Girl, let me check it out.

He felt mixed emotions and didn't know what to say.

Xie family, shouldn’t you put your own interests first?

Why would something like a child's love affair override personal and family interests?

Xie Lue laughed, but his laughter was a little sad.

It’s really hard to imagine that someone who doesn’t care about feelings would lose to someone who values ​​feelings more than interests.

So, who are the real members of the Xie family?

Xie Lue shook his head and laughed at himself.

Something suddenly occurred to him.

When communicating with Wang Shangyuan at that time, his elder brother Xie Tao personally agreed to let Xie Lingwan marry Wang Zhongguang. Why did he change his mind now?

Xie Lue suddenly turned around and looked at Xie Tao.

Xie Tao was also looking at him at this moment, his eyes were deep and calm.

"Okay...okay!"

Xie Lue seemed to suddenly understand something.

"You two, father and daughter, are really... not the same at all."

Xie Lue couldn't help but sigh sadly.

"Show us your ironclad rules, Ling Wan."

he said calmly.

"I'll sign. It's your uncle who has let you down over the years."

"Perhaps, you are the real Xie family member, and the heir that father really wants to see."

Xie Liao finally felt relieved.

The gold and iron nuggets crumbled to dust in his hands, and he stumbled out of the secret room.

Xie Lingwan stood there quietly. With Xie Lue's sad departure, the heavy shackles that had been hovering in her heart for seven years finally disappeared at this moment.

"Ling Wan, you did a great job."

Xie Tao walked up to her and said admiringly.

"Father, this is what I should do."

Xie Lingwan responded to Xie Tao's words with a smile, without a single mistake.

"Well, Guangling King Fang Weihan is indeed a good candidate. If you like him, why not bring him home and let me take a look at him."

Xie Tao smiled faintly, not taking his daughter's attitude to heart at all.

Xie Lingwan's heart sank, and she began to quickly think about the meaning of Xie Tao's words.

Chapter 163 A Clever Lie

Since childhood, Xie Lingwan has always had complicated feelings about her father.

She did not harbor much hatred towards Xie Tao.

All Xie Tao's indifference and ruthlessness are more like the tradition of the Xie family, rather than deliberately targeting Xie Lingwan.

When educating their children, the Xie family rarely mentions abstract things like family affection.

They believe that all relationships and connections between people in the world are just another form of expression of conflicts of interest.

Men and women get married just to take advantage of each other's power; parents care about their children for the sake of their retirement; children respect their parents for the sake of their own reputation; clan members protect the interests of the family just to protect their own interests when necessary.

Therefore, the Xie family has always been indifferent towards their partners and children.

Compared to Xie Lingwan's mother, Xie Lingwan felt that Xie Tao had invested more affection in her.

She laughed to herself.

I am so awesome.

"Father, don't joke around. I made it very clear at the time that there is no love left between Fang Weihan and I."

Xie Lingyuan said lightly.

"When he wrote that poem, we had already severed all ties with him. My daughter is willing not to get married again and devote herself to building up the family's power."

Xie Tao nodded slightly.

"it is good."

Xie Tao smiled and spoke, with a different meaning in his tone.

"Whatever you want to do, as long as it's for your family and for yourself, just do it."

After he finished speaking, he turned and left the secret room.

Xie Lingwan looked at his departing back, still feeling somewhat confused.

She couldn't understand what Xie Tao meant by this.

From what he said, he was supporting himself?

My father, who has always been stubborn, would actually support me in this matter?

Xie Lingwan frowned slightly.

Xie Tao would not harm himself, otherwise he would have done it long ago.

No matter what, the current task is to quickly gather the ownerless power left behind by Xie Lue's departure and fill the vacancy of high-level command in the Xie family as soon as possible.

But Xie Tao's words just now still left her puzzled.

The girl felt a little uneasy.

After dealing with the mess left by Xie Lue, I will start planning to take back power from Xie Tao.

It's safest to have this kind of thing in your own hands.

Xie Lingwan made up her mind and walked out of the secret room quickly.

Before going out, she suddenly stopped as if she thought of something.

There was a flash of light in Xie Lingwan's hand, and she took out a fire starter.

"Boom."

Flames suddenly appeared at the top of the fire starter.

The girl threw it back and closed the door.

Flames and thick smoke came out from the gap in the door, but Xie Lingwan never looked back.

This shabby place should be burned down.

……

At this time, in the Shangyuan Wang family's mansion.

