After a moment of silence, Li Fuguo said slowly: "The empress must not know that the emperor issued a total of seven succession edicts, and King Ding is only one of them. The throne is actually far from certain. If the emperor tells the empress about this, then we
Don’t say anything, I’ll leave now. If your Majesty doesn’t know, then we can talk about it again.”
Empress Zhang was shocked. There were actually seven succession edicts. How could she not know about them?
"Is it true?" Queen Zhang blurted out.
Behind the scenes, Li Fuguo showed a trace of pride on his lips, and he added: "This matter is very secret. There are no more than four people who know about it, and our family happens to be one of them. The last one of these seven edicts was given to the king.
It can be seen that Prince Ding is ranked last in the emperor’s heart, or in other words, just to perfunctory the empress, our family can tell the empress clearly that the emperor has never considered letting Prince Ding succeed the throne, and Prince Ding is even worse than King Li Xi of Yue."
"Why is my son not qualified? He is the legitimate son!"
"My dear, the reason is very simple. King Ding is too young, and the emperor thinks he cannot suppress King Qi to the west."
Queen Zhang was silent. She knew that Li Fuguo was telling the truth. After a while, she said quietly: "Who are the other six people?"
"Our family doesn't know either, but the King of Yue Li Xi must be one, and the King of Peng Li should also be the same. I don't know about the others. Madam, the emperor is very scheming. He started planning it a long time ago. When our family knew about this matter
, his layout has been completed."
"The emperor gave me the power that day and promoted my father to the position of prime minister. Why?" Queen Zhang asked in confusion.
"Your Majesty, the emperor did it for our family. He thought that our family didn't know about the seven edicts, so he pushed the emperor out and made our family think that he wanted to make the king the new emperor and let the emperor handle the affairs of the Queen Mother. Once
Our family believes that once his plan is revealed, he will catch us off guard. At that time, our eunuch group will die without a burial place, and the empress’s dream of being a queen mother will also be shattered and she will be thrown into the cold palace and never see the light of day again.
"
"What do you mean by Manager Li?"
"Our family hopes that we will form a sincere alliance. We support the king to be the emperor, and let the empress do the government behind the curtain, and hold the power of the world."
Empress Zhang said calmly: "You have given power to me, what do you want?"
Li Fuguo sighed, "Power is not the most important thing to us now. The most important thing is to survive. Any prince who comes to power will cut us into pieces. Only King Ding will not. When the time comes, only
I hope that your concubine will make our family the prime minister of the country, and our family will have nothing else to ask for!"
Empress Zhang said slowly: "Although I am a woman, I am also the Empress of the Tang Dynasty. I will not take back what I have said. We have made an agreement and formed an alliance. You must put my son on the throne."
Li Fuguo was overjoyed that this was indeed an alliance, "Don't worry, Madam, we fully support King Ding's ascension to the throne."
Empress Zhang smiled and said calmly: "Manager Li, the first request after forming an alliance is that you still want Jinwu Guards!"
"Indeed!"
Queen Zhang shook her head and said: "To tell you the truth, I actually want my brother Zhang Qingming to take over as General Jinwuwei!"
Li Fuguo was stunned for a moment. He was determined to win the Jinwu Guard, but he didn't expect Queen Zhang to want it too. This woman is really not simple, and both military and political officials must arrest her.
Now that they have formed an alliance, if Queen Zhang gets the Jinwu Guard, it means they get the Jinwu Guard, otherwise the alliance will be meaningless.
But Jinwu Guard Li Fuguo was determined to win. He pondered for a moment and said: "Our family understands the mood of the empress and needs relatives to lead the army. However, many functions and permissions of Jinwu Guard and Meihua Guard are duplicated, so it is best to merge the two. Let's do this!
How about letting your brother become the general of the Qianniu Guard?"
Empress Zhang said calmly: "Qianniuwei is just an empty shell now, what use do I need it for?"
"No! No! I am going to return the third army of Longwu Army to Qianniuwei. It was originally the army of Qianniuwei and was annexed by Longwu Army. In this way, your brother will have an army of 10,000 and recruit five more.
A thousand people, that’s fifteen thousand people.”
This plan was not bad. Queen Zhang thought about it and said, "I'm just afraid that Prince Peng won't agree!"
