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Chapter 767 Postscript: Xiao Ling’s World
Chapter 767 Epilogue: Xiao Ling's World (V)
"Haven't we let a lot of servants go in recent years? Two of them later went to work in the Qi Mansion. During their casual chat, the servants talked about some of the masters' private matters. Grateful for the kindness our General's Mansion had shown them before, these two people thought that the two pieces of news they heard might be useful to our General's Mansion, so they asked someone to pass them on."
Seeing the two people's curious expressions, Song Xia slowly spoke again: "I heard that the current mistress of the Qi family gave birth to a son before she married the head of the Qi family. The age of that son is exactly the same as that of Xun Wang Si Heng."
"So that's the case!" Feng Shao and Zhou Qing were both shocked. "This explains why the Qi Mansion started in the past ten years. If we calculate the time, it's exactly the year when Prince Xun first made his military achievements."
"Since there are two pieces of news, what about the other one?"
"I think the other one is a bit far-fetched, but since Madam Qi was able to abandon her own child before, the daughter swapping thing may not be untrue."
"Swap your daughter?"
"Mrs. Qi worked as a wet nurse in the Prime Minister's Mansion before the Qi family became wealthy. Some people say that Mrs. Qi often gave Miss Xu a lot of expensive cloth and jewelry in the name of repaying a favor. She treated Xu Huixin better than Miss Qi. In recent years, Mrs. Qi often had nightmares, calling Xu Huixin's name in her dreams at midnight and saying something like "I'm sorry."
Feng Shao and Zhou Qing swallowed their saliva at the same time. If this was true, then Si Hengnian and Xu Huixin would be siblings, right?
"So during this period of time, as long as you pay attention to Madam Qi's behavior, you will know whether she has swapped the two. If the two are together, Madam Qi should be the most anxious."
Zhou Qing had an amusing expression: "I'll get someone to keep an eye on it right away, but before anything happens, Shaodi and Xu Huixin's engagement should be cancelled first."
Song Xia nodded: "I have already submitted a visiting card to the palace, and I will go to the palace tomorrow to cry to the imperial concubine."
"Concubine Chen has given birth to the eldest prince, who is the most promising heir to the throne in the future. She definitely does not want the marriage between Prince Xun and the Prime Minister's Mansion, nor does she want the power of the two families to grow. Therefore, she is very likely to help our family cancel the engagement and make the two families suffer."
Feng Shao was still a little worried: "What if the Qi family's wife is afraid that the Qi family will be convicted of a crime by exchanging their daughters, and doesn't reveal the true identities of Xu Huixin and Qi Jiejing? Then under the rumors, Prince Xun and Xu Huixin will have to get married? And then the two forces will still combine?"
"She will tell you." Song Xia said with certainty, "She feels guilty towards her children and will not ruin their lives. I think Miss Qi must know something about this, so she helped us spread the rumors this time."
"Then I will trouble you to persuade Concubine Chen tomorrow."
"There is no empress in the palace, and Concubine Chen is in charge of the palace power, just like the deputy empress. Concubine Chen will also stand on our side for the sake of the eldest prince. Who made the three princes try to win over Prince Xun, but Prince Xun coldly rejected them? So no matter which prince succeeds to the throne in the future, they don't want to see Prince Xun continue to become more powerful. Ruining Prince Xun's reputation is the first step, and then we will slowly reduce his military power."
At the same time, there was silence in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the Prime Minister stared at Xu Huixin with a gloomy face.
"Do you know that you are engaged to Feng Shao? You openly did such a shameless thing with Prince Xun, and so many people saw it. Have you ever considered the reputation of the Prime Minister's Mansion?"
Xu Huixin lowered her head and knelt down: "Dad, my daughter knows that it is wrong to secretly meet a man outside her family, but the engagement was made when I was young. Have you ever considered how I will feel when I grow up? My daughter and the prince are truly in love!"
