On top of these crises, there are also undercurrents within the royal family.
The new emperor replaced by Gu Jinzhi was not the empress dowager's biological son, but a new monarch forcibly enthroned by the late emperor on his deathbed through a will.
The Queen Mother's legitimate son, Prince Su, had to leave the capital with hatred and go to his fiefdom to become a vassal.
In the two years since the new emperor ascended the throne, the Queen Mother and her party have been hindering him in every way and have been secretly plotting to depose and enthrone him.
According to Fuman, Prince Su had secretly returned to the capital a month ago.
Many high-ranking officials in the six ministries of the cabinet have secretly defected to him, and a palace coup is imminent.
Li Wei was dumbfounded. It took her a while to digest this information. She turned to look at Gu Jinzhi and suggested seriously, "How about you lie down for a while while I go out and kill all those Empress Dowager, Prince Su, and the six ministries?"
After she finished speaking, she glanced at the exhausted Fu Man with approval: "You guys really know a lot. You saved me a lot of trouble."
Gu Jinzhi: “…”
He felt his head starting to hurt again.
Fuman had a sad face and looked like he had lost all hope in life.
Listen, listen, what do people say?
Throughout history, which political struggle has been carried out like this?
Shouldn't we carefully plan, bide our time, retreat in order to advance, form alliances, play hard to get, and kill with a borrowed knife...
Finally, after a series of thrilling political schemes and calculations, can you finally turn the tables in despair?
Why does the Queen have such a unique style of behavior?
"Don't be impulsive," Gu Jinzhi rubbed his brows and tried to persuade Li Wei, who was eager to try. Then he turned to Fu Man and said in an increasingly weak voice, "Who is the person with the highest cultivation level you have ever seen?"
Fu Man kowtowed quickly, "Your Majesty, as far as I know, the one with the highest level of cultivation is the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Stables, Yang Degong. Eunuch Yang... is... the one the Empress mentioned just now... the one with white eyebrows..."
Gu Jinzhi's gaze turned to Li Wei.
Li Wei understood what he meant and waved her hand nonchalantly, "Oh, he was only at the peak of the third level. I slapped him to death."
Gu Jinzhi nodded and continued to ask Fuman: "Where does he rank in the entire Dajing?"
Fuman thought hard for a moment before answering cautiously, "This...I dare not speak nonsense."
"But in my humble opinion, Eunuch Yang's cultivation level, even if it is ranked in the top five in the entire world, should be... there should be no problem."
"Who is number one and how strong is he?" Gu Jinzhi asked again.
Fu Man said, "Your Majesty, the recognized number one in the world is the head of Yijian Pavilion, the 'Sword God' Duan Tianhe."
"As for how strong he is..." He thought for a moment, "Eunuch Yang once said that Duan Tianhe could kill him within 200 moves."
Li Wei and Gu Jinzhi looked at each other and smiled.
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