Girl, let me check it out.

She thought Zhou Liangyi was questioning whether this conflict with Uehara Wang was meaningful.

"Our efforts this time will not be in vain. Anyway, the Shangyuan Wang family has always been exploiting the remaining families in various industries. This time, we just happen to use the face of the royal family to completely distance ourselves from them..."

"That's not what I meant."

Zhou Liangyi interrupted her.

"I want to ask... is Fang Weihan worth doing this for?"

Zhou Liangyi considered his words and spoke softly.

He really didn't want to see his niece follow in his sister's footsteps again.

One is cold and depressed, the other is hot and scorching.

That would be the worst case scenario.

Zhou Liangyi had heard of Fang Weihan's extremely bad reputation before, and originally he had almost no good impression of this person.

However, what Fang Weihan had done these days did slightly change Zhou Liangyi's impression of him.

Zhou Liangyi particularly admired the fact that he chopped Wang Zhongguang to death in the street.

After all, he himself had also been through this stage.

You can be crazy, but you have to have the capital to be crazy.

What capital does Fang Weihan have? Isn't it that he has to rely on his niece?

"He deserves it."

Xie Lingwan said calmly.

"And uncle, at this point it's not a question of whether he's worthy or not."

"I have a promise. I have made many promises, but they are all like waste paper, filled with my cowardice and ignorance."

"I promised him many things, but I haven't done any of them yet."

"I want to make up for all my past actions, and push him step by step to the place where he should have been but didn't get because of me."

The girl murmured softly.

Zhou Liangyi: “…”

"as long as you are happy."

Zhou Liangyi sighed.

"Don't worry about how much money and resources we spent. The last thing our Yu'nan family lacks is money. Do you understand?"

“The most important thing is to find someone you love and someone who loves you, and it’s best if these two people are the same person.”

"I believe your mother...will be happy too."

Xie Lingwan performed a very standard aristocratic etiquette in silence.

After bidding farewell to Zhou Liangyi, the girl left.

She still has a lot of things to do.

……

In the mansion of Lanling Xiao family.

Xiao Jin was sitting in the hall with Xiao Ji, holding a cup of tea in his hands.

The girl picked up a piece of tea with her fingertips, and the white power formed a cyclone that lifted it up little by little.

She seemed to find it very interesting and was having a lot of fun.

An uneasy silence permeated the entire space.

Xiao Ji finally couldn't bear it anymore.

He opened his mouth and said:

"Xiao Jin, I think..."

"I don't want what you think, I want what I think."

Xiao Jin interrupted him impatiently.

"This decision has been agreed upon by my father and my second uncle. If you are dissatisfied, you can go and talk to them. What's the point of talking to me?"

"But if it weren't for you, Second Uncle and Father wouldn't have taken such a big risk to support Fang Weihan, right?"

Xiao Ji raised his voice.

"I don't think it's a wise decision to break off relations with the Shangyuan Wang family right now. The eight families are of the same blood. The Lanling Xiao family is already unsociable enough. Why should we push the Shangyuan Wang family to the opposite side of us now?"

"Is it just for a mere Fang Weihan?"

When Xiao Ji learned the decision made by his family, he was completely stunned.

In his opinion, the family would not make such a decision which has no benefit at all.

So it must be that my father and second uncle could not withstand Xiao Jin's pleading and put their personal selfishness above the family's interests.

"Big brother..."

Xiao Jin sighed.

"You are really not suitable to be an official."

"What?"

Xiao Ji looked confused.

"You don't know that, do you?"

Xiao Jin looked at Xiao Ji with some pity.

"When my second uncle was in Fufeng County, he had already publicly announced the crimes of the Shangyuan Wang family among the Xuanzhong Guards."

"This is almost like a public falling out, and no one told you?"

Xiao Ji: “???”

"how is this possible?"

He said in shock and anger.

"There are other things like this!"

Looking at his lost eldest brother, Xiao Jin sighed again.

It seems that the second uncle understood Xiao Ji's character, so he simply didn't tell him.

