Three days later

Council Hall.

"Your Majesty, I have a report to make."

The one who spoke was Fu Wenhan. At this time, Fu Wenhan seemed to be in his twilight years, with visibly white hair and a haggard appearance.

Li Xiuzhu tried his best and used a lot of precious medicinal herbs such as the old ginseng from Changbai Mountain, which helped Fu Wenhan survive for several months.

But unfortunately, his golden finger was not a super-dimensional golden finger, and Fu Wenhan was not a woman, so he had no choice.

The reason why Fu Wenhan has been hanging on to his life is just for today. He can’t say for sure what will happen in the future, but he wants to see the new emperor ascend the throne.

As long as the Great Zhou still belongs to the Li family, he will be satisfied as long as he has lived up to His Majesty's expectations.

Unfortunately, he didn't know until his death that the new emperor was no longer of the original Li family.

"Please tell me what you want, Prime Minister Fu."

At this time, only the Queen Mother Ruan Wenjun was sitting in the main seat in the court. Xiao Rongyu did not appear because she was in confinement after giving birth.

"The country cannot be without a ruler for a day. I, an old minister, have not much time left. I beg the prince to take the throne."

Ruan Wenjun was stunned when she heard this. She had thought that this day would come soon, but she didn't expect it to be so soon.

She looked at Li Xiuzhu, and when she saw Li Xiuzhu nod, she also nodded and said, "Minister Fu's words make sense, but the prince is still young, so the succession should be simply announced to the world. When he comes of age, I will make all the arrangements for him."

Fu Wenhan just wanted a result, and the child was only three days old. If a big deal was made now, there might even be accidents.

"Yes, I feel relieved with the Queen Mother's words."

No one in the court had any objection to the arrangement of the three. Now there was only one legitimate heir left, and unless he died young, no one else could succeed him.

At this time, Ruan Wenjun continued, "The matter of the name of the successor to the throne cannot be delayed. The Queen and I have been arguing about the name. In this case, the matter of naming His Majesty will be handed over to the Regent."

"What does the Prime Minister think?"

Fu Wenhan nodded when he heard this.

"Your Majesty, this is very good."

"Xiuzhu, please give His Majesty a name."

Li Xiuzhu said directly: "How about calling Daojiang?"

"Tao is the beginning of all things. Tao gave birth to one, one gave birth to two, two gave birth to three, and three gave birth to all things."

“Where there are people and things, there is Tao.”

"It just so happens that our Great Zhou is expanding its territory, which means that all things belong to the Great Zhou."

No matter whether women think it is good or not, Fu Wenhan and all the officials think it is good.

"This old minister agrees."

"I second the motion."

Well, our son’s name was decided.

Three days later, Fu Wenhan passed away with his heart at ease.

As a husband's son, Li Xiuzhu cried with his wife and sisters-in-law.

Although Fu Wenhan wanted Chen to move to the palace before his death, Chen did not agree.

Everyone has their own way of living, and Li Xiuzhu didn't force anything. He just came to visit Chen more often during this period, fearing that she would be upset.

Not only did he come, but Fu Yuehua and Fu Yunshuang also came. The two little guys were all in the palace. I was afraid that the two little guys would have wild thoughts.

Another half a month later, Tubo was pacified. At the same time, tens of thousands of new soldiers moved into Tubo, Han Wenxuan sent troops to Siam, and Hai Bie was born.

It is easier to attack Siam, as it is mainly an agriculturally developed country.

Tubo could attack them at will, so Siam and its surrounding areas were conquered in just one month.

It is not cold there even in winter, so the army led by Han Wenxuan is resting there temporarily.

Unfortunately, none of them could be recognized, including Concubine Hui's. Concubine Hui gave birth to a boy at the beginning of winter.

How can the eldest son be called the second son from now on? The emperor's uncle?

Hiss, this is something.

In the blink of an eye, it was time for the Chinese New Year. Although the emperor was dead, it did not affect the Chinese New Year because he did not die in the cold winter.

In three months, Chen also came out of the shadow of Fu Wenhan's death and became cheerful again.

After the Chinese New Year, the reign title was changed, and Li Xiuzhu was also given the title of poet saint.

No one knows how much water there is in this, but his wives and concubines all think that Li Xiuzhu is worth it.

And on the first day of the Spring Festival, which is also the first day of the New Year, Kanan and Fu Yunshuang finally got what they wanted.

On the first day after the New Year, Li Liuli finally aroused the dissatisfaction of the ministers because of his behavior of snatching people everywhere.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

Several ministers united to sue Li Liuli for forcibly seizing a minister's daughter, led by Song Lian and Dong Zhuo.

It was still the Council Hall, and it was still Ruan Wenjun and Xiao Rongyu, but at this moment, their identities were different.

One became the empress dowager and the other became the grand empress dowager.

"Your servant Dong Zhuo has filed a lawsuit against the Regent's wife, Princess Wenhua, for forcibly seizing my daughter. Please ask the Empress Dowager, the Queen Mother, and the Regent to make the decision."

"Your servant Song Lian has also filed a complaint against Princess Wenhua for forcibly seizing my daughter."

"We have a lawsuit against Princess Wenhua!"

For a moment, the two women above looked at each other, and then looked at Li Xiuzhu at a loss.

Even the eunuch who was announcing the imperial decree looked at Li Xiuzhu in confusion.

Li Xiuzhu, who was sitting in the lower position, smiled.

These people started forming cliques after his father-in-law's death. Song Lian was the leader, and his clique included nearly half of the ministers in the court.

This does not even include those outside the court. At least one third of the Great Zhou is in the hands of these people.

"Present it, and let me see what these colleagues have written."

With Li Xiuzhu's words, the people in the court immediately felt a backbone.

The eunuch who announced the decree hurriedly took the memorial and placed it in front of Li Xiuzhu. Li Xiuzhu flipped through it twice, rubbed the powder on his fingers and smiled.

He casually threw the memorial to the ground and said, "The laws of the Great Zhou are that the master restricts the servants, and the master is only the royal family."

"Don't you think it's ridiculous that you use something written by a royal family member to restrict the royal family?"

"As for the rape of the ministers you mentioned, how come I heard that they all volunteered?"

Upon hearing this, Song Lian stepped forward and shouted righteously, "Since ancient times, it has been said that the emperor is guilty of the same crime as the common people. Could it be that Your Majesty intends to overthrow the ancestors?"

"So? There are so many tyrants and incompetent rulers, which one was killed by the law?"

Song Lian still couldn't tell the form and shouted: "Your Highness, the late emperor appointed you as the regent because he hoped you would sacrifice yourself for the Great Zhou, not to corrupt you. If you insist on doing this, I, this old minister, will have no choice but to die."

Li Xiuzhu smiled when he heard this.

"Then go ahead and die. Isn't there a pillar over there? You can die by hitting your head against it if you want."

Song Lian and Baiguan all twitched their lips. This Li Xiuzhu is such a bastard. We can't just let him do what he wants. Do you think you are invincible just because you are a peerless master? I'm afraid you don't know the background of the family, and you don't know how many allies we have.

"Your Highness, you are joking. When I say death, I mean to fight to the death to clear the court of corrupt officials and execute you, who are causing chaos in the government."

Upon hearing this, the two women sitting upstairs could no longer sit still, especially Ruan Wenjun, who immediately shouted coldly.

"How dare you! You can't just touch the prince casually. Are you planning to rebel?"

(End of this chapter)