After being dressed as Wu Zetian's daughter, she was favored by the group

In order to force Empress Wu to go to the Eastern Capital to wear mourning, the dormant anti-martial faction revived and once again stood up to challenge Empress Wu's authority.

Seeing that the situation was one-sided, some fence-sitting factions also stood up to express their support.

On the side of Empress Wu's faction, there were also some officials who were afraid of affecting their official careers, hesitated again and again, and finally defected.

Empress Wu's expression was as usual, and she couldn't see a trace of panic, but sat upright as before, waiting for those who opposed her to jump out one by one.

When the hall was full and no one came out, Empress Wu waved to the female officer next to her who was in charge of recording the meeting.

The latter put down the brush and stepped forward in small steps: "Your Majesty! The servant is here!"

Empress Wu leaned on the armrest, pointed at the audience, and said with a sneer:
"Look at their faces, write them all down for me!"

"Yes! Empress!"

The female officer took the order to retreat, and Empress Wu continued to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai, with a faint murderous look between her brows.

Li Xian in the audience blushed, panting heavily, his fists clenched and relaxed at times, and his whole body fell into a painful tangle.

Half a year ago, he was just a carefree prince.

But ever since the crown prince fell ill, some rumors about the deposed crown prince had spread to his ears, and under the hints of some ministers, his heart, which was content with the status quo, slowly began to agitate!

Born of the same mother and the second son of the royal family, in his opinion, the position of the future crown prince is not without a contender.

For this reason, he, who has always liked riding and hunting, began to restrain his mind, cared about government affairs, frequently participated in the early court, and frequently communicated with some ministers in private.

Under the suggestion of the counselor in the mansion, the number of times he went to and from the Hanliang Palace gradually increased. The counselor told him that if he wanted to go further, if he wanted to move from the palace to the East Palace, he had to go through the test of his mother and queen first.

But right now, Empress Wu is in a dangerous situation. It was supposed to be the time for him to stand up and respect loyalty and filial piety, but unfortunately...he hesitated!
He urgently needs the support of Empress Wu, and is happy to see Empress Wu lose her power.

As long as the crown prince can't afford to be ill, and as long as Empress Wu loses power, this is the best news for him.

He was betting that the situation would develop as he expected.

Just when he was in trouble, his father, Li Zhi, acted more like Empress Wu's family than he did.

Li Zhi patted the dragon chair and stood up, angrily yelling at all the officials in the audience:

"What are you doing, forcing the palace?"

"I dare not!" All the ministers responded in unison.

"Don't you dare?" Li Zhi smiled mockingly: "I see you are bold, whether to wear mourning or not is the queen's family matter, and it should be decided by the queen herself, and it's not your turn to make irresponsible remarks here!"

Empress Wu looked deeply at Li Zhi's back, a trace of tenderness appeared on her calm face.

After all, it is a couple, Li Zhi's heart is always towards Empress Wu.

In the past, he had repeatedly abolished the empress because he wanted to appropriately weaken the queen's power and build a solid ruling team for the prince.

Now that the crown prince is ill, his 'wind disease' has worsened, and he is already unable to handle political affairs. Apart from the queen, who else can he turn to to help share his worries.

In addition, the relationship between the two of them is much better than before because of the daughter's intercourse between them these years.

"Your Majesty!" A familiar voice sounded!

All the ministers looked sideways, only to see the former Prime Minister Hao Chujun walking into the hall, and said unceremoniously:

"The empress is in the back seat, she should be the mother of the world, her kindness is manifested, if the mother is mourning and not respecting filial piety, the envy of men and gods, the heaven and the earth will not tolerate it! Dare to ask your majesty, how can such a person who goes against the sky and disobedient What face do you have to rule the harem..."

"Enough!" Li Zhi shouted, interrupting Hao Chujun's words.

Li Zhi was angry, and the ministers nodded!

The Prime Minister Pei Yan, who had been watching from the sidelines, smiled at the corner of his mouth, straightened his clothes, walked up to Hao Chujun with a wat board in his hand, and said to Li Zhi:
"Your Majesty, please calm down. Although Hao Shaobao made a direct remonstrance, he held it for a reason. I also very much agree with your empress's mourning!"

After the words fell, everyone including Li Zhi was taken aback. Obviously, Pei Yan chose to side with Hao Chujun!

The prime minister's statement was no small matter. For a while, discussions arose everywhere, and the spirits of the officials who turned against the military were greatly lifted!

Li Xian let go of his clenched fist, thankful that he did not stand up to defend his mother.

However, before he finished rejoicing, he only heard Pei Yan change the subject, and continued:

"It's just that, throughout the ages, the queens of all dynasties have never set a precedent for 'going out of the palace to wear mourning'. As Hao Shaobao said, the empress is the queen of a country, and she should have the style of motherhood. She is the respect of the emperor. Regardless of His Majesty, I believe that mourning should be held in the palace, which will not violate filial piety, but also assist the king, and have both loyalty and filial piety, this is what a virtuous empress would do!"

"Well said!" Li Zhi abruptly swallowed back his greetings to Pei Yan's family.

Pei Yan's sudden reversal took everyone by surprise. Seeing this, the courtiers on Empress Wu's side immediately came out to respond to the prime minister.

Tian Qingshan, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, was eloquent, full of firepower, constantly citing scriptures, and vowed to implement the proposal of 'staying in the palace for mourning'.

Li Xian's face was pale, full of regret in his heart, he straightened up, and looked at the person behind the bead curtain again, unknowingly, a sense of frustration emerged spontaneously.

His mother's methods were far beyond his reach, and he realized deeply that his little scheming was totally useless to his mother.

Empress Wu, who was behind the curtain, looked as usual and calm.

When Hao Chujun appeared in the court hall, she knew that Pei Yan would definitely make a move, and she was also waiting for him to make a move!
There was no other reason, Hao Chujun was the last chancellor, and she was sent to the East Palace to be the crown prince and Shaobao, and Pei Yan stepped on Hao Chujun to sit at the prime minister's position.

Now that Xu Jingzong died of illness, the position of Prime Minister is still in the air, Pei Yan is in power, how can he let Hao Chujun return to the court and share his power.

Regardless of whether he is on his side or not, judging from the current situation, Pei Yan will not break the balance of power in the court, let alone allow the Wuwu faction to take the opportunity to become stronger.

Fortunately, the other party did not disappoint him and chose to stand by her side temporarily.

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