After the marriage, the sick and weak husband fell off the horse

Xie Chunchao said, "The letter didn't say it directly. I will write a reply and ask about it later."

After Xie Chunchao's letter was sent back to Chu State, more and more letters came from Chu State intermittently.

Most of them are news about my brother, except for the official letter of credence from King Yi of Chu State, which is the news after the seal.

Xie Chunchao's power was once again strengthened through this imperial examination.

And she was also very optimistic about Qin Yin, the number one scholar this year. She was thinking about how to use him for her own purposes, but she didn't expect that he would take the initiative to find her.

"Your Majesty, Qin Yin, has met your empress." The young scholar knelt in the golden palace. His thin waist raised his head when he heard the superior calling him.

Xie Chunchao asked, "Master Qin, what are you reporting to me today?"

Qin Yin lowered his eyes and said, "I came here today to repay the favor I received from you that day."

Xie Chunchao looked puzzled and asked, "What kind of favor do I have to you?"

Qin Yin's eyes flashed and he said, "The examiner in the spring of that day was Xiao Yan, and Mr. Xiao is the empress's wife."

"As a student of Mr. Xiao, I am naturally very kind to you."

Xie Chunchao chuckled lightly and asked, "Then, haven't I been kind to all the students of this year?"

Qin Yin lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty's grace benefits the whole world."

Xie Chunchao has not seen such a bold and interesting person for a long time.

Since she took charge of the Xia Kingdom's political affairs as a queen, the people she met were either afraid of her authority or flattering to please her.

Qin Yin also belongs to the latter, but his flattery seems to be sincere and sincere.

Xie Chunchao stopped laughing and then asked, "Okay, let's talk about it. What did you want to talk to me about today?"

"Are you seeking an official position or a reputation?"

When Xie Chunchao said this, he laughed at himself again, "But the only way to take refuge in me is to seek an official position."

Although no one in the court dared to scold her to her face, she knew that the scholars among the Xia people had long been famous for scolding her.

They called her a demon queen, called her a cheater, and called her a disaster for the country and the people.

But she never understood from the beginning to the end, who did she harm?

Since she came to power, she has made peace with the refugees, stopped fighting, focused on people's livelihood, and lightened taxes.

One by one, if it were a man, she would have been eulogized in a temple long ago.

But because she is a woman, she is compared with the most sage monarchs in the past. They use the most stringent standards to examine her. If she does anything wrong, she will be scolded.

Of course she could return to the harem and become a virtuous queen.

As long as she doesn't care about anything and does nothing, she is the wisest queen in their mouths.

But Xie Chunchao was unconvinced. The harsher they scolded her, the more unconvinced she became.

This kind of inflated desire, unwillingness, and dissatisfaction cannot be smoothed away by Rong Shen's love and care for her.

On the contrary, the better he treats her, the fire called jealousy will arise in her heart.

He can choose whatever he likes, he has the right to choose.

If he regrets one day, she will be sent back to the harem, and those officials and literati will only say that she bewitched the king, that she is a harming fairy, and he is the victim.

She knew there might be something wrong with her psychology, and she shouldn't be so jealous of someone who loved her deeply.

But it was precisely because she knew and understood that she suffered even more.

She often wonders, if Rong Shen was not so kind to her, could she be cruel instead?

Qin Yin bowed again and said, "Your Majesty, I am not here today to seek an official position or fame."

"Just to help the empress." Xie Chunchao tilted his head and looked at him, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes, "Help me?"

"Yes." Qin Yin said, "I will help you take the next step."

Xie Chunchao's heart suddenly dropped, she was now one of the two saints, and he promised to help her take another step forward.

If she enters again, she will only have that position.

Xie Chunchao immediately shouted, "How dare you! I have a deep love for the young emperor and share the same moral principles. How can you instigate this?!"

Faced with Xie Chunchao's sudden attack, Qin Yin was not afraid, but said calmly,
"My queen has worked hard for so long, are you really willing to succumb to the emperor?"

"Your Majesty, by setting up a girls' school, recruiting female officers, and recruiting a female army, don't you want all the girls in the world to have more choices?"

"But their role model is just the wife of another man with a higher status."

Xie Chunchao sat upright, her expression unchanged, but her hands under her wide sleeves were tightly clasped together, her nails dug into her palms. She gritted her teeth and asked, "Are successful people destined to be lonely?"

"What's wrong with me now? In terms of power, no one in the world can match me. In terms of family, I have a loving husband and a lovely daughter."

"I have both a career and a family. Why do I have to destroy my current good life?"

Qin Yin said calmly, "The good things in the world are not reliable, and the colorful clouds are easy to scatter and the glass is brittle."

"Empress, the beauty you have now is as fragile as the colorful clouds in the sky. It doesn't need the wind to blow. Once the sky darkens, there will be nothing left."

Qin Yin's complexion is pale, and his deep facial features are a bit sinister. At this moment, he is not a courtier who comes to visit the queen, but more like a demon, a demon that makes people fear and seduce people.

Xie Chunchao felt that she could no longer breathe. He brought out the deepest fear in her heart and elicited her desire.

"Empress." Qin Yin spoke again, "You ask me why I can't have both? I wonder if those who succeed are doomed to be lonely?"

"Successful people may not be lonely, but the path that the empress wants to take is not ordinary success, it is a path that leads to the king."

"And kings are destined to be lonely, regardless of gender."

Xie Chunchao closed his eyes, pondered for a few seconds, and quickly made a decision.

In other words, she had already made a decision as she expanded her power step by step.

"What do you think I should do?"

A smile appeared on Qin Yin's lips, and he narrated everything in a low voice.

Rong Shen was still teasing little Zexia in the Zichen Palace. Seeing that Zexia seemed sleepy, he coaxed her to sleep again.

When the huge palace returned to calm again, he raised his head and looked at the darkening sky outside, and asked,

"Where's Chao Chao?"

"The empress is still receiving the ministers at Jiaotai Hall."

Rong Shen frowned slightly, then stood up and went to Jiaotai Hall.

When he arrived at the gate of Jiaotai Hall, he saw Xie Chunchao's confidants guarding the gate from a distance.

The person at the door saw him from a distance and came up to him, "Your Majesty."

Rong Shen asked, "Who is Chaochao talking to?"

Yu Ning said, "Back to the emperor, it's Qin Yin who is the new champion."

Hearing this, Rong Shen's eyes flashed, and Yu Ning asked again, "Does the Emperor want to go in and wait for the Queen?"

Rong Shen thought for a while, shook his head and said, "That's all, I'll go back and wait for the court."

"Tell Chaochao to finish it early and don't starve yourself."

Yu Ning surrendered and said, "Yes." (End of this chapter)