The scheming empress starts by conquering men

When she arrived at the mansion of the Marquis, no one greeted her. The concubines around her were only concubines, of low status, and could not go out the main gate to greet the royal dignitaries.

The villa of Shaobohou Mansion is majestic and magnificent, located in the center of Beifacheng.

There are two lions on both sides of the palace, and the tall red lanterns in front of the door sway gently in the wind, solemn yet elegant.

It was noon and the sun was shining on the bluestone road, casting mottled shadows.

Although no one came to greet them, the servants in the mansion were in an orderly manner, busy with their own tasks, and the aroma of food wafted from the mansion.

After everyone dismounted, Shaodian Sishui was the first to be invited into the main hall.

There was going to be a welcoming banquet, but it was just a family banquet, with no other nobles participating. There were only clan members and some officials trusted by Shao Bohou.

Led by Shao Chaogan, Shaodian Sishui came to Huinuan Pavilion.

The family dinner was held in Huinuan Pavilion, which is also the largest banquet venue in Shao Bohou Mansion.

She originally thought that the banquet hall was very low-key, or perhaps as she imagined, similar to a yurt.

But what she didn't expect was that the Huinuan Pavilion in front of her was as big, extravagant and luxurious as the place where ministers held court in Bianjing City.

The magnificent glazed tiles sparkle brightly under the sunlight, just like the stars in the sky.

Each table is made of bronze, not wooden or stone.

The road under your feet is made of wooden planks, which shows how luxurious it is.

Even the desk used by the empress in her study was made of copper and wood, not pure copper.

There were also fine wines and delicious food on the table, and the scent of agarwood filling the hall, which undoubtedly showed the prosperous scene inside.

Is this Beifa?

The first battlefield of the Great Zhou?

Even though Shaodian Sishui was mentally prepared, he did not expect this kind of scene.

In the book, she did not describe the environment and scenes in detail, basically just mentioned them briefly or did not write about them.

So when the heroine came to the banquet, she just said that the banquet had started and that was it.

Even though she was fully prepared mentally, she was still quite surprised.

As expected, he is Shao Chaogan, the person the empress wants to win over. He is really rich.

Compared with him, Zhong Bohou is indeed very poor.

"The family banquet is simple, I hope Your Highness Sixth Prince will not mind."

Shao Chaogan chuckled beside her and made a gesture of invitation. He had already seen the surprise in Shaodian Sishui's eyes.

She couldn't help feeling a little proud. See? Her Beifa banquet hall must be the best.

I think this banquet hall was specially built because the previous empress was on the throne temporarily.

At that time, the empress wrote an inscription and bestowed the three words "Hui Nuan Pavilion".

Shaodian Sishui came back to his senses and glanced at her.

Seeing her arrogant look, he couldn't help but tease her.

"Isn't there a folk saying in the Great Zhou Dynasty? In the north, Shao Clan, in the south, Mo Li, and in between, there's Zhong Wudi."

So what if you are extravagant here, and so what if your Shaw family ranks number one.

Isn't it because he is blocked by Zhong Aoyi and unable to enter the Central Plains?

Although Zhong Aoyi was ranked last, no one dared to say anything bad about her, because all the previous empresses were very wary of her Zhong family's ability to train secret guards, but they had never thought of interfering with the centralized power.

But now, after she married Zhong Moyao, the Zhong family became a feared existence in the eyes of the empress, an existence that must be eliminated.

The most common conspiracy the empress can use is to kill loyal ministers when their contributions are too great, in order to avoid losing the support of the people, and to feel uneasy if she doesn't kill them.

At that time, those treacherous ministers will become knives in the hands of the empress.

The empress would pretend to be ignorant and allow treacherous ministers to be in power. She would use the treacherous ministers to eliminate loyal and good people and let the treacherous ministers bear the wrath of the people.

She stood up, pretended to be sober, punished the treacherous officials, and vindicated the loyal officials who died.

However, Shaodian Sishui understood better that the empress had to do more than just this.

What she wants to do is not only to use the treacherous ministers to eliminate the loyal ministers, but also to eliminate herself.

