Lin Zhihuang looked back at his uncle with a smile: "Uncle is really funny."

Pei Lingyao only regarded this as a compliment and accepted it calmly: "Thank you very much."

Lin Zhihuang couldn't help laughing: "Whose noble daughter is the aunt that my uncle married to in Kuzhou? How dare you show off so that your in-law family can like you?"

Pei Lingyao coughed awkwardly: "The second daughter of the fourth eldest daughter of the Huai family, a first-class family in Kuzhou."

The Huai family of Kuzhou? The mother’s family of Mr. Yue?

Lin Zhihuang has been busy governing Kuzhou recently and has not been able to care about anything else.

The Huai family, a first-class family in Kuzhou, controls all the salt factories in Kuzhou.

It's a... very fat sheep...

Still an ambitious sheep.

Lin Zhihuang planned to deal with the Huai family's sheep after he had completely secured control of Kuzhou and negotiated peace with Qiya.

At this time, Lin Zhihuang suddenly heard Pei Lingyao mention that his wife was born in the Huai family, and couldn't help but wonder: "How could my uncle be married to the Huai family in Kuzhou?"

Pei Lingyao was a little embarrassed: "You also know that the Pei family treats those of us in the fifth house as if they are exiles. If I want to marry a noble daughter of the Huai family, I would not be able to do so, but because of my

Became a sworn brother with Zuo Ang..."

"My sworn brother wanted to get closer to me, so he married the Huai family's fourth sister, and we became brothers-in-law."

Having said this, Pei Lingyao coughed again in embarrassment: "Well, my father-in-law married your aunt to me for the sake of my sworn brother."

When Lin Zhihuang heard this, he shook his head in a funny way: "Uncle, why do you have to belittle yourself? You must also be capable, so that the Huai family would like you. Otherwise, the Huai family would not marry their legitimate daughter to you."

Pei Lingyao was not humble when he heard this. He raised his chin slightly and said with a smile: "That's right."

Seeing that Pei Lingyao was not estranged from him, Lin Zhihuang looked at him with a very comfortable look and asked: "Uncle's relationship with me..."

Pei Lingyao put away the smile on her face and said seriously: "I didn't tell anyone about the relationship between you and me before I met you."

Lin Zhihuang nodded when he heard this and said with a smile: "Uncle came to visit today. Are you planning to make it public?"

Pei Lingyao nodded: "Yes, Mr. Lin, what do you think of this?"

At this time, Pei Lingyao called Emperor Lin Zhihuang Lord Lin Mansion, which meant that he did not regard himself as an elder and asked for the opinions of the superiors.

Lin Zhihuang gained a new understanding of Pei Lingyao's sense of proportion.

In this short period of time together, Lin Zhihuang was able to see his great uncle's skills as a person. His boasting before was not really shameless.

Lin Zhihuang muttered: "That's fine, there's nothing to hide about it. But when I see my uncle doing this, he seems to have some ulterior motive?"

Pei Lingyao smiled bitterly and said, "You are really smart. You can see the difference at first glance. Sure enough, I can't hide anything from you."

Lin Zhihuang smiled and went straight to the point: "Huai family also has thoughts about Kuzhou?"

Pei Lingyao's expression was hard to describe, and she asserted: "The Huai family has little chance of winning against you. The Huai family is my in-law's family after all, and I can't bear to watch her die."

Lin Zhihuang didn't say anything about this and smiled noncommittally.

Pei Lingyao kept it secret from her, and Lin Zhihuang reciprocated the favor, trusting her accordingly and asking bluntly: "What does uncle want to do?"

Pei Lingyao did not directly reply to Lin Zhihuang's question this time. Instead, he sighed softly and told Lin Zhihuang about the past: "King Lu, when he was in power in Kuzhou, he was all about himself and was licentious.

road."

