"Very well, this old servant will inform the princess immediately!"

A short while later, Zhang Anan came out again.

"Her Highness the Princess requests your presence!"

"Thank you, Uncle Zhang!"

When Li Shimin saw Gaoyang enter the main hall, he immediately put down his pen and frowned as he looked at this daughter who had made him lose face.

What are you doing here?

"Your Majesty, it was Chancellor Fang who sent me..."

"Your father-in-law?"

Why did he ask you to go to the palace?

"He asked the prince consort to tell me something, saying that I would know what to do after hearing it."

"What's up?"

"Today, the Ministry of Personnel has officials whose official appointment certificates need to be issued. Gao Shilian, using the excuse that the Tang Dynasty has a Minister of the Imperial Secretariat, demands that the Minister of the Imperial Secretariat must sign and affix his seal before the appointment certificates can be issued!"

Li Shimin was taken aback when he heard this, then smiled meaningfully.

"Gao Yang, do you know your father-in-law's intentions?"

"Know!"

"The Prime Minister wanted me to tell my father to make preparations in advance so that no one would use this matter against him!"

Li Shimin nodded in satisfaction upon hearing this.

In fact, he had always liked his daughter Gao Yang, simply because she was smart, quick-witted, and had a political sense that was more acute than that of ordinary men.

What do you think Gao Shilian's intention was in doing this?

Gao Yang nodded honestly upon hearing this.

"My daughter doesn't understand!"

"But my daughter privately believes that Gao Shilian may be dissatisfied with the Emperor's favoritism towards his eldest grandson, so he made trouble over the matter of the Minister of the Imperial Secretariat in order to test the Emperor's attitude!"

"clever!"

"You guessed correctly, Gao Shilian was indeed testing me!"

"Gao Shilian's loyalty to the Tang Dynasty is beyond doubt. He is worried that I will depose and install emperors again!"

Upon hearing this, Gao Yang's eyes widened suddenly, as if he had overheard a tremendous secret.

Could it be that the Emperor intends to depose Li Zhi and make Li Jue the crown prince?

Yes!

If the Emperor did not have this intention, why would he bestow the Prince of Qin's mansion upon Li Jue, and also appoint Li Jue as the Minister of the Imperial Secretariat, a position he himself had held?

This is to build momentum for Li Jue!

But why did Father tell me this? Could it be that he wanted to...?