Seeing that the old lady was crying again, Nanny Jin said helplessly to Xu Xi: "Please advise the old lady. Ever since the eldest lady got the news in the afternoon and hurried to the Zhu Mansion with the Hou Mansion, the old lady has been in a bad mood."

She glanced at the old lady and then said: "In fact, according to my opinion, if a family is not united, it is best to separate the families as soon as possible to avoid such a thing happening again."

She said that on purpose.

The old lady has been planning for the Hou Mansion for so many years, always hoping that the Hou Mansion can regain its glory when the old man was alive. But now that something like this has happened, the separation of the family is a foregone conclusion. If the old lady is not allowed to vent her anger, her old man will go to jail.

As you get older, you may not know what will happen to you.

Aunt Jin didn’t get along with Xu Xi for a long time, but she could tell that this kid was very smart. The old lady was stuck in a corner and couldn’t get out. I’m afraid there really were only the eldest lady, the Marquis and the young lady in this house.

Xu Xi can persuade me. The eldest lady and the Marquis are not here, so why don’t we count on Xu Xi?

Sure enough, when she said this, the old lady couldn't hold back her emotions after being miserable all afternoon. She cried to Aunt Jin and shouted: "What do you know? We don't have any other good real estate. If we separate, our ancestral home will be gone."

It will be divided into three parts; the fields and shops will also be divided. How much will we have left by then? A good family can only be reduced to a middle-class family. It is extremely difficult to get a good marriage. "

As she spoke, her silent tears turned into "whimpering" cries.

When Xu Xi was reading the novel, she saw from God's perspective that the old lady and the eldest lady had done many things to save this noble family. She understood very well the old lady's feelings of falling from prosperity and hoping to return to glory.

But in the end, the Xu Pinghou Mansion was still ransacked. While the house was being searched, the old lady was hanged in the Rongxi Hall. Aunt Jin in front of her, after taking the old lady away, she hit her head on the coffin and died.

The relationship between the two of them became a lifelong master and servant.

In addition to the master and servant in front of him who died to prove his ambition, the men of the Xupinghou Mansion were exiled for three thousand miles, and the women were sold. Zhao Yuanxun was in poor health and died of illness on the road within two hundred miles of exile. The eldest lady was exiled by Zhu

When I heard that my husband had passed away, I went to a different place to bury her husband and became ill.

All in all, except Zhao Ruyu, no one in Xupinghou Mansion had a good ending.

She sighed and patted the old lady on the back, but did not dissuade her.

It wasn't until the old lady was tired from crying that Xu Xi motioned to Nanny Jin to get some water to wipe her face, and helped her lie down on the couch. Then she said, "Old lady, the Hou Mansion does not separate families, and the crisis is right in front of us."

, everyone in the house cannot survive, do you know?"

The old lady was tired both physically and mentally, lying on the couch with eyes blank. When she heard what Xu Xi said, she was so frightened that she immediately sat up straight on the soft couch and scolded: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

But Grandma Jin felt that Xu Xi would not say that for no reason, so she hurriedly asked: "Fifth girl, how do you say this?"

"What I am going to say is very important and should not be heard by others. Aunt Jin, please go to the door and guard it so that no one can get close." Xu Xi said.

Seeing Xu Xi's solemn expression, which didn't seem to be bluffing, not only Grandma Jin, but also the old lady was frightened: "Did you hear some news?"

Xu Xi nodded to the old lady.

Aunt Jin quickly ran to the door to guard it.

Xu Xi moved a wooden bed next to the soft couch, sat down and whispered in the old lady's ear: "Did you know that the third master is very close to one of the prince's staff?"

The old lady's heart skipped a beat and her face was full of horror: "How do you know?"

Because she was worried about the two concubines, the old lady had already planted spies around them, so she didn't have complete control over their actions, but she also knew about sixty-seven percent of them.

She knew very well that the second child, Zhao Yuanliang, was incompetent and only hoped that his father-in-law could get him a job that would provide him with both leisure and power and money. Such a person would not be able to cause any big trouble.

Only the third child, Zhao Yuankun, was very ambitious. When he was young, he often wanted to participate in martial arts. Although he restrained himself after being suppressed by her, he was not an honest person and liked to make friends everywhere. He was just a man socializing in society, and the old lady had nothing to do with him.

.As long as she is not fawning over someone with a particularly prominent status, the old lady can only turn a blind eye.

Recently, the third child did make friends with a staff member of the prince's side. However, that staff member did not seem to be valued by the prince, and he could not see the prince several times a year, so the old lady did not take it to heart.

But, how did Xu Xi know?

Xu Xi smiled: "Old madam, please don't forget that the ladies in our women's academy are either from wealthy families or from the families of courtiers and officials; even among our classmates, many of them have very unusual family backgrounds."

When she said this, the old lady really had no doubts.

She asked doubtfully: "So what? He's just an aide. Can he still help him take our lives and give up the title to your third uncle?"

Xu Xi shook his head: "The prince is the son of the late empress, who has passed away long ago. In addition to the prince, the emperor also has the second prince, the fifth prince, the son of the imperial concubine, the third prince, the third prince of the concubine Jin, and the fourth prince, the son of the concubine De.

, the sixth prince born of Concubine Xian. Now the Emperor is very fond of Concubine Jin, and there are rumors that the Prince has been scolded by the Emperor many times recently. The Emperor has long been dissatisfied with him and wants to replace him as Crown Prince."

Having said this, she looked at the old lady's expression and saw that she was deep in thought, so she knew that as the princess's wife, the old lady still had some political acumen.

She continued: "If Third Uncle wants to get rid of your control over him, he must find a backer. His purpose of approaching the staff is not the staff, but the Crown Prince. But the situation in the palace is complicated and confusing. If Third Uncle gets too close to the Crown Prince

, once the prince loses power, our Hou family will definitely be affected. At that time, the emperor, either out of family affection or forced by public opinion, cannot kill the prince, but can only imprison him, and he will definitely have to operate on those who are close to him. We

The foundation of the Hou Mansion is extremely shallow, and there is no one in the court to rely on and no one to help speak up. It is very likely that someone will be used as a scapegoat. When the time comes, it will be a tragedy for the family to be wiped out."

The old lady's face changed drastically, and her lips trembled as she said, "No, it won't be right?"

What Xu Xi said might seem like a bluff to others, but to Old Madam Tang's ears, she really felt that Xu Xi had understood the point.

Because Tang's own natal family is such a living and typical example.

The Tang family was able to marry the Duke as the official wife, so she was naturally of noble birth. When the current emperor was still a prince, her father and brother made a mistake in taking sides, which led to the Tang family being liquidated after the current emperor ascended the throne. Although the family was not confiscated, the Tang family was liquidated.

He was demoted one after another.

Even though her nephews could study and were admitted to Jinshi one after another, they were still unable to be reused by the court. Now they are still serving in remote and poor places.
Chapter completed!