Chapter 18: Girl You Have Changed

“On the surface there is no action, that’s because it’s in the way of this Palace’s remaining authority. But privately there may not be no existence of the idea of changing all of this, of ‘regressing the system back’ and then regressing social civilization back a few more decades.

“Originally it’s normal for parties to have this kind of friction in their ideas, and as I said earlier, social progress needs time and opportunity, but it’s not right for them to do it in secret.

“Of course if there is no real evidence, I won’t say anything blindly.” Empress Lu said, opened a drawer beside her and took out a pile of paper and letters, “Ever since the late emperor left, in these two years, one after another, people have been handing folders in front of the emperor, requesting to change the rules of the Flower Moon Society, and the most important meaning is to remove those benefits attached to the Flower Moon Order.

“For example, the leader of the Flower Moon Order who holds the Flower Moon Order has the right to divorce, the right to liquidate his family’s assets when he divorces, and these rights to raise his sons and daughters on his own after he divorces.

“This is some of the letters and poems that I had people collect from the people they corresponded with in private on weekdays, and the intentions are all very clear. Do you see if these names are familiar?”

Zhao Su took the letter, and there were indeed a few names among them that looked familiar. She said indistinctly, “These rules are the core of the Qiong Hua Hai Yue Hui, although they don’t dare to defy the imperial decree and the empress dowager face to face, but by urging the emperor to modify the rules so that the Hua Yue Hui becomes an empty shelf, they will be able to achieve the same goal.”

Empress Dowager Lu nodded: “According to what I have checked, over the years, all the Kui masters who have gotten the Flower Moon Order, but all those who have gotten married, more than 30% of them have taken their children and left for another life.

“These people who submitted the folders, beautifully said that such benefits increase the probability of reconciliation and are not conducive to the stability of the inner house, but in reality, without these attached benefits, these 30% of women would have been trapped in unfortunate marriages for the rest of their lives.”

Zhao Su looked down and flipped through the letter, it was all in Mandarin, but the general meaning was still apparent.

However, the fact that such a private letter had gotten to Empress Lu was enough to show that the means behind her were not low.

Suddenly she was blessed with the spirit: “What exactly is the relationship between Shi En and this matter?”

Empress Dowager Lu looked at her: “The Flower Moon Society in the capital, has been Shi En in charge, want to get the Flower Moon Order a lot of people, in his position, indeed a lot of oil and water.

“I don’t know if he is corrupt or not now, but whether he is or not, I have to keep him first, because once the charges against him are confirmed, if it’s good they can use the opportunity to force the Emperor to modify the Flower Moon Society’s ordinance, if it’s not good, it can also splash dirty water on the Flower Moon Society’s reputation.

“Anymore, in addition to Shi En, this lack will have to be filled by another person, and by then who knows what person to fill in?”

Zhao Su wiped sweat: “But if this is the truth, then he embezzled 100,000 taels, and it’s also related to military pay …… can’t be covered up, right?”

“How can we be so careful about the small details of doing big things? First keep him, wait to find a suitable person to replace, then punish him is not too late. What we need to do at the moment is to maintain the normal operation of the Flower Moon Society, and then snuff out these people’s motives for plotting. In short, in a word, we cannot let them succeed.”

Hearing this, Zhao Su only felt that a political fighting expert really had a reason to become an expert, when others were playing at the third level, she might have already reached the seventh or eighth level.

She was convinced to pick up the tooth chopsticks, a look at the opposite side, Empress Dowager Lu has resumed the grace and ease.

Just this calmness, is also admirable.

But it’s never a bad thing when the boss is capable.

She ate a few pieces of meat with peace of mind, thinking of yesterday’s Marquis Qingyun’s surprised look when they heard that she cooked for Empress Dowager Lu, and wondered if they would directly knock their jaws to the ground when they heard that not only did they cook for the Empress Dowager again at the palace this day, but also accompanied her to eat?

And then think of today’s intention, she suddenly hit a shiver ……

Shi En this case since with the Empress Dowager Lu formulated the national policy on the relationship, that Qingyun Hou’s team is not just a case on the team, the influence of the Flower Moon Club has been spread throughout the country, the Empress Dowager Lu is so patient with their own nagging, scheming to really is just to pull on their own her so an errand boy only?

How did she vaguely have the feeling of jumping into the pit again?

And with this tremor in her hand, the meat she had just clamped down on fell back into the pot with a splash, spilling some of the soup on Empress Lu’s plate and drawing a cool stare from her.

Zhao Su raised his hand to cover his stomach, and his lips also opened boldly: “…… I probably have some water and soil discomfort, and now I only feel weak and cramped …… Empress Dowager, can our plan to raise the country be discussed on another day? I want to first retire from the palace ……”

“Uncomfortable?” Empress Dowager Lu swept her gaze over, then said, “- summon the Imperial Doctor!”

Zhao Su instantly froze ……

Miscalculated and forgot that she was a one-call master!

“The Imperial Hospital specializes in treating all kinds of difficult and miscellaneous diseases, where else are you uncomfortable?” Empress Dowager Lu’s eyes even “concerned” up.

Zhao Su only had to awkwardly put his hand down, rubbing and resuming his sitting position, “No need to bother …… seems to be good again.”

“Good is good.” Empress Dowager Lu looked at her through the smoke, “You and I are at least a friendship that crosses the same door, and in the future walk for the Palace, the Palace more or less have to be responsible for you.”

Zhao Su can’t carry it anymore, “Empress Dowager, what kind of dispatch do you have, you just say it!”

Save this blunt knife to cut the meat, strange uncomfortable!

“For the time being, there is nothing else, that is, you first go and turn Zhao Ke over. This case, can’t let him meddle anymore.”

Empress Lu downplayed it, as if turning this matter was as simple as eating the radish in her mouth.

On the path of fighting for equalization, Zhao Su must maintain the same attitude with Empress Dowager Lu, but now she is being asked to turn back the Marquis of Qingyun …… that is her own father ah!

Even if there is no emotion, this body is also given by him, right? So the first task she is to do to her own father?

“Empress ……” she held the table, “I am a third-rate college student, and my business ability is not outstanding, compared to your strength, it is simply unimportant! Or I won’t give you a drag, I won’t participate in your big plans, but I definitely support your decisions!”

Had she known, she wouldn’t have agreed to join!

So far she didn’t see how Empress Dowager Lu would still care about her life and death, people didn’t even pay her wages and squeezed her labor! In case Marquis Qingyun had a slip up, she would even have a problem with her future!

“I’m not asking you to kill him, why are you crying?”

Empress Dowager Lu looked over in dissatisfaction, “Why are you so back and forth, didn’t we all agree to work on the business together earlier?”

“But I didn’t realize that the first one you asked me to mess with was my father!”

Zhao Su felt that he was too unlucky.

Originally, he thought that Empress Dowager Lu was seeking trouble from Marquis Qingyun just because of a Shi En, who would have thought that this case would be so complicated behind the scenes. To put it nicely, it was just a rebellion, but if he really rebelled, wouldn’t that be a rebellion against the Emperor?

The emperor is his top boss ah, back to the Marquis of Qingyun will not change the way to give small shoes to wear?

The emperor is his top boss ah, will not turn back to give the Marquis of Qingyun small shoes?