Capital City, Imperial Palace, Qiantian Hall.
The little emperor Li Xiang sat pitifully on the dragon chair. Next to him, there was another chair with the eldest princess sitting there.
All the civil and military officials of the court stood before His Highness, all with lowered eyebrows and bowed heads.
By this time, everyone understood that the real master of the Tang Dynasty was no longer the emperor, but the eldest princess.
It's not that no one stepped forward to uphold justice, but those who jumped out were suppressed by the eldest princess without exception.
The Metropolitan Procuratorate, which has always had the toughest bones, has lost many people after the eldest princess's repeated treatment. Nowadays, the only people who are still in the Metropolitan Procuratorate are just a few or two little kittens, all of them are veteran officials. They just want to stay in the court and retire. As for who is in power, they are not in the mood to care.
Besides, didn’t the eldest princess usurp the throne
The little emperor is still young and cannot tell right from wrong. When the late emperor was in power, he trusted the eldest princess the most, which shows her loyalty.
As for those who always find fault with the eldest princess, maybe they are just trying to gain fame.
"Everyone, Duke Dingguo has repeatedly resisted and disobeyed the decree. I want to take action against him by depriving him of his title. What do you think?"
The eldest princess is very satisfied with the current situation in the court. Although there are fewer so-called censors who speak out for justice, sometimes the affairs in the court do not necessarily require the presence of these people.
She had her own way of understanding what was going on outside the court, and the censor who heard about the incident was really not taken seriously by the eldest princess.
On the contrary, without these critical people, the atmosphere in the court became much more harmonious.
"I believe that Duke Dingguo is so disrespectful to the court and should be severely punished!"
"It's not just Duke Ding himself. I believe that the reason why Duke Ding dares to be so arrogant and ignore the imperial decree is because of the existence of his descendants!"
"I think that Xu Huaiyi, the Marquis of Wu Cheng, and Xu Yuanxi, the Yong Wu Bo, should be crowned together!"
In the court, the officials belonging to the eldest princess's line immediately jumped out after the eldest princess expressed her position, and started to seize the matter of Ding Guogong Xu Shuo.
After all, this was the eldest princess’s plan.
The relationship between father and son is here. Mr. Xu was implicated by Xu Shuo. This may seem unfair and unreasonable, but in fact, in this era of supremacy of monarchy, it is very reasonable.
"I second the proposal!"
"I second the proposal!"
As soon as the eldest princess expressed her stupid attitude, many people immediately jumped out to agree.
In fact, everyone in the court understands that the current court is the eldest princess's hall of speech. However, the eldest princess likes to make superficial things.
Like what happened today, it must be made as if it was the advice of the ministers.
"Your Majesty, what do you think?"
After the ministers all spoke in agreement, the eldest princess turned to look at the young emperor Li Xiang who was sitting on the dragon throne.
What can Li Xiang say
What do you dare to say
He is a puppet, a marionette.
After his grandfather was assassinated on the street by Daomen and Hell, he, the emperor, could only be a puppet. Even if you are young, but you are born in the royal family, as long as you are sensible, you will understand many things.
Besides, his mother, Queen He, had been giving him tips and telling him how to save his life. After all, if the eldest princess had the ability to make him the emperor despite all objections, she would be able to depose him or make him die without a cure.
This palace is not safe!
No matter it is Queen He or the young emperor Li Xiang, they are all alone without support.
When Emperor Yongping was on the throne, the Queen Mother held the power in the palace, and she held Nightingale in her hand. As long as the Queen Mother did not want to hand over power, no one could force the Queen Mother to take a back seat.
Empress He adhered to the teachings of her father Li Guogong He Ji and strictly abided by her duties in the palace and did not do anything beyond her limits.
The result is now like this. When Emperor Yongping and the Queen Mother passed away one after another, Queen He didn't even have anyone available. So much so that even though her son became emperor, he could only be a puppet and didn't even dare to put up a little resistance. After all, his life was in the hands of others.
Neither Queen He nor the young emperor Li Xiang wanted to die.
Queen He even had a vague feeling that the successive deaths of Emperor Yongping and the Queen Mother were not what they appeared to be.
However, she had no proof.
Now, she can only carefully save her life, look for possible loyal people, and be loyal to the Tang Dynasty.
Queen He did not hide all this from her son Li Xiang. After all, without her son's support, Queen He alone would cause chaos in the harem.
According to the ancestral system of the Tang Dynasty, the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics.
Although Queen He wanted to help her son, she would not let herself get involved.
The young emperor Li Pei was very aware of his current situation. Although he knew that the opinions of the eldest princess and some people in the court were wrong, he could not do anything else except be a yes man.
"so be it!"
"Auntie, just give the order on my behalf!"
Li Pei responded to the eldest princess's question in a straight and clear manner.
After hearing Li Peng's answer, the eldest princess smiled slightly and said: "Since the Holy One also agrees, then let's handle the matter accordingly!"
Long ago, the eldest princess had sent Leng Ci to Xiangyi Mansion, and now, she should have taken over Xiangyi Mansion.
With Xiangyi Mansion in hand, Xu Huaiyi and his son's food supply was cut off. They were fighting with the Ye Shuang Ling people in Longxi Mansion, and life would definitely be difficult for them.
The resentment towards the imperial court must be deep in his heart.
When the imperial court decides to strip Xu Huaiyi and Xu Yuanxi of their titles, there is a 90% chance that the father and son will choose to rebel.
As long as they rebel, he can send troops to attack them openly.
Once upon a time, what the eldest princess longed for most was to stand at the pinnacle of power in the Tang Dynasty, but when she really stood in this position, she would feel like this!
Of course, the most important thing is that her mentality is different now.
Now, what she longs for is immortality and continuous living. In order to survive, what is the country of the Tang Dynasty
Power, compared to immortality, is so far behind!
After retiring from the court, the young emperor Li Xing returned to the harem, went directly to see Queen He, and told his mother what happened in the court.
"Mother, my aunt has gone too far!"
"Wucheng Hou and Yongwu Uncle are fighting with the Shuangling people in Longxi Mansion, but my aunt wants to deprive them of their titles. This is ignoring the country and the country of the Tang Dynasty!"
"Mother, we can't go on like this!"
Although the little emperor is young, he is not stupid.
After listening to the little emperor's words, Queen He also understood that what the eldest princess was doing now was really ruining the country of the Tang Dynasty.
"Queen Mother, we can't wait any longer!"
"What can the emperor do?"
Queen He looked at the little emperor, her hands shaking slightly.
How could Queen He not tremble at the thought of confronting the eldest princess
"Marquis Wu Cheng, Uncle Yong Wu!"
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend!"
"Mother and my son, I want to write a secret edict to Marquis Wu Cheng, asking him to come to the capital and be by your side!" (End of this chapter)