Wu Meiniang did not go to rest, but just looked at her son's body in a daze.
Her face was calm, but her heart was in great pain.
Looking at the motionless body, Wu Meiniang couldn't help but reach out her palm to caress his face.
"You seem to have been like this since you were a child. You always have a faint smile on your lips, as if you just crawled out of your mother's arms."
"Mom is very sad. I have lost you forever, but my tears... why can't I shed them?"
Tragic, helpless, and desolate.
She has felt all this, but now it is not as good as it was at the beginning.
Why?
Although Li Hong had some unpleasantness with her in the end, such as helping his enemy's daughter get married.
She acted without retribution and expelled her courtiers.
But these are not enough to cut off their feelings.
After all, if he hadn't been born in the first place, it would be difficult for him to defeat the two kings of Xiao.
Wu Meiniang looked at her hands in confusion.
She can be cruel, but as a mother, when the child you value most dies, can't you shed a tear?
Light red internal energy slowly appeared on Wu Meiniang's body.
"It must be the Xuantian sect's technique. It suppressed the pain in my heart!"
"No! No! I cried before, how could this happen?"
Wu Meiniang stood up suddenly and walked out, pacing back and forth outside the courtyard.
The moment she re-entered Li Hong's courtyard from outside the courtyard, she looked at the slave kneeling on the ground, and tears suddenly burst into her eyes.
She knew. Normally, she could hear the voice calling her as soon as she came in, but now it disappeared...
Wu Meiniang walked into the house again and held Li Hong's cold palm, using all her strength to channel her inner energy into it.
But everything was in vain, the internal energy that had passed through returned to the body in an instant, without accepting it at all.
After staying with her all night, Wu Meiniang left with some red and swollen eyes.
Hong'er died and Li Xian was the heir.
Li Xian does not take orders from her, nor is she at her mercy. There are still many, many things she has to do!
A few days later.
The news of the death of Prince Li Hong was announced and he was buried in Zhaoling.
Li Hong's death made Li Xian the second heir.
His title changed from King Pei to King Yong.
This title is almost always given to the second prince after the crown prince. The son of Concubine Xiao Shu was awarded the title of King Yong.
As soon as this title came out, it was announced to the world that Li Xian was the crown prince, and other sons were not considered.
After that, Li Zhi preached that Li Hong was talented and kind.
During severe droughts in previous years, people were ordered to distribute food for officers and soldiers to the people. All the people who heard this and received the favor were filled with sadness.
At the same time, Liu Shenwei resigned, saying that he was unable to persuade the prince to have a lung transplant, blamed himself, and had no face to serve the royal family.
But Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang tried their best to stay, saying that everything was Hong'er's own choice.
Liu Shenwei hesitated for many days, but when he saw that the Second Saint had no intention of letting him go, he could only nod and stay.
Li Xian successfully sat on the throne of the East Palace Prince, and from the beginning he showed a completely different political approach from Li Hong.
He is not as forward-looking and scrupulous as Li Hong, who still needs to think about things for a long time.
He is smart and witty, has excellent knowledge, and is vigorous and resolute in his work. Whether in court or privately communicating with ministers, he can talk eloquently.
Moreover, he also showed great respect for some veterans, and would arrange for gifts to be sent to them every ten days and a half.
This also caused him to win over people's hearts very quickly.
Li Xian also has two sons. This also tells everyone that if he becomes the prince, then there is no need to worry about the blood inheritance of the old Li family!
But Li Xian's approach made the two people very interested.
One is Wu Meiniang. She can see that Li Xian directly bypasses her in many matters and handles them on his own without reporting them. This is a deliberate attempt to exclude her.
The other one is Li Yunxiao, because when he wanted to arrange bad people, Li Xian seemed to have an insight into something. He only trusted some old officials he had handed over long ago, and he almost never reused some new faces.
Unfortunately.
He didn't know that among the old ministers in the court who he considered more, there was Li Yifu.
Li Yifu's reputation has been very bad for many years, and it has hardly improved. Ever since he rescued the princess, his reputation has only improved slightly.
And Li Zhi trusts Li Yifu, and Li Xian is not blind. He has been observing people's words in private for several years, so he naturally knows it.
If you say who is Li Xian's most hated minister now, it must be Gao Lishi, the dead eunuch.
Or anyone even remotely close to his mother, Wu Meiniang.
After so many years of observing from the outside, how could he not know about the royal affairs?
Li Yunxiao didn't pay attention to what was going on in Beijing. It didn't matter how they made trouble. As long as he didn't hurt his bad people and didn't harm the people, even if they demolished the palace, it would be something they were happy with.
And now he is heading to Raojiang to look for Yuan Tiangang.
Because he heard from bad people everywhere that there was once a man in rags who looked very much like him!
But before he could catch up, the man disappeared, and the bad guy wasn't sure whether he was dazzled or not.
But Li Yunxiao would rather believe that he has it than that he doesn't have it. He will give it a try after all.
In the past few years, he had asked to send 5,000 troops in civilian uniforms to search, but in the end there was not a single trace.
It can be seen that Yuan Tiangang is hiding from people and wants to close himself off.
....
Four months later, winter begins.
The overt and covert struggle between Wu Meiniang and Li Xian has completely begun.
The rights she had gained step by step over decades were suppressed by Li Xian in just a few months. She felt uncomfortable and even more unhappy!
Regarding this matter, Li Zhi's attitude was vague. He did not accept her power or speak out for her. He also turned a blind eye to the sway of the prime minister and wavered all day long.
Now it was their turn to guess what Li Zhi was thinking.
Fortunately, some of Li Xian's actions were true, but they hurt the people, and he mishandled corrupt officials, which Di Renjie said several times.
Wu Meiniang now looks more and more pleased with Di Renjie.
Li Xian listened to Di Renjie's words, but he still went his own way, but slightly reduced some expenses.
At this moment, someone introduced Wu Meiniang, saying that he could deal with it after he came over and used it, and maybe he could reuse it in the future.
Xue Yuanchao!
Many years ago, he was demoted by Li Zhi because of the crime of fornication.
When the world was amnesty, Li Zhi transferred him back. After all, he had been with him since he was a child, and it was time to come back now.
When Wu Meiniang heard about Xue Yuanchao, she wanted to refuse, because this guy was killed by people from the Xuantian Sect, and she was the one who introduced the Xuantian Sect.
Xue Yuanchao is not a fool, he will definitely guess something.
But after thinking about it for a while, she felt that she could pull her over.
She knows Li Zhi, and he must remember that if she promotes Xue Yuanchao, she can not only make up for some things and block Xue Yuanchao's mouth, but also please Li Zhi. Wouldn't it be wonderful to do so?
After this matter was decided, it was time to wait for the opportunity.
During this period of time, Wu Meiniang was not idle, but ordered people to write the "New Commandments for Hundred Laws".
The book lists a bunch of taboos against people and ministers, such as strictly prohibiting forming parties, not exceeding etiquette, and prohibiting private relations with the prince, princes and others, etc.
All he had to do was write Li Xian's name directly on it.
Many people in the officialdom looked uncomfortable when receiving this new commandment.
They have been in the officialdom for so long, do they still need the Queen's guidance? Besides, Li Xian is doing pretty well now. If you, a womanly woman, don't stay in the harem well, and you insist on going out to confront Li Xian, isn't that just a waste of time?
But they only talk about these things in their hearts. Who dares to say it openly?
