Zander smiled at her and entered his carriage. He still does not understand why she is acting this way. The way she treats him is like a mother grooming and coaching her son on how to be great someday. He thought that she is probably dissatisfied with his current status. She probably wants him to reach more power, influence, and wealth... Currently, he is a second-rank official but it is still an empty shell. He does not have true power, influence, connections, or wealth. He is still so far from becoming a worthy husband. Thinking carefully, what she told him is truly beneficial if ever she is right!

He followed all the things she told him. He followed her advice on where he should stand after his arrival. Without waiting long, he encountered the Minister of Finance in that place. Even her suggestion on how to talk to him, he followed diligently, and soon, they talk like they are father and son.

The Minister of Finance and Zander King entered the meeting hall together! He followed her advice as to who he should talk to or those officials he should avoid as much as possible. He followed her suggestion where he should sit to avoid provoking the other older officials. Although his rank is higher than the others, he should sit in the farthest seat from the emperor this time. She assured him not to worry and wait for the perfect timing. If he followed her advice and nailed it right, the emperor will assign him to sit beside one of the princes next time.

Throughout the entire court meeting, he was shocked again and again! Not because of the gravity and sensitivity of the topic but because all the topics are what his wife told him last night!

She is really scary and should never be underestimated! She predicted what will come out in the imperial examination and now, she had access to sensitive court issues!!!

He is so worried and curious because it feels like watching a theater show but the scriptwriter is his wife! She even told him who is the person he should support per issue. He knows what issue he should only nod his head or the issue he could ignore and do nothing. He sits silently and waits for the right opportunity...

"Is there anyone who could give me a decent solution to this problem?!!" The Emperor is angry now. "This problem has been occurring for one year now and still no one can think of a solution?!!"

Everyone is so silent in their seats, unable to come up with any possible solution! The problem is about the very low yield of agricultural products. The problem is widespread and affecting the whole empire! Based on the current agricultural yield, if this continues next year, only twenty percent of the entire empire's population will be able to eat decently. If the imperial treasury tries to import and support it until it recovers, would it not go bankrupt within two years if this continues?!! The deafening silence is reigning in the court meeting until someone speaks up from the furthest side of the table.

"Forgive my audacity, Your Majesty! Please allow this humble servant to share my suggestion on how to solve this crisis." Zander King broke the silence and surprised everyone in the room even the Emperor.

"Okay. How are we going to solve this problem, Minister King?" The Emperor asked indifferently because he already heard so many useless and impossible solutions to this problem before.

"This problem is caused by three reasons: drought, infertile soil, and pestilence. Because there are three root causes so there should be three solutions to solve this. Let us first talk about the drought, to solve it we must build irrigation canals and water storage. I can create a plan on how to build it, where to get the materials easily, and where the water will come from. I assured you that this plan is effective, cost-efficient, faster to make, and will last long with proper maintenance. Next is the infertile soil, I traveled far away before and discovered from locals in that place how to make an effective, easy-to-manufacture natural fertilizer. With this fertilizer in our agricultural land, surely the harvest will be bountiful again! And finally the pestilence, no matter how healthy the plants are if they are eaten by pests before the harvest time, the sacrifice and investment are useless so I will also share to you an easy to mass produce natural pesticide used by that same locals." He confidently relayed the information as if the idea originally belonged to him.

The Emperor was so excited when he heard about it. Others look at him with disbelief, others with envy, and others with suspicion.

"How can you be certain that it will work? What if the empire invested in it and it did not work?" One of the ministers arrogantly asked.

His wife already expected that there will be many officials who will be against it so she made him practice so much on his acting and speaking skills to turn the anti into supporters.