91 Imperial Court Politics (2/2)

Therefore, he once again knelt in front of all the courtiers and proclaimed, ”Please don't let your anger overwhelm your precious body, Your Majesty. It was this servant's fault to have thought too much. Thanking His Majesty for your teachings.”

Su Li saw him folding in and realised that this person was more cunning than he let on.

If she had tried to act soft earlier, he would have taken hold of the issue and wouldn't have let go no matter what.

However, when he saw that the tables had been turned back on him and he was in an unfavourable position, he went with the flow and admitted to his wrong-doings.

She knew that she had been quite ruthless with her words just now and this brother was simply taking advantage of her firm stand and portraying himself to be easy-going in comparison to her.

Wouldn't the Imperial officials think that she couldn't even tolerate a single grain of sand in her eyes?

If that thought took root in their hearts, wouldn't she be labelled as a suspicious monarch who didn't even trust his own courtiers and then everyone would try to find a way out of their predicament just because of mass hysteria?

In such a situation, First Prince would emerge as a viable option for these ministers and hence he would win many of the less knowledgeable ministers in one fell swoop.

The people who couldn't think far ahead would simply fall into her brother's hands.

She had read various novels where brothers fought each other for many years to gain the upper hand in fights for inheritance - whether the modern-day fights or the ones in this time period.

However, the truth was that in high society, such elaborate schemes weren't needed. Just some inconsequential rumours were more than enough to make or break a person.

It was just that she hadn't thought that this person would take a step and think of the next hundred ones.

She had really underestimated him.

Still, it wasn't as if she couldn't contend with him in word games.

After all, in her original lifetime, she had been a proud daughter of a diplomat and such by plays were usually implemented by all upper echelon society ladies who wanted to get something useful out of her.

The monarch's next words took a complete U-turn to his previous ones and he relented, ”Just trivialities, Imperial Brother. Zhen doesn't mind them too much? It's just the big assembly should be the time to discuss national issues, so Zhen lost his temper somewhat. Zhen  hopes older Imperial brother wouldn't take it to heart.”

When the courtiers saw the monarch taking a step back and not minding the petty tricks by Prince Xi, many wise old officials felt that the monarch was truly a kind-hearted person who wanted the betterment of the entire dynasty and his subjects.

They truly hadn't been wrong in paying their obeisance and pledging their loyalty to such a person.

After all, he was still in his teens and if the heavens kept their eye out for him, the monarch would live up to a very ripe old age and they also would thank their ancestors for having the good fortune to serve such a wise monarch.

The more political savvy ones recalled about how the monarch had handled the issue of awarding The Unit Commander of The Devil Snare Army and once again confirmed their thought that this monarch wasn't easy to deal with.

He truly was a shrewd monarch. Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click visiting.