Goddess Atlas, Starting from the Queen

Chapter 19 The Queen is Defeated
The three princes of the Great Zhou all had expressions as if they were watching a show.

They were not Wu Wanrong's children, and they were already unhappy about their father letting Wu Wanrong serve as regent, so there was no way they would speak for Wu Wanrong.

The three princes remained silent, and almost the entire court sided with Tianshu. One can imagine the pressure Wu Wanrong faced.

People knew very well that the conflict between the Queen and Tianshu was inevitable.

Although Emperor Zhou only let the Queen govern for half a year, this basically means that Emperor Zhou will focus on practicing Taoism, and he will pay less and less attention to government affairs in the future.

In other words, Emperor Zhou would most likely let the Queen govern the country for a long time in the future. This had been foreshadowed long ago. In the past two years, the Queen had handled many government affairs for Emperor Zhou.

If this continues, the emperor may not attend court for several years or even decades.

In the absence of imperial power, the question facing people is whether the court should listen to Tianshu or the queen.

If the regent was the crown prince, or one of the princes, perhaps Tianshu would be a little more polite.

But at this time, the regent was only a queen without children. So who should have the final say in the future court? The Tianshu and the officials already had the answer in their minds.

The queen wanted to sit on the throne and make herself the agent of imperial power, but Tianshu had to pull her down, telling her that she was not qualified to sit in that position.

The temperature in the hall was getting hotter and hotter. The confrontation between the Queen and Tianshu had already unfolded invisibly. At this time, many ministers began to sweat on their foreheads. They felt like they were on a battlefield.

Under the pressure from Tianshu and the officials, the trace of dragon energy in Wu Wanrong's body had completely lost its effect.

After an unknown amount of time, Wu Wanrong finally made a concession and signaled Li Qingluan with her eyes.

After seeing Wu Wanrong's eyes, Li Qingluan instantly understood what Wu Wanrong meant, and then said: "Lift the phoenix chair!"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the officials understood that the Queen had lost the first power struggle between her and Tianshu.

From now on, it will be almost impossible for the Queen to interfere in the affairs of the court.

However, unlike what the ministers thought, Wu Wanrong did not take this confrontation too seriously. She knew very well that there would definitely be a conflict between her and Tianshu, and she also knew that Tianshu was the biggest obstacle for her to control the court.

This time she was only making a temporary concession. After all, her influence in the court was not enough, and the dragon energy in her body was too weak to intimidate the ministers.

When Wu Wanrong thought about how Lu Ming had scolded her and only gave her a trace of dragon energy, she felt a little angry.

It's bad enough that this dragon energy couldn't suppress the officials, but it also had no deterrent effect when facing Tianshu.

With this little bit of dragon energy, it makes no difference whether you have it or not.

Wu Wanrong made up her mind that she must obtain all the dragon energy from Lu Ming as soon as possible.

Only in this way can she strengthen the power of the Queen's Party in the court.

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After the court session, the third prince, like all the ministers, left the palace in a happy mood.

After the Queen came down from the Dragon Throne, she could hardly get a word in when government affairs were discussed. She could only sit on the Phoenix Throne and listen to the ministers' discussion.

Seeing that the queen was sidelined, Ji Wenjie, the prince, felt very happy.

Ji Wenjie and the ministers had long disliked this woman who had no children but occupied the position of queen. Now she actually wanted to get involved in the imperial power, which was simply a fantasy.

The mansion of the three princes.

Ji Wenjie returned to his residence and was about to tell Li Cheng what had happened in the court today. However, before he could open his mouth, Li Cheng came up to him and said, "Your Highness, the Xiaoyao Palace has sent back the medicinal herbs." Hearing this, Ji Wenjie was stunned for a moment, and his good mood disappeared. He frowned and asked, "Sent back? Why? Those herbs can't cure him, but they can still help him recover."

Ji Wenjie knew that the Xiaoyao Palace was almost at the end of its rope and probably didn't have the money to buy those precious medicinal herbs. The herbs he sent to restore vitality would cost tens of thousands of taels of silver.

He himself was reluctant to use those precious herbs. If he had not wanted to improve his relationship with Lu Ming, he would not have let anyone send those herbs to the Xiaoyao Palace.

But the Xiaoyao Palace still looks down on it?

Li Cheng said, "The servants at Prince Xiaoyao's mansion said that Prince Xiaoyao has recovered and doesn't need these herbs anymore."

"Hmm?" Ji Wenjie's face suddenly became very serious.

"All right?"

"So many famous doctors in the capital have examined his health. Even the imperial physician in the palace said he only has two months at most. Can he still recover?"

At this moment, Ji Wenjie suddenly thought of something, "Could it be that the elixir the Queen sent yesterday has taken effect?"

The fact that the Queen went to visit Prince Xiaoyao at his mansion on behalf of Emperor Zhou was known throughout the city. It was said that the Emperor gave Prince Xiaoyao a very precious elixir.

Ji Wenjie is not a fool. Judging from the fact that the rumor spread throughout the city in less than a day, it was obvious that his father did this for the people of the city to see.

As for whether the pill really has such an effect, that is almost impossible. No one in this world wants Lu Ming to die more than their father. Once Lu Ming dies, the dragon energy in Lu Ming's body will return to the royal family and to his father.

That pill might have some ability to restore life, but it is impossible to cure Lu Ming completely.

Li Cheng said at this time: "Perhaps this is just a polite refusal from the Xiaoyao Palace. It is very likely that Su Wanyun does not want the Xiaoyao Palace to have anything to do with you."

Over the years, Su Wanyun has been in charge of the Xiaoyao Palace, so Li Cheng subconsciously thought that the medicine was not sent back by Xiaoyao King, but was returned by Su Wanyun.

Hearing Li Cheng's words, Ji Wenjie snorted coldly.

"She's not from Xiaoyao Palace, so she's being too nosy!"

Ji Wenjie continued, "Since sending someone to deliver the medicine doesn't work, it seems I can only go there myself."

Their original plan was to deliver the medicine to Lu Ming first, to build a good relationship, and then Ji Wenjie would visit the Xiaoyao Palace, so that it would not seem so abrupt.

But now that the herbs have been returned, he can only skip the step of sending the gifts and go directly to Xiaoyao Palace with the gifts.

Li Cheng said, "I'm afraid it's not the right time yet. They just returned the herbs Your Highness sent, and Your Highness immediately went to Xiaoyao Palace. This seems a bit too eager."

Ji Wenjie pondered for a moment and felt that there was some truth in this. "Then I will wait a few more days. With the elixir my father sent me, I believe King Xiaoyao can live for a while longer."

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Zhang Mansion.

The Zhang Mansion is spacious and is surrounded by a high wall. This three-meter-high wall is like a city wall.

Inside Zhang's mansion, there are many rockery and gurgling water, and the level of luxury is almost catching up with the imperial palace.

At this moment, in a pavilion in Zhang's mansion, a middle-aged man in white brocade clothes was holding a porcelain bowl and feeding the carp in the pond.

Beside the man was a young man in grey coarse cloth. He respectfully reported to the middle-aged man, "Master, the Xiaoyao Palace has closed the cloth shop!"

(End of this chapter)