The scheming empress starts by conquering men

"What did your highness say? I am old and my ears are not good. I can't hear anything."

She placed her hand on the cochlea and pretended to expand her ear.

"I am really a little deaf. I didn't hear what Your Highness said to the Marquis. Your Highness, could you please speak louder?"

Shaodian Sishui smiled, but didn't smile, and stared at Wenren who was acting pretentiously.

Suddenly he came close to her and shouted, "Being deaf is good. I like your deafness."

Wenren was startled by the sudden sound, his body trembled and his ears buzzed.

Shaodian Sishui sneered, "Okay, I'm tired too, let's all go down."

Wenren left with Shao Chaogan.

The hall suddenly became quiet. Shaodian Sishui looked around, sighed, and sat down on the couch.

He put his feet on the edge of the soft couch, rested his elbows on his legs, supported his head and rubbed his temples and eye sockets.

"It's so tiring. Acting is so tiring!"

For the first time, she felt that being an actor was not easy. Today's play was the biggest play she had ever performed since she came to this world.

It was even harder than acting face to face with the Empress on the first day after traveling through time. It really proves the saying that the King of Hell is easier to deal with than little ghosts.

Even if the empress wanted to kill her, she would still have concerns.

But those officials had no scruples at all and were eager to defile her to death.

Of course, it is also because she has always been restrained and deliberately forbearing that her reputation outside has become worse and worse.

Today's scene is over, but she knows that there will be more scenes waiting for her in the future.

Once you return to Beijing, there will be more and more power struggles and male fights.

"Too many men is also a problem."

Shaodian Sishui muttered something, and the door to the back hall creaked open.

"Your Highness?"

Shao Chaogan poked his head in, with a shifty look on his face, just like a fox.

"Here." Shaodian Sishui's voice was weak.

Shao Chaogan chuckled and ran forward, "I pay my respects to Your Highness."

"Okay, stop smiling." She rubbed her temple and looked at Shao Chaogan's white hair. "How can your wig not be uncomfortable?"

The wig is made of fox tail hair and is braided in a hurry. If you look closely, you can tell it is fake at a glance.

Shao Chaogan scratched his head; "It is indeed a bit uncomfortable, and my scalp feels a little itchy."

Shaodian Sishui said, "Ask Wu Tang to calculate an auspicious day for departure. Even if Senior Brother wants to go north, it will take some time."

"The wedding procession cannot wait and must set off as soon as possible."

"Once I and the courtiers leave, there will be no need for you to wear this wig."

Shao Chaogan nodded. "Well, I'll do it right away."

"Wait." Shaodian Sishui stopped her, "Since you are willing to hand Shao Jincong over to me, I promise you that I will never let him suffer any injustice when we return to Bianjing."

Shao Chaogan paused, and said with some hesitation, "I believe Your Highness, but I hope that Your Highness will not put the relationship between you and your children first at the moment."

Power should be the most important thing.

She didn't say this, but she knew that His Highness must understand.

Shaodian Si Shui looked very pleased. Who could not like such a mother-in-law?

Even she liked it very much.

She hummed and said, "Do you remember what I told you about the disaster in Huaicheng?"

Huaicheng is the city where Zhong Bohou is located.

She asked Shao Chaogan to go to help Zhong Bohou in time in the near future with the help of his senior brother's divination in case of emergency.

It's not that she is afraid that Zhong Bohou will get into trouble and die, but only if the two of them work together can she ensure that she will be safe when she unifies the world in the future.

"Don't worry, Your Highness. I will remember everything you said to me and I will never forget it." She said with a gleam of brilliance in her eyes. "If it is really as Your Highness said, then I will lead the Shao family army to support Lord Zhong."

"Well, you should also pay more attention to the salt mines and strive to ensure that everyone in Beifa can eat fine salt."

"Only when the body is replenished with salt can it have strength."

"Salt sold to the common people must be sold at a lower price. As for the nobles, they should be ripped off severely."

Only in this way can the funds be turned around, otherwise she would be really penniless.

Not to mention supporting an army, even the men in the harem can’t be supported.

"Oh, yes, there are also iron ore and coal mines. Send someone to find them as soon as possible."

"Don't worry, Your Highness. With the blueprints you drew, I will definitely send someone to find the iron and coal mines you mentioned."

Shaodian Sishui was thinking about whether there was anything else she hadn't explained, but found that she had said everything.

But she was still worried and continued to remind him.

Before leaving, Shao Chaogan asked with some concern.

"Your Highness, if you killed the inner court master like that, wouldn't His Majesty be suspicious?"

Shaodian Sishui sneered, "She is suspicious by nature. Whether I kill her or not, she will be suspicious."

Wutong, the old servant, should have died long ago.

When she was in the palace, he embarrassed her and opposed her everywhere. The original owner could tolerate her once or twice, but she was not the original owner. She could not tolerate an old slave yelling at her and jumping up and down.

Today, I took advantage of her drunkenness to kill her. Anyone who dared to say anything against it, even the empress would have to swallow her bitterness in silence.

At most, they would be flogged, and the censors would be allowed to continue spreading rumors in secret.

They just said that she was cruel and unfit to be a king.

Or, after she returns to the capital, she can be confined to the mansion and not allowed to go.

There have been all kinds of rumors. Anyway, lice don't itch when there are too many of them, so why should she be afraid?

What's more, if she doesn't let the empress relax her vigilance, how can she secretly accumulate power?

"But Your Highness..." Shao Chaogan was still a little worried; "She is very scheming and may not be able to foresee this step."

Shaodian Sishui knew who this "she" was. She was the empress.

She shook her head and said, "No matter how scheming one is, there will be times when one miscalculates. Everyone makes mistakes. Don't forget, if the wedding procession arrives early, Wutong will die."

"Rather than letting her suspect that there was something wrong with the timing of the wedding procession's arrival and find out something from it, it would be better to turn her attention to the discord between you and me."

"This way, she will think that the problem with the time is caused by her own fault, and she will also think that I am sworn enemies with you, so she will punish me and secretly win you over."

As she spoke, she paused slightly, "Punishment?"

Shaodian Si Shui's eyes suddenly lit up, and she suddenly thought of something and whispered to Shao Chaogan.

"Remember, if one day in the future you hear me..."

After hearing these simple words, Shao Chaogan's face changed drastically.

"Your Highness, why do you say that? Then you are..."

"Will not."

Shaodian Sishui shook his head with confidence.

"Just remember what I said."

She will be safe.

She added, "We sent someone else to secretly deal with those bastards, leaving no trace."

She was too lazy to deal with the prostitute who was a temporary hire in the brothel.

"Well, I've made note of it." Shao Chaogan added, "If there is nothing else, I'll take my leave first."

"Go."

Shaodian Sishui waved her hand, with an ambiguous expression on her face, thinking carefully about the plan she was going to set up and the net she was going to cast next.

She had already guessed what the empress would do next after she returned to Bian Jing.

But what she had just said to Shao Chaogan could only dispel her doubts, but it could not make her feel at ease.

How can he make her feel at ease so as to further expand his power?

Things haven't come to that point yet, and she can't come up with a perfect solution for the time being.

Man proposes, God disposes. Many things depend on whether God gives her the opportunity.

Shaodian Sishui was so tired that she fell asleep while thinking.

However, before going to bed, she did not forget to instruct the guards outside that if Shao Jincong came, he could be let in and there was no need to stop him.

In the evening, Shao Jincong learned how to roast meat from Shaodian Sishui, put it in a food box and went to the villa.

When he came to the villa again this time, Shaodian Sishui was still resting, but the guards did not stop him and let him in directly.