Since the Zhang family had their own ideas, Empress Dowager Ci'an naturally stopped talking nonsense to Concubine Zhang.
He held back more breath and returned to the palace.
Empress Dowager Ci'an thought that this was the end of her anger today.
Unexpectedly.
She was just getting ready for a nap.
The young emperor took a group of guards and broke into Ci'an Palace without any warning.
The eunuchs and maids guarding the palace tried to stop them, but Wang Po led the guards and rushed them to pieces.
"Emperor, what do you want to do?" Empress Dowager Ci'an was furious when she saw this, and shouted coldly: "You are so ignorant of your elders and run rampant, aren't you afraid of being scolded by the world for being unfilial?"
But Zhu Youde was not afraid of this, walked into the hall, and said in a bad tone: "Queen Dowager Ci'an! This is inappropriate! A kind mother, a talented man, a filial son! You insult my queen like that, why do you want me to look good on you?
, it’s too wishful thinking!”
After a pause, he continued: "As for the reputation people in the world give me, I don't care!"
Empress Dowager Ci'an's face suddenly changed, and anger burned in her chest. This little emperor was becoming more and more unruly!
Then he said: "The emperor is so stubborn! Let me tell you that the Ai family has the late emperor in their hands..."
Before he could finish speaking, Zhu Youde curled his lips and interrupted: "I know the late emperor's will! But according to the information I heard, Queen Mother Cining didn't even meet you, right? You have the ability to get the will and show it to me.
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During lunch, I finished discussing the Phoenix Seal with the Queen.
Zhu Youde asked Wang Zhonghou to inquire about the news about the two empress dowagers, which was similar to what the empress knew.
But there is new news. The old woman Ci'an has been clamoring to depose the emperor.
But in the end, he couldn't even enter the gate of Cining Palace.
Therefore, Zhu Youde's threat to the Empress Dowager Ci'an was truly justified.
As long as Empress Dowager Cining is stabilized, the late emperor's decree that threatens her will not be released for a while.
Empress Dowager Ci'an was quite surprised. After thinking for a few seconds, she suddenly realized it. She gritted her teeth and said, "You know? Only the two palaces and three ministers who care about life know this... That little bitch Luo Xian told you, right?"
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"So what?" Zhu Youde curled his lips with a look of disdain, and his voice was colder than before: "Don't talk nonsense, I came here this time to hope that Empress Dowager Ci'an would give me something!"
"what do you want?"
Empress Dowager Ci'an suddenly felt bad. There was nothing else in the palace that the emperor needed to ask for from the Ai family in person...
"Phoenix Seal!"
A loud shout! It was like thunder hitting the Queen Mother's heart.
Phoenix Seal...the little emperor is actually plotting the Phoenix Seal!
"This is something belonging to the Ai family, and the Ai family won't give it to you!" Ci'an pretended to be calm and replied coldly.
Who would have thought that Zhu Youde actually sneered and said: "Your thing? Phoenix seal has always been controlled by the empress of the world. You were just made a queen by the emperor before his death. Now you are only one of the two empress dowagers. You deserve it."
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Being so provoked by the emperor.
Empress Dowager Ci'an was furious!
"Little emperor, do you believe it or not? The Ai family has really destroyed you!"
"Wait until you can produce the late emperor's decree before you say this. Now hand over the Phoenix Seal to me! Otherwise, if I let others rob it, Ci'an Palace will not look good!"
After talking to each other, Zhu Youde also felt a headache. Empress Dowager Ci'an never cooperated, but instead yelled all kinds of curses.
Zhu Youde simply stopped asking her for help and instead brought out a piece of researched information.
"These are the expenses for the two palaces of the Queen Mother. Please take a look at it..."
Seeing this data, Ci'an's domineering demeanor weakened by half.
It stands to reason that after the death of the late emperor, the expenses of the harem should be kept simple. However, the Queen Mother and the two palaces not only have no intention of being simple, but the expenses of the two palaces are getting bigger and bigger.
My predecessor, Foolish, turned a blind eye to this. Zhu Youde had no intention of pursuing this matter. After all, she was the late emperor's empress dowager, so why not have a higher standard?
But who would have thought that the old queen mother dared to bully the queen and refused to hand over the phoenix seal, which really annoyed him.
After a moment, Zhu Youde asked coldly: "Hand over the phoenix seal, otherwise the expenses of the two palaces of the Queen Mother will be reduced..."
"Little emperor! You, you are so disobedient to the Ai family!" Empress Dowager Ci'an was furious. Just as she was about to speak, she saw Empress Dowager Ci Ning's personal maid arriving.
"This slave has met Your Majesty and the Empress Dowager Ci'an. This is a letter from the Empress Dowager Ci Ning."
Ci'an opened the letter, his face was ashen, and he twisted the letter into a ball with his fingers.
After a long while, Ci'an glanced at the maid behind him, gritted his teeth and said, "Bring me the Phoenix Seal..."
Zhu Youde curled up the corner of his mouth and said with a smile: "The Queen Mother has been like this earlier, so why should she be angry?"
