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

"He died so quickly? There's really no ban on killing." Li Zhao pursed his lips, and his clear voice echoed throughout the hall with the help of the system microphone.

Madam Han Guo and Madam Rong Guo watched Wu Minzhi being struck to death by lightning. They were so shocked and heartbroken that their eyes rolled back and they fainted.

There was total silence in the hall, and everyone's face showed fear, but the degree of fear varied.

A living person was chopped into charcoal right in front of their eyes. The timid palace maids and ministers who witnessed this scene had fainted. Many noble ladies and gentlemen were so frightened that they left their seats screaming and crying, without any graceful gestures at all.

The princes' wet nurses covered their little masters' eyes at the first possible moment. However, how could human movement be faster than the speed of light? Their masters were still inevitably frightened. Li Hong, Li Xian, Li Xian, and Li Dan all turned pale, with panic in their eyes, and their bodies shook like willow catkins in the wind.

"It's really scary. In my first world, I went to a battlefield and was never scared to tears by a dead body." Li Zhao said with a sigh.

"Be good, everyone. Exchange some Qingxin Pills and let them calm down." Li Zhao remembered that the Palace Fighting System Mall had the kind of pills that the host could take to calm down after being angered by other concubines. It was just right for use on today's occasion.

This time, his goal was to get rid of Wu Minzhi and at the same time intimidate these noble ladies and ministers, letting them know that he was not a good person who could be easily fooled and bullied.

It was not Li Zhao's intention to cause someone's death or scare someone sick.

Qingxin Pills were very cheap, one point for each pill, Qingluan placed an order directly for those people to use, and then Li Zhao took the opportunity to scold them: "What are you arguing about! Calm down."

Her voice was dignified without any anger: "Everyone, go back and sit down."

The ministers, ladies, girls and gentlemen who had taken the Qingxin Pills paused in their movements, and suddenly they felt that although they were still afraid, they could at least control their bodies and no longer behave in a shameful manner.

There was still fear on their faces, but considering Yu Dou Xuan Zun's order, they sat back in their original seats tremblingly, and the chaotic scene suddenly stabilized.

Li Zhi couldn't see, but just hearing the sounds coming from around him, he couldn't help but feel shocked and fear in his heart.

But he was worthy of being a young emperor, and he quickly calmed down, and even had the mind to smile and congratulate Li Zhao: "Congratulations to Yudou Xuanzun, you have only practiced for a hundred days and got rid of that baby body."

Li Zhao calmly walked back to the chief seat and sat with Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang: "It's OK. The spiritual energy in your world is too thin. My body can only recover to this size."

Li Zhi smiled, "Xuan Zun, don't worry. There is still a long way to go and he will grow up. Come, clean up the ground and return Wu Minzhi's body to Duke Zhou's mansion to be buried with his relatives."

Although he gave these instructions on the surface, there was a hint of gloom in his heart.

Yu Dou Xuan Zun can take people's lives at will and is above the imperial power. If she intends to threaten herself and other ministers, and then stirs up trouble in the world, what should she do?

Li Zhi felt heavy in his heart.

Wu Meiniang's mental strength was rock solid. She winked at the female officials around her, and they immediately began to clean up the banquet venue in an orderly manner, freeing up manpower to place the fainted people in other halls according to their identities and status.

Wu Meiniang was naturally anxious when her mother and sister fainted. However, no matter how anxious she was, as a superior, she could not leave the table casually, otherwise how could the banquet continue?

He had no choice but to order the female official to invite the imperial physician to take good care of Lady Rongguo and Lady Hanguo.

The wine and delicacies that had been knocked over in the chaos were replaced and the soft sounds of stringed instruments and orchestras rang out again, easing the tense atmosphere in the hall. However, those present were no longer in the mood for the banquet.

They had never witnessed Yu Dou Xuan Zun punishing the palace maids before, but now they saw with their own eyes a familiar figure dying in front of them, and his death was so miserable, they suddenly understood.

The smiling and talking child in front of me is not a kind-hearted Bodhisattva, but a ghost or god who has the power of life and death.

They said that killing people would bring bad karma, so they couldn't do it themselves. But if the gods were really angry, the lives of mortals like them could be taken away by a single strike of lightning.

In the minds of ministers, noble ladies, ladies, and gentlemen, this idea was clearer than ever before and took deep root in everyone's heart.

Their awe for Yudou Xuanzun was even deeper.

All the dark thoughts that had arisen from before were suppressed, and these villains showed a slightly stiff smile.

They thought they could ease the atmosphere without making any noise, so some drank and some picked up food.

Even though the food tasted tasteless, I still forced myself to swallow it.

Li Zhao, the lady at the top of the class, didn't care about any of this. She took a sip of tea and scooped a spoonful of jade dew balls with a golden spoon.

The creamy texture spread in her mouth, and the slight sweetness soothed her mood greatly, and she couldn't help but squint her eyes happily.

She happily said to Qingluan: "These desserts are pretty good!"

Qingluan drooled like crazy and wiped her mouth with her little wings: "Hmm! Zhaozhao, when I come out later, can you let me taste these delicacies?"

Li Zhao: “Of course!”

However, Li Zhao looked at the other dishes again. These dishes...

