Crowned with Pearls

Chapter 1359: Internal strife begins

It's just a small fuss, but Mr. Qiu's face is not very good, so be sure not to cause any big trouble, otherwise it will be really bad.

It's just that Xiao Yuan never listens to other people's orders. When he is happy, he may listen to what others say. When he is unhappy, he will not give face to the King of Heaven if he comes.

Now seeing these people coming up to persuade him, he immediately became furious and kicked Mr. Qiu violently.

Mr. Qiu was kicked far away and suddenly fell to the ground.

Everyone hurriedly pulled Xiao Yuan's hand to help Mr. Qiu.

But Mr. Qiu’s face was like gold, and he suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood and sprayed it on the floor.

　　This mouthful of bright red blood was so dazzling that everyone was startled. Mr. Qiu had already tilted his head and fainted.

 Everyone became anxious now.

The confidants around Xiao Yuan no longer cared about following him, and hurriedly stopped Xiao Yuan: "Your Highness! No matter how unfavorable he is, we cannot kill him! Otherwise, we will not be able to control the situation in the southeast!"

 They have been rooted in the southeast for so long, and they have long been inseparable from the nine aristocratic families, and they have a relationship of coexistence and death.

Even if he goes against the imperial court, with the help of these big families, Xiao Yuan can make the imperial court take the initiative, and he even has the confidence to be the king of the land. In the entire southeast, only Xiao Su, the fool, thinks that he is the one making the decision.

These benefits that Xiao Su is getting now are just leaked to them through Xiao Yuan's fingers on purpose.

 The only person who can really influence the southeast is Xiao Yuan.

 But this is also based on the mutual benefit between the family and Xiao Yuan.

Mr. Qiu represents the aristocratic family. He has a very high status in the aristocratic family and everyone believes in him. If he is killed by Xiao Yuan, the aristocratic family will definitely be in trouble!

Xiao Yuan’s confidants knew this, and Xiao Yuan himself also knew it.

He angrily pushed the table beside him, knocking the entire table to the ground, turned around and left.

 Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

 Xiao Yuan's confidants immediately ordered Mr. Qiu to be sent back to the Qiu family.

He followed a group of cronies and staff to Xiao Yuan's room. Everyone knew that Xiao Yuan was in a bad mood. Seeing Xiao Yuan sitting in the armchair behind the desk without saying a word, everyone also felt that Xiao Yuan was in a bad mood. They were all a little frightened and stayed aside without daring to say anything.

It was Xiao Yuan's confidant who took two steps forward and called out to your highness in a low voice.

Xiao Yuan snorted coldly, swept all the documents and letters on the desk to the ground, and rebuked coldly: "I entrusted such an important matter to them, but they messed it up several times, and it was simply not enough. It’s all too easy! This time, things went wrong again!”

Originally, the crime of killing Su Yao was to be placed on Zhao Qingye's head, and the court was instigated to infighting.

There is a big war between the vassal king and the grandson, and it is a good time for them to seize the opportunity to take advantage of the situation and reap the benefits.

He also went to Chen Hai for this matter this time, intending to cooperate further and let Shen Hai go against the court.

 But who would have known that just after returning from the sea, I would hear such irritating news.

What a waste! Such simple things go wrong time and time again!

The confidant knew what was going on, and carefully whispered in his ear: "Your Highness, now is not the time to be angry. I also know that Your Highness has high hopes for them. It is really inappropriate for them to let Him down like this, but we all know that, Concubine Taisun is also not an ordinary person. Not to mention Mr. Qiu, even Shen Hai, a person who is so unscrupulous at sea, has suffered defeat many times in the hands of Concubine Taisun."

Having said this, Xiao Yuan felt better. He snorted coldly, closed his eyes and leaned back on the chair.

After a while, he opened his eyes and his tone was much gentler than before: "Tell me, what should we do now? Those people will definitely recruit Qiu Yingcai. How could Zhejiang let him go so easily after they got the evidence? , I will definitely report it to the court and cabinet."

What if Mr. Qiu doesn’t move here?

If the court gets this evidence, then the Qiu family will be guilty of genocide. Even if he lets Mr. Qiu go, the court won't be able to let him go.

 The confidants and others all looked at each other.

If the imperial court wants to accuse them, it will only happen if the nine great families have decided to completely break away from the imperial court, that is, unless they raise a flag of rebellion.

 But that’s rebellion!

 After so many years, why can the Nine Great Aristocratic Families and Xiao Yuan only hide behind their backs and manipulate the appointment of some officials in the court, slowly pursuing their plans? It is nothing more than knowing that the possibility of the rebellion succeeding is too small.

If they rebel, their fate will be not much different from that of Yunnan.

　No one dares to say anything about helping Mr. Qiu get away with his crime.

 But if he doesn’t help Mr. Qiu, how can Xiao Yuan’s behavior be justified?

He claims to be the orthodox leader of the previous dynasty and has always regarded himself as the leader. All nine major families belong to him. If he just sits back and does nothing, then who will dare to sacrifice their lives for him in the future? It's like being stuck in a dead end.

Xiao Yuan frowned, with a cold face and didn't know what he was thinking.

 The confidants and others did not dare to make such a life-or-death decision. They were all hesitating and looking at other people's faces.

 At that moment, Xiao Yuan suddenly said: "This is not something we can decide."

 Everyone looked at Xiao Yuan.

Xiao Yuan didn't show any anger at this time, his tone was calm, his face was also calm, and he said in a deep voice: "Xiao Heng and the others will not give us this opportunity. This matter is that we will send a sharp knife to their hands to assassinate the grandson. Concubine is equivalent to treason. Treason! You and I both know what it means when such a big hat is slapped on. Don’t the court know? They will definitely take this opportunity to make a big fuss and move the Qiu family. We have no reaction. The imperial court will then dig out the Qiu family's violation of maritime restrictions and smuggling out of the sea without permission, and then implicate other aristocratic families and uproot these families. And if we react, it would be even better, and directly fight them as a rebel party."

 Everyone was breaking out in a cold sweat.

Everyone knows that Xiao Yuan is definitely not alarmist.

 He is right, the court will not miss this opportunity, and neither will Xiao Heng.

They know very well what His Highness' skills are.

Everyone couldn't help but fell silent, and the room was filled with an excessively solemn atmosphere.

At this time, a confidant spoke first to break the silence: "Your Highness, do you want everyone from the nine great families to come over and make a decision together?"

 Xiao Yuan didn't lose his temper anymore.

 Only weak people will always vent their anger, while smart people will only try their best to solve troubles.

 He nodded: "Go ahead and let everyone who can come over come over."

 (End of this chapter)