My Scheming Little Devil-Chapter 1820: Eliminate Him
However, now she has no choice but to rely on foreign power, because the Councilman has been in power for twenty years. In the Aus Empire, he has already controlled too many important departments and forces, and the royalist forces she controls find themselves at a disadvantage in terms of power. Although she can also unite those officials who oppose the Councilman and bring them to her side, she clearly understands the strength of the Councilman in her heart and feels uncertain about the chances of winning.
She can only first rely on the power of the strong nation, Hai Country, to help her first overpower the Councilman and drive this old fox off the political stage.
She has endured for twenty years and can endure no longer.
The Councilman and the Halian Clan must be completely eradicated, or else her royal authority will eventually be replaced.
Halian Jing, this ambitious man, might not be content with being beneath one person and above everyone else; he might want to take her place.
"What plans does the Empress have?" Wu Bai quietly inquired, rational and calm.
The Empress’s eyes were as deep and somber as the dark clouds at the edge of the sky at night: "Since he wants to take advantage of this war for some plot, then naturally, I can’t let him succeed. It was his suggestion to go to war. If the war doesn’t go well and causes significant casualties to our army, dragging our country into the quagmire of Yalan’s internal conflict, then as the Councilman who advocated for war, he will have to bear the greatest responsibility."
"You mean?"
"Naturally, we must never let him win this war; otherwise, he will have more merit and be even more adored by the people. If mistakes occur, we can use them to attack him and impeach him, so this time, for this war, we must find a way to secretly interfere, leading to the failure of the war."
Wu Bai’s flowing, glossy hair was gently lifted by the night wind, brushing softly across a smooth forehead.
His voice, as calm as flowing water, brimmed with cool judgment.
"This will lead to casualties among the soldiers of the Aus Empire. At that time, won’t the Empress care about your subjects?"
"Are you sympathizing with them? Wu Bai, there’s no bloodless politics. Their sacrifices will become the future glory of the Empire." the Empress replied coldly.
Wu Bai smiled slightly: "Then I understand. We’ll proceed according to your wishes. However, I must remind the Empress, there’s no wall that doesn’t leak, and maybe one day this matter will be discovered, which will become your blemish."
"As long as I can defeat the Councilman, that’s enough. By the way, the Councilman recently adopted a foster son, who has been very much loved by him and his wife. He lost a son, but he’s not content and adopted another. This is also a very good opportunity to exploit. If another son dies, I wonder how it will affect him. At least the Councilman’s wife will be heartbroken. Their troubled marriage is also exploitable. So, if there’s a way, please have Hai Country help to eliminate Ling Kong; this shouldn’t be difficult!"
The Empress spoke with an air of inevitability; in her eyes, the Councilman is her formidable opponent, the old fox, but she didn’t take the Councilman’s foster son seriously.
Just a young man keen to achieve merit by going to war, not worth fearing, removing him shouldn’t be hard, and creating some accidents on the battlefield should succeed.
"Ling Kong? Very well." Wu Bai considered the name for a moment, but it didn’t leave any impression with him.
"Are you staying on?" 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶
"Yes, to facilitate the alliance and communication between the two countries, as the insider here, I need to stay. I entrust the Empress to find someone to arrange a reasonable identity for me."
