However, Li Zhi and Wu Zhao did not give up!
They began to win over the ministers in the court to build momentum for Wu Zhao to be the queen!
Even the founding father of the British Empire, Xu Shiji, expressed support for Li Zhi!
Let Li Zhi make up his mind!
On the charge of "conspiracy to poison", he abolished Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu, demoted them to common people and imprisoned them in another courtyard!
But even after becoming common people, Wu Zhao still had no intention of letting them go.
Instead, he ordered someone to murder the two of them quietly!
Exile all their families to Lingnan!
After dealing with Empress Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu, Li Zhi demoted all the most resolute opponents of the imperial court, including the Prime Minister Chang Sun Wuji and Chu Suiliang, and other important officials from the capital!
"???"
This scene made Changsun Wuji, who was standing in the Tang Dynasty Hall, stunned!
Just now, he was interceding for Li Zhi!
After all, Li Zhi is his nephew!
And he is a prince whom he is very optimistic about!
That's why he wanted to protect Li Zhi and leave some way out for himself in the future.
At first, seeing that he had mastered the power in the court, Changsun Wuji secretly rejoiced, thinking that he had chosen the right person.
But he never dreamed that he would be liquidated by Li Zhi so soon!
Just because of a woman!
It's still a worn-out shoe that the late emperor used up!
This is a white-eyed wolf!
However, this is not the end!
When Wu Zhao does things, he always removes the roots without leaving any future troubles!
This was the case with Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu, and it was no exception with Changsun Wuji!
Under Wu Zhao's instruction, his party member Xu Jingzong submitted a report, falsely accusing Changsun Wuji of treason!
Li Zhi dismissed Changsun Wuji from his post and exiled him to Qianzhou without even asking!
Several sons were exiled to Lingnan!
This was not enough. Not long after, Li Zhi issued an order to review Changsun Wuji's rebellion case. Wu Zhao instigated Xu Jingzong to force Changsun Wuji to commit suicide!
In this way, a generation of famous ministers was completely tortured to death!
His family members were all exiled to Lingnan and worked as slaves!
Seeing how miserable his final outcome was, Changsun Wuji's face turned livid.
I, who thought I was a great hero, ended up with a ruined reputation and the exile of my whole family?
Although the culprit is Wu Zhao, Li Zhi is also an accomplice who adds fuel to the flames!
This nephew clearly showed no mercy when it came to punishing him!
This is no longer a white-eyed wolf, this is a beast!
"His Majesty!"
Changsun Wuji clasped his fists at Li Shimin, "The ninth prince, Li Zhi, has fornicated the harem and corrupted human relations. He should be sentenced to death! Even if he is not executed, he should be deprived of his status as a prince and demoted to a commoner!"
"You must not let him go just because he is young!"
However, Li Shimin couldn't help but sneer in his heart, that's not what you said when that boy Li Zhi and Wu Zhao were messing around just now!
Why is he a child?
Just made the same mistake that all young people make?
Want me to forgive him?
Now that the butcher's knife has fallen on your head, you can't stand it and start screaming?
However, although he was unhappy in his heart, Li Shimin still comforted him: "This gold list scene is not over yet. It will not be too late to make a decision after watching the funeral."
Although he was indeed angry at the beginning, most of his anger has dissipated now. If Li Zhi performs well on the throne, it does not necessarily mean that he cannot be forgiven.
And the happiest person in the Tang Dynasty Hall at the moment is none other than Samurai Yu, the Minister of Industry!
His daughter actually became the future Queen of the Tang Dynasty?
A mother’s gift to the world is beyond words!
Wouldn't it be possible to lead the entire Wu family to great success?
His Wu family is about to become a relative of the emperor!
Even a big family like the Changsun family was brought down by his daughter!
It seems that the Wu family will play an important role in the Tang Dynasty in the future!
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Under the gazes of the Shenzhou, the gold list images are still slowly flowing...
Wu Zhao became the queen as he wished!
And Li Zhi also got rid of several veterans of the previous dynasty as he wished, and took charge of power alone!
But not long after, Li Zhi became ill and asked Wu Zhao, the queen, to handle the affairs of the state on his behalf!
But in the process, Wu Zhao gradually took control of part of the political power. She cultivated her cronies and became increasingly more authoritative in the court!
Even the emperor Li Zhi was subject to Wu Zhao in every aspect!
Li Zhi, who felt threatened, finally saw Wu Zhao's true face clearly!
This woman wants to be the second Empress Lu!
He ordered Prime Minister Shangguan Yi to draft an edict to abolish Wu Zhao!
However, before the matter was carried out, Wu Zhao had already learned about it and came to Li Zhi in person to cry and complain, which actually made Li Zhi feel compassionate again!
So, he put all the blame on Shangguan Yi!
As a result, Shangguan Yi was imprisoned and executed!
From then on, Wu Zhao became more and more aggressive. Behind the curtain, she had to intervene in all the affairs of the court!
Li Zhi was called the Emperor, and Wu Zhao was called the Queen!
Li Zhi's illness became more and more serious, Wu Zhao gradually took control of the power, and hundreds of officials were killed or seized, all because of her words!
As Wu Zhao's power grew, she began to be dissatisfied with her position as queen!
She has her eye on Li Zhi's throne as emperor!
She wants to be the leader of the Ninth Five-Year Plan!
In order to achieve this goal, she would not even let her own son go!
The eldest son Li Hong was poisoned by Wu Zhao!
The second son, Li Xian, was deposed as a commoner and was later forced to commit suicide!
The position of prince fell to the third son Li Xian, who was of mediocre intelligence!
And Li Xian saved his life precisely because of his mediocre intelligence and his respect for his mother, Wu Zhao, and his obedience!
"What on earth does this woman want to do?"
Seeing this, Li Shimin finally felt something was wrong!
Killing two wise and intelligent sons, only to appoint a mediocre son as emperor!
Obviously, Wu Zhao was afraid that his two sons would be difficult to control, so he planned to support a puppet emperor who could be easily controlled by him!
Naturally, the more mediocre this puppet emperor is, the better!
Best of all, an idiot!
This woman is too ambitious!
The Tang Dynasty might not be actually controlled by Wu Zhao!
This is not a good thing for their old Li family!
As Li Shimin expected, after Li Zhi's death, Li Xian ascended the throne of the Tang Dynasty and honored Wu Zhao as the empress dowager.
However, Li Xian was deposed as emperor by Wu Zhao just because he said one wrong sentence!
"For the world and Wei Xuanzhen, why not!"
It turned out that after Li Xian succeeded to the throne, he promoted a group of his cronies, among whom the highest-ranking one was his father-in-law Wei Xuanzhen!
Li Xian plans to promote his father-in-law to prime minister!
Naturally, this was impossible to get Wu Zhao's consent.
That's why he said such angry words.
As a result, Li Xian lost his throne just because of this sentence!
Deposed as King of Luling by Wu Zhao!
Moved to Fangzhou!
In this way, Li Xian only served as emperor for thirty-six days before he was pulled down from the throne by Wu Zhao!