"Please rest assured, Madam Peng, Prince Peng Li only gets what he wants!"
"Why?"
"Because the commander-in-chief of the Third Army, Wang Hongmin, is from our family, King Peng cannot control it at all. He is eager to kick the Third Army out."
Queen Zhang didn't say anything. This Wang Hongmin went to Qianniuwei. Didn't he ignore his brother?
Li Fuguo understood Empress Zhang's worries and said with a smile: "When the time comes, our family will let Wang Hongmin serve as the general of Jinwu Guard, and the general of Qianniu Guard will be appointed by the empress, so that your younger brother can fully control Qianniu Guard."
Li Fuguo actually exchanged the third army of the Longwu Army with Queen Zhang for the Jinwu Guards. The reason why he was willing to exchange was because he valued the authority of the Jinwu Guards more. As for the Longwu Army and Qianniu Guards, Yu Chaoen had a brilliant plan.
The army is holding on, so he doesn't have to worry at all.
Empress Zhang agreed after thinking about it. The Qianniu Guards who defended the palace were more important to her than the Jinwu Guards.
After returning to the palace, Queen Zhang was still a little uneasy. She felt that Li Fuguo had not told the truth about the seven edicts. He knew which seven people they were, but was vague and refused to tell her. This shows that he is still there.
Using oneself is not a true alliance.
Empress Zhang is not a fool. She knows that the emperor is very afraid of Li Fuguo, which means that Li Fuguo's methods are more ruthless and vicious. She does not want to die in the hands of Li Fuguo in the future.
Thinking of this, Empress Zhang took out her gold medal and ordered her confidants to rush to the Zhang Mansion and summon her father Zhang Lixuan into the palace.
The only person she trusts is her father.
Although she is a queen, Empress Zhang is now exercising power on behalf of the emperor, so it is completely allowed for her to receive ministers in the palace.
Not long after, Zhang Li hurried into the palace, and Queen Zhang met his father in Chongwen Hall.
"Old minister, I wish you a thousand years old!"
Empress Zhang asked the maids and eunuchs to retreat, and ordered Pei Min to guard the palace door. She had the Dragon Order, and Pei Min would absolutely obey her orders.
Empress Zhang then said: "I encountered something today, and I want to ask dad to make some decisions for me!"
Since it was a conversation between father and daughter, Zhang Li was not so formal. He sat down, nodded and said, "Ali, tell me, dad, listen!"
Queen Zhang's name is Zhang Wanli, and her father calls her Ali.
Empress Zhang explained in detail what happened today. Zhang Li was also shocked. It turned out that Li Fuguo who became the prime minister was a fake. No wonder he refused to be with the prime ministers because he had to report to the real Li Fuguo all the time.
"Father, this Li Fuguo is sinister and vicious, and my daughter is very afraid that she will die in his hands in the future."
Zhang Li nodded, "Your worries are not unnecessary. If you think about it, Li Fuguo could have appointed a child from another royal family as emperor, and he would serve as regent and right prime minister of the country. This is where he has great power. Why should he give it to
Do you want me to become the Queen Mother and listen to politics behind the curtain?"
Queen Zhang was a little scared, "Then what is the real purpose of his alliance?"
"He is just using you and your status as Queen Mother to kill the other six heirs. Then he will deal with you and Prince Ding and force you to abdicate. Then he will establish a new emperor, and the power of the government will be completely under his control."
"What should I do?"
Empress Zhang panicked, "He will definitely poison me and Dong'er. Daddy will think of a way for me."
"You don't have to worry. The King of Qi will support Dong'er's ascension to the throne. As long as he has the support of the King of Qi, Li Fuguo will not dare to act rashly and let him steal the chicken but lose the rice."
Queen Zhang felt relieved, and she asked in confusion: "Why would King Qi support the Dong children?"
Zhang Li smiled slightly and said: "Your eldest brother Shangyuan is now serving in the army in Prince Qi's palace. He just took office five days ago. This means that Prince Qi supports you."
Empress Zhang was stunned. She had no idea when her father had hooked up with King Qi.
Zhang Li said enthusiastically: "However, the current alliance with Li Fuguo is a good thing. I very much agree with Qingming being appointed as the Qianniu Guard General. It is best to appoint him tomorrow to avoid long nights and dreams!"
