The punishment of the female imperial court

"My uncles, you have seen that even if we tried our best to invite him to the imperial mausoleum, he didn't want to pay attention to us. He just let us suffer and endure the pain every day! But that Yu family member is the favorite of the emperor. It's all because she has the support of the big tree of Duke Qi's Mansion! Since only those in power are valuable, why don't we be the ones in power? The emperor should feel more at ease using us than using others!"

If one has face among the court officials, at least one can get a chance to request an audience with the emperor without being blocked.

It's better than the current situation, where I am like a stray dog ​​being ordered around and forced to smile at others.

After Lan Shu expressed all the ambitions that had been pent up in his heart, he felt a lot more relieved.

He no longer paid attention to anyone else and just stared at Lan Fu, leaning forward slightly.

"What are you going to do?" Lan Fu sighed after a long time.

Lan Shu was very excited, his square face turned red and black.

"The news from Daming Palace is that the emperor wants to take back power. The Duke of Qi's Mansion is not as prosperous as it seems. If we can find an opportunity to weaken the Duke of Qi's Mansion for the emperor in the next half month, we will definitely be treated differently by the emperor."

Lan Shu only felt his heart beating with excitement. Seeing everyone's admiring expressions, he held his head high and chest out, and even the pain in his body was relieved a lot.

"But don't forget that men from the four families cannot serve as officials, and women from the four families cannot serve as concubines in the palace." Lan Fu couldn't help but pour cold water on him, saying, "You should know this rule. Who are you guarding against?"

Lan Shu had naturally thought of a countermeasure long ago: "Now all we are doing is to help His Majesty get rid of the powerful ministers and gain a good reputation among the Qingliu faction. If that is not enough, we can also let my sister go to the capital and become an official. If that Yu Luosha can do it, can't the women of the Lan family do it?"

Lanzhi was smart since she was young, and she felt that she was incomparable to ordinary people. If she could find a position in the capital, she would naturally be more powerful than Yu Luosha who only relied on the Duke of Qi's mansion.

"A woman serving as an official will not be noticed. Then my sister can find an opportunity to win the hearts of the people. Isn't the word 'power' in the hands of the Lan family?"

Having said that, when Lan Fu thought of Lan Zhi's appearance, deep wrinkles appeared between his brows.

"Would your sister agree?"

Lan Shu was determined to win: "My sister is naturally proud and hates the Jiang family to the core, so it's easy for her to become an official."

Lan Fu was still worried: "Lan Shu, don't forget, you are only temporarily serving as the clan leader. You and Lan Zhi are studying with your master, and you should know that she also has the possibility of becoming the clan leader of the Lan family. You can't make the decision for her in this matter. You have to ask her first."

When Lan Fu mentioned this, Lan Shu's face stiffened slightly.

"Even if my sister doesn't allow it, I still have a woman in the Lan family who can do it."

The woman's entry into the imperial court as an official was nothing more than a puppet of the Lan family in the capital. It didn't matter who did it. Even if the emperor wanted to rebel, he couldn't welcome her into the palace at the cost of abdication. What's more, this Jiang Jiqing would never sleep on the same bed with the Lan family.

Lan Fu looked at the young man's confident expression and felt exhausted. The pain all over his body was making him almost turn into ashes.

He could only force himself to remind her: "We have chosen you to temporarily take over the position of team leader, so you should take the lives of all the members of the Lan family to heart. You must be extremely careful in this matter, and don't be reckless!"

As he finished speaking, he was almost at the end of his strength and had to force himself to drink a few sips of nightshade flower juice to temporarily relieve the pain.

"However, the formations in the mountains are treacherous and changeable. In order to avoid hurting those overweight ministers, you must be more careful."

"Don't worry, Elder! Lan Shu has already arranged for people to guard the key points of the formation. They will be alerted when someone approaches."

Lan Fu then nodded slowly to show his approval: "I am old, and from now on, these things will be handed over to you young people." Lan Shu knelt on both knees and bowed solemnly, saying: "Of course I will not take the lives of the Lan family as a joke. If you help us today, there will be a ready-made person to help us accomplish this!"

"But is that the descendant of the Yu family that the people in Daming Palace asked you to keep an eye on?"

Lan Shu let out a long sigh and pushed open the tightly closed window with great enthusiasm. He felt that the warm sunlight in the valley today was very lovely.

"Of course. Didn't the group of people ask us to keep an eye on her to prevent her from making any rash moves? I thought before that this was the easiest job, and I could just find someone to keep a close eye on her. Now that I think about it, it's okay to let her succeed."

The gray-robed old men suddenly realized, "Let her succeed and catch her in the act? This way, we can take control of the Duke of Qi's Mansion, which will be a great achievement in front of His Majesty!"

Lan Shu nodded in agreement.

"My uncles have been working hard these past few days. I have prepared some extra pain-relieving nightshade flower juice. Please drink it and go to bed early."

The old men also felt relieved and left, supporting each other.

After everyone left, Lan Shu put away his smile, looked serious, and said to the person behind him: "Did you hear everything?"

A woman in gray climbed in through the window at the back of the house. She showed no shame at all for being caught, and instead spoke in a provocative manner.

"Don't tell me that the trick you just used to fool those old guys is what you call a 'great plan'."

The woman walked up to Lan Shu and leaned against the window. If you ignore her grayish complexion, she looked like a chivalrous woman.

"If it weren't for the poison, how could you think you could hear my movements!" The woman was looked up and down, very dissatisfied, and poked Lan Shu's eyes.

Lan Shu used all his strength to grab the woman's wrist, with his fingers only inches away from his eyes.

He shouted angrily: "You are really getting more and more outrageous! I am your brother and the clan leader, how dare you do this?"

Lanzhi tested Lanshu's strength and found that he was already at the end of his strength, so she withdrew her hand.

"Didn't you ask me to send someone to follow that descendant of the Yu family? Aren't you curious about who she has been with these days?"

Lan Shu looked unhappy, which made his face look even more gloomy.

The people sent by Lanzhi not only followed Yu Qiansi and Boyi, but also assigned others to guard the entrance to the cemetery.

These past few days, Yu Qiansi was either wandering around the entrances of the various cemeteries on the mountainside, or staying with Su Niang.

"I think Yu Qiansi is no simple person. I'm afraid she has already noticed that your people are following her. Now, she is just acting with us."

Lanzhi immediately understood: "It seems that you have known that Su Niang is with the emperor for a long time?"

"I also found out when I went to greet her that night, not much earlier than you." At this point, Lan Shu said anxiously: "There is something strange about Su Niang, but it was definitely not arranged by me! Fortunately, it has nothing to do with her now, let's first-"

Lanzhi didn't want to play Tai Chi with him anymore, so she interrupted his defense and said sternly, "Since we are brothers from the same mother, I am kindly giving you a word of advice." (End of this chapter)