Shen Sanfei was as calm as ever, yet he seemed to have a strange and sinister voice. It was like the frost and dew outside the window falling on Zhao Surui's head, causing him to suddenly calm down.

"Shen Sanfei, your maids made mistakes, how do you think I should punish them?"

Playing with the short knife in his hand, Zhao Surui sat back on the desk chair.

Pulling the dagger out of its sheath, there happened to be a flash of light reflecting on the blade, turning it into a stream of colors.

Zhao Surui smiled coldly: "Your maid said that I punished people without teaching them, but you told me how you taught them before killing them? It also gave me a lot of experience."

Today, Shen Shiqing left Lin Miaozhen in Xiyuan to continue to prepare for the examination of the school's female concubine, while she moved back to Qianqing Palace.

Just because she resurrected Chu Jiyuan, memorials from the ministers were piled up all over the Qianqing Palace. She simply did not look at the various seemingly central excuses in those memorials, and only selected some military households from various places. Judging from the news about the military camps, there are many military households under the jurisdiction of the governors everywhere. In order to embezzle military pay, they invaded the fields of the military camps. In previous years, these governors liked to report disasters but not good news. They smashed bowls and plates to ask for money from the court. Previously, Shen Shen When Shi Qing asked Zhang Yong, the former commander of the Wandu Division, one of the crimes he committed was to invade the army's farmland. However, some of the divisions near the capital were more honest, and it seemed that the weather was a little smoother than in previous years.

Looking at their explanations, Shen Shiqing was naturally dissatisfied, but she also knew that these things could only be done slowly. She originally wanted to ask Emperor Zhaode for some ways to make everyone everywhere be more honest, but she didn't expect it. I listened to the shouts of beating and killing.

Putting down the zhezi in her hand, Shen Shiqing stood up and said to Yue Suniang who was waiting at the side:

"Today's soothing tea is quite good. My wife-in-law has paid great attention to it."

Yue Su Niang knelt down and bowed respectfully: "I don't dare to be praised by Your Majesty for my humble skills."

Yiji stood aside and said nothing.

Since these female officials came to serve in front of the emperor, they have always been very reserved in their actions. Compared with those who are often in front of the emperor, they are less close to the emperor.

The more this is the case, Yiji instead lets them express themselves. If they can win the eyes of the emperor, it will be their blessing. If the emperor is alienated because of this... then it will also show the benefits of them, cats and dogs.

"Chrysanthemum, calamus, polygala, and chrysanthemum, this recipe is safe. My daughter-in-law turned around and copied a copy of the recipe. Some of the veterans in the court have troubles with calming their nerves. I think it's better to let them drink some at their own discretion." What tranquilizer is safer?"

Yue Su Niang quickly agreed, but when she didn't know what to say, a chicken beside her reminded her softly:

"Mr.-in-law, why don't you quickly thank your Majesty for your kindness? Your Majesty is asking you to show your face in front of the elders!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Shen Shiqing waved her hand and signaled Yue Suniang to stand up. She walked slowly towards the crystal mirror in the Qianqing Palace: "You are the people around me. It is inevitable to show your face in front of the courtiers. I know that you were all in the deep palace before. , when it comes to the future, you can’t help but be nervous, just focus on how to do things well, I will take care of the rest for you. The same is true for Yiji and other internal officials. In the final analysis, the biggest reliance is not on the power of God, but on the power of God. You know how to do things within my rules. Within the rules, you can speak out and break the rules. Outside the rules, you can't escape death if you are loyal to the king. The difference is who are you thinking about? You think about the people, even if you are stupid and ridiculous , I can teach you that if you only think about your own fame and wealth, even if it seems to be in line with the king's heart and public opinion at first glance, there will always be a day when you show your flaws."

"Wei Chen, thank you for your teaching."

Yue Su Niang put her hands in front of her body and bowed deeply.

With a slight smile on her face, Shen Shiqing said in her heart: "Your Majesty, I have told you the method of teaching people word for word, do you understand?"

