Prince succeeded to the throne. Now, after listening to Haijiao's words, he realized that he thought too simply.

Don't say that if the Eighth Prince succeeds to the throne, everything will go smoothly for Concubine Xu. If the Eighth Prince listens to other people's slander and misunderstands his biological mother, Concubine Xu will never have an easy life.

And it was even less likely that he, the "nephew" of Concubine Xu, would have an easier time.

Jin Jiashu pursed his lips: "I understand... I will write a letter to remind my aunt. If Lord Sun continues to refuse to give in, instead of keeping him to cause trouble for my aunt and cousin in the future, it is better to..." Let the emperor take action before he dies, so that the new emperor will not have to go through the trouble of eradicating the powerful ministers.

Hai Jiao chuckled and said, "You'd better not put all your hopes on the emperor. The emperor is now determined to make the eighth prince the heir, but Elder Sun has always been against it. If Elder Sun no longer opposes it and follows the emperor's wishes in everything, do you think the emperor will still punish him?"

Jin Jiashu was stunned and couldn't help but look at him: "Hasn't the emperor always wanted to punish him? He has repeatedly hinted that Lord Sun should resign..."

"It's just a hint." Hai Jiao looked back at him meaningfully. "If the emperor really wants to expel him from the court, he can just issue an order to dismiss him. When Sun Yongbai was imprisoned for treason a few years ago, the emperor had enough reasons to punish the Sun family, but Sun Ge Lao is still the chief minister of the cabinet, and his position is unshakable. The so-called hint is just to allow Sun Ge Lao to resign gracefully and still have a respected position after returning home to retire.

"The emperor has no intention of wiping out the Sun family, so Lord Sun is shameless and refuses to resign, and the emperor can do nothing about it. The Sun family can be so arrogant today because of the emperor's indulgence. Can't you see it? The emperor will not turn against Lord Sun until the last moment. If Lord Sun takes the initiative to give in, the emperor will be very happy. Maybe he will even leave a special will, ordering the new emperor to treat the Sun family well and preserve the Sun family's wealth in exchange for Lord Sun not making trouble for the succession to the throne!" Jin Jiashu's face changed, and he remembered what Xie Wenzai had discussed with the two teachers Cao and Lu.

Since taking office, Emperor Deguang has been leading the reform of the New Deal. As his assistant in the previous dynasty, Sun Ge Lao helped him promote the New Deal. For decades, he has become a symbol of the New Deal. Nowadays, when people mention the New Deal, they think that it was advocated by Sun Ge Lao. The emperor has become a supporter of the New Deal rather than the leader of the New Deal. In this way, if the New Deal is prosperous, Sun Ge Lao will gain power. If Sun Ge Lao gains power, he can further ensure that the New Deal can be smoothly implemented. If one day Sun Ge Lao falls, the New Deal will no longer be able to continue. The subjects in the court and the public will only think that the New Deal has failed. They will definitely keep writing to attack the New Deal and demand the restoration of the old system...

Since Emperor Deguang ascended the throne, his greatest political achievement was the New Deal. If the New Deal failed, what achievements would he have? Would he use the military merits of the Northwest Frontier Army to flatter himself? If he didn't want his life's efforts to go to waste, he could only do his best to protect the New Deal and Sun Ge Lao, the symbol of the New Deal. Therefore, he was angry at Sun Ge Lao's tyranny and tyranny, but he repeatedly showed mercy to his subordinates, always contradicting himself.

It was he who caused the birth of the powerful official Sun Ge Lao, but in turn he was restricted by him and everything went wrong for him. He was a typical example of someone who dug a hole for himself.

Jin Jiashu took a deep breath and his mind became clearer than ever.

He couldn't relax. The Eighth Prince's position was stable, but that didn't mean Concubine Xu would be safe, nor did it mean that Lord Sun wouldn't cause trouble. If he wanted to live a happy life, and if he wanted his "aunt" to live a happy life for the rest of her life, there were still many things to worry about!
Although he cannot go to Beijing to help his "aunt" now, there are things he can do.

He lowered his head and thought hard, while listening to the "chat" between Haijiao and Haitang: "Speaking of which, how old is Elder Sun? How many years can he last? When he gets old and confused, will anyone in the Sun family be able to continue to hold power?"

"Lord Sun is the emperor's adopted father-in-law, so of course he is very old." Haitang looked nonchalant, "If he dies, his daughter, Concubine Sun, will no longer be favored by the emperor and will not be able to achieve anything. I heard that his eldest son is a reckless person. His nephew went to jail a few years ago for colluding with foreign enemies. His two granddaughters, the elder one died, and the younger one has an unhappy marriage, and it seems that she also has complaints about her natal family. I don't know if there are any outstanding people among his children, grandchildren or clansmen. Maybe after he dies, the Sun family will decline. So the most important thing is to be wary of Lord Sun himself..."

The brother and sister chatted casually, looking at Jin Jiashu who was deep in thought, wondering if he had already come up with a plan to deal with the situation.
(End of this chapter)