Chapter 148: The Art of Controlling People

Mu Cang frowned and said in a deep voice: "Let them go."

The wedding has been completed anyway, and they can't do anything even if they enter the palace.

"Yes!" Mo Yun took the order and left.

After taking off the Phoenix Crown, Yan Li seemed much more relaxed: "Your Majesty, don't you go out to entertain the guests?"

"No need." Mu Cang got up and walked out. After a while, he came back with a cup of tea, "Prince Jing and those young masters will help entertain."

As he said, he handed the teacup in his hand to Yan Li, and raised his hand to dismiss all the female officials and maids in the bridal chamber.

Yan Li took the teacup, lowered her eyes and took a sip: "Are those young masters your subordinates?"

"Yeah."

Yan Li was silent for a moment, drank the tea slowly, and then said: "In that case, let's sit down and talk."

Anyway, the wedding night tonight is definitely gone. She is young and this body belongs to someone else. For the time being, they can only be a couple who chat under the quilt.

Mu Cang and she knew it all, there was no difference between getting married and not getting married.

It was just that she could live in the Ninth Prince's Mansion legitimately in the future, closer to him, and with a status, Mu Cang could regard himself as her husband anytime and anywhere.

Mu Cang took the teacup: "Another cup?"

"No."

Mu Cang hummed and put the teacup aside: "Let's talk about the Queen of Jin?"

"Okay."

Mu Cang took a soft towel and soaked it in water, wrung it dry, and handed it to Yan Li to wipe her face: "What do you think?"

Yan Li wiped her face and hands slowly, and said leisurely: "What do you think, Your Majesty?"

"The Queen of Jin came here this time, the purpose should be to let you return to Jin to recognize your ancestors." Mu Cang lowered his eyes and looked at Yan Li's delicate face, "Do you want to go to Jin to take a look?"

"No." Yan Li shook his head, "I have no interest in going to Jin."

As for the reason why she didn't want to go to Jin...

First, she hated the intrigue in the house, and second, she didn't want to experience a strange environment again.

The time she had to deal with others could be used to do more important things.

Mu Cang's lips curled slightly, and he reminded leisurely: "The queen is your mother."

Yan Li looked at him strangely: "I'm not the real Yan Li."

Mu Cang was silent, and then he hummed imperceptibly.

"Besides, returning to Jin means dealing with more people." Yan Li's eyebrows showed a little indifference, and her voice became a little lazy. "Dealing with these noble princesses of Mu has exhausted all my patience. If I have to face such a situation when I return to Jin, what's the point of going back?"

Mu Cang heard this and shook his head carelessly: "It shouldn't be."

The queen is in power, and the four princes protect her. She should become the most delicate little princess in Jin.

"Whether it will or not, I don't want to go." Yan Li said, "I don't have any feelings for the queen of Jin - even if I stand in Yan Li's position, there is no reason to go back with her, because Yan Li is dead."

Queen Jiang came too late, and her daughter had already died at the hands of Jiang Yunming and Luo, a ruthless couple.

If she hadn't been reborn into this body by chance, Queen Jiang could have come to collect Yan Li's body two months ago. What's the point of making up for it?

Mu Cang was silent for a moment and asked, "What do you think of those princes just now?"

"Not very stable." Yan Li said indifferently, "As childish as children."

"The four of them are the eldest prince Yan Zheng, the second prince Yan Chen, the fourth prince Yan Jin, and the sixth prince Yan Yun."

Yan Li raised his eyebrows slightly: "The emperor of Jin has many children."

"The eldest prince Yan Zheng and the second prince Yan Chen are not the emperor's biological sons." Mu Cang explained indifferently, "Before Jiang Yi went to Jin, the emperor had married three concubines and lost two children."

Yan Li was surprised, and then seemed to think of something: "I remember that before Emperor Wen ascended the throne, Jin established another crown prince, who died suddenly for some reason."

Because the incident happened a long time ago, she was still young at that time, and the only knowledge she had came from the information of the shadow guard, so she was not impressed.

Mu Cang's eyes deepened slightly, and he looked at her without saying a word.

Yan Li raised his eyebrows: "What?"

"I can see that you don't know much about the royal families of other countries." Mu Cang seemed puzzled, "Is it because you are not interested, or do you have no time to care?"

Yan Li smiled: "It's not that I don't care at all, but there are nine countries in the world, I can't know everything. Besides, Jin and Nan are quite far apart, so I don't need to take their trivial matters to heart."

For example, the fight for the throne, civil strife, the intrigues between the princes, the intrigues between the concubines in the harem... If she has to know everything, how can she have the energy to handle the government and govern her own country?

As the king of a country, she only needs to understand the temperament and abilities of the kings of various countries, the economic and military strength of various countries, and a little understanding of some of the more powerful figures in various countries.

For example, Mu Cang, a famous god of war.

Even if she was in the palace, she had heard his name more than once, and then she sent someone to inquire about this person's details.

Because he was important enough, it was worth her spending some time to understand him.

But not all other people and things were worth it.

"Yan Zheng and Yan Chen were the orphans left behind by the prince." Mu Cang sat down on the edge of the bed, his voice low and steady, "They were too young to remember anything at the time, and after Emperor Wen ascended the throne, he raised them under his lap and gave them the status of princes."

Yan Li raised an eyebrow: "Is this a sincere treatment, or a means of winning people's hearts?"

"Both." Mu Cang said, "Because they really won the hearts of the people. After Emperor Wen ascended the throne, he treated the two children left by the former crown prince well, and all the civil and military officials in the court were convinced by the emperor."

Yan Li pondered for a moment, and gradually understood in her heart: "The ministers' conviction should be conditional."

Mu Cang pursed his thin lips slightly, and his dark eyes fell on her face: "If you were asked to judge, what do you think the situation was like back then?"

"During the reign of the former crown prince, a group of party members and powerful ministers should have been cultivated behind him." Yan Li thought about it and made a judgment based on the normal situation of the royal family. "The dead cannot be resurrected, but the old power of the crown prince is still there, especially the ministers at the center of power in the court cannot be replaced overnight. When the new emperor ascends the throne, he needs to appease the people, especially the old ministers of the late crown prince."

The power in the court has always been like this, whether it is in-laws or interests, who can tell the intricate connections?

Before Emperor Wen ascended the throne, the fights between the princes were extremely cruel, life and death, and no mercy was shown.

Which ambitious prince does not have the support of ministers with enough weight behind him?

Emperor Wen was the most powerless prince with a shallow foundation. It was obviously not an easy task for him to compete with other competitors and ministers in the court with his own strength.

So he could only consolidate his imperial power through marriage and winning people's hearts.

No matter what method a monarch uses, the most important thing is to make ministers loyal to him.

The art of controlling people is just four simple words, but it is implemented step by step with caution.

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