I Became the Devil Queen's Heart Demon novel Chapter 401

Chapter 401: Chapter 169: Drunk Heart Inquiry! Empress: "Little thief, I want a kiss~" _3

Chen Mo shook his head and said, "I dare not say."

"Just speak freely, I will not punish you," the Empress squinted her eyes slightly, "I want to hear your true thoughts, you must not hide anything."

Since the words had reached this point, Chen Mo did not hold back. He drained the wine in his cup in one gulp and said in a deep voice:

"In my humble opinion, to cleanse the corrupt officials, we should cut ranks and salaries, and to sever factions, we should eliminate the Gate Valves!"

"Rather than let the decaying flesh rot beneath the brocade robe, it is better to endure the pain to cut the flesh and scrape the bones. Even if blood stains the golden stairs temporarily, it can eventually be exchanged for peace and prosperity!"

The Empress was stunned upon hearing this.

Chen Mo, being the child of a high-ranking official, held a distinguished status and was a vested interest party. Could he really say such things as "cut ranks and salaries to cleanse corrupt officials, eliminate the Gate Valves to sever factions"?

It was truly beyond her expectations.

This little thief...

An imperceptible smile flitted across the Empress’s eyes. She sighed deeply, her tone somewhat resentful:

"Do you think I don’t want to?"

"Now with the two factions in strife, internal and external troubles abound. With tigers and wolves entrenched deep in the palace, if I make any significant moves, some will surely take advantage immediately."

"I thought I had found a virtuous talent to promote good and purge the bad, but it turns out to be a fence sitter, wasting my sincere efforts..."

"..."

Chen Mo’s mouth twitched.

He understood that the "tigers and wolves" the Empress spoke of referred to Consort Yu.

As for the "fence sitter," it naturally referred to himself.

The Empress’s words now laid things bare, clearly waiting for him to express his stance.

Chen Mo deliberated for a moment, then said, "For some matters, it’s inconvenient for Your Highness to act directly, but you can leverage the claws and fangs of tigers and wolves to excise the malignant tumors. Otherwise, how could you have endured until now, right?"

"Hmm?"

The Empress raised her delicate eyebrows, looking at him with some surprise, "You are quite perceptive."

She had not clipped the wings of the Imperial Consort precisely to use the officials to balance the powerful ministers and cleanse the Six Ministries of corrupt elements.

The Zhou Family Case is an example.

It seemed like the Empress Faction suffered a severe blow, but in the long run, it was more beneficial than harmful.

Including Lv Bojun, the group of veterans were as clear as a bright mirror, so they stayed out of it, only some fools jumped the most joyous.

"Such a simple reason, even a Deputy Thousand Households like you who doesn’t enter the court understands it clearly, yet some people are blinded by greed and persist in their obsessions..." The Empress snorted coldly.

Chen Mo smiled but said nothing, lifting the wine pot to fill the cup.

The two exchanged cups and talk, not realizing they had finished three pots of fine wine.

As the intoxication gradually surged, the Empress relaxed quite a bit, reclining on the small couch, supporting her body with her arm, her long legs crossed, and her fair, pretty, oval face flushed with a reddish hue.

"You little thief, you’re quite slick, going around in circles and still not answering my question!"

"Between me and Consort Yu, who do you choose?"

Under the influence of alcohol, she spoke somewhat thoughtlessly.

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