With a sore neck and dizziness in his head, Ji Wan was too lazy to pick up the bowl to eat. He just lazily waited for the eunuch Deji to feed him mouthful by mouthful.
Government Affairs Office.
When Xie Xuan was tied up and thrown at Ji Wan's feet, she had just finished eating a bowl of bean rice.
His eyes swept across the handsome face that was distorted in pain, and Ji Wan asked, "Who is Xie Mingyu to you?"
Hearing Ji Wan's words, the man instantly became excited and twisted his body to try to break free from the rope.
The veins on his neck bulged. "How dare you ask? My younger brother died innocently, and you humiliated him like that, yet you still dare to mention him!"
Puzzled, Ji Wan frowned: "The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. How can the Xie family not afford to lose? The death is innocent? Your younger brother died innocently, why don't you say that those soldiers of the Donglin Kingdom who were unwilling to obey him died innocently?
I just humiliated your brother, what can you do about it?"
“How dare those lowly people compare themselves to my brother, who is the legitimate son of the Xie family?
And you! Ji Wan, some of your soldiers died too, right? Why didn't you treat those untouchables like your own family members and feel sorry for them, telling them to give up resistance and let the Xie family take over?
Who are you putting on this fake front for?"
Xie Xuan said sarcastically with a gloomy face.
Ji Wan: “…” I was speechless.
"What are you, the Xie clan, good enough to say? You want me to give up resistance? Waiting for your soldiers to keep their weapons sharp for three days as per custom, and then massacre everyone in the city?"
Ha, I really want to laugh. Her giving up resistance is equivalent to washing the necks of her own soldiers clean and putting them all under Xie's butcher knife.
How is this any different from sending them to their deaths?
She didn't know that someone could display shamelessness so vividly.
"My Xie family has been by the side of Emperor Taizu since the founding of the Donglin Kingdom. Over the past few hundred years, we have produced countless prime ministers.
"The founding emperor of Donglin State, Emperor Taizu, relied on the Xie family to ascend the throne. My Xie family is of noble birth, how can a bastard like you compare to us?"
Xie Xuan's face was full of contempt for Ji Wan.
Xie had a spy in the palace. She knew everything the emperor and the empress dowager said and did every day.
Naturally, I know that the Queen Mother's calling Ji Wan a bastard is definitely not groundless.
His words not only angered Ji Wan, but also angered everyone in the room.
They are all Ji Wan's subordinates. Few of them come from aristocratic families, and some even have lower origins than others. However, their origins do not prevent them from standing on the same side and competing with the Xie family!
To put it bluntly, what's wrong with being of low birth? Do I eat your rice just because I'm of low birth? You look down on me because I'm of low birth, but aren't you fighting for the throne with me? Fighting for territory!
Not to mention that Ji Wan is the princess of Ningxi Kingdom, so what if His Highness is of humble origin?
The Xie family is so desperate because they were beaten to a pulp by His Highness.
Since you can't fight with your hands, you can only be tough with your words.
Moreover, His Highness gave these retainers the opportunity to compete with the "noble" Xie family.
The ancients said: "A gentleman is not arrogant when he is in a high position, and is not worried when he is in an inferior position."
This is the thought of the ancient sages. They should follow the thought of the ancient sages instead of being so arrogant like the Xie family who became a huge aristocratic family.
Didn’t Xie Xun die because he was too arrogant?
When in high positions, talented people are most likely to fall into complacency and arrogance, ignoring their own shortcomings, leading to mistakes and failure.
At the beginning, Xie Xun looked down on Ji Wan and sent troops without even testing his strength.
After being killed by Ji Wan, why is he acting like a spoiled brat and angry again?
To put it bluntly, this is too degrading. It's still noble, haha.
If Cui Min had thought about it before, he might have thought that what Xie Xuan said was right, and that the Xie family was indeed a prominent family in Donglin Kingdom.
In the entire Donglin Kingdom, no one can match the Cui family.
But since he started working under Ji Wan, he came into contact with more common people, as well as many staff members who were of similar level to him but came from poor families.
When I heard this, I couldn't agree with it.
But don't forget, there are very few people in this world who can read and write. If you want to make a name for yourself, apart from the academy built by Mr. Shunan, you can only rely on self-study.
Those people are actually more perseverant than the children of aristocratic families.
"Brother Xie, please don't be confused. My master is the King of Zhenbei, personally appointed by His Majesty. Are you saying that the royal family of Donglin Kingdom is inferior to your Xie family?"
As expected of a ruthless strategist, Cui Min accused Xie of disrespecting the royal family in just a few words.
Pan Zhuo followed closely and said, "Yes, this Brother Xie is Mingyu's elder brother, right?
When my lord attended the banquet on Yuntan Mountain invited by Mr. Mingyu, he once heard Mr. Mingyu say some extremely disrespectful words to Your Majesty!
Previously, my lord did not report the truth to Your Majesty because of his relationship with Mr. Mingyu.
But my Lord is friends with Mr. Mingyu, and with you... Heh."
After saying that, he clasped his hands together and saluted towards the east from a distance. Pan Zhuo was the one who was so angry that he wanted to kill himself.
Of course, he didn't know what Xie Xun said when Ji Wan attended the banquet, but that didn't stop him from giving Xie some false accusations.
Everyone knows how to put the blame on their opponent. Xie said Ji Wan was a bastard.
Naturally, they could also say that Xie was disrespectful and use Ji Qin and Cui to beat Xie.
"The Xie family's faith in the imperial family is evident to all, so please stop making trouble!
You, Ji Wan, are a bastard. It's hard to say whether you're a member of the royal family! Don't use the royal family as a fig leaf.
Treat His Majesty the Emperor as the gun in your Ji Wan's hand.
But, humph! My Xie family is the bloodline of a lowly creature like you, and you can never compare to that even if you fight for ten lifetimes!"
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