The scheming empress starts by conquering men

Jia Er has been standing by, his eyes watching the nose and his nose watching the heart.

When she heard His Highness' question, she quickly stood up and bowed.

"Your Highness, please rest assured. Before you returned to the capital, Yi Feng had already transported the food and fodder back to Bianjing bit by bit through the hands of the prisoners on the way, in accordance with the master's instructions."

"As long as His Highness gives the order, the nobles in Bianjing will provide cover, and the food and fodder will enter the palace through the back door."

On the surface, His Highness was pressuring the nobles to hand over the food and giving it to us for free.

In fact, all those food and fodder were obtained by His Highness from the nobles and aristocratic families.

After all, the market for fine salt and Shaodao liquor is good, and the profits are simply huge.

His Highness is not short of money right now, but he lacks reputation and people.

Shaodian Sishui smiled and nodded; "Not bad."

She took out two secret letters from the desk and handed them to Jia Er.

"For the first letter, find a time after daybreak and have the secret guard deliver this secret letter to the Great Witch."

"For the second letter, send someone to Darui City as fast as possible and give it to the merchant Bingsheng. She will know what to do after reading the letter."

Jia Er accepted the secret letter and said, "Well, I will do it right away."

She didn't think as much as Shaoying did, but believed in His Highness unconditionally.

Shaoying listened to Jiaer's words in astonishment. He didn't expect that His Highness had done so much silently.

But he didn't understand why so much food couldn't be kept and why it should be given to those untouchables?

"Shaoying, you should go back as well and wait for good news from me."

"By the way, send someone to secretly keep a close eye on Zhong Moyao. Don't let him get hurt in the slightest. Report to me immediately if anything unusual happens."

Shaoying hesitated, sighed, shook his head and left.

As soon as she left Su Shui Pavilion, she ran into Jia Eleven. Knowing what the prince said and did before the alliance, and in order to let the Sixth Prince have a good rest, she did not tell Shao Dian Si Shui that Jia Eleven had discovered that something was wrong with Zhong Moyao.

Shaodian Sishui was thinking about taking off her clothes and going to bed to conserve her energy and wait for the big show with Shaodian Haolan.

That night, the craftsmen in the Sixth Princess's palace stayed up all night with lights on, just to make three coffins before dawn.

Outside the door, Shaodian Haolan was standing in the heavy snow.

"How dare you! The Second Prince just wanted to go in and see Shao Jincong, and you dare to stop him!"

Hongmei stood in front of Shaodian Haolan, trying to force her way in with an arrogant attitude.

The guards watched him intently and refused to let him go.

Shaodian Haolan reached out and pressed Hongmei's shoulder.

"Stop talking. Sixth sister is angry. I will wait here until she calms down."

When acting, you have to act out the whole thing. Even though it is night, she has to keep pretending, not for others but for the Empress.

She wanted to see whether the Empress Mother would be angry with her or even more angry with her sixth sister.

This kind of hypocritical and pretentious behavior is Shaodian Haolan's usual tactic.

She stood outside the door, pretending to beg to be allowed in to see Shao Jincong.

When it is daybreak and the people have woken up, she will kneel down and show her deep affection.

However, Shaodian Haolan had a rich imagination, but reality dealt her a heavy blow.

The door to the Sixth Princess's residence opened quickly, and first a few night watchmen came out, holding gongs in their hands.

"Boom boom boom!"

The gongs were beating loudly and the night watchmen were shouting at the top of their voices.

"Shao Jincong, the son of Marquis Shao, passed away at midnight. The Sixth Princess felt deeply grateful to the Emperor and wanted to repay the people. She distributed food for free in front of the palace for seven days, begging the Heaven to protect the son of Marquis Shao and to help him go west and reach paradise."

"Boom boom boom!"

"Shao Jincong, the son of Shao Bohou, died of illness at midnight..."

Shaodian Haolan looked in astonishment at the direction where the night watchman left. Her mind went blank for a moment as she listened to what he said.

After thinking about it, a look of disbelief quickly rose on her face, and she even wondered if she was hallucinating.

She hurriedly asked Hongmei who was standing beside her, "Hongmei, did you listen carefully to what the night watchman said?"

Hongmei nodded in astonishment. "Your Highness, could it be that what I just heard...wasn't it an auditory hallucination?"

After getting Hongmei's affirmation, Shaodian Haolan laughed heartily.

"Sixth sister, do you want me to give up and deliberately come up with the bad idea of ​​giving me food?"

She looked anxiously at Hongmei next to her. "Free food for seven days, Sixth Sister, are you crazy? Giving us free food?"

Hongmei also tried to hold back her laughter. "Master, she is courting death."

"Where does the Sixth Prince get the courage and face to do this? Not to mention seven days, even for one day, the remaining food in her house will definitely not be enough for her."

"Who gave her this bad idea?"

