The current situation is only obvious at a glance.

First, time is tight.

Second, it is coming in full force.

So what they are looking for at this moment is bound to be a way to hit the target with one blow. Of course, the best method fell on Concubine Pei. She has been in the palace for many years and is in a high position with a peacock seal in her palm, so this matter is difficult but not very difficult. As long as it is deployed properly, it is not impossible to win.

But the possibility of losing is really not to be underestimated, so Concubine Pei hesitated, and they had expected it long ago.

But unexpectedly, Concubine Pei did not hesitate for too long. In just a short while, she had already made a decision and said, "If this matter is done, will the father and brother mean to support Xiao Shisan to inherit the Grand Principle?"

The Marquis of Yong'an was not slow at all. He immediately said, "As long as the Pei family does not fall for a day, they will be loyal to His Thirteenth Highness forever."

A promise may not necessarily become true at that time. But at this moment, it is much better to get such a promise than not. Concubine Pei nodded and lowered her voice and said, "The things in the palace are like the storm of the court and the country, changing rapidly and are far beyond the control of human power. If things are settled now, then the daughter should have a good arrangement.

"The affairs in the palace will be left to the Empress." Yong'an Hou changed his name, and when Concubine Pei called her daughter, she called her Empress in a respectful tone.

The mystery of this was probably not understood by the few people present, and they immediately understood it. Ye Kui half-closed her eyes and thought that this time, there was probably not much left in the relationship between Concubine Pei and the Pei family. When the matter was done and the Thirteenth Prince ascended the throne, he could not rule himself when he was young, and he would be ruled behind the curtain by Concubine Pei, who would become the Empress Dowager at that time.

Once that time comes, no one can tell a certain number of people's hearts. If a cunning rabbit dies and lacks a dog, no one can see such things. Even if the other party is Concubine Pei, who also comes from the Pei family, they cannot let go of their hearts.

"You are kind to you, Father." But at this moment, Concubine Pei seemed to have deliberately not understood the words of Yong'an Hou. She responded softly and stopped talking.

The atmosphere gradually condenses.

Since the matter has been spread out, there is naturally not much savings to hide. Taking advantage of the moment, the few people quickly analyzed how Concubine Pei broke through in the deep palace.

In Yong'an Hou's opinion, this matter is just a clean, beautiful, neat and refreshing thing.

But in Ye Kui's opinion, things were not as simple as they thought.

Emperor Chengzhen was the emperor and wanted to destroy the Pei family into the abyss. However, he was also the man of Concubine Pei, her husband, and the father of the child.

This alone can become the biggest obstacle.

To start, it is not as easy as just talking about it. Moreover, this is a rebellion and a serious crime to kill the nine clans. There is no need to mention the pressure. As long as you are not careful, maybe the one who dies is not the other party, but yourself.

Since Concubine Pei decided on the matter, her brows never stretched again.

But they didn't even have time to make a long-term plan! How could they care if Concubine Pei feels pain? At this moment, what they care about is just the two possibilities of Concubine Pei agreeing or not agreeing to these two possibilities. Since they agreed, they would even ignore what she was thinking.

People are born to live so unfree.

Ye Kui sighed inwardly, how could wealth and honor be such a good thing? If these people hadn't used their conscience, flesh and blood, destiny... to stabilize one by one, where would the aristocratic families come from in this world?

"The Pei family army is no longer in the hands of the Pei family, what should we do?" After a while of further discussion, Concubine Pei put down the matter in the palace for the time being, and instead talked about an equally important thing.

Emperor Chengzhen thought Pei Changge had died, so he did not return the Pei family's troops to the Marquis of Yong'an, but directly assigned his own people to take over. At that time, the war in Cangcheng had not yet ended, and he did this without any reason and would not attract criticism from others. In this way, when Dayue wanted to marry Amobi and the war ended, the troops would naturally be "forgotten" by Emperor Chengzhen to return to the Pei family.

That's why Concubine Pei asked this question at this moment.

Of course, the father of Yong'an and Pei Changge had already decided on this issue.

"Since we are ready to do such a ruthless thing, the manpower needed is naturally indispensable. Sister does not need to worry about military service, nor does it need to worry about military pay. Since we dare to do this, we cannot treat it as a joke." Pei Changge explained with a smile, but did not explain it thoroughly.

Ye Kui immediately understood that the two routes inside and outside the palace must be a two-pronged approach, but to be on the safe side, they could not tell Concubine Pei completely about some things.

