Ling Lanxin said with a smile.

"good."

Ling Wenbo said.

"In that case, I'll go there tomorrow."

Ling Zhou stretched and said with a smile.

Ling Wenbo nodded.

After chatting for a few more sentences, when another senior political official came in to report on his work, Ling Zhou and Ling Lanxin left the study.

…

After leaving the study, Ling Zhou said goodbye to his sister and walked towards his own courtyard.

At this time, the Xia family was also holding a family meeting.

In a spacious hall, nearly a hundred important figures from the Xia family's direct and collateral branches gathered.

They had different expressions. Some looked outside, looking at the iron-blooded soldiers standing outside. Some timid young men and women couldn't help but tremble in their hearts.

And sitting in the first seat in the center of the hall was not Xia Cheng, the head of the Xia family, but six elderly people, four men and two women.

"Alas! What sin has the Third Brother committed? How could he collude with a foreign country?"

An old man said with great sorrow.

"Humph! I think it's because my eldest brother is too tolerant that my third brother's family has become lawless. Now, not only is their family in trouble, but we're also going to be implicated."

An old woman also said with hatred.

"Alas! The most urgent thing is not to blame Third Brother, but to think about how to explain to His Majesty. If His Majesty misunderstands, then our Xia Family will..."

Another old woman said worriedly.

As soon as she said this, the atmosphere in the hall became even more solemn.

That's true.

Now is not the time to blame the third family, but the time to think about how to resolve the family crisis.

"Brother, why don't you go to the palace and talk to His Majesty?"

The second son of the Xia family said.

"Alas! Second brother doesn't know that as soon as the matter of the third brother's family was exposed, the eldest brother went to the palace. But unfortunately, His Majesty did not receive the eldest brother."

Another old man said.

"Then what should we do?"

For a moment, the entire Xia family was a little panicked.

"No, we can't just sit there and wait for death. Uncle, how about we contact those uncles and ask them to go with us to see His Majesty?"

A middle-aged man sitting in the lower seat said anxiously.

When the others heard this, they all nodded and started discussing.

Shrouded in pressure from the royal family, they cannot feel at ease unless the crisis is resolved.

They knew that the uncles and aunts the middle-aged man was referring to were the more influential families among the indigenous people. They also thought that this method was feasible.

However, most of those who discuss this are younger people.

The six old men sitting at the top did not speak.

The Xia family is large and incredibly wealthy. It is a world-class family with family businesses spanning all walks of life.

Their apparent wealth was over 100 billion, and the wealth hidden beneath the surface was even more difficult to calculate. But they knew they had enough to compete with the royal family.

They could foresee that once they had rebellious intentions, their Xia family would become isolated and helpless and slowly decline without the royal family's intervention.

This is the case when the royal family does not make a statement. If the royal family makes a statement, their Xia family will be exterminated within three days.

"Nonsense, are you trying to force the emperor to abdicate? Or do you think our Xia family is not in enough trouble?"

Listening to the discussions of the younger generations, the old man sitting in the middle snorted and shouted loudly.

As he finished speaking, everyone stopped talking and looked at the old man.

The old man looked up at the empty seat in the hall. That was the seat of the third branch of the Xia family. He sighed, waved his hand, and said, "Remove the seat of the third branch."

His words shocked everyone present.

The family has rules, the position is there, and the people are there.

Now the real head of the Xia family, Xia Lianbo, the father of the current head of the family, wants to remove the third branch of the Xia family from their positions. Doesn't that mean that the third branch and its family are to be expelled from the Xia family?

"Brother, this..."

Although the Xia family hated what the third branch's family had done, they still felt that it was a bit too much to remove the third branch from the family tree.

"Okay, no need to say more."

Xia Lianbo waved his hand and wanted to say something to calm the hearts of everyone in the family.

At this time, a middle-aged man came hurriedly with a look of joy on his face. He quickly walked through the crowd, came to the old man Xia Lianbo, and whispered something.

When the old man heard this, his eyelids twitched, and he suddenly felt much more relaxed and his mental state improved a lot.

He waved his hand, letting the middle-aged man leave, and said to everyone: "Okay, everyone go down and get ready. His Royal Highness the Prince will be visiting my Xia family tomorrow."

As soon as he said this, there was another commotion at the scene.

"Your Highness is coming?"

“This is a good thing!”

"I don't understand, how can this be a good thing? Your Highness the Prince didn't come here to punish our Xia family, did he?"

"What nonsense! If they really want to sanction my Xia family, it won't be His Royal Highness the Prince who will come, but [Purple Orchid Second Team]."

When mentioning [Purple Orchid Team 2], everyone trembled with fear again.

[Purple Orchid Team 2] is specifically aimed at the local giants in Lanling.

Once any family is discovered to have committed treason by [Purple Orchid Team Two], they will receive the most severe sanctions from [Purple Orchid Team Two].

When the news came that Ling Zhou was coming, the atmosphere in the whole hall suddenly became relaxed.

At this time, they no longer talked about the third branch being expelled from the Xia family.

In their opinion, it is worth it to have one less third wife in exchange for family peace.

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