"Some reason?" Shen Cha quickly caught the key point of Mrs. Ning's words. She looked at the old lady and frowned slightly, "The old lady's expression seemed to say, you seem to know what this certain reason is. ?」
"I know!" Madam Ning smiled at Shen Cha, her smile was very forced and she felt a hint of guilt, "Speaking of which, the reason why they fled their homeland has something to do with the Wang family."
"Something related to the Wang family?" Shen Cha blinked, "Isn't it related to the Wang family? Is it related to the previous dynasty? Was he harmed by the little emperor of the previous dynasty?"
"The general is always so keen. It does have something to do with the little emperor of the previous dynasty." Mrs. Ning glanced at Shen Haolin, then at Shen Cha, and sighed helplessly, "The Shen family was also considered in the previous dynasty. It’s not a big or small clan. Although its population is very thin, and although its military commanders have never been taken seriously, they are still nobles. They can’t stay out of the situation and live alone, let alone the two clans of Wang and Xie? What’s more, that little emperor..." She shook her head, "It's not a big deal, you know that, right?"
"I don't know much about the little emperor." Shen Haolin winked at Ning Cheng and asked him to help Mrs. Ning sit back down. "If you know anything about it, please tell us. Among the information we have collected now , the mastermind behind the scenes seems to be closely related to the little emperor."
"Okay, if you want to hear it, I'll tell you. There are some things that I have been keeping in my heart for many years, and I often want to find someone to talk to. However, in my situation, no one is willing to listen to what I say. I don’t dare to say a lot of things, right?”
"Then the old lady can tell us that we are very strict with our mouths and will not go out and talk nonsense."
"It doesn't matter if you talk nonsense. It has been so many years since the previous dynasty was overthrown, and the little emperor's bones have turned into ashes. What else should I be afraid of?" Madam Ning smiled, looked at Hong Ye and refilled the hot tea for her, pointing at her After thanking him and letting it cool down a bit, he took a few sips and continued, "You know, the little emperor hates big clans. No, he hates any clan."
"I've heard about it!" Shen Haolin remembered that he had read the handwritten notes left by his ancestors in the family before, and there were indeed records in this regard. "The elders in the family also had some records. As soon as the little emperor ascended the throne, he made various changes in Xijing City. The aristocratic family carried out ruthless purges and massacred their entire clan under various pretexts. Of course, he only dared to threaten those famous families and did not dare to actually take action. Those who could make him take action were all unscrupulous people. Such an important little family."
"The Duke of Guo is right. The young emperor is actually very dissatisfied with the control of the government by a big family like Wang Xie." He thinks that the reason why the court is in such a situation is the fault of the big family, but because of the power of the big clan, So I only dared to shout a few words, but I didn't dare to really take action against the big clan. He was also a little smart, and he came up with a trick to scare the monkeys, targeting the small clans, and wanted to use the lives of the small clans to threaten the big clans, so that the big clans could see that these people all died in vain because of them. "
"It's a wasted death..." Ning Cheng tilted his head and looked at Mrs. Ning, sighed helplessly, and said, "Since the little emperor knows that those people died in vain, isn't he afraid of the backlash? After all, everyone with eyes knows it. , he is the real black hand, no one will really complain about the big clan."
"If he understood what you said, then the war that lasted for many years would not have happened. He himself caused public anger and did not have the ability to deal with it, so he could only drag someone who seemed to be on the same camp as him. The Grand Master gave him a leg up and pushed everything to that Grand Master, hiding himself from others. As a result, when he found out that the Grand Master was not of the same mind as him, he wanted to take back the power he had given him. , then it will be too late.”
"That's why he died so miserably, just to lure the wolf into the house."
"That's right." Mrs. Ning sighed softly, "He thought that the grand master was a poor little sheep being bullied by the clan, but he never expected that in the end, the poor little sheep who was really bullied turned out to be himself."
"However, if you are simply dissatisfied with the big clan's control of the government, you can take back the power without exterminating the big clan, right?" Shen Cha tilted his head and looked at Mrs. Ning, "The little emperor hates the clan. Intention, even hatred towards the rich and powerful family, is not
It's just that simple..." She thought for a moment and said, "It's like the clan killed their own people."
"The general is right. The little emperor has a grudge against the clans, or the powerful and noble families, and even the wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan. In the few years he has been in power, those centuries-old families All the royal merchants have stopped working, do you know why?"
"I know this!" Jin Jing raised her paw, "Because I don't want to give money, I want good things, but I don't want to give money. Therefore, I angered those imperial merchants, and even if he threatened them, they would not let go. .”
"Pick?" Xue Ruitian touched his chin, "The mastermind behind this...couldn't he be a descendant of the little emperor?"
"The little emperor was only fourteen or fifteen years old when he died in the palace. There were only three older nuns in the harem. There were not even any maids of similar age, let alone concubines. He had never been married. Where do you have any descendants?"
"Why is this?" Ning Cheng looked at Jin Jing in surprise, "Anyway, he is still a little emperor, and his life is so miserable?"
"You did it yourself!" Mrs. Ning sneered, "What Mr. Jin said just now is right. It is true that the imperial merchants have stopped working. Not only the imperial merchants, but also the maids and chamberlains in the palace are unwilling to follow him, because He deducted wages because he didn't want to have this...well, what he called extra expenses."
"What?" Ning Cheng said in complete disbelief, "What does he think? Mom, are you sure you are right?"
"Isn't it so incredible? Don't you think it's ridiculous?" Seeing her adopted son nodding blankly, Madam Ning stretched out her hand to touch his fur, "That's right, on this little emperor, There will be more incredible things.”
"I also heard something even more outrageous than this, and I want to ask the old lady for confirmation." Jin Jing came over, looked at the old lady longingly, and said, "I heard that the little emperor doesn't want to marry a wife. , but you want your daughter-in-law’s family to provide both a dowry and a betrothal gift, right?”
