I became emperor in the Tang Dynasty by relying on the palace fighting system

Her Hong'er has become smarter and learned to retreat in order to advance.

At this juncture when the Emperor is seriously ill and in a coma, it is proposed that the Empress be regent. Will the Emperor allow the person behind the petition to fulfill his wish?

If the Queen Mother cannot serve as regent, then will the Crown Prince, Prince Donggong, have a chance to take power?

Wu Meiniang looked at Li Zhi and said, "The one who submitted this memorial is just a minor official. Your Majesty does not need to pay attention to it. I have a backlog of memorials for several days waiting for your approval. Would you like to take a look?"

Li Zhi just stared at her, his eyes as calm as a pool of autumn water: "Mei Niang, you are not angry?"

Wu Meiniang sorted out the memorials and asked: "Why am I angry?"

Li Zhi: "This person wrote a letter asking you to be regent in order to sow discord between you and me. Shouldn't you be angry?"

Wu Mei Niang said indifferently: "I have already been angry, Your Majesty, it is your turn to vent my anger. Let's exile the person who wrote the letter to Lingnan, what do you think?"

Li Zhi was silent for a while: "Okay. Mei Niang, let's go back to Chang'an."

Wu Meiniang did not object: "I'll tell someone to go down and pack up."

Li Zhi, Wu Meiniang and others returned to Chang'an, but Li Zhao did not need to follow in their footsteps. She traveled around Luoyang and was very carefree.

There was already a thunderstorm gathering in the sky above Chang'an.

Li Zhi fainted several times on the way back. It was he who asked Xuanzun to relieve his headache. He could not blame Xuanzun for what he had sown, so he could only swallow his anger.

After returning to Chang'an, Li Zhi convened a court meeting while he was still conscious.

"I want the Queen Mother to be the regent, and I want her to follow the example of the Duke of Zhou and rule the country."

Duke of Zhou, the brother of King Wu of Zhou, ascended the throne and ruled with the same etiquette and crown as the Son of Heaven.

Regent is different from acting as a regent. Previously, the emperor was in poor health, so Empress Wu Meiniang and the emperor ruled the country together. To put it bluntly, it was acting as a regent, but the regent has to take charge of all political affairs.

Therefore, no matter what decision the regent makes, the benefits are hers and the blame is also hers.

All the ministers were horrified, especially those from the Eastern Palace.

What's going on? Your Majesty, you don't follow the rules!

"Your Majesty, you must not do that! The Book of Rites says..."! ":!%!*@_~*@_"

Hao Chujun jumped out immediately and started quoting from classics.

Finally, he said, "Your Majesty should carefully guard the ancestral temple and pass it on to your descendants. You really shouldn't give the country to others and be partial to future generations."

Li Yiyan also jumped out: "The classics cited by Chujun are very loyal. As long as the saint has no doubts, the people will be very lucky."

"Your Majesty, please think twice! Although the Crown Prince is young, he is the legitimate heir after all. How can Your Majesty bypass the Crown Prince and let the Queen Mother be the regent?"

Li Zhi could no longer see anything with his eyes, and could only vaguely see one shadow after another.

Li Zhi knew exactly what these ministers and the forces behind them were thinking.

Just after promising the crown prince to be regent, they are already greedy and thinking of ascending to the top in one step? Dream on!

Hearing this, he said coldly: "If you don't pass the throne to the Queen, do you want the Crown Prince to be the regent and I to be the Emperor?"

The emperor's secret thoughts were exposed by his words. The ministers hurriedly knelt down and bowed their heads, saying: "We dare not do that!"

Looking at Li Zhi's profile, Wu Meiniang had a blank expression on her face, but she was laughing in her heart.

Oh my, it was all thanks to the ministers in the Eastern Palace. If her own people had proposed that the Queen Mother be regent, it would inevitably arouse Li Zhi's suspicion.

But when the Eastern Palace brought up this matter, Li Zhi was the first to suspect them.

My regent status is secured.

As expected, Li Zhi said, "Pei Yan, announce the imperial edict."

Li Zhi took out the edict he had prepared long ago and read it out in court.

Ordinary ministers can only serve as atmosphere creators; the ones who can really influence this matter are the prime ministers from the three provinces and six ministries.

