Bei Lingyao had been a mascot in the early court, but her presence gave some court officials the courage to stand up to the Grand Empress Dowager and the Tang family.
It’s not that there were no people who opposed the Empress Dowager and the Tang family in the past, but they were all dealt with, and some even died in unclear circumstances.
In order to survive and out of fear of power, more and more people became dependent on the Tang family, and the court was almost becoming a one-man show for the Tang family.
From what happened in the morning court, we can also see that the Tang family is powerful and overbearing, and the court officials have suffered from the Tang family for a long time.
"Master, this cup is for you."
Emperor Daoyuan raised his teacup and saluted Bei Lingyao.
Bei Lingyao also raised her teacup and responded, "Congratulations, Your Majesty. You will soon be able to take back your imperial power."
Emperor Daoyuan took a sip of tea and shook his head slightly, "The Empress Dowager has been in power for decades and will not give up power so easily."
He said, "For the past eight years, I have not been concerned with state affairs and have focused on cultivation. It is precisely because of this undivided attention that I was able to break through to the level of a martial arts master in just a few years.
I admire the Grand Empress Dowager. If she hadn't stabilized the situation in Langya Kingdom over the years, it wouldn't have been so peaceful for decades.
It was just that the Empress Dowager was too powerful, and she ruined the late emperor and almost exterminated Taizu's lineage. She was also too indulgent towards the Tang family and their subordinates, making them fat, but the national treasury was unwilling to even allow a mouse to come in.
The Empress Dowager is old."
When he said the last sentence, Emperor Daoyuan frowned.
Although he did not like the Empress Dowager, he also affirmed her achievements.
However, in order to consolidate her power, the Empress Dowager formed cliques and turned a blind eye to corrupt officials.
"The Empress Dowager is old-fashioned. Throughout history, many people in power were talented and ambitious in their early and middle years, working hard to govern the country and caring for the people. But in their later years, they began to pursue pleasure, which is nothing to worry about.
After all, after working hard for most of his life, it was natural for him to enjoy himself. However, excessive indulgence in pleasure led to arrogance and extravagance, arrogance, and a lack of focus on state affairs. As he aged, his decision-making and judgment abilities declined.
The Grand Empress Dowager was also too greedy for power and unwilling to give it up, so her path to martial arts was abandoned. What a pity."
Bei Lingyao felt that the Empress Dowager was indeed wasting her martial arts talent.
Although this world is still a mortal world, it is different from other mortal worlds, and martial arts are flourishing in this world.
Regardless of gender, martial arts are respected.
The Empress Dowager held the imperial power and ruled the country, but the reason she was able to stay in power for so many years was, on the one hand, her natural status advantage, and on the other hand, her talent in martial arts.
Her innate talent in martial arts, coupled with the bonus of being a martial arts master from the Duke of Tang of the Tang family, allowed the Empress Dowager to serve as regent for many years.
Now Bei Lingyao suddenly appeared and overwhelmed the master with his innate strength.
As soon as Duke Tang went into seclusion, the Empress Dowager's regime became somewhat unstable.
If the Empress Dowager had been in charge of the regent, and delegated power to the late emperor at the right time, while she stayed at the rear and could have focused on practicing martial arts, she might have become a master by now.
"She has a knot in her heart, and no matter how much she practices martial arts, she will never make a breakthrough."
"Heart knot?"
Bei Lingyao looked at Emperor Daoyuan, curious about what the Empress Dowager was worried about.
"She may not feel bad if she kills the descendants of the great ancestor, but if she kills her own descendants, once she practices martial arts, the knot in her heart will turn into a demon in her heart."
Bei Lingyao thought so too. Among Taizu's eighteen sons, five were born to the Grand Empress Dowager.
The previous emperor was a puppet emperor. In addition to the eldest son, Emperor Daoyuan, there were twelve other princes.
In the two battles for the throne, dozens of Taizu's descendants died.
It would be strange if the Empress Dowager could live with the fact that more than a dozen of her own descendants died at once.
The reason why the Queen Mother worshipped Buddha was because she had killed her own son and could not get over this.
"Since she is now counting on you, her only legitimate grandson, you should be more open with her so that she can still have some affection for you."
"She doesn't dare. She's afraid I'll take action against the Tang family and the Queen Mother."
Emperor Daoyuan knew that he would not let the empress dowager go, nor would he let the Tang family go.
Because of the death of his biological mother, grandfather and uncle, he has a blood feud with the Tang family.
If he had not been protected by his master, he would have died at the hands of the Tang family's assassins.
"Is the Emperor unwilling to marry and have children for the rest of his life, just to avenge the Grand Empress Dowager?"
Bei Lingyao looked at Emperor Daoyuan and said, "You are a handsome man, but why are you single?"
This time, Emperor Daoyuan was silent. "She hopes that I will have children and an heir soon. Why should I fulfill her wish? I don't want to get married or have children."
Emperor Daoyuan chuckled as he spoke, "Before, when they didn't need me, they discarded me like a rag, wishing I were dead. Now they want me to continue their bloodline, but once I have one, I'll immediately become a discarded child."
"Your Majesty is wise."
If Emperor Daoyuan was a little more lustful, he would have fallen into the trap long ago.
"What is the Imperial Master's wish?"
Emperor Daoyuan asked casually and added more tea for Bei Lingyao.
"I want to check something."
Bei Lingyao tapped the tea table with her palms facing downwards to express her gratitude. "The Bei family massacre fifteen years ago."
Emperor Daoyuan's cold face softened slightly, but when he heard Bei Lingyao's words, he paused and stood up immediately, "I have heard of this."
Fifteen years ago, Emperor Daoyuan was exactly ten years old and was still in the Taoist temple.
I heard the master talking to someone about the extermination of the Bei family.
"I will go with you to the Imperial History City to take a look."
Bei Lingyao followed Emperor Daoyuan to a palace, which was the palace's archives.
When the emperor and the imperial teacher came over, the official guarding the archives immediately stood up to greet them.
Emperor Daoyuan waved his hand, "No need to be polite, go and do your work, I and the Imperial Master will take a look at it."
"yes"
Bei Lingyao's spiritual sense quickly scanned the archives and found that Emperor Dao Yuan had already reached the archives from more than ten years ago.
The records of the Bei family were dug up.
Benanxuan, a high-ranking official in the northwest, a governor of the second rank, a natural in martial arts, was convicted of treason and treason and died.
Bei Lingyao frowned. There was no record of any crime here, only the word "Shang". There was not even any mention of the Bei family being wiped out.
"If it's treason, why didn't they see the evidence? Can they convict him without a trial?"
Emperor Daoyuan searched and found no evidence to prove that the Bei family was collaborating with the enemy, but it did not specify which country the enemy was.
This is too hasty a conviction.
Emperor Daoyuan saw the person who recorded this file, He Yuyang.
"Who is He Yuyang?" Bei Lingyao asked.
"Duke Tang's second son-in-law, the Governor-General of the Southwest, is also a disciple of Benanxuan."
Emperor Daoyuan looked up He Yuyang's information again.
He Yuyang, the top scholar in both civil and military studies, a natural born in martial arts...
Bei Lingyao narrowed her eyes slightly.
He Yuyang!
"Don't alert the enemy yet. I'll write to Master and ask how much he knows."
Emperor Daoyuan and Bei Lingyao walked out of the Imperial History Museum.
Bei Lingyao used her spiritual consciousness to pay attention to the movements in Shou'an Palace. She left spiritual marks on the Empress Dowager and the palace maids in Shou'an Palace.
She is the first to know about the Empress Dowager's every move and anything that happens in Shou'an Palace.
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