The scheming empress starts by conquering men

"There is a lot of gold in this mine. Four gold pieces were dug out yesterday in front of everyone. I gave you one piece. Do you dare to say that you didn't secretly take the gold?"

It was not until this moment that Youzi realized that she had been cheated.

It should be said that all of them were cheated.

The gold might not be from the mine. It must have been secretly buried there by the nobleman when she was away the day before and went back to look for someone.

Just waiting for them to take the bait!

Thinking of this, a hint of anger flashed across her face.

"Your Excellency, do you want us to work for nothing and deliberately deceive us with the gold?"

Shaodian Sishui had a faint smile on her face, looking indifferent.

"No matter what you say, you only have two options today. First, make up the gold, and second, work here for free for ten years from now on."

She paused and lowered her voice, her eyes full of calculation.

"Ten years of hard work for forty pieces of gold, you will definitely make a profit."

"You!" Youzi shouted angrily, "I will tell the Marquis that you are harming the people!"

Shaodian Sishui took a step back and looked towards Shao Gan in the distance with his eyes.

"She's right there, go ahead, I'll be waiting."

When Youzi saw her so calm and composed, he knew that Shao Bohou must have been secretly colluding with her.

"You...you are in collusion with each other to oppress the people."

Shaodian Sishui nodded calmly and said in a low voice, "I am colluding with you to oppress you, the people. What can you do to me?"

"You!" Youzi was so angry that he was at the top of his lungs. "I...I'm going to sue you at the government office! I want to confront you in court!"

Shaodian Sishui was waiting for her to say this, and she wanted to laugh but held it back.

She frowned slightly and questioned her with a look of fear on her face.

"Do you really want to make a big deal out of this?"

Youzi snorted coldly. Are you scared now?

On the contrary, she felt that not all officials protected each other. At least their prefect was on their side.

Otherwise, if she were given money as a tribute for free, she should also do something for the people.

Youzi raised his head arrogantly, stood up, and no longer had the fawning look he had before.

"Yes, if you don't pay the money back, don't blame me for going to the government office to sue you right now."

Shaodian Sishui was indignant.

"In that case, please do as you please. I am not afraid of a greedy villain like you."

She turned away, not caring whether Youzi would sue her or not.

In Youzi's opinion, this was a sign of weakness.

She was afraid that the nobleman would run away, so she quickly jumped on her horse and rushed to the government office to file a complaint, demanding that the prefect punish the nobleman!

Looking at the traveler who was leaving quickly, Shao Chaogan frowned slightly.

"Your Highness, where is she going in such a hurry?"

Shaodian Sishui sneered, her charming eyes full of smiles.

"She wants to go to the government office to sue me for not paying her wages."

Shao Chaogan: “…”

She looked at the direction where the clerk went away speechlessly, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

It stands to reason that those who receive salary should not compete with the people for profit, and those who receive great rewards should not take small rewards.

Your Highness is the princess of the Great Zhou Dynasty and you should not compete with the people for profit.

But she didn't know why, she actually felt very good.

Your Highness is not only able to do such a psychological trick, but also force those lawless and unruly people to mine.

Not only was she not disgusted, she even...felt happy?!

I don’t know if it’s because birds of a feather flock together, but after only being with His Highness for a short period of time, the things he thinks are becoming more and more inhumane.

Dongjun City, in front of the government office.

The wanderer beats the drum to appeal for justice.

They sued the nobleman for framing them and not paying them for mining.

"Mighty and powerful"

"Ascension!"

The entrance was crowded with people who came to watch the fun. They knew nothing about the salt mining in the mine and were talking about it among themselves.

"Who's suing whom?"

"It seems that the leper is suing you..."

"what?"

"Who sued whom?"

"You Laizi is suing you again. Why is he suing you again? It's endless."

"I heard that she is a supervisor in a mine outside the city. Why would she sue such a nobleman?"

"How would I know? I just heard her say when the drum was being beaten that the nobleman had deducted dozens of shell coins from her!"

"How much? Several dozen? Are you dreaming? How can a sneaky and cunning scoundrel earn so much?"

