With the cannon fodder script in hand, it is easy for the king to change his fate

Chapter 990 The Heir Takes the Empire as Dowry 2
While the client was still alive, he would incorporate some of Xie Nuo's ideas to slowly change the Great Zhao Kingdom. However, each change was preceded by considerable conflict. Even if the client was the emperor, implementing a country's policies required careful consideration of many factors.

Moreover, various interests are involved, and it cannot be resolved with just a few words.

When Xie Nuo first ascended the throne, he was ambitious and determined to emulate his aunt, the one who commissioned him, and accomplish great things. However, not long after he took the throne, he realized how exhausting it was to be an emperor.

She once had a mountain to rely on, a mountain to bear all her pressures. She could freely express her opinions without much worry, and even the biggest problems would be solved by her aunt, the client. But her aunt passed away in her early thirties due to injuries sustained in war. Now, Xie Nuo is that highest mountain. In reality, she was just an ordinary office worker. Even though she was reincarnated into this world and grew up from a child, her cognition, thinking, and some habits were already formed in her previous world.

It's not that you can forget everything from the past just by starting over.

Faced with the treacherous political infighting, the pressure and scheming from all sides, she felt physically and mentally exhausted, even more so than when she was an office worker. Everyone knows that being a good emperor is not easy; she only knew this before, but now she truly understood how difficult it was.

In this position, all eyes are on her. Some respect her, some worship her, some want to bring her down, and some are constantly trying to gain something from her.

Some people still want her dead.

She once thought her life was peaceful, but after becoming empress, she discovered that danger lurked everywhere. Even as empress, if she made the slightest mistake, dissenting voices would inevitably arise from all sides.

It's difficult to be a good emperor, but it's even more difficult for a woman in that position.

If she weren't in this position with no way to back down, she would have wanted to find a place to hide.

What Xie Nuo found even more incomprehensible was that some of her ideas were not supported even by her family, who even seemed to oppose them. This made Xie Nuo, who was gradually becoming suspicious, feel that even her family could not be trusted in this vortex of power.

In reality, Xie Nuo's parents and sisters disagreed with some of her ideas. Either some of her ideas were immature, and rashly implementing them could lead to irreversible consequences, or some of her ideas were too far-fetched, and it was obvious that implementing them would be completely ineffective and a waste of effort. Their intention wasn't truly to oppose Xie Nuo, but rather to be more cautious and thoughtful, to avoid any trouble.

Of course, some members of the Xie clan also had other intentions.

There was no shortage of people sowing discord in this. Before coming to this world, Xie Nuo was already an adult, and his mindset had already been formed. In this position, he still lacked wisdom and was unable to discern the truth.

Having been on the throne for only a year, Xenius felt like he was going crazy.

Just then, someone finally stepped forward from Xie Nuo's side. It was a scholar who had long been in Xie Nuo's household. He used to make a living by selling his calligraphy on the street. Xie Nuo thought that he had good calligraphy, good talent, and good looks, and that he shouldn't be wasted like this, so he brought him back.

This man is named Yun Qinglan, and his background is quite extraordinary. He was originally a prince of the neighboring Wu Kingdom. After his mother's failure in the palace intrigue, he fled to the Zhao Kingdom and made a living by selling calligraphy on the streets. That's when he met Xie Nuo, who was out traveling, and was taken back by Xie Nuo.

He refused to sell himself into slavery, hoping to gain recognition through his abilities, develop his own power, and one day return to the Wu Kingdom to seek revenge. Unexpectedly, the person who took notice of him was Xie Nuo, and Yun Qinglan was indeed attracted to Xie Nuo's unique ideas.

While Xie Nuo was struggling, he gradually began to show his abilities. After all, he was a prince of a country, a native, and had grown up in a turbulent place. It didn't take him long to go from being unfamiliar with playing power games and handling state affairs to becoming proficient.

With Yun Qinglan's help, Xie Nuo immediately felt relieved.

Yun Qinglan knew he couldn't reveal himself too early, so he always stayed behind Xie Nuo. He told Xie Nuo many things, and Xie Nuo gave the orders.

With Yun Qinglan's help, Xie Nuo was finally able to quell the previously turbulent court disputes and began to value Yun Qinglan more and more. However, at this time, many people set their sights on Xie Nuo's harem.

Aside from the powerful men that Xie Nuo was rather averse to, all sorts of outstanding men still appeared before him.

She had never experienced being surrounded by such handsome men before, and each one of them was so unique that she was completely mesmerized.

With the court stable and Yun Qinglan's help, she had nothing to worry about, so her heart inevitably became carefree, and she even neglected many things.

Those ambitions she once had, her vow to bring change to the world, seem to have been forgotten by her for a long time.

While the Zhao Kingdom was developing steadily, she became entangled with various handsome men.

Xie Nuo's parents couldn't stand it and tried to persuade him, but their relationship became increasingly strained. As a result, the Xie clan members became more and more dissatisfied with Xie Nuo as emperor, but they couldn't do anything about it.

Xie Nuo was also dissatisfied with the Xie clan, feeling that these people had become too arrogant and dared to interfere with her, the emperor.

She is the emperor, and who she likes has nothing to do with governing the country. Their interference in these matters is only for their own benefit.

After some entanglement, besides Yun Qinglan, Xie Nuo gained four more men in her life, all of whom she couldn't give up.

The Seventeenth Bodyguard, Ji Churong, son of Marquis Weizhen, Xiao Mu, a swordsman from the Jianghu, and Zhuang Xu, a sickly beauty from a merchant family.

Five men who were originally at odds with each other now live in peace for Xie Nuo's sake.

With their combined efforts, the Zhao Kingdom was firmly under their control, and no one dared to interfere in Xie Nuo's harem anymore. In this moment of universal joy, she decided to marry all five men.

Apart from Yun Qinglan not yet revealing her identity and Xiao Mu, the swordsman, not having his family present, everyone else's family will witness this scene.

On the day of the wedding, everyone was invited to the palace.

Xie Nuo actually went through the wedding ceremony and served tea with five men.

She also said that the country would be her dowry, and if they were willing to follow her, she would treat them well.

The entire Zhao Kingdom was under her control, and she didn't feel that as an emperor, saying or doing these things would have any consequences. She only felt that these men genuinely wanted to be with her, and she wasn't really from ancient times. In her view, once married, one should naturally respect each other.

These men's relatives will also be her relatives in the future, and she must respect them; this is how she shows her respect for them.

She never imagined that her behavior, given her status, would only seem outrageous, disappointing, and even shameful to the entire Xie clan.