The tit-for-tat exchange between the two made everyone shake their heads.

Niu Zhihuan, the former Minister of Revenue, stepped forward to persuade him, "Prime Minister Wang, you are already so old, why are you still arguing with a little girl like Anle?"

Wang Lingxiang was unhappy and spoke very rudely.

"Marquis Wei Jing had just reported Tao Zhihong's embezzlement of military funds to His Majesty, and Princess Anle jumped out without hesitation. What's going on? Is she confessing without being asked?"

Xiao Lichen and Tao Zhihong listened to Tao Yuwei's thoughts and knew why Wang Lingchang targeted her.

They both kept their composure.

However, other civil officials united to accuse Tao Yuwei, saying that it was not her turn as a little girl to make decisions in the court.

"This is the imperial court, not a place for you, Princess Anle, to run wild."

"You've relied on your claim to be His Majesty's savior to bully everyone in the capital. Now you've come here to humiliate important officials. You should be dragged out of here and handed over to the Empress for punishment according to palace rules."

"What right does Princess Anle have to mock the affairs of the court? Your Majesty, she is lacking in virtue and unworthy of the title of a royal relative. She should be dragged out of the court, the General's Mansion should be investigated, evidence of Tao Zhihong's corruption should be collected, and he should be severely punished according to the laws of the Great Zhou."

An arrogant little girl could secretly run to the court and show off her power to them in front of His Majesty. It shows how arrogant she is.

On weekdays, I don't know who I am because I rely on your Majesty's slight favor.

They were well aware of His Majesty's usual attitude towards protecting Tao Yuwei, but this time he had gone too far, even wanting to interfere in court affairs and insulting them, the civil officials, at will.

This is something they cannot tolerate. No matter how much His Majesty favors her, they will not be pushovers if they unite.

She could scold Wei Jinghou and Wang Xiang without any scruples, making them lose all dignity and scold them.

They felt very embarrassed to have a little girl come and point at their noses and scold them.

Seeing that everyone was united and stood up to speak for him, Wang Lingchang felt much better after being angered by Tao Yuwei.

"Your Majesty, since Marquis Wei Jing said someone has presented you with evidence of General Tao's embezzlement of military funds, could you please send someone to the Imperial Study to retrieve it so that we can clarify the matter in front of everyone, so as to avoid wrongfully accusing Tao Zhihong and causing Princess Anle to become hostile to me?"

"Uncle Emperor, please send someone to bring me the charges against my father. This princess wants to see what evidence can allow Marquis Wei Jing to firmly swear that my father embezzled military funds."

Tao Yuwei glanced at Wang Lingchang coldly, not afraid of the so-called evidence at all.

At this time, the ministers turned their eyes to Tao Zhihong who was standing there, and carefully observed his expression, but did not find any panic on his face.

Xiao Lichen looked at the solemn expression on Emperor Jianchang's face. He sat in his wheelchair and saluted, saying, "Your Majesty, the Xiaoyu Guards had not received any information on this matter before. This is my negligence."

When reminded by these people, Emperor Jianchang remembered the wooden box that the Seventh Princess had personally given him, and he sighed in his heart.

The thing you don't want to face still happens.

He said to the eunuch Zhao Chong standing beside him, "You personally take someone to the imperial study and bring back the wooden box on the imperial desk."

Zhao Chong immediately led his men out of the hall.

Wang Lingchang turned his gaze to Xiao Lichen and said, "Prince Xiao, as the commander of the Xiaoyu Guard, you failed to gather advance information about General Tao's embezzlement of military funds within the Jingji camp. This is truly a serious negligence. I implore Your Majesty to remove Prince Xiao from his position. I suspect Prince Xiao harbors selfish motives and has become somewhat close to Princess Anle. He is no longer worthy of being promoted to the commander of the Xiaoyu Guard."

"I have received a piece of news. Someone is spreading the rumor that Prince Xiao is going to get engaged to Princess Anle, and in order to please her, he has even sent people to deliberately target the Sixth Prince."

Don't think he doesn't know that Princess Anle was able to come to the court thanks to Xiao Lichen's work.

Wang Lingchang's words caused an uproar in the court.