Chapter 12

Prime Minister Zhao Wenyuan has deep city government, not to say that he wants to usurp the throne, he just wants to stabilize his position in the court.

People who have mixed to this level, not only him, but also Grand General Guo Guo Po Yun and the Empress Dowager, and even other imperial princes, have offended too many people.

They all have so-called followers behind them, as well as their close relatives, and these people are bound to them.

If one day they fall, these close relatives and followers, and even the family and gate valves they are in, will be uprooted by their enemies.

Being demoted to commoners is considered a good result. Generally, they will be exiled to the border or killed.

In the Tian Ce Dynasty, both official positions and cultivation resources are conserved.

Only by driving out those who occupy these can others obtain these resources.

Pushing the wall down is like this.

When the Empress Dowager pushed Li Chen to be the Emperor, Zhao Wenyuan also expressed support, because Li Chen had no followers, and his ascension would not promote his subordinates.

This has no effect on Zhao Wenyuan, and can even expand his power by taking this opportunity.

Of course, this was just his idea at the beginning.

After learning that Li Chen was in the Sage Realm, Zhao Wenyuan only wanted to be a loyal minister!

He and Li Chen have no direct conflict.

To put it ugly, even if Li Chen is not the Emperor, it is not his turn to be.

Who has a direct conflict with Li Chen?

That is naturally the Empress Dowager and several other imperial princes.

Other imperial princes don't need to say, they have endured for so many years, holding a breath and wanting to be Emperor, how can they give up just like that.

Zhao Wenyuan felt that the Empress Dowager's ambition was not small. Remembering the sentence yesterday, she was testing the court ministers.

The purpose, well, is mostly to want to override the Emperor, or wait for the opportunity to be mature and abolish the Emperor to be the Empress herself.

This kind of thing is not rare in the history of the continent. There are also dynasties around where the Empress is in power.

In the years of fighting with the Empress Dowager, Zhao Wenyuan has been investigating the Empress Dowager's identity.

On the surface, the Empress Dowager is a descendant of the nobility.

That is, the ancestors of the Empress Dowager were meritorious ministers who once followed the founding Emperor of the Tian Ce Dynasty to make great contributions.

If this is really the case, then her background is naturally considered clean.

Don't look at Zhao Wenyuan pretending to be a poor scholar in front of Li Chen. To live until now, Zhao Wenyuan also has his own team.

Ever since the Empress Dowager entered the imperial capital, he has been investigating the Empress Dowager.

Even if the Empress Dowager hides very deep, he got the news that the noble family where the Empress Dowager is located has been in contact with the remnants of the previous dynasty in recent years.

Only he knows about this matter, and he didn't find any evidence, so naturally he couldn't tell the late Emperor.

Otherwise, the Empress Dowager would bite him back, isn't he asking for trouble.

Zhao Wenyuan now wants to be a loyal minister, naturally because he found that Li Chen has no intention of moving him.

So he only needs to show that he is useful to Li Chen and show his loyalty to Li Chen, his position as Prime Minister will definitely be guaranteed.

A young Emperor who is terrifyingly powerful and has no followers is definitely more beneficial than harmful to a person who is a minister.

Zhao Wenyuan is even willing to be Li Chen's follower.

Similarly, Guo Guo Po Yun also figured this out, but he might have messed up.

In this court, he and Li Chen have no direct conflict, so how can he not protect Li Chen.

Zhao Wenyuan has 'judged' that Li Chen also knows this, so he called them to the Imperial Study yesterday, just to see their attitude.

He actually knew about the Third Imperial Prince's rebellion, but according to his estimation, the Third Imperial Prince would mostly retreat after learning that Li Chen was in the Sage Realm.

If things develop like this, Li Chen can completely turn a blind eye, and there is no need to make it too big.

After all, killing a brother just after ascending the throne doesn't sound very good.

But now, the Minister of War pushed the Third Imperial Prince directly in front of Li Chen, and Li Chen has no way to pretend not to see it. Since he already knows, he must deal with it. If he doesn't deal with it, it will damage the imperial majesty. Everyone sees that the Third Imperial Prince rebelled and nothing happened, and there will be more than one rebellion in the future.

If the Third Imperial Prince knows that Li Chen is going to deal with him, he will definitely not give up.

Isn't this clearly letting Li Chen fight to the death with the Third Imperial Prince? This is a conspiracy.

Even Zhao Wenyuan, who has been an official for many years, doesn't know how to solve it.

Li Chen yawned after listening to the Minister of War's report and said: "Oh, since the Third Brother wants to rebel, then you go and catch the Third Brother back."

This sentence directly made the Minister of War confused.

What do you mean by me going to catch him back? This is indeed light, but do you think I am also in the Sage Realm, Your Majesty?

Just when the Minister of War wanted to explain, Zhao Wenyuan said in a deep voice: "Why? Do you want to resist the decree?"

This made the Minister of War completely panicked. Good Zhao Wenyuan, he really knows how to buckle hats.

Originally, I was the one who raised the trouble, but you let me solve it?

Seeing the Minister of War's aggrieved appearance, Zhao Wenyuan was ecstatic in his heart.

!

It seems that our Emperor still has some skills.

Originally, it was a conflict between His Majesty and the Third Imperial Prince. As long as the Minister of War goes like this, it will be a conflict between the Empress Dowager and the Third Imperial Prince.

If the Minister of War doesn't go, then just buckle two charges on him, and his official hat can be taken off, and the power on the Empress Dowager's side will be weakened.

In this unsolvable situation, he could still find a way, Zhao Wenyuan admired Li Chen a bit.

In fact, he thought too much. Li Chen didn't put the Third Imperial Prince in his eyes at all, and didn't know how to deal with it, so he followed the 'principle of whoever says it handles it'.

Since you brought it up, you naturally have a way to solve it.

If you can't solve it, then what's the use of keeping you, bringing me trouble?

Under the dual pressure of Li Chen and Zhao Wenyuan, the Minister of War had to say that he would think of a way when he went back, and wait for the court to end before letting his subordinates ask the Empress Dowager what to do.

Originally, the border army rebellion was a matter that shocked the whole country.

But the ministers couldn't panic.

They were all thinking: Is this the sense of security that the Sage Realm Emperor can bring?

No wonder the Second Imperial Prince said 'but without strong cultivation as support, how can we protect our dynasty for generations' when he came to make trouble yesterday.

It seems that he really guessed it right.

But this person is not the Second Imperial Prince, but Li Chen.

Some people even want to see how the Third Imperial Prince will end.

The time was approaching noon, and Li Chen was finally able to end the morning court.

Imperial Palace, the bedroom where the Empress Dowager lived.

Just after the morning court, the palace maid under her passed the news, and attached the words the Minister of War wanted to tell the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager stretched, and the clothes on her chest were almost unable to wrap it.

Seeing that it was about to break through the shackles, the Empress Dowager put down her arms to avoid an accident.

"The matter is already known to me. You go and tell Zou Chong to leave the imperial capital according to His Majesty's decree, take time to stimulate the Third Brother, don't have a big conflict with the Third Brother, and by the way, see how the Second Brother is preparing."

After the palace maid left, a playful look appeared on the Empress Dowager's face.

Your Majesty, it seems that I really underestimated you. I didn't expect you to make me feel surprised for two consecutive days.

She is not in a hurry at all, she has too many hole cards, each of which is enough for Li Chen to drink a pot.

But now, she is going to give Li Chen a little surprise, let Li Chen know who is the master of this imperial palace!

(End of this chapter)