Su Li's method of dealing with Gu Zhen is very simple and crude.

The rumors about Gu Zhen forcing her to enter the palace to serve Mingzong had already flown all over the capital, but no one said it clearly. Now Su Li is the queen mother, Gu Zhen is firmly in the prime minister of the cabinet, and no one will mention the old sesame and bad rice.

But Su Li knew that Gu Zhen had the best reputation.

Anyway, historical books will definitely record the grievances between her and the Gu family and Emperor Mingzong, and later generations will also guess the truth. Today, Su Li will give Gu Zhen an iron hat of "selling his daughter-in-law to seek honor"!

In the court, Su Li and Gu Zhen had a different opinion on the severity of the sentence for a criminal.

The criminal was a rival of Gu Zhen, and was caught by Gu Zhen’s party. Gu Zhen thought he should be exiled. Su Li had read the person’s political achievements and was a good official who loved the people. Although he was wrong, he would not be exiled. He was demoted to the local area and became a county magistrate and could be promoted again in a few years.

Su Li's sentence was supported by a group of ministers, but it offended Gu Zhen's interests.

Gu Zhen was indulged by Su Li for three months and had already determined that his former daughter-in-law was a clay figure and let him control it. At this time, Su Li openly opposed his opinion. As soon as Gu Zhen got up, after citing scriptures and citing the classics, Gu Zhen also attacked Su Li personally and said earnestly: "When it comes to the Qingming Festival of the Ministry of Personnel, the Empress Dowager should not ask for the kindness of a woman."

This tone is like a father-in-law who teaches his daughter-in-law a lesson!

The officials who supported Gu Zhen were naturally as if nothing had happened. Other civil and military ministers all showed displeasure. Lu Yurong's second brother-in-law Sun Han even stood up and scolded Gu Zhen for being disrespectful to the empress dowager.

Gu Zhenzhen said: "I should speak out for the purpose of the late emperor's will, and I will be straightforward when the Empress Dowager, the emperor and the Empress Dowager fail to monitor."

As soon as he finished speaking, the four-year-old emperor stood up and pointed at Gu Zhen through the curtain and cursed: "You old thief, the queen mother agreed to you and was wise. If she opposed you, she would be insulting her. This court is the court of me and the queen mother. The queen mother is the queen mother. What are you? How dare you insult the queen mother?"

The four-year-old boy spoke clearly and his voice was crisp, and he spoke very harshly.

Some ministers lowered their heads and smiled. Gu Zhenze's face was as heavy as water, standing majestic, and said to Zhao Ji: "The emperor is young, and only looks at the surface. However, loyal words are unpleasant and beneficial to actions. I am sincere to the emperor and the empress dowager..."

As soon as he said this, a woman's sob suddenly came from behind the curtains.

The ministers were all shocked.

"Mother, what's wrong with you?" The little emperor Zhao Ji ran to the mother's side and asked anxiously.

Su Li carried her son into her arms and cried to Gu Zhen's direction: "Father, how good is the daughter-in-law calling you father again?"

Everyone was in an uproar.

Gu Zhen's face changed drastically, and he knelt down and said, "The Empress Dowager must not be, I am afraid!"

Su Li smiled bitterly: "What are you afraid of? Who do you know that I was the daughter-in-law of the Gu family? My father just blamed me for not having the kindness of a woman, but when I was determined to be a widow, my father forced me to enter the palace with the safety of Brother Shan, if I hadn't had the kindness of a woman, I would have hit me and died on the wall to preserve my reputation. Where can I teach my daughter-in-law a lesson today as the chief minister?"

As soon as this statement was made, the ministers immediately started to whisper, all of whom were talking about Gu Zhen again.

Gu Zhen's old face turned blue and red, and while wiping sweat, he quibbled: "The Queen Mother doesn't understand what he said. You asked to remarry yourself, and it happened that the late emperor was able to enter the palace to pick up the woman. What does it have to do with me?"

Su Li: "Is that so? As my father said, Shan Ge'er is a descendant of the Gu family. If my father hadn't felt guilty, why did my father agree to take Shan Ge'er away? Besides, although the late emperor is gone, Yao Minzhong, Wei Rong, and the officials sent by the late emperor to investigate the situation of my two sisters are all there. Does my father need me to ask them to enter the palace to confront each other one?"

Wei Rong and Yao Minzhong were both in the hall. Wei Rong stood on Su Li's side in a regular manner. Yao Minzhong there heard the Empress Dowager's name click on him and was so scared that she knelt next to Gu Zhen.

Gu Zhen was speechless.

Su Li continued: "Thanks to the pity of the late emperor, I agreed to take Brother Shan to the palace and give me the birth of the emperor and Princess Fuhui, and give me the respect of today. I ruled from the curtain, and my father treated us mother and son forever. I remembered the relationship between the past and respected you, but today my father became more and more powerful. He wanted to avenge his personal revenge and punished the political enemies, and then openly blamed us mother and son for being disrespectful to the royal family. I will continue to tolerate it. How can I be worthy of the late emperor's dying instructions? As the emperor said, this court is the emperor's court. I cannot let Tianwei be lost to the Gu family just because I was the daughter-in-law of the Gu family!"

After saying that, Su Li wiped away her tears and held Zhao Ji's hand and said loudly: "The chief assistant of the cabinet, Gu Zhen, is domineering and domineering, and uses power for personal gain. He is entrusted by the late emperor. If the Ai family continues to tolerate, he will be a criminal of the royal family. In order to maintain the clarity of the government, Gu Zhen's position as a warning to others today. The rest of the Gu family's children have nothing to do with this case and remain unchanged."

After the words fell, the hall was silent.

Previously, civil and military ministers, including Gu Zhen, thought the Empress Dowager was a soft persimmon, but today, the Empress Dowager suddenly showed his power and directly demoted Gu Zhen's official position. They realized that the Empress Dowager's tolerance in the past three months was actually just a retreat.

The palace guards were ordered to enter the hall and dragged Gu Zhen, who was kneeling on the ground and still couldn't believe that he had lost his official position, removed his official hat and dragged him down.

Immediately afterwards, Su Li issued an order to transfer Cheng Duan back to Beijing and take over as the chief minister.

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The new chief assistant Cheng Duan is very reliable. Su Li observed for a while and the court was not in chaos and the frontier was stable. Her spirit, which had been tense for several months, finally relaxed.

After relaxing, Su Li became ill. In Su Li's opinion, she had a cold and fever. She was weak and she could recover from normal after raising her for a few days. However, the three children, Wei Rong, and the ministers were worried that she would not be able to afford any of them. They took turns to remind the imperial physicians to have no choice but to give her as soon as possible.

However, it feels very uncomfortable to get sick. First of all, there is no smell in your mouth and no appetite for eating anything.

The three children wanted to study, but only Wei Rong stayed by Su Li's side without leaving any steps.

Su Li couldn't see through what Wei Rong was thinking, but before finding evidence that Wei Rong wanted to seize the throne of his son, Su Li didn't want to think too badly about this ally. Beware of the precaution. When you get along with Wei Rong, Su Li treats him like an old colleague and old friend who has been working for a long time. His attitude is natural and he lacks a lot of false gifts.

"Grandma, it's time to have a meal."

Su Li slept for a short time. Not long after she woke up, Wei Rong asked the palace people to bring some clear soup and watery meals, which were hard to swallow just by looking at.

Su Li leaned lazily against the head of the bed and ordered dishes to Wei Rong: "I want to eat copper pot, the spicyer the better."

Copper pot is the hot pot of later generations, and it also existed in this dynasty. Because the pots of shabu-shabu are all copper pots, they are called copper pots.

Wei Rong frowned and said, "The Imperial Doctor has instructed that the Empress should eat light food when she is sick."

Su Li said weakly: "I can't eat it so light, and it's even harder to recover when I'm hungry. My father-in-law will do it."

After saying that, Su Li lay down, with her back facing Wei Rong, as if she wouldn't eat it if she didn't serve the hot pot.

Wei Rong looked at her with complicated eyes.

A few months ago, she was devoted to handling the government affairs and was graceful and majestic. Wei Rong thought that she was so innate, but recently the burden on her shoulders became lighter, and she suddenly became willful. She was still noble and elegant in front of her, without children. When the ministers were present, she seemed to have become another person, lazy and indulgent, completely ignoring the rules.

It can be charming, cool, majestic, lazy, and volatile. It is really changeable.

Just say that now, she is a mother of three children, and she doesn't even know how to cherish her body and insists on fighting against the imperial physician.

Wei Rong asked the imperial kitchen to make a new copper pot, and specially asked the soup to add only a little chili to cook a little spicy flavor.

After taking the copper pot over, Wei Rong came to invite Su Li to have a meal outside.

Su Li sat up lazily and walked out to see that there were only two or three pepper petals floating in the boiling pot, and she frowned.

Wei Rong no longer compromised and looked at her firmly and said, "It is important for the Empress to be physically important. Let's make do with some food first. When you recover, you will ask the Royal Dinner to make it according to your taste."

Su Li knew that he had good intentions, and although the hot pot soup in front of her was a little worse, she still had an appetite than those light diets.

Su Li sat down, Wei Rong wanted to pick up food in the pot for her, and Su Li waved his hand and told him to walk away.

When eating hot pot, you have to cook it yourself and get it yourself. It will save you a lot of fun.

Su Li must not finish the meal alone. She also moistened Wei Rong with meat and put it in a bowl and asked him to eat it.

Wei Rong was nominally the eunuch around her, and it was in line with the common sense that Su Li gave him such rewards and treatment.

But Wei Rong adhered to the rules and did not eat.

Su Li didn't force her to eat 80% full, rinsed her mouth, and continued to lie down on the bed inside to rest.

She was not sleepy. Seeing Wei Rong standing behind the screen in a regular manner, Su Li waved and asked him to come over to chat.

Wei Rong bypassed the screen.

Su Li asked him curiously: "You used to serve the late emperor and couldn't help but serve the late emperor. Now you can enjoy it, why do you still have to feel wronged?"

This is not the first time Su Li has asked Wei Rong a similar question.

Wei Rong looked up at her. Because she ate the copper pot, she looked very good, her eyes were clear, and her lips were red and tender like the color of a cherry.

She ate so relish that Wei Rong was not greedy, but now she was greedy for her lips.

Wei Rong told her the truth for the first time, his voice was low and gentle: "I want to enjoy it as I wish, and there are three ways to go. The first is to proclaim myself emperor, but as you said, I really did that, how will future generations discuss my body? I don't want to be a joke for the ages. The second is to hide my identity and go out to be a free and easy businessman with gold, silver and treasures, but my children are all in the palace, and they are only four years old, how can I feel at ease? The third is to be the emperor uncle, but as long as I reveal my identity, you and the children will be in unnecessary trouble."

Su Li looked at him in surprise: "What do you mean is that for the sake of two children, you would rather be a father-in-law in the palace for the rest of your life? The dignified bloodline of the family would rather be wronged and serve me?"

Wei Rong asked her with a smile: "Is this reason worth a surprise? You would rather give up the deep love between Mr. Gu and Mr. Gu and commit to me for the sake of Brother Shan?"

Su Li:...

It's different. There are too many women in the world who are willing to give everything for their children, but there are too few examples of men who have the power and power to put their children first. Is it because Wei Rong, a character who bears a deep hatred in the sea of ​​blood, vows to sit on the dragon throne by any means according to the normal script, actually cares more about family affection in his heart?

"you……"

"The Empress said something wrong." Wei Rong interrupted Su Li's thoughts, and black eyes looked at her seriously and said, "I don't know how the Empress thinks of me in my heart, but in my heart, the Empress is not just the Empress, but also a weak woman who has to commit myself to me. She is the mother of my two children. The palace is sinister. Since I wanted the Empress, I had the responsibility to protect the Empress and did not feel wronged."

Su Li:...

Facing Wei Rong's deep eyes, Su Li recalled the few words he had just said, and suddenly realized that Wei Rong seemed to have a feeling for her that surpassed her allies and colleagues.

Of course, it is also possible that Wei Rong wanted to numb her and deliberately said these words to win her trust.

"Then thank you for your hard work. I am really much more at ease with you in the palace to help me."

After a moment of silence, Su Li simply thanked and kept the distance appropriately.

Wei Rong smiled and retreated back to the screen.
Chapter completed!