According to the emperor's decree, the third prince's faction was most dissatisfied with this. When they were in the court, the third prince's people had fiercely opposed it. However, they were single and weak, and in the end they were unable to compete with the joint efforts of several other forces. .
Coupled with the incompetence of the Southwest Yue family in suppressing bandits, the third prince had no confidence in his opposition. In the end, he had to grit his teeth and watch Chu Junxiu receive the imperial edict.
According to the emperor's order, Chu Junxiu was leaving for the southwest the next day. Time was very tight. After Xia Luotong learned the news, he started preparing medicines non-stop and delivered them to Lingshan Pavilion before dark.
Although Wu Zechen had no intention of stopping it, Xia Luotong still did not go to Lingshan Pavilion in person, but had the prepared medicine delivered to him.
She didn't want Wu Zechen to have any doubts in his heart, and she didn't want Chu Junxiu to have any thoughts anymore. This would be of no benefit to Chu Junxiu.
Early the next morning, Chu Junxiu led his personal guards to set out to the southwest. All his men were in the southwest, so he had to go back to the army to order troops before going to suppress the bandits.
Xia Luotong sat in front of the window of Shaoguang Pavilion, looking out the window in the direction of the city gate. He felt a little emotional and a little worried, because it was really dangerous for Chu Jun to go here.
Wu Zechen walked to her side, put a cloak on her, and covered the windows to prevent her from catching the cold in the morning breeze.
"Don't worry, he is not as simple as he usually appears. Otherwise, how could he become the number two figure under Old General Chu? And still make those people fearful and forcibly detain him in the capital?" Wu Zechen walked back to Xia. Luo Tong sat down next to him and stretched out his arms to take her into his arms.
"But if he takes this job, the Third Prince and the people from the Yue family will definitely take this opportunity to attack him..." Xia Luotong paused, thinking that it would be useless to worry about it, and then said helplessly, "I hope he can meet him..." Let’s turn bad luck into good luck.”
"Don't worry, even if the Third Prince and the Yue family want to take action against him, it won't be easy, otherwise he won't be able to live peacefully until now." Wu Zechen comforted him and turned to other topics. , distracting Xia Luotong, "The Jiang family's matter has come to an end."
"So soon? What's going on with the Jiang family?" Xia Luotong was really interested, but he didn't expect that this matter would be settled so quickly. It seems that several forces took action at the same time, so the efficiency was different.
"Mr. Jiang was removed from all his current positions and sent to a border town to be the county magistrate. The situation of the rest of the Jiang family is similar. It will be difficult for the Jiang family to return to Beijing unless..."
"Unless what?" Xia Luotong asked curiously.
"Unless the prince ascends the throne." Wu Zechen said calmly, but the coldness in his eyes was unmistakable, "Originally, Mr. Jiang might not even be able to get the position of county magistrate. It was the prince who came forward to save it."
"The prince came forward?" Xia Luotong said with some surprise, "I didn't expect the prince to care about the Jiang family?"
"Oh, it's just of some use value?" Wu Zechen sneered, with a bit of disdain in his tone.
"How do you say? Is the Jiang family still useful to the prince?" Xia Luotong raised his eyebrows, somewhat confused as to what role this mere county magistrate could have.
Wu Zechen sneered and said, "The Jiang family was arranged to the west by the prince."
"West? Be the county magistrate in a town on the west border?" Xia Luotong was slightly stunned, but then he understood.
Isn't the western border exactly Wu Zechen's territory? His troops are all stationed on the border!
Xia Luotong said displeased, "The prince took the opportunity to send the Jiang family there to secretly investigate the situation in the west?"
"That should be the case." Wu Zechen nodded, obviously thinking so.
"The prince has really made the best use of everything, but if the Jiang family goes to the west, will it have any impact on you?" Xia Luotong asked worriedly.
"No, it's okay. Don't worry, the Jiang family can't make trouble." In this regard, Wu Zechen is still confident, "Once the Jiang family reaches the west, don't even think about coming out again."
Wu Zechen's control over the western part of the Great Zhou Dynasty was absolute. This was also the area that most frightened the emperor and the princes. It was difficult for other forces to penetrate it.
The Jiang family's arrival in the west is like entering a sheep into a tiger's mouth, and there is no hope of ever escaping.
"The prince's plan is really loud. I'm afraid the Jiang family may not be happy." Xia Luotong believed that Mr. Jiang, as the former prince's junior master and an important member of the prince's camp, must be very interested in Wu Zechen and his family. The west side knows something about it, so he will definitely not be happy to be thrown to the west side at this time, but his wishes are no longer important.
"The Jiang family was naturally unhappy, so when they got the news, they took it out on the culprit." Wu Zechen said with a cold voice.
"The culprit?" Xia Luotong was stunned for a moment before reacting, "You mean Jiang Xin? What happened to her?"
"Today, the emperor issued an imperial edict. Soon it was reported that Jiang Xin hanged himself in the Jiang family. The Jiang family claimed that Jiang Xin committed suicide because he felt ashamed of the family." Wu Zechen raised a sarcastic smile at the corner of his mouth.
Hang yourself?
With Jiang Xin's extremely fearful nature, how could he commit suicide? Xia Luotong was the first to not believe it!
"The Jiang family's fig leaf is not very good." Xia Luotong mocked.
"Lian Ye had someone check it out. Jiang Xin's body was covered with scars. She had obviously endured a lot of torture during her lifetime. The Jiang family was very aggressive." Wu Zechen said lightly.
Xia Luotong was not surprised when he heard this. After all, Wu Zechen had disclosed this situation to him before. It seemed that the Jiang family really put their interests first and were very ruthless.
The Jiang family's affairs have been turbulent for so long, and finally came to an end today. No one expected that the Jiang family, which once had a certain status in the capital, would collapse just like that, which caused a lot of trouble. The sadness of few people.
However, this time only one Jiang family was defeated, and no other families were involved. Firstly, everyone tightened their tails vigilantly. Secondly, without the tacit understanding that everyone had at the beginning, they unanimously pointed the finger. If you point at the same person, it will be difficult to uproot the mess as quickly as you did with the Jiang family.
Everyone wants to reap the benefits, and no one wants to be the one to take the lead, so everyone is waiting and watching. Occasionally, it is difficult to succeed by oneself, so in the end it is all over.
The fall of the Jiang family did not have much impact on Xia Luotong. After all, her original enemy was only Jiang Xin and had nothing to do with the other Jiang family members. But now that Jiang Xin is dead, the Jiang family has nothing to do with her. .
