Chapter 647: Let me serve Your Majesty!

Huang Yu naturally knew it, but didn't dare to say it out loud.

"I am a woman, but I sit on the throne of the highest authority. Many men would not accept this."

"Most of the court is in power with men. I promote women because I hope that one day, more than half of the court will be replaced by women. By then, we women will be in power, and no one will dare to question my status as a woman."

"Do you understand what I said?"

I understand. What is there that Huang Yu doesn’t understand?

She is also a woman, so naturally she thinks the same as Shen Lanxi.

Shen Lanxi said this just to tell her to work hard to climb up, and she would support her.

From now on, women will have the final say in the court.

Huang Yu's heartbeat quickened at the thought of that scene.

"Go back and have a good rest. You will surely encounter considerable resistance when you take over the city defense army later!"

Huang Yu nodded immediately. The city defense soldiers were all men, and if a woman like her took over, the men would definitely not accept it.

So what? If Shen Lanxi can sit firmly on the throne, why can’t she take charge of the city defense army?

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Even though he was dissatisfied in his heart, Huang Yu still looked respectful.

After she left, Liu Yanhui came out from behind the screen.

"Your Majesty, Huang Yu is not trustworthy!"

Shen Lanxi handed the booklet to him.

"Put it in the national treasury. It says there is collusion between officials and bandits. Let the Ministry of Personnel investigate!"

Liu Yanhui believed that he had given enough reminders, and with His Majesty's wisdom, he would definitely make arrangements.

"Your Majesty, there is a letter from the Northwest."

The letter was just given to him by Cheng Zheng. The meaning was self-evident, asking him to pass it on.

The person who sent the letter was not Shen Yuanjing, but Wei Dongzhu.

He opened it calmly, and after reading it, his expression didn't change at all, and he replied as if it was just some ordinary business matter.

"Send it to the northwest!"

The letter was written in front of Liu Yanhui, and he knew the content, but after reading it, he felt complicated.

Does Your Majesty have any feelings for Wei Dongzhu?

Even if there is just a hint, it would be good if he could see it!

I really don’t know what he is expecting in his heart!

…

In the harem, Sang Guo presented a piece of paper covered with words to Shen Lanxi, and then knelt on the ground with his head lowered as if ashamed.

After Shen Lanxi read it, she put the paper aside.

"Is this what you want, or are you forced by your family?"

Sang Guo took out a pen and paper, lowered his head and wrote two sentences.

After reading it, Shen Lanxi made a decision.

"Qinglan Academy is short of a dean, go ahead!"

Sang Guo knelt on the ground, kowtowed loudly, and his tears wet the ground.

He was reluctant to leave His Majesty, but his parents were already old. He was persecuted by Zhou Qiwu back then, and his parents barely escaped death. They had been separated from him for many years, and now they finally got in touch with each other.

He is the only child his parents have, and he really can't bear it!

Shen Lanxi turned around and asked Cheng Zheng beside her: "Do you want to go back?"

Cheng Zheng shook his head, then took out a pen and paper and wrote: "I want to go back to visit my relatives and send Sang Guo back at the same time."

Shen Lanxi nodded: "Yes."

"Sang Guo has been with me for a long time. I have nothing to give him except some money."

Cheng Zheng wrote: "I will make the arrangements."

His Majesty's private treasury has always been managed by him and Sang Guo. He knows that His Majesty is very generous to his own people.

Sang Guo picked up his pen and wrote again: "Let me serve Your Majesty once more!"

Shen Lanxi sighed silently and hooked her finger at him.

The next morning, she called Cheng Zheng and put a pill into the teacup in front of him.

"Give it to Sang Guo to drink!"

Cheng Zheng stared at the teacup for a moment, then took it and left.

Ban Si Cao had already prepared the antidote for the sterilizing drug that was given to the two people, and the antidote was placed in the cup.

What will Cheng Zheng choose?

Shen Lanxi thought, she was really bad. She had clearly said several times that people's hearts could not stand the test, but she chose to test people's hearts time and time again.

…

"Shen Lanxi was allowed to join the City Defense Army. I don't know whether she will be in charge of the City Defense Army or take up a position." Huang Yu secretly wanted Zhou Xinrou to help her and push her to the position and take charge of the City Defense Army.

Zhou Xinrou also immediately understood Huang Yu's meaning.

"You have suppressed countless bandits outside and have made many contributions, so you can naturally be in charge of the city defense army." Zhou Xinrou not only felt that Huang Yu was capable of taking charge, but also felt that this position was unfair to Huang Yu.

"Your return to the capital this time is a great opportunity to seize military power. Judging from the appointment arrangements, Shen Lanxi will never send you out of the capital again."

Huang Yu nodded: "Chen Lanxi has already asked the soldiers from all parties to return to their territories, and transferred Zhao Zheng and Che Mingyuan to the southwest. Apart from the descendants of Guigu, there is no one else around her who can be used."

Zhou Xinrou remembered something.

"Several descendants of the Shen family wanted to return to the capital to attend the funeral." Fortunately, she stopped them and prevented them from coming to the capital on the grounds that Old Madam Shen had already been buried.

People from the Shen family can only serve as subjects at best, and forget about anything else.

Huang Yu: "We can't let them come back. Fortunately, they listened to you. We must implement our plan quickly and we must not let the Shen family's ambitions grow."

This time it was Shen Congyi, next time it may not be Shen Congli or Shen Conglian. Even if it is not them, there are still Shen Yuanjing and Shen Yuanxu.

"Shen Lanxi is really confused. She actually gave the military power to the Shen family without any hesitation."

“Isn’t Shen Congyi’s incident a lesson?”

When Zhou Xinrou heard her say this, she came up with a good idea.

"Let the Shen family fight her, and we'll sit back and watch the fight, and we'll benefit as the fishermen."

In this way, you can get the desired result without spending any effort.

Huang Yu frowned: "Too slow, they are still quite obsessed with Shen Lanxi, it will take too long to differentiate them."

It would be better for them to do it themselves.

Zhou Xinrou thought for a moment and said, "I will let you take the position of the commander of the city defense army. You just stay at home and wait for the news."

But her plan must also be implemented.

Shen Lanxi had made her unhappy for too long, and she also wanted to make Shen Lanxi unhappy.

Soon, letters were sent out from the capital to sow discord between the Shen family's sons and Shen Lanxi.

Soon, the imperial edict appointing Huang Yu as the commander of the city defense army was delivered to Huang Yu.

As for the former commander of the city defense army, he has been demoted to deputy commander due to dereliction of duty.

Huang Yu went to the palace to thank the emperor for his grace, and then rode out of the city to take up his post.

…

After being silent for more than a month, the Shen family reappeared in the public eye.

There was no other reason. Shen Lanxi was going to let the children of the Shen family attend a private academy.

This move aroused protests from the women of the Shen family. Liu took the lead in sending a letter to the palace, opposing the children of the Shen family from studying in private academies.

Before, the children all studied at the Imperial College, and those who studied there were all royal relatives, which highlighted the status of the Shen family.

Now they want their children to go to private schools. What does this mean?

Could it be that he was taking his anger out on the people who came to his family because of Shen Congyi's matter?

It was Shen Congyi who made a mistake. What does it have to do with them? They did try to stop it at the time. Even if they didn't make any contribution, they still worked hard. How could this happen?