Empress Xiao narrowed her eyes slightly, knelt down on the bed, and said in a cold voice:
"Xi'er, I know you have many questions, but there is no rush. I will explain them to you later."
"Tell me first, when did that person come to the Qin Mansion?"
"How did he become Qin Ming's grandfather?"
"What have you done since you came here?"
"It's better not to miss anything."
Xiao Changxi had a vague feeling that something big was about to happen.
In order to suppress the disturbing thoughts, Xiao Changxi took a deep breath and carefully recalled a series of things that happened after Li Yuan came to the house.
Next, Xiao Changxi spent more than half an hour telling everything about Li Yuan.
After hearing this, Empress Xiao sneered and said disdainfully:
"A dog thief is a dog thief."
"Even if he changes his skin, he's still a thief!"
Xiao Changxi frowned slightly, hesitated for a moment, and asked:
"Sister, who is he? Why did you just say that he has a grudge against us to subjugate the country?"
Empress Xiao gritted her silver teeth and squeezed out a few words from between her teeth.
"Li Yuan, Duke of Tang Dynasty."
Xiao Changxi opened her mouth slightly and let out an incredible sound.
Empress Xiao seemed to be lost in memories, she murmured:
"That's right, he is the white-eyed wolf who was regarded as one of his own by Queen Wende since he was a child. He was introduced as a confidant by Erlang and was named the white-eyed wolf who stayed in Taiyuan, Li Yuan."
"If Queen Wende knew better, and knew that the child she raised with her own hands had robbed her son of his family, I wonder if she would regret her decision back then."
Xiao Changxi's whole body had fallen into a sluggish state.
She never expected that the old man who had nothing to do except play mahjong and go fishing would be the traitor Li Yuan.
But if he were Li Yuan, then many things would make sense.
She had wondered before that no matter how good the Li family's tutor was, as the King of Yue and the Crown Prince, she should not follow Qin Ming and call him his grandfather.
Now it seems that there is no better tutor in the Li family!
But what Xiao Changxi couldn't figure out the most was why Li Yuan, a majestic king of the country, would condescend to the throne and go to the Qin Manor to pretend to be Qin Lang's grandfather?
Does this do him any good?
After Empress Xiao vented for a while, her mood became much more stable. Looking at Xiao Changxi who was deep in thought, Empress Xiao asked:
"Xi'er, what are you thinking about?"
Xiao Changxi raised her head and said bluntly:
"I'm thinking why he came to Qinjiazhuang and pretended to be Qin Ming's grandfather. Will this do him any good?"
After hearing this, Empress Xiao thought for a while and said:
"This thief is a thief who has no profit and cannot afford to be early!"
"His coming here can only mean one thing, that is, Qin Family Village or Qin Mansion has something he wants to get."
"Although I can't guess what he wants for the moment, I can be sure that that thing must be very important."
"Either he is in urgent need of it, or Datang is in urgent need of it."
"Otherwise, based on my understanding of him, he would never have stayed in the Qin Mansion for so long."
Xiao Changxi was thoughtful after hearing this.
If there was something in the Qin Mansion that was important to Li Yuan, she didn't know.
But if we talk about things that are useful to the Tang Dynasty, the Qin Mansion simply doesn’t want too many.
In recent days, Li Shimin didn't know how many benefits he had received from the Qin Mansion and returned home.
Nowadays, apart from soap and carriages, other industries in the Qin Mansion basically have members of the royal family.
The profits these industries alone bring to the royal family within a year are conservatively estimated to be hundreds of thousands of dollars.
More importantly, alcohol, coal, and cement roads not only made money, but also changed the lives of people in the Tang Dynasty.
Then Xiao Changxi thought that apart from these industries, the most important person in Qin Mansion was actually Qin Ming.
Because everything was made by Qin Ming.
Thinking of this, Xiao Changxi suddenly panicked, raised her head and looked at Empress Xiao and said:
"Sister, please wait for me in the room while I go out."
Xiao Changxi was about to stand up when her shoulders were held down by Empress Xiao, and then she heard Empress Xiao's cold voice.
"You want to go to Qin Ming and tell him about Li Yuan?"
Xiao Changxi hummed and said:
"Sister, this matter is too big for the Qin Mansion, I can't hide it from him."
Empress Xiao thought for a while and said:
"He will go to the army tomorrow. Instead of telling him now and causing him more trouble, it is better to wait until he comes back from Lanzhou."
"And when he leaves, you will need to help him protect the Qin family's property. There is no doubt that there will be any use for that thief."
Xiao Changxi looked at Empress Xiao with doubtful eyes.
"Sister, what do you mean?"
Empress Xiao said calmly:
"What do you mean? Although his auction today has made great contributions to the court, it has also offended many people who should not be offended."
"That's more than one million yuan! Is it so easy to get money from these aristocratic families?"
"They suffered such a huge loss, how could they not retaliate afterwards."
"Then if they must take revenge on someone, who do you think they will take revenge on? Li Shimin? Li Tai? Or Qin Ming? Of course, revenge on Qin Ming, this little county boy is the easiest."
"Besides, you mentioned to me before that the Qin Mansion has many profitable industries."
"Retaliating against Qin Ming can not only bring out bad breath, but also gain some tangible benefits. If it is done properly, it may even bring some blood back to the family."
"Are you so naive that as long as the Li family has the backing, other aristocratic families will not touch him?"
"If you think that way, you are totally wrong. Besides, which family is going to the auction today to be easy to get along with?"
"Maybe because of the imperial court and the Li family, they won't take action against the Qin Mansion openly, but what about behind the scenes?"
"If they use some dark methods behind the scenes, do you think they can stop it with just the people in Qin Mansion?"
"So we can't tell Qin Ming the identity of the thief yet. As long as the thief stays in this house for one day, our safety will be guaranteed for one more day."
As Xiao Changxi listened, a layer of cold sweat broke out on her forehead and back.
It’s scary to think about it!
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