After Mu Gao returned to Menxia Province, he immediately summoned the officials of Menxia Province and showed them the edict, and when they saw the edict, everyone was also confused, and their first reaction was to oppose it, how could such an edict be approved, and it must be rejected, because there were many Confucian ministers and speech officials among them, and the last time they were in the court, someone had already scolded Li Zhi, and they believed that if Wei Zheng was there, it would be more intense than their words and deeds.

However, they were wrong, Mu Gao told them about his affairs in Wei Zheng's house, and roughly relayed Wei Zheng's meaning, they were confused again, and even Wei Zheng, who had always been upright, shrunk, what kind of concept is this, in their impression, Wei Zheng except for the fact that he had retreated once before in the matter of establishing a prince, he dared to spray the emperor a few words in almost everything, why did this matter scare Wei Zheng back, is this really so tricky?

Mu Gao told them Li Hao's words again, and the most important sentence was: Once this edict is rejected, the emperor and the eldest grandson Wuji will be offended at the same time.

There is a strange phenomenon in officialdom, the ministers sometimes prefer to offend the emperor rather than offend the ministers, why, because if the emperor is not extremely mediocre, then he will definitely not deliberately kill any minister, let alone kill the official, because then he will suffer a lot of public opinion pressure, people live a face, trees live a skin, and most of the emperors care about their reputation.

And the minister is different, he wants to kill a person, he only needs to engage in some conspiracies and tricks, and fabricate charges, which is called easy to dodge the open gun and difficult to defend against the dark arrow, the eldest grandson Wuji is nicknamed the old fox, and he has been in charge of the court for many years, and he is in a high position, and there are really not many ministers who should offend him, when the officials of the province learned that the eldest grandson Wuji was involved in this matter, they were all silent.

Why did the eldest grandson Wuji help the emperor do such a thing against morality, a fool can guess it, it must be for the sake of the holy favor, Li Hao is getting bigger and bigger, and the eldest grandson Wuji can only go off the beaten path and compete for the holy favor, this plan is naturally very important to him, because he is now competing with Li Hao, but there is one thing they are very strange, why does Li Hao know the purpose of the eldest grandson Wuji, but still let him do it?

After thinking about it carefully, they quickly figured it out, even if Li Hao knew the purpose of the eldest grandson Wuji, so what, to stop him? And then make the emperor unhappy? This is obviously a good idea, so Li Hao is now adding fuel to the fire and helping the eldest grandson Wuji to promote this matter, which can be regarded as doing his part for this matter, and sharing some credit from the eldest grandson Wuji, it is really wishful thinking.

The people in Menxia Province looked at the edict for a while, and kept sighing, I didn't expect it, this matter was actually a gamble between the eldest grandson Wuji and Li Hao for favor, these two must be the final winners, and they have actually become chess pieces, whether the opponents succeed or fail, they are the losers in the end, at this time they began to secretly admire Wei Zheng in the old servant, and sure enough, his eyes were like torches, and he had already seen the clues, and he retreated, and they didn't blame Wei Zheng for not pointing them out, because they knew that according to Wei Zheng's character, Pretending not to see such a thing, going against one's heart, should be very painful in one's heart, how can you let them follow along with it.

A group of people discussed here for a long time, and finally decided to approve the edict and seal Wu Meiniang as Zhaoyi.

The edict returned to Li Zhi's hands, and the province had approved and stamped it, Li Zhi was so happy that he immediately sent Xu You to Wu Meiniang to announce the decree, and then he personally went to the queen's bedroom to visit Wu Meiniang and Queen Wang.

In the evening, more than 20 ministers suddenly gathered outside the Chengtian Gate of Taiji Palace, asking for a saint, when Jin Wuwei informed Li Zhi, Li Zhi was chatting with Queen Wang and Wu Meiniang, praising the two of them for being true and kind, so like sisters, when it was a good story, when he heard Jin Wuwei come to report, he immediately frowned, of course he knew why this group of ministers wanted to see him, after thinking about it, he replied: "Let them go back, just say that I feel unwell and don't see them." ”

"Yes!" Jin Wuwei Li Hao went to pass it on.

The ministers outside the Chengtian Gate are still waiting here, and the number has increased to thirty-three people, most of these people are full of anger, obviously very angry at Li Zhiyang's disobedience, and among these people, naturally Yu Zhininghe is the leader, and the new sacrificial wine of the Guozijian is still behind.

Not long after, a general Jin Wuwei appeared at the head of the city and shouted downward: "Ladies and gentlemen, the emperor's dragon body is not safe, and it is inconvenient to summon him, so please go back." ”

The ministers under the city were in an uproar, and they actually played the trick of pretending to be sick, which made them even more angry, so they began to make noise, and after arguing for a while, Yu Zhining suddenly said loudly: "Please go to Your Majesty, please remove Wu Meiniang's Zhaoyi title and send it back to Ganye Temple, otherwise we will not be able to kneel outside Chengtianmen!" As he spoke, he lifted his robe and fell to his knees, his face full of determination.

