Li Zhi's chest was shaking violently, and his eyes couldn't help but look behind the bead curtain not far away, as if looking there would make him feel more at ease.
Zhu Suiliang also came to his senses at this time. He knew that he had messed up because of his anger!
But he has no regrets. As a loyal minister who upholds the dignity of the late emperor, he can die, but he will never tolerate Li Zhi's promiscuous behavior!
Zhu Suiliang bowed his hands and gave a salute: "If you are a foolish minister who disobeys your Holy Majesty, your crime deserves death, but everything is for the Tang Dynasty, the country, the country, so what's the point of dying?"
As he spoke, he took off the black gauze hat and robe on his head and placed them neatly on the ground.
"The clothes I wear are all given by the late emperor, who also ordered me to assist your majesty and defend the imperial court!"
"My loyalty can be heard by heaven and earth, and can be learned by the sun and moon. I dare not live up to the late emperor's kindness, let alone see your majesty make a huge moral mistake."
"Your Majesty, if you insist on having your own way, then kill me!"
boom!
Zhu Suiliang knelt down on the court hall. After a while, blood flowed out.
Li Zhi looked at Zhu Suiliang with red eyes: "Someone come and pull him out quickly!"
Two guards walked in, lifted Zhu Suiliang up and walked out.
Zhu Suiliang shouted: "There is no joy in life, no fear in death. These are filthy and fallacious arguments. Your Majesty will not listen to my words, so let me die! I will not live anymore!"
"Pull it down! Pull it down! What are you delaying?" Li Zhi patted the table in front of him anxiously.
Changsun Wuji on the side couldn't bear it anymore and stepped forward to grab the collar of his underwear.
"What are you doing? How dare you threaten the Holy Emperor with death? Do you think he is Taizong and you are Wei Zheng?"
"Can you stop yelling, otherwise no one will be able to save you!"
Even though Li Zhi was furious, he didn't say to kill him. After all, killing a persuasive minister here would not only make him lose his temper, but also frame him as unkind, and get him deeper and deeper into trouble.
Zhu Suiliang used all his strength to tear him apart.
"Your Majesty! This is what you have decided! Then I am no longer an official! How can I serve a master who is bewitched by a demon!"
Everyone was stunned again.
These words really mean how you are seeking death.
At this moment, an angry shout came from behind the bead curtain door not far away.
"It's true that women first caused trouble for the government, but it's not the women who are responsible for the problem. If you want to blame them, it's because they don't care about government affairs!"
"Your Majesty is different. Even though he is oppressed by those in power, he still cares about the common people, studies day and night, and strengthens himself."
"And you! You are slandering the Holy One! You are holding the king hostage with your ministers! You are blatantly provoking the emperor's majesty and smearing the face of the Tang Dynasty. Your Majesty, since he wants to die, why don't you grant him his wish!"
Although things in the court were full of twists and turns, with persuasion and screams coming one after another, they were all stunned when this voice appeared.
Especially Zhu Suiliang and the others, they knew very well that this voice belonged to Wu Zhaoyi!
Changsun Wuji shouted: "How brave you are! I was waiting for the court to discuss something, and you, a concubine, actually eavesdropped! You are so bold!"
Li Zhi didn't care about that. After hearing this voice, he frowned and became angry.
yes!
Those who were in trouble were those who did not engage in government affairs, but they did not, but tolerated it and waited for it to happen.
But now, everything has been exposed anyway, and the scandal is unavoidable, so why is he still hiding it? What else is he afraid of?
My father had long ago killed several people unjustly to boost his power, so why couldn't he?
He couldn't help but think of what Wu Zhao said to him. The emperor's will is the will of heaven, and the principle is the law of heaven. If you say someone slanders, it is slander. If you say someone deserves to die... then he deserves to die!
Changsun Wuji saw the change in Li Zhi's face and couldn't help but cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, Suiliang has ordered the late emperor, even if he is guilty, it is impossible to sentence him to death!"
Li Zhi clenched his fists.
Before he could say anything, Zhu Suiliang sneered and couldn't help shouting: "How can you be an emperor if you are so ignorant and ignorant!"
When Li Zhi heard this, his anger was completely ignited at this moment.
"Okay! Good on you, Zhu Suiliang!"
"You have repeatedly violated your superiors and used your ministers to hold the king hostage. The matter of deposing the king and establishing a military force can be temporarily suspended. But if I don't kill you today, it will make you all think that I am not the emperor!"
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, please have mercy!"
"Your Majesty, Suiliang is talking nonsense, you have to think about it!"
Seeing Li Zhi's anger, some ministers quickly knelt on the ground to intercede for him.
Li Zhi raised his hand and pointed at Li Yifu: "Li Yifu!"
"I'm here!" Li Yifu walked out.
"I'm here to ask you, what do you think about the abolition of the establishment?"
Li Yifu bowed deeply and said, "From what I can see, this is your Majesty's family matter. There is no need to ask foreign ministers."
Li Zhi's expression softened a lot: "Please speak louder, I'm afraid someone can't hear you clearly!"
Li Yifu straightened his body and shouted: "The matter of abolishing the establishment is His Majesty's family matter. His Majesty will do whatever he says. I have no right to participate!"
"good!"
Li Zhi slowly stood up and walked down, his eyes becoming extremely sharp.
As he walked down, more than a dozen people among the civil and military officials on the side immediately said: "Your Majesty, Zhaoyi is a virtuous lady and a virtuous lady in the harem. Everyone can see it for so many years."
"I sincerely request your Majesty to appoint Wu Zhaoyi as your queen instead!"
"Please make Wu Zhaoyi your queen!"
As soon as these people spoke, the officials from the front to the end also began to shout loudly.
At this time, Li Yifu looked around and shouted loudly:
"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and what happened today is the general trend. Everyone, what are you waiting for!? Why don't you petition the Holy One as soon as possible to abolish the king and establish a military force?!"
As this sound fell, all the civil and military officials knelt on the ground like a surge.
"My ministers, I respectfully request that your Majesty make Wu Zhaoyi your queen!"
Everyone knew in their hearts that it was no longer important at this time whether it was deposing the king and setting up a military force or exposing incest. They were making a statement, taking sides and making choices.
Rather than contradicting the Emperor, it is better to show loyalty to His Majesty now.
Zhu Suiliang laughed when he saw this scene, because there were many people he knew among these people.
"Oh, Taizong is really successful...Taizong is defeated. Taizong, take a look! I really tried my best!!"
The few people who followed Changsun Wuji knelt down when they saw that the situation was over.
Now in the entire hall, only Changsun Wuji was left standing there blankly, like a rotten old tree.
He glanced at the kneeling officials around him and couldn't help but laugh to himself.
it's over?
He has only been in power for eight years. If he brings all his clan members into the court, he will be able to stand at the pinnacle of the Tang Dynasty, truly under one person and above tens of thousands of people!
But in the blink of an eye, things changed so fast that he couldn't help but wonder why he had paid so much.
Many of the officials here were personally introduced by him, but now they cruelly betrayed him.
Li Zhi won this time.
Wu Zhaoyi won.
Even Li Yifu and the others won!
The authority that took years to establish collapsed at this moment, and the trigger for these things turned out to be just for a woman!
To defend a shameful incest!
Li Zhi took out the Emperor Fan from his clothes and touched it gently.
[The human body is like a mountain, high and unmoving, like the sun and moon. 】
【The people who support Zhao Shu are the people in the world who will return to you. 】
The meaning is simple.
The people are the first priority of the country, and the country is the foundation of the monarch. The body of the monarch leading the people is like a mountain, unmoving, like the sun and moon, shining brightly and impartially on all things.