Wang Zhongguang had been kneeling in the ancestral hall for three days. At this moment, he was sitting on a side seat with a gloomy look on his face, drinking cup after cup of tea without saying a word.

"What happened... the entire Shaxuyi disappeared? Xuan Zhongwei said he couldn't find out the reason?"

An elder of the Wang family was slamming the table hard, his trembling voice full of anger.

"Return the white robe of Tianque! Just like Shi Dangliu, Xiao Fuwei is indeed a good-for-nothing who deceives the world and steals his reputation!"

Another middle-aged man in a Confucian robe sighed and said worriedly:

"We have been out of touch with Yizhou for five days. If this continues, disaster will ensue!"

"Why haven't we received any news about this matter? Did Lanling Xiao Clan know something but kept it a secret?"

The elder from the tribe just now slammed the ground heavily with his walking stick and spoke aggressively.

"At one of the Wang Clan's post stations in Shangyuan, more than a hundred family members disappeared without a clear reason. The only person who might know the inside story is still lying to us!"

"I think we should immediately put pressure on Lanling Xiao Clan and force them to hand over the truth of this matter!"

The elder's voice instantly brought about waves of echoes in the hall.

"Correct!"

“Pressure!”

"Xiao Fuwei's actions are really too absurd!"

The middle-aged man who had spoken just now stood up again, raised his hand and signaled everyone to lower their voices.

"Please don't be impatient. I think there are still many strange things behind this matter."

"Perhaps we should investigate first before making a decision. At the same time, we should not engage in large-scale conflict with the Lanling Xiao family. After all, the eight families of the Great Zhou have coexisted for a long time and are closely related. If we rashly disrupt this situation, it will only allow others to take advantage of it!"

"I hope you will think twice!"

The middle-aged man cupped his hands and looked around, then said with some concern.

He didn't mean what he said, but those present were all core members of the Uehara Wang family, including some old foxes who had been in the officialdom for many years. They were even more concerned about the implication of his words. Know everything.

Changming City is so small, how can there be any fisherman? It's just the one sitting in the palace.

After he finished speaking, there was a wave of supportive voices.

"Yes, there may be something hidden behind this matter."

"Perhaps we should ask for information from the Yizhou direction."

"I have some cooperation with Xuan Zhongwei, so I must not sever ties with them.",

The old man who had just spoken turned to look at the middle-aged man in Confucian robes and said mockingly:

"Little Fourteen, everyone knows that you have a good relationship with Xiao Yangwang, but this cannot be used as a reason for us to sacrifice the interests of our family and forgive the Lanling Xiao family."

"They must pay for their disrespectful behavior."

The middle-aged man was not polite at all when facing his uncles and uncles.

"Uncle Jiu, revenge must be taken, but not now. The emperor is here, how can we continue to harbor grudges? Uncle Jiu, do you think the swords of the Sixteen Guards of the South City are not sharp enough?"

"This is not Hedong, this is Changming City!"

He said this rather unkindly.

This directly shows that Fang Zun is not a fool. As long as there is a little rift between the Shangyuan Wang family and the Lanling Xiao family, he will definitely find ways to place his own confidants in the area where the power of the two families overlaps.

The old man with the cane flew into a rage, his face turning red with anger.

"you!"

"All right!"

At this moment, a person sitting high up in the main seat in the middle of the hall patted the armrest of the chair.

The man's hair was somewhat gray and he was wearing a purple and gold official robe.

He was simply sitting there, his body as thin as a mountain, making people dare not look up.

The sound of him patting the armrest was not loud and sounded weak, but the arguing crowd still quieted down.

Just because of this person's identity.

The Minister of the Central Secretariat, Wang Tun, was the General of the Cavalry and the Third Official, and was given the titles of Sikong, Jijie, and Lu Shangshu, and was granted the title of Duke of Leping County.

The patriarch of the Uehara Wang family enjoys absolute authority within the family.

"I sent Bo Guang to investigate the matter of Shaxuyi three days ago, and now we have a conclusion."

Wang Tun said lightly.

"Boguang, let me tell you."

"Yes, father."

Wang Boguang stood up from the corner and walked calmly to the center of the hall. He looked around calmly and bowed, completely acting like the heir of the Uehara Wang family.

Wang Zhongguang was still drinking tea cup by cup, and his expression became more and more annoyed when he saw this.

"The day after the news from Yizhou was cut off, I immediately went to Fufeng County to try to find out what happened in Shaxuyi."