Huang Yu knew this, but dared not say it out loud.
"As a woman, I sit on the throne of supreme authority, and many men are dissatisfied with me."
"Most of the power in the court is held by men. I promote women because I want that one day, more than half of the court will be filled by women. At that time, we women will be in power, and no one will dare to question my status as a woman."
"Do you understand what I'm saying?"
I understand. What doesn't Huang Yu understand?
She was also a woman, so naturally she thought the same way as Shen Lanxi.
Shen Lanxi was telling her all this to encourage her to work hard and climb the ladder, promising to help her.
From now on, women will be in charge of the court.
Huang Yu's heart raced at the thought of that scene.
"Go back and rest well. When you take over the city's defense forces, you will likely encounter considerable resistance!"
Huang Yu immediately nodded. The city guards were all men, and if she, a woman, were to take command, those men would definitely be dissatisfied.
So what? Shen Lanxi can sit firmly on the throne, so why can't she take command of the city's guards?
"Thank you for your great kindness, Your Majesty!"
Even though he was dissatisfied, Huang Yu remained respectful on the surface.
After she left, Liu Yan came out from behind the screen.
"Your Majesty, Huang Yu is not to be trusted!"
Shen Lanxi handed him the booklet.
"The money should be taken into the national treasury. The document states it's about collusion between officials and bandits. Let the Ministry of Personnel investigate!"
Liu Yanhui believed she had given the necessary reminders, and with His Majesty's wisdom, he would surely make arrangements.
"Your Majesty, a letter has arrived from the Northwest."
The letter was given to him by Cheng Zheng just now, and its meaning was self-evident: to be passed on to him.
The letter was not from Shen Yuanjing, but from Wei Dongzhu.
He calmly opened the letter, read it, and without changing his expression, replied as if it were a routine official matter.
"Send it to the Northwest!"
The letter was written in front of Liu Yanhui, and he knew its contents, but after reading it, he felt somewhat complicated.
Does His Majesty have any feelings for Wei Dongzhu?
Even if it's just a tiny bit, it would be good if he could notice!
I really don't know what he's hoping for!
...
In the inner palace, Sang Guo presented Shen Lanxi with a piece of paper covered in writing, and then, as if ashamed, lowered her head and knelt on the ground.
After reading it, Shen Lanxi put the paper aside.
"Is this your own idea, or were you forced by your family?"
Sang Guo took out paper and pen, and wrote two sentences with his head down.
After reviewing the document, Shen Lanxi made a decision.
"Qinglan Academy is short of a dean, you should go!"
Sang Guo knelt on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly, his tears soaking the ground.
He was reluctant to part with His Majesty, but his parents were old. Years ago, he was persecuted by Zhou Xiwu, and his parents barely escaped death. They had been separated from him for many years, but now they had finally reconnected.
He was his parents' only child, and he just couldn't bear it!
Shen Lanxi turned to Cheng Zheng and asked, "Are you going back?"
Cheng Zheng shook his head, then took out paper and pen and wrote: "Your subject wishes to return to visit his family and, while he is there, send Sang back with him."
Shen Lanxi nodded: "Agreed."
“Sang Guo has followed me all this time, and I have nothing to give him except some money.”
Cheng Zheng wrote: "Your subject will make the arrangements."
His Majesty's private treasury has always been managed by him and Sang Guo. His Majesty is very generous to his own people, and he knows that.
Sang Guo picked up his pen and wrote again: "Let me serve Your Majesty one more time!"
Shen Lanxi sighed silently and beckoned to him.
The next morning, she called Cheng Zheng over and, in front of him, put a pill into a teacup.
"Take this and give it to Sang Guo to drink!"
Cheng Zheng stared at the teacup for a moment, then picked it up and left.
The antidote that Bansi Cao had prepared for the two men, which was placed in the cup, was already prepared.
What will Cheng Zheng choose?
Shen Lanxi thought, "She's really wicked. She's said several times that people's hearts can't withstand tests, yet she keeps testing them."
...
"I wonder if Shen Lanxi will be put in charge of the city guard or just take up a post." Huang Yu secretly hoped that Zhou Xinrou would help her get promoted and put her in charge of the city guard.
Zhou Xinrou immediately understood Huang Yu's meaning.
“You have fought countless bandits and achieved numerous merits, so you are naturally qualified to take charge of the city’s guards.” Zhou Xinrou not only felt that Huang Yu was qualified to take charge, but also felt that this position was beneath Huang Yu.
"Your return to the capital this time is a great opportunity to consolidate military power. Judging from the job assignments, Shen Lanxi will definitely not send you out of the capital again."
Huang Yu nodded: "Shen Lanxi has already sent all the soldiers back to their territories and transferred Zhao Zheng and Che Mingyuan to the southwest. Apart from the disciples of Guigu, she has no one else she can use."
Zhou Xinrou remembered something.
"Several members of the Shen family wanted to return to the capital for the funeral." Fortunately, she stopped them, using the excuse that Old Madam Shen had already been buried to prevent them from coming to the capital.
The Shen family members are only capable of serving as subjects at best; they shouldn't even think about anything else.
Huang Yu: "We can't let them come back. Fortunately, they listen to you. We need to implement our plan as soon as possible. We absolutely cannot let the Shen family's ambitions grow."
This time it was Shen Congyi, but next time it could very well be Shen Congli or Shen Conglian. Even if it's not them, there are still Shen Yuanjing and Shen Yuanxu.
"Shen Lanxi is really foolish to entrust military power to the Shen family."
"Isn't what happened to Shen Congyi a lesson to be learned?"
When Zhou Xinrou heard her say that, she thought of a good idea.
"Let the Shen family fight her, we can sit back and watch them fight, and then we can reap the benefits."
This way, we can achieve the desired result without losing a single soldier.
Huang Yu frowned: "Too slow. They're still quite focused on Lan Xi. It will take too long to sow discord among them."
They might as well do it themselves.
Zhou Xinrou thought for a moment and said, "I will put you in the position of commander of the city guard. You can stay at home and wait for news."
But her plan must still be carried out.
Shen Lanxi has made her unhappy for too long, so she'll make Shen Lanxi unhappy in return.
Soon, letters attempting to sow discord between the Shen family's sons and Shen Lanxi were sent out from the capital.
Soon, the imperial edict appointing Huang Yu as the commander of the city's guards was delivered to Huang Yu.
As for the original commander of the city's defense forces, he has been demoted to deputy commander due to dereliction of duty.
After Huang Yu made a special trip to the palace to express his gratitude to the emperor, he rode off to take up his post outside the city.
...
After more than a month of silence, the Shen family reappeared in the public eye.
There was no other reason than that Shen Lanxi planned to send the Shen family's children to a private academy.
This move provoked protests from the women of the Shen family. Liu took the lead in sending a letter to the palace opposing the Shen family's children attending private academies.
Previously, the children studied at the Imperial Academy, where only members of the imperial family and nobles studied, highlighting the status of the Shen family.
Now they want their children to study in rural areas, what kind of logic is that?
Could it be that he's taking his anger out on the family because of Shen Congyi's affair?
That was Shen Congyi's mistake, what does it have to do with them? They tried to stop him at the time, and even if they didn't get credit, they still put in the effort. How can they treat him like this? (End of Chapter)
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