Xi Rong was stunned for a moment when she heard what Shi Qingluo said.

She blinked: “Ah, you want to go to the palace to complain?”

Why didn’t she think of this?

Shi Qingluo said with a smile: “The status gap between her and me is too big. If we do it the hard way, we will fall behind.”

“Since she wants to use her imperial power to bully others, I will also use imperial power.”

Being low-key all the time was not always good. She has to expose her strength for others to see, so they will have to weigh things before they make a move.

She went to the Yamen to report the case. She believed that all the well-informed families in the capital would know about it soon.

These people must also be waiting to see whether she will fight back in the end, or just endure it.

The latter was probably what many people think.

But if she endures it, many people will despise her in the future and think she is easy to bully.

So counterattack was inevitable.

She has to fight back beautifully to show the powerful people from these aristocratic families in the capital that she and her husband are not easy to bully.

Perhaps everyone thinks that she won’t fight, or she shouldn’t be tough, but she will fight. She has to be tough.

Some things can be compromised, but some things cannot be compromised.

Since people forced her, she will be high-profile.

She now needs to create an image that she is not easy to mess up with. She also has to thank that vicious Third Princess for giving her this opportunity.

Xi Rong smiled and clapped her hands: “Wonderful, if you want to use imperial power to bully others, of course, the Emperor will be the best choice.”

She asked: “How about I go to the palace to complain?”

If Shi Qingluo file a complaint after donating seeds, she doesn’t know if her Uncle Emperor or other ministers will think she was using a favor to blackmail people. Waving a chicken feather as a token of authority.

After all, the reward has already been given.

And no matter what, Fu Wenzheng was the prince’s wife. It would be quite embarrassing for the imperial family if she insisted on forcing the Emperor to publicize the punishment.

Of course, with her Uncle Emperor’s temperament, he will take care of it.

But maybe he won’t value Shi Qingluo so much in the future.

Shi Qingluo smiled and shook her head: “No, please help me deliver a message to the Emperor, tell him I want to offer a method that will be beneficial to the country.”

Originally, she was planning to wait for Mo Qingling to announce that he had found the iron ore mine, and then come up with a steelmaking method suitable for the current situation, so that it would not be particularly eye-catching.

But now, it seems that the only option was to take it out early and present it to the Emperor.

Also, let the Emperor know her, Shi Qingluo’s value. She can plant corn and come up with a method for making steel, but what about the future?

Compared with the Third Princess who only knows how to be domineering and bullying others, she will let the Emperor decide which one is more important.

Xi Rong has always known that Shi Qingluo still has a lot of things on her mind, so she has no doubts when she says this.

“Okay, let’s enter the palace now.”

“You go to my residence first when the time comes, while we wait for the emperor to call you, and then you can go directly there.”

Shi Qingluo nodded: “Okay!”

So the two entered the palace in a carriage.

As Shi Qingluo expected, the news that she reported the crime in the Yamen spread quickly, and everyone well-informed learned about it.

At this moment, the Second Prince and the Fifth Prince were still drinking tea and talking.

Hearing his subordinate’s report about this matter, Liang Hengshao immediately frowned, with a hint of disgust in his eyes.

“How dare a woman who fails more than succeeds dare to do this.”

He was furious.

He was still thinking about how to win over Shi Qingluo, but Fu Wenzheng held him back.

After meeting her twice, he found that Shi Qingluo was a very smart person.

It was not a big secret that Fu Wenzheng once liked him, at least Xi Rong must know it.

As long as Shi Qingluo had heard about it from Xi Rong, he would have guessed that Fu Wenzheng did such a thing because of him.

Let alone win the other party over, it would be good enough if there would be no enmity.

Liang Hengyu also said speechlessly: “This Fu Wenzheng is too vicious. She ordered her people to do such a thing.”

“Does she not take the matter of seed donation too seriously?”

“The God-given seeds came in time and helped the imperial father solve a problem. But she ordered to strip Shi Qingluo’s clothes and throw her to the street.”

“If you can’t stand this insult anymore and commit suicide, what will the officials think? They will think that our imperial family is too bullying.”

“What will the people think? The person who donated the seeds was forced to commit suicide. If good things are discovered in the future, who will still dare to donate them?”

He then sighed, “Second Brother, both you and the Third Brother’s eyes are blind!”

Liang Hengshao’s face darkened: “I didn’t fall in love with her. I thought it was fun back then, so I got in touch with her. Who knew I would be entangled by her.”

“The Third Brother is the real blind. I don’t know why he likes such a vicious and stupid woman.”

At that time, he heard that his Third Brother was interested in Fu Wenzheng, so he had the idea of snatching her away.

After all, Fu Wenzheng’s family background was very helpful to princes like them.

After contacting her twice, he found that such a person was not suitable for being a princess.

So he decisively chose another woman from a lower family background to be his main wife.

Sure enough, his princess was virtuous and capable. She managed the mansion without him having to worry about it, and she was not harsh with his side concubines.

If Fu Wenzheng become his princess, his backyard would probably be in chaos, and two or more people would have died.

He hasn’t seen that his Third Brother has taken any concubines. The palace maid whom his Third Brother once got along with was given to the groom by Fu Wenzheng.

He used to take pleasure in others’ misfortune, but now that Fu Wenzheng went to harm Shi Qingluo because of him, he couldn’t be happy anymore. Instead, he became more and more disgusted with that woman.

Liang Hengyu cast a sympathetic look at his second brother: “You are probably going to be harmed by her this time.”

“By the way, why did Shi Qingluo think of going to the Yamen to file a complaint? Was she too naive, thinking she could bring down Fu Wenzheng in this way?”

Did the second brother’s evaluation of Shi Qingluo before be too high?

After all, even if the Yamen doesn’t deal with it in a biased manner, it will be the maids around Fu Wenzheng who take the blame in the end.

With such a big fanfare, only one maid was dealt with in the end, but it will make Fu Wenzheng even more resentful. The gain outweighed the loss.

Liang Hengshao rubbed the teacup in his hand: “Maybe she has a backup plan?”

At this moment, someone came to report again, and Shi Qingluo and Xi Rong entered the palace in a carriage.

The Second Prince and the Fifth Prince were both stunned.

“Shi Qingluo went to the palace to complain?”

Liang Hengyu shook his head and said: “If she used the matter of donating seeds to file a lawsuit, the imperial father would indeed make the decision for her, but I feel like it was a stupid move. Such a good contribution was simply lost.”

“And the imperial father doesn’t like people taking credit for their achievements.”

Besides, the target of the complaint was still a daughter-in-law of the imperial family. After the incident broke out, the imperial family was also embarrassed.

Keeping the credit for donating seeds will be much more useful than using it to retaliate against Fu Wenzheng.

It would be better to encourage Xi Rong to beat Fu Wenzheng.

Is Shi Qingluo stupid? Did she forget that Xiao Hanzheng wanted to take the imperial examination and become an official?

Liang Hengshao frowned again: “I always feel that it may not be that simple.”

He added: “Of course, if Shi Qingluo does this, then forget it if I can’t win over her.”

 

*To wave a chicken feather as a token of authority – to assume unwarranted authority based on some pretext.