I am a commoner, but I will lead the empress to unify the world

As the sky gradually darkened, candles were already lit in the empress's study.

Gongsun Wan'er stood respectfully behind the empress and looked at the intelligence report with her.

"Princes, generals and prime ministers, would you rather have the seed?"

"Pay your debts, and pay your life for murder?"

"If a prince breaks the law, will he be punished the same as a commoner?"

"If you're an official who doesn't serve the people, why not go home and grow sweet potatoes?"

"Haha, that's interesting."

The empress placed the memorial on the imperial desk with an interested look in her eyes.

Gongsun Wan'er frowned and said,

"Your Majesty, Shen Changgong is too domineering. If he wants to take over the powerful, he must do it in secret. After collecting evidence, he should quickly uproot the other party.

He had never been an official and had no idea what court struggles were like. How could he be so arrogant? He killed so many people, captured the Prince of England, and paraded him through the streets.

The Duke of Ying and the dignitaries will not let this go. Tomorrow morning, all the officials will surely rise up in protest and force Your Majesty to punish Shen Changgong."

The empress tapped the paper lightly with her fingers and said,

"I remember that Duke Ying was also involved in the Gongsun family's extermination case, right?"

Gongsun Wan'er's expression changed and she said,

"Yes, I remember that day vividly. If you hadn't taken me in when you were still a princess, I would have become one of the hundreds of corpses in the Gongsun family."

"Now that you see the Duke of England in trouble, tell me if you feel good or not, don't you?"

"Cool."

Although Gongsun Wan'er did not see the miserable state of the Prince of Ying with her own eyes, she could not help laughing when she thought of that scene.

She has received professional training and usually doesn't laugh unless she can't help it.

The empress said slowly,

"I don't know much about Shen Changgong, but I know he's smart and clever. Although he seems impulsive and ruthless in his actions, they are actually well thought out.

It was just like when he killed those one hundred handsome men, because he knew that he had attracted too much attention in the past few days, and even many powerful people placed heavy bets on him, betting on how many people he could kill and how long he could last before dying.

He knew that during the day, those handsome men would definitely attack him in groups, and it was impossible for him to kill hundreds of them by himself.

That's why he assassinated those people one by one in the middle of the night.

This time, I bet he can do it well.

Perhaps, we won’t see the Duke of England again tomorrow.”

Hearing this, Gongsun Wan'er was extremely shocked and asked quickly,

"Your Majesty, are you saying that Shen Changgong is going to take action against the Duke of Ying tonight? How is that possible? He has only been in office for two days, how could it be so soon?

He was chosen by you as your Imperial Consort just the day before yesterday, he joined the Security Army just yesterday, and he just returned home to visit his family today, and you're going to take down a powerful person tonight?"

"Let's see. If he can accomplish it tonight, then what he said about making Great Yan rich and strong within two years and allowing me to concentrate power will have some credibility.

I also want to see his methods, and maybe even help him add fuel to the fire."

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?"

"Shen Changgong might come to search the house tonight."

"Search the house? Search the house of the Duke of England? Is that possible? The Duke of England has hundreds or even thousands of servants and retainers. Even if he has 5,000 security forces, it won't be a problem for the Duke of England to guard the house for a night with his large mansion.

I don't believe he'd dare lead his troops to attack the Imperial City during the day tomorrow; that would be no different from rebellion."

The empress smiled and said,

"What if the British public servants are not at home?"

"Where else would he be if he's not at home?"

Gongsun Wan'er said it reflexively, then immediately figured it out, and said with wide eyes,

"Your Majesty, he...is this a chain of events?"

"You're not stupid, are you interested in being my bed warmer?"

The empress smiled slightly and looked at Gongsun Wan'er with amusement.

"Bed-warming maid? Isn't that a dowry maid who serves the son-in-law and sleeps with him on behalf of the young lady at home?

I... no, how can I serve that scoundrel? I get annoyed just by looking at him."

The heroic Gongsun Wan'er's face turned pale with anger at the empress.

"I'm annoyed too, that's why I asked you to do it for me."

The empress smiled, her eyes full of amusement.

"You heard what Shen Changgong said the day before yesterday. He holds a grudge against you and will definitely take revenge on you.

But you and he are both my right-hand men and I don’t want to be without either of you.

You two don't have any deep-rooted hatred for each other. You can just sleep over it and forget about it. The way a man takes revenge on a woman is to ravage her in bed.

Besides, if he has made achievements, it would be difficult for me not to reward him, right?

He is a hot-blooded man. After marrying me, he cannot go to brothels or take concubines. I don't want to give myself to him too soon.

So, I have to give him some sweet treats to coax him, so I have no choice but to give you to him as a reward."

"I...I can't, I can't, Your Majesty..."

Gongsun Wan'er, who was arrogant and cold in front of everyone, took the empress's hand and started to act like a spoiled child.

"Alright, alright, stop it. I have spare jade seals and dragon robes in my inner treasury. You can take one and give it to Shen Changgong.

You must also participate in tonight's operation and go with him."

Gongsun Wan'er was puzzled.

"What's the point of giving him the imperial robe and seal? Are you going to encourage him to rebel?"

"I just said you weren't stupid, but now you're being stupid again. Just give it to him, and he'll understand what I mean.

Also, tell the palace guards to keep the palace gates closed tonight. I feel unwell and need to rest. I will not see anyone."

"I obey!"

Gongsun Wan'er received the order and went down to prepare the dragon robe and jade seal.

Although she didn't know what Shen Changgong and His Majesty were going to do, she always felt that the two of them seemed to have a tacit understanding and were in cahoots with each other.

Tsk, if they are not from the same family, they will not enter the same house.

……

Around the imperial city, the Duke of England’s Palace.

The British man, who is about fifty years old, still has very black hair that looks shiny and glossy, and does not look old at all.

At this moment, he had a gloomy face and was listening to the report from his servants. The anger in his eyes was as if he wanted to burn everything to ashes.

"Wow! That little thief from the Shen family! You're bullying me too much! You're bullying me too much!"

"He's just a commoner, a chicken that flew out of the mountain hut. He's valued by the empress just because of his stinky appearance. How can he not know his place?"

"He's a powerful man now, how dare he treat me like this? He has no foundation or followers, and instead of keeping his tail between his legs and getting close to the nobles, he even dares to be so arrogant and domineering, humiliating and beating my son!"

"He's looking for death! He's looking for death!"

"Come here, prepare the horses, fetch my armor, and call all the men in the mansion to follow me to the security army camp!"

"I want to see how many heads Shen Changgong has. He even dares to arrest the son of a hereditary duke!"

The furious Duke of England put on his armor and left the palace with a roar.

Also gathered were a group of servants and guards, as well as several other sons.