In the small village, Zhao Surui looked at Tunan kneeling on the ground in front of him and sneered.

"Shen Sancai, you teach people to be stupid and stupid, and you teach people to be outspoken. You also teach people to abandon selfishness. Why don't you teach people to be saints? I really opened my eyes today. No wonder you can teach Achi. Such a fool, and a self-righteous fool like Tunan!"

The lights in the Qianqing Palace were brightly lit. Shen Shiqing was looking at "Emperor Zhaode" in the large crystal mirror with her hands behind her back, her expression dull.

"Your Majesty, 'If you don't teach but punish, the punishment will be complicated and the evil will prevail.' I use people to make them useful to me, not to show my majesty, nor to watch others suffer, but to teach them when I see them." Then punish them, and reward them if they have merit. I taught Tunan like this, and I think Tunan couldn't be any better."

A pair of eyes looked at the short sword in front of him. At that moment, Zhao Surui had murderous thoughts.

To Tunan.

He wanted to see if Tunan, who was "the best" in Shen Sanfai's eyes, died tragically on the spot because of his anger, would Shen Sanfai know that she had done something wrong and cost Tunan his life.

"Won't."

Shen Shiqing said quietly: "Your Majesty, you kill people for the sake of your own power. You can kill everyone in the world, but you will not make me fear and regret. Your Majesty, your power is boundless and disappears without a trace, just like the wind and snow, which makes people easy to resist." If you dare to mess with it, you can only run away hastily. No one knows when the wind and snow will come, and no one knows where the edge of the wind and snow is. They only know that when the wind and snow come, it will be a huge disaster. But it is precisely because of this, once someone I have walked into the wind and snow involuntarily, and I can only move forward in order to find a chance of survival. I am stealing the throne now, mostly because I am afraid of death, because I have offended His Majesty's power. This can also be said the other way around. He said, if no one in this world would die for offending your majesty, I might have returned the throne to your majesty long ago."

"Sophistry!" Zhao Surui interrupted Shen Shiqing coldly, "I obviously spared your life."

"Your Majesty, you also know that it was you who spared me. Only through trembling, humility, and ardent flattery can I get the word 'forgive' under your power. But as long as I steal the throne and don't give it back, I don't need it. Anyone in this world come and forgive me."

Emperor Zhaode in the mirror is tall and handsome, with a natural arrogance. He doesn't want anyone to forgive him. He just needs others to kneel on the ground, hoping that he won't have unbearable anger.

This is the emperor.

No, it should be said that this is Emperor Zhaode.

An emperor who valued his own power above all else and did not allow others to be slighted or offended.

Shen Shiqing had been afraid before, and had enjoyed such power in his skin, but she also knew what she had gained in exchange for such "power".

It's power, it's planning, it's the moodiness when talking, it's the matter of life and death at the snap of a finger.

Only in this way can the power of Heaven be as unpredictable and unavoidable as the wind and snow. Only by being easily blamed can everyone prostrate themselves under the imperial power.

Confucius said: "Killing without teaching is called cruelty."

Emperor Zhaode's imperial power was obtained by inflicting such "abuse" on the people and officials.

"I am always worried about being frozen to death in the wind and snow, or becoming the one who controls the wind and snow. Your Majesty, everyone in the world will know what to choose."

The short knife was pulled out and pierced directly on the table. Zhao Surui's face was extremely cold, and murderous intent surged in his heart: "Shen, San, Fei, are you teaching me how to be a king?"

"Your Majesty is joking, I don't know how to behave as a king."

Shen Shiqing calmly adjusted her robe in front of the mirror:

"I just know how to behave."

Zhao Surui looked at the blade. If Shen Sanfai had been in front of him at this time, he would have gone in and out with a red blade, letting her know that even without the power of the emperor, it would be easy for him, Zhao Surui, to kill her.

"As a child, you can't even keep your parents' old house. When you marry as a wife, even your dowry has been plundered. Shen Sanwei, you haven't even been a good person, and you dare to pretend to be a king. This way is really the most ridiculous thing in the world!"