Everyone was confused and stood outside the door looking in.

Xin Yinzhen was dressed neatly and sat upright in the main hall.

Although Shaodian Sishui was the defendant, due to his status as a noble, he naturally sat on the armchair next to the hall.

The rest of the miners, except the plaintiff Youzi, were escorted into the hall and sat on their knees.

They looked confused. Why were they arrested?

Among them were families of wanderers, as well as many unruly people who had toiled all night long to dig for gold.

There were also a few people who were members of Xin Yinzhen's branch clan. They looked up and licked Xin Yinzhen's face, hoping that he would look at them.

However, Xin Yinzhen looked straight ahead, picked up the gavel and banged it.

"Who is this person in the hall? Why are you beating the drum and crying out for justice?"

Youzi hurriedly said, "Sir, I am Youzi, the inspector of Beishan Salt Mine..."

Before she could finish her words, Xin Yinzhen picked up the gavel again and put it down heavily with a snap.

"How can this be possible? Are you the wanderer who stole the forty gold pieces?"

Youzi was startled; "What?"

"The girl from Guiren Dan has accused you of embezzling forty gold pieces. Do you admit it or not?" Xin Yinzhen asked again in a stern voice.

At this moment, all the miners kneeling in the hall were shocked.

Everyone looked at Youzi with greedy eyes and red ears.

"How could you secretly embezzle so much gold?"

"Well, how dare you embezzle so much gold!!"

"We trusted you, but we never thought you were this kind of person!"

"Thanks to the noble man for giving you a piece of gold, I didn't expect you to have bad intentions and take so much away!"

Poor them, they don't even have a piece, but you, a wandering man, not only have one piece, but you also dare to embezzle so much.

Someone said this angrily, before he could come to his senses.

Xin Yinzhen's fellow tribesmen sensed something was wrong, their eyes turned and they quickly spoke out loudly.

"Sir, I can testify that she must have embezzled the gold."

"Yes, yes, yes. I can testify to this. I saw with my own eyes that she hid the gold secretly. But I don't know where she hid it..."

No wonder they didn't find any gold, their feelings were taken advantage of by her.

If she doesn't hand over the gold today, they won't let her go.

They all had no gold, so how could a vagrant like her embezzle so much?

Although they did not see her hiding the gold, the fact that a nobleman could sue a commoner was enough to prove that she must have embezzled it.

Otherwise, why would you falsely accuse a commoner?

If this gets out, who will believe it?

Even You Zi's father looked at his daughter in astonishment and asked in a doubtful whisper.

"Son, when did you secretly steal so much gold?"

Youzi looked at Shaodian Sishui in frustration, and finally understood that the nobleman and the prefect had already secretly colluded with each other.

A smile flashed across Shaodian Sishui's eyes and he looked at her indifferently.

This is the jealousy of human nature.

What I can't get, you can't get either.

Who says birds of a feather flock together? How could the people that her wandering son could make friends with be a group of good people?

Youzi hurriedly shook his head anxiously and waved to the people around him.

"No, no, you don't know at all..." She pointed at Shaodian Sishui; "She deceived you, she didn't want to give the money, and...she used gold to falsely frame us...she..."

"presumptuous!"

Before she could finish her explanation, Xin Yinzhen above slapped the thunder-struck wood again.

"How dare you slander me in court? Come, give me twenty lashes of the cane first!"

Several officers came forward and dragged the wanderer toward the tiger bench outside.

The wanderer kept looking back and shouting.

"Please spare my life, sir. I didn't do that. I didn't do that. She framed us. It was you who framed us. I didn't hide the gold! She made it up, sir!"

She kept saying that she was innocent, but she knew in her heart that she was doomed today.

The nobleman deliberately wronged her in order to make them mine for her for free.

She didn't even see this simple plot and didn't even discover it until today! !

"Clap clap clap!"

One stick after another hit Youzi's lower back, and he screamed in pain.

"You officials are protecting each other and colluding with each other!"

"You are all in collusion!"

Originally, twenty strokes would have been enough, but she chose to curse instead.

How could Xin Yinzhen let her off after she revealed her secrets?