"Uncle, please forgive Jinglan for not obeying your orders!" A trace of determination flashed in Si Jinglan's eyes, the Minister of Household Affairs.
"Jinglan, don't you even listen to your uncle's words?" Si Changqing changed his usual amiability, and his face suddenly turned cold.
Si Jinglan has almost never disobeyed her uncle's decision in her life, but today she must refuse!
This has nothing to do with her likes or dislikes of Wu Zhongxian. If Wu Zhongxian was not a close confidant of His Majesty today, even if her uncle randomly picked up a passerby from the streets of Beijing, Si Jinglan would not say a word. She knew that her uncle would never
Harm her.
But Wu Zhongxian can't do it! Just because of the forces involved behind him!
She knew how much pressure her uncle was under when he brought her into the family, and she also knew that the people in the court were always staring at her uncle from behind.
She knew all this in her heart, so she didn't want to involve the entire Si family because of herself.
She successively became a disciple of the Minister of Rites, and then climbed up to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, in order to be able to carry the faction that Si Changqing left behind in the future, as well as the huge Si family.
Especially she wants to protect Si Qianyun in the coming years. No one can touch a hair of the Si family's jewel, not even His Majesty the Great Qin Dynasty!
This is her Si Jinglan’s bottom line!
"This person is a close confidant of His Majesty, and I am the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and my teacher is the Minister of the Ministry of Rites. This alone is not enough." Si Jinglan then knelt beside Si Changqing, with his head held high and his eyes flashing.
He had a stubborn look on his face, and two traces of tears flowed from the corners of his eyes.
"Yes! Dad, are you confused?! Sister Jinglan has finally come to this point, sitting in the position of Minister of Household Affairs! You can't just ruin your sister's future!"
At this time, the little girl Si Qianyun also reacted, and hurriedly knelt down beside Si Changqing, telling her story with tears in her eyes.
"Are you all grown up? Your wings are strong! Don't you listen to me, an old man?" Si Changqing felt helpless. He had been the right minister for so many years, and all he had to do in the court was to say something that he believed in.
That's what's settled.
But none of these juniors listened to his arrangements today, especially the two girls beside him. On normal days, they would be so protective that he would not even dare to speak loudly!
But now the situation has become so bad that even the right prime minister may not be able to escape from it. He must pave the way forward for these younger generations before he loses power.
Even if you are reluctant, what can you do if you are reluctant to let go?
Si Changqing couldn't help but make any further plans.
"Uncle, you are the backbone of all officials. If you betray me in battle, you will give me to this person! Those people in the court will never let our Si family go!" Si Jinglan choked and said.
"Uncle, I can't look back now. There is only this way before our Si family." Si Jinglan supported Si Changqing with both hands and looked at Si Changqing's straight back.
Only then did she realize that this immortal green pine who had stood firm throughout the Qin Dynasty for decades had finally reached his twilight years. Then she said as if she had made up her mind: "In the future, Jinglan will shoulder the burden of uncle, even if there is a lot of trouble ahead."
Even in the abyss of eternal destruction, I will grit my teeth and go to the end!
"Even if our Si family becomes the enemy of the entire Great Qin Dynasty and becomes the enemy of His Majesty! As long as I still have breath, I will protect Qianyun!"
Si Jinglan was originally an extremely resolute woman. She would never repent as long as she believed in something. It was because of her such a character that she was able to enter the ranks of the third rank in her twenties.
She knew that from the day she entered the Qin Dynasty, she already knew her ending.
Si Changqing, the right minister of the Great Qin Dynasty, was a veteran of Tuogu in three dynasties, and what he now represents is by no means as simple as the right minister.
He is a witness to the previous emperor's devolution of power over the world, and he is also the most important supervisor. Now the empress has great ambitions, and she is by no means as simple as wanting to be a virtuous king.
She wants to further surpass the ancestors of the Ying family in the past generations, but if she does not take back the power in her hands, no matter how ambitious she is, it will be in vain!
Therefore, Si Changqing is a threshold that the empress can never avoid.
Standing behind him were all the civil and military officials of all sizes in the Qin Dynasty, including those from wealthy families scattered all over the country.
