Xiao Jie followed Wang Pu all the way into the back house of the palace.

Maybe it's because the Patriarch is about to fail, the entire palace is filled with a depressing and dignified atmosphere, and everyone in the palace is full of confusion and uneasiness, as if they are worried about the fate of the Wang family and themselves .

After all, everyone knows in their hearts that although Wang Cheng died in the hands of Xiao Huang, their Langya Wang family cannot escape the blame for Xiao Huang's existence today. It is hard to say that the court will not look back after suppressing Xiao Huang's rebellion Settle accounts against their Wang family after autumn.

But in this oppressive atmosphere, as soon as Xiao Jie entered the back house, he heard a woman's laughter coming from a yard, he couldn't help but frowned slightly, and looked at Wang Pu with some puzzlement.

Wang Pu couldn't help but stop in his tracks, looking at the direction of laughter, with a trace of bitterness on his face: "Yes... Yu'er, after she heard that her cousin died...she...became so crazy... "

During the conversation, the woman's laughter suddenly turned into an angry curse: "Xiao Huang...you despicable villain, why did you kill him...I want to kill you... Hahaha……"

At this time, another woman's crying voice came from the courtyard: "Yu'er, stop making trouble, go back with your mother, and see how Jing'er is crying..."

Sure enough, the woman's cry was mixed with the cry of a child, and a few intermittent and indistinct "mother and concubine"...

But as soon as she heard the word "Jing'er", Wang Yu felt as if her hair exploded instantly, and shouted desperately: "He is not my Jinger...he is not my Jinger...he is not mine my dream..."

Afterwards, Madam Cui exclaimed: "Yu'er, you can't do this, Jing'er is your own flesh and blood..."

After that, Madam Cui's chasing sound of "Yu'er, don't run away"...

Wang Pu and Xiao Jie were not far away, so naturally they could hear clearly. As a member of the Wang family, Wang Pu felt a little embarrassed on his face. He secretly glanced at Xiao Jie, and secretly sighed in his heart. At the beginning, Wang Yu wanted to stay with Xiao Huang, instead of obeying the family's arrangement to marry the Xiao Jie in front of her. Why did she come to this? Thinking about the current Crown Princess Su Yao, the situation of the two is completely different.

Fortunately, Xiao Jie didn't say much, just shook his head, and said to Wang Pu lightly: "Let's go, go and see your Patriarch."

Wang Pu hurriedly nodded and continued to lead the way.

As soon as Xiao Jie turned around, Wang Yu ran behind him in the chase with his mother, Mrs. Cui, and she saw Xiao Jie's back at a glance...

For some reason, two lines of disappointing tears slowly fell from the corners of her eyes...

At this time, in the bedroom, Wang Chong had already reached his final deathbed.

He was always in good health, but since he was forced to resign two years ago, the Wang family's children and party members have been suppressed one after another, and his status in the court has plummeted. Not as good as one day.

Especially when he learned of his son Wang Cheng's tragic death in Liangzhou, he couldn't hold on any longer. He couldn't afford to be sick, and refused to accept the doctor's treatment. Therefore, within a few days, his life was about to come to an end.

The patriarch was critically ill, and the children of the Wang family didn't care about the imperial court's surveillance of the Wang family. They rushed to Luoyang from all over the country, just to see the patriarch off for the last time.

Just now, Wang Pu planned to go out to the Sili School Captain's Mansion, and wanted to see if he could let Wu Wang Xiaojue accommodate and let Wang Wei go back to the mansion to see the Patriarch for the last time, but he didn't expect that Wang Pu would go to the mansion as soon as he left the mansion. Met Xiao Jie.

Wang Pu led Xiao Jie to the front of Wang Chong's bedroom. Just as he was about to open the door, the door was suddenly opened from the inside, and the figure of Wang Pu's cousin Wang Dan appeared behind the door.

Seeing Wang Pu, Wang Dan couldn't help being taken aback, and said a little strangely: "Pu brother, didn't you go to Sili Xiaowei's mansion to pick up your father? Why did you come back so soon?"

Wang Pu secretly winked at the position behind him: "Brother, Your Highness is here to see the Patriarch."

"Your Highness? Which Highness?" Wang Dan followed his younger brother's gaze suspiciously, but was instantly taken aback, "Too...His Royal Highness, why are you here?"

Xiao Jie nodded, and then asked lightly: "How is your Patriarch doing now?"

As soon as Wang Chong was mentioned, Wang Dan also looked a little sad, and said with a long sigh: "The doctor said, the Patriarch may not be able to survive tonight."

Afterwards, Wang Dan seemed to have thought of something, stepped aside hastily, bowed and said, "Your Highness, please come inside."

He lost his job as Inspector of Jingzhou because of Xiao Jie. It is impossible to say that he does not hold grudges against Xiao Jie, but he is not stupid. He knows that now that Xiao Huang is rebelling against him, the Wang family cannot get away with it. It can be said that most of the members of the Wang family now Life and death depend on the emperor's thought, under such circumstances, how could he dare to be disrespectful to Xiao Jie.

Xiao Jie would not embarrass him, nodded and walked into the bedroom.

The bedroom was filled with a strong smell of soup and medicine. There were more than a dozen important figures of the Langya Wang family standing in front of Wang Chong's sick bed, and one or two intermittent sighs and sobs could be heard from time to time.

Seeing Xiao Jie appearing in the bedroom, they couldn't help showing surprise on their faces, but none of them said anything more, they just looked at Xiao Jie with complicated eyes, feeling a little uneasy in their hearts.

