In the Funing Palace, when the imperial physician on duty was rushing to boil a calming decoction for the Son of Heaven, many courtiers in the Wende Hall also found that they needed a dose of soothing soup to keep their composure.

Listening to the call of the Queen Mother's arrival, looking at the faint figure behind the screen, many courtiers were surprised.

After recuperating for many days, the Queen Mother finally appeared at the court meeting, which was indeed a happy event for most courtiers.

But on the royal couch of the Wende Palace, there is no one at the moment.

The Queen Mother went to court, but she didn't see the Son of Heaven.

No matter how high the prestige of the Empress Dowager Xiang is, and how many courtiers support her, but in legal theory, the Empress Dowager Xiang has to be authorized by Emperor Xizong to govern the world on behalf of the young Son of Heaven - the power of the Empress Dowager to rule the world comes from the Son of Heaven, so when the court meets, it is impossible for the Empress Dowager to leave the Son of Heaven to appear alone. If the Son of Heaven is ill and cannot go to the court, the Queen Mother should not appear at the court meeting.

The daily festival of the Wende Hall is not counted, only the courtiers who are not serious about affairs participate, and they are generally escorted by the prime minister, and the queen mother and the son of heaven will not be present.

Held in the vertical arch hall, mainly attended by Zhu Zizhongchen, there were indeed several occasions when the queen mother appeared alone.

However, every five days in the vertical arch hall held a hundred officials of the grand residence, as well as today's more important Shuowang court meeting and the most three times a year of the great court meeting, but there has never been a record of the queen mother appearing alone.

It's going to be a change!

Although almost every courtier standing in the palace was prepared for this, the fact that it really happened in front of him still made most of the courtiers feel a palpitation.

Especially when the one entered Beijing.

Everyone's eyes were on Wang Anshi, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were waiting for the reaction of this old minister.

It would be nice to make a big fuss. Pu Zongmeng's eyes were full of antiquity.

He still remembered what Han Gang had said to him earlier.

The inside information I got from Han Gang's side was only a little more than the content of the political report. But this was enough for Pu Zongmeng to completely abandon the emperor. But it also means that his chances of entering the two mansions are even more minimal, and in terms of age, he has no chance to get that cool umbrella before the age of seventy.

Maybe wag his tail more diligently, Han Gang will reward him with a cool umbrella when he is almost seventy, and then find a good state and county to support him after a year and a half.

However, compared to the free tea soup for gargling after a meal in such hotels, Pu Zongmeng prefers a real meal.

It is gratifying that the queue can open up a cool umbrella, but without the things that the cool umbrella represents, a simple Qingluo umbrella is just a bargain that cannot be penetrated.

Fortunately, there is also Wang Anshi, and only Wang Anshi can break the calculations of the prime ministers. Even with Wang Anshi's assistance, Pu Zongmeng didn't think that the Son of Heaven had the possibility of a half-star turnaround, but Wang Anshi was enough to make a splash in the backwater court and give Pu Zongmeng the best chance to show himself.

More than one person is looking forward to Wang Anshi's anger like Pu Zongmeng, and only the chaotic court can vacate more positions. The monkeys below always hope that the red butts that can be seen above are as few as possible, and Wang Anshi is the giant who can shake the monkeys off the big tree.

If Wang Anshi is silent, the current system of Zaifu and political affairs, which is as stable as a mountain rock, will make people desperate to continue to maintain.

However, the rhythm of the court meeting will not be changed by these expectations.

The Queen Mother and the Son of Heaven arrived, and the next step was naturally for the prime minister to lead hundreds of officials to pay homage.

Although Wang Anshi is a servant, his rank is far ahead of the current three prime ministers, but according to the rules of the court, the current prime minister's status is above all the ministers. Whether it is the outgoing prime minister or the prince, they can't be pressed before the incumbent prime minister.

Therefore, in the civil official train, Su Song, as an important matter of the Pingzhang military state, stood in front of Wang Anshi. However, although Zhang Dian and Han Gang are prime ministers, they are both juniors, and they have no intention of being ahead of Wang Anshi, so they took the initiative to give in and let Wang Anshi rank second.

The Queen Mother took the seat, Su Song did not hesitate, as always, he led the crowd to worship in the palace.

Su Song ignored the absence of the Son of Heaven, which was not unexpected, but Wang Anshi's next move shocked the courtiers.

In front of everyone's eyes, Wang Anshi followed Su Song and bowed his head to the top of the palace.

It was the most standard salute, and for nearly fifty years in the court, Wang Anshi's clothes may be stained with oil, but his demeanor is absolutely perfect and flawless.

But how could he salute, how could he salute?

If it weren't for the court meeting, if it weren't for the hundreds of political animals in the hall who had long been accustomed to restraining their feelings, Wang Anshi's current actions would definitely cause an uproar.

How many courtiers were slow to wake up because they paid too much attention to Wang Anshi.

Others can change their ways, but they shouldn't; Others can give up the emperor, but the empress's grandfather shouldn't; Others can advance and retreat with Zai, but the new sect should not.

Who's that?

Pu Zongmeng's eyes widened in confusion, and he felt that his old man's Cheng dù seemed to be much stricter.

