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Chapter 47 The Empress Dowager's Dream Broken (5)

After the death of Tang Gaozong in the past, he also left a will, leaving part of the highest power to his wife Wu Zetian. As a result, Wu Zetian used this power to abolish two emperors successively, overthrow the Tang Dynasty, establish the Wu Zhou regime, and become an unprecedented woman. emperor.

The edict left by Emperor Xiaozong to the Empress Dowager is very similar to the one left by Tang Gaozong to Wu Zetian. If the Empress Dowager was really a woman with a strong desire for power, she would have taken out this edict when the first emperor ascended the throne. Even abolished the first emperor himself as the queen.

But she has hidden this will for so many years, and never took it out to interfere with the government. It can be seen that her desire for power is not so strong. This makes him feel very lucky and very happy. It can be overthrown, not to mention that I am not the queen mother's own.

But then I thought, the Empress Dowager can restrict her own power by using the edict left by Emperor Xiaozong. In this way, wouldn't she be restricted everywhere as the emperor?

Thinking of this, the emperor had a headache again.

The appearance of Emperor Xiaozong's edict caught the emperor and An Shanhai and others who supported the conferment of the Holy Mother Empress Dowager by surprise.

An Shanhai gritted his teeth and said: "The first emperor has been on the throne for many years, and Emperor Xiaozong's edict has never appeared once. How could this edict appear out of thin air?"

The queen mother said coldly: "What? Do you suspect that this edict is fake?"

An Shanhai bowed and said: "I don't dare, but I feel that the matter of the will is very important, and it must be carefully verified to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings."

The Empress Dowager smiled and said: "Ai's family is not afraid of the slanting shadow. There is absolutely no reason to forge Xiaozong's edict. If you don't believe me, you can check the authenticity of the memorials and jade seals left by Emperor Xiaozong."

The emperor nodded slightly: "For the sake of safety, the son must understand it, please forgive me, mother."

As he spoke, he ordered the eunuch Sun Bin who was close to him: "Go to the warehouse and get the memorials and calligraphy treasures that Emperor Xiaozong has always reviewed."

Sun Bin hurriedly responded, and not long after, he fetched several memorials and postings on Emperor Xiaozong's calligraphy practice, compared them one by one, and compared them with the jade seal on the edict, confirming that Emperor Xiaozong's edict was true.

As soon as the result came out, all the officials knelt on the ground in unison: "Long live, long live, Emperor Xiaozong!"

The emperor also looked annoyed and defeated, and bowed down to the queen mother: "I respectfully welcome Xiaozong's edict, and I am willing to listen to my mother's teachings!"

The Empress Dowager said seriously: "Since it has been confirmed that the edict is true, then the Ai family has decreed on behalf of Emperor Xiaozong that An family should not be named Empress Dowager."

The emperor shook his body, gritted his teeth and said: "But the queen mother, An is the son's biological mother after all, if you don't respect her as the queen mother, wouldn't it be against filial piety?"

The queen mother sneered: "Birth mother? You have already adopted Emperor Xiaozong as a stepson. What kind of biological mother is she? Your current mother is the Ai family. The only person you will be filial to in the future is the Ai family. Now the Ai family accepts her." Living in the harem, allowing you to call her 'mother' is extremely lenient."

The emperor couldn't help but said: "But the son has already promised to give her the Queen Mother, there is no joke, so how can the son go back on his word?"

The queen mother sneered: "It's one thing to promise, but another thing to be able to do it. As long as the Ai family disagrees, she will never want to become the queen mother. If she refuses to accept, just come to the Ai family."

(End of this chapter)