Empress Meng frowned as she heard the maid's words and held her lower abdomen with both hands.

She looked calm, looked down at her lower abdomen, and her eyes gradually became firm.

"Who is Zong Zheng now?" Queen Meng asked calmly.

The maid didn't notice the strangeness of Empress Meng. She thought for a while and said, "It seems to be the Bachelor of Longtu, Li Hanfeng."

Zong Zheng, the former son of the Zongren Mansion, was killed by Zhao Xu in front of the Chuigong Hall last year because he stood up for the "old party".

This is also one of the two people Zhao Xu has been killed by a cannon.

Because of Liu Shi'an's special identity and jumped too happily, Zhao Xu needed to establish his authority. His ex-Chronicong Li Gongyan had a special position and killed him. One was to remind the group of foreign ministers and civil servants at that time, and the other was to hit the royal family.

The descendants of the Song Dynasty's royal family have never been very prosperous. Emperor Renzong had no children in his life, and Emperor Yingzong was adopted. Emperor Yingzong's sons, that is, Zhao Xu's uncle, have all passed away. Zhao Xu is the sixth old man, and the eldest is only eighteen. His younger brothers, except for the blind old man Zhao Qi, are all adults.

Therefore, the members managed by Zongzheng Mansion were all relatively distant royal families, so they were almost out of the five submissions.

But after all, the royal family is the royal family!

Empress Meng walked slowly, her face a little cold, and said, "Tell me what I say, Li Hanfeng will come to see me. In addition, she sent a message to the Ministry of Rites and ordered the Ministry of Rites to formulate a reception schedule according to the etiquette system and give it to me for review."

The maid was stunned. This was the first time Empress Meng contacted the court officials directly.

The maid glanced around and whispered, "Empress, do you really want to do this? The political affairs hall will be unhappy."

No one in the world knows that Empress Meng was established by Empress Dowager Gao. It is difficult for outsiders to see the relationship between Empress Dowager Gao and Zhao Xu, but everyone inside understands it.

In view of many people, "Politics in charge" and "ruling the government behind the curtain", this is also "party struggle".

Therefore, the decisive battle between the "New Party" represented by Zhao Xu and the "Old Party" represented by Empress Dowager Gao. In the end, Empress Dowager Gao was defeated and returned to power withdrew