The omnipotent Second Young Master Xiao said confidently, "I can't do it now, but I'm still learning."
Ren Yaoqi: “…”
Xiao Jingxi took the book back from Ren Yaoqi and asked her with a smile, "Did Miss Jiang Liu come to see you just now about the Jiang family?"
Ren Yaoqi was no longer surprised by her husband's omniscience: "You know everything about the Jiang family?"
Xiao Jingxi thought for a moment and smiled, "Not that I know everything. I only know that you forced the Jiang family to come to you on their own initiative. But your real goal is not the Jiang family in Shunzhou, but the Han family, who are related by marriage to the Jiang family, right?"
Ren Yaoqi sighed, glanced at Xiao Jingxi and said, "Isn't this considered knowing everything?"
Xiao Jingxi smiled, rolled up the book in his hand, and tapped Ren Yaoqi on the head. "It's the Yun family, the Jiang family, and those families that have business dealings with the Han family. They have all been caught in the crossfire recently. This is quite a big deal. Are you trying to isolate the Han family? I said I don't know everything because I don't understand why you didn't go to such lengths to deal with the Han family. You should hit the snake at its weakest point and kill it with one blow. Don't give the enemy any chance to fight back. You are still too soft-hearted."
Ren Yaoqi slapped Xiao Jingxi's hand away and straightened her messed-up hair. "I'm not being soft-hearted, I just don't think it's necessary. I don't have any personal grudges against the Han family, so why not give them a chance to live? As for the grudge between the Han and Ren families, you know what's going on. The Ren family owed a debt and should pay it back. But now is the time for the Han family to stop. I'm just giving them a warning. If things get out of hand, it won't be good for anyone."
Xiao Jingxi reached out and tucked Ren Yaoqi's hair, then shook his head: "You are still too soft-hearted."
Ren Yaoqi did not comment on Xiao Jingxi's evaluation. She and the Han family were not really at the point of a life-and-death feud. Apart from the stubborn Han Dongshan, the rest of the Han family were normal people, and she had no ill feelings towards them.
Moreover, in order to preserve the Lei and Lin families, the Han family's existence is also indispensable. Without the Han and Yun families' alliance, the Yun family will definitely be completely defeated by the Lei family in a few years. At that time, the Lei family's dominance may not be a good thing.
A tree that stands out in the forest will inevitably be destroyed by the wind. This is not a good thing for the long-term development of either the Yanbei Palace or the Lei family. Yanbei does not need a single dominant family, but only needs a balance of power among the families, so that Yanbei can maintain long-term stability.
Often, having an enemy of equal strength is the best protection. It provides balance for those below and checks and balances for those above.
The Prince of Yanbei and his wife understood this principle, as did Xiao Jingxi and Ren Yaoqi. Otherwise, relying solely on Concubine Yun's reputation, the Yanbei Palace wouldn't have tolerated the Yun family so much. However, this tolerance had its limits, allowing the Lei family to rise to prominence and gradually show signs of challenging the Yun family.
Ren Yaoqi didn't want the Lei family to face the same situation as the Yun family in the future, so leaving the Han family behind was a precautionary measure.
"Speaking of which, the Sixth Miss Jiang is actually a smart person." Ren Yaoqi finally sighed.
Xiao Jingxi laughed and joked: "No matter how smart she is, she has to follow the path you give her, so are you praising yourself, Madam?"
Ren Yaoqi rolled his eyes at him and retorted, "No, I'm praising you. No matter how I plan, you can always guess it in the end, right? So I'm still no match for you."
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