Shen Shiqing was not angry, but smiled in her heart:

"Yes, I have worked so hard even for an ordinary person like Shen Shiqing. I am ashamed of my parents and myself. But Your Majesty, you have never done it before. You keep saying that you want to treat Shen Shiqing's body and mind like this." You are useless, you have done some different things out of your weak-tempered skin, but of all the things you have done so far, which one was not done by the power-playing skills of the emperor? And which one extraordinary thing did not rely on imperial power? Is the power carrying it for you?"

Turning around and looking at the throne of Qianqing Palace, Shen Shiqing's voice became more and more outrageous:

"It sounds nice to say that all great talents and strategies must be used by Shen Shiqing, but in the final analysis, he is still hiding behind the power. There are only more than a hundred people in a Zhuangzi. Compared with the nine states and four seas that you used to rule, It's just a drop of dust, but you can actually shout and kill for such a tiny bit of power, wishing you could kill like a river of blood. It turns out that this is your Majesty's method, this is your Majesty's power, this is your Majesty you confidence."

Shen Shiqing paused, seeming surprised and sighing:

"Oh my, Your Majesty, you are so powerful! Such great authority! It really makes me, a waste of body, mind and temper, sigh."

The veins on his hands popped out, and Zhao Surui felt that his ears could only hear the sound of blood gushing, and his heartbeat almost stopped in his chest.

Never! Never! No one dares to talk to him like that!

Shen San waste!

Shen! Three! Waste!

She! She! Used such a tone to mock him!

"Thinking about it this way, I think it's not difficult to be an emperor. Although I can't even be a human being, it's still better than His Majesty not being able to be a human being."

Under the bright lights, a chicken and a group of eunuchs and female officials stood silently. They never imagined that the "Emperor Zhaode" in front of them had almost made their real emperor angry to death.

"Shen Sanfai! Shen Sanfai, you think I am! You think you are!"

As the watch rang, Zhao Surui stood up suddenly and smashed the completely cold roast duck on the table to the ground.

Tunan raised his head and saw "his girl" looking at him with red eyes:

"You all get out! That Shao Zhiqing! Save his life! Get out! Get out! Get out! Get out!"

He kicked the wooden stool over with one kick, but it hurt his toes. Zhao Surui endured the pain and picked up the short knife, looked around, and after a long time, he threw the knife to the ground.

In the Qianqing Palace, Yiji suddenly discovered that the "Emperor" was sweating on his head.

"Your Majesty, but it's too hot in the palace?"

"no."

Shen Shiqing took a deep breath after picking up the cold soothing tea on the table and drank it all.

"One chicken."

"Your Majesty."

"Sanmao usually talks in a tone that sounds like he's begging for a beating. Have you really never thought about beating him?"

Yi Ji blinked, not knowing why: "Your Majesty, do you want to reward the three cats with boards?"

"No." Shen Shiqing waved her hand, "Next time you leave the palace, bring more delicious food to the three cats."

If one day she and Zhao Surui switch back, then the three cats must hide first, otherwise Zhao Surui will recall her tone today when he hears the three cats speaking... Wouldn't the cat's life be at an end?

Zhao Siri: I'm already furious, don't cue.

Shen Shiqing: Thank you, Teacher Maomao, for the reward of dried fish.

*From: Warring States Period · If you reward without classifying, you will be suspicious. The common people are dangerous and the people are not the same."

The chapter title "Killing without teaching is called cruelty." comes from "The Analects of Confucius" by Confucius in the Spring and Autumn Period: Yao Yue.

This is a very difficult chapter to write. After Shen Shiqing adapts to power, grasps power and uses power, Zhao Surui has to come out from an individual who has been "alienated" by power. There have been many subtle descriptions before, and here can be said to be a Heavy hammer.

In describing the relationship between two people, Zhao Surui has always been evaluating Shen Shiqing. From now on, Shen Shiqing will evaluate a person named "Zhao Surui". It can also be said that from this point on, the two people really enter into each other. It’s a battle of personalities.
Chapter completed!