Li Zhao frowned and turned his gaze to the other side of the table, where there were roasted shrimp, rice with the Imperial Queen Mother, fish stuffed with milk, white dragon stew, gifted sheep, golden minced fish, and jade fish…

"Emperor, the dishes in your world seem to be mainly steamed, boiled, roasted, and minced?"

Here it comes. Li Zhi broke free from his complicated and heavy thoughts and responded, "Yes, Yudou Xuanzun."

After saying that, he asked casually, "The food in the mortal world is crude. I wonder what the gods in heaven usually eat? If Xuanzun can tell me, I can also try to imitate one or two dishes for Xuanzun."

What is this? A subtle test?

Li Zhao's eyes moved slightly. She turned the golden cup between her fingers and lied: "There's nothing special about it. Everyone has their own preferences."

"Or collect star dew and mix it with the hundred thousand year old white jade paste from Fangzhu Island for food."

"Or pick some fairy flowers and herbs, mix them with purple rock honey and eat them."

"Otherwise, I will do what I did last time, taking the spring water flowing from the spiritual orifices in various places in the Three Realms and brewing immortal tea to drink."

Since Li Zhao started talking about this, everyone at the banquet stopped drinking unconsciously and listened carefully to what she said about life in heaven.

Pei Xingjian's wife Ku Di Xiangxiang was fascinated: "Are the immortals really like what the scriptures say, drinking the dew of magnolia in the morning and eating the fallen petals of autumn chrysanthemum in the evening? How elegant."1

Li Zhao smiled at Ku Di Xiangxiang and saw that she was sitting with Pei Xingjian. In addition, Qingluan had traveled all over Luoyang in the past few days and recognized all the three dukes and nine ministers, civil and military officials, and their families. Therefore, she immediately guessed the identity of this beautiful woman.

"Madam Kudi is right. But some gods have special tastes, such as Pixiu, Bai Ze, Meng Mo, etc. They like to eat gold, silver and treasures, and even dreams, greed, anger, ignorance and resentment in the hearts of living beings. This has nothing to do with elegance."

Li Zhao stroked the golden cup, opened her pink lips, and began to set a trap for Li Zhi: "But... the most popular cooking method among the gods in the Three Realms is still the cooking method of you mortals."

Princess Qianjin covered her mouth with her fan and asked in surprise, "Do gods also like the cooking methods of mortals?"

She asked what everyone was thinking: Gods are so powerful that they can move mountains and fill the sea. Would they also like things of mortals?

Li Zhao smiled faintly: "Of course. In fact, the gods and immortals in the Three Realms can be roughly divided into three categories."

"One type is the innate gods like me, who were born from the origin of the laws."

"One type is the acquired gods who ascended to heaven after receiving offerings from humans, such as goddesses like Leizu and Momu. Another type is the acquired immortals who achieved enlightenment through cultivation, such as the immortals like Tianshi Zhang Daoling."

"Many of the ancestors of the human world and the immortals of the acquired world prefer human affairs. In addition, the immortals have the same lifespan as the gods, so they like to do some small things to fill their time and pass the long years."

"Among them, the cooking skills of the Goddess of Cooking, Dongchu Siming, are the best. She invented many cooking techniques and created a trend in the Three Realms."

Kudi Xiangxiang was well-versed in classics and history. When he heard the name of the Goddess of the First Cooking, he smiled and said, "The Records of the Grand Historian - Book of Fengshan records: 'The Goddess of the First Cooking is a descendant of the First Cooking'. Is this the ancestor god that Xuanzun is talking about?"

Li Zhao looked at her with appreciation and said, "Yes, it is her. She is a subordinate of the Supreme Taiwei Tiandijun, with thousands of followers. She is the God of the Kitchen in charge of the life of the master, the length of his life, his wealth and poverty, and his position and salary."

"She is also the ancestor of the human race, the first cooking goddess, the head of the family, and the leader of all the kitchen gods in the three realms and ten directions."

After hearing so many stories about the gods at once at the banquet, the ministers, gentlemen, ladies and girls immediately started talking about it.

"Master Kitchen God? So the Kitchen God we worship is actually a subordinate of this goddess?!"

"Since the Kitchen God is a goddess and the head of the family, why can only men worship her? It's obvious that it is the mistress of the house who has always been in charge of the household!" Someone realized that something was wrong with this phenomenon.

In ancient times, there has always been a saying that "men do not worship the moon, and women do not worship the kitchen god", which is obviously a form of discrimination in a patriarchal society.

But, not everyone can realize this.

Li Zhao paid special attention to the person who said this. She was a dignified woman next to the wife of the Minister of Rites, about 26 years old. Who was this?

Li Zhao's photographic memory was very powerful. He quickly remembered who she was. "The doctor of the Ministry of Rites is Wei Yuanfang. At this age, the woman sitting in the younger position... is she his daughter-in-law?"

Isn't that just...

"The granddaughter of Chao Wang Li Yuanji, the daughter of Xinye County Lord, the future female official of Wu Zhou, Lady Pei of Hedong County?"

The Epitaph and Preface of the Late Emperor Wei of the Tang Dynasty states that his wife, Lady Pei of Hedong County, was ordered by the emperor to serve as a good family member. Then, he and his daughter served in the imperial court.

Since he was in charge of the imperial court, he was favored by the imperial court.

How can a guest be dressed in Zhai Su? He must be a bear guarding master.

In a nutshell, supporters of Emperor Wu.

Very good, another teammate was found, Li Zhao narrowed his eyes and smiled.