Empress Dowager Reveals Weakness
On the first day of being appointed as the supervisor of the East Chamber,
Zhao Gao had wiped out the entire East Chamber and uprooted Cao Zhengchun's henchmen.
From the Thousand Executioners to the Hundred Executioners, all the way to the head of the shift, they had their own people.
The East Chamber had changed completely in just one day, and it had become Zhu Houzhao's weapon!
The next day.
Zhao Gao announced as the supervisor of the East Chamber.
Cao Zhengchun had framed Zhongliang and framed him. His crimes were unforgivable!
Moreover, they formed cliques to plot against the Emperor.
The chief and second assistants can testify, including the Emperor's trusted aides, the Jinyiwei!
With this, Zhao Gao directly raided Cao Zhengchun's house and then investigated his henchmen.
For a time, many of Cao Zhengchun's followers, including those who had dealings with Cao Zhengchun, felt threatened and prepared to seek refuge under Liu Jin.
However, they were one step too late!
Zhao Gao moved extremely quickly. Before anyone could react, he led the Brocade Guard of the East Chamber to visit them one by one. He captured as many members of the Cao Party as possible.
All of them would be detained in the imperial prison, and after they confessed, they would be beheaded.
Corpses piled up, and blood stained the court.
On the third day, the reputation of this weapon spread throughout the imperial court, and the imperial court was shaken!
In the throne room.
After the bell rang, the door of the hall opened wide, Honglu Temple chanted into the class, Baiguan into the hall.
Zhu Houzhao, wearing the Great Qin Black Dragon Cannon, slowly walked towards the Dragon Throne.
The Empress Dowager Zhang, who was behind the curtain, was like nothing as she sat on the dragon throne with dignity.
The empress dowager's expression changed, but she did not flare up in the end.
Ever since Zhu Houzhao didn't come to court that day and seemed to have changed into a different person, she felt that things were a little out of her control.
Moreover, the events of the past few days had shocked her and made her feel that it was extremely troublesome.
Zhao Gao was wearing the uniform of a eunuch with the seal of the ceremonial director and a wingless black gauze palace hat. He stood respectfully behind Zhu Houzhao.
"Long live our emperor!"
"Long live our emperor!"
When the officials saw Zhu Houzhao, they suddenly thought of the word 'the right man'.
In the past, Zhu Houzhao was very weak and did not have the temperament of an emperor.
But now, Zhu Houzhao!
However, there was a deep and domineering aura that made people respect and fear him, which was why when he bowed, his shout was much louder than usual.
Zhu Houzhao coldly said,"Rise."”All the officials stood up again.
Li Dongyang, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, stood at the head of the officials, and Liu Jian stood beside him.
They all looked at Zhu Houzhao with reverence and excitement.
At this moment, they had completely understood that the Emperor was now prepared to purge the Imperial Court, so they were all very excited.
Zhu Houzhao sat on the dragon throne indifferently as usual.
"If there's anything, report it. If there's nothing, withdraw!"
Zhao Gao, the eunuch with the seal, called out calmly.
As soon as he finished speaking, Minister of War Xie Qian walked forward with a board and said,"I have something to report!"
Zhu Houzhao glanced at him.
Xie Qian was also a scholar who had joined the cabinet. Unlike Li Dongyang and Liu Jian, Xie Qian was the Empress Dowager's subordinate.
"Yes."
Xie Qian's old and powerful voice sounded.
"I want to impeach Zhao Gao, the supervisor of the East Chamber! This person was audacious and had no respect for the law! Without any investigation, he killed more than a hundred officials of the imperial court in the name of investigating the Cao faction! I implore the emperor and empress dowager to immediately dismiss this person!”
These words came from Xie Qian's mouth.
However, Zhu ignored her gaze and looked at the empress dowager behind the curtain.
He knew everything that had happened in the past few days through the intelligence network of the Guarding Dragon Mountain Villa.
His nephew's cunning and ruthless methods.
He couldn't help but think highly of her.
However, Zhao Gao's series of actions over the past few days had already made it clear that his nephew would definitely have a fight with the imperial sister-in-law in today's morning court.
Vicious versus insidious, which was stronger?
He only needed to watch the tigers fight and wait to clean up the mess.
The officials discussed animatedly below the steps. They were all very wary of Zhao Gao, and a few of them even went up to echo him with righteous indignation.
These people were all Xie Qian's students and disciples.
Zhao Gao was slightly surprised.
He did not expect the empress dowager to be unable to resist attacking him so quickly.
However, he had nothing to be afraid of. He believed that no one could be more meticulous than him, so no matter how much he attacked, it was useless.
He lowered his head and looked at Zhu Houzhao, waiting for his order.
But Zhu Houzhao didn't say anything.
On the contrary, Empress Dowager Zhang spoke up from behind the curtain. Her charming face was filled with kindness.
"Xie Qian, the matter of Cao Zhengchun forming a clique for personal gain and having disloyal intentions has been verified. He deserves to die, so the clique in the Imperial Court naturally has to be eliminated.”
"You can leave!"
The empress dowager said something that surprised everyone.
The entire court was silent.
Zhu Houzhao's dragon eyes flashed with surprise.
The dead Cao Zhengchun was her man.
Cao Cao's faction was the Empress Dowager's faction. Her power was damaged, so she should counterattack and take down Zhao Gao.
But now, she actually dismissed Xie Qian and spoke up for Zhao Gao!
What kind of trick was this?
Under the Danchi
Zhu Budian's heart skipped a beat, and he cursed the witch in his heart.
This show was undoubtedly arranged by the Empress Dowager.
Borrowing Xie Qian's mouth to impeach Zhao Gao, and then stepping forward to reject Xie Qian and defend Zhao Gao, this was showing weakness to the Emperor.
Showing weakness to the enemy!
The three factions of the imperial court, the Emperor, the Empress Dowager, and his Dragon Guarding Mountain Villa.
Without Cao Zhengchun and the East Chamber, the Empress Dowager's strength was greatly reduced. In addition, she was a woman and did not want to fight the Emperor head-on, so she simply gave in.
If she moved away, the Dragon Guarding Mountain Villa would be exposed.
Only the emperor and the Iron Gut Deity Marquis were left on the battlefield.
If he was not mistaken, the Emperor's next target would be the Dragon Guarding Mountain Villa.
What a good hand!
Zhu Bujue looked at Zhang shi behind the curtain without batting an eyelid.
"Empress Dowager's words are reasonable."
Zhu Houzhao's right hand was caressing the handle of the dragon throne as he spoke in a low voice.
Acting as Qin Shihuang, he seemed to possess Ying Zheng's great wisdom. In just a moment, he figured out the Empress Dowager's intention.
However, the civil and military officials at the foot of the steps were still confused. They only felt that the atmosphere of today's morning court was very strange.
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