Afterwards, let Shaodian Haolan vindicate the loyal ministers and calm the public anger. Everyone will only praise Shaodian Haolan for her wisdom and believe that she is the only choice for the empress.

However, she would never let the empress succeed in her conspiracy.

The banquet began. According to the system, Shaodian Sishui sat at the first seat. On her right was Shao Chaogan, as well as the Shao clan and Beifa officials.

And there are also the civil and military officials she brought with her.

On the left is Shao Jincong, the returning Shao Yujie, the families of clan officials and their sons.

No one thought of offering wine to Shao Dian Si, and no one wanted to talk to her. Instead, they just clinked glasses and chatted happily.

Shao Jincong had been secretly paying attention to Shaodian Sishui. He frowned and glanced at his mother, feeling unhappy.

Mother is just busy drinking with others, why can't she toast to His Highness?

It would be too boring for His Highness to sit there alone.

Shao Jincong raised his glass and was about to stand up.

Shao Yujie, who had been paying attention to him, took a step faster than him and picked up the wine cup.

"Brother Jincong, I'll toast to you. If I've offended you before, I hope you won't blame me."

Shao Yujie said this with his eyes slightly lowered, looking a little sad.

"It's all my brother's fault for not knowing the truth. He thought my brother didn't want to marry the second princess, so he resorted to this desperate measure. Who would have thought that my brother would misunderstand me and even tell everyone about my brother's kidnapping."

"This matter is all my fault for not thinking things through. Don't be angry, brother. I don't really want anything to happen to you. I just thought that as long as you can avoid the wedding procession and don't marry the second princess, I will let them let you go."

After saying this, he quietly moved closer to Shao Jincong and shifted the topic to Shaodian Sishui.

"Brother, I heard that the Sixth Princess is as stupid as a pig, greedy for money and lustful, and lacks moral character. Now that I have seen her, it seems that the rumors are wrong?"

"No matter how I look at her, I don't think there's anything wrong with the Sixth Princess. I even think that she is stunningly beautiful and gorgeous."

"My brother also heard that the Sixth Prince had a fierce battle with a group of people outside the city, making everyone silent. I wonder if it is true?"

He pretended not to notice the anger in Shao Jincong's eyes and chatted leisurely.

"Brother returned with the Sixth Princess on the same chariot. I guess he must know the Sixth Princess's character, right?"

"Why don't you talk to me first so I can understand Sixth Prince's preferences, so I don't make mistakes and anger Sixth Prince in the future?"

With a smile in his eyes, he looked at Shao Dian Si Shui carefully and blatantly, looking past Shao Jinming, with an indescribable different emotion in his eyes.

Shao Jincong originally felt resentful towards Shao Yujie because he had someone kidnap him and almost killed him.

Now he shamelessly asked him about the Sixth Prince's whereabouts and blatantly expressed his love in front of him.

This made him even more annoyed, and he even wanted to dig out Shao Yujie's eyes.

This made him look at the Sixth Prince in a seductive way.

He snorted unhappily, leaned forward to block his view, and said with a forced smile.

"It's none of your business. Stop pretending to be stupid. You just want to hurt me! Also, I'm warning you, the Sixth Prince is not someone a shameless person like you should be thinking about."

The Sixth Prince can only be his.

Shao Yujie's view was blocked, but he was not angry. Instead, he chuckled.

Looking at Shao Jincong's angry face, he was not disgusted at all, he even became interested.

There was an elegant smile on his face.

The teardrop mole at the corner of his eye looks particularly charming and outstanding against his milky white skin.

"Brother, you are joking. How dare I covet the Sixth Prince?"

"After all, my status is different from that of the Sixth Prince. Even if we are compatible, I should be the elder brother."

Shao Jincong snorted coldly, "You're smart."

After he finished speaking, he picked up the glass of wine in his hand, drank it in one gulp, turned his head, and looked at Shaodian Sishui with a vague gaze.

That love was not concealed at all.

Shao Yujie looked at Shao Jincong's expression and movements, curled his lips in disdain, and looked at Shaodian Sishui, with a calculating look in his eyes.

Then he smiled triumphantly and drank the wine in the glass.