Good guy, a censor in the seventh-rank hall, who can't even see the shadow of a person, is the first one to jump out today to find fault with the empress!
If this hadn't been planned for a long time, Li Zhi wouldn't believe it even if he killed him.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Li Zhi only felt a pair of eyes staring at him from behind. Sitting on pins and needles, he pretended to cough on the surface, but cursed in his heart:
'You bastard, you want to use my hand to suppress the queen, if you are capable, you can do it yourself, a bunch of trash! '

Before Li Zhi came back to his senses, Empress Wu behind the bead curtain called out first:
"Where are the left and right Jinwuwei generals?"

"The lowly position is here!" The two Zhonglang generals who guarded the Xuanzheng Hall immediately walked to the front of the hall.

Li Zhi was taken aback, thinking that his wife was going to be rough, but Empress Wu just asked softly:

"Your Majesty! General Jin Wuwei is here, please let your majesty know whether he will expel the courtiers or concubines from the palace!"

Li Zhi still doesn't know his daughter-in-law's temperament, the more gentle he speaks, the more angry he is.

Having been with Empress Wu for so many years, Li Zhi knew what was more important, and if he really wanted to drive his wife out of the palace, then his good days would come to an end.

Besides, the ministers can retaliate against the queen unscrupulously, pat their buttocks and leave after they are done, but he can't. After all, he is the one who lives with the queen. As a husband, who doesn't want to be quiet and comfortable!
Li Zhi waved his hand, pushed back the Jinwu Guard, then looked at the imperial servant in the palace, and said very displeasedly:
"Mrs. Rongguo passed away, and I and the empress are overwhelmed with grief. Today's court meeting, I allow the empress to wear onyx clothes to the palace. If it violates the etiquette, Jin Yushi, will I also be expelled from the palace?"

When Jin Kangyuan heard the words, he immediately leaned over to plead guilty: "Your Majesty, I dare not!"

"If you don't dare, back down!"

Li Zhi snorted coldly. In the first round, when he took the initiative to take the blame, he resolved it perfectly.

The second prince Li Xian in the audience, after witnessing his old lady's tricks, his inner thoughts surged, and he sighed again and again:
"After all, it is the queen mother. If the other party moves out of the father, she can also move out of the father, and she is more skilled. Following Yushi's words, first take the father into the army, and then she will only use it. In this way, the people behind will think about it." After dealing with the mother, you can no longer use the emperor to oppress her. '

Li Xian, who became more and more frightened as he thought about it, couldn't help but look at the person behind the bead curtain, feeling vaguely that the person behind the curtain was also looking at him.

Li Xian shrank his head, lowered his head in a hurry, not daring to look any more, the voice of Xiao Yuanzhao, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, came from his ears:

"Qi Zou Your Majesty, according to the proposal of the Ministry of Rites, Mrs. Rong Guo will give Mrs. Lu Guotai a posthumous title of Zhonglie, and also give it to Princess Taiyuan. Your Majesty please order!"

Hearing this, Li Zhi asked, "Meiniang, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, my concubine has no objection!" Empress Wu responded.

"Okay, then let the Ministry of Education draft the imperial edict and issue it today!" Li Zhi made a final decision.

"Return to Your Majesty!" Xiao Yuanzhao went on to say, "I still have something to say!"

"Prelude!"

Xiao Yuanzhao, who got the answer, took out a written memorial from his sleeve, held it up with both hands, and said word by word:

"Your Majesty is loyal, filial, and righteous. Her filial piety touched the heavens. She went to the Eastern Capital to mourn for three years. The Ministry of Rituals has drawn up the necessary support, eulogy, and sacrificial utensils. Please have a look at it, Your Majesty!"

After the words fell, everyone heard something was wrong.

In front of everyone, Xiao Yuanzhao directly proposed that the empress would be in mourning for three years, and took the initiative to make a decision for Empress Wu. Those who didn't know it thought that Empress Wu had already agreed.

Eunuch Chen, who was walking down the stage, heard the words 'three years in mourning', he was so old and cunning, how dare he go down to pick it up, moved his body back, and then retreated secretly.

