Facing her sister's sarcasm, she unintentionally stabbed Li Wei in the heart, but she had already put it down, so she didn't feel the pain.
"Is it you? It was you who spread out what he said here that day, and that's why there were so many rumors?"
Li Xing was stunned for a moment before he said, "Are you blaming me? Even if I am angry, I know what is right and what is wrong. I know what I can and cannot do. What good will it do me to talk nonsense casually? In your eyes, Queen Mother, is my sister so unbearable?"
Li Xing's words clearly hurt Li Wei, and she said coldly: "Okay, it doesn't matter who it is."
The two sisters each felt a lot of unhappiness because of that man.
The throne of the emperor was pending, so Li Wei still wanted to ask Zhao Qian privately what he meant. As long as he let go, she would break through all difficulties and obstacles and issue a decree declaring him emperor.
Zhao Qian was summoned to see him in the afternoon of the next day, and the location was still chosen in the South Study Room. The doors and windows were wide open, and there were many palace maids and eunuchs standing outside.
The two faced each other again. Li Wei sat on the east side and tilted his head slightly. The sunlight passed through the window and shone on her moon-white plain gown. The catkins in the courtyard were fluttering in the wind, and a ball of catkins blew through the window and landed gently on her shoulders.
You could hear needles dropping in the room, Zhao Qian was sitting opposite her. At this time, the two of them had their own thoughts.
"I wonder what the Empress Dowager summoned me to discuss?"
Li Wei said naturally: "The throne of the emperor is pending, and the regent has been elected by everyone. For the future of Da Qi, I want to ask the regent what he wants. If you are willing to accept the wishes of the subjects, I can issue the decree right away."
"What does the Queen Mother want me to do?"
"I asked you what you meant, why did you ask me back?"
"Okay, I'll tell you clearly. I don't want to!"
"Why don't you want to? Sitting in the world and becoming the lord of all peoples is a choice of destiny. Why don't you want to when it falls on the head of the regent?"
"Unless you can be my queen."
"You're talking nonsense, this is impossible." Li Wei was immediately annoyed.
"If I become emperor, I will definitely lose you. What's the point of not being able to grow old with you. I don't want to be a loner, let alone a lonely life."
"Daqi cannot be ruined in our hands."
"Da Qi will not be ruined in our hands. It has been a country for more than two hundred years, and it cannot be finished easily."
This conversation is fruitless and meaningless. She didn't understand what Zhao Qian wanted to do, but she had understood a long time ago that there was no result between her and Zhao Qian. That's fine. The flower withered long before she fell completely in love with him. Although it was a pity, Li Wei's heart was still full of warmth in the face of his sincere protection.
At the court meeting the next day, Li Wei showed up. But she sat behind a screen, and standing in front of her was Wei Tai, the steward of Chongqing Palace.
After being the Queen Mother for so long, this was the second time that she had accepted the kneeling ceremony of hundreds of officials.
The main purpose of her appearance was to choose who would be the new king. The courtiers were all working in separate camps, and they were all making suggestions for the person they recommended.
The person who mentioned it the most was naturally Zhao Qian, and of course there were many voices of opposition. In addition to Zhao Qian, Zhao Ding also had high voices. In addition to these two people, Fu Shen and Fukang were also proposed.
At present, there was an endless debate over whether Bao Zi generation or Fu Zi generation should succeed. It was so noisy that it gave Li Wei a headache.
After the meeting, Li Wei summoned the cabinet again. The old foxes in the cabinet are different from the courtiers. No matter who is the new monarch, their cabinet will always be the same assistants.
However, when Li Wei asked Du Yu what he meant, Du Yu said: "My personal preference is to choose one from the Fu generation. The throne has been passed to the Fu generation. If I go back and choose the Bao generation, it will not be based on emotion or reason." It’s so suitable. Otherwise, it wouldn’t sound so good if I became an uncle and snatched the throne from my nephew.”
"I understand what Mr. Shofu means, and I will consider it carefully."
It seems that the cabinet does not like Zhao Qian or Zhao Ding. The two princes of Fu Zi generation are very young and need to assist the government for several years. These old foxes have great power, how can they easily give it away. No wonder they are all a bunch of old foxes.
Li Wei naturally also summoned Zhao Ding, the king of Fujian, who behaved even colder than Zhao Qian.
"Wei Chen has been in southern Fujian these years. He is not talented enough to be an adult. Please think again, Queen Mother."
Zhao Ding's ambitions are not big. He can settle down in one direction and does not want to dominate the world.
Those from the Bao generation have given in, and the only thing left is to choose one from the Fu generation. It would be much easier if Fu Shen and Fukang chose one from the other.
In the end, Li Wei made his own decision and initially decided on Fu Shen. He also asked the courtiers and the clan for their opinions on this choice. The clan had nothing to say, and the courtiers seemed reluctant to this choice.
The next day, Li Wei issued her first decree as the Queen Mother, declaring that the fourth son of the emperor, Zhao Fushen, would succeed to the throne, and at the same time, he would confer the title of Queen Mother on his biological mother. She would still order Prince Shen to be the regent and supervise the country until the new emperor came of age and take charge of the country. Then the second decree was issued, which was also her last decree as the Queen Mother, giving Emperor Daxing the posthumous title of Emperor Zhuang Yi and the temple name of Emperor Wen Zong.
When the decree came down, Concubine Ning just didn't believe it, thinking that the regent must have taken over, but she didn't expect that it fell on her.
Everyone in the palace congratulated Concubine Ning.
Concubine Ning was overjoyed.
Suddenly, two queen mothers appeared in the palace. Li Wei was personally conferred by Emperor Chengzong, and she was the adoptive mother of Emperor Wen Zong. She had a respected position, but Concubine Ning was the biological mother of the emperor, so it was natural for her to be called queen mother.
After Fu Shen inherited the throne, the first thing he did was to give the two queen mothers their emblems. Li Wei is respected as the Empress Dowager Rongxian, and his biological mother Tao is respected as the Empress Dowager Rongci. Li Wei was honored by Chengzong.
The issue of the throne that had been raging for several months was finally resolved satisfactorily.
After everything settled, Li Wei took a sedan chair and went to the Shouhuang Palace. Go and drink a libation in front of Fuguang's spirit to comfort his soul.
"Your Majesty, my mother is useless. I failed to protect you, and you were brutally murdered by a traitor. If there is an afterlife, my mother hopes that you can be reincarnated into an ordinary family, be a happy child, and live a peaceful life."
Speaking of sadness, I couldn't help crying.
If Fu Guang was born in an ordinary family, loved by his parents, and with his intelligence, study hard and make progress, he would at least be able to live a stable life for a lifetime and fall into this palace. Even though he threw himself into the queen's belly, he still worked for a year. The emperor had a rough fate. He ended his life in a hurry when he was only seven years old. It's really frustrating.
Fu Guang's early death was a hurdle that Li Wei could not overcome in her life, and she fell into deep self-blame. Even though she had tried it all over again, she still couldn't save the situation.
(End of chapter)