Reborn to marry the emperor, I just want to confuse the emperor and seize the throne

After leaving the palace, Xie Shang took Jiang Jinyan to the Cheng family secretly. The desolation of the Cheng family could be seen from the gate of the Cheng family.

Jiang Jinyan said, "I have heard about the great achievements of General Cheng in the past. He was obviously a great general with great military achievements. I don't know why General Cheng suddenly disappeared, and the Cheng family has even become less than an ordinary family."

This place doesn't look like the mother's family of the empress! Even if the empress is not favored, she is still the empress. No one dares to disrespect the Cheng family.

but……

Xie Shang naturally knew the reason. The fact that the Cheng Mansion had become like this was entirely due to his mother. Looking at the decline of the Cheng family, Xie Shang suddenly felt some emotions he had never felt before.

If that incident had not happened back then, if the Cheng family had not helped their mother, they would not all be hated by their father.

Because of one mistake, the whole family was implicated. With one word from my father, the Cheng family has no hope anymore. No wonder my mother is in a bad mood.

He said, "This time I came here to visit my grandmother on behalf of my mother, so there is no need to mention anything else."

Jiang Jinyan knew the real reason why Xie Shang came.

Xie Shang asked someone to knock on the door. At that moment, the Cheng family’s housekeeper opened the door himself. It was getting dark, and he could only see the visitor’s face clearly with a lantern.

The next moment, the butler dropped the lantern in his hand to the ground in fear, and quickly opened the door and knelt down to Xie Shang, "Your servant pays respect to His Royal Highness Prince Heng."

"Get up. I'm here to visit my uncle and grandfather. Go in and report!" Xie Shang said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, please. I will report this to the old lady and the masters right away."

The Cheng family is also considered a large family, and they all live in this mansion. Although the Cheng family is not valued by the emperor, the words "General's Mansion" have always been hung on the plaque, and General Cheng's official title is still there, but the general has no soldiers under his command.

A general without soldiers is not really a general. He just has a good reputation. In reality, he is like a paper tiger that can be easily crushed. He looks good but is useless.

As soon as the people in the Cheng Mansion were alarmed, everyone hurried to the outer courtyard.

General Cheng Yong was only in his fifties, but his temples were already gray. He did not expect that Prince Heng would actually come to the Cheng Mansion.

He quickly knelt down and saluted, "Your humble servant greets His Royal Highness Prince Heng."

Then, everyone in the Cheng family also bowed one by one, "Greetings to His Royal Highness Prince Heng."

Xie Shang said, "First uncle, second uncle, third uncle, please stand up quickly."

Everyone was a little reserved. In fact, they also knew that Prince Heng had not been valued by the Emperor since he was a child. When he got married, they also went to Prince Heng's mansion to watch the ceremony, but he didn't care at that time. They looked for the Queen, but they only met her hastily.

After a round of greetings, General Cheng Yong introduced them and said, "Ming'er, Yang'er, come forward and greet the prince." They were only one year older than Xie Shang and were both unmarried. They did not want to get married because their careers were not going well.

Cheng Ming and Cheng Yang bowed and said, "Greetings to His Royal Highness Prince Heng." Although their aunt was the queen and had a noble status, it was because of her that they had not achieved anything to date, even though they had clearly tried very hard.

Xie Shang nodded, which was considered a greeting.

At this time, Jiang Jinyan suddenly stepped forward and said, "Brother Cheng Ming, Brother Cheng Yang, long time no see."

"Brother Jinyan." The two saw that Jiang Jinyan still had some joy on his face, and even became more intimate with Jiang Jinyan, "I didn't expect Jinyan to come to Cheng Mansion."

Xie Shang said, "You know each other."

"Reporting to the prince, I also met them when I was studying abroad." Jiang Jinyan cupped his hands and said, "I didn't expect that they were actually your cousins."

He took the initiative to explain to Cheng Ming and Cheng Yang, "My third sister married His Royal Highness Prince Heng. At that time, it was thanks to you two who helped me prepare a wedding gift for my third sister. She liked it very much."

"Brother Jinyan always talks about it, that the most knowledgeable third sister married His Royal Highness Prince Heng. What a fate!" A trace of regret flashed in the eyes of both of them. They also wanted to play chess with Miss Jiang San.

Xie Shang heard and saw it all, and felt that Jiang Jinyan must have been very proud when he talked about his sister outside. Now that Jiang Fenghua was his wife, he was always proud of marrying a talented woman.

She was still angry when he left the palace, and he thought that she would understand him after a while.

Xie Shang also knew that several young men in the Cheng family were preparing to take the imperial examinations to gain fame and revive the Cheng family.

Among them, Cheng Ming and Cheng Yang are the most outstanding.

Cheng Yong took him to see Old Madam Cheng. She was paralyzed in bed, skinny and unconscious. She couldn't even recognize anyone in the Cheng family, not even her own son. When others came to see her, she could only smile foolishly, but kept calling out the word "Lang'er".

"She only remembers the Queen's name, she doesn't recognize anyone else. The doctor said she won't survive this winter. Her last wish should be to see the Queen." Cheng Yong said.

Xie Shang left the backyard without saying anything. When he left Cheng Mansion, Cheng Yong took him to the study and handed him a list.

After looking at it, Xie Shang asked, "What do the red marks on it mean?" He saw the name of General Su Zhenhai and the name of former Minister of Justice Yang Jing.

Cheng Yong suddenly knelt on the ground and whispered, "Your Highness may not believe what I said. The Su family has hidden this list for more than 30 years. After that incident, this list was actually a list of assassinations ordered by the late emperor. Later, the late emperor suddenly passed away, and the matter was left unresolved..."

There are also several ministers' names on the list, and all of them hold important positions and are the emperor's right-hand men.

This means that these people are all my father's men. After my father ascended the throne and secured his position, these people were also promoted.

Xie Shang even guessed the truth behind the death of his grandfather. His grandmother moved to Hengyang Palace after that and never came back. She resented his father.

Xie Shang quickly shook his head, denying his own guess, saying that his father would never do this.

He stared at Cheng Yong, "Who else has seen this list?"

Cheng Yong shook his head and explained quickly, "No more, it has been kept by me. After the death of the late emperor and my father, I am the only one who knows about it besides my father. The people on the list all hold important positions." A new emperor appoints new ministers. A word from the emperor can decide the life and death of a family. Just like the Cheng family, they have not been reused until now.

Xie Shang didn't know why he gave him this list. Most of them were his father's men, and he couldn't take the list to ask his father.

No wonder my father has such an attitude towards the Cheng family. He thought it was only related to what Old Madam Cheng and my mother did back then.

Obviously not.

Xie Shang memorized all the names on the list, and then burned the letter paper: "It would be a disaster if this kind of thing stayed in the Cheng Mansion."