Dressed as a vicious stepmother, farming and raising cubs

However, for the emperor, it would be perfect to exchange one woman for two cities without having to go to war.

So he deliberately looked embarrassed and looked at General Wen.

"Wen Aiqing, and Shen Aiqing, our guests have come from afar, why don't we bear the pain and part ways with each other?"

Shen Luochen's face darkened, with suppressed anger in his tone.

"Your Majesty, don't embarrass me. If there is a war, I am willing to die to defend against the enemy."

General Wen also followed suit and said:

"Yes, the Wen family can still fight."

The meaning of these words is obvious, they will never give in, even at the cost of the failure of the peace talks.

Finally, Su Liu also stood up and expressed his attitude.

"Thank you, King Quanrong, for your love, but my daughter is not an object, nor is she worthy of anyone."

Her face was cold and her words were thorny, almost pointing at the nose of King Quan Rong and scolding him.

Naturally, the Quanrong King was so angry that he stood up from his seat with a bang, blowing his beard and staring at everyone.

"Okay, since your country is not sincere in peace talks, let's not talk!"

After that, he turned around and left, ignoring the obstruction of the eunuchs around him.

The reception banquet ended in this awkward and silent atmosphere. It was obvious that the peace talks could not be concluded, and there was even the possibility of a second war.

The emperor felt a huge headache and gave Shen Luochen a severe beating in the morning of the next day.

"Shen Aiqing, this problem can be solved with just one woman, why are you so stubborn!"

Shen Luochen frowned and retorted without hesitation:

"Exchanging women for peace will only make you a laughing stock. Besides, no one can insult my wife!"

Seeing his tough attitude, the emperor laughed angrily and nodded repeatedly.

"Okay, okay, you have the backbone..."

Suddenly, his face turned cold and he whispered:

"In that case, then Shen Aiqing should go to Sichuan and Shaanxi to provide disaster relief. If the disaster cannot be solved, I will definitely punish you!"

There was famine every year in the Sichuan and Shaanxi areas, and several officials were unable to control it, so in the end they had to let it go.

The emperor assigned this task to him, clearly deliberately making things difficult, just to find an excuse to punish him.

However, Shen Luochen didn't even frown. He knelt down neatly and said word by word:

"Your Majesty, take the order."

As soon as the decree came down in the morning, in the afternoon, he and Su Liu got on the carriage heading to the Sichuan-Shaanxi area.

Along the way, Su Liu was actively helping him think of solutions.

"There's a famine over there right now. What's causing it?"

"It should be because of the drought for many years, and the crops are always not harvested." Shen Luochen flipped through the file and replied.

Su Liu thought for a moment and suddenly broke into a bright smile.

"You don't have to worry about this anymore."

Shen Luochen raised his head, with doubts in his eyes, obviously not knowing what she was up to.

Su Liu winked playfully and said mysteriously:

"Don't forget, I have the ability to make money."

She has saved a lot of money from doing business and opening restaurants over the years. It is more than enough to help people in a city survive the disaster.

Shen Luochen couldn't understand what she said, but seeing how confident she was, he felt a lot relieved.

The two arrived in the disaster-stricken city and stayed in the city inn.

Su Liu spent most of his savings to buy food from several neighboring cities and distributed it door to door, first to relieve the urgent need.

Later, she took out the other half of the money and formed an engineering team.

Since it is caused by drought, dig a canal to divert river water from other places for farmers to use.

After some operations, the local disaster situation was significantly alleviated, and the people were very grateful to her and Shen Luochen.

The two successfully completed their mission and returned to the capital in glory.

The emperor also didn't expect that the conditions he deliberately made difficult would be solved so easily by them.

In this way, Shen Luochen was not only not guilty, but also made a great contribution.

The emperor had to promote him and made him Minister of Agriculture, but he still had no military power.

As soon as Su Liu and Shen Luochen returned to their house in the capital, a guest came to their door, and they arranged to meet them in the main room.

One of them was King Yiyang, and he was accompanied by a young man.

Su Liu had seen that young man during the reception banquet. He seemed to be sitting on the prince's seat at that time.

"Uncle, who is this?" Shen Luochen also felt something was wrong and asked.

"This is His Highness the Fifth Highness." King Yiyang smiled and introduced, "His Highness has always wanted to make friends with your nephew, so I will introduce him to you. Will you not disturb me?"

Shen Luochen naturally shook his head and resigned himself to it.

"How can it be considered an intrusion? This is my nephew's honor."

The fifth prince also bowed to him politely and said with a smile.

"I have always heard about Master Shen's deeds, and today I finally got to see him."

The fifth prince looked somewhat similar to the emperor. He looked about twenty years old, but there was a gloomy look in his eyes.

"That's all thanks to His Highness the Fifth Prince's concern. I actually didn't do anything extraordinary." Shen Luochen shook his head, his tone still polite.

He had probably guessed King Yiyang's purpose. These five princes seemed to have a close friendship with him and were probably the ones he supported.

Now, I want to get myself involved.

The three of them chatted politely for a while, and Shen Luochen got more key information during their conversation.

The family of the fifth prince's mother and concubine was powerful in the court and had many supporters. However, he himself was exactly the same as his father. He was a complete idiot. King Yiyang chose him probably because he was easy to control. He himself wanted to take the opportunity to control the government.

The other one with a louder voice is the second prince. They have been secretly fighting over the years, trying to win over more supporters.

Shen Luochen seemed to cater to him on the surface, but actually silently wrote down the names of the ministers who were good friends with the fifth prince in his heart.

After sending the two people away, he took out a piece of paper and silently wrote down the names of these people.

"Is this what you want?" Su Liu looked on, feeling a little curious.

Shen Luochen smiled faintly, snapped his fingers, and called out Nineteen.

He put the list he just put into an envelope and handed it to Nineteen.

"You have to find a way to deliver this letter to the second prince, but remember, our identities cannot be exposed."

Nineteen nodded silently and then withdrew.

"I understand, you want them to fight each other!" Su Liu suddenly realized and couldn't help but give Shen Luochen a thumbs up.

This method is too clever. You don't need to participate in it, you just need to wait and see what happens.

Shen Luochen nodded and explained:

"I have long heard that these princes are fighting fiercely. Let them weaken each other and we can take advantage of it."