Such a disloyal cooperative relationship seems not to be a desirable behavior in Ye Kui's opinion. However, Concubine Pei is worthy of being the daughter of the Pei family, and her blood is also flowing from Yong'an Hou, and her thinking pattern is probably similar to them. After Pei Changge said this, she did not look annoyed, but then said: "Okay, then let's think of a way to contact us first."

It is not easy to deliver messages in and outside the uterus, so this is an inevitable thing, and it is indeed time to start doing it immediately.

Ye Kui also knew that Pei Changge should have already placed people in this matter, and he should have started directly from someone like Cao Eunuch who was beside Emperor Chengzhen. The eunuchs came and went freely in the palace, and were all people who were close to serving their masters. In the mouths of these people, they were the easiest to find what they wanted and were the most suitable candidates to convey messages.

However, it will be very difficult to completely buy these people in hand.

So Pei Changge's affairs were once in a dead end.

"This matter is already being prepared, let's put it aside for now." Yong'an Hou shook his head, his fingers bent slightly and knocked on the table, and said with a serious expression, "If this matter is done, I'm afraid that the Xiao family will be supported."

Xiao family?

Ye Kui was stunned and blurted out: "Do you want to find the prince?"

But as soon as she finished speaking, she realized that something was wrong. Since they had decided to support the Thirteenth Prince to the throne, what was the reason for finding the prince? If it were changed, Ye Kui might have doubted whether this was to find a scapegoat or shield for the Thirteenth Prince. But the current situation is not appropriate.

Sure enough, before she could continue thinking for a long time, Yong'an Hou had already looked at her with a stern face and said, "No, it's your grandmother."

——Xiao Yunniang’s biological mother, Empress Xiao’s sister-in-law, and her grandmother Lin.

Ye Kui took a deep breath as he listened to the words of Yong'an Hou and asked in disbelief: "Did my father always know about the Xiao family not leaving Fengcheng?"

Among the people present, except for the calm-looking Marquis of Yong'an, the rest were so surprised that they could not even speak.

Ye Kui's grandfather was Xiao Sheng, which is well known. However, after the Xiao family had such a thing, everyone said that Mrs. Xiao, Lin, who had finally survived, left Fengcheng with her young concubine, and avoided the court far away. But who would have thought that they had never left Fengcheng before, but lived in seclusion in Chang'an Lane.

Ye Kui knew about this, and Pei Changge also knew about it.

But none of them expected that Yong'an Hou knew it.

And he must have known him all the time. Unlike Ye Kui, he wanted to know the whereabouts of the Xiao family and finally found clues after pursuing this moment. Ye Kui couldn't help but start to doubt that Lin and his young children could survive smoothly, but quietly disappeared from the eyes of everyone and entered Chang'an Lane. Has there ever been a Yong'an Hou in this?

The Marquis of Yong'an looked at them in surprise without any hesitation, nodded directly, and said in a deep voice: "I thought of a way to place the people."

After getting a clear answer, the heart that Ye Kui was holding suddenly fell down again. However, a feeling of emptiness rose rapidly from the position where the heart was originally hanging. Once again, something that she thought she was already under control had an accident and instantly slid in a direction she could not know.

"What is the father trying to find Mrs. Xiao?" Concubine Pei, who had no direct contact with the Xiao family, came back first. "Can the Xiao family help me in this matter?"

The Marquis of Yong'an had a calm face and only spit out two words: "Military Pay."

After saying that, Ye Kui and Concubine Pei both showed a confused look on their faces. Only Pei Changge suddenly looked shaking, looked directly at Yong'an Hou, and almost gritted his teeth and said, "What does that matter have to do with the Xiao family?"

That thing?

What does it mean?

Ye Kui was puzzled.

As I thought about it, I suddenly thought of something very likely.

She had always suspected that there was a secret between Pei Changge and the disappeared Nanyang Kingdom, but she had never thought of any key things. But today's words from Yong'an Hou and Pei Changge's question just now made her realize. Because the Xiao family had long become cannon fodder in the political struggle of Dayue, she had never thought about it in that direction.

But now I think about it, when I went to Nanyang, it was not the only one who went there.

General Xiao, who was traveling with him, was also among them. If something secret happened in the past, would he have no idea?

Judging from the words of Yong'an Hou saying that he would go to find Lin's family first, her grandfather was probably aware of it. And there should be another secret matter, even Yong'an Hou did not know it, but her grandfather was mastered by her grandfather. Now the secret that could be tied to the military pay required for the Pei family's operation may have been buried in the heart of Lin's family.

Ye Kui couldn't help but feel secretly shocked.
Chapter completed!