Side Character Transmigrations (2/2)
She didn’t wish to admit this, but it was the truth.
The Prime Minister didn’t rebel.
The Empress was still the Empress, and the Prime Minister was still the Prime Minister.
“How could that… She…” The Protector General looked towards the Ning Princess.
“Why did you want to kill me?!” Jiang Zhi asked through gritted teeth.
The Empress looked at her with an expression that contained no guilt, only disappointment.
“If I were you, I would not have returned so soon.”
“The imperial clan is the most heartless… This I have finally learned today.”
This had always seemed more of an empty phrase, but Jiang Zhi’s recent experiences had truly taught her what it meant when people said ‘the imperial clan is the most heartless’.
‘Just what was the point of transmigrating here?’
“We(z) will make sure you two remain whole, at the very least.”
The Empress sighed and turned to leave.
Although she was the Empress, things were no different from before—all the power was still in the hands of that person.
Jiang Zhi caused a ruckus in prison, demanding to see Shi Sheng.
When Shi Sheng was informed of this, she didn’t even lift her eyes.
‘Why should I go see her? Who does she think she is? Why should I answer her questions? She can go ask Hades!’
The Empress bestowed poison wine on the two. It seemed like Jiang Zhi hadn’t been willing to drink it, so it had to be forced down her throat.
It was clearly a fast-acting poison, but in Jiang Zhi’s case, she managed to persist for an entire hour.
‘Wow, the FL-sama’s luck actually wasn’t finished yet?’
This matter was resolved as quickly as it cropped up. The commoners unaware of the truth thought that the Ning Princess had joined hands with the Protector General to rebel.
And of those who knew the truth, who would dare publicise it?
Within the throne room, the Empress gazed down at the Prime Minister who was spacing out.
She weakly waved a hand. “Submit a proposal if there’s anything. If not, court is dismissed.”
“I(c) have a proposal.”
The Empress lifted her gaze to look at the speaker.
And it seemed as though the person had gotten Shi Sheng’s attention too, as the latter turned to look at her.
The official trembled and forced herself to submit the proposal. It could be roughly summarised as wanting the Empress to name an heir.
The Empress furrowed her brows. ‘I’m not in the mood to be talking about naming a new heir… Besides, even if I wanted to, would that person agree?’
“Sounds reasonable; an heir should be named.”
The Empress thought she was hearing things. ‘She actually agreed?!’
Once Shi Sheng spoke, several others immediately echoed her sentiments.
“Which princess do you think is suitable, Prime Minister?” The Empress gave Shi Sheng the power to choose.
Shi Sheng immediately returned her a look that practically said ‘are you an idiot?’
“It’s not my empire; how would I know who’s suitable?”
The Empress, “…”
‘You’re holding all the power now! How is it not yours?!’
Since the court couldn’t come to a consensus, even after a heated discussion, the matter of choosing an heir could only be put off for now.
The Empress didn’t attend court for a long time after this.
She figured that since she didn’t have power anymore, and because the Prime Minister could make all the decisions, it made no difference whether or not she attended court. As a result, she holed up in her palace and screwed around with her consorts, having clearly given up.
The result was that the entire government fell into disarray.
The Empress made people go look for the Prime Minister to make decisions. But the Prime Minister was much more violent—she drew her sword to scare them off.
‘It’s not my job! Why’re you lot looking for me?! Go find your Empress!’
In the end, the Empress discovered that her Prime Minister really wasn’t willing to bother about these matters, so she could only pull herself from the arms of her beauties to go deal with governing the empire once more.