Chapter 44 Xie Family
There are many powerful people in the city of Bianjing. Although the Xie family has taken root in Bianjing, it is still inferior to the Yongyi Marquis Mansion, which has produced generations of nobles and founding heroes.
By the time Xie Rongying came of age, she was able to become the "daughter of a noble family" in Bian Jing and be noticed by the wealthy and powerful families. This was all thanks to the support of several generations of the Xie family.
The Xie family's ancestral home is Zhaojun. When Xie Jing's grandfather moved to Bian Jing with his clansmen, everyone took on their duties.
The eldest branch of the Xie family pursues fame, while the second branch pursues profit.
At that time, the Xie family had businesses all over Chen County, and although they had money, they were a merchant family that was looked down upon by everyone.
Later, a good student emerged in the eldest branch of the family, namely Xie Jing's grandfather Xie Changyun.
With the intention of pursuing a career in politics, it was natural for him to make the most of the money accumulated at home.
But Xie Changyun was also very hardworking and diligent, and he passed the imperial examination and became a second-class Jinshi at the age of twenty.
Perhaps it was because the Xie family had no background in Bian Jing at that time and was only a merchant, so they were not assigned to the Six Ministries. Instead, they were sent to Cheng County and became a seventh-rank official.
Although the starting point was low, it did not prevent the Xie family from having money. In addition, after taking office, Xie Changyun accumulated local experience and benefited the people.
In just two years, he was promoted to Bian Jing and entered the Ministry of Personnel, becoming a sixth-rank official.
After Xie Changyun entered the Ministry of Personnel, the second branch of the family continued to send money to the Xie family in Bianliang.
Officials and businessmen have always been inseparable, not to mention that the second branch is a direct bloodline.
There was a sixth-rank and well-known assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel in Bian Jing, so the business of the second house was naturally booming.
With his father Xie Changyun as a role model, his eldest son Xie Congli is not inferior.
Still studying hard, Xie Congli passed the imperial examination at the age of twenty and was directly admitted to the Hanlin Academy.
By the time of Xie Jing's generation, although he did not get the second place in the imperial examination like Xie Congli, being a third-class Jinshi was a height that many people would find difficult to reach in their lifetime.
Xie Jing was an outstanding person and was promoted to the Ministry of War when he was thirty.
It is also a pity that Xie Jing, the eldest son of Xie Congli, has only one daughter. Although Xie Jing has many wives and concubines in his harem, he still only has one daughter, Xie Rongying.
Xie Jing has two younger brothers and a younger sister.
The second brother Xie Lin was active since childhood and did not like studying. At the age of fifteen, he followed the second branch to do business everywhere. Later, after getting married and having children, he also stayed in the old house in Zhaojun, his ancestral home.
The third sister, Xie Chuchu, liked Jiangnan and married the youngest son of the Yun family, the largest clan in East Zhejiang, at the age of sixteen. She only returned to Bian Jing twice a year.
The fourth brother, Xie Yi, had connections with his eldest brother Xie Jing in the Ministry of War. He also practiced martial arts since he was young and liked reading military books. At the age of eighteen, he became the top scorer in martial arts. At the age of twenty-two, he worked as a royal guard in the palace for a period of time. Later, he had a child out of wedlock, and the biological mother was unknown. He has been alone until now.
The fourth child became Mrs. Xie's only worry.
In addition, her beloved granddaughter got married, and her youngest son led the troops to war. Old Mrs. Xie was not used to it for a while. She didn't pay attention to her meals during this period and even started to have anorexia.
Recently I heard the news that my granddaughter was possessed by evil spirits, and I was worried that she would be plotted against by the people in her husband's family.
I'm even more worried about getting sick.
Xie Jing had no choice but to ask Xie Rongying to go back home.
Xie Jing ignored the recent rumors. He knew that his daughter could handle such ridiculous matters.
