The evil woman becomes the concubine and the villain is crushed to ashes

The reason why the emperor, the master behind the punished person, retaliated was not simply to retaliate against Marquis Xie, but because he looked down on the emperor behind Marquis Xie!

As the saying goes--

When beating a dog, it depends on the owner!

The emperor gave the order personally, and Lord Xie was just a lackey who followed orders and acted according to the rules. The person who was punished was the one who broke the rules first.

If you still have resentment, doesn't that mean you have a problem with the emperor and the court laws? Doesn't that mean you want to rebel?

By then, the emperor will bear a grudge against those who attacked him and retaliate against them, and Lord Xie, the lackey, will naturally disappear into obscurity.

When gods fight, the little ghosts will certainly suffer, but if the gods are fighting too hard, they will have no time to notice the little ghosts next to them.

At that time, the little devil just needs to hide away and show up again after the fight is over.

Xie Lingxi thought so in her heart and said it as concisely as possible. Lord Xie looked very uncomfortable when he heard it, and it was obvious that he did not agree with his daughter's approach.

Isn't this just a coward?

And it's so mean...

Xie Zhibai seemed to be thinking about something, and stood up to support Xie Lingxi.

"Father, mother, I think Lingxi is right. After all, whether it's the party struggles in the court or the natural disasters and man-made disasters on the land, they are all the emperor's business, and those of us who are in office are just lackeys who do things for money."

"To put it bluntly, we are just chess pieces. The emperor and his sons are the ones who hold the chess pieces. In this case, the victory or loss of this chess game will naturally be borne by each chess player. After all, the results are also borne by these chess players. We are just getting a share of the profits. Why should we take it so seriously?"

"When the party struggle is over and this chess game is over, it won't be too late for us to be good officials and seek benefits for the people. What do you think, father?"

Lord Xie could not refute this.

After thinking for a while, he looked at his son and couldn't help but sigh.

"I am old after all. Although your reasoning is a little biased, I have to say that your point of view is correct. No matter what you do, you need the right time, right place and right people. Now that the court is in such a mess, no one has the intention to do anything for the people."

"Struggling for power and dividing up territory is the general trend nowadays. Sometimes, you can go against the tide, but sometimes, you really have to go with the flow. You are right. In this party dispute, we are not chess players at all, but just chess pieces. The outcome has nothing to do with us."

"The most we can do is help the side we support win so that we can get a share of the spoils. As for the rest, we have to wait until the situation stabilizes before we can plan. Okay! Before this game is over, I will make protecting the Xie family my top priority. As for doing things for the people... let's put it aside for later."

Lord Xie made this decision with great difficulty.

Xie Lingxi and Xie Zhibai looked at each other and felt very uncomfortable, because they both knew that their father was actually a good official who only wanted to do his job.

Unfortunately, the political situation is chaotic now and no one will care about his naive ideas.

If you just do things blindly without trying to gauge which way the wind is blowing, you may die without even knowing how.

Right now you can only protect yourself.

As for the people——

The princes are just fighting in the court. As long as the people outside the court do not encounter any major natural disasters or man-made disasters, there should be no need for the court to intervene.

Xie Lingxi only hopes that

I hope this party dispute will end quickly so that the Xie family can live a peaceful life sooner.

Mrs. Xie couldn't help but say.

"I originally thought that no matter how bad our Marquis's Mansion was, it was still better than the lives of ordinary people. But now think about it, no one's life is easy. In our position, if we encounter such a situation, we will lose our heads if we are not careful."

"I was indeed too lazy in the past, but I can't be like that now. I have to build relationships with the ladies for the sake of the Xie family."

Xie Lingxi could see that her father, mother and elder brother were truly inspired to fight. Although she felt very anxious, she was happy.

At least everyone tried hard to resist instead of surrendering directly. In this way, the Xie family was much more reliable than before when they were defenseless.

Xie Lingxi struck while the iron was hot and continued her efforts.

"Father, mother, and big brother, just keep up the momentum. We can't offend other princes right now. The third prince alone is enough to give us a headache. We can't make enemies easily."

"Not only do we need to make friends, we also need to interact with those we don't like. After all, only when we understand the enemy well enough can we find their weaknesses and defeat them."

Xie Lingxi was really scared.

In the previous life, the Xie family was executed, and the biggest reason was the lack of information. And the main reason for the lack of information was the lack of friends.

In addition to having few friends, most people in the court have no relationship with the Xie family, not only emotionally but also in terms of interests.

That's why no news was heard before the verdict came out. The Xie family has hundreds of people, and in the end only a few upright officials and members of the Yang family spoke out, while everyone else, regardless of party affiliation, was trying to take advantage of the situation.

Xie Lingxi felt her scalp tingling just thinking about it.

No matter what, I must never be invisible and isolated in this life like I was in my last life.

In the previous life, the Xie family was too uninformed. If they had a few good friends, even if they couldn't change the Xie family's confession, at least if they had gotten the news in advance, my father wouldn't have been left without a chance to defend himself in front of the emperor.

And if the mother also had a few close friends, and if one of them was willing to leak some information, the Xie family would be able to struggle a little.

In short, in this life, the Xie family can no longer be deaf and blind, and must keep their eyes and ears open.

The tragedy of the Xie family in the previous life was caused by my own stupidity.

At the root of the problem is that the Xie family is in officialdom but is completely inflexible and is overly aloof.

This must never happen again in my life!

Xie Lingxi sighed and bitterly said everything she was thinking, and the other three fell silent again.

Mrs. Xie smiled awkwardly this time and emphasized it again.

"I really didn't expect that not attending the banquet would have such serious consequences. I just don't feel comfortable in crowded places like that. But now that I think about it, even if I can't stand those people's hypocritical friends, it's better to endure their hypocritical flattery than to lose the lives of the Xie family."

"I must go out more often in the future! No, I must also personally organize some poetry tea parties! I am not proficient in this area... but I know that the ladies like these the most, so I will ask for your advice when the time comes..."

Xie Zhibai was also very helpless.

"Lingxi, I am very ashamed. To be honest, it's not that I don't have friends. It's just that the friends I make are all like-minded. However, most of these friends only have ambitions but no background. They have talents but no opportunities to display them. They are all excluded in the officialdom."