Li Ting also arrived at the East Palace at this time.
Accompanying Li Ting were Fan Zuan and Li Xingran.
Li Xingran slept soundly in the cot, while Fan Zuan pushed the cot, feeling that his eldest niece was working too hard.
But there are some things that only she knows.
There was a hot water bottle in Li Xingran's bedchamber, and she was wrapped tightly in a cotton quilt. The entire bedchamber was surrounded by fur.
Like a walking heater.
"Huangfu Chuying, you say the Xiao family owes you a throne, but why has our Li family never heard of this?" Li Ting felt that Huangfu Chuying must have been deceived by someone.
"Your Li family only came later to follow the Xiao family ancestors in conquering the country, what do you know!" Huangfu Chuying, in her anger, had already started to speak recklessly.
"You seem to have a misunderstanding about the establishment of the Nan Chen Kingdom. Although my Li family was not the first to follow the Xiao family, we observed for a long time before finally joining them."
"The Xiao family has bad character, so how could the ancestors of the Li family have followed them to the death? Besides, one of the Li family's precepts is that no matter how great the Li family's achievements are, they will always be subjects."
"How dare the Xiao family tell the truth? If they did, wouldn't they be slapping themselves in the face?"
【Then tell me the truth!】 Li Xingran had just woken up.
Hearing Huangfu Chuying's words, he muttered to himself.
But Huangfu Chuying couldn't hear her, so Li Ting repeated Li Xingran's words.
"Then please tell us the truth. We are all ears."
"Back then, the Xiao family and the Huangfu family were old friends, but the Huangfu family had more financial and human resources."
"At the beginning of the Jin Dynasty's downfall, the Xiao family approached the Huangfu family to discuss starting an uprising. However, the Xiao family lacked sufficient financial, material, and human resources."
"The Huangfu family has also been observing the situation and has not yet decided whether to start an uprising."
"So the Xiao family ancestors borrowed money, people and grain from the Huangfu family, promising that after they obtained the throne, they would sit on the throne together with the Huangfu family."
"Little did we know that once the Xiao family ascended the throne, they would forget their promise."
“The Huangfu family sent someone to inquire, but they were sent back.”
"Then the Huangfu family took a different approach and conquered a small country next to the Jin Dynasty. They worked hard to govern the country and it became the Great Yue Kingdom of today."
"The land of the Great Yue Kingdom is barren, but the population is large. The Huangfu family originally intended to ask the Xiao family for help based on their past friendship, but the Xiao family refused."
"For the sake of the people of the Great Yue Kingdom, the Great Yue Kingdom's royal family went through several generations to cultivate an empress for the Southern Chen Kingdom."
"As a result, you vicious people have tortured her into this state!"
"One day, the lightning bombs of my Great Yue Kingdom will flatten the Southern Chen Kingdom! Then we'll dig up the remains of the Xiao family's ancestors and grind them to dust!"
Xiao Sheng had never known that his ancestors had such a relationship with the Huangfu family.
The Xiao family's history does indeed record that they borrowed money, manpower, and grain from friends at the beginning of their uprising, but it doesn't mention what happened afterward.
[Tsk tsk tsk, what a shameless Huangfu family! Their shamelessness is off the charts; they're just reaping the benefits without lifting a finger.]
[Huangfu Chuying has likely been brainwashed by the Huangfu family; the book clearly states the feud between the Xiao and Huangfu families.]
The Xiao family borrowed people, money, and grain from the Huangfu family, using one of the Xiao family's iron mines as collateral.
[When they proposed borrowing the money, they suggested that the two families start an uprising together, but the Huangfu family was timid and afraid of being wiped out if they failed.]
The Xiao family ancestor was not afraid; he only said that if he succeeded, the Huangfu family would surely enjoy immense wealth and honor.
If he fails, then it is hoped that the Huangfu family will burn some paper money for the Xiao family every year during the Qingming Festival.
Throughout the entire meeting, he never mentioned sharing the throne; he only said he would bring immense wealth and power to the Huangfu family.
Later, the iron mine proved too important, and the Xiao family ancestors repaid double the amount of people, money, and grain they had borrowed from the Huangfu family.
However, the Xiao family ancestor underestimated human greed, mistaking immense wealth for the prospect of ruling the country together.
[The head of the Huangfu family happened to pass away around that time, leaving only half of his last words.]
[It only mentions that the Xiao family once proposed to jointly conquer the land. It doesn't say that the Xiao family has returned double the amount of troops, provisions, and money they borrowed.]
This led the Huangfu family to believe that they had done the Xiao family an immense favor.
Therefore, the empire built by the Xiao family must include a share for them.
That old woman from the Huangfu family clearly knew the whole story, but deliberately kept quiet. Because at that time, the Xiao family was on the verge of victory.
She thought, what's the harm in returning it? Since the Huangfu family lent the Xiao family manpower, resources, and money to lay the foundation, then the Huangfu family deserves a share of this empire.
The Xiao family fought in five hundred battles, large and small, against the Jin Dynasty, while the Huangfu family didn't even send a single letter. How dare they claim that they own half of this land?
Just as the Xiao family was preparing to take control of the capital, the Huangfu family sent people to steal the Xiao family's spoils of victory. Unfortunately, their scheme failed, and being adept at concealing their actions, they shifted the blame to another family with some influence.
Seeing their power grab fail, the Huangfu family shamelessly sought help from the Xiao family again. The Xiao family's ancestors, preoccupied with establishing a new kingdom, hadn't bothered to investigate further.
[We will continue to treat the Huangfu family with sincerity.]
[Has the Huangfu family also cut off this part of their family history?]
This is absolutely outrageous! It's utterly absurd!
[Later, Xiao Tong, the founding emperor of the Southern Chen Kingdom, explained the situation to the Huangfu family and showed each member of the family the list of money, troops, and grain that had been repaid.]
[It also bears the signature of the head of the Huangfu family. However, the Huangfu family denies that it is their handwriting, claiming it is a forgery by the Xiao family.]
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