The scheming empress starts by conquering men

When the servant saw that Shao Jincong had finally woken up, he hurried forward to take care of him and helped him sit up.

"The Sixth Prince just left. A court official called him away because of something."

"Before he left, His Highness instructed that if the prince wakes up, he can only eat liquid food and vegetables, and not greasy food."

"Your Highness also said that the carriage would be very cold in the deep dew. You can rest in your tent tonight."

"The Sixth Prince also ordered people to add a few more pots of charcoal fire in the tent to prevent Prince Shao from catching a cold at night."

"Have you adapted to the temperature in this tent, my Lord?"

Shao Jincong felt warm in his heart for Shaodian Sishui's meticulous care, and his attitude became much better.

"Yeah, I'm adapting to it. It's warm, too."

Thinking that this was where she had slept, Shao Jincong lay down slowly again, tilted his head and put his face on the pillow, sniffed lightly with his nose, and reached out to stroke gently.

This is the jade pillow she sleeps on. It has her scent. He didn't expect that he would sleep on the same bed with her so soon.

When the Sixth Prince comes back, he will make his feelings clear to let her know that his love for her is no less than hers.

After finishing his meal, Shao Jincong continued to lie on the bed to rest, waiting for Shaodian Sishui to come back.

Shaodian Sishui discussed the matter of completing the gift list with court officials until late at night.

She emphasized that there would be a way to complete the gift list, but she never specified when it would be completed. The court officials needed an exact time, and Shaodian Sishui only said that there would be an answer in another day.

Using coarse salt to speed up the journey was not her real purpose. Her real purpose was to pave the way for fine salt to come to the fore.

It was not until Shaodian Sishui had returned to the chariot after leaving with his ministers that he received the carrier pigeon from Yifeng.

The letter said that Yi Feng said this.

"Song Huitian was taken to Kyoto by people sent by the empress on charges of treason, and most of the nobles in Da Rui City defected."

"Before I left, although Song Huitian had arranged everything for me to prevent me from being killed by the empress, I was still assassinated by the empress's secret guards according to my master's request. I escaped and secretly communicated with Bingsheng and those nobles to sell salt."

"Most of the nobles and merchants in Da Rui City have been taken under my command, except for those who are loyal to Song Huitian."

"But for those die-hards, I will follow the master's orders and kill them as a warning to the rest."

"If they still don't choose other trees to live in, then I will let them die in what the master calls 'accidents'."

"Regarding the matter of fine salt, before Song Huitian was arrested, 20 stones of coarse salt had already arrived in Dari City."

"I followed my master's request and told Song Huitian how to make fine salt. But she did what my master wanted and couldn't wait to buy slaves to make fine salt day and night."

"Because of Song Huitian's pressure, the effect of the fine salt produced was as high as the master expected, but Song Huitian didn't know that everything was secretly operated by his subordinates."

"According to what the master said, I gave a small portion to Song Huitian, letting her think that this was all she needed to refine the crude salt."

"This small amount of fine salt was a great surprise to Song Huitian, so he never suspected his subordinates of having ulterior motives."

"I have also learned that the small amount of salt has been used by Song Huitian to bribe officials in Kyoto."

"In just over a month, the matter of fine salt will spread throughout Kyoto and the entire Great Zhou as the master has planned."

"By then, Song Huitian will become the scapegoat, but I cannot guarantee whether Song Huitian will hand over the method of making fine salt to Your Majesty at the last moment, and I don't know whether she will tell others that I taught her the method of making fine salt at the critical moment."

"This matter still needs the master to make a decision. How should I deal with it?"

"When the master receives this letter, it means that the fine salt is on its way and is not far from Beifa. It will arrive in six days at most."

"I hope the master can make preparations for the handover in advance."

Shaodian Sishui slowly put down the letter in her hand, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and her eyelids drooped slightly, hiding the excitement in her eyes.

"Arriving in six days?"

Song Huitian acted quite quickly. She originally thought that the matter of fine salt would be delayed for ten days, but she did not expect it to be completed four days earlier. It was really a pleasant surprise.

As for whether Song Huitian taught the empress the method of making fine salt at the critical moment and whether he betrayed Yi Feng, this matter is no longer important.

