binnovel Chapter 250 Beauty's Scheme (2)
Chapter 250 Beauty's Scheme (2)
"Reputation is something that only the weak care about. I already have power, and reputation is just icing on the cake for me."
Shiyi simply loves Nie Shen'er's personality. She is simply a natural politician. As the saying goes, those who play politics have a dirty heart, but if you really want to play politics, it is necessary to be shameless.
Nie Shen'er, a person who perfectly combines dirty tricks and shamelessness. Although her methods are still a bit immature, her political literacy is not bad and she is already a qualified politician.
While Nie Shen'er was fighting against court officials in the imperial court, Dou Yifang gave birth to several children for the King of Dai and received his wholehearted love, except for the position of queen.
Shi Yi saw that the time was almost right, so he had Liu Ying brought back and began to attend court openly dressed as a woman. Some people in the court still symbolically questioned this.
"Your Majesty, even if you have some indecent hobbies, you should not show them in the court." The Prime Minister, who seemed serious but actually had a bit of expressionless face, stood up and spoke first.
"You all have misunderstood. I am not the emperor. I am the Princess of Anyang. It was only because my brother played tricks on me that he secretly visited me and handed over the throne to me."
"This, how can this be possible? Her Royal Highness the Princess is a woman, and she has never been involved in state affairs. I'm afraid she can't shoulder this heavy responsibility." The Prime Minister tried hard to use his expressionless face to make an expression to cooperate with Shi Yi's acting, but obviously failed.
"To be honest, my elder brother abdicated the throne to me a few years ago. In the past few years, I have been working diligently in the court and caring about the people." Shi Yi's tone was humble, but his words were not so humble.
"How can a woman like Your Highness the Princess become the emperor of the Han Dynasty? Could it be that Your Highness the Princess has never been married and has some delusions?" The minister who spoke was sharp and even insulting in his words. It was obviously not an actor arranged by Shi Yi.
But this person's words were also expected by Shi Yi and others. Before Shi Yi could speak, Nie Shen'er started to fight first: "Master Zhang, this is wrong. If you deny Her Highness the Princess's actions just because you think that Her Highness is a woman, then I can only say that Your Highness is really, tut tut tut."
Nie Shen'er clicked his tongue and shook his head, looking at the other person in disappointment. The other person's face instantly turned red. "Master Nie, what do you mean?"
"I am just expressing my feelings. If your mother knew that you would look down on women so much today, would she have thrown you away when you were born?"
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"My lords, please don't forget that you also have mothers, wives, and daughters in your families. If you look down on women so much, why did you reincarnate in your mother's womb in the first place, and why did you get married later?" Nie Shen'er's words were so powerful that all the lords had already lowered their heads in shame.
In recent years, Confucian culture has brainwashed many people in the court. Although Shi Yi does not like one dominant party, Confucian culture is currently very applicable to centralized rule.
Correspondingly, Confucian culture has deeply influenced everyone, just like these ministers in front of them, who were unable to say a word because of Nie Shen'er's question, just because Nie Shen'er mentioned his mother.
The ministers may not be really filial, but if they admit that they are not filial, then their official position will be over, so everyone chooses to keep quiet.
But some people were still restless. Since they could not question the identity of the first woman to become the emperor, they questioned her illegitimate position: "Your Highness, Princess, I wonder where the emperor is now?"
"I am the emperor." Shi Yi looked at the other person with a smile.
"Your Highness, I am asking about your elder brother, Liu Ying, the legitimate son of the late emperor," the general, who was the head of an aristocratic family, spoke up, not taking Shi Yi seriously at all.
"If you don't mind, you can wait a little longer. My brother will probably be here soon." Shi Yi smiled and ordered someone to serve tea to the general and even brought a throne.
When the general saw this, he thought Shiyi was afraid of him and looked at him proudly. He not only wanted to suppress Shiyi's arrogance today, but also wanted Shiyi to give up targeting the aristocratic family.
But unfortunately, the general didn't know that Shiyi's purpose today was to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys, and unfortunately, he was the chicken that was killed.
As he drank cup after cup of tea, the general gradually felt that something was wrong. He felt like urinating, and the tea in his hand suddenly lost its fragrance. But when he looked at his colleagues, he saw that they were all standing, even the prime minister. He began to feel proud again.
Everyone secretly looked at the general with pity, and the prime minister looked even more reluctant to look at him, until Shi Yi spoke: "Why don't you drink, general? My brother will probably be here soon. Then, you will know whether my brother volunteered or not."
Encouraged by these words, the general drank two more cups of tea, and then he couldn't hold it anymore. Old people tend to urinate frequently, not to mention that he had drunk so much tea now.
"Your Highness, I want to change my clothes." The general finally couldn't help it. Instead of making a fool of himself in public, it would be no big deal to bow to Shiyi. But how could Shiyi agree?
"General, please wait a bit, lest you say that I have deceived you. I don't want to have to explain to you every day in the future." Shi Yi's face turned cold. The general had a lot of grievances but he tried hard to hold them back.
"Anyang, I'm back." Liu Ying had been away for many years and finally got the freedom he had always dreamed of. He happily followed Shi Yi's people into the palace.
The general waited for the emperor he had been waiting for for a long time and hurriedly stood up to greet him, but was bumped by Liu Ying. He slipped and fell to the ground. Feeling the warmth on his pants, the general felt that his life was over.
But Liu Ying didn't let him go: "Isn't this the Grand Marshal? Why are you sitting on the ground? Eh? Why are there water stains on the ground, and why is there a smell?"