Chapter 440 I think he is getting old and confused!
Fengyi Palace.
Bai Wutong applied medicine to Yunhe with concern, "It's okay, the pain will go away in two days."
"Mother, I'm not hurt." Yunhe leaned in her arms very sensibly, "I feel that father is so scary now."
In the past, when Zhang Chengyan saw him, he always had a smile on his face, and even if he was sometimes stern, he had never looked so ferocious.
"Don't be afraid, it's okay." Bai Wutong picked him up and said, "Mother will help you review the memorials starting tomorrow, okay?"
A country cannot be without a king for a day.
In Zhang Chengyan’s current condition, he cannot attend court or handle state affairs.
Bai Wutong had been thinking of doing it in two days, but since Zhang Chengyan dared to hurt Yunhe, she would deal with it tomorrow!
Not only that, she also has to attend court and rule the country from behind the curtain!
Bai Wutong handed Yunhe over to Chan'er and the others for care, and then began to make plans.
Now that Zhang Chengyan is in trouble, everyone in the harem is in danger.
It’s a good time for her, the queen, to take control of everything!
Before, the appearance of Su Zhaoyi caused many palace ladies to have second thoughts.
She could just use Su Zhaoyi's matter to get rid of all these people!
She wants to turn her harem into an iron barrel and absolutely will not allow anyone to disobey!
"My queen." Xiao Ningzi walked in and lowered her voice, "There's news from the prison, saying that Zhaoyi Su's father has been shouting that the recipe is wrong."
Of course the recipe is wrong. It has been tampered with by Bai Wutong.
But although she is the queen now, she only has the right to kill Su Zhaoyi, and cannot directly behead Su Zhaoyi's entire family.
Keeping these people around will ultimately be a scourge.
"Pass the message down and torture the Su family. Su Zhaoyi's father was old and frail, and he didn't make it. Su Zhaoyi's mother was too sad and hit her head against the wall and died. Su Zhaoyi's elder and younger brothers couldn't bear the humiliation and chose to bite their tongues to commit suicide. As for the women of the Su family... they were all poisoned and mute, and they are temporarily detained."
Xiao Ningzi nodded, "Yes, I will deliver the message right away."
Bai Wutong lowered his head and continued to do his own thing.
That evening.
Eight palace maids and five eunuchs were all taken to the Ministry of Punishment.
At this point, all the palace maids who had previously tried to curry favor with Su Zhaoyi were dealt with.
When the news reached the harem, there was silence.
The concubine who had tried to curry favor with Su Zhaoyi before turned pale and paced back and forth nervously, biting her lips tightly. "What should I do? The Queen has started to purge Su Zhaoyi's people. I have been trying to curry favor with Su Zhaoyi before. Will she cause trouble for me?"
The maidservant next to her also had an ugly expression on her face, but she still tried to comfort her, "Your Highness, don't worry, nothing will happen. The Queen only attacked those palace maids, and you didn't do anything wrong. The Emperor is still alive, and she can't do anything to you at will."
The concubine was still worried, "What do you know? If she really wanted to mess with me, she could just find a fault. There's no need to put in any effort. Besides, the emperor can't even speak now, what else can he do! Hurry up and take out my Jade Guanyin. I will personally deliver it to Fengyi Palace tomorrow!"
Before she could go, Fengyi Palace had already sent someone to deliver the news.
Starting tomorrow, all concubines no longer need to greet the emperor, but only need to stay in their own palaces.
Anyone who dares to cause trouble will be severely punished!
Bai Wutong spent three days to deal with the affairs of the harem.
She came to the Palace of Tranquil Longevity again, and without even looking at Zhang Chengyan who was sleeping inside, she sat directly in the seat that could only be sat in when the emperor was handling government affairs.
Wang Decai's eyelids twitched when he saw this scene, "Empress, what are you doing..."
Bai Wutong picked up the memorial and said, "What's wrong? The emperor is now paralyzed in bed. Can he just ignore the government affairs?"
"But……"
"No buts." Bai Wutong raised his eyelids, "Do you have any objections?"
"No, the slave did not."
"Well, then wait aside and answer whatever I ask you."
After saying that, Bai Wutong began to deal with memorials.
After dealing with them one by one, she asked Wang Decai to come forward and said, "You have served the emperor for so many years. What do you think of my solutions?"
Wang Decai lowered his eyes and looked, and was shocked.
This way of handling things is exactly the same as Zhang Chengyan's!
No, there are subtle differences, but unless you are very knowledgeable, you won’t be able to tell where the differences are.
He rolled his throat twice, and finally told the truth, "Your Majesty, your handling of the matter was almost the same as the Emperor's."
"That's fine." Bai Wutong leaned on the cushion. "Then why are you still standing there? Send it outside and say that the emperor can't write now, so he can only dictate with great effort, and then I will write it for him. If anyone has any objections, we can wait until the emperor can attend court one day and deal with it that day."
Wang Decai sighed. Looking at the situation, there was no chance for the emperor to attend court!
He didn't dare to say more and quickly sent the memorial out.
Sure enough, someone started making a fuss the next day.
"How can a woman write a memorial?"
"Where's the Emperor? I want to see the Emperor!"
"Even if she is the queen, she cannot participate in politics!"
Bai Wutong laughed sarcastically, "Take him directly to see the emperor."
Wang Decai had almost become her servant now, and upon hearing this, he immediately led her into the Yangxin Palace.
The minister was still shouting, but he was stunned when he entered the inner room.
He knew that the emperor was ill, but he didn't know it was so serious!
Seeing Zhang Chengyan's appearance reminded the minister of someone, his father.
The old man who had a stroke and was paralyzed and could only lie in bed couldn’t even take care of himself, let alone speak normally!
Wang Decai quickly brought the person out again.
The other party realized it belatedly, "Your Majesty cannot speak at all, the Queen is lying!"
How to convey messages orally if you can’t speak?
That memorial could only have been written by the Queen herself!
This is no longer just participating in politics, but directly controlling the court!
Bai Wutong smiled softly and walked up to him, "Do you have any objection to the memorial I wrote?"
The minister suddenly raised his head and looked at her. "How can a woman like you participate in politics? Absolutely not!"
"Oh? Then you ask the emperor to get up and handle government affairs."
The minister was speechless, "I... I'm not a royal doctor."
"Since you don't have the ability, stop talking nonsense here. So what if I participate in politics? Isn't it for the good of the world? The imperial physician has said that even if the emperor recovers, he will probably be paralyzed in bed in the future. Even if he can speak, his pronunciation will be unclear. If I don't care, who will? Or just leave it alone and let no one care?"
"But..." The minister wanted to refute, but Bai Wutong was no longer interested in listening to him continue, "You can go down now."
The minister was dragged away by two eunuchs without being given a chance to speak.
Bai Wutong looked at his back coldly, "I think this minister is really old and confused. He actually dared to come to the palace to cause trouble. In this case, let him lie in bed for a while, so as not to disturb the emperor!"
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