In their eyes, a woman should take care of her husband and children in the backyard, and remain a widow after her husband passes away.
Not to mention that her husband was the late emperor, once the most noble man in the world.
The Empress Dowager was extremely courageous as she dared to cheat on the late Emperor.
Tu Lihuan curled his lips and said, "Such a fickle woman should be thrown into the pond. King Yi is still too kind."
The head of the Tu family glanced at him and said, "The mouth is the source of trouble. No matter what, she is the imperial concubine. It is not for you and me to discuss."
Although he agreed with his son, he was more cautious.
Tu Lihuan was still a little afraid of his father, "Yes!"
Patriarch Tu sat down and said to the two men with a somewhat grim expression, "The situation in North City is becoming increasingly severe. Prince Jin may be finished."
Madam Tu was stunned. "Prince Jin is too poisoned to be saved?"
Otherwise, how could King Jin be finished? This is King Jin's territory.
The head of the Tu family replied: "My people have received news that Prince Jin is not only lying in bed and needs someone to serve him to eat, drink, defecate and urinate, but he can't even speak."
"The Jin Palace has fallen into the hands of the Crown Prince Liang Mingyu."
"He has been very close to King Yi recently. I suspect he may have surrendered to King Yi, which is why he was able to take control of King Jin's Mansion and King Jin's power so quickly with his help."
"If Prince Jin is deposed, we will lose our backer, and our Tu family will be in danger!"
The reason why the Tu family is where they are today is mainly due to the benefits they gained from joining King Jin.
But there are many noble families waiting to bring down the Tu family.
Madam Tu and Tu Lihuan were not stupid, and their faces changed when they heard this.
They also knew that if Prince Jin was deposed, the Tu family would be in trouble.
Tu Lihuan asked: "Dad, what should we do? Is it too late to go to Liang Mingyu now?"
Patriarch Tu shook his head, "It's too late. If he surrenders to King Yi, it would be the same as surrendering to the imperial court. It would be impossible for Prince Jin's Mansion to achieve great things."
He cursed in his heart why Prince Jin was so careless that not only did he ruin himself, but he also betrayed his followers.
Tu Lihuan thought for a moment and asked, "Then can we find a way to pull Liang Mingyu down and replace him with another young master from Prince Jin's Mansion?"
He used to be close to the fifth son of Prince Jin's Mansion. If the fifth son could come to power, their Tu family would not be finished.
Patriarch Tu thought for a moment and said, "I have already contacted those who do not want to join Liang Mingyu. Let's see if we can change them."
"But we have to keep a backup plan."
He then said to Tu Lihuan: "Find an opportunity to get close to Xiao Baili and make her want to marry you, or have to marry you. The sooner the better."
"As long as we marry her, even if Prince Jin's Mansion cannot be relied upon in the end, with the relationship with Prince Yi, our Tu family's position as the number one family in North City will not be lowered."
Prince Jin was deposed so suddenly that they were totally unprepared and could only find this way of escape.
Tu Lihuan also understood what his father meant and nodded, "Okay, I will marry Xiao Baili."
Patriarch Tu patted his hands and said, "I'm sorry to have to trouble you."
I used to think about letting my son marry someone else after Prince Jin came to the throne.
Now that Prince Jin has been deposed, the rebellion cannot continue. So as long as Prince Yi still favors his stepdaughter Xiao Baili and Xiao Hanzheng continues to serve as an official, his son cannot let Xiao Baili die of illness.
Tu Lihuan smiled indifferently, "For the sake of the family, it's not a grievance."
If Xiao Baili was ugly and plain, he would feel a little disgusted.
Fortunately, Xiao Baili was pretty and beautiful, so he could accept her.
He just wanted to marry a woman for the sake of his family and rely on that woman to maintain the family's honor. He really couldn't feel any romantic interest in Xiao Baili.
"She can't give birth on her own. If you want to take a concubine, the Xiao family and King Yi won't be able to do anything about it."
She hated Shi Qingluo, and she disliked Xiao Baili as well, so she didn't want her grandson to be born from Xiao Baili's belly.
Tu Li laughed and said, "I will listen to my mother."
He was too lazy to take care of these matters in the rear house and just left them to his mother.
Naturally, the head of the Tu family would not care about such a small matter.
So in the next few days, whenever Xiao Baili went out, she would run into Tu Lihuan by chance.
King Yi and Xiao Hanzheng both had spies in the Tu family, and the conversation between the three of them soon reached their ears.
Of course, the two were unhappy that their eldest daughter/sister was plotted against in this way.
Shi Qingluo also heard what Xiao Hanzheng said and was speechless. "The Tu family is so shameless. If they want to marry, will our Bai Li marry?"
She added angrily, "They are using this as an excuse to take in concubines when you can't have children yet. They are sick."
Xiao Hanzheng sneered: "They just take themselves too seriously. They are usually praised by others. They really think that the Tu family is a good home and it is an honor for anyone to marry into it."
Shi Qingluo narrowed his eyes, "Since they are willing to take the initiative to offer it to us, it would be too unfair for us not to return the gift."
If they tried to reach out to her sister-in-law, they would cut off each other's claws.
Seeing his young wife like this, Xiao Hanzheng put away the coldness in his eyes and asked with a smile: "What good ideas do you have, my lady?"
Shi Qingluo hooked her finger at him, Xiao Hanzheng moved closer, and she spoke to him.
After listening to this, Xiao Hanzheng chuckled and said, "Little clever guy, this is a good idea."
After finishing the meal, Shi Qingluo went to Xiao Baili's room and chatted with his sister-in-law.
She didn't want to raise her sister-in-law to be naive or too innocent.
Especially if someone is plotting something, it is better to let the sister-in-law know about it herself.
The two chatted for more than an hour before Shi Qingluo left the room.
A few days later, Xiao Hanzheng and Shi Qingluo were both busy. King Yi had to send King Bei and the other two to the capital, so he made an appointment with Kong Yuelan to go for an outing.
Xiao Baili did not go, but took her maid to a temple in the suburbs to burn incense.
The day before yesterday, Xi Rong took her men to the border for military training.
She heard from her young uncle that a war might break out on the border at any time, which would be an opportunity for her.
Xi Rui had recently been helping Shi Qingluo keep an eye on matters at the Craftsmen's College, and when he saw Xiao Baili was going to burn incense alone, he took the initiative to offer to go with them.
Because of the differences between men and women, Xi Rui also brought Erlang, who happened to be on holiday at the academy, along so that no one would gossip.
Xiao Baili sat in the carriage with her maid, while he rode on horseback with Erlang.
When Tu Lihuan of the Tu family received the news, he asked his sister to invite her girlfriends to go burn incense, and he called a few friends to escort them.
There were several people in the group, and it looked like a coincidence, not like they were going out of their way to meet anyone.
After Xiao Baili burned incense at the temple, she followed Xi Rui and her brother to have a vegetarian meal.
Tu Lihuan and his group also arrived at the temple.
Tu Lihuan had someone keep an eye on Xiao Baili, and when he heard that they were going to have a vegetarian meal, he suggested that they eat first and then go to burn incense.
(End of this chapter)
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