Chapter 701: Losing the wife and losing the soldiers! (Seeking subscriptions, seeking monthly

Li Chen admired for a moment outside the side hall, felt it was about time, summoned a trusted palace maid, whispered a few words, and handed over a piece of silk filled with names.

The palace maid took the order, walked quietly to Empress Dowager Yulia who was chatting and laughing with several noble ladies, whispered in her ear, and stuffed the list into her sleeve without changing her expression.

Empress Dowager Yulia's expression remained unchanged, still maintaining a graceful smile, exchanged a few more pleasantries with the noble ladies, and then left temporarily on the pretext of presiding over affairs.

She walked to a quiet place, unfolded the list, and couldn't help but be slightly shocked in her heart.

Originally, Li Chen only circled the wives and daughters of fifteen target ministers, about thirty people. But this list unexpectedly added forty more names!

This Wu Ancestor's appetite is really not small.

However, she had long been completely conquered by Li Chen; although there were slight waves in her heart, she immediately began to calculate how to execute it.

Soon, Empress Dowager Yulia announced on the pretext of "Wu God's Heavenly Longevity, blessings are long-lasting" that several "fasting halls and holy temples" were opened in the palace, claiming that those who sincerely bathe and fast, and pray with a quiet heart, could receive the Wu God's protection and bring blessings to their families.

With the Empress Dowager, who is highly respected, speaking personally, and it being such a good thing, the noble ladies and young ladies naturally believed it deeply, and even scrambled to sign up.

Thus, these female relatives targeted by Li Chen were led to different palaces on various pretexts, either in twos and threes or alone.

These palaces had long been tampered with, and special incense was lit.

This incense was not a drug to confuse people's hearts, but it could make people relax their minds and make their bodies soft and weak, while their consciousness remained clear, just convenient for Li Chen to conduct in-depth guidance.

Of course, there were also some palaces that did not light this incense; those were left by Li Chen for some women whose temperaments might be fiercer and needed different modes of communication.

Among these seventy beauties with different charms, one was particularly eye-catching, and even Empress Dowager Yulia couldn't help but feel a trace of jealousy when she saw her.

She was the wife of the Empire's Minister of Finance, Mikhail, named Lyudmila.

Lyudmila was not tall and belonged to the petite and exquisite type, but her figure was extremely exaggerated.

Her slender waist was unbearable to hold, while her chest was abnormally full and towering; the amazing arc and scale formed an extremely strong visual impact with her petite frame, as if the ripe fruit would tear the clothes at any time.

This extreme contrast made Li Chen feel incomparably novel and greatly increased his interest, listing her as the first target for "guidance."

In the next three days, Li Chen shuttled between various palaces, working day and night, trying his best to help these noble ladies and young ladies perceive the Wu God's grace and dredge their spiritual charm.

Relying on his superb means and powerful charm, as well as a bit of irresistible power, he successfully "handled" everyone on the list, letting them deeply "recognize" the greatness and "grace" of the Wu Ancestor in body and mind.

At the same time, above the imperial court of the Holy Capital, it was also surging with clouds and winds.

Emperor Ma Te seemed to have opened his mind overnight, showing unprecedented "thunderous means."

He used various pretexts to continuously depose many old ministers who held heavy power and were obviously Ivan's confidants, while vigorously promoting a group of new nobles who were originally frustrated but had decent abilities, or were simply secretly controlled by Li Chen through their female relatives.

At first, this looked like the common party strife and power reshuffling after the new emperor ascended the throne; Ivan and Romanov were unhappy, but they could still sit firmly on the fishing platform, thinking that the overall situation was still under control.

However, when Ma Te accurately dismissed or transferred five key figures out of the fifteen target ministers on Li Chen's list from important positions in a short period of time, Ivan and Romanov finally sensed something wrong!

"Ancestor! This is not right!" Ivan paced anxiously in the villa, "That useless Ma Te, how could he have such accurate vision and courage? The ones he dismissed are all our confidants in key positions! But the ones he promoted are mostly marginal figures or ministers who are very close to the Wu Ancestor!"

Romanov's face was gloomy; he also didn't expect the Wu Ancestor's actions to be so fast and his means so tricky and ruthless.

This is not Ma Te at all in power; it is clearly the Witch Ancestor using a shell company to go public, controlling Ma Te and infiltrating the ministers, using both methods simultaneously to erode the foundations of their power!

"We must stop him!" A fierce look flashed in Ivan's eyes, "We can't let Ma Te mess around anymore! If it really doesn't work, we'll depose him!"