Later on, when he learned how to read, it was only because the empress dowager taught him how to use poison that he had the opportunity to learn some words. Furthermore, they were all names of herbs.
Back then, when he was traveling outside, he learned how to write properly. However, because he started too late, his handwriting could at most be considered proper, without any strength of character to speak of.
Therefore, whenever he thought about how he was beaten when he was young and how he was dragged to be a medicine man when he watched others practice martial arts! He hated the empress dowager to the core!
He was a prince! Not her slave! Not her medicine man! And definitely not her puppet!
GongYimo saw that his entire person was gloomy and scary, so she thought about it and said, "Don't be discouraged.
"You don't have to be discouraged. If they can use this as an excuse to attack your people, you can also use it to threaten them."
Si Wuyan was gloomy. "Easier said than done? Manpower is limited, and they all hide their fox tails tightly! It's harder than ascending to the heavens to find fault with them! "
GongYimo smiled carelessly. "If there's a stain, we'll catch it ready-made. If there isn't, can't we create some mistakes?"
Si Wuyan suddenly sighed. "You actually think the same as Shang Mingxi! It's just that manpower is limited, so many things aren't easy to do. "
Shang Mingxi was Yuqi's Jade-Faced General. He was once the empress dowager's favorite boy toy. He controlled the army, but in the end, he switched sides to Si Wuyan.
This person was both good and evil. He was flexible and always had a smile on his face. At this time, Shang Mingxi was negotiating with Dai Yu State about cooperation and trade.
GongYimo said, "There's no rush for trade. Bring him back. It's best to leave this matter to him. Moreover, you didn't have anyone before, but don't you have me now? I haven't met anything that I can't do! Just wait. In three months, these people who impeached you today will all kneel in front of you and beg for your forgiveness. "
Si Wuyan was amused by her and felt a little warm in his heart.
However, he didn't know that she was serious. A reign of terror was about to begin!
GongYimo had money in her hands, while Shang Mingxi had people in his hands. Moreover, he was sinister, cunning, and slick in dealing with people. On top of that, GongYimo's super strong martial arts skills caused countless turmoil in the capital.
The simplest and most brutal method was bribery!
Shang Mingxi stepped forward and offered ten thousand taels of gold to bribe those greedy officials. At first, they were not tempted, but as Shang Mingxi smiled and added one gold brick after another, their eyes widened and they directly switched sides with the emperor!
Then, there was the correction of mistakes. For example, there was an official who appeared to be honest in politics, but in private, he booked a famous prostitute for pleasure. A group of students accidentally stumbled upon that debauchery scene, and from then on, his reputation was ruined!
For example, there was a smooth and slick official who was doing well as an official. However, the treasurers under his jurisdiction were repeatedly robbed. He couldn't bear to fill the vacancy himself, so he embezzled money from other places. When Si Wuyan caught him, he was immediately removed from his position!
Another example was the fact that the Empress Dowager had asked her maids to approve the memorials, which had aroused public anger! Si Wuyan stood up and wrote a confession. The people's impression of the Empress Dowager became worse and worse. The ministers had no choice but to persuade the Empress Dowager to return the state affairs to the Emperor. As a result, Si Wuyan's position became even more honorable.
All in all, in these three months, Jade August Imperial City was in turmoil, making the common people see quite a few jokes.
At this time, the moon was dark and the wind was strong.
GongYimo and Shang Mingxi were hiding on the boat, listening to the sounds inside.
Today, they tricked the Prime Minister's only son, who supported the Empress Dowager the most. After drugging him, they sent him to the Empress Dowager's flower boat. Recently, the Empress Dowager was depressed and often played on the flower boat until late at night. That man rushed forward. Normally, the Empress Dowager would think that it was a trick, but today, she drank a lot of wine. The Prime Minister's only son also had a rare good appearance, so she indulged for once.
Shang Mingxi saw that GongYimo was watching with great interest and couldn't help sighing.
This was the benefit of having a peerless expert. The most powerful person in Jade August was by the Empress Dowager's side. GongYimo didn't look obvious, but Shang Mingxi had observed that she should be much more powerful than the person by the Empress Dowager's side.
Shang Mingxi was also a smart person. He wouldn't ask where GongYimo got so much money, nor would he ask how she went in alone and how she moved the treasurer's storeroom. He also wouldn't ask how she brought his son out under the Prime Minister's strict guard.
So much so that the two of them were openly watching, but no one noticed. Her martial arts had probably reached the stage of being one with the world.
In the past, even if he wanted to do these dirty tricks, one didn't have the money and the other didn't have the strength. It would take three to five months or even longer to plan something. The twists and turns in the process were even more exhausting. However, after GongYimo came, it was much simpler and more violent. Basically, as long as she wanted to do it, she could definitely do it. Previously, he thought that the Dai Yu state's Emperor only sent one person to help because he looked down on them. However, later on, he found out that she alone was comparable to a magnificent army with thousands of men and horses.
The flower boat swayed quietly on the waves. The other people didn't dare to make a sound, so there was only the Empress Dowager's coquettish moans and the sound of waves hitting the boat. The bright moon hung high in the sky.
GongYimo looked for a while before remembering that there was a man beside her. She smiled embarrassedly, "It's not that I want to look, but this man is too interesting. He likes to be so strange …"
She suddenly remembered that Shang Mingxi used to be the Empress Dowager's gigolo, so she shut her mouth to avoid making him unhappy.
Unexpectedly, Shang Mingxi smiled good-naturedly, "It's fine, I don't mind that much."
Under the moonlight, his facial features were ordinary. If one really wanted to describe it, he could be considered delicate and pretty. However, when he smiled, it was especially eye-catching and harmless. GongYimo almost forgot who came up with these dirty tricks.
GongYimo was curious, "You really don't mind? Most men care about this kind of past, right? "
Shang Mingxi shook his head. Things were going too smoothly, so he was in the mood to talk about the past.
"When I was young, my hometown encountered a rare natural disaster. Many people starved to death, including my older brother. My two older sisters were sold. In the end, the family couldn't bear it anymore. Father stared at me and had the idea of swapping me for food …"
When he said this, his tone was indifferent. Sometimes, people were very strange. The pain and hatred that they thought they would never forget would slowly fade away in the end. It was so faint that they could speak of it in a normal tone without feeling anything.
"Mother pitied me and let me go the night before I was swapped out. I didn't dare to leave at that time because that was still my home in my heart. If I left home, where else could I go? So I hid in the haystack outside the house, hoping that father would change his mind. "
His smile was still clean and innocent, but GongYimo could feel his coldness and mockery.
"… Until I saw father beat mother violently, but he still didn't vent his anger. In the end, he dragged mother's hair and swapped her for someone else. Only then did I give up. People who are forced to the extreme are very scary."
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