As long as the fine salt is produced, no matter who makes it, the empress will definitely firmly control the method of producing fine salt.

The prerequisite is that the empress must be able to obtain the production method from Song Huitian.

But if the news that Yi Feng was killed by the empress reached Song Huitian's ears.

I wonder if Song Huitian will willingly hand over the production method to the empress?

Shaodian Sishui had a secret expectation in her heart, hoping that Song Huitian and the empress would turn against each other, so she picked up a pen and paper and wrote down a sentence.

"The news of Yi Feng's death and his last words were secretly passed to Song Huitian, and everything will remain the same as before."

After rolling up the letter and sealing it, Shaodian Sishui found a carrier pigeon, quietly left the camp, and released the pigeon.

This time, she wanted to see Song Huitian's bottom line clearly and see whether he could go against the empress.

If Song Huitian really loved her and did not tell the empress the method of making salt, then perhaps Song Huitian could have survived temporarily.

If the empress knew the method of refining salt, there would be no need for Song Huitian to stay.

She doesn't even have to do it herself, the empress will kill Song Huitian for her.

Once the law of fine salt came out, the empress, who liked to centralize power, would never allow the common people and the nobles to engage in private salt trafficking.

In order to eliminate the production method and keep it firmly in her own hands, the empress would definitely kill Song Huitian secretly.

Even if Song Huitian is the niece of the Queen, it would not work. No matter how much the Empress loves the late Queen, she would never allow Song Huitian's family to dominate the country.

The empress was seriously suspicious and must be afraid that her beloved daughter, Shaodian Haolan, could not control Song Huitian.

Therefore, in order for Shaodian Haolan to ascend to the throne safely, all unfavorable factors and obstacles around her must be cleared away.

After releasing the carrier pigeon, Shaodian Sishui returned to the tent and saw Shao Jincong was still sleeping. She thought he had not woken up.

After asking the servants, she found out that Shao Jincong had woken up in the middle of the journey and asked about her whereabouts.

Shaodian Sishui glanced at Shao Jincong jokingly, gave the servant a few words, and then turned and left.

She seldom acts and she doesn't know how to act.

Asking her to pretend to like someone and act like someone who is deeply in love, she really can't do it and it's difficult to do so.

She thought she had acted awkwardly in the scene during the day. She used her inner strength to push her nose while she was speaking, and then she managed to shed a few crocodile tears.

If I show my deep affection to him in person, I'm afraid he won't be able to express my hidden love.

So these few days, she really had to avoid him and think carefully about how to continue the show.

It was not until late at night that Shao Jincong woke up from a drowsy sleep, but when he woke up, Shaodian Sishui was still nowhere to be found.

He coughed to remind the servant next to him.

"It's already several hours, why hasn't Your Highness come back yet?"

The servant was dozing off, but when he heard Shao Jincong coughing, he immediately woke up.

"Replying to Master Shao, it is already four o'clock in the morning. The Sixth Prince came back in the middle and saw that you were sleeping soundly, so he did not let me wake you up."

"Your Highness said, if...if..."

The servant's voice became a little smaller, and he lowered his head and spoke carefully.

"If Prince Shao wakes up, there is no need to inform the Sixth Prince. From now on, the Sixth Prince will send an old maid from the palace to teach you the palace rules until you get married."

"The Sixth Prince also said that she would be very busy recently and asked Prince Shao not to go and meet her."

Before, these servants didn't know why Shao Jincong was always moody.

But with their personal service over the past few days, anyone could see that Shao Jincong had developed inappropriate thoughts about the Sixth Prince.

Oh my God, what is his identity as Shao Jincong? He is the future husband of the Second Emperor’s daughter, and he actually secretly likes the Sixth Prince?

Looking at the Sixth Princess's reaction, anyone with a discerning eye would know that she did not like Shao Jincong's approach and even felt a little disgusted.

But this Prince Shao was so stubborn that he just insisted on sticking to him.

Fortunately, the bridegroom this time is the Sixth Princess who loves flowers. Although she dislikes him, she will not spread any bad rumors.

Whenever the gossipy Fourth Princess came to marry, Prince Shao's thoughts would have spread throughout the Great Zhou.