For some reason, Ximen Yourong, who was lying in the corner while listening to the conversation between Dongling Yuanyong and Ximen Zhende, felt vaguely that something was wrong.
She knew that Ximen would enjoy constant preferential treatment if he committed a heinous crime and was punished, but she had never heard of the fact that the reigning emperor of Dongling wanted to marry a direct female descendant of Ximen as his queen!
But this is not her focus, she quickly splices out some terrifying possibilities!
As Dongling Yuanyong said, the direct female relatives of the Ximen family are either already married, or they are still talking about it. Even though Dongling Yuanyong did not dare to violate the oath of his ancestors, the Ximen family simply did not have a suitable female family member to enter the palace as a queen.
But what if she is included? She has not yet left the cabinet and is seventeen years old. As long as Ximen Zhende pushes her out, she is the most suitable candidate!
Ximen Yourong secretly closed his eyes and prayed that Ximen Zhende would not remember her so-called daughter. After all, her name was not included in the family tree of the female family members of the clan. It can be said that apart from the blood of Ximen Zhende flowing in her body, she had nothing to do with the Ximen Mansion.
It's hard to say it has anything to do with it.
She had been planning to live away from Ximenshi forever, and she never wanted to step into another prison after Ximenshi was executed!
At this time, Ximen Yourong hoped that the hidden crowd would not be remembered or discovered, but at this moment, she heard Ximen Zhende say to Dongling Yuanyong:
"Your Majesty, I dare not submit to Your Majesty. If there is no suitable candidate, how can I dare to ask for Your Majesty's grace?"
Dongling Yuanyong listened to Ximen Zhende's respectful beating to death, and he snorted coldly:
"You, the Ximen clan, have committed the grave crime of deceiving the emperor and treason. Even if you, the Ximen clan, are protected by the oath of my ancestors, no matter how suitable the candidate is to me, it is just a last resort under the "oath". Do you really think that you are the so-called suitable candidate?"
Are you qualified to be the master of a widow’s harem?”
"As your Majesty said, this is the oath sworn by the ancestors of Dongling and Ximen. Due to the narrow selfishness of the guilty minister, he failed to follow the example of the ancestors of Ximen who swore allegiance to Dongling to the death, which led to the heinous crimes of the Ximen clan today. However, this is the fault of the guilty minister.
, how can the guilty minister, He De, subvert the oath of the ancestors? The guilty minister has only lived so far to keep the oath of the ancestors and die well. Although I am a mortal sinner, I am also the inheritor of the oath of the ancestors. Therefore, how can the guilty minister dare to throw away things?
The holy grace bestowed upon Ximen by the ancestors of Ling died suddenly?"
Ximen Zhende's words of remorse can be said to be frightening, but Dongling Yuanyong knew very well that the reason why he "sincerely repented" was because he had no room for maneuver!
Furthermore, Ximen Zhende seemed to be ready to die, but before he died, he cleverly hinted that Ximen still enjoyed the last preferential treatment of Dongling, and also hinted that Dongling Yuanyong should abide by it.
The Promise of the Aventurine Ancestors.
In other words, Dongling Yuanyong not only wanted to keep the Ximen family incense, he also wanted to marry a daughter of the Ximen family into the Dongling harem and form a marriage alliance with the Dongling family!
In Dacheng Kingdom, for more than a hundred years, the founding king of the Dongling clan has existed like a god. Many of his holy words and regulations are still followed by the whole country, and no one dares to ignore it!
It is precisely because of this that the "Exoneration Monument" owned by Ximen Zhende is so powerful!
There is no doubt that Dongling Yuanyong will not let Ximen go, but he will not blatantly ignore and violate the promise made by Dongling ancestors to Ximen, so as not to let the ministers of civil and military affairs and the people of Liming think that he has violated the ancestors.
If he wanted to destroy Ximen and avoid future troubles, he did not need to be aggressive. He had just inherited the throne, and it was fifteen years before he returned to the imperial city in an upright manner. Once he came back, he could not avoid killing people.
Officially speaking, people are still worried!
After all, everyone would think that he must have come back with a desire for revenge to settle the scores.
Especially those officials who had close contacts with the Ximen, Xia, and Shang families, they were initially afraid that Dongling Yuanyong would be implicated in them.
But in order for Dongling Yuanyong to return to his position one day, only he knows best the hardships he has gone through. Even for the sake of his mother who died in vain, he must firmly hold the title of emperor of Dacheng Kingdom!
To secure his position, he must conquer the officials and win the recognition of the people!
Therefore, on his way back to the imperial city, he had someone first issue an imperial edict stamped with the national seal, telling the world that except for the Ximen, Xia, and Shang families, all other civil and military officials, regardless of their connections with these three families, would be punished.
As long as you are loyal to Dacheng and continue to perform your duties, you will be exempted!
The reassurance Dongling Yuanyong gave to the court had the effect of maintaining stability, because except for the three powerful officials including the Ximen clan who were controlled, the other officials quickly settled down and did their jobs with peace of mind.
Therefore, after the death of Emperor Hongwen, the court remained as before and there was no turmoil.
However, for Dongling Yuanyong, he was able to stabilize the court, but the "Exoneration Monument" held by Ximen Zhende was something he could not veto at will.
Therefore, he could only resist the urge to kill Ximen Zhende immediately. His cold eyes looked at Ximen Zhende who was kneeling but did not look sad and said:
"In this case, it seems that I can't break my ancestral oath. But I am very curious. Putting aside the sin, which female family member of the Ximen family is worthy of the position of the harem master?"
Ximen Zhende looked at Dongling Yuanyong, then he looked back at the place where the women were kneeling. Finally, his eyes were locked on a woman in the corner, and then he shouted loudly:
"Ximen's daughter~ Ximen Yourong comes forward and listens to the order!"
For everyone, the name Ximen Yourong is both strange and familiar. Everyone knows that there is a hidden concubine in the Ximen Mansion, but they almost never see her interacting with other ladies and young masters, and no one invites her to join them.
!
However, the name that was least likely to be called out was called out at the most critical moment.
However, for Ximen Yourong, she never knew how terrifying the name "Ximen Yourong" was when applied to her!
At this moment, if she could disappear out of thin air in an instant, she would choose to disappear without hesitation. Even if she went to hell, it would be better than facing the storm in front of her!
But she doesn't have the power to restrain a chicken, nor the ability to escape from the ground. What else can she do besides face it?
Ximen Yourong, who was kneeling with her head bowed, had to open her closed eyes, and then she slowly straightened up and raised her head in the eyes of everyone...!
Her gaze was instinctively drawn by an overly sharp gaze, and she looked into a pair of deep and difficult-to-understand eyes. The owner of those eyes was none other than Dongling Yuanyong!
Dongling Yuanyong's condescending look like the God of War is very noble, so noble that it catches the eye.
Although his facial features and complexion are wheat-colored, he is very handsome, but he is also very cold, so cold that it makes Ximen Yourong feel scared!
However, Ximen Yourong has always been delicate and delicate since she was born. Such an incident did catch her off guard, but she was not so panicked that she lost her sense of proportion!
She withdrew her gaze indifferently, then stood up calmly and walked lightly to Ximen Zhende and knelt side by side with him.
For the first time, she was so close to Ximen Zhende. Sadly, the "closeness" she once hoped for now smells of death!
She doesn’t know how her destiny will change, and she doesn’t know if she can live for a long time in the future!?