The Queen Mother looked at Li Naiguan, nodded with satisfaction, stretched out her hand to help: "Get up."
"Thank you, Madam."
After Li Neiguan stood up, he skillfully walked to stand behind the Queen Mother and looked at the officials and others expressionlessly.
The official glared at Li Neiguan angrily and said angrily: "I have known for a long time that you cannot be trusted, but I have always given you opportunities. It seems that you have never changed your mind."
Li Naiguan said in a calm tone: "My servant has always been loyal to the late emperor and the eldest empress. Your Majesty, your throne was passed down to you by the late emperor and the eldest empress. However, after you came to the throne, you have repeatedly violated the eldest emperor and the late emperor. His will is truly ungrateful."
"Bold."
The official shouted angrily, pointing at Li Neiguan and yelling: "You are a disabled person, how dare you say something wrong with me, you..."
"emperor."
The Queen Mother suddenly spoke, interrupting the official's scolding.
"After all, you are the emperor of the Song Dynasty. How can you argue with an internal official? A small family is a small family after all. Even if you become the emperor, you will not be able to help him."
The official stared at the Queen Mother, took a deep breath, and suppressed the uneasiness and panic in his heart.
"Madam, are you going to force me into the palace today?"
"Forced into a uterus?"
The Queen Mother couldn't help but laugh out loud: "The emperor is really eloquent. You have laid such a big net, don't you just want to put me to death? Now that things have happened, it is said that I am forcing the palace. The emperor really knows how to talk. Shirk responsibility."
The official's face was ashen, and he could not refute the Queen Mother's words, because they were all true. All of this was indeed a net he had set, but he did not expect that he would not catch his opponent, but instead catch himself.
"The eldest lady is really clever. It seems that I lost. But I want to know how I lost. Why was the eldest lady able to mobilize the Tianwu Army?"
The Queen Mother said: "Although we are emperors and ministers of one dynasty, there are still people in the court who are devoted to the late emperor and me."
While talking, a person suddenly walked in from outside and came to the Queen Mother.
"Madam, everyone outside has been controlled."
The Queen Mother nodded with satisfaction and praised: "Very good, thank you for your hard work, Zhou Qing."
"The eldest lady is ridiculous. It is my duty to serve the eldest lady."
Zhou Chen replied very humbly.
Yes, he finally chose the Queen Mother, and tonight he is here to clear the way for the Queen Mother.
The officials did not trust him, but the Queen Mother was different. Now there were not many available people around the Queen Mother. Once he took refuge, he would naturally become the most important person around the Queen Mother.
In addition, he took refuge in the Queen Mother because the Queen Mother could help him complete things that the officials could not do for him. Only by taking refuge in the Queen Mother could his next plan proceed more smoothly.
"Jingguo Gong, it's you. Aren't you seriously injured and lying on the bed?"
When Guan Jia saw Zhou Chen, he couldn't hide his shock, but he quickly reacted.
"You're not poisoned at all, you're just pretending. You've been colluding with the eldest lady for a long time, haven't you?"
Zhou Chen replied with a calm face: "Your Majesty has misunderstood. I was indeed poisoned. If I had not been poisoned, how could I have concealed it from the doctor? However, my physical fitness is better and I recovered faster."
The official stared at Zhou Chen angrily: "It seems that I have really underestimated you, Duke Jingguo, you are really good, but without my will and tiger talisman, how could you mobilize the imperial army?"
"Although I don't have His Majesty's decree and tiger talisman, I do have the Queen's decree."
"How can it be possible to control the Tianwu Army with just one decree?"
Zhou Chen said in a deep voice: "With the eldest lady's decree, the right time and the best means."
Zhao Ceying suddenly roared: "Jing Guo Gong, do you know what you are doing? I have always thought that you are a first-class hero in the world, but today you actually did such a treasonous thing without a king or a father."
Zhou Chen said indifferently: "The late emperor and the eldest empress treated me with kindness. The status and power I have today are all given by the late emperor and the eldest empress. My allegiance has always been to the late emperor and the eldest empress, so
I cannot understand what the treacherous and unethical things His Highness King Huan is talking about."
"you……"
Zhao Ceying glared at Zhou Chen. Zhou Chen's appearance was a situation that neither father nor son had expected. Now he understood that the reason why their reinforcements did not arrive in time was probably related to Zhou Chen. Not only were they in trouble here, but they might also be in trouble.
Uncle Guo and the others also had big troubles over there.
"Have you said enough?"
The Queen Mother took a step forward and looked at the official Zhao Zongquan and his family with cold eyes.
"Emperor, you were originally just a regiment commander in Yuzhou. It was the late emperor who valued you and gave you the opportunity to succeed to the throne. But after you became the emperor, you did not care about the kindness of the late emperor and repeatedly violated the emperor's will.
With your political views and attempts to change the imperial examination, you are the one who truly has no king and no father."
The official looked at the Queen Mother: "Is it because of this incident that you want to abolish me?"
The Queen Mother said coldly: "Emperor, don't pretend to be so innocent. I want to destroy you, but don't you want to get rid of me?"
The official said in a serious tone: "The eldest lady has misunderstood. I have never wanted to hurt the eldest lady. I just want to get rid of those people who gossip around the eldest lady and have bad intentions."
"Emperor, do you think I will believe you?"
Naturally, the Queen Mother would not trust the official family. He and Zhao Zongquan had no mother-son affection at all. Ever since Zhao Zongquan succeeded to the throne, he had always wanted to get rid of her, disobeyed her, and even thought about getting rid of her, so she was only dissatisfied with Zhao Zongquan. and anger.
The official glanced around the Funing Hall, and then said resignedly: "Winning is the king and losing is the bandit. Now that the matter is over, what do you want to do with me?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Queen Shen suddenly rushed out and knelt down in front of the Queen Mother.
"My Majesty, your Majesty has never thought of harming your Majesty. Please forgive me for the sake of past kindness. I am willing to bear all the sins."
"Queen, stop pretending in front of me. I have already seen through who you and your wife are."
The Empress Dowager showed disdain. She looked down upon Zhao Zongquan, and she also looked down upon Empress Shen. She felt that both of them were good at pretending, especially the Empress, who pretended to be pitiful and wronged all day long for her to look at. It's annoying.
After all, she has been a queen for decades. How could she not see through Queen Shen's thoughts and actions?
Take the marriage between Shen Congxing and Zhang Guifen as an example. If the official family really wanted to win over the British princess, couldn't they have included Zhang Guifen in the harem as a concubine? Why did Shen Congxing have to marry Zhang Guifen? Isn't it Queen Shen's obstruction? , for the sake of his mother's family and his biological brother.
"Zhou Qing, go ahead and take them all."
Chapter completed!