The girl was lying on the table, playing with tea leaves out of boredom, her hair falling down one of her shoulders.

I don’t know what the court meeting in Taiji Hall today was like.

Xiao Jin felt a little sad.

Last night, she and Xie Lingwan ran non-stop across almost the entire Changming City, personally visited the Wang family of Langya, the Shen family of Wuxing, and the Zhou family of Runan, and successfully persuaded them to join their camp.

Although he was said to be with Xie Lingwan, Xiao Jin hardly spoke a word the entire time and just stood aside as a cute mascot.

She only came out to express her stance when the will of Lanling Xiao family was needed.

It had always been Xie Lingwan who was engaged in a one-sided debate with the group of scholars, and she had great ease in engaging in all kinds of tacit riddles with the heads of various families, which simply astounded Xiao Jin.

As expected, every profession has its specialties. Women like Xie Lingwan are so scary. She is born to do this.

Xiao Jin felt that with his IQ, he would not be able to learn it even if he studied for another ten thousand years.

Moreover, just last night, Xie Lingwan had told her all about her and Fang Weihan's plans, which made Xiao Jin's resentment towards Xie Lingwan dissipate a little.

It’s okay that she and Brother Fang have a secret, but if I don’t know this secret, I, Xiao Xiaojin, will be very angry.

Now that you've told me, it's all right.

I don't know which side those families will stand on...

Xiao Jin was thinking this when he heard a shout from the front yard:

"The Second Master is back!"

The girl perked up and instantly raised her head from the table.

"Second uncle!"

Xiao Jin looked at Xiao Fuwei expectantly.

"how is the situation?"

Xiao Fuwei glanced at the dazed Xiao Ji and instantly understood what was going on with him.

Probably because he was stimulated.

But it's good, let him use his brain, otherwise Xiao Fuwei really wouldn't feel at ease handing Lanling Xiao family over to Xiao Ji.

"The referendum of the eight surnames ended in a tie of 4-4."

Xiao Fuwei's words are concise and to the point.

"what happened?"

The girl was a little confused.

This result was beyond Xiao Jin's expectations.

According to her best-case scenario, four of the remaining seven surnames would stand in the same camp as the Lanling Xiao family.

There is no need to mention the Chenjun Xie family, as for Xie Lingwan's family; the Runan Zhou family is the maiden family of Xie Lingwan's mother. She has a very good relationship with the head of the family, Zhou Liangyi, so there should be no problem.

Could it be that one of the Wang and Shen families has turned against them?

"Is it the Wang family of Langya or the Shen family of Wuxing?"

Xiao Jin asked.

"It's Xie Tao."

Xiao Fuwei put down the sword in his hand and said lightly.

"Xie Tao?"

Xiao Jin was stunned for a moment.

Then she reacted.

Isn’t this Xie Lingwan’s father?

Did the Xie family of Chenjun vote in favor?

How can this be?

Xiao Jin found it very ridiculous.

But if that's the case, it seems to explain why Xie Lingwan looked like that when she saw him last night.

Xiao Jin quickly and reasonably deduced a possibility:

Xie Lingwan had a falling out with her father.

Xiao Jin didn't believe that Xie Lingwan's power in the Chenjun Xie clan would be any weaker than Xie Tao's. So there was only one reason for the current situation:

Xie Lingwan did not have the authority to enter the palace to meet the emperor.

She had not yet graduated from Qinghuo Academy and had neither a title nor an official position, so she could not attend the court meetings in Taiji Hall without a suitable reason.

What's more, she is not the head of the family now.

"Xiao Jin."

Xiao Fuwei said.

"This Xie Lingwan is indeed a talented person. Although she is a woman, she can accomplish things that men cannot."

"If she hadn't broken off her engagement with Fang Weihan, I don't think you would have been able to become the princess."

Xiao Jin laughed out loud.

"No, Second Uncle, it may not have been possible before, but now I am more confident."

"Believe it or not, after this matter is over, Xie Lingwan will leave Changming."