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Upon hearing the news, the three princesses stammered for a long time before finally managing to squeeze out a few words.
“My dear sister, how could you treat these uncles and elders like that? They are all relatives of the Liu family. We’ll be seeing each other all the time. And tomorrow is your wedding day. They’re still locked up in the imperial prison today. What will happen if word gets out? Where will our Liu family, who are related to the imperial family, put our faces? How will Father and Eighth Brother get along with the Xiao family in the future?”
"Yes, girl, you're being far too reckless in this regard. How can you treat your own family like that? Isn't that a bit too cruel?"
Judging from the words of Liu Fu's three older sisters, it is clear that their level of thinking is completely different from Xiao Ying'er's.
“I’m doing this for the good of my family, my three sisters. Actually, I have my own difficulties.”
After hearing what Xiao Ying'er said, the three princesses didn't say anything more. After all, they were all family now. They immediately started working to persuade Xiao Ying'er to release her family members from the death row.
Many people couldn't understand Xiao Ying'er's thoughts and asked her why.
However, Xiao Ying'er did not fully explain the reason, but instead took out a letter that she had written in advance and handed it to her three older sisters.
"Please trouble you three sisters to give this letter to Liu Fu. Once he sees it, he will understand my intention. Please convey my message to him."
Liu Fu's three older sisters were born before Liu Laowu became wealthy, so they were all straightforward and easygoing. They were kind-hearted, but not very well-educated. They couldn't understand the various actions between Xiao Ying'er and Liu Fu, and had no idea why they had to write this letter to Liu Fu. Wouldn't it have been better to just send a verbal message?
Despite having doubts, I still helped to convey the message.
When Liu Fu received Xiao Ying'er's letter and read its contents, he finally understood the girl's deeper meaning.
"My dear Liu Fu, it is as if I am seeing you in person as I read this letter. I will explain the matter of the Xiao family to you in this letter."
"The Xiao family has always been arrogant and domineering. Knowing that I am married to you, they will rely even more on the friendship between us and become even more wicked, committing many unethical acts."
“I have already opened my heart to you once in court. Now, Ying’er’s thoughts are the same as before. We should give the Xiao family a warning and let them know when to advance and when to retreat and their boundaries. Therefore, Ling’er is willing to be the villain. When they arrived in Liaodong, Ying’er took it upon herself to tie them up and imprison them in the death row. It has been three to five days now.”
"In this way, their arrogance will be tempered, their haughty nature will be corrected, and then my husband can step in and pardon them, thus using both kindness and severity to give them a small punishment and make the Xiao family know when to advance and retreat, which can make them one or two tenths more aware."
After reading Xiao Ying'er's handwritten letter, Liu Fu couldn't help but sigh, Xiao Ying'er really went to great lengths for the Xiao family and for her own family!
Contrary to what others say, she is not indifferent to her family. On the contrary, she has been doing her best to protect the family for its future, but everything is done in secret, so it is unknown to outsiders.
Xiao Ying'er's combination of kindness and coercion resulted in her taking on the role of the villain, offending her own family and maternal relatives, while giving Liu Fu the opportunity to play the good guy. In the end, Xiao Ying'er herself bore the hatred, but Liu Fu gained a good reputation.
Xiao Ying'er plays the bad cop, while Liu Fu plays the good cop; that's roughly the idea.
Xiao Ying'er's actions were truly a brilliant and thoughtful move, killing multiple birds with one stone.
The reason why the Xiao family is becoming increasingly arrogant and even daring to confront the Liao Emperor is because Xiao Ying'er has climbed up the social ladder by associating with Liu Fu. They can rely on Xiao Ying'er's relationship with Liu Fu because Xiao Ying'er is their family member. This makes them believe that if something goes wrong during her leave, Xiao Ying'er will definitely use her power to protect them.
Therefore, Xiao Ying'er was actually one of the reasons for the Xiao family's expansion.
But Xiao Ying'er is now playing the bad cop, using a cold face to throw all her family members into death row, thus directly disrupting their arrogance.
At this moment, Xiao Ying'er suddenly turned her back on them, and the Xiao family lost many of their support. They could no longer continue to expand their influence, and instead, they would be afraid of losing Xiao Ying'er, a rare pillar in the family.
Xiao Ying'er can also avoid suspicion because of this. Her attitude will leave the Xiao family with no one to rely on, and they will do fewer evil deeds in the future. Naturally, their arrogance will be greatly reduced.
This proactive decluttering will save the Xiao family a lot of trouble, as will Liu Fu's. In the end, Liu Fu will be the villain, and Liu Fu will appease the Xiao family and gain a good reputation. It's like giving the Xiao family a slap and then a treat.
This combination of kindness and severity will also teach the Xiao family what boundaries mean and what it means to know when to advance and retreat.
Xiao Ying'er imprisoned the Xiao family on the grounds that the Xiao family, as subjects of the Liao state, had committed treason, overstepped their bounds against the Liao emperor, disobeyed the emperor's orders, and challenged the emperor's authority.
Although the Liao emperor was a vassal of Liu Fu and a subordinate state of the Later Han, he was still an emperor of his own country. He had simply recognized Liu Fu and the Later Han as his masters. Under these circumstances, although the Liao state was a vassal state of the Later Han, the Liao emperor was still an emperor, and this fact could not be changed.
The Xiao family, relying on the relationship between Xiao Ying'er and Liu Fu, became arrogant and dared to challenge the Liao Emperor. This would actually affect the relationship between the Later Han and the Liao, a vassal state.
By using the pretext of the Xiao family provoking the Liao Emperor, Xiao Ying'er collectively reprimanded the Xiao family, gave Liu Fu the opportunity to play the good guy and use both kindness and severity, saved the Liao Emperor's face, and found a way out for the Xiao family to ease the conflict.
It must be said that this woman is truly intelligent and wise; she is indeed worthy of the name of a sage when she does things.
Even Zhuge Liang and Xun Yu were filled with emotion at this moment:
"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Your Majesty is truly blessed to have such a magnanimous and wise mistress!"
When Liu Laowu learned of this, his first reaction was to sigh repeatedly:
“We have eight sons and three daughters, but if you ask me, more than half of them are not as sensible as this daughter-in-law!”
On that very day, Liu Laowu and Liu Fu went to the death row to act as good people, pardoning their father-in-law, mother-in-law, and Xiao Ying'er's family, and then brought them out of the death row.
When Liu Fu and his men entered the death row cell and saw that Grand Tutor Xiao, who was over seventy years old, had been handcuffed to the toilet for three days and three nights, they almost couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Even Liu Fu was thinking to himself, what kind of deep hatred and enmity is this?
To say that Xiao Ying'er had no desire for revenge would be unbelievable!
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