"Wu Zhao actually got the upper hand?”
"That's good too. Our Great Han has been in internal strife for many years. Although our overall strength is not weak, we are united on the surface but at heart separated. It's hard to guarantee that we won't screw up behind my back. It's not a bad thing to let the Great Tang attract some attention first!”
Upon receiving the urgent message from Wang Yuanji, Zhang Chunhua's face was filled with regret at first, but she quickly regained her composure.
"But Miss, if the mission fails…"
Wang Yuanji said anxiously.
"Don't be afraid. The more we don't get it, the more those people need us.”
"Even if it doesn't work out, Emperor Ming only favors Wu Zhao and won't have any designs on us for the time being. Luoyang City's hands won't be able to reach the Ming Palace!”
"Prepare some gifts and come with me to visit Sister Rong 'er!" Zhang Chunhua said with a smile.”
"Great Song Huang Rong?"
Wang Yuanji was even more puzzled.
"Although Huang Rong ruined Bengong's plan last night, it also shows that her original intention is not the jade seal. She is the only person we can truly cooperate with!”
The smile on Zhang Chunhua's face grew wider. She had always been very confident in her judgment.
......
In the court,
Looking at the thin imperial edict in front of them, all the courtiers were dumbfounded. They could not believe their eyes.
"Your Majesty, this is too absurd!"
"The hen is in the morning, this is an act personally decided by the Sage to bring disaster to the country!”
"And she's a woman from the Great Tang. Who knows which country she's concerned about!”
"This is simply ridiculous!"
"No, we have to meet His Majesty and ask him to retract his order!”
"Don't even think about it. Just now, a few cabinet scholars had already joined forces to request an audience, but they were all blocked outside the inner city by Eunuch Cao in the name of His Majesty's seclusion!”
"Sigh, from tomorrow morning, we will have to kneel before a woman!”
"Isn't there still Ironguts? He's His Majesty's Imperial Uncle, and he's also a minister personally conferred by the late Emperor. He holds the imperial sword and can slay incompetent rulers and slanderous ministers!”
"Right, only Lord Divine Marquis can save my Great Ming!”
"But if we let the Guarding Dragon Mountain Villa participate, the power of the court will be lost."
"No matter what, it's better than obeying a foxy woman from Tang!”
"Everyone in the imperial court knows that you have a close relationship with the Guarding Dragon Mountain Villa.”
"Don't forget, His Majesty's imperial edict only allows the Empress to temporarily take charge of the court during the period of seclusion to fuse with the Imperial Jade Seal. After His Majesty comes out of seclusion, he will naturally come to the court in person.”
"That seems to be true. If we were to contact a Divine Overlord privately, that would be a real taboo!”
"Let's wait for a while!"
The court officials argued for a long time, but in the end, they still could not come up with a satisfactory conclusion. They could only return resentfully.
......
At the Ironguts Divine Constabulary,
"What, this king's nephew is actually so absurd, to so easily entrust my Great Ming's precious weapon to a foreign woman?”
Upon receiving the urgent message from Cheng Fei, Zhu Budian was overjoyed, but his face revealed a pained expression.
"That's right. Although His Majesty occasionally did absurd things in the past, he had not yet personally ruled. However, now,"
"Sigh, the former emperor was so wise and mighty. Why did His Majesty, the only son, die?"
"Lord Deity Marquis is here, but he actually let that vixen listen to politics. This is…"
Duan Tianya and the others also sighed again and again. If it were not for their scruples about Zhu Houzhao's identity, they would probably have cursed out loud on the spot.
"Alright, restrain yourselves for this king!”
"Even if His Majesty is in the wrong, he is still the emperor of my Ming Dynasty. As officials, we can only remonstrate, but we can't question His Majesty's decision!”
Zhu Budian said with a straight face.
"But, Lord Divine Marquis, you have always taught us to serve the Great Ming. Are we going to sit back and watch His Majesty make mistakes again and again?”
Looking at Zhu Buguan's loyal appearance, Duan Tianya and the others could not bear it anymore and spoke one after another.
"Fine!"