No one understands that besides the emperor, the only person who can decide the fate of their Wang family is the prince Xiao Jie.

Xiao Jie walked slowly to the side of Wang Chong's bed, seeing Wang Chong's withered complexion, as thin as a stick, looking like he was dying, he couldn't help shaking his head secretly.

No matter what grievances and grievances Wang Chong had with him in the past, the person in front of him now is just an old man with his last breath left.

At this time, Wang Pu took two steps forward, leaned down and whispered in Wang Chong's ear: "Patriarch, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come to see you."

Prince?

Wang Chong, who was staring at the roof dully, heard these two words, and a strange light appeared in his cloudy old eyes. He turned his neck with difficulty, and saw that Xiao Jie was standing by his bed at this moment. Tears flowed down instantly.

He knew that his life was not long, but he was always worried that the royal family would be liquidated by the court and wiped out after his death, so he couldn't take his last breath.

Wang Chong still had the last sliver of clarity in his mind at this moment, he knew that the appearance of Xiao Jie was the last chance to reverse the fate of their Wang family.

Therefore, he exhausted his last bit of strength and said to the others in the room: "You... all go out, I... alone... talk to His Highness."

The children of the Wang family looked at each other, although they were confused, they still obediently left the bedroom one by one.

But at this time Xiao Jie took the initiative to stop Wang Pu: "Dr. Wang, you go to Sili Xiaowei's mansion, and tell him that it is my intention to ask King Wu to let Wang Hanlin go back to his mansion."

Wang Pu was overjoyed, and bowed deeply to Xiao Jie: "Thank you, Your Highness!"

As the door was closed from the outside, only Wang Chong and Xiao Jie were left in the bedroom.

Wang Chong looked at Xiao Jie, tears flowed down again, and murmured: "Your Highness, I... I and the Wang family are sorry for you and your concubine mother."

Xiao Jie sighed secretly in his heart, shook his head and said: "Forget it, it's all over."

But Wang Chong didn't let go, and cried even harder: "I don't want... I don't want to die with a whole body of sins. His Royal Highness's mother and concubine are in Liangzhou. I hope... I hope His Highness can send someone to rescue her. I... I don't want to kill her twice..."

Up to now, Xiao Jie didn't want to torture an old man who was about to run out of fuel, so he didn't hide it: "Don't worry, I have rescued her, and she is now in a very safe place."

Wang Chong stopped his tears immediately, and looked at Xiao Jie in a daze, with bitterness and regret clearly showing in his eyes: "Your Highness really...predicts the enemy's opportunities everywhere... One step ahead, it is our Wang family who underestimated His Highness, hate me for doing nothing After so...so many years, but didn't see through this...this point, gave up His Highness, went...to support that bastard Xiao Huang, so...so..."

Speaking of this, Wang Chong couldn't help but burst into tears again, unable to speak any more.

The so-called people who are about to die have good words, Xiao Jie can also hear that Wang Chong's words are not flattering himself, but really regretting.

At this time, Wang Chong stopped crying suddenly, looked at Xiao Jie with his cloudy old eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Highness, I... I know that I have offended Tianwei and Tianwei for so many years, and I would like to come down after I die... ...go down to eighteen levels of hell, to wash away the sins of my life...sins...but I hope that His Highness will read it for the sake of the love of grandparents and grandchildren, and ask the emperor to extrajudicial...extrajudicial mercy, and let the Wang family go..."

After saying that, a pair of old eyes instantly looked at Xiao Jie full of pleading.

Xiao Jie was silent for a long time, and finally nodded: "I can let the Wang family go, but I have one condition."

Of course Wang Chong knew that things would not be so simple, but he still took a deep breath and said in a trembling voice, "Your Highness, please tell me."

Xiao Jie looked at Wang Chong, and said slowly: "Langya Wang family is the most aristocratic family in the world, and owns a huge amount of fertile land and beautiful houses in Daning [-]th. I don't care about the house, but I hope that the Wang family can donate [-]% of the land. To the court."

When he heard that Xiao Jie was going to take [-]% of the Wang family's land, Wang Chong couldn't help being shocked, and his face turned pale, but he only hesitated for a moment, and nodded heavily: "I can now promise Your Highness as the head of the family." .”

He knew in his heart that if the Wang family was still obsessed with their obsession and continued to be suppressed by the court, they might not even be able to keep the last [-]% of their land in the future.

Xiao Jie also nodded: "Okay, I, Xiao Jie, can also swear to God here that I will never embarrass the Wang family again in the future."

This is also the result of his deliberation, weakening the Wang family into a low-ranking family, which can not only give the father an explanation, but also make other aristocratic families unable to find other faults.

Xiao Jie took one last look at Wang Chong, sighed secretly and said, "You should have a good rest."

Afterwards, Xiao Jie turned around and was about to leave, but at this moment Wang Chong shouted from behind: "Ju'er!"

Xiao Jie stopped involuntarily.

Wang Chong shouted with all his strength: "Grandfather represents the Wang family... thank you!"

Xiao Jie shook his head and left the room.

After Xiao Jie left, Wang Chong left his last words to the members of the Wang family: "After his death, his third younger brother Wang Wei will succeed him as the head of the family. The Wang family will all withdraw from Sizhou and return to the hometown of Langya. Inside, no longer set foot in the court."

That night, a generation of powerful officials passed away suddenly.

And everyone in the world praised Prince Xiao Jie for his magnanimity.

(Although I know that many people hope that Wang Chong will die and the Wang family will be destroyed, but since this book is in a historical style, let's respect the historical background.)

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