Hearing Hongmei's words, Shaodian Haolan couldn't help laughing, "Hahahaha...this is not a bad idea at all, it's a good idea! Hahahaha...you are worthy of being my good sixth sister."

When she was sleepy, she delivered the pillow. When she wanted fame and wanted the courtiers and nobles to switch sides with her, she could not wait to deliver them.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Shaodian Haolan laughed heartily, lifted her skirt, and knelt down.

"Your Highness, will you kneel now?"

Is it a bit too early?

Shaodian Haolan smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. Since she wants me to give up, how can I let her be so proud? I want to see how much spare food she has."

She had never seen anyone as stupid as Shaodian Sishui. It is said that hurting the enemy by a thousand and losing eight hundred of your own is a foolish strategy.

However, Shao Dian Si Shui's current trick would hurt the enemy a hundred times and hurt himself ten thousand times.

As the night watchman made a big announcement, candles in shops in the streets and alleys were quickly lit, and thousands of lights came on.

Tables, pens, inkstones, buckets, winnowing baskets, and food were also carried out from inside the Sixth Princess's residence.

Shaodian's arched lashes shaded his pupils, which were filled with mischief, and he watched everything as if he was watching a play.

At four quarters past the hour of the Chou Emperor, or one forty-five in the morning, countless people appeared in the streets and alleys.

Everyone put their hands in their sleeves and looked at each other.

"Her aunt, why did you come out?"

"You came out too, didn't you? I guess you heard what the night watchman said, that the Sixth Prince was giving away food for free, is that true or not?"

"Oh my god! What the night watchman said was not a dream. I thought I was dreaming! I came out specially to take a look."

"I thought I was dreaming, but you heard it too?"

"Oh my god, I thought I heard it wrong! Looks like you all heard it!"

"Your Highness the Sixth Prince is really giving away food for free?"

"Is this true? Hurry up, go back and get the dustpan and pottery jar, and go check outside the Princess's mansion."

One person quickly returned home to get the food containers, and the others followed suit and quickly returned home to get their containers.

Countless people, some holding or holding utensils, went to the Sixth Princess's Palace.

Inside the inn.

The inn where Ji Xingchen and Yin Zhaoxu lived had excellent soundproofing, so the noises outside were not very clear.

The two people who woke up from their sleep more or less heard the sound of the gong and the words of the Sixth Princess.

Ji Xingchen called out to the outside world: "Zhu Bai."

Zhu Bai was resting in the corridor. When he heard the shouting, he opened his eyes sleepily, opened the door and walked in.

"Sir?"

"What's the noise outside?" Ji Xingchen asked.

Zhu Bai was stunned: "Outside?"

He listened carefully and seemed to hear the sound of a gong.

Zhu Bai said, "Sir, it should be the night watchman beating the night watch, right?"

"The night watchman?"

Ji Xingchen looked up at the dark sky outside. There was no moonlight, but it seemed unusually bright.

With suspicion in his eyes, he turned around and looked at Zhu Bai.

"When did you hear the night watchman's sound in the post station?"

"Go and find out what happened."

Zhu Bai took the order and went out quickly. When he came out, he happened to meet Ada who came out of Yin Zhaoxu's room.

The two of them subconsciously looked at each other warily, lowered their heads and turned around to busy themselves with their own tasks.

At this time, the white lights outside the Sixth Princess's Mansion were brightly lit.

Shaoding Haolan was kneeling there straight. When she heard footsteps around her, she tilted her head and glanced at them out of the corner of her eye.

I knew the opportunity had come.

She glanced at Hongmei beside her and gave her a wink. Hongmei obeyed and shouted loudly.

"The Second Prince of our family is eager to save people and has brought the holy medicine to treat Shao Jishi. Please, Sixth Prince, let us in!"

"Sixth Prince, please spare Shao Jishi's life! Our Second Prince is eager to save people, how can you bear it? Seeing the Second Prince begging for mercy, you still won't let him go!"

"Sixth Prince! Please let him go! Shao Jincong is not dead yet, please let him go!"

These cries were as loud as a song and as tearful as a tear. Just based on these few words, anyone who heard them would think, without having to think too much, that Shao Jincong could still be saved. But not only did the Sixth Prince not save him, he also did not allow the Second Prince to save him.

Then, the Second Prince, with his personal servant, knelt outside and begged bitterly.

This... the spectators didn't want to eat the melons, but were forced to do so.

"What's going on? Shao Jincong is not dead?"

"Didn't they say he was dead? Look, the white lights are on."

"From what the Second Prince said, the people can still be saved, but the Sixth Prince won't let the Second Prince go in to save them?"

"No, why does the Second Prince have anything to do with Shao Jincong's life or death? Isn't Shao Jincong married to the Sixth Prince?"

"I don't care about the other things. I just want to know whether I can get the food or not."

"You can get it, right? Look at what's at the door. Isn't that food?"