“To give these three forces an analogy, then Minister Zuo is equivalent to the think tank. He’s proficient at cooking up ideas behind the scenes. Qin Xiao is the tiger standing in front to deter their opponents. The Liu family, on the other hand, is the granary and treasury that provides Qin Xiao with army provisions and Minister Zuo with the funds needed to win over other forces. We can say that they cooperate well with each other.”
“If I strike against any party, the other two parties will immediately show solidarity and suppress my momentum. It is almost impossible to bring down all three parties at the same time. As far as overall power is concerned, I can still slightly overwhelm them, but I can’t defeat them. Apart from power, I am not as good as them in terms of money and power.”
“Qin Xiao has been in the army over the years, and his reputation is as strong as ever. Moving him will cause unrest in the military, unstable hearts and minds, and will most likely give the enemy the opportunity to take advantage. We can’t take the direct road of dealing with him. When dealing with Minister Zuo, he has the financial resources of the Liu family and the military support of Qin Xiao, which will cause me to lose both sides. So I can only start with the Liu family and try to find their weaknesses and bring them down with the other two parties protecting them. Without the coffers, Minister Zuo and Qin Xiao will be unstable. “
Liu Yusheng has been quietly listening the whole time. The man detailed his own environment to the tiniest detail, so she understood at a glance.
“Is the Liu family difficult to deal with?”
“They are the richest family in Nanling, so I have no way to directly compete with him in terms of financial power. I can only find other ways to suppress them. I can only restrain them momentarily now, but if I want to overthrow them, I can’t.”
“What if we pull them down from the richest?”
The man was stunned and looked at Liu Yusheng profoundly.
“You can’t deal with him because you are in the imperial court, and there is too much resistance. But, I am not a member of the court. If I want to deal with the Liu family, I don’t need too many means. As long as I pull them down from the position of the richest family and let them fall into dust, make them bankrupt and penniless, how can they support the other two parties? Once they become a liability and have no use, profit-oriented people will be the first to kick them out. By then, there will no longer be an iron triangle.”
“How do you want to do it?” Deeply gazing at the young girl, Feng Qingbai lightly asked.
The young girl inclined her head and smiled. “The Liu family is a businessman, so I should use the means between businessmen. The struggle in the businessmen’s circle is called a trade war.”
Confidence, composure.
In this instant, her whole being was glowing.
“…Okay,” he replied mutedly.
“By then, you’ll have more things to do. If the Liu family is in turmoil, the people in the court will go out of their way to suppress me. At that point, it is your turn to resist them and let them also savor the taste of being ganged up without any means of resistance!”
“Okay.”
The answer was so crisp that the young girl raised her eyebrows and teased, “Do you really believe I can do it?”
He reached out and pulled her into his arms, blocking her lips.
She wanted to fight alongside him. How could he not believe her?
To sink in the vortex of power, there was no luck to be had except in fighting to the best of your ability.
His only luck in this life had been meeting her.
In the end, the man stole a kiss and ended up being kicked out of the room again.
Because of him, her good batch of medicine in the furnace was all ruined.
Liu Yusheng was so angry that she drew many exploding bombs around the word “Bai” with a brush on the diagram left by the man, and finally drew a mushroom cloud on it.
Blow him up and forget it!
Because of the disturbance, Liu Yusheng lost all mood for refining pills. She lay on the bed and began contemplating future plans.
Since she decided to pull down the Liu family, she must understand the Liu family first.
For instance, the origin of the Liu family, what business they relied on most, their business model, import and export channels, and so on.
She wasn’t interested in business, but now, she couldn’t afford to be lazy and clean.
She still needed Qian Wanjin’s cooperation in this matter. Otherwise, if she wanted to pull down a family by herself, she would take a long time to even lay the preliminary groundwork.
Then, it might be years later when the result of her battle with the Liu family came into fruition.
The world was changing too fast, and once the battle line time lengthened, one could hardly predict what the final result would be.
What was certain at first might turn uncertain.
Therefore, since she joined the struggle, it was imperative to ask for the shortest time possible to reap the results she wanted to really help Feng Qingbai.
She drifted off to sleep in a daze.
The next day, she wanted to make an appointment to see Qian Wanjin, but the man dragged her into the palace.
It has been a few days since she came to the capital. Since she was invited in the name of being ordained, this ceremony would have to be completed. Otherwise, there would be suspicions.
The carriage sped down the spacious avenue from the royal residence and arrived at the entrance of the palace in just a moment’s time.
After getting off the carriage, Liu Yusheng looked up towards the magnificent structure.
The high red palace walls, looking dignified and solemn, exuding an unattainable majesty.
At the entrance of the palace, two columns of armor-clad, expressionless soldiers guarded the door.
Going past the soldiers and entering the entrance, there was another barrier.
The overall appearance was a concave-shaped building.
There were two East and West gates on both sides of the building, and directly in front was the middle gate with two tucked doors.
Liu Yusheng was very curious about this. “Why are there so many doorways?”
“Because the entrance and exit of the palace gate has special meanings.” Feng Qingbai said, “The east gate is for court officials to enter and exit the palace, the west gate is only for princes and nobles, and the middle gate is for the emperor’s exclusive use.
During the Emperor’s wedding, the bridal palanquin that carries the empress can enter the palace from the middle gate.
After the results of the imperial examination are announced, the top three scholars who have passed the exams can also leave the palace from the middle gate.
As for the two tucked-in doors next to the central gate, they are only opened when the palace holds celebrations.”
“Surprisingly, there are so many particulars.” Liu Yusheng staggered, and turned to say, “So now that I am to be ordained, am I going to the imperial court?”
“Yes. Are you afraid?”
“No.”
The corners of the man’s mouth arced thinly as he led her through the middle gate.
After walking through, Liu Yusheng realized only afterwards. “Didn’t you say that only the Emperor and the Empress can use the middle gate?”
Feng Qingbai smiled, “I’m the regent.”
The three words sounded breezy.
But with an unparalleled strength and dominance, highlighting his status.
This kind of him also enchanted her.
They climbed the flight of stars to the front of the Throne Room, and a heavy and solemn atmosphere rushed to her face.
Looking at the crowded back in the hall, Liu Yusheng’s heartbeat drummed fiercely.
For the first time, she came into real contact with the center of power. She wasn’t afraid but was quite nervous.
If there was no Feng Qingbai after her rebirth, she probably wouldn’t have known what exactly was the Throne Room.
The hall was very quiet with the civil and military officials standing in two columns opposite each other.
Right above was the throne, where a ten-year-old boy in a bright yellow imperial robe and wearing an imperial crown was sitting expressionlessly.
Peek-Aboo 
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