Chapter 1137 – Cutting Down Xu Pei, The First Kill of the Lords (7)
After finishing the discussion about civil officials, it was time for the military generals. We picked out the more famous generals under Xu Pei and analyzed them one by one.
“Xie Ze?” Jiang Pengji read out a name, “There aren’t many in Dongqing with the surname Xie, especially those of good birth.”
Due to Xu Pei’s obsessive personality, everyone under him had to come from a good family background.
For Xie Ze to rank in the top three among Xu Pei’s generals, his family background had to be significant.
Yang Si had been dealing with Xu Pei for two years and basically knew the ins and outs of his power, but the descriptions about Xie Ze were scarce.
Wei Ci glanced at Li Yun, who looked utterly confused.
“Xie Ze? If I’m not mistaken, isn’t he from the scheming Xie family?”
Upon hearing “scheming Xie family,” Li Yun couldn’t help but perk up. That was the family that raised his father, Xie Qian!
Jiang Pengji glanced at the booklet in her hand. According to the information on it, Xie Ze indeed had connections to the scheming Xie family.
“Seems so.”
Thanks to Li Yun, Jiang Pengji had looked into the scheming Xie family, although it was quite a few years ago.
According to Liu Zhi, over twenty years ago, something happened that caused the scheming Xie family and the Langya Wang family to fade from public view around the same time. It was also from that point on that both families began to gradually recall their offspring who had held important positions in court, leaving only some minor roles.
“I haven’t seen a descendant of the scheming Xie family in ages. Who would’ve thought they were quietly supporting Xu Pei—”
Jiang Pengji pouted, deeply doubting Liu Zhi’s judgment of the scheming Xie family.
Clearly, she was the real candidate for potential, yet now she had sided with the rival.
“There must be some inner story,” Wei Ci chuckled, the biggest golden finger of his rebirth might just be his knowledge of all the family gossip. “If I recall correctly, Xie Ze is connected by marriage to Duke Xin Zhao. He probably has some family ties in there too.”
Instead of helping outsiders, it was better to support one’s own relatives.
“Connected by marriage?” Jiang Pengji was taken aback.
Wei Ci explained, “Xu Pei’s wife comes from the scheming family; she’s the eldest daughter, and her legitimate younger sister was betrothed to Xie Ze, hence they are connected by marriage.”
Many changes in this life led to various differences from the previous life, but most human relationships remained unchanged.
“I see,” Jiang Pengji replied.
Wei Ci continued, “Speaking of which, Xie Ze also has some connections to Han Mei.”
Li Yun, who was called out, looked utterly oblivious.
Life’s surprises often come from suddenly gaining a relative.
The atmosphere was so relaxed, it felt less like a pre-battle analysis meeting and more like a gossip exchange, everyone listened with great interest.
Li Yun’s identity wasn’t a secret, but he didn’t go around publicizing it, so many were still unaware.
Unexpectedly, the inspiring underdog Li Yun turned out to be a genuine high-class gentleman.
“Han Mei’s father, Xie Qian, was originally the legitimate eldest son of the Xie family. Now, the head of the Xie family is Xie Qian’s biological younger brother, and Xie Ze is the head’s legitimate son. By seniority, Han Mei is actually his cousin,” Wei Ci explained. “The Xie family head has five sons and three daughters, and Xie Ze is the fifth.”
Everyone was astonished, their gazes on Li Yun more intense.
“So, if Uncle Xie Qian hadn’t had his mishap back then, Han Mei would also be a rightful heir of the Xie family!” Dian Yin teased while patting Li Yun on the shoulder, and Jiang Pengji chimed in with a couple of remarks.
Once the gap in his background was filled, Li Yun was indeed the prince charming every audience member in the live stream dreamed of!
Li Yun awkwardly said, “That incident from back then must be a sore spot for my father; it’s inappropriate to bring it up too often.”
Why was Xie Qian expelled from the Xie family?
Li Yun knew all too well.
All thanks to that cursed creature that had taken over his mother’s body!
Back then, Xie Qian brought Li Yun and Wang Huijun to Hejian County to seek out Master Liaochen, hoping to produce a creature that would occupy another’s nest.
Who would have thought that the creature discovered them first, and acted first, attempting to kill Xie Qian and silence him?
After the incident, she instead produced “ironclad evidence” to frame Xie Qian for murdering his wife and fleeing, while on the other hand, she climbed onto the Emperor of Dongqing’s dragon bed.
The Xie family was coerced into handing over Xie Qian.
Initially, the Xie family firmly stood by Xie Qian, seeking him while negotiating with the Dongqing royal family.
However, the reincarnated girl’s methods were endless, using the items granted by the system to set up traps again and again.
The Xie family could evade once but not a second time; eventually, to settle things, they had no choice but to step back and expel Xie Qian.
The in-law Wang family felt utterly humiliated — how could the most noble noble girl of the Wang family willingly become a concubine for a carriage driver’s descendant? Such a disgrace! In the eyes of the Langya Wang family, the ancestor of the Dongqing royal family was just a carriage driver, and sitting on the dragon chair and wearing the dragon robe was something that could not be faced with pride!
The reincarnated girl happily climbed the dragon bed and entered the palace for palace struggles.
All her flattery and deceitful tricks traveled fast into every family of Dongqing.
The variety was endless, more stimulating than the small yellow books in the market!
Oh, the noble girl of the Wang family, one of the two beauties — she even danced in front of the king with palace maids present, actively using her mouth and hands to relieve him while uttering filthy words. The Wang family felt deeply embarrassed and could only choose to retreat, hoping to fade the shame of “Wang Huijun” with time.
They had to retreat; after all, they couldn’t allow others to mistakenly believe that the Wang family’s teachings were simply to produce shameless courtesans, right?
Dongqing had four major prestigious families: the Feng family of Shangyang, the Langya Wang family, the scheming Xie family, and the Cangzhou Meng Clan.
Among these four families, the Feng, Wang, and Xie families had the longest heritage.
The Wang family couldn’t bear such humiliation; it was too disgraceful.
“Wang Huijun” has no shame, but the rest of the Wang daughters still want their dignity!
Since Li Yun had said so, everyone naturally wouldn’t keep pressing the issue; at most, they exchanged knowing smiles.
The following gossip meeting… cough, I mean, the pre-battle analysis meeting, was primarily centered around Wei Ci. The collected information was no match for his detailed knowledge; when it came to the relationships between families, individual temperaments, and histories, he knew everything that was written and far more than what was written.
True “Encyclopedia!”
Not only were the generals and civil officials enthralled, but the audience members were also delighted.
In fact, one viewer even commented—
[If Lady Ci were in our world, no paparazzi would stand a chance!]
Jiang Pengji caught a glimpse and quietly felt a pang of sympathy for him.
After the meeting broke up, she closed the live stream early and secretly asked Wei Ci, “How do you know so much?”
Wei Ci paused, looking suspicious.
“Is the Lord unhappy with my chatter?”
He was clear about such family matters, spanning across the five kingdoms.
Before Jiang Pengji could respond, he said, “It’s just that I was too idle before, so I took the time to understand the situations of various families for easier management.”
The male emperor had an empress to deal with trivial matters among ministers and their wives, but when it came to a female emperor, things got a bit awkward.
All those trivial matters were secretly managed by Wei Ci before being sent to Her Majesty.
Over time, it became hard not to know.
