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As Prince Xi gestured to his subordinates behind his back, a few civil officers knelt down with a bang and pressed their foreheads to the floor.

They chorused loudly, ”May Your Majesty not neglect such rumours that are harmful to the dynasty and the monarch.”

Su Li looked at all the officials who were playing in tune with Prince Xi and felt the oncoming of another headache.

She really didn't want to fight these petty fights for power with all these people.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click visiting.

Firstly, because she wasn't interested in their power plays.

Secondly, she was even more afraid that if her gender was ever disclosed to these people who rigorously followed the teaching of sages and prophets, she would be lynched in public and wouldn't even be left with an intact corpse.

So, she simply wanted to keep to herself, do the things required of her as the ruler of the dynasty and be done with it.

However, the premise was that these people kept their vying for power between themselves and didn't drag her or her people into the murky water.

But since these people were so adamant on testing her patience and wanted to create chaos for her, she would play till the very end with them.

When the courtiers saw the monarch not deigning to give the knelt officials any response and simply looked at them like a giant looked at an ant, everyone could guess what would happen next.

Another 'beloved official' speech was about to start!

As most of them had guessed, the emperor pointed to a kneeling official and questioned, ”Beloved official, who is the ruler of this dynasty?”

The official cursed his bad luck for having accompanied Prince Xi in his heart and stuttered, ”It's...It's Your Majesty.”

Su Li gave a non-committal hum at his answer and then pointed at another official, ”Beloved official, pray tell, what is your position in this court?”

The official tried not to show his fear when the monarch looked at him with his merciless eyes and replied, ”This lowly one is the courtier of the Imperial Court.”

Su Li gave a snort at those words and then drawled, ”Beloved official, you are wrong.”

Everyone was puzzled by the monarch's words.

What did he mean that the official was wrong?

It didn't take long for them to get their answers.

The monarch looked up with a slow smile, and those few officials - whether civil or military,  who had any sense of situational awareness felt a small shiver of worry slide over their spines.

Meanwhile, Ning Fu felt increasing respect for the monarch.

In a situation where he knew his own subordinate/friend was being set-up to take a fall, the monarch didn't lose his composure.

King Fu's eyebrows quivered in interest.