A thousand-year-old family begins with one fighting against ten thousand.

Being able to answer Wei Ye's questions made Li Zhi feel excited and accomplished.

"No, I know her. She is an extremely ambitious woman and would never do such a thing."

"She will only endure and wait for the right opportunity to turn the tide. She will never rudely overturn the chessboard, because she knows that the fish will die, but the net will not break."

Li Zhi glanced at Wei Ye. If it weren't for the Wei family as a pillar of stability, he probably wouldn't have dared to make such a decision.

Unfortunately, the Wei family lives here.

No matter what flaws his plan might have or what direction it might have taken, Li Zhi could accept it.

Because he can turn the tide with the help of the Wei family anytime and anywhere, and even if he fails, he can return to the beginning.

That's his greatest source of confidence.

Wei Ye lowered his eyelids; reality told him that Li Zhi's thoughts and ideas were correct.

But his intuition told him that the Empress was not so simple, and that she might do something that Li Zhi would deeply regret in the future, something that was completely unexpected by him.

He didn't voice his intuition because he sensed Li Zhi's confidence, and he knew Li Zhi wouldn't believe him anyway.

And why did he say it?

Were he and Li Zhi on good terms?

After eliminating all the powerful clans, Li Zhi will probably start eyeing the Wei family.

Moreover, the one who truly held the reins was never Li Zhi, but the Wei family.

Thinking of this, Wei Ye changed the subject.

"Your Majesty, when do you think the Empress will discover the truth?"

Li Zhi also became interested in Wei Ye's question, and after thinking about it carefully for a while, he said, "They should be starting to suspect something soon, right?"

Li Zhi thought for a moment and then said.

"When she realizes that I've been unresponsive, she'll start to have doubts."

"Time and time again, with her intelligence, she will realize that everything she does is with my tacit approval and indulgence. After deducing this, she can easily figure out the truth."

Changing the subject, Li Zhi began to probe Wei Ye.

"Didn't you worry, senior brother?"

"What?"

Wei Ye asked, puzzled.

"The Wei family has always taken it as its mission to strike down the powerful clans and open up a path for the poor. If my plan succeeds, all the powerful clans will be swept into the dustbin of history, and only two powerful families will remain in the world."

"The royal family and the Wei family."

"By then, I'm afraid the Wei family will become the target of successive emperors."

"This has nothing to do with whether an emperor is incompetent or not; it's a choice that any emperor would inevitably make."

Li Zhi stopped looking at the fishing float and stared intently at Wei Ye, scrutinizing every subtle change in Wei Ye's expression.

Wei Ye chuckled softly, "Does Your Majesty think we care about power?"

Li Zhi did not answer. The Wei family did not care at the moment because they held the greatest power and were unshakeable.

But when they start to lose, will they still not care?

"I don't care, I really don't care."

I don't care about the past, I don't care about the present, and I don't care about the future.

"We only care about one thing: whether the world is at peace, whether the people live and work in contentment, and whether they have a chance to rise above their circumstances."

That's all.

"If one day the world truly enters a utopian society, we, Wei Ye, will voluntarily retire to the countryside, even changing our names and remaining anonymous, and not concerning ourselves with worldly affairs."

"It's not just me who thinks this way; all the heads of the Wei family and members of the Wei family throughout history have thought this way."

"This is an ancestral instruction left by the first ancestor, passed down from generation to generation, and has long been deeply ingrained in the Wei family."

Wei Ye said softly.

Li Zhi saw no change in Wei Ye's eyes. He turned to look at his fishing float, neither saying whether he believed it nor not.

He believed that some members of the Wei family thought this way, even to an absurd degree, and was willing to believe that all the past heads of the Wei family thought this way.

But does every member of the Wei family think this way?

impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

Could it be that every member of the Wei family is a saint?

"Anyone who betrayed this idea was expelled from the family genealogy and forbidden from using the surname Wei."

Wei Ye said slowly, "Even if the First Ancestor is still alive and has boundless magical power, he ultimately cannot change human nature."

It cannot be changed, but it can be sensed: all those who betray will be expelled from the family and have their memories erased.

Li Zhi thought that the Wei family did not seem to have a large population, which was unusual.

How many generations has the Li family risen to prominence? There are now more than 1800 registered members in the family, and if you include the women and female relatives, the total number is several thousand.

This is still considered low, after all, the Li family has only been in power for three generations, totaling less than 50 years.

If this trend continues, it will have tens of thousands of people in just 50 years.

And what about the Wei family?

It began to rise after the founding of the Han Dynasty and has been shining ever since, nearly a thousand years ago.

Even with a population of one million, Li Zhi thought it was possible.

However, in reality, the Wei family seems to have never had a large population.

Could it be that the Wei family has truly adhered to this ancestral precept, expelling those who do not meet the requirements, which is why their population is declining?

That shouldn't be the case. Such a big thing couldn't possibly have gone completely unnoticed.

Could it be that instead of expelling them from the family, they would kill them to silence them? That's unrealistic; they're all family members, blood relatives. How could anyone be so ruthless?

I can't figure it out.

Li Zhi knew that he probably wouldn't get anything out of them today, so he began to focus on fishing.

After a long silence, Li Zhi couldn't help but ask:

"Senior brother, are there really fish in your pond?"

After fishing all day, Li Zhi caught nothing and complained to Wei Ye.

"Of course, I caught a big, fat fish weighing several pounds yesterday. It tasted incredibly delicious."

Wei Ye said without batting an eye.

"Really? You mustn't be lying to me, that's a crime of deceiving the emperor."

Li Zhi said with some disbelief.

"Of course it's true, how could your humble servant dare to deceive Your Majesty?"

Wei Ye stroked his beard and said.

Li Zhi asked skeptically, "Then why didn't you catch a single fish today, Senior Brother?"

Wei Ye was somewhat embarrassed and quickly explained, "This is all to take care of Your Majesty. How could I dare to catch a fish before Your Majesty?"

"Really? But I didn't see your float move either."

Li Zhi looked at his own fishing float and then at Wei Ye's fishing float. He was certain that neither his nor Wei Ye's fishing floats had moved.

Feeling somewhat embarrassed after being exposed, Wei Ye reached out and did some calculations.

"This place has poor feng shui and is not suitable for fishing. Your Majesty, I suggest we find another place tomorrow."

Li Zhi nodded. "I always catch a lot of fish when I go fishing. No wonder there are no fish biting today. It turns out the feng shui is bad."

"Let's change locations tomorrow."

The two men exchanged a smile. A fisherman never goes home empty-handed; if he does, it's definitely not their fault.