Seeing this, the other ministers followed suit and shouted in unison: "We will not be able to kneel outside the Chengtian Gate!" Then they all lifted their robes and knelt down, although there were only more than thirty people, but the momentum was really terrifying.

General Jin Wuwei frowned for a while, and the ministers knelt down to admonish, this matter is not trivial, this time he must go to report to the emperor in person.

Li Zhi was chatting happily with Wu Meiniang and Queen Wang, and someone outside came to report: "Emperor Qiqi, more than 30 adults knelt down at Chengtianmen, asking Your Majesty to remove the title of Zhaoyi Niangniang and send her back to Ganye Temple, otherwise they will not be able to kneel outside Chengtianmen!" ”

"What!" Li Zhi was shocked when he heard this, and suddenly got up.

Wu Meiniang also suddenly got up and said: "Your Majesty, it was Mei Niang who made you embarrassed, Your Majesty, the ministers knelt down to admonish, it is not trivial, Mei Niang must not delay Your Majesty, and please ask Your Majesty to send Mei Niang back to Ganye Temple at the invitation of the ministers!" She said that she had fallen to her knees, tears streaming down, not only to show her reluctance to Li Zhi, but also to show her kindness, grievances and helplessness.

Queen Wang hurriedly stepped forward to pull Wu Meiniang up, and said softly: "Meiniang, don't make trouble for Your Majesty anymore, since Your Majesty has already accepted you into the palace and given you the title, how can there be any reason to take it away again, how can the emperor go back on his word." ”

Queen Wang is directing Li Zhi's army, just to tell Li Zhi that you are the emperor, and you can't go back on your word.

Li Zhi naturally would not go back on his word, seeing Wu Meiniang so pitiful, his heart was broken, how could he send Wu Meiniang back to Ganye Temple again, but the ministers knelt down and admonished, making his head big.

Just when Li Zhi was at a loss, Jin Wuwei suddenly shouted outside the door: "Your Majesty, Zhao Guogong sent a secret letter!" ”

Li Zhi hurriedly said: "Submit it quickly!" ”

A Jin Wuwei walked to the door, raised his hands high, and handed over a letter, and a chamberlain stepped forward to take the letter and forward it to Li Zhi.

Li Zhi opened the envelope and saw a word written on the stationery: "Wait!" ”

Li Zhi looked a little confused, frowned and blurted out: "Uncle, what do you mean by this!" As he spoke, he slapped the letter on the desk.

When Queen Wang saw the words on the letter, she also frowned and said, "Zhao Guogong, is this asking the emperor to wait for someone?" ”

Li Zhi shook his head.

Wu Meiniang stared at the letter, wiped away her tears and said, "Your Majesty, didn't the eldest grandson let the emperor wait for the opportunity?" ”

"Waiting for the right time?" Li Zhi was thoughtful when he heard this, and after pondering for a while, he suddenly nodded and said, "Yes, it should be just waiting for the opportunity, my uncle said that when it comes to this kind of time, the only way to act is to see the opportunity, and what I am waiting for is the opportunity." ”

Empress Wang asked, "Then what time did Zhao Guogong ask the emperor to wait?" ”

Li Zhi shook his head helplessly: "This ...... I don't know. ”

At this moment, someone outside the door came to report: "Your Majesty, Mrs. Li sent someone to send a secret letter." ”

Li Zhi was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Present it!" ”

The chamberlain went to the door to take the secret letter and forwarded it to Li Zhi, Li Zhi quickly opened the envelope, unfolded the letter and saw that Li Hao's secret letter did not have many words, but it was a little more than the secret letter of the eldest grandson Wuji, and there were four words written on it - Cao Di (gui) polemic.

Li Zhi was stunned at first when he saw these four words, and after being stunned for a moment, he suddenly laughed and said, "I understand, I understand what time I am waiting for." ”

Queen Wang looked at the four words, still didn't understand, so she could only pat herself on the back and say: "The emperor is really smart, the concubines don't know what they mean, the emperor has fully understood, I don't know if the emperor can tell the concubines, what do the two secret letters from the eldest grandson and King Qiongnan mean?" ”

Wu Meiniang just wanted to speak, but she suddenly remembered what she had experienced over the years, and immediately swallowed back the words that came to her mouth, the ancients believed that a woman was virtuous if she was not talented, and she was too smart, when she was demoted to the court, she never understood why Li Shimin treated her like this, after all these years of growth, and then thinking back to the advice Li Hao gave herself, she understood, she was too sharp, and she was the emperor's woman, and she had the opportunity to have zero contact with the emperor, so sharp, how could the emperor feel at ease, So now she's going to have to pretend to be confused.