Chapter 6
It's night, Zichen Palace.

This is the place where the emperor summoned the important officials of the court to discuss matters.

Li Zhiduan was sitting in the imperial study, and there were three people sitting on the left and right sides of the bottom, namely Li Zhen, King of Yue, Li Ming, King of Cao, and Hao Chujun, Prime Minister of the Left.

As the momentum of "abolishing the queen" intensified, Li Zhi was forced to make a decision.

With a serious expression on his face, he quietly stared at the abolishment edict that had already been drafted on the case, and he has not sealed the emperor's jade seal for a long time!
Seeing that Li Zhi was hesitant, Cao Wang and Li Ming stroked his beard all over his face, stood up and urged: "Brother Huang, if you don't make a decision, there may be changes!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Hao Chujun echoed, "There are two lords in charge, Your Majesty doesn't need to show up, as long as the old minister and the two lords enter the Hanliang Hall to announce the decree, the queen will definitely be deposed!"

"But it's night now, why not wait until tomorrow morning and announce it in court?" Li Zhi asked softly.

Li Zhi's elder brother, King Li Zhen of Yue got up and said, "Your Majesty, tomorrow is the princess's full moon ceremony, and the queen will definitely come forward. If you think about abolishing the queen at that time, troubles will inevitably arise! Your majesty, please think twice!"

Hao Chujun echoed again: "That's right, Prime Minister on the right has been silent all the time, I guess, the empress must have left a killer move, if she doesn't give up tonight, it will be even more difficult when the princess's full moon ceremony is held tomorrow! Your Majesty, please make a decision as soon as possible!"

After finishing speaking, he knelt down on the ground, and the two princes also knelt down one after another.

Li Zhi clenched his fists, thought and thought, and called out, "Come here!"

Grand Duke Chen Li walked in: "The servant is here!"

Li Zhi asked: "What's the situation with the queen now?"

Li Li bowed and said: "Going back to Your Majesty, the servant has learned that the empress and the little princess have already fallen asleep, and there is no movement in Hanliang Hall?"

"Your Majesty, please make a quick decision!" The three kneeling on the ground remonstrated in unison.

Li Zhi stood up and paced back and forth in front of the case. Finally, he made up his mind, picked up the jade seal and "slapped" it on the abolished imperial edict.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

The faces of the three were happy, Hao Chujun took the imperial decree with both hands, and under the leadership of Eunuch Chen Li, he rushed towards the harem without stopping.

As soon as everyone arrived outside the Hanliang Hall, they were stopped by the Jinwu Guards stationed here.

"Bold!" Eunuch Chen held up the imperial decree and scolded: "Your Majesty's imperial decree is for this purpose, so please get out of the way!"

At this time, a general in armor came out with one hand on his waist and a sword on his waist. Seeing that it was Eunuch Chen, he clasped his fists and said with a smile:
"It turned out to be Eunuch Chen! The queen has already fallen asleep, please come back tomorrow to announce the decree!"

"Presumptuous!" Hao Chujun stood up from behind Chen Li: "I am following His Majesty's order to come to Hanliang Palace to proclaim the decree, who dares to stop me!"

Wei Yuanzhong looked around and saw that apart from Eunuch Chen, Prime Minister Hao Chujun, and two princes stepped forward and politely clasped their fists and said:

"Wei Yuanzhong, the general of the right Jinwu Guard, has met the two lords and the prime minister of the left!"

Hao Chujun waved his hand impatiently, and said loudly: "Get out of the way quickly, Ben and the two lords, I have an imperial decree to announce to the queen!"

Hearing this, Wei Yuanzhong clasped his fists to accompany him with a smile and said, "My lords and Prime Minister Zuo, please stay here later, I'll report to your empress right now!"

"If you have anything to report, get the hell out of here!" Cao Wang Li Ming was furious, stepped forward and pushed Wei Yuanzhong away, and was about to rush in with his people.

With a sound of "shua", Wei Yuanzhong drew out his sword, and instantly changed his face:

"Jin Wuwei listens to the order, anyone who dares to trespass into the Hanliang Palace will be killed!"

"Roar!" The imperial guards roared together, holding their spears and surrounding them.

Hao Chujun blushed with anger, and roared loudly: "Are you planning to rebel?"

Wei Yuanzhong sneered and said: "Mr. Zuo, how dare you rebel. It's just that His Majesty personally sent you to guard the Hanliang Palace. If Prime Minister Zuo wants to go in, please ask for another imperial edict from His Majesty. You will let me go immediately!"

"It's the other way around, are you still loyal to His Majesty's Forbidden Army!" Cao Wang Li Ming roared at the Forbidden Army, but he didn't dare to take a step forward.