The one who bowed to the ground now was not at all the servant and envoy of the Hedong Festival, the scholar of the Guanwen Palace, and the prince of Chu Anshi.

Where did the reluctant husband who refused to bow his head go when he decided on one thing?

Wang Anli, who had been paying attention to Wang Anshi, although he didn't feel that Su Song was another person behind him, he was even more surprised by his brother's actions, and when he bowed, he was even slower than his colleagues who were already stunned before and after.

Feeling the sight of the palace attendant Shi Thorn behind him, Wang Anli hurriedly caught up with the movement of the large army. It's just that between the worships, my mind is still confused, and when I finally get up, my feet slip, although I didn't fall, but I still stumbled a little to stand firm.

Picking up his wat board from the ground in a daze, Wang Anli had no time to care about the bullet that would fall on his head tomorrow.

When Wang Anli learned that Wang Anshi was going to marry the emperor, he was very dissatisfied and almost fell out with his brother. This time Wang Anshi went to Beijing, Wang Anli estimated that he was here to support his grandson-in-law.

In the end, how to show his completely different position from Wang Anshi in front of the Queen Mother and the Prime Minister, and at the same time, he must leave a little favor for the emperor, so that in case the emperor defeats the Queen Mother and Zaifu, he can still rely on the identity of his relatives to get rid of disasters and avoid difficulties, which makes Wang Anli very troubled.

He never thought that Wang Anshi would be on the side of the Queen Mother.

Wang Anli really couldn't understand what his brother was thinking, since he could decide to support the Queen Mother and Zai Fu today, what was the purpose of marrying his granddaughter to the emperor before?

Do you want to repent of marriage? But the queen mother abolished the emperor, just to prevaricate, and would never agree to Wang Anshi's repentance.

It is not impossible to say that the sudden change made Wang Anshi have to bow his head. But with Wang Anli's understanding of Wang Anshi, it is impossible for his third brother to be soft, and the nickname of Xianggong is not called in vain.

So, what the hell is going on?

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Seeing Wang Anshi bowing his head, the Queen Mother finally breathed a sigh of relief.

With three prime ministers taking the lead, the strong support of important ministers, and his own backer, it is no problem to change the emperor.

Only Wang Anshi is the most difficult, this is a hard bone, and it is hard.

He is in Jiangning, but his reputation is all over the world, and if one is not good, the world will be in chaos.

Such a dangerous person, rather than being placed in a place to become a source of trouble, it is better to ask the capital to watch.

This is the opinion shared by several Zaisuke. Without Wang Anshi, even if there are Wen Yanbo, Feng Jing, Lu Huiqing and other veterans and former ministers, they can't set off the storm.

Wang Anshi's ascension to Beijing can even be said to be the result of the active guidance of the Political Affairs Hall, and Han Gang also took the initiative to take on the important task of persuading Wang Anshi. He did convince Wang Anshi now—albeit only reluctantly.

Letting go of the burden in my heart, a thousand times the tiredness came like a tide, and the pinprick-like pain in my head also rose together, and I couldn't help but cry out a few times.

"Queen Mother, Queen Mother!"

The cronies standing next to him hurriedly stepped forward and shouted in a low voice.

Empress Dowager Xiang recuperated for many days before she could barely go to court, and no one could guarantee that she would be able to hold out until the end.

"It's okay, it's almost there."

whispered to the Queen Mother, and the palace maid behind her was also busy massaging her head.

After massaging a few times, when the pain subsided slightly, the Empress Dowager Xiang immediately sat up straight, looking down at the courtiers who had returned to the class after the salute.

According to the rules of the court, there is still a ceremony after the hundred officials visit the shrine, but the Empress Dowager Xiang feels that she has no time to waste that time.

When Su Song was about to lead the hundred officials to continue the court, the voice of the messenger beside the Queen Mother suddenly came from the palace: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have something to discuss." ”

Here it is. ’

Pu Zongmeng's spirits were lifted, and Wang Anshi did not make a big fuss in the court, which made him very disappointed.

But when the Queen Mother wants to depose the emperor, what will happen to him?!

The emperor has been imprisoned, and the palace is firmly controlled by the queen mother, and the prime minister and the government are all respected by the queen mother.

And the emperor is in the people, in Shilin, it can be said that he is notorious, and he is a young master, and he has no kindness in the world, and today the queen mother is determined to abolish him, not to mention that he will come forward to oppose it, even if there are not many people who are aggrieved by him.

It is likely that except for Wang Anshi, there is no second person in this hall.

But with Wang Anshi's character, he doesn't care how many people around him are.

It's just that when Pu Zongmeng searched for Wang Anshi at the top of the list out of the corner of his eye, his heart was suddenly not so sure again.

What if Wang Anshi is the same as just now?

Pu Zongmeng knew that Wang Anshi was seriously ill a year ago, and when he saw Wang Anshi this morning, he also felt much older and haggard than in the past.

The more Pu Zongmeng thought about it, the more he felt that there was nothing wrong, it was really a big mistake to pin his hopes on Wang Anshi, and he had to rely on himself.

Isn't there a chance now?!

Looking at the empty throne and listening to Su Song say, 'Please instruct Your Majesty', Pu Zongmeng found that this was a great opportunity.

As long as you dare to go out, Pu Zongmeng thought, this is an opportunity!