Dressed as a concubine instead of a concubine

Chapter 207 The Thoughts of the Families

Nan Rongshen walked out of the palace. He looked at the towering palace again and smiled bitterly.

His royal brother knew very well that he was not interested in that position, but he still said those words, just to make him change his mind and force him to choose the crown prince.

He knew that Nan Rongzhi was a woman, and how could the emperor, who was with her all day long, not notice it?

Perhaps he knew it from the beginning, and only the queen felt that she could hide it from the emperor.

"Brother, you are forcing me to choose a crown prince, but I am also testing your intentions."

"This is your kingdom. Since you want to entrust it to Nan Rongzhi, as your subordinate, I can only obey your orders."

Perhaps the emperor did not reveal Nan Rongzhi's identity at the beginning because he wanted to use her to check and balance the eldest prince and the prime minister, but later, he slowly saw Nan Rongzhi's talents.

This is when he really started to think about letting him inherit the throne.

I was worrying too much. No one cared more about Nanrong Kingdom than his royal brother.

Nan Rongshen, who had made up his mind, suddenly felt that the situation in front of him became clear, as if he had finally found the right path.

Three days later, he met with Nan Rongzhi and Meng Xiyue in private and told them his choice.

"You are right. The competent ones should take the position. The Crown Princess has the ability. I shouldn't be so pedantic."

"Great, with the support of the King of Zhennan, we will definitely succeed."

Meng Xiyue was overjoyed. Nan Rongshen was the strongest helper to them.

"Thank you for your help, Uncle Wang. Nan Rongzhi will definitely live up to Uncle Wang's expectations."

Nan Rongzhi bowed deeply to him. She knew how difficult this decision was for Nan Rongshen.

He is a real ancient person and a man. There is no benefit for him to support himself.

Everything he did was for the people of Nanrong Kingdom. He is a man of great love.

"However, on the surface, we still have to do the same as before. I will continue to support the Third Prince and let him attract the attention of the First Prince."

Nan Rongshen sighed, "Doing this is not fair to Nan Rongjing, so I want to ask you for a promise in advance."

"Uncle Wang, please feel free to speak."

"When you ascend the throne, you must make Nan Rongjing the king and ensure his safety for the rest of his life."

Nan Rongshen's request was not excessive. Nan Rongjing's confrontation with the eldest prince had attracted attention for her, giving her enough time to grow.

Whatever his purpose was, Nan Rongzhi was grateful to him.

So she agreed without hesitation.

"Third brother, although he competed with me for the position of crown prince, he never harmed me. When I ascend the throne, I will not hold him accountable. I will give him a rich title and let him live a stable life."

"it is good."

Nan Rongshen nodded, "In that case, let's go our separate ways."

Time is running out, they must overthrow the eldest prince and those aristocratic families within these three years.

It is not easy to overthrow those aristocratic families that have been rooted in the land of Nanrong Kingdom for nearly a hundred years.

What Meng Xiyue can do is to make the money in their hands flow and change the huge gap between the rich and the poor in Nanrong Kingdom.

But if one wants to shake their position, the easiest way is to support a new family to take power.

There are only so many places, if someone goes up, someone else must come down.

And the new family must be under their control.

In this case, the selection of the aristocratic families is very important. They must have a certain level of strength to compete with the big aristocratic families, but also be controlled by them.

Nan Rongzi didn't know much about these things, and Meng Xiyue also had no idea where to start.

Zhao Lanxue, who comes from a prominent family and has a broad vision, becomes the best candidate.

Zhao Lanxue lived up to expectations and quickly compiled a list.

"These are the ten middle-class families I selected. Three of them have only emerged in the past twenty years, and the remaining seven have been around for nearly a hundred years."

Seeing this situation, Meng Xiyue couldn't help but sigh. The monopoly of those aristocratic families in Nanrong Kingdom was too strong, and there would be no renewal for almost a hundred years.

The rich remain rich from generation to generation, and the poor remain poor from generation to generation.

No matter how hard you try, it's useless.

The upper class has long been solidified.

There is an even more complicated relationship between them, and no one else is allowed to enter.

Sure enough, Zhao Lanxue's next sentence was.

"Except for the Ye family and the Longcheng Wang family, the other four of the six leading families all support the eldest prince, and they support him without hesitation."

The Ye family is a noble family that has devoted its life to studying. They consider themselves noble and are unwilling to participate in the affairs of the court.

The Wang family of Longcheng is accustomed to seeing emperors fighting each other. No matter who is the king, their status cannot be shaken, so they disdain to fight for it.

But even though these two families did not truly support the eldest prince, to outsiders they were also in the eldest prince's camp.

After all, Nan Rongxin’s eldest prince’s wife is from the Wang family, and Ye Wen is the vice president of Donglin Academy, so he is under the command of the prime minister.

"The Ye family." Zhao Lanxue's face was solemn. "If Mr. Ye Xiu leaves, the Ye family will probably also belong to the First Prince's camp."

She was still clear about Ye Wen's relationship with his father.

Now that Mr. Ye Xiu is holding him back, he dares not act rashly, but once...

Among these six aristocratic families, five are related to the eldest prince, and the last one, the Wang family, is related to the eldest prince by marriage.

"Don't worry, the Ye family will not support the eldest prince."

Meng Xiyue said in a deep voice, "Master is a very insightful person. How could he not understand the truths that you and I can understand?"

"He knows that his health is failing. He told me that after he leaves, he will bypass Mr. Ye Wen and directly appoint Ye Rong as the head of the family."

"What?" Ye Lanxue was shocked. She had never seen a situation where the son became the head of the family while the father was still alive.

"But can Ye Rong hold it?"

Ye Wen is not an incompetent person. If he wants to fight, Ye Rong will probably not compete with him.

After all, it is disrespectful for a son to disobey his father.

"Ye Rong dare not disobey Ye Wen, and Ye Wen will not disobey his father either. It is his last wish."

Meng Xiyue said firmly, "That's his biological son, he won't make things difficult for him."

Although Ye Wen likes power, he is not a heartless and ungrateful person who would ignore his relatives for the sake of power.

He would be a little sad, but he wouldn't do anything drastic.

This is also the reason why Mr. Ye Xiu dared to make this decision.

"That would be the best, at least we would have one less opponent."

Zhao Lanxue crossed out the Ye family. "The remaining four families all follow the lead of our Zhao family. There are countless connections between the four of us. It is difficult to get rid of any one of them."

Meng Xiyue knew that these four families had the habit of intermarriage for many years. When they were called four families, it seemed that their blood was connected.

For example, Zhao Lanxue, she is the daughter of the Zhao family and also the granddaughter of the Zheng family.