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Chapter 627 Court Meeting
Today, Empress Dowager Zheng will also attend the grand court meeting.

Concubine Fan Gui tossed and turned all night, and at dawn she brought Prince Ping to Jingyang Palace. She was filled with anxiety, but also with uncontrollable joy.

The country cannot be without a ruler for a day. After Emperor Taihe was buried, the top priority now was to support a new ruler.

The Prince of Huaiyang and the Prince of Wu'an were both imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison by the Empress Dowager Zheng. Today, these two princes were not even qualified to attend the grand court meeting. With these two confidants gone, no one could pose a threat to the Prince of Ping.

When King Ping ascended the throne, she became the Queen Mother of Daliang.

Empress Dowager Zheng is already old, how many more years can she live? Once Empress Dowager Zheng is gone, the harem will be hers. In the future, she can also win over court officials and interfere in government affairs like Empress Dowager Zheng did, and let the Fan family replace the Zheng family and become the most famous foreign relatives in Daliang...

Such a vision made Concubine Fan Gui feel secretly happy. She carefully controlled her facial expression, not daring to frown, and spoke in a more respectful tone: "The grand court meeting is about to begin. I will help the Empress Dowager to the Golden Palace."

Empress Dowager Zheng rarely showed good looks to Concubine Fan Gui: "Come here and help me."

Then he said to Jiang Shaohua: "Shaohua, come here too."

As for King Ping Jiang Hao, he will go to the Golden Palace today as the future emperor and must walk at the front of the crowd.

Jiang Hao was not happy to go ahead alone and kept making a fuss.

Concubine Fan was going to coax her son as usual. Jiang Shaohua glanced at her coldly and said, "Stop crying."

Jiang Hao immediately fell silent and walked in front, accompanied by Eunuch Wei.

Concubine Fan Gui breathed a sigh of relief, but she couldn't help feeling unhappy. Then she thought that she would have to rely on Jiang Shaohua to manage government affairs for her son in the future, and it would be a good thing if Jiang Shaohua was stronger and could control Jiang Hao. Only then did she reluctantly suppress her unhappiness.

Empress Dowager Zheng didn't have so many complicated thoughts. She praised: "Prince Ping is young and ignorant, so someone should be in charge of him like this. Shaohua did a good job."

Jiang Shaohua smiled slightly.

I hope that Empress Dowager Zheng will not be mad at her to death at today's court meeting.

The group went to the Golden Palace in a grand manner.

Empress Dowager Zheng had only visited the Golden Palace a few times in her life. The last time was before Jiang Song ascended the throne. When Emperor Taikang died of an acute illness, the sixteen-year-old Crown Prince Jiang Song inherited the throne smoothly. Three years later, Jiang Song was murdered, and the old and young in the palace had to rely on Jiang Shaohua to keep up appearances.

All the ministers have been waiting in the Golden Palace for a long time.

Prince Ping was the first to enter the Golden Throne Hall, and all the ministers bowed together: "Your Highness Prince Ping, the Empress Dowager, and the Princess."

Concubine Fan Gui was naturally ignored.

Jiang Hao was startled by the scene and turned around and rushed into the arms of the Grand Empress Dowager Zheng. The Grand Empress Dowager Zheng hurriedly hugged Jiang Hao and said, "Don't be afraid, Hao'er."

Jiang Shaohua's voice sounded just right: "Everyone, please stand up."

The ministers were also accustomed to listening to Jiang Shaohua's orders. They bowed their hands in thanks and stood up to make way.

Next, it was time for His Royal Highness Prince Ping to walk to the throne and be nominated and supported by the ministers as the new emperor. The ministers were ready, but Jiang Hao got into a stubborn temper and refused to move. The Empress Dowager Zheng was old and weak, and she was twisted and thrashed in Jiang Hao's arms, and she almost stumbled and fell.

Eunuch Zhao hurried to help Empress Dowager Zheng. Concubine Fan Gui had no choice but to hold Jiang Hao's hand tightly and coax him softly: "Hao'er, be good and stop making trouble. Go over there first and let the ministers take a good look at you."

"No!" Jiang Hao cried, "I'm not going! I want to go back!"

He was small but strong, and when he swung his arms vigorously, his palm accidentally hit Concubine Fan Gui's face. Concubine Fan Gui's cheeks made a crisp sound and immediately turned red, and a strand of her hair was also messed up by Prince Ping.

All the ministers were watching and the scene was chaotic. Concubine Fan Gui was ashamed and embarrassed and had to look up to Jiang Shaohua for help.

Jiang Shaohua clearly saw Concubine Fan's pleading eyes, but he did not offer any help, nor did he reach out to pull Jiang Hao away.

Concubine Fan Gui felt a jolt in her heart. For some reason, a strange feeling of uneasiness came over her, as if something unexpected was about to happen.

All the ministers watched this scene and sighed in their hearts.

The beam was about to fall into the hands of an ignorant boy, just like a huge gap in a broken ship. It seemed that it was only a matter of time before the ship sank. What could the officials do?

After all, this is the Jiang family's world, and the throne will eventually be occupied by the Jiang family. Originally, there were also the Huaiyang Prince and the Wu'an County Prince who could be considered, but as soon as the Empress Dowager Zheng took action, these two princes were suspected of rebellion and were imprisoned...

Empress Dowager Zheng stood still with the support of Eunuch Zhao. She glanced around and took in the sad and sad expressions on the faces of all the ministers.

Empress Dowager Zheng frowned and scolded, "Why are you all crying? My eldest grandson is gone, but I still have my youngest grandson! The legacy of Daliang has not been broken! You are the backbone of Daliang, and you must shoulder the heavy responsibility at this moment."

Prime Minister Wang, who was able to argue with reason under the power of Empress Dowager Zheng, is now lying on the bed in the Wang family.

Duke Anguo, who was able to appease Empress Dowager Zheng, was lying in the Zheng family.

Minister Zhang was useless, and the other ministers did not have the courage to speak out. The majestic and angry voice of Empress Dowager Zheng echoed in the Golden Palace: "Everyone, get out of the way. I want to bring Prince Ping to the palace."

The ministers silently stepped aside.

Queen Mother Zheng went to pull Prince Ping with great momentum.

Prince Ping continued to cry. Empress Dowager Zheng looked at Jiang Shaohua and said, "Shaohua, go and help Prince Ping."

When these words were spoken in public, they were full of double entendres and had strong suggestive implications.

Of course, this was also expected by the ministers. With Prince Ping in this state, even if he sat on the dragon throne, he would be just a decoration. Someone had to assist in the administration and handle government affairs. Empress Dowager Zheng could not tolerate Prince Huaiyang and Prince Wu'an coveting the throne, so she wanted to push Jiang Shaohua to the position of assistant.

In terms of ability, cunning, and means, who could be more suitable than Princess Nanyang?
Now, as long as Jiang Shaohua goes over as he is told, takes Prince Ping's hand, and walks to the throne together, he can naturally ascend to a high position, become the first regent princess of Daliang, hold great power, and leave a strong mark in history.

Even the original prime minister's party, such as Zhang Shangshu, Dai Shangshu, Zhou Shangshu and others, had no choice but to accept this.

Let her be the princess! Although she is a woman, she is really capable and can control the court and everyone.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Jiang Shaohua did not move at all.

The ministers looked over in surprise.

Empress Dowager Zheng was unhappy and repeated, "Shaohua, why are you still standing there? Go and help Prince Ping!"