Hao Chujun pulled Chen Li in front of Wei Yuanzhong, and retorted:
"Why do you need to ask for the imperial decree again? With Eunuch Chen here, it represents His Majesty's holy will. Don't let him go!"

Wei Yuanzhong glanced at Eunuch Chen, and said disdainfully: "Unless His Majesty orders to disarm, no one will come!"

"You..." Hao Chujun pointed at Wei Yuanzhong and was speechless angrily.

He was the prime minister of the court, and he quickly realized Wei Yuanzhong's arrogant behavior. The other party must be someone from Empress Wu, and asking them to go back to ask for orders was actually Empress Wu who was putting pressure on Li Zhi in a disguised form.

Hao Chujun knew that Li Zhi's determination to be abolished was not that strong, he was just taking advantage of his minister's excuse to push the boat along the way.

Of course, it is good for Li Zhi to abolish the empress. First, it can pave the way for the crown prince and prevent foreign relatives from interfering in politics;

Li Zhi is old and not as obsessed with Empress Wu as he used to be, but his wind disease needs Empress Wu's care and assistance. His attitude towards Empress Wu is very complicated, both wary and dependent.

Of course, he was never worried that the imperial power would fall to the side. He once heard Empress Wu say that no matter who will be the emperor in the future, she will be Wu Meiniang's own son. That is to say, the emperor will always be surnamed Li.

From the perspective of the social ideology and feudal system at that time, no one would have thought that one day in the future, women could still be emperors.

It was precisely because of the stability of the emperor's inheritance that Li Zhi was hesitant to abolish the empress.

Abolition, of course, is good, not abolished, and it is harmless.

Li Zhi's current mentality is: if it can be abolished, it can be abolished, and if it can't be abolished, it can't make the relationship stalemate. After all, he is the one who lives with Empress Wu. It's really embarrassing.

Hao Chujun just figured out this verse, so he couldn't go back to ask for an order.

He was already on the verge of riding a tiger, and there was no retreat to speak of, so he simply broke the jar, no matter what, he had to let Empress Wu take over.

Just when he was about to risk his life and forcefully break into the imperial army, the door of Hanliang Palace opened with a "creak".

Cui Daizhao came out softly, and closed the door softly, then came to the crowd, bowed slightly to Hao Chujun and the two lords, and said unhurriedly:
"Your Majesty said, it's late at night, it's inconvenient to see Prime Minister Zuo and the two uncles, we can discuss things tomorrow!"

"Bold, Your Majesty personally delivered the decree, there is no reason not to accept it!" Yue Wang Li Zhen scolded.

Cui Daizhao looked as usual, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "If your Majesty has an order, the servant will accept the order on behalf of the empress!"

As he spoke, he knelt down on his knees, ready to receive the order.

"What are you, let the queen come out in person!" Cao Wang Li Ming said angrily.

Cui Daizhao still said calmly: "Since that's the case, I would like to trouble the prince to ask His Majesty to come here in person."

After all, he got up and walked into the hall without looking back, without giving him any face!

"You bastard! How dare you..." Li Ming immediately got angry when a female officer slapped him in the face.

Hao Chujun grabbed him and said to Cui Daizhao: "Okay, let Cui Daizhao accept the order on behalf of the queen!"

Hao Chujun's idea is very simple, as long as the other party accepts the decree, the abolition of Empress Dowager will be considered a certainty. If Empress Wu dares to resist, it will be a crime of deceiving the emperor by "resisting the decree and disrespecting". If you are big, you have to catch it with your bare hands.

Eunuch Chen quickly read out the abolished imperial edict, and Cui Daizhao took over the imperial edict calmly.

As soon as she got up, Cao Wang Li Ming turned his head and told the young father-in-laws behind him: "Empress Wu has been abolished, come and drive the mother and daughter out of Hanliang Palace immediately!"

After finishing speaking, there was no movement behind him, Cui Daizhao gave him a pityful look, turned around and left, Wei Yuanzhong smiled and retreated, and continued to guard the Hanliang Palace, as if nothing had happened.

Li Ming, who had been deflated continuously, froze in place, his face as ugly as it could be.

"Alas!" Hao Chujun sighed, although he successfully delivered the decree, he couldn't be happier.

Because he knew that at dawn, a storm would sweep across the entire palace, and whether he could avoid it would depend on Li Zhi's courage.

After a while, the harem became quiet again.

Wu Zetian on the dragon couch quietly read the abolished imperial edict, then slipped off the bed casually, and said to Cui Daizhao indifferently:
"Burn it!"

 Wait patiently, the protagonist will grow up soon, and when she first grows up, the whole Tang Dynasty will be crazy about it!Here, I beg all the ladies and sisters to give a recommendation ticket, don't let this book sink!
  


(End of this chapter)

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