With the cannon fodder script in hand, it is easy for the king to change his fate

Chapter 1035 The Heir Takes the Empire as Dowry 47
“Besides my aunt, who else would care about who I’ve been in contact with?” Xie Ping said. “My aunt must have known about my relationship with the prince consort all along and was planning to investigate him. She just happened to find him in danger and helped him out.”

This guess is slightly off, but it's pretty close.

“My parents used to worry a lot about my marriage, but I never really cared and let them decide for themselves, thinking they wouldn’t hurt me. They were at a loss as to what to do. I heard that my mother even talked to my aunt about it,” Xie Ping said.

Her parents and aunts all respected her wishes regarding her marriage.

This is of course because of my aunt. After all, everyone in the Xie family knows that my aunt is where she is today because the Prince of Chen wanted to give her away.

Azhen nodded: "That's true."

Xie Ping is indeed a thoughtful person.

"Thank you, Aunt." Xie Ping bowed to Azhen. If the prince consort was really tricked by Zhou Shi and became an idiot, she probably wouldn't even get an explanation and would be heartbroken for a long time.

The prince consort's entire life would be ruined.

Zhou deserves what she has become!
After returning home, Xie Ping told Chen Fangjin who had saved him.

“When we first met, my aunt was always worried about my marriage. Seeing that you and I were getting close, she probably wanted to secretly test your character, and that's when she happened to witness that incident.” Xie Ping said this with a bit of ulterior motive. She hoped that her future husband would do well in the court, so of course she wanted him to know how good her aunt was.

Chen Fangjin naturally understood and nodded repeatedly.

He was truly grateful; he never imagined that the person who saved him back then would be the current ruler.

Zhou Huo was exiled.

Soon after, news came back that he had died on the way to exile.

The rest of the Zhou family gradually moved away from the capital, and the once large family fell apart.

Zhou Hanyi's branch of the family was reported for various things, and many people were purged. During this time, some servants even ran away with their master's belongings, creating chaos.

In order to protect themselves, some people donated all their books to the imperial court.

Zhou Hanyi fell ill from anger because the person who donated his collection of books to protect himself was his son, who was also Zhou Huo's father.

Since this person was so sensible and hadn't done anything that would anger heaven or man, Azhen naturally didn't pursue the matter further and let him go.

In this way, the matter concerning the Zhou family was considered settled.

Now that the Zhou family is no longer an obstacle, Azhen can implement some policies more smoothly.

With the initial groundwork laid, good news came every month.

The improved varieties distributed were well-suited to the local environment and climate, and were very popular among the people of Zhao Kingdom. They are now being planted on a large scale.

Besides agriculture, Azhen would also have people tinker with some of the tools found in the underground palace of Ao Kingdom that were more suitable for the present.

The people sent to explore various countries brought back a lot of items.

Some items from the Zhao Kingdom gradually circulated outwards, bringing back considerable wealth.

Seeing how much money they could make outside, some people stopped being confined to their own little world and started sending people out to explore.

The country of Zhao is moving in a positive direction every day, and everything is thriving.

Before we knew it, five years had passed.

It is worth mentioning that, under the constant pursuit of Jiang Jingzhuo, the son of the Prime Minister, Xie Kui felt that he was the most pleasing to the eye, and the two became a couple.

After becoming a female official, Jiang Bilan devoted herself to her work, rising through the ranks several times. She had long forgotten about love and romance, increasingly feeling that being an official allowed her to accomplish many things. Also, the imperial examination for women was held three years ago, and it would be held for the second time this year.

When women were first allowed to participate in the imperial examinations, Jiang Bilan participated. Because of her extraordinary background, insightful views, and intelligence, she achieved the top score in the imperial examinations three years ago, enjoying immense fame and her reputation spread throughout the Zhao Kingdom.

When others complimented her, Jiang Bilan said, "If Princess Ningping had participated back then, it's hard to say who would have won first place, but she wasn't interested in that, and she didn't pursue those things."

She wanted to stand at the front of the court, just like her father.

Princess Ningping was different. She was talented but lacked ambition, living a leisurely and carefree life. In terms of scholarship, they were evenly matched, but in poetry, calligraphy, and painting, she couldn't compare. In this respect, she was somewhat worldly and lacked a certain ethereal charm.

But she didn't care much, just like Princess Ningping, who didn't care about power or officialdom.

People are naturally good at some things and bad at others.

Xie Ping was most interested in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, so Azhen arranged related tasks for her. Later, after all the books were almost organized, Xie Ping went to the Imperial Academy to become a teacher, which she enjoyed very much.

Xie Kui was in the Ministry of War and even went to the military camp for training; she was indeed interested in this area.

As for Xie Nuo, Azhen also arranged a job for him.

Xie Nuo has several intelligent men around him, shouldn't he make good use of them?
Since I'm just sitting here anyway, might as well use it.

Since Xie Nuo hasn't done anything wrong, she can't easily find fault with him. Unless something unexpected happens, she would never give the client's memories of that life to his brother, sister-in-law, and mother. After all, it's too sad and heavy.

As it turns out, her strategy of "using it while it's free" proved to be quite effective.

Whenever a problem arises, she simply assigns Xie Nuo to handle it.

Even if Xie Nuo's execution ability is a bit lacking, the men around her will rack their brains to do it perfectly, and they will do everything they can to mold Xie Nuo into the perfect heir.

Now, Xie Nuo has only been involved in court affairs for two years, yet she has received countless praises, and many people have assumed that she is the successor. There are countless people trying to curry favor with her.

However, Xie Nuo had many protectors around him, and no one noticed that this "excellent successor" was largely unreliable. It has to be said that these men working together were indeed quite capable.

No matter how famous Xie Nuo became, A Zhen didn't care.

With her, the founding emperor, sitting on the throne, Xie Nuo could only be a so-called "successor" and could only do his job well.

She thinks it's pretty good.

Given the current situation, Xie Nuo and the men around her will only do their jobs diligently and won't do anything else.

The same goes for Xie Nuo herself. Apart from her, Azhen doesn't value any other junior, which proves that she currently has no competitors.

Not to mention how glamorous and successful she was.

The men around Xie Nuo were quite satisfied with the current situation.

The only thing I'm not entirely satisfied with is that the person above doesn't look to be in good health, and there's no way to predict how much longer they'll live.

Her health was indeed poor, and they believed it wouldn't last long no matter what, so they could only suppress their feelings and wait.

Every time A-Zhuang hears news about these people, she wants to laugh.

Yuan Qi was filled with admiration; His Majesty was truly superior.

Even if those men each have their own agendas, so what? Right now, they can only rack their brains to serve His Majesty. Because of their goals, they cannot serve as officials in the court.

Why do I feel like laughing?