"Pa!" Prime Minister Xu stretched out his hand and slapped him.
The Prime Minister's wife quickly stood in front of Xu Huixin and said, "Master, do you have to be so cruel? Huixin is right, the marriage contract is unfair to her. What's more, Feng Shao will definitely go to the border again after returning to the capital to report on his work. He is not as invincible as Prince Xun. Why did the General's Mansion send gifts to urge the marriage? Isn't it just to let our daughter marry him and leave a descendant for their General's Mansion? If Feng Shao has an accident in the future, what should our daughter do?" "Then she can't meet with a man in private! And that man is Prince Xun!"
"What's wrong with Prince Xun? I think Prince Xun is ten thousand times stronger than Feng Shao!"
"What do you know as a woman? The Duke is the head of the military officers, and I am the head of the civil officials. If our two families were to marry, what would His Majesty think?"
"It's just to help the two children. Your Majesty, are you still worried that our two families will rebel?" The Prime Minister's wife said indifferently, while Prime Minister Xu fell backwards in anger.
"You have known about this for a long time, right? If so, why did you accept the generous gift from the General's Mansion?"
"They sent it voluntarily, and I can't return it on the spot. If I return it on the spot, wouldn't it be a loss of their reputation?"
"Hasn't this damaged the reputation of the General's Mansion? Not only their reputation, but also the reputation of our Prime Minister's Mansion has been lost, and we have also been given a reputation of being greedy for money!"
"Greedy? If I were greedy, I would have found an excuse to cancel the engagement long ago. Isn't the Duke of Xun much richer than the General's Mansion?"
"You..." Prime Minister Xu gritted his teeth, "You are really pissing me off to death. It is because of an ignorant mother like you that Hui Xin is so unscrupulous!"
"After the engagement is cancelled, all the courtesy will naturally be returned. Master, what are you worried about? With Prince Xun as your son-in-law, your position as prime minister will be more secure. Otherwise, if we insist on marrying our daughter to Feng Shao, we will be truly standing on the opposite side of Prince Xun. Is it better to offend Prince Xun or the General's Mansion? Think it over, Master."
Prime Minister Xu was silenced by his wife's words. Although the words were crude, the logic was not rude.
The next day, Song Xia went to the palace to cry to Concubine Chen. It seemed that the palace had already made a decision and things went very smoothly. Finally, His Majesty personally issued an order to cancel the engagement, and used the excuse that Prime Minister Xu did not educate his daughter well and was not fit to be a prime minister. He ordered that the affairs of the court be temporarily handled by the six ministries and ordered Prime Minister Xu to reflect on his mistakes in seclusion.
He also verbally criticized Prince Si Hengnian for damaging the reputation of Miss Xu from the Prime Minister's Mansion and fined him one month's salary.
As soon as the imperial edict was issued, Prime Minister Xu felt as if the sky had fallen. Although his position as prime minister was not directly deprived, his power as prime minister was taken away in disguise. Once power is lost, it is difficult to get it back. Moreover, the reputation of the Prime Minister's Office has plummeted. Will Prince Xun still admit it?
To Prince Xun, a one-month salary deduction is not a big deal, but his reputation is still badly damaged. This is exactly the effect the royal family wants. Moreover, even though it has caused such a big impact, he is only deducted one month's salary. Who would not say that Your Majesty is kind and favors him?
The imperial edict was issued in the morning, and Feng Shao personally took the marriage certificate to the Prime Minister's Mansion in the afternoon to cancel the engagement. This matter had to be done as soon as possible before Madam Xu told the truth, and he had to get back the valuable gifts that the General's Mansion had given to the Prime Minister's Mansion over the years.
The Prime Minister's wife talked about returning the gifts so lightly that day, but she actually thought that Feng Shao took out the gift lists from previous years. Her face darkened, as she didn't expect there were so many!
Sorry, my dears, I took a day off yesterday.
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