"The reason why the Huai family became rebellious in the first place was that King Lu used his power in Kuzhou to forcibly marry the eldest daughter of the Huai family, Huai Lianzheng, as a concubine. It was said that it was a marriage, but it was just for face.

It sounds good, but the actual situation is that King Lu saw Huai Lianzheng's beauty at a banquet, and blatantly forced her to take her, regardless of her identity."

"The Huai family has heirlooms of poetry and books. Even the daughter of a concubine will not be allowed to be a concubine. The concubine, to put it nicely, is still a concubine after all. Or she was forced to be a concubine under such circumstances."

"What King Lu did was a slap in the face of the Huai clan. No matter how angry the Huai clan was, they were not cruel enough to force their legitimate daughter to die. In the end, they had no choice but to marry their daughter to King Lu as a concubine."

"King Lu felt that he had taken great advantage. He had gained a beautiful woman and a powerful wife family like the Huai family. He just felt that he had done a good job. King Lu was so proud that he had no idea that what he had done

This behavior has greatly offended the Huai clan."

"After Huai Lianzheng gave birth to the ninth son for King Lu, the Huai family wanted to get rid of King Lu and let his grandson take the throne and become the lord of Kuzhou."

"In recent years, there have been frequent wars outside. The Huai family began to worry that Young Master Yue would not be able to successfully inherit the throne from King Lu, so they began to make hedging bets."

"The first is to support his grandson Yue Gongzi to ascend the throne. The second is to support the general Zuo Ang who married the daughter of the Huai family and become the lord of Kuzhou."

"The Huai family has been plotting against Kuzhou for many years, and has invested a lot of manpower and material resources. The Huai family's original intention was only to take revenge on King Lu, but after years of planning, it has gradually changed and become ambitious.

"

"Now that you have come out of nowhere, taken control of Kuzhou, and become the new lord of Kuzhou, the Huai clan...is not willing to accept it..."

After listening to these past events of the Huai clan, Lin Zhihuang let out a soft hum without knowing whether he was happy or angry, knowing that what Pei Lingyao said was not just lies.

Emperor Lin Zhi had already planted many shadow messengers in the city of Kuzhou. The Huai family wanted to promote their grandson, Young Master Yue, to become the next master of Kuzhou. She had already noticed it from the various arrangements made by the Huai family.

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Zuo Ang, on the other hand, was very low-key and did not let the Shadow Envoy notice anything wrong with him, nor did he notice Pei Lingyao who was assisting him.

Lin Zhihuang thought of this and asked Pei Lingyao: "Uncle, are you in charge of all the trivial matters around Zuo Ang?"

Pei Lingyao didn't expect Lin Zhihuang to suddenly ask about Zuo Ang. He was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Yes."

Lin Zhihuang smiled: "You are really capable."

Pei Lingyao not only concealed himself very well so that no one would notice him easily, but also protected Zuo Ang so well that even the shadow messenger who secretly explored him received the news that this person had been

Sir, I listened to your orders, and there is nothing to investigate.

However, Zuo Ang also had ambitions to seize Kuzhou before.

The shadow envoy could not find anything wrong with Zuo Ang, which was naturally attributed to the great uncle in front of him who was very resourceful and always acted with caution.

Pei Lingyao was praised for no reason, and he was not embarrassed. He happily accepted the praise from his niece: "Yes, I have carefully planned this for many years. If you hadn't come out of nowhere, the final outcome after the Kuzhou turmoil would have been

The lord of Kuzhou must be my sworn brother Zuo Ang."

"Hey..." Pei Lingyao sighed melancholy, and then said: "However, it is a good thing that my sworn brother has become a general under you now."

"oh?"

Pei Lingyao smiled: "Although my sworn brother is calm and dignified, he is too affectionate. He can be a general and a leader, but he always lacks ruthlessness."

Lin Zhihuang smiled when he heard this: "Uncle said this, it seems that he saw the fierceness of being the best in me? This doesn't sound like a boast."
Chapter completed!