The scheming empress starts by conquering men

Shaodian Sishui looked at his master suspiciously, with inquiry in his eyes.

She is very good at grasping the key points. She is not worried about the disaster situation now, but the master said that he went to see the chief witch doctor, and the chief witch doctor told the master about the disaster.

What's going on?

What is the relationship between them? Why are they so familiar with each other?

Xuanyuan Zhuoqiong coughed. "This... is a long story. I have known the Great Wu Bu since childhood. It's okay to tell you our identities. We are sisters. Strictly speaking, Lian Peng is my adopted sister, and I am her adopted elder sister."

"Lotus pod? Stepsister?"

The Great Witch's real name is Lianpeng, the key is that she didn't even know this hidden name.

Xuanyuan Zhuoqiong nodded calmly; "Well, this is a matter of the previous generation, and it has nothing to do with you."

She paused for a moment, her face full of seriousness.

"You said before that Nanyu is suffering from severe snowstorms and the victims are starving. By mid-March, the earth will turn over and the sea will invade the north. Houses will collapse and the entire Nanyu city will become a vast ocean. Countless victims will be killed or injured. Is that true?"

When talking about the disaster, Shaodian Sishui felt a little guilty and his mind was distracted.

Such a huge natural disaster was created under her pen.

She did write this in the book. Nanyu is low-lying and close to the sea, so earthquakes and tsunamis are both natural disasters.

After the seawater invades the north, the land of Nanyu will flow hundreds of miles away on land. This tsunami will completely engulf the Nanyu area, and along with it will disappear all the aristocratic families, nobles, and humanities formed in Nanyu.

The purpose is to create a plot for the heroine to gather men and popularity.

Lan Hansu from the Nanyu Lan family is here. In order to let the heroine get him, he caused such a big natural disaster.

His personality is cold and aloof, and he keeps people at a distance.

Be gentle and elegant to your own people, and be bright and cheerful.

He is both talented and virtuous. If he becomes a good wife to the heroine, his status and power will naturally rise to a higher level.

The reason why the plot is too tragic is also because of Lan Hansu's character. It is difficult for ordinary people to shake his first impression.

He judges people based on first impressions, and once he makes up his mind, he will never change his mind.

Shaodian Haolan is the king of Nanyu's fiefdom. It is rumored that Shaodian Haolan is a righteous man and a kind person.

Lan Hansu originally believed the rumors, but when the snow disaster hit Nanyu, the news arrived too late, resulting in thousands of starving people in Nanyu.

From then on, Lan Hansu had some misunderstandings about Shaoding Haolan, and they were quite deep.

So, in order to get Lan Hansu, the Nth male supporting role, she had to write more plots to fulfill a person's character, and then the earthquake and tsunami came.

Seeing her in a daze, Xuanyuan Zhuoqiong said unhappily, "Tell me, is it true?"

Shaodian Sishui's thoughts were interrupted, and she suddenly looked up and nodded; "It's true."

Hearing her affirmation, Xuanyuan Zhuoqiong stood up suddenly.

"Then I will go to Nanyu. This matter is of great importance and we cannot be careless. I must lead the people to Xichui before the earthquake and tsunami."

Xichui belongs to the Shiwan Mountains and is located at the westernmost part of the Great Zhou.

Nanyu is the southernmost part. If the people of Nanyu are asked to go north, it is obviously impossible because so many people cannot be kept around Bianjing.

But Xichui is possible. Although the terrain there is high and desolate, and close to Loulan, it is still possible to settle down.

If such a disaster were to happen, it must be nipped in the bud.

Shaodian Sishui also stood up; "Master, it's useless. You can't persuade the local officials and clans, nobles, and people to leave their homes by yourself, unless..."

The great sorcerer predicted natural and man-made disasters and asked Emperor Feng to issue the document personally and carry out disaster relief as quickly as possible.

Only in this way can the people be moved away from Nanyu when the snowstorm comes, even if this will avoid earthquakes and tsunamis.

It will also break up many families. When moving thousands of miles away, there will always be people who starve to death on the road, not to mention in the winter when there is no food.

This is not the situation she wants to see. What she wants is for Shaodian and Haolan to be disgraced and yet save the people.

Although she harbors selfish motives, she will never trade the lives of millions of people for popularity.

Xuanyuan Zhuoqiong's expression changed. Seeing her embarrassed expression, he thought that she was thinking about how to sacrifice the people to fight against Shaodian Haolan.

She looked at Shaodian Sishui with a serious expression and taught her meaningfully.

"Dan'er, do you know that as a member of the royal family, you should put the world first? The people can carry you, but they can also overturn you. Are the lives of the people less important than the struggle for power between you and others?"

Shaodian Sishui shook his head and sighed.

"Master, you misunderstood me."

"I have never thought of using the lives of tens of millions of people to bring disgrace to Shaodian Haolan. I am not that crazy."

"I just want to tell you that the people of Nanyu are all fishermen who make a living from the sea. They are not like the people in the mainland who have a variety of ways to make a living."

"Not to mention that the current snowstorm has left them without food to migrate. Even if there was no snowstorm, how many of them would be able to make it alive after migrating thousands of miles to Xichui?"

"What happens after that? Outsiders who have no power or influence will definitely have conflicts with the locals. How much of their living habits can help them survive?"

Xuanyuan Zhuoqiong listened to her analysis, sighed and frowned.

"Then do you have any other ideas?"

Shaodian Sishui shook his head slightly; "There is a way, but it's a bit troublesome."

"Trouble?" Xuanyuan Zhuoqiong said with a smile; "As long as there is a way, no matter what the trouble is, it can be solved. Life is in the hands of God and destiny is in the hands of man!"

Shaodian Sishui looked up at his master, smiled and nodded.

"Master, please follow me to the study."

She made a gesture of invitation to the master.

Xuanyuan Zhuoqiong walked out first, his face looked solemn but filled with worry instead.

When the two of them arrived at the study, Shaodian Sishui dismissed his attendants, took out a map of the Great Zhou territory, and spread it on the desk.

Pointing to the location of Nanyu at the bottom corner of the map, there is an island in the northwest of Nanyu’s coastline, which is similar in size to Nanyu.

"Master, look at this."

Xuanyuan Zhuoqiong's expression flickered and his heart beat faster.

"This is an isolated island. Why are you asking me to look at this?"

In the eyes of ordinary people, any place without a name is called an island.

This place does not belong to the territory of Da Zhou, so it is naturally marked as an isolated island.

But Xuanyuan Zhuoqiong knew where this was. This was the pond beside Jiuqu Valley, the island where she lived.

Shaodian Sishui's expression was gloomy and his fingertips rubbed the isolated island on the map.

"I feel like this is not an isolated island. I even suspect that this is the legendary Nine-Bend Valley Pool."

Xuanyuan Zhuoqiong looked a little nervous, and there was a flash of astonishment in his eyes.

She smiled awkwardly and quickly retorted, "How could that be? The pool beside Jiuqu Valley is within the territory of the Great Zhou."

Shaodian Sishui did not notice that something was wrong with his master, but instead lowered his head to check the map for analysis.

"On the way to welcome the bride, I checked all the terrain of Da Zhou and found that the pond beside Jiuqu Valley was not within the territory of Da Zhou."

"I have secretly sent people to investigate places including Loulan, Qusou, Beifa, Shanrong, Dayu, and many other towns, and there is no place like the pool beside Jiuqu Valley."

"I used to think that the pool beside Jiuqu Valley was a pure land in the valley, until I saw this island on the map."

Somehow, she felt that this was the place where the pond was beside the Jiuqu Valley.