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When the Empress Dowager came in, Xiang Zenan was being served by a maid to change clothes, and for the first time he did not kneel down to her.

"Why did you get up so early?" The Empress Dowager was full of concern, "How is the wound? Does it still hurt?"

Xiang Zenan smiled, "Grandson thought that there would be a big court meeting today, so he got up early, but just now I found out that the court meeting has been cancelled."

The Empress Dowager's face remained unchanged, "Naturally, the body is important. If you are injured, you should rest well. The affairs of the previous court are not urgent in these two days."

"The emperor's grandmother said that according to her grandson, a screen should be erected in Fengtian Hall, and the emperor's grandmother should listen to the government behind the curtain."

The empress dowager's smile froze at the corner of her mouth, she turned her head and said to the maid: "You all go down."

Imperial doctor Tang stayed up all night, and was innocently involved in the royal dispute early in the morning, breaking out in a cold sweat, and hurried out with the maid at this time.

The Empress Dowager helped Xiang Zenan tidy up his collar, "Grandmother knows that you feel uncomfortable, but now that such a big incident has happened, how can you make me feel at ease?"

"It's not Gu Qiao's fault, nor Xiao Anzi's fault. Why did the imperial grandmother take her anger out on them?"

The Empress Dowager said: "Those who are ministers and slaves do not follow the rules, they should be taught a lesson."

"Does the imperial grandmother know who the assassin is?"

The Empress Dowager didn't know why he suddenly asked this, and looked up at him.

"The assassin is Huang Qi who is beside King Yi."

"King Yi?"

"If anyone needs to be taught a lesson in this matter, it should be King Yi, Xiao Anzi died so innocently!"

The Empress Dowager frowned, "King Yi sent someone to kill you?"

"The assassin is dead, we only know that he is someone close to King Yi."

"Then you have to understand that as long as you don't leave the palace, he won't be able to hurt you. But you went out of the palace alone, without even a guard, and Gu Qiao actually accompanied you to do such ridiculous things."

"It's my fault to go out of the palace without permission, but the imperial grandmother shouldn't kill the servants in my palace, and Gu Qiao is not wrong either, he just obeys my orders."

"Imperial Grandmother is doing this for your own good. How can you be surrounded by ignorant people?"

"An ignorant person? So the emperor's grandmother changed all the people around me?"

The empress dowager heard his accusation, and was a little displeased, "Not all of them have been replaced, Gu Shiyi, I haven't moved yet."

This is almost a threat.

Xiang Zenan took two steps back, "The imperial grandmother can move to the front court."

The Empress Dowager knew that she had made a slip of the tongue, she smiled and said: "My Palace has never asked about the political affairs of the court. It has been like this since your father's time. How can you extend your hand to the previous court. It's just that, don't worry too much about it. think."

"Grandmother," Xiang Zenan said, trying to sound sincere, "I know you are very angry because of an accident this time. But I am not a child anymore, and I know what to do. The affairs of the harem You don't care, I have no objection, you want to replace all the servants around me, I have no objection. But Gu Qiao is a former civil servant, how can the emperor's grandmother do anything to him? There is also an urgent decree to be discussed in today's Great Court Assembly, you How can you just cancel it?"

The Empress Dowager raised her eyebrows subconsciously, "Are you blaming me?"

Xiang Zenan knew that if he compromised this time, he would have no chance to seize the initiative in the future.It is such a sensitive matter for the harem to intervene in government affairs. As long as the previous government is sent a little bit of information that he tacitly approves of the Queen Mother's interference in government affairs, it will plant the seeds for future party struggles.

The government of the Hao Dynasty had struggled with the party for many years, and finally cleaned up the He party, and the Lin family began to move around again.

Ever since the empress dowager let Lin Wanqing approach him, he knew that the imperial grandmother was not as selfless as she said.He understood all of these, but he would never allow the harem to directly interfere in political affairs.

He took a deep breath, "The emperor's grandmother is old, and it's time to take care of her."

The Empress Dowager's eyes widened. She seemed unable to believe that Xiang Zenan would say such a thing to her, "What do you mean?"

"What grandson means is that the imperial grandmother has worked hard all her life, so it is time for her to enjoy her old age. My grandson sent someone to go to Keqingshan Palace immediately to clean up the palace for the imperial grandmother, and invited the imperial grandmother to move to Keqingshan to fulfill my grandson's filial piety."

He pinched his own palm to say these words, and he knew that after he said these words, he would lose the elder who loved him most forever.

From then on, in this world, Xiang Zenan never loved his grandmother again.

The Empress Dowager was shocked for a moment and finally came to her senses. Her chest heaved violently, her lips trembled, and she couldn't say anything.

Xiang Zenan bowed to her, "Grandmother, grandson still has government affairs to deal with, so I'll go to the Political Affairs Hall first."

Without waiting for an answer, he strode out the door.

After leaving Chengxuan Palace, he spread out his palm, and saw blood dripping out from the wound he pinched too hard just now.

From this moment on, he was really alone in this deep palace.

The Great Dynasty will be cancelled, and today's decree will be issued by the Zhengshitang.However, since no emperor made the final decision, there were two controversial issues that could not be finalized.

Following Eunuch Zhai's voice: "His Majesty the Emperor is here", there was a sudden silence in the hall, and all the ministers maintained their quarreling postures and turned their heads to look at the throne, only to see the emperor in ordinary clothes walking in.

The ministers who were scratching their hair, pulling their clothes, and throwing scrolls at each other knelt down and shouted long live.

Xiang Zenan glanced at it, but Gu Qiao was not there.

"The first thing I want to say today," Xiang Zenan said at this time, even though he was wearing ordinary clothes, with a majesty that cannot be ignored, he paused every word: "Anything about the court meeting in the future can only be passed on by Zhai Renli." Only my word of mouth will take effect."

The ministers below are all fine people, and they interpreted many meanings in this sentence in an instant.

One is that the cancellation of today's Great Court Meeting is not the emperor's own will, so it is self-evident who passed the order; the other is that their young emperor does not seem to be willing to be suppressed by others, and I am afraid that he is not willing to be controlled by others. That one already has a suspicion; third, the Lin family's power, which has just emerged a little bit, seems to have no chance to grow.

Everyone exchanged a look, bowed and said yes.

After the emperor arrived, the political affairs hall returned to its former order.The ministers expressed their opinions. Although the words were still fierce, there were no more physical conflicts, and the emperor finally made the final decision on several decrees.

After the court was over, the emperor wanted Xiao Anzi to visit Gu Qiao, but when he turned around and saw Zhai Renli following behind, he remembered that Xiao Anzi was gone.

He was a little blocked, he stopped, looked up at the vermilion palace wall, and imagined in his mind that if he jumped up and climbed over the high wall now, Zhai Renli would definitely be terrified.Then the guards in the palace thought it was the assassin and chased after him one after another. When they saw clearly that the assassin was the emperor, they knelt down in a hurry.

Immediately afterwards, the emperor's attempt to escape from the palace by jumping over the wall will be reported to the empress dowager.

Now, she should not care about it anymore, and dare not do it anymore.

The memories of being with his grandmother when he was a child always come out of his mind from time to time to remind him that he hurt his loved ones, but his reason tells him that he must do this because he is the emperor.

Zhai Renli didn't ask why he stopped suddenly, but just stood respectfully behind, like a dedicated shadow.

Xiang Zenan sighed, and went to the imperial study.

There was a thick stack of documents on the imperial case, and he picked up the top one.

The regular lower case script is the handwriting he is most familiar with——Dictionary Table.

Xiang Zenan froze for a moment, holding the thin piece of paper, he dared not read on.