In the court, the sage took control of the military power, but the problems of the two major relatives continued to trouble him.
The Han family is the Empress Dowager's family. Her father and brother are both important officials in the court, and their students and old friends are spread throughout the court.
There is a saying among the people that "Han's family is half the dynasty", which shows how powerful the Han family is.
The Xiao family, which raised a queen and a prince, is a family of military honors. The Xiao family has an army of 200,000 in the southwest.
On the surface, the Xiao family is not as powerful as the Han family.
But the Xiao family has troops.
A few years ago, when the Huo family encountered trouble, Empress Dowager Han used Princess Yongjia to let the Han family seize the Huo family's inheritance.
But Han Chong was too "proud" and ended up ruining a good hand.
The Xiao family took advantage of the situation and sent their second son (Empress Xiao's younger brother from the same mother) to the northwest.
After some operations, he actually got a big share of the pie.
The great general of the northwest, and also the confidant of the saint.
But his deputy general's surname was Xiao.
The Xiao family has been quietly making plans in the northwest, and in the past thirty years, they have achieved some success.
There are also some founding fathers and old-established families who have formed a force in the court.
Every day the saint has to face the Han family's civil service group, the Xiao family's two major military threats, and the constraints of the aristocratic families.
"...No rush! Come one by one!"
A sage is determined to be a wise ruler and naturally has his own political ambitions.
His eyes began to wander between the Han family and the Xiao family.
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"Cousin, are you really okay?"
The Seventh Prince looked at Han Jiaojiao with some awe.
He and Han Jiaojiao are of the same age, but Han Jiaojiao is a few months older than him, making her his older sister.
After Han Jiaojiao returned to Beijing, she was often taken to the palace by Empress Dowager Han for a short stay.
She is the empress dowager's treasure, and the seventh prince is the emperor and empress's sweetheart.
The first meeting between the two favored people was quite "hot".
The seventh prince playfully threw several fat, green bugs at Han Jiaojiao. As the seventh prince had expected, Han Jiaojiao "screamed" and "cried bitterly."
However, when Han Jiaojiao was frightened to the point of jumping for feet, she accidentally stepped on and killed all the insects that the Seventh Prince had brought!
Seventh Prince: ...Are you sure it wasn't intentional?
Han Jiaojiao: ...Come on, let’s hurt each other!
Han Jiaojiao fainted, the Seventh Prince was scolded, and was forced by the Queen to apologize to Han Jiaojiao.
The feud was thus formed.
As they grew older, the "grudge" between the two gradually faded away.
Especially after the seventh prince turned fifteen and was named King Kang and moved out of the palace, this pair of "resentful brother and sister" never continued their childish PK again.
Instead, there is a bit of fake sister-brother relationship.
However, with Xiao Xiaoliu's frightened horse and Zhao Qingyun moving into Prince Kang's Mansion, the relationship between the Seventh Prince and Han Jiaojiao became "real".
At least, the Seventh Prince could treat Han Jiaojiao as a relative rather than an enemy.
"It should be fine!"
"I don't know why, but after marrying my husband, my health seems to have improved."
Han Jiaojiao said this pretending to be happy.
As the perfect partner, Gu Qingcheng added, "Yes, yes, Jiaojiao used to be sick all the time, but after marrying Dalang, she's been sick less and less."
"Let me tell you, someone from the Han family must have had a conflict with my Jiaojiao, and that's why they killed her!"
If it were a normal lady, she would definitely not say such "brainless" words.
But Madam Gu is not like that.
Not long after she arrived in the capital, her reputation for being timid, cowardly, easily influenced, and prone to making mistakes spread.
The seventh prince often came in and out of the Zhao family and became more and more "acquainted" with Madam Gu.
Therefore, when the Seventh Prince heard Gu Qingcheng's obviously inappropriate words, his forehead just twitched a few times.
"Yeah! Mother, what you said makes sense! I also feel that the Han family and I are not compatible!"
"Oh, I hope someone is stabbing you."
“…Ah! Stab the villain!”
"Yes, yes, there are such vicious villains in our countryside!"
Han Jiaojiao and Gu Qingcheng were talking to each other, saying things that frightened the Seventh Prince.
Piercing a villain?
Isn't it just witchcraft? !
In the capital, in the imperial palace, this is a big taboo!
How could this foolish mother-in-law and daughter-in-law be so outspoken in front of me, a prince?
Wait, Han Jiaojiao’s last name is Han, so isn’t her family the Cheng’en Mansion?
The seventh prince's eyes flashed, and he suddenly had an idea.
…
Half a month later, a "strange news" came out from the Han family——
Han Chong's second wife was secretly practicing witchcraft.
If the cursed Princess Nanping had not married and had a husband with a compatible horoscope, she might have been killed long ago.
There was an uproar in the capital.
In fact, everyone knows that you can't kill people just by stabbing them.
However, the words "witchcraft" are really not allowed to be involved.
That stepmother, it would have been fine if she had just sought death herself, but she actually dragged the entire Han family into it.
When Queen Mother Han heard the news, she was so angry that she fainted.
Duke Cheng'en even hurriedly had his stepmother kidnapped, and personally took Han Chong to the palace to apologize.
The saint was "purely filial" and stayed by the Empress Dowager's bedside, never visiting his uncle and cousin.
Duke Cheng En had no choice but to submit a letter of resignation...
ps: The third update will be a little later!
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