After getting the phoenix seal, Zhu Youde tore up the fee data for the Queen Mother's two palaces with his own hands, and then said: "The fees for the Queen Mother's two palaces remain unchanged! I will always supply the medicinal materials needed by Cining Palace, and the strange materials that Ci'an Palace often asks for.
I will also send people to find rare treasures..."
Zhu Youde took out the Phoenix Seal.
Throw the box on the ground.
"Go back to Qianqing Palace."
On the ground at the gate, there was only a gorgeous brocade box that was supposed to contain the symbol of power in the harem, but it was now empty.
"Zhu Youde!"
"The Ai family will definitely destroy you!"
Without taking a rest at all, Empress Dowager Ci'an went to Cining Palace again.
"Sister, what do you want to do? Didn't I have someone deliver the letter to you?"
The door was still closed, and the female voice inside the door sounded extremely impatient.
"You just handed over the Phoenix Seal to that little emperor? Are you afraid that when the queen takes over the palace and goes back on her words and dislikes you for wasting medicinal materials, will you be able to continue to refine this elixir?"
There was no answer at the door for a long time.
Ci'an waited for a long time without saying anything, and was ready to leave.
A faint sigh sounded from inside the door.
"My sister is still saying the same thing. The late Emperor's other sons are difficult to control. No one who comes to power will give us a good life. We can't act on impulse now..."
"This phoenix seal belongs to the queen. Since the young emperor has promised that the expenses of the two palaces will remain unchanged, what is the use of the phoenix seal?"
"And the fact that my sister is angry is all because of Luo Xian, and the emperor's change is also because of Luo Xian, isn't it?"
After being reminded by Liu Yuxian's words, Empress Dowager Ci'an fell into deep thought.
"As you return to the palace, the Ai family should think carefully about it!"
Next three days.
Zhu Youde originally thought that if he snatched the Phoenix Seal without practicing martial ethics, the old woman would cause an uproar.
But the strange thing is.
There was no reaction at all.
It gave Zhu Youde a feeling of calm before the storm.
Empress Luo received the Phoenix Seal and became the orthodox empress. She soon began to control the harem with kindness and power, beating and beating her.
And cooperated with Wang Zhonghou to first replace all the Qianqing Palace with people he trusted.
Zhu Youde has not been in court these days.
While taking care of the Queen's knee injury, he had been looking through the accounts of the Daliang Treasury.
He wanted to see how empty the treasury was?
As a result, the more I watched, the more angry I became.
Even if there is not a penny of money, the things recorded in this account book...
"Biao Mei! It's all floating!"
Zhu Youde looked at the account book and was immediately annoyed by the corrupt officials in Daliang!
A thousand kilograms of grain can be transported in a short distance of a hundred miles.
Actually, three thousand kilograms of grain were consumed to feed the peasants pushing the cart!
In other words, there are two simple words on the ledger - drift away!
Remembering this account book, he was simply treating the late emperor as a fool, but Zhu Youde discovered that the late emperor actually approved it in his own hand!
"No wonder he works hard at night and exhausts himself to death, and the beam is getting worse and worse."
The late emperor was deceived by corrupt officials throughout the dynasty!
He doesn’t even have basic common sense about people’s livelihood!
At this moment.
A pretty little girl in red poked her head at the door of Qianqing Palace.
"Qianqian, I heard that you broke off your engagement with the Dai family?"
Queen Luo welcomed her out happily.
"Dad didn't tell me before he went to Fuzhou. I only found out through rumors from outside. People outside said that the reason for canceling the engagement was..."
Zhou Ruqian secretly looked at the emperor, her eyes shining brightly.
"It's because I raped my daughter again!"
Zhu Youde has a gangster face.
The little girl is only sixteen!
This kind of lie is spread outside, and so many people believe it! This is to pin the hat of a beast on his head!
"Does Your Majesty want to rob it?"
Queen Luo asked jokingly.
"It depends on whether a certain little girl is willing to let me snatch it away?" Zhu Youde smiled and looked at Zhou Ruqian.
Since everyone thinks I am a beast.
Then I really can’t be worse than a beast!
What happened to the vassal?
I really accepted it!
Zhou Ruqian avoided Zhu Youde's scorching gaze, bowed her head shyly and said, "If Your Majesty is willing to let my daughter play around in Jinling City, I am willing."
"That's all you ask for?" Zhu Youde was surprised.
Queen Luo couldn't laugh or cry after hearing this. She smiled and tapped Zhou Ruqian's forehead.
"I see you, girl, haven't grown up yet!"
"I've grown up! I know that I like chatting with His Majesty and the Queen's sister, and I also know that I don't like that ugly young man from the Dai family."
"Okay, okay, you have grown up.
Empress Luo had a tolerant tone like a big sister coaxing a child.
When Zhu Youde hugged him from left to right.
It took Empress Dowager Ci'an three full days to finally figure out what Ci Ning had said before.
"That's right, the emperor cannot be deposed!"
"But Luo Xian must die!"
"As long as Queen Luo Xian is gone, the little emperor will definitely become the same as before, and the Ai family's Phoenix Seal will definitely be regained!"
The murderous intent flashed in the eyes of Empress Dowager Ci'an!