What made him extremely angry was that Qin Junyi married another concubine, which was completely treating Xie Rongying as an orphan and bullying her.
When he was angry, Xie Rongying sent a portrait and asked Xie Lin to go to Longxi to find out the person in the portrait. She also asked him not to go to the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion to argue and ask for an explanation about Qin Junyi marrying a concubine.
"Now can you explain why you are so calm about Qin Junyi taking a concubine?"
In the huge study, Xie Jing sat steadily in the main seat, his eyes occasionally falling on Xie Rongying sitting in front of the pear blossom round table.
"Father, it wasn't until after I got married that I realized Qin Junyi had been keeping a mistress." Xie Rongying said calmly, as if she had no emotion at all. "After I got married, Jiang gave me the account books of the Marquis' Mansion for many years. Her purpose was to let me know how big the debt was. She also wanted to use my daughter's status as a member of the Marquis' Mansion to help fill the hole."
"And after my daughter learned the true situation of the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion, I used her dowry to subsidize the expenses of the entire mansion."
Xie Rongying thought about what she had done in her previous life, and a surge of anger filled her heart. It was no wonder that she ended up like that in her previous life. How could this not be considered as her own fault?
For the so-called fame, for the so-called praise from the husband's family.
For some false reputation, they are being used without knowing it.
So do you really think what you think you think?
It took her a lifetime to understand that what she thought she had was never the shackles of other people's views and the world.
Xie Jing frowned, thinking about the look on Jiang's face when she came to ask for Xie Rongying's hand in marriage, and a feeling of guilt welled up in his heart.
Xie Rongying continued, "When I first arrived at the Marquis of Yongyi's mansion, the household affairs fell into my hands. If there was anything I couldn't do, I would definitely find a way to do it in order to gain a firm foothold in the mansion. For example, if there was a shortage of silver, I would ask you to find a way."
"Bastard!" Xie Jing shouted angrily, but he was also glad that he heard someone around Xie Rongying mention the "warehouse key" in the Marquis' Mansion today. He knew that the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion had bad intentions.
He even cut the Gordian knot and arranged for someone to bring the dowry back to the Xie family.
"When Jiang came to my house, I more or less knew that she had some ulterior motives in proposing marriage, but I didn't expect her heart to be so greedy." Xie Jing thought that becoming a relative of the Yongyi Marquis's family would be a win-win situation.
In the past six months, the Ministry of War has been in turmoil due to the secret struggle between the Crown Prince and the King of Wei.
After the Xie family took root in Bian Jing, they had been working alone. Although he was in the Ministry of War, he had never had the opportunity to rise.
Many times it’s not that there are no opportunities, but that we are held down by reality.
How can one stay out of trouble in Bianjing?
If he did not have relatives by marriage and if he did not have nepotism, he would not have been able to move up in his career.
And money is a very useless thing in his position.
If one wants to move up further, in addition to making outstanding achievements, one must also have a marriage relationship with the powerful people in Bianliang.
Jiang came to the Xie family to propose marriage with full sincerity and thoughtful words. Xie Jing had inquired about Qin Junyi's past and talents, and even investigated whether Qin Junyi had a concubine.
The marriage of children has always been a matter of parents' decisions and matchmakers' words.
Xie Jing thought he was thinking about his daughter first before considering the benefits of the marriage to the Xie family.
But the fact is, it was the Qin family who first approached the Xie family with a plan, and then he wanted to rise up for the benefit of the Xie family, which made Xie Rongying fall into the mud.
"Rongying." Xie Jing was a little afraid to look Xie Rongying in the eye: "What are your plans?"
Xie Rongying knew that Xie Jing had some thoughts about her: "Dad, don't worry, I will take care of it."
"Qin Junyi brought a concubine into the Marquis's mansion, and she's his equal." Xie Jing almost said the word 'divorce'. "If your second and fourth uncles knew that the marriage I arranged for you had put you in such a predicament, they would also scold me for sacrificing you for personal gain."
