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One month after Li Zhi was officially buried, although the palace had not yet given up on filial piety, the basic affairs had returned to normal.

The court meeting also slowly recovered. Unlike in the past, during the years when Li Zhi was seriously ill and bedridden, the imperial throne for the emperor to sit in court was empty, but after Li Zhi passed away, the court meeting was restored. Someone finally sat on the dragon throne that had been vacant for several years.

The one who could sit on this chair was naturally the newly ascended emperor Li Xian. However, Li Xian only took a formality when he sat in the court. He came to the court several times and never discussed important matters in the court. He just listened to the court officials' memorials. No matter what was reported, he would be handed over to the six auxiliary ministers to discuss and resolve the matter after the court meeting, and then handed it to Wu Zetian for a look, or directly asked Wu Zetian's idea.

Li Xian's performance made Wu Zetian very satisfied, but many ministers were dissatisfied. They felt that if the emperor ascended the throne, he needed to deal with the affairs of the court himself, rather than just doing nothing like Li Xian, who just acted as a decoration.

After several court meetings, ministers immediately reported to the palace, asking the newly ascended emperor to take on the responsibility of the emperor. There were officials who reported the memorial every day, which made Li Xian frightened and could only refuse him as the leader of the late emperor. However, the ministers were not so easy to fool. In every court meeting, ministers stood up to ask for the emperor to take charge of the emperor. The memorials for the emperor to take charge of the emperor were also constantly, which made Li Xian feel upset!

However, there are people who sing the opposite tune. When many ministers successively submitted memorials to Li Xian take charge of the government and handle the affairs of the court himself, and could not ignore everything, the Minister of Personnel Helan Minzhi made a memorial saying: The new emperor did not actually take office, and did not participate in handling the affairs of the court on the grounds that the advanced emperor was filial. The emperor was useless and asked Wu Zetian to Xuan of the Empress of the Emperor to order the Emperor to implement the affairs of the Minister of the Central Committee...

Helan Minzhi's proposal shocked the court officials. The ministers all knew that Helan Minzhi would not be aimless and would definitely have deep eyes; Li Xian was even more shocked. He understood that Helan Minzhi had started to attack him again, but this time he was also very angry. Now that he is the emperor, Helan Minzhi dares to treat him like this... Of course, he also knew that there must be the instructor of his mother behind this matter!

The proposal proposed by Helan Minzhi was strongly supported by the Secretary-General Li Jingxuan, the Chief of the Procuratorial Officer Pei Yan and the Huangmen Minister Wang Dezhen. These people followed Helan Minzhi and asked Wu Zetian to continue to preside over the court meeting on behalf of the emperor and handle the court affairs! Their reasons were very sufficient: Now the late emperor was newly mourned. The newly ascended emperor ignored the government and handed over all matters to several ministers for the resignation. In recent years, the Empress Tianhou handled the government affairs for many years on behalf of the emperor. When the Empress Tianhou died and the new emperor ascended the throne, the state affairs could not be abandoned. For the sake of the stability of the world, the Empress Tianhou should continue to perform this position, and not the regent ministers should handle the state affairs on behalf of the emperor.

Helan Minzhi's proposal made the court in an uproar, and the words of the ministers who followed him were even more surprised. These were all prime ministers in the Political Affairs Hall, and of course their meaning was not comparable to other ordinary ministers.

A few days ago, the ministers who asked the emperor to report to the emperor's officials to be in charge of the government were mainly officials of the fourth and fifth ranks. There was no prime minister of the Zhengshi Hall; now many prime ministers of the Zhengshi Hall stood up and Wu Zetian, who had been promoted to the empress dowager, continued to take charge of the court on behalf of the empress dowager on the grounds that the emperor did not take charge of the court and caused the state affairs to be abandoned. Which of these two views would shock more, anyone can understand.

Helan Minzhi's intention is actually not complicated. Chen Yi didn't need to think too much, so he basically guessed Helan Minzhi's true intention. Helan Minzhi might have been instructed by Wu Zetian or figured out Wu Zetian's intention to make such a proposal! However, it is also possible that Helan Minzhi's intention to further gain Wu Zetian's favor and do so, and to take advantage of the opportunity to deal with the matter, weaken the rights in the hands of several auxiliary ministers and further improve his status. In the process of doing these, he can establish his own authority. As long as Wu Zetian agrees with their proposal, this can be achieved, and it can be said that he can get the best of all the tricks!

Because he knew some of Helan Minzhi's ambitions, Chen Yi knew exactly what Helan Minzhi's final intention was.

According to the information Chen Yi investigated, Helan Minzhi had been bewitched in front of Wu Zetian several times, asking Wu Zetian to continue to find ways to take over power and imitate Empress Lü, and even go further. Helan Minzhi also said bluntly that the emperor can be not only a man, but also a woman.

Of course, this remark surprised Chen Yi. He could not have imagined that Helan Minzhi's idea was so radical, it seemed more radical than him, a time traveler, and he actually bewitched Wu Zetian to be the emperor himself. Chen Yi couldn't figure out what Helan Minzhi was thinking.