"Before the late king died, he had repeatedly instructed this king to properly assist and guide His Majesty, but this king had failed the late king!”
"It's just that His Majesty is currently in seclusion to fuse with the Imperial Jade Seal and won't come out in the short term. Although I'm the Imperial Uncle, it's not good for me to stay in the harem for long.”
"Haitang, you are a girl, so you will enter the palace on behalf of this king with the imperial sword bestowed by the previous king. When His Majesty leaves the palace, the Empress will remonstrate!”
Zhu Buduan's expression became more and more pained.
"Sir, you're so righteous. We admire you!”
"Haitang will definitely not disappoint the Divine Overlord. She would rather die to fulfill the Divine Overlord's wish!”
Shangguan Haitang and the others were even more moved. Tears welled up in their eyes as they bowed deeply.
Little did he know,
After they all left, Zhu Budian suddenly laughed wildly as he faced the empty hall alone.
"Zhu Youtang, you snatched this king's throne in the past, but you never thought that your son would be so useless, right?”
"Just you wait. In a few years, your son will be deserted by everyone. This king will enter the court in the name of clearing the royal side and take back the throne that belongs to this king!”
"At that time, I will be able to find the remaining two Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom and share the supreme power with Suxin!”
"As for you, you can only repent with your dead son in the underworld!”
Zhu Budian laughed maniacally as he took out a portrait of a woman from his sleeve and stared at her not-so-beautiful face in a daze.
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Palace of Heavenly Purity
Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully hiding your strength during the Coming of Age Ceremony. You will continue to receive the enhancement reward!
Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 100,000 White Feather Light Cavalry. Please continue to work hard!
As the notification sounded, a black token appeared in Zhu Houzhao's inventory.
"Not bad. Although they aren't the Snow Dragon Knights, they are fast enough. If they are used well, they will be able to determine the victory of this battle!”
"Moreover, there's still a chance to increase it again. If it can break through ten million, it can pile up the other countries to death!”
"The Da Yuan, which is known to be invincible on horseback, only has a million cavalrymen who can fight, and less than ten percent of them are heavy cavalrymen!”
Zhu Houzhao nodded in satisfaction.
Although the system was a scammer, it had always been generous in terms of rewards. It had not been in vain for him to act for so many years!
At this moment,
"Your Majesty, this imperial edict of yours has directly pushed ChenQie to the top of a mountain of knives. ChenQie doesn't even know what to do.”
Wu Zhao's beautiful face still had a trace of pain. She was half blaming and half acting coquettishly.
"A good night is short and the day is high. From now on, the emperor will not go to court early. My beloved concubine is indeed a peerless beauty in the world!”
Zhu Houzhao smiled.
"Your Majesty!"
Wu Zhao's voice became more and more drawled.
"Alright, didn't you just want a chance to prove yourself?”
"Now that I have given you a stage, it will depend on your own abilities to see how much you can display!”
Zhu Houzhao said calmly.
"ChenQie knows her mistake!"
"But Your Majesty, I really don't have any confidence now!”
Wu Zhao smiled bitterly.
Although she yearned for that power, she was only a young lady of the Tang Empire who had just arrived in Ming Dynasty for a few days. She did not even have a familiar face in the court.
Even if she was conferred the title of Empress and had the imperial edict of Zhu Houzhao appointing her to temporarily attend the court, she would probably not be able to make a sound in the court, let alone display her talents.
"You know that this position is not easy to sit on, right?”
"Don't worry, when the time comes, someone will naturally cooperate with you!”
"I don't think I need to teach you the rest!”
Zhu Houzhao said indifferently.
"ChenQie understands!"
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty."
Wu Zhao hurriedly bowed, his heart growing colder.
This good-for-nothing Emperor was indeed not as simple as he had imagined.
The reason behind this seemingly absurd imperial edict was probably deeper than he had imagined.
It was laughable that she was not a match for the Emperor's husband even though she claimed to be smart.
Forget it. Anyway, she was already his person now. It was even more impossible for her to have such an opportunity elsewhere. She might as well take a bold gamble.
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