Chapter 221 Don't laugh or cry when you are taken advantage of?
Chapter 221 The enemy is here. If you don’t laugh, how can you cry?
"What do you want from me?"
Wang Tuo's eyes twitched and he said displeasedly:
"You are so knowledgeable and talented, but there are still things in this world that you can't solve?"
After hearing this, Lin Xiao smiled nonchalantly:
"Your Excellency, you don't know something. The reason why ordinary people ask you for help is because..."
Lin Xiao paused deliberately.
"Because of what?"
"Because Cao Min saw the Imperial Concubine yesterday, and she seemed to be a little... something like that towards the Emperor, so Cao Min ventured to guess whether her natal family is very powerful?"
"The Imperial Concubine, is she rude to His Majesty again?"
Wang Tuo raised his eyebrows.
The amount of information in this sentence was a bit large. Lin Xiao was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses and nodded:
"Um."
After Wang Tuo heard this, he snorted coldly:
"Isn't it just because I am the eldest daughter of the Chen family? What's so great about it?! In the end, I am not an imperial concubine, and I am not being stepped on by others!"
Wang Tuo's voice was full of strong ridicule and contempt, and Lin Xiao was frightened when he heard it.
The imperial concubine is really vulnerable in his heart!
Is there some deep hatred between them?
Thinking of this, Lin Xiao hurriedly smiled, asked Wang Tuo to sit down, and filled him with tea herself.
This time, Wang Tuo did not refuse, nor did he show any impatience.
Lin Xiao watched him drink all the tea in the cup in one breath, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I have something you don't know whether to ask or not?"
"You want to ask why I hate the imperial concubine so much, right?"
Wang Tuo saw through her mind.
Lin Xiao nodded, but did not speak, just acquiesced.
She really wanted to know why.
"Huh, if she hadn't blocked it, Wang Yao would have been the empress of the palace long ago!"
A sinister light flashed in Wang Tuo's eyes.
Lin Xiao opened her mouth slightly.
She never expected that things would turn out like this!
"Of course, I didn't give her any good things to eat. Doesn't she want to be the queen? Oh, if my daughter can't be, she won't even want to be. Let her be the imperial concubine for the rest of her life!"
Wang Tuo sneered again and again.
After hearing this, Lin Xiao felt a chill in her heart.
She could feel that Wang Tuo's words came from the heart and did not seem to be fake.
"You just said that the imperial concubine's natal family is the Chen family. Is the Chen family very powerful?"
Although Lin Xiao had learned some information about the Chen family from the direct princess Li Xianxian last night, she still pretended to know nothing in order to find out what Wang Tuo said.
Sure enough, when Wang Tuo heard her asking, he was stunned for a moment, and then his face became extremely ugly:
"The Chen family, whether in the capital or in the court, can be said to be a powerful force. If it weren't for the restraint of several aristocratic families, I'm afraid they would be even more rampant."
The Chen family, relying on the fact that their ancestors had opened up territory and made great achievements for the Great Xia Dynasty, became more and more unbridled!
Their tentacles have reached everywhere, and there are many important officials in the court
They were all bribed or controlled by people from the Chen family.
"No wonder the emperor always stays in the imperial study room when discussing important matters. That's it!"
Lin Xiao suddenly realized.
She originally thought it was because Li Yuquan didn't fall in love with the court, but now it seems that there may be many ulterior secrets hidden behind it.
"Do you want to vent your anger, Prime Minister?" he asked tentatively.
"Why are you so angry?"
Wang Tuo sneered.
The power of the Chen family spreads across all fields, even in the entire Daxia Dynasty, it is one of the best!
He didn't believe that the boy in front of him, who had not yet fully grown his hair, could do anything!
"this."
Lin Xiao hesitated.
Wang Tuo glanced at her coldly:
"If you fart, hurry up!" His eyes gradually brightened, and finally, the corners of his mouth slowly curved up, and he said contemptuously:
"Good on you, you ghost!"
Lin Xiao smiled mischievously:
"So, I leave this matter to you!"
Wang Tuo stood up and left with a proud look on his face.
Lin Xiao looked at his back with deep eyes and a sly smile on his lips.
Imperial concubine?
snort!
Just wait and see!
Time passes quickly.
In a blink of an eye, the charity auction started as scheduled in the Royal Villa.
The Royal Villa is located on the outskirts of Beijing and is a manor covering an extremely large area.
It is warm in winter and cool in summer. During the hot summer season, the emperor would take his concubines to the other courtyard to escape the heat.
At this moment, it was evening, and there were many luxury carriages parked in front of the courtyard. Between each carriage, there was a tall horse pulling it. It looked extremely luxurious and majestic.
There were many guards patrolling the manor, and in the largest garden of the manor, aristocratic families and gentry gathered, all of whom came to participate in the auction.
Fortunately for the aristocratic family, the gentry, as the name suggests, are actually wealthy common people. They are the lowest class of businessmen and are looked down upon by others, let alone have the opportunity to meet the emperor.
These wealthy gentry were very excited, and they were all thinking about how they could show their faces in the celebrity circles in the capital, so as to increase their prestige for their business status!
Zhao Qian counted the banknotes excitedly. He didn't expect that the auction hadn't even started yet, but he had already made a lot of money just from the admission fee.
"Oh, if I had known earlier, the admission fee would have doubled to one hundred taels per person."
Lin Xiao regretted setting the entrance fee too low.
If she had known there were so many rich people, she should have asked for more!
Zhao Qian didn't think so. He felt that the ticket price of fifty-two per person was already a sky-high price. Besides, this was just the entrance, the main event hadn't started yet!
At this time, several dandy boys wearing silk and satin clothes walked in from the door under the guidance of a palace maid.
They were wearing golden jewelry, and the huge pearl necklaces around their necks were shining brightly.
Their faces were filled with something called "arrogance", as if the whole world wanted to kneel down and worship them.
"who are they?"
Lin Xiao looked at those arrogant men and couldn't help but ask Zhao Qian in a low voice.
She always felt that those men looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen them.
"They are the young masters of the Chen family."
Zhao Qian's tone was full of contempt.
A smile appeared on Lin Xiao's face.
It turned out to be them!
No wonder her appearance is somewhat similar to that of the imperial concubine.
Lin Xiao couldn't help but feel a little gloating, these people were probably going to be unlucky!
Zhao Qian was a little surprised when he saw Lin Xiao's gloating smile:
"Hey, what are you laughing at?"
"The enemy is here. If you don't laugh, how can you cry?"
As he said this, Lin Xiao greeted the people with a smile on his face and shouted:
"Hey, aren't these Mr. Chen? Welcome!"
Her voice was loud and attracted everyone's attention.
The Chen family members looked at her with contempt and ridicule in their eyes, as if they were looking at a clown.
"Get out! Don't block the road!"
One of them, a rather handsome young man, waved his hand, his eyes filled with contempt and even a bit of disgust.