"Dad." Xie Rongying smiled faintly: "Things have come to this, life must go on. My daughter is married, so I just want to live a good life."
Xie Jing wanted to say that Jiang would definitely be even more hostile to Xie Rongying because of what happened today, but when he saw Xie Rongying's calm and emotionless look, he had an indescribable feeling.
"A family is bound to have its ups and downs. Now that I belong to another family, it's natural that I'll suffer some grievances." Xie Rongying stood up and glanced at her father's frown. She added, "Dad, since I've already fallen into this trap set by the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion, please don't let me suffer this in vain."
"What do you mean?" Xie Jing's expression changed slightly.
Xie Rongying said bluntly: "The Yongyi Marquis' Mansion has always stood by the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince and the Emperor are father and son. Now the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion is loyal to the Crown Prince, which means it is loyal to the Emperor. But between this father and son is the son of the late Emperor, and the Emperor is just a sibling of the late Emperor."
"If the King of Wei hadn't been on the verge of death, and the Empress hadn't been so focused on saving her only son that she had no time to attend to the court, how could the Emperor have had the opportunity to ascend the throne?"
The more Xie Jing listened, the more serious his expression became.
"Father, the Emperor used benevolence and morality to appease the so-called traitors, but in reality, they were all followers of the late Emperor and supporters of the King of Wei. How many people complained about the Emperor's dishonesty?"
"The emperor's benevolence and morality cannot appease the late emperor's followers, nor can it silence the gossip."
"But after the emperor executed the nine clans of the Shangguan family, the traitorous General of the Cavalry, everyone fell silent. Even the Empress Dowager was shocked." Xie Rongying sneered, "You know, Shangguan Yan was a general promoted by the late emperor."
"It just so happened that the Shangguan family colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country when the emperor was unable to suppress the late emperor's followers. This caused the court to quiet down, and those who had previously followed the late emperor gradually expressed their loyalty to the emperor."
"In the past two years, the emperor has been regarded as a wise ruler by the people, while the presence of the King of Wei and the Empress Dowager seems particularly out of place."
"Now the court seems to be a struggle between the King of Wei and the Crown Prince, but in reality it is a contest between the King of Wei and the Emperor."
With every word Xie Rongying said, Xie Jing's face became more serious: "Dad, do you really want to take sides?"
Xie Jing stared at his daughter without blinking, shocked in his heart. He had never thought of such a situation, but Rong Ying saw it so clearly.
"Why is the emperor afraid of the King of Wei and the Empress?" Xie Rongying chuckled. "And why did I let Fourth Uncle go to the border?"
Xie Jing's pupils trembled slightly, and he blurted out: "The military power is in the hands of the King of Wei?"
Xie Rongying did not comment.
What she didn't say was that the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion was now a pawn in the hands of the emperor. Although the military power in Qin Shiyuan's hands could make the King of Wei feel threatened, in the end the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion would become a traitor in the hands of the emperor and serve the King of Wei.
However, at that time, the person who had the final say in the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion was Qin Junyi's younger brother.
If it weren't for Qin Junchen's efforts to turn the tide, how could the Yongyi Marquis Mansion in the previous life have reached such heights?
"Dad, I know that some things are unavoidable in officialdom, and it's very difficult to protect yourself. But the Xie family didn't get to where they are today overnight. Think more about the Xie family when you do anything."
Xie Rongying turned around after she finished speaking and said, "My daughter is going to see grandma."
Xie Jing leaned back in his chair for a long time, unable to come back to his senses. He understood what Xie Rongying meant.
The Xie family could not tolerate the grievances she suffered in the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion.
If he wanted Xie Rongying to completely leave the Yongyi Marquis Mansion, he would not solve it through a soft divorce, but would destroy the Yongyi Marquis Mansion.
Now the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion is the government's minion, and if the Xie family wants to take sides, it must be with the King of Wei.
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