I just reached the maximum level, and you want me to be a puppet emperor?

Chapter 43: Undercurrents surge in the court! Ministers begin to take sides!
Chu Ruoyan's figure is already one of the best among her peers, but it is nothing compared to the empress dowager.

This was the first time Chu Ruoyan felt anxious about her appearance after living for so many years.

She was wondering if she would be able to have this dimension in the future?

Does Li Chen also like this?

It can be said that Chu Ruoyan had been staring at the empress dowager for the entire afternoon, observing her smooth and tender skin on her face and her slender waist, wondering what it would feel like to touch.

No detail about the Queen Mother was to be missed. If she were a man, this would be enough to get her dragged out for questioning.

As for what the Queen Mother talked about the whole afternoon, she didn't hear a single word and returned in a daze.

At that time, the Queen Mother praised her for being sensible and told her to listen more and talk less in the harem.

With her silly and harmless appearance, she can survive in the harem, unlike some concubines who have nothing to do but gossip.

The Queen Mother didn't know that her mind was full of these obscene things at that time.

Hearing her father's question, Chu Ruoyan hesitated for a long time and said, "I don't understand what the Queen Mother said."

The head of the Chu family said in surprise: "Yes, you are really smart. It is this attitude of not understanding that you have learned very well."

Chu Ruoyan really didn’t understand now. I didn’t pay attention at that time, so why did I look so smart in my father’s eyes?

Forget it, forget it. Let’s not think about the complicated things for now. We have to find a way to deal with Xiao Ming.

After returning to the room, Chu Ruoyan lay on her bed, thinking of the domineering Li Chen this morning, who was simply the embodiment of the perfect image in her heart.

Li Chen wearing a dragon robe is a uniform temptation for women.

If I enter the palace, will I see Li Chen dressed like this every day?
Thinking of this, her legs rubbed against each other unconsciously for a while, and with a slight tremor, they probably became wet again.

As expected, Xiao Ming did not show up tonight and did not even deliver the letter.

This made Chu Ruoyan even more confused about what he was going to do. At this time, Chu Ruoyan suddenly remembered that she didn't know where Xiao Ming lived.

I just hope that Xiao Ming won't do anything rash in a few days.

In the secret room of a small house outside the seventh ring of the imperial capital, the remnant soul of the saint in the necklace has been stimulating Xiao Ming with words.

It made Xiao Ming imagine his goddess throwing herself into the arms of another man.

But at this time, Xiao Ming was breaking through to the middle stage of the Void Breaking Realm, which was the most critical moment.

If anyone else were disturbed, they would definitely vomit blood and fail.

But Xiao Ming, a terrifying power burst out from his body.

As the space in the secret room began to vibrate slightly, he actually succeeded in breaking through.

It might take several months to break through, and he would have needed the help of elixirs to reach this level in just a few days.

It has to be said that the remnant soul of the saint felt that this trick of his was better than elixir, and his disciple's willpower had never been so strong.

He seemed to have begun to master Xiao Ming's instruction manual.

Originally, Xiao Ming, with his servile temper, wanted to tell Chu Ruoyan the news immediately.

But considering that it was getting late and Chu Ruoyan had already rested, he suppressed his restless heart and forced himself to calm down.

There are still four days left. I know you are anxious, but you must wait for me!

Xiao Ming couldn't sleep, so he just continued practicing.

This scene made the remnant soul of the saint feel emotional. Even though he mentioned it more than once, he still wanted to say: If you had practiced so hard earlier and could endure the loneliness, no woman could refuse you.

Many people can't sleep tonight.

In the residence of the Minister of Justice, some ministers of the court gathered here and held a private meeting.

The Ministry of Justice, as the dynasty's law enforcement agency, had enormous responsibilities and powers.

It is not only responsible for hearing various cases, but also bears the important task of maintaining order in the imperial capital and protecting the peace of the people.

