Chapter 434 Wei Chengyi's In-Laws
"Look at what you said. Are we the kind of people who would miss out on meritorious officials? When the time comes, you just need to make a list and I promise to let Cheng Yi reward them one by one, without missing a single one!"
Chu Liang's ridicule was also telling her implicitly that he had no intention of becoming emperor, and that he had sent troops to attack so many prefectures just to help them. With Shen Xiangwan's shrewdness, how could she not understand?
So she also responded in a joking way. She would always remember Chu Liang's kindness to her. Moreover, she and Wei Chengyi were not the kind of people who would not tolerate meritorious officials after they had secured their throne. She dared to swear on her own head that she would never do such a thing as abandoning the loyal servants after the cunning rabbit had died.
"That's what you said, so don't complain about there being too many people."
Chu Liang naturally understood what his sister meant. He was not worried that his sister and the others would raise their butcher knives after they had secured their throne. He simply wanted to let her know his attitude.
"elder brother!"
"Ha ha···"
Shen Xiangwan immediately glared at him angrily, causing Chu Liang to burst out laughing. His sister was already a mother, but she was still so easily teased.
The Wei family army led by Wei Chengyi occupied Jinzhou, the East Border Army led by Chu Liang captured Huzhou, the 100,000-strong army led by General Peng occupied Yizhou, and General Chen controlled Dazhou. The prefectures in the southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest had all fallen. The imperial city had undoubtedly become an isolated city, and there were only 20,000 royal guards available in the city.
The emperor was so angry that he vomited blood and fainted several times, but he was lucky and woke up every time. None of the royal family members, powerful nobles, and officials in the city were really stupid. At this point, the Li royal family's kingdom was definitely over. Many people were discussing the issue of a way out. Needless to say, the royal family members had absolutely no way to survive. No new dynasty could tolerate the royal family of the previous dynasty. The powerful nobles and officials in the court were running around, trying to find a way out, preferably to be as rich as they are now.
"Second Master, someone from your maternal family, the Zhao Mansion, has sent someone to see you."
Yuan Shu came to Jinzhou government office in person to report.
"not see."
Wei Chengyi frowned slightly and refused without much thought. He was discussing the attack on the imperial city with Chu Liang and the generals and had no time to deal with those irrelevant people.
When they were exiled, the Zhao family didn't even bother to meet them, fearing that they would be implicated. But now, seeing that the emperor is dying and they will soon break into the imperial city, the Zhao family is rushing to establish a marriage alliance with them.
Besides, what kind of in-laws were they? My maternal grandfather and grandmother had a deep relationship. Even though my grandmother only gave birth to my mother, a daughter, my maternal grandfather did not stop having wives and concubines. After they died one after another, my maternal grandfather's brothers divided up their property.
When my mother was the wife of the prince, they were quite attentive and would send gifts to her on holidays. However, after his father and brother died in battle one after another, and he was poisoned, it was obvious that he had no future. The relationship between the Zhao family and them gradually faded, and until they were exiled, they had completely severed all ties.
Since they had already made their choice at that time, there was no need to talk about family affection now.
"yes."
As if he had expected him to do this, Yuan Shu was about to turn around, but Shen Xiangwan suddenly said, "Wait."
"Wanwan?"
Wei Chengyi turned his head and looked at him disapprovingly. He didn't want to have anything to do with the Zhao family anymore.
Smiling at him, Shen Xiangwan reached out and patted his hand soothingly, then asked, "Who are these people from the Zhao family? Did they say what they were here for?"
To be honest, before this, she had no idea about the existence of the Zhao family. She had always thought they were gone. After all, when she was exiled, even Jiang had her family come to see her off, but they didn't see anyone. But she didn't expect...
She knew what Wei Chengyi meant, but their identities were different now, and the reputation of the future emperor could not be tarnished because of those people.
"Madam, he said he was the housekeeper of the Zhao Mansion, but he didn't explain his purpose."
Although he didn't quite understand what he meant, Yuan Shu still responded respectfully with a fist salute.
"Let him in."
"yes."
Shen Xiangwan's words have always been more effective than Wei Chengyi's. Even though he is the deputy commander of Wei Chengyi's guards, Yuan Shu did not ask him for any additional instructions. After all, the lady has spoken, and the Second Master will not object even if he is unhappy.
Seeing this, Chu Liang felt more relieved. From the fact that his younger sister could intervene in such matters at will and Wei Chengyi's guards also obeyed her orders, it could be seen that he really cared about his younger sister. Even if he ascended the throne in the future, he would not let her down.
[Wanwan, those people from the Zhao family...]
There were many other people in the hall besides them. Wei Chengyi briefly told her about their relationship with the Zhao family through voice transmission. When his maternal grandfather passed away, he had already stated that all the property would be divided equally among him and his elder brother and younger brothers. However, the Zhao family ignored his maternal grandfather's dying words and forcibly took his property for themselves on the grounds that they were outsiders. From then on, they had no good feelings towards the Zhao family. It was also because of his mother's kindness that she had contact with them in those years. What happened later was enough to show that they were not worthy of being their maternal relatives at all.
【Don't worry, I know what to do. 】
Shen Xiangwan was already a late-stage Xiantian warrior and had long been able to transmit sound. Even if Wei Chengyi didn't say it, she could probably guess the character of the Zhao family. How could she let them have the opportunity to get close to them?
"Servant Zhao Fu greets Young Master Sun and Young Madam Sun."
Not long after, a man in his forties with a slightly overweight figure followed Yuan Shu into the hall. He was quite perceptive and bowed immediately when he saw Wei Chengyi and his wife.
Wei Chengyi had no intention of paying attention to him, but Shen Xiangwan smiled faintly and said, "No need to be polite."
"Thank you, Master Grandson, Madam Grandson!"
Wei Chengyi's attitude was enough to explain a lot. The smile on Zhao Fu's face was somewhat stiff. Thinking of the instructions from the master and others, he hurriedly said, "Young Master Sun, the master and the mistress are very happy to know that you are back. They hope you can take some time to come back to the Zhao family. They want to see you."
“···”
From his expression to his tone, he showed enough respect. But as soon as he finished speaking, everyone present looked at him as if he were a fool. The Zhao family was in the imperial city. Asking Wei Chengyi to go to the Zhao Mansion at this time, was he sure it was an invitation, and not a collusion with the dog emperor to harm Wei Chengyi?
Of course, there were also people of prominent birth present. They probably knew that the Zhao family probably didn't think that much about it. They wanted to get close to Wei Chengyi, but also wanted to gain some control over him as an elder, so they sent a housekeeper to call him instead of the master of the mansion coming in person.
[End of this chapter]
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