Early in the morning, Liu Qingge was still playing with flowers and plants in the courtyard, when she saw Shangguan Xizhi walking in, dusty and dusty.
As soon as he saw Liu Qingge, he couldn't restrain the joy in his heart: "It's done, it's going to be done!"
Seeing the excitement on Shangguan Xizhi's face, Liu Qingge's expression was calm. She continued to move her hands and said to Shangguan Xizhi: "It's too early to be happy."
"But my father has decided to hand over the Shangguan family to me to inherit." Shangguan Xizhi felt as if his enthusiasm was then poured with a basin of cold water.
"Where is the family leader's seal?"
Liu Qingge's voice was not loud, but it instantly made Shangguan Xizhi wake up. Indeed, Shangguan Jingyu said that he would hand over the Shangguan family to him. She said so much, but she did not give him the seal of the head of the family!
Without a seal, it is just a piece of paper, and even Shangguan Jingyu, his master, can change his mind.
"I was impulsive." Shangguan Xizhi said calmly.
Liu Qingge smiled lightly and said: "Shangguan Jingyu is just testing your attitude towards the Sun family this time. You should not have any reaction."
"Of course not." Shangguan Xizhi immediately answered.
"The more this happens, the more suspicious Shangguan Jingyu will be. Your mother died at the hands of Sun, and your reaction was too bland."
"What should we do?" Shangguan Xizhi looked a little annoyed, as if he was blaming himself for being so calm at the time.
"The problem is not that big. It's just that Shangguan Jingyu will definitely not be relieved, but he won't let you go so easily. After all, the Shangguan family's bastards, except for you who were never raised by your aunt, are no better than Shangguan Xicheng. Where to."
"Then what should I prepare next?"
"Wait a minute, the public outrage and the memorials from officials at all levels have already been enough for Emperor Song Ming and Shangguan Jingyu. If we add more, I'm afraid it will attract unnecessary attention, and then the gains will really outweigh the losses." The reason why Liu Qingge was able to Saying these words is also a lesson learned from Song Jingrong before.
Emperor Song Ming was a very serious person, and Shangguan Jingyu was not much lighter than Emperor Song Ming.
"Well, I'll listen to you."
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Zhongzhou, Sun family.
Sun knelt on the ground and kept crying: "Brother, please save Xicheng, he must have been wronged!"
"Unjustly accused -" the head of the Sun family sneered and threw a stack of memorials at Sun's feet: "A loving mother often loses her son. If you hadn't spoiled Xicheng rotten in daily life, how could he be in the disaster he is today."
"Brother, please, for the sake of your only nephew in Xicheng City, help him!"
The head of the Sun family put his hands behind his back and said expressionlessly: "Help? Do you know what stupid things your son has done?"
"Brother, our Sun family and Shangguan family are so powerful, I don't believe we can't do this!"
"Your Majesty must have spoken -"
"Your Majesty - what did your Majesty say?" Mrs. Sun was a little excited.
"Your Majesty said that as long as it is handled with justice, my Sun family and the Shangguan family will not be implicated as long as they destroy their relatives in a righteous way." The head of the Sun family sighed.
"Do it justice?" Ms. Sun collapsed on the ground and murmured: "Impossible, absolutely impossible. Nothing will happen to my son, nothing will happen to my son!"
The head of the Sun family looked at his sister, looking a little crazy, sighed, and said helplessly: "Tie the eldest lady up and lock her up until the house is demolished!"
"Brother! You can't do this to me, I'm your only biological sister!" Seeing herself being dragged away, Sun kept yelling.
"Father, I'm afraid my aunt is like this-"
The head of the Sun family looked at his youngest son and said helplessly: "Baoguo, this matter is too big and cannot be suppressed no matter what. In order to protect the reputation of our Sun family for a hundred years, you should make arrangements as soon as possible."
"Does father mean for us to report him?" Sun Baoguo asked hesitantly.
The head of the Sun family nodded solemnly.
"Once this incident comes out, no one can protect Shangguan Xicheng. It is impossible not to make this move without abandoning the car to protect the commander."
"Father, I'll do it right away."
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Go to Beijing, Qingfeng Tower.
"Ge'er, you are really right about this. Shangguan Xicheng, whom the Sun family personally went to report, now has all the evidence, and Shangguan Xicheng is dead!"
Looking at Shangguan Xizhi who couldn't hide his excitement, Liu Qingge seemed like someone who had nothing to do. She looked at the beautiful camellias blooming in the courtyard and said, "What's so exciting about this? Shangguan Xicheng is dead. It's a sure thing, but the Sun family's move directly put aside all their culpability, and it can be seen that Emperor Song Ming really doesn't intend to do anything to the Sun family."
"Isn't all this what we expected? The Sun family and the Shangguan family are now in the hands of Emperor Song Ming, so he will naturally protect both families."
"No, it's up to you whether the Shangguan family can be controlled by you." Liu Qingge stared.
Looking at Liu Qingge's eyes, Shangguan Xizhi felt that his burden was extremely heavy for a moment. His father's power was still there, the foundation of the Sun family was still there, and his brothers-in-law, whether they would obey him or not was a question.
After all, he is neither the eldest son nor the legitimate son.
Those bastards will definitely not obey him.
But he is confident that he can keep those people in check!
"Go and ask to marry Emperor Song Ming's daughter."
Liu Qingge had planned this move a long time ago. Only by marrying Song Jingxiu, the daughter of Emperor Song Ming, could Shangguan Xizhi gain a firm foothold in the Shangguan family.
Only with this additional identity, it is only natural for him to take over as the head of the Shangguan family.
"I'll discuss it with my father right now." Shangguan Xizhi knew that only Shangguan Jingyu could come forward to accomplish this.
"You go ahead." Liu Qingge nodded.
After seeing Shangguan Xizhi walking away, Cuizhu said: "Young Master, the young master has brought information about Nan Qi."
Basically, the information from Nan Qi was about business. Liu Qingge frowned: "But what's the matter?"
Cuizhu looked at Liu Qingge's face with a hint of embarrassment and said, "Shopkeeper Li's husband is missing in Southern Qi."
"But in Nan Qi?" Liu Qingge didn't expect that the time to find Yang Liulang would be advanced.
"Yes, we are currently in Nanqi. Do you want to inform Shopkeeper Li about this?"
"Of course we have to tell Mengxue about this, but we have to make sure that we can bring Yang Liulang back from Nan Qi, otherwise telling Mengxue will only make her sad." Liu Qingge sighed.
"What the young master said is that this matter needs long-term consideration. Now the business in Nan Qi is proceeding steadily. When everything is settled, the young master will be back soon."
Liu Qingge nodded. A few months had passed in a blink of an eye. The trade between Southern Qi and Zhongzhou was going extremely smoothly, but the trade in the Northern Desert had not made much progress so far. Now that the construction of the Great Wall has been put on the agenda, the Northern Desert must be allowed to move as soon as possible. Only when the matter is resolved can we start work.
If the Northern Desert comes to harass us then, there will be no need to repair the Great Wall.
