It was already late at night when Tai Chi Palace established the Zheng Hall, but it was still brightly lit here. A noble lady in palace clothes sat upright on the hall, holding an imperial pen in her hand and reviewing memorials. This woman was Wu Meiniang, the queen of the Tang Dynasty.

Wu Meiniang is four years older than Li Zhi and is in her early fifties this year. But like Princess Chengyang, she is naturally beautiful and well-maintained, so she looks at it at most in her thirties, with no wrinkles on her face, and under her long eyebrows, her pair of phoenix eyes are powerful without anger, making people dare not look directly at it.

Compared to the medicine jars of Li Zhi and Li Hong, Wu Meiniang is extremely energetic. Even at such an old age, since taking over government affairs, even if she has revised memorials every day until midnight, she is still shining with glory the next day, and it seems that she never sees any fatigue in her.

But at this moment, a burst of rapid footsteps broke the peace of the hall. An old eunuch with gray hair quickly walked into the hall and came to Wu Meiniang to salute immediately and said, "Greetings to the Queen!"

Last year, Li Zhi claimed to be the emperor, while Wu Meiniang was named the queen of heaven. A few months later, Wu Meiniang even wrote a letter to make suggestions, which were adopted by Li Zhi. At that time, many people ranked Wu Meiniang and Li Zhi together, known in history as the "Two Saints in the Dynasty".

"How is the matter going?" Wu Meiniang asked without raising her head.

"It has been found out that it is the news that Princess Chengyang's people spread everywhere. Now many people are talking about the queen behind their backs!" The old eunuch reported in a low voice again that the old eunuch was named Wang Liang, and he was Wu Meiniang's confidant. It is said that Wu Meiniang met him when she first entered the palace. Later, the reason why Wu Meiniang was able to return to the palace from Ganye Temple was thanks to Wang Liang's help.

Hearing Wang Liang's report, Wu Meiniang finally put down the imperial pen in her hand, then raised her head and smiled: "It's interesting. I wanted to teach her a little lesson, but I didn't expect that she would take advantage of the problem and make a beautiful counterattack. It seems that I underestimate her!"

"The Queen, according to the report of the person outside the palace, this matter does not seem to be the work of Princess Chengyang!" However, Wang Liang spoke again at this time, and when he mentioned the three words "that person", he even showed a bit of hesitation.

Wu Meiniang naturally knew who Wang Liang was talking about, and she frowned and said, "What else did he say?"

"He also said that Princess Chengyang is arrogant and has always disdained to use the trick of spreading rumors. Therefore, this time, the matter was probably not what Princess Chengyang thought of herself, but someone behind her advice!" Wang Liang once again carefully reported the report. Although he was known as Wu Meiniang's first confidant, he had to be careful when facing the overwhelming dignity of Wu Meiniang.

When Wu Meiniang heard Wang Liang's words, she also showed a solemn expression. The grudge between her and Princess Chengyang had long been unable to be resolved, and she had fought for many years, so she also knew Princess Chengyang very well. Just now, she felt that Princess Chengyang's counterattack was unexpected. Now, when she thought about it carefully, it was really like what that person said, completely different from Princess Chengyang's usual methods.

"Investigate, let him send additional people to investigate, and you must find out who the person behind Chengyang is!" Wu Meiniang finally frowned and ordered.

Originally, she did not take Princess Chengyang seriously. Although the other party's identity might have some impact on Li Zhi, Princess Chengyang does not like power and has never been her opponent. However, this time she made a beautiful counterattack, which made Wu Meiniang feel a little threat.

"Here!" Wang Liang agreed immediately and then turned around and left the hall.

Looking at Wang Liang's departure, Wu Meiniang slowly fell into deep thought. When Princess Chengyang's family moved to Fangzhou, she thought that the other party would never threaten her again. Even though the other party returned to Chang'an last year, she didn't care much, but Princess Chengyang offered Linyi rice some time ago.

What Wu Meiniang didn't expect was that her husband Li Zhi and Cheng Yang actually untied the knot. According to the news she received, the brother and sister hugged her head and cried that day, and the number of times Cheng Yang entered the palace has increased significantly recently. Every time she was summoned by her husband Li Zhi, the brother and sister seemed to have endless things to say.

Thinking of the above, Wu Meiniang became a little irritated. Although Princess Chengyang did not interfere in the government affairs, as her husband's only living sister, she may have affected Li Zhi emotionally. Princess Chengyang is her mortal enemy, which will also pose a huge threat to her.

"Come!" With Wu Meiniang's order, another eunuch rushed forward immediately, "What are the prince doing recently? Have you any abnormal movements?"

"You are the queen of heaven. The prince has been recuperating in Furong Garden recently. When he is in good health, he will also call some ministers from the Eastern Palace to discuss matters. There is nothing unusual in normal times!" The eunuch immediately reported that in order to monitor the movements of all parties, Wu Meiniang had people in the palace and outside the palace.

"His condition improved?" Wu Meiniang frowned when she heard this. Li Hong was her son. Her son's condition improved, but she did not feel any joy.

"It's not a good idea, it's just that it's repeated, sometimes it doesn't get sick a day, and sometimes it happens three or four times a day." The eunuch reported the situation he had learned truthfully.

The information of this eunuch was obviously wrong. After Li Hong received Zhang Zong's medicine, he had curbed the number of occurrences and would not have occurred all day long. However, sometimes he would pretend to be sick, mainly to avoid people knowing that his condition had improved. In addition, he did not know that nitroglycerin could better hide Zhang Zong.

Wu Meiniang heard that Li Hong's condition had not improved significantly, so she let out a long sigh. Compared to Princess Chengyang, Li Hong poses a greater threat to her. If Li Hong's condition improves, the power in her hands will be completely transferred to Li Hong's hands, so she pays attention to Li Hong's condition than anyone else.

As for the so-called mother-son relationship, Wu Meiniang has long left it behind. After all, compared to imperial power, the relationship between mother and son is nothing, not to mention that the relationship between her and Li Hong has long been broken, so in her eyes, Li Hong has become the biggest obstacle to her monopoly.

"Tomorrow, Liu Yizhi, Fan Lubing, Yuan Wanqing and others will enter the palace to discuss matters!" Wu Meiniang thought for a moment, and soon ordered again that the three people she mentioned were outstanding figures among the North Gate Bachelor, and had helped her share part of the power of the prime minister.

"Here!" The eunuch below agreed again, then went down and ordered someone to notify Fan Lubing and others. Wu Meiniang also breathed a sigh of relief at this time. Sometimes she could not wait passively, but needed to take the initiative to do something.
Chapter completed!