The scheming empress starts by conquering men

It's as if I hadn't said anything. He is just as cunning as ever.

She had just tested him to see if this Minister Yan was secretly close to the Sixth Princess.

If the two of them were really colluding secretly, then she would have to make preparations in advance.

The first point is to surrender to Shaodian Haolan and tell her about the collusion between the Sixth Princess and Prime Minister Yan as a token of her surrender.

The second point is to surrender to Shaodian Sishui and tell the Sixth Princess about what the Second Princess had done in the past few years and the people under her command.

If necessary, and she had to choose, she would choose the second one.

As the saying goes, a minister changes his own dynasty, and Emperor Feng was quite suspicious and wary of her.

If the second princess ascends to the throne, she, the general, will become a figurehead.

In the past few years, the Second Princess had tried to win her over, but she felt that the Second Princess was too soft-hearted and incompetent, so she demoted her to nothing and even refused to let her in.

Now, whether you are a royalist or a wing player, I am afraid it is too late.

In order to ensure that the Second Princess secures her throne, Emperor Feng will definitely kill a chicken to scare the monkeys. She holds the military power of the Great Zhou and does not want to become that chicken.

If the old fox Yan Xiangru could surrender to the Sixth Princess, why couldn't she show her goodwill in advance?

Besides, the Sixth Princess is not as stupid as the rumors say. She must have been hiding her incompetence in the past.

Now that Emperor Feng's health is getting worse day by day, there might not be much time to wait, so the Sixth Princess does not intend to hide her incompetence and wants to compete for that position.

That was all she could guess.

However, the news that the Sixth Princess had been destroyed in a way that was inhumane had spread like wildfire, and no one knew whether it was true or not.

If this is true, then no matter how the Sixth Princess fights for that position, she will not have a place.

If this is false, the Sixth Princess is a scheming person and she must not underestimate her. She must not make an enemy of her.

In her opinion, there might be another hidden story behind this matter. If it was really inhumane, the Sixth Princess should not have targeted the Second Princess in this way.

If she is humane, why are there rumors of inhumane remarks? Your Majesty would not want to see such remarks, right?

Given Your Majesty's temperament, he will certainly clarify the matter in public.

But since Your Majesty doesn't say anything, does that mean she is really inhumane?

Wen Zhong racked her brains but couldn't figure out the key point. She took a deep breath and got in the car to go home.

Shaodian Haolan was the first to speak. With a frosty look in her eyes, she got on the carriage and headed towards Taifu Shi's mansion.

She wanted to see the Grand Tutor off and also comfort her people.

As soon as she left, Shaoding Chun'e followed out. She looked at the back of Shaoding Haolan's departing carriage and gave instructions to the maid beside her.

"Today is a grand court meeting. Why didn't Lu Lian come? Let's go and see what's going on."

"Yes." The maid took the order and left quickly.

Looking at the maid's leaving back, Shaoding Chun'e's heart was beating like a drum. She didn't seem as comfortable and casual as she had seen before.

Lu Lianxiang is the Internal Affairs Minister of Zhili, one of the Nine Ministers. Logically, she should have come to the court meeting today, but why hasn't she come yet?

It would have been fine if she didn't come, but why did the Empress Mother pretend not to see her in the court?

According to the grand court meetings in previous years, Emperor Feng would receive memorials from the three dukes and nine ministers on trivial matters of the past year.

Originally, Shaodian Chun'e had already made preparations to give way to Lianlian and submit a memorial to impeach the Nanyu Lan family for selling land and forcing women into prostitution.

As well as the Song family of Darui City, there was evidence of crimes such as raising private soldiers, killing people, and attempting rebellion.

The purpose is to force the Mother Emperor to deal with Shaodian Haolan.

After all, the Nanyu Lan family is under the jurisdiction of Shaodian Haolan's fiefdom, and the Song family is Shaodian Haolan's maternal clan.

No matter which one is put in front of people, it will cause quite a stir.

After all my calculations, the person who was supposed to be connected to me didn't come.

The grand court meeting was not like previous years, where everyone only reported on trivial matters within the past year in office, but instead focused on what had happened in recent days.

Fortunately, Shaodian Sishui did not disappoint her as always and helped her a lot, allowing Shaodian Haolan to lose two important officials.

Shaodian Chun'e got on the car and left. Not long after, Shaodian Sishui also came out.

Originally, she, Shaodian Sheyu and Shaodian Ziqing were not going to ride in the same carriage, but the two of them insisted on squeezing in with her.

Helplessly, she could only let the two of them get on the carriage.

After getting in the car, Shaodian Ziqing held it in for a long time and finally spoke.

"Sister, you just asked me to send wild ginseng to the Prime Minister. Where can I get wild ginseng?"

Before Shaodian Sishui could speak, Shaodian Sheyu spoke.

"You don't have it, but I do. It's okay. If the Prime Minister is really ill, I can give her the wild ginseng in my house."

Shaodian Sishui chuckled and shook her head. What wild ginseng was she talking about?

She just told Yan Xiangru that a wise bird chooses the right tree to roost in.

It is an intention to win over.

But in the end, it turned out like this in the mouths of these two people.

However, Shaodian Sishui did not say much, but said, "Thank you for your concern, Fourth Sister."

Shaodian Sheyu waved his hand; "There's no need for this between you and me."

Shaodian Sishui yawned, closed his eyes and began to doze off.

I haven't had enough rest, even a strong body can't stand it.

As the carriage swayed, they walked through the bustling market.

The original time for the morning court session was 8:30, but because there were a lot of things to do during the morning court session today, they left the palace at noon, which was around 10:30.

It is still early for mealtime, or to be more precise, except for the royal family's three meals a day.

Officials have two meals a day, one at nine o'clock and the second at three o'clock in the afternoon.

Ordinary people only have one meal a day, which is around 11:00 in the afternoon.

The people had already opened an account for this matter at home, and in order to be busy, lunch was also the only meal of the day.

Looking at the Sixth Princess's chariot, all the people stood on both sides of the road, ignoring the thick snow on the ground, and bowed to Shaodian Sishui's chariot.

"I wish to greet His Highness the Sixth Prince."

The noise outside was so loud that it was hard for the people in the car not to notice it.

Even Shaodian Sishui, who was already asleep, was awakened by the sound.

But she did not open her eyes and continued to doze off.

Shaodian Sheyu lifted the curtains, thought about what happened in the court, and then combined it with the scene outside, her face was filled with joy.

"These lowly people are really stupid. They are kneeling down to Sixth Sister in such a cold weather. They can remember even the smallest favor. It shows that Sixth Sister's charity is still useful."

"I wanted to follow Sixth Sister's example and give some food to these untouchables, so that they can worship me. Unfortunately, this is Sixth Sister's credit, and I can't take it away."

"Ah! Second sister is also smart. She actually learned the same trick from sixth sister. I guess she is secretly happy right now."

"If you ask me, Sixth Sister shouldn't have let Second Sister learn your methods. You should have kept it to yourself and quietly won over the people. Now, Second Sister will probably wake up laughing in her dreams."

She had no intention of belittling Shaodian Sishui, she just said what she thought without thinking.

Shaodian Ziqing found what she heard extremely harsh. She glanced at her sixth sister, and seeing that she was still pretending to be asleep with her eyes closed, she secretly glared at her fourth sister.

"Fourth sister, what are you talking about?"

Shaodian She Yuming was confused and said, "What nonsense did I say?"