This is only part of the duties. Usually, they also have to supervise the officials and even send people to inspect the various prefectures of the Tiance Dynasty. It can be said that the Ministry of Justice is full of strong people and is huge in scale. It is a veritable violent agency in the imperial capital.

The Minister of Justice, Feng Huai, is the person in charge of this institution. His prestige is enough to scare most officials in the imperial capital.

In the imperial capital, no matter whether they are the children of officials of any rank or rank, or the descendants of noble families, once they break the law, they will be arrested by the Ministry of Justice and brought to justice.

Even if someone under the Queen Mother made a mistake, she could only send a palace maid to plead for mercy, and she could not directly intervene beyond her authority.

In a place like the imperial capital, the second generation of young people often cause trouble.

So Feng Huai has a wide network of contacts, and many powerful people in the imperial capital owe him favors.

Every time at the dinner table, he dared to speak out, saying that no official in the imperial capital dared not give him face, and that he had the leverage over too many people, and it just depended on whether he wanted to deal with these people.

As long as he wanted, he could call any official over. If the official did not arrive on time, he would soon be thrown into the imperial capital's sky prison.

Of course, there is some bragging in these words, but he does have great power.

Moreover, his backer was the emperor himself, or to be more precise, the late emperor.

When the late emperor was in power, even Zhao Wenyuan and Guo Poyun had to be polite to him.

Even if the previous emperor passed away, he would not need to rely on anyone, as he was an unshakable presence in the court.

But ever since the new emperor Li Chen came to power, the Minister of Justice Feng Huai was furious, and his privileges were constantly being revoked.

For example, the right to mobilize the Imperial Guards. You must know that the Imperial Guards are an army exclusive to the royal family.

For a minister like him, being able to mobilize, even if only part of it, was an extremely exaggerated privilege.

There are also some temples that only royal relatives can enter, but Feng Huai can also enter and exit freely.

Feng Huai didn't know who had reported him, saying that he abused his power and mobilized the imperial guards to serve as his guards and parade around in public, which undermined the royal dignity.

Others reported him for mobilizing the imperial guards to hinder the work of other departments and even snatch some prisoners captured by other departments.

There are even cases of unauthorized interference in the talent selection of other departments.

As a result, after verifying the facts, Li Chen revoked his privileges, which made him very angry.

In fact, he already has a lot of power, so there is no point in having so many privileges.

But he just felt unhappy. Power is something that, once obtained, he did not want to lose it.

The people Feng Huai summoned today are all powerful ministers in the court, the former emperor's old subordinates, and those court officials who are dissatisfied with Li Chen.

A group of old powerful officials gathered here. At first, they lamented how great the late emperor was, and the first thing they talked about was topics like "remembering the old days".

As long as you mention "the old days", it proves that you are not doing well now.

After talking about the glorious deeds of the past, these powerful officials had already drunk quite a bit.

Under the influence of alcohol, he began to hurl some outrageous insults at Li Chen.

The scolding was much harsher than that of the scholars from Yunlu Academy.

The scholar is not that vulgar, and the words he uses to curse are still very literal.

These old court officials are full of swear words.

In their opinion, Li Chen was not even born when they helped the late emperor consolidate his rule, so why should their authority be revoked?

The prince was very polite to them back then, so who the hell was Li Chen?

In the eyes of court officials, any emperor is better than Li Chen, who doesn't understand the ways of the world at all. If the Tiance Dynasty continues to let him be the emperor, it will be over sooner or later!
When they were drunk, these old court officials dared to say anything.

Seeing that the atmosphere was right, Feng Huai finally told them the purpose of why he invited them here today.

"Everyone, the late emperor treated us well, and we can't just watch the Tiance Dynasty sink into decline. Li Chen is obviously not fit to be an emperor. One day, when the second prince returns, I will definitely lend him a helping hand! What do you think?"

As soon as these words were spoken, most of the old court officials in the room sobered up.

(End of this chapter)