Li De prepared wine and food, and the three brothers took a bath and had a drink.
Censor Lu spoke first, saying, "Things are changing rapidly in the court. I always thought that Chief Minister Wei was loyal to the emperor, but I didn't expect that he was the empress dowager's man."
If Prime Minister Wei had not revealed his true colors during the palace coup, Censor Lu would never have expected it.
The monarchs of the Great Qi Dynasty have always emphasized the art of checks and balances. In the past, when the two factions fought each other, with all the tantrums and violence, there was inevitably some acting involved, just to reassure the emperor.
"Who would have thought that Prime Minister Wei would actually surrender to the Queen Mother? I heard that he and the Queen Mother had an affair."
Censor Lu blinked his eyes. There was no smoke without fire when there was a rumor in the palace.
Yu Jijiu also joined in the gossip, contributing a rumor: "I heard that Wei Shoufu and the Queen Mother once saw the same imperial physician. Wei Shoufu is not very good in terms of sex and takes tonics all day long."
Jiang Fulu had also heard these erotic rumors, but he saw the bigger picture: "Hasn't it occurred to you that there might be someone else behind Prime Minister Wei?"
"In the past, when Duke Mao was still around, with his support, the noble family was prominent. But once the Jia family fell, the monkeys scattered, and Prime Minister Wei's power became even greater than before."
When the proposal to reduce the power of the nobles was first made, Chief Minister Wei was among them.
But Prime Minister Wei has his own plans. The situation is complicated and intricate, with each faction having its own ideas.
In short, the nobles were defeated, and everyone benefited, whether it was the emperor, the empress dowager or the chief minister of the Wei Dynasty.
"Over the years, apart from Xuan Qi, has the Xuan family ever had anyone who can be considered as capable?"
Jiang Fulu ate the grapes brought in the carriage and quickly spit out the grape skins and said, "Perhaps, the Queen Mother is also using her own family."
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