However, except for the prime minister from the Eastern Palace, the other prime ministers had no objection.

Some of them were the Empress's people, such as Pei Xingjian, who had long been on good terms with Ku Di Xiangxiang. The other part were the Emperor's people, who obeyed his orders, and not one of them stood up to form a united front with the Eastern Palace.

There were only a few prime ministers in the Eastern Palace, and they were no match for the powerful, so they were quickly suppressed by Pei Xingjian and others.

The matter of the Queen Mother's regency has been settled.

Being a regent is not just about issuing an imperial edict, one also has to change the titles, clothing, etiquette, official system, and procession!

After returning from the last Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai, Xu Jingzong wrote a letter to the emperor to imitate the Han system and set up an office for the empress. This office was the Changqiu Temple, and the officials were headed by Kudi Xiangxiang.

Now that the Empress is the regent, the official system of Changqiu Temple will of course become the same as that of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Palace Affairs, and her subordinates will also be upgraded accordingly.

Ku Di Xiangxiang was promoted directly from the fifth rank of Yu Zheng to the third rank of Changqiu Temple Minister, and the ranks of other female officials were also promoted.

At night, Lianbi Palace.

Li Zhi had a headache and fell asleep again. Wu Meiniang asked the palace maids to take good care of Li Zhi while she went to a side hall and asked the palace maids to go away and wait for instructions outside the hall.

Under the candlelight, the colorful embroidery of the Regent Queen's clothing on the rack shone brightly. It was made in a hurry by the Shanggong Bureau, waiting for the Queen to wear it at the next grand court meeting.

Wu Meiniang stroked it, with a thousand thoughts in her mind.

Talented woman, nun, Zhaoyi, Chenfei, Empress, Queen of Heaven, Regent Queen of Heaven.

She walked closer and closer to the place in her heart.

Half of the Tang Dynasty has fallen into her hands.

She wanted to laugh, to laugh wildly, when suddenly a voice rang out in the hall: "Congratulations, Jingguang."

Wu Meiniang turned around and saw Li Chao coming out of the darkness: "Li Chao Star God."

Li Zhao specially sent Li Chao to express his congratulations to her: "From now on, you will be the one making the decisions in the court."

Li Chao reached out and touched the Regent Queen's clothes on the shelf.

It was a set of clothes that was exactly the same as the emperor's robes. The ribbons, buttons, and seals were all the same as the emperor's. Only the crown was still the phoenix crown used by the empress, but it was different after all.

"As the Queen Regent, you can do more. Are you ready to face the storm ahead?"

Wu Meiniang nodded: "Well, I'm ready."

Another court meeting, this time, Wu Meiniang wore the emperor's robes, wore a phoenix crown on her head, and sat on the throne in Hanyuan Hall.

His Majesty, all the officials, including the purple, blue, green and red officials, civil and military officials, knelt down and obeyed his orders.

"I bow to Her Majesty the Queen of Heaven. May Your Majesty live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years."

The Regent Queen is the female ruler who rules the world and should be addressed as Your Majesty.

A new official has three things to do when he takes office. The first thing Wu Meiniang did after taking office was to ask the crown prince to assist her in governing the country. She then transferred Hao Chujun, an official of the Eastern Palace, out of the Eastern Palace. Li Yiyan was also demoted, and a large number of officials of the Eastern Palace were implicated.

The second thing is the system for palace maids and eunuchs to leave the palace. When palace maids reach the age of 22, those who want to leave the palace can do so, and the elderly will be placed elsewhere. All eunuchs will become Taoist monks.

The third thing was to change the etiquette when Mrs. Rongguo passed away.

The etiquette and laws of the Tang Dynasty were different. When the father died and the mother died, the children could only wear the second-class Qisui clothing for the mother, rather than the Zhansui clothing.

From now on, when the father is alive and the mother is dead, I will mourn for her for three years!

When one's father dies or one's mother dies, one should also wear mourning clothes for the mother for three years!

For the first time, mother and father achieved equality in terms of etiquette and law.

Next, Wu Meiniang turned her attention to Li Hong.

She looked at her grown-up son with mixed feelings.

Once upon a time, this eldest son was one of the reasons for her promotion.

Now, it has become a stumbling block on her way to the pinnacle of power.