Pampered By All In Different Planes-Chapter 348: After Disguising Herself as a Man, the Rabbit Spirit Ran Away with a Baby in Her Womb 58

Although Su Zhiruan completely entrusted the concubine to look after her spring, summer, autumn, and winter quadruplets, she did not fully let down her guard. Instead, she placed a Formation on each of the children that would protect them and counterattack anyone who tried to harm them.

Beyond that, she also gradually came to understand the situation in the former harem and made her own judgments.

The harem in Shen Kingdom was relatively calm, mainly because there were few heirs, with only Shen Qingman, the Crown Prince, who constantly thought about roaming around and going demon hunting.

Most of the other concubines were quite amiable, forming small groups that got along well and did not isolate the others.

Since Su Zhiruan arrived at the Imperial Palace with the children, the concubines seemed to have found a spiritual solace, and they flocked to the Empress’s bedroom day after day, hoping to see the children and share in the good fortune.

As for the former court, some courtiers were unreconciled, continuing to think about how to save the situation, while others had already given up, living day by day and enjoying themselves with their families.

In summary, the entire Shen Kingdom appeared lazy and unfocused.

Even the Emperor was the same. On the first day Su Zhiruan saw him, he seemed energetic and imposing, but within a few days, she noticed that even the Emperor had become slack.

His daily routine was to eat, sleep, and then eat again, with an added effort in between to encourage her to keep working.

Shen Qingman had not left these days either, staying by her side to see how she would turn the situation around.

"Sister, what are you doing?" Shen Qingman leaned on the desk, watching her and occasionally questioning, "What are all these things for?"

"I’ve set up a trap targeted at the restless courtiers at court,"

Su Zhiruan explained to him.

"Oh," Shen Qingman indicated that he understood, but soon after, he questioned again, "Then what is this? Why the need for military training when our Shen Kingdom is small and it seems useless?"

"It’s better to be safe than sorry," Su Zhiruan pinched her brow and set down that particular petition as well.

"I see," Shen Qingman nodded, then quieted down for a while.

A quarter of an hour later...

"Why are you preparing such an extravagant gift? Are you planning to give it to someone? But it doesn’t say who. Why release the news of the gift to five nations?" Shen Qingman once again voiced his confusion, holding the petition and baffled by its content.

"...Do you have any other questions? Just ask them all at once,"

Su Zhiruan, unable to bear it any longer, simply slumped back in her chair, waiting for Shen Qingman’s queries.

At this moment, her posture was very casual, and anyone observant could see that she was in a subdued mood, even somewhat impatient.

But Shen Qingman just nodded blankly, completely missing her temperament; instead, he threw all his questions at Su Zhiruan, "You said it, so I’m asking. Why are you holding so many exams? Why are you releasing those false news? And sister, why have you invented those unprecedented regulations, and what is this about a prince being punished equally under law with the citizens?"

Su Zhiruan: "..."

"Crown Prince," Su Zhiruan’s face turned serious as she stood and patted Shen Qingman’s shoulder, "Didn’t you have a Grand Tutor teaching you all as kids?"

"Yes," Shen Qingman suddenly became animated, "But I couldn’t focus; all I could think about was demon hunting. As long as I could hunt demons, it meant I had a connection to the immortals and would surely succeed. Hunting demons for the people, that’s what I wanted to do!"

Su Zhiruan chuckled dryly, "So, did you catch any demons?"

"Um... not yet." Shen Qingman scratched his head, chuckling foolishly.

"...Alright, those questions you just asked, let me explain them one by one."

Su Zhiruan ultimately compromised. If Shen Qingman knew that the one in front of him was a demon, yet he didn’t notice it at all, he would definitely be hit hard.

Rather than letting him strive to become a Demon Catcher, it would be better if she crammed him with knowledge on how to be an Emperor, providing him a way out in the future.

"Ah, that’s great," Shen Qingman laughed.

Perhaps to make up for the earlier awkwardness, he listened intently to Su Zhiruan as she spoke, committing it to memory.

The passing Emperor had intended to encourage Su Zhiruan to keep up the hard work, but inadvertently saw the scene of Shen Qingman seriously listening to her.

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The two of them sat together, one speaking incessantly, the other listening earnestly with his chin propped up.

The sunlight from outside the window fell through their hair, casting bits of brightness. The Emperor thought this scene was exceedingly beautiful; he couldn’t bear to disturb them and just watched from the doorway for a long time. After Su Zhiruan finished speaking, he left quietly.

*

In the following days, Su Zhiruan played a chess game.

She set small traps from multiple perspectives specifically targeting the selection of talents and the rectification of lazy courtiers.

She also used a grand gift to spread rumors among the five great nations, causing them to doubt and probe each other, leading to internal discord.

At the same time, the harem reduced expenses, replacing the illusory benefits with real gold and silver.

While doing these, she did not show that these were all her own ideas; instead, she utilized the Emperor, Shen Qingman, and the Empress among others to accomplish them.

They were the true rulers of Shen Kingdom; naturally, they had much more authority to issue orders than she did, a princess just brought back from the common folks.

Under Su Zhiruan’s strategy, everything continued in an orderly fashion.

Reforms naturally were not all smooth sailing; some guessed that these were from her doing and wanted to pick faults.

But Su Zhiruan was no easy target; she chose to help Shen Kingdom merely to find a suitable place for herself and her child. Anyone who hindered her reforms was met with a direct counterattack.

Shen Qingman had originally planned to stay for three days to assess Su Zhiruan’s capabilities before he would set out on Demon Hunting.

But unexpectedly, these three days quickly doubled, and after a month, Shen Qingman still could not leave.

"These are things you need to do," Su Zhiruan commanded, handing over two petitions to Shen Qingman.

Seeing him motionless, she waved her hand in front of him, "Did you hear me?"

Shen Qingman took the petitions, "I know."

In just this short month, the attitudes of the people in the Imperial Palace had undergone a complete transformation.

Whether it was the court or the harem, they all had a new opinion of this princess from the common folk.

Previously, the courtiers didn’t take her seriously, thinking she was just a princess, and the harem also didn’t take her seriously, thinking she was just a woman.

But now, even though everyone knows that Su Zhiruan is an impostor, not a real Princess, no one dares to question her anymore.

What if she’s an impostor? If she’s capable, she is the real Princess!