There were wolves first and then tigers. Si Changqing was unable to advance or retreat.
Now that Si Changqing is old, he is strong and fashionable and can dominate all forces, but now his twilight colors are fully visible.
No matter how broad-minded Ying Zhao is, it will be difficult for him to tolerate another 'Si Changqing'. As long as Si Changqing drives west, the power of the right prime minister will fall by the wayside, and all the officials in the court will turn into a bunch of birds in the blink of an eye.
A jackal hungry for power!
By the time the family is so big, it will be doomed, and everyone will use it as a knife and others as fish and meat.
Si Qianyun was young and petty and not suitable for serving as an official in the court, so the burden of protecting the Si family fell on Si Jinglan's shoulders. It could be said that she did it willingly, or it could be said that Si Changqing did it intentionally.
But it all boils down to an old saying: No eggs are left intact when the nest is overturned!
She could understand her uncle's intentions. Now, King Chenliu, the only king with a different surname in the Qin Dynasty, was rebelling. This gave the empress a reason to take back her power, and she also had an excuse to cleanse the entire Qin Dynasty.
The appointment of Wu Zhongxian as the Chief of Jianghu was a signal sent by the empress to the court.
The civil and military officials are also not lambs to be slaughtered, and their biggest reliance is the Right Prime Minister Si Changqing.
But who is the Empress? The Emperor of Qin who swept through the thirty-six counties of the Qin Dynasty and bloodbathed the entire Northern Barbarian tribes!
The unsheathed Emperor's Sword in the Empress's hand is not so easy to take back, you will have to see blood!
At this point in time, as the backbone of the entire civil servant group, Si Changqing must stand up and stand opposite to the empress!
This is the price Si Changqing paid for holding the high position of Right Prime Minister for thirty years, and it is also the most direct reason why hundreds of officials support him.
The big waves push the boat, even if you can't get on it, you have to get on it!
"Alas." Wu Zhongxian sighed softly in his heart. He hated to see women shed tears for him, and he was never someone who allowed others to arrange things as they pleased.
He also saw that Si Changqing would force Si Jinglan to stay beside him, just to use the identities of Wu Zhongxian and the empress so that Si Jinglan could survive this catastrophe safely.
Si Jinglan is the nominal direct descendant of the right prime minister and a disciple of the Minister of Rites. As long as Si Changqing openly stands against the empress, how should this girl deal with herself?
Although he didn't have a close relationship with Si Jinglan, it was clear from just a few meetings that this girl was definitely not indifferent to watching her uncle in a pit of fire.
I will definitely follow Si Changqing's footsteps and march resolutely into the abyss in front of me without regrets until death!
This is what the empress, who is sitting deep in the palace, would like to see. As long as Si Changqing's faction completely falls in the court, the scene of Duke Zhou's return to the world will no longer be far away.
"Senior, junior, I have something that is not worth saying." Wu Zhongxian took a step forward and said in a deep voice.
The empress wants to use the world as a chessboard and all living beings as pawns.
Si Changqing is like a pawn crossing a river, he only advances but never retreats.
"Empress of Qin, maybe the worst decision you have ever made in your life is to lead me into the chaos of Qin!" Wu Zhongxian thought in his mind.
Wu Zhongxian is very unhappy now. He neither wants to be a chess piece in the hands of the empress, nor does he want to be a player playing black and white.
The empress wanted to force him to make a move without any regrets. She wanted Wu Zhongxian to be in a dilemma, and in the end, just like King Chen Liu did that time, he reached an agreement with her again.
She likes to see Wu Zhongxian compromising to her. As long as he tries again and again, the next exchange terms will not be that simple.
Wu Zhongxian smiled contemptuously in his heart.
The reason why he was granted the title of Chief Jianghu was just because he promised Chen Qingling to protect King Chen Liu from death.
The reason why he got involved in the chaos of Da Qin was just because he promised Haitang that he would find out the mastermind behind it for her.
At the moment, he just wants to say one thing: Is it difficult to do? Then don’t do it!
(╯'-')╯︵┻━┻!!!
Young Master Wu Zhongxian wants to overturn this chessboard for all sentient beings!
