All the officials present were stunned.
When the late Emperor Li Xuanji celebrated his 50th birthday, it was not like he had never seen Princess Li Wanji at the night banquet.
Now the new emperor Li Rui actually refers to Li Wanji as Princess Wanyu in front of the civil and military officials of the court. This behavior is tantamount to calling a deer a horse.
Furthermore, there were rumors in the palace that the demon concubine Li Wanji died of excessive grief due to the death of the late emperor. Now it seems that this was a deliberate cover-up arranged by the new emperor Li Rui.
It's just a cover-up trick, but the demon concubine Li Wanji hooked up with Li Rui again at some point, causing the emperor Li Rui to risk the world, but she concealed her and changed her name to become the queen.
Originally, Li Rui could have hidden Li Wanji deep in the palace, but now he chose to make such a demon concubine his queen. Wouldn't this be self-destructive?
Not to mention that the demon concubine bewitched the Holy Heart, the demon concubine Li Wanji's status as Li Rui's mother-in-law also destined that the two of them could not come together in an unethical relationship.
Some time ago, the new emperor Li Rui also killed the eldest prince Li Yong because of his adultery with the Queen Mother Nangong.
But today, Li Rui himself got together with his father's concubine and made her his queen. Although Li Rui and Li Wanji are not biological mother and son, they are still nominally mother and son.
Originally, Li Rui did not want to blatantly appoint Li Wanji as the queen of the palace, but Wei Zhongxian used a trick to judge which ministers were loyal to him, so that Wei Zhongxian's Dongchang could monitor certain ministers in a targeted manner. officials.
Coupled with Li Wanji's hard work and the temptation of nephrite's warm fragrance, Li Rui agreed to canonize Li Wanji as queen at the coronation ceremony.
This kind of selling of dog meat on the head of a sheep shocked all officials. Despite this, the hall was so quiet at this time that you could hear a pin drop.
Just when Li Ruigang was about to let Li Wanji, who was renamed Wanyu, come to him in person, a discordant voice sounded.
"Your Majesty, it is extremely inappropriate for you to change the name of the late emperor's beloved concubine Li Wanji to Wanyu and make her your queen! Although you two are not actually mother and son, you are mother and son. If your majesty did such a ridiculous thing , wouldn’t that be contrary to human ethics!”
The one who spoke was Jiang Zichuan, the governor of Youzhou. As a lonely minister, Jiang Zichuan really couldn't stand the new emperor Li Rui doing such evil things that impacted his morals and values, so he stood up to provoke this truth that everyone knew .
"Prefect Jiang, I'm afraid your old eyesight is dim! The late emperor's concubine Li Wanji was so sad that she died with the late emperor a few days ago. The person in front of you is the cousin of Master Zhongcheng Wan Pu."
"Although the two have some similarities, they are definitely not the same person!"
Lord Zhongcheng Wan Pu was among the first batch of ministers who followed Wei Zhongxian and knelt down after hearing the content of the imperial edict.
Zhongcheng Wanpu came out of the queue with a smile, cupped his hands towards Jiang Zichuan, the governor of Youzhou, and said: "Prefect Jiang has indeed admitted the wrong person. The person in front of him is indeed my cousin Wanyu."
"Before Your Majesty succeeded to the throne and became the Great Treasure, my cousin Wanyu had already married Your Majesty. However, Your Majesty had always kept a low profile at that time, and none of the gentlemen paid attention to her, so naturally not much was known about her."
As soon as Wan Pu finished speaking, he looked towards the first group of ministers in the court who knelt down to worship Li Rui.
Those people understood immediately, and each one stood up and responded: "Yes, yes, I can testify to this! Back then, we were invited by His Majesty to have two glasses of wedding wine!"
"Not bad, I still remember the aroma of the wine from back then!"
"Empress Wanyu is a virtuous and virtuous concubine, and she is definitely not a demon concubine. Li Wanji can compare with her. Such a lady should be canonized as the empress empress, and her mother will honor the world."
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These people tried to exonerate Li Rui with every word they said to each other.
The treacherous Prime Minister Yan Song and his son Yan Kuan were watching the drama in the court hall as if they were watching the excitement. Suddenly, he noticed that Li Rui's eyes seemed to be looking towards him on the throne.
Yan Song knew that Li Rui wanted to take his side.
However, Yan Song did not intend to participate in the game between Li Rui and his direct ministers. He decided to work together to see how the new emperor Li Rui would solve the problem.
Therefore, Yan Song remained unmoved by the gaze cast by the new emperor Li Rui, and just stood quietly by the side.
With Jiang Zichuan, the governor of Youzhou, taking the lead, other lonely ministers and direct ministers also stepped forward to accuse Li Rui of being dissolute and immoral and disregarding human ethics.
A dozen officials headed by Zhongcheng Wanpu did not have high official positions in the court, so they were pointed at and scolded by Jiang Zichuan and his entourage of direct officials and lonely ministers.
Li Rui felt a little anxious when he saw that he had not received support from Prime Minister Yan Song for a long time.
"Prefect Jiang, you keep saying that my princess Wanyu is actually the demon concubine Li Wanji, so what evidence do you have to prove it?"
Jiang Zichuan was stunned for a moment. He did not expect that the new emperor would have to provide evidence for such an obvious thing.
So Jiang Zichuan said subconsciously: "Didn't Your Majesty say that the demon concubine Li Wanji died of grief a few days ago? You might as well open the coffin with the concubine Wanyu to identify it, so as to set the record straight!"
It is naturally impossible to open the coffin because there is no grave of Li Wanji at all.
However, Jiang Zichuan's unintentional words also sent him to death.
Wei Zhongxian quickly stood up and slapped his hat on her, saying: "Your Majesty knew very well that Concubine Hua, Li Wanji, was the late Emperor's most beloved concubine, so after her death, the two of them were buried together out of filial piety."
"Prefect Jiang doesn't know what evil intentions you have, you actually want to open the coffin of the late emperor and disturb his peace!"
Li Rui, who originally didn't know how to respond to this request to open the coffin, suddenly lit up his eyes and pretended to be angry and said: "Hey Jiang Zichuan, it turns out you have such evil intentions!"
"You don't want to prove that Wanyu is Li Wanji at all. You want me to open the coffin of the late emperor, disturb the peace of the late emperor, and make me bear the name of disloyalty and unfilial piety. Such evil behavior is not the crime of deceiving the emperor. !”
Jiang Zichuan was stunned for a moment. He clearly had no such thoughts, but he was suddenly labeled as such.
Jiang Zichuan hurriedly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, I have never had such evil intentions. Please tell me..."
However, Li Rui was unyielding when he gained the upper hand and directly ordered: "The governor of Youzhou deceived the emperor and violated the power of heaven. He pulled out a staff outside the Meridian Gate and punished 50 big boards! Anyone who pleads for mercy will be punished with the same crime!"
Although Li Rui said that those who interceded would be punished with the same crime, Jiang Zichuan's good son-in-law An Pinbai still stepped forward to intercede for his father-in-law without hesitation.
Not surprisingly, the two sons-in-law were taken outside the Meridian Gate by the guards and tortured with sticks.
When the other ministers saw this, they all remained silent and did not dare to say anything.
"Ministers, do you have any other way to prove that my Wanyu is actually the demon concubine Li Wanji?"
Such threatening questions made all the officials and ministers who had been filled with indignation become silent.
Those who were more aware of current affairs knelt down and worshiped the Queen on the spot!