Minister of the Ministry of Rites Tian Qingshan's face changed greatly in shock, he rushed out before the others, bowed and said:
"Please forgive me, Your Majesty, Your Majesty! The Ministry of Rituals has not been confirmed, and there are some mistakes. Everything will be decided after your Majesty discusses it with Your Majesty."

After saying that, he turned his head and reprimanded Xiao Yuanzhao: "Xiao Shilang, put away the memorials quickly!"

Unexpectedly, Xiao Yuanzhao completely ignored the orders of his superiors, and instead accused Tian Qingshan:

"Tian Shangshu, Your Majesty respects the world, and often persuades His Majesty to respect filial piety and set an example for the world. Now you prevent Your Majesty from mourning in Dongdu, what is your intention? Could it be that you want Your Majesty to bear the responsibility of disloyalty and disfilial piety?"

"you!!!"

Tian Qingshan was stunned speechless, Xiao Yuanzhao seemed to be refuting Tian Qingshan, but in fact he accused Sang and scolded Kui, making it difficult for Empress Wu to ride a tiger.

On the side of the Ministry of Rites, the quarrel between superiors and subordinates has not yet ended. On the other side, Zhang Cang, the servant of Zhongshu, has come out and also presented a memorial. He said righteously:
"Your Majesty, I heard that my mother kept her filial piety behind closed doors and couldn't eat. My mother is so benevolent and filial. We feel ashamed. So I drafted a document overnight. Please make it known to the world, so that the people will follow suit and entertain relatives with colorful clothes!"

Li Song, a political adviser, immediately appeared on the list, and echoed: "I regret that Gaozu said in the "Jingbiao Filial Piety and Friendship": the people are endowed with five constants, and benevolence and righteousness are the most important. Scholars have a hundred deeds, and filial piety is the first. Since ancient times, philosopher kings have governed the state. , setting a model for teaching, Mo Shangyu. Taizong also commented on the "Book of Filial Piety": Filial piety is the first of a hundred deeds, and the constant virtue of a person. Now the empress inherits the virtues of the first emperor, adds clothes to the body, and respects filial piety in a hut. The name of the great Tang virtuous empress will surely be passed on to future generations forever!"

The three of them took the lead, and other ministers came out one after another to join the team praising Empress Wu.

Among them, Wang Yikai, who had just been promoted by Empress Wu, performed particularly hard.

The old man was in his seventies this year, but his face was flushed with excitement.

Since Empress Wu asked him to recruit bachelors to study in the Hanlin Academy, he has become a staunch supporter of Empress Wu. Now seeing the ministers in the court all praising Empress Wu's filial piety, the old man is sincerely happy for Empress Wu.

He suddenly thought of an article about filial piety written by Empress Wu, so he got up quickly, walked to the audience, and complimented excitedly:
"Your Majesty, my dynasty governs the country with filial piety. My mother has written books to uphold filial piety. Zou Ying Qizi has made great achievements in history. My mother once wrote in handwriting: no mother is not born, no mother is infertile, pushing dryness and dampness, swallowing bitterness and vomiting sweetness, giving birth to exhaustion, grace This is extremely difficult. Therefore, the love of animals is still known to his mother, who has been in her arms for three years, so it is reasonable to repay it."

The simple little old man would never have imagined that he was obviously taking credit for Empress Wu in front of Li Zhi, but in the end it turned into a god assist.

A month later, Empress Wu directly ordered him to retire and return home!He didn't know where he was wrong until he died!
Empress Wu, who was sitting on the phoenix chair, quietly watched the hard-working performance of these monkeys.

How could she not know the sinister intentions of these thieves, turning uncertain things into facts, and carrying out moral kidnapping through constant flattery.

Once he agrees, then their tricks will succeed, and he will stay away from the court and become a queen with no real power.

But if he refuses, he will be convicted of disloyalty and filial piety, and he will surely bear the verbal criticism of the world's literati, and I am afraid that he will not even be able to keep his queen's position in the end.

This is a 'scheming conspiracy' before her eyes, the other party's fishing net has been opened, no matter whether she drills it or not, she will be dead anyway!

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