But one thing is certain. If Wu Zetian really acted as Helan Min's bewitching, and established himself in the Tang Dynasty and became the emperor, then he, the only descendant of the Wu family, was the most profitable person, and it would be possible that Wu Zetian would eventually make him the crown prince.

Chen Yi guessed that Helan Minzhi thought of this. He was most likely to be appointed as the crown prince or the heir of the emperor as the emperor, so he was so brave to be so bewitched. Although he was a time traveler, he also knew that Wu Zetian in history really became the emperor by the Zhou Dynasty and Tang Dynasty, but he had no such idea and encouraged Wu Zetian to become the emperor himself.

Now he doesn't want everything to be as in history as in history. Wu Zetian established the Tang Dynasty and established the Great Zhou Dynasty. He is already conspiring to make his plan. If he wants this plan to succeed, he will work hard, and even try his best to prevent Wu Zetian from becoming emperor.

But he didn't know how to persuade Wu Zetian to give up this idea, and he had no way to persuade him, because Wu Zetian never expressed such thoughts when discussing things with him.

Wu Zetian was of course surprised by Helan Minzhi's private proposal, but after Helan Minzhi had persuaded him a few times, she was a little moved and indulged her nephew to act freely in the court. This time, Helan Minzhi's report proposed that she continue to come out to take charge of the court, which was of course her instruction. It was just that Helan Minzhi's proposal was first. After she agreed, she gave Helan Minzhi some skills.

However, the subsequent storm caused by this incident surprised Wu Zetian. Several other prime ministers of the Political Affairs Hall who had no opinions, including Pei Xingjian, Liu Rengui, Xue Yuanchao, Cui Zhiwen, and Cen Changqian, all rose up to oppose Helan Minzhi's proposal. What they mean was that the emperor had already sworn in front of the coffin of the late emperor and took on the important task of handling military and national affairs. Like the late emperor, he should immediately exercise the emperor's duties. With the assistance of several ministers of his life, he would fully handle all military and national affairs. Only those things that could not be decided should be reported to the Empress Dowager, and ask the Empress Dowager, who has been promoted to the Empress Dowager to be punished!

Pei Xingjian and others wrote the will by Wu Zetian on behalf of Emperor Li Zhi. They did not fully agree with it, but believed that Wu Zetian's own intention was just imposed on Li Zhi. Since Wu Zetian's own intention was to let Li Xian take charge of the affairs of the court, only those who cannot decide military and national affairs need to report to Wu Zetian.

Wu Zetian himself had this, and they could also take the opportunity to fight. After all, these people were unwilling to continue Wu Zetian's power in charge of the government. Instead, they hope that the Tang empress who had been dealing with the court for the past emperor for many years would truly return to the emperor and give stability to the Tang Dynasty. If Wu Zetian really returned to the government to Li Xian and completed the real and stable handover of power, then all worries could be put aside and there was no need to worry about the chaos of the court. The world was from the Li family, and Wu Zetian was just the wife of the Wu family!

After hearing such movements in the court, Wu Zetian summoned Chen Yi to inquire about the matter.

In this matter, Chen Yi did not show any support or objection, which made Wu Zetian a little unsatisfied and surprised many ministers. He couldn't figure out what Chen Yi's attitude was!

"Zi Ying, what do you think of what Min reported?"

Because of the time when he was too hard, Wu Zetian was a little weak, and he seemed to be older than before Li Zhi died. He only had not changed much in his tone and expression as he spoke.

Chen Yi looked at the old lover in front of him for a long time and felt unfamiliar. When he entered the palace, he knew that Wu Zetian would definitely ask him about these things this time, so he thought about this situation. He pretended to be pondered for a while, and then said, "Empress, I think the opinions given by Uncle Minzhi are not suitable!"

"Oh?!Why?" Wu Zetian was full of surprise.

"Empress, when the late emperor passed away, the empress conveyed a will in front of the coffin on behalf of the emperor, asking the crown prince to ascend the throne in front of the coffin and immediately assume the responsibility of handling state affairs. Only those military and national affairs that cannot be decided need to report to the empress! If only a few days have passed, the empress will abolish the imperial edict and continue to take charge of the court affairs on behalf of the emperor, it will definitely make many ministers suspicious and angry. This is not good for the empress!" Chen Yi raised his head, looked at Wu Zetian with a slightly changed expression, and said with a constant expression.

He said: "Empress, I think it is better to maintain the current situation. Now the emperor doesn't care about most matters. He will ask you for advice on more important matters. It can be said that the empress still has the power to handle most of the affairs of the court. If the emperor is so sensible, why should he force him again? If he really does like uncle Minzhi, there will definitely be a big wave in the court. According to my opinion, even if the empress wants to do this, it will have to stay after a while. After the emperor has any misunderstandings, it is better to find an opportunity to regain power!"

Wu Zetian remained silent after hearing this, and his eyes drooped, as if thinking.

"Empress, this is just my family's opinion. If I say something wrong, please ask the empress to correct me! I am just considering the reputation of my empress. I think that everything must be planned for the long term!"

"Well, what you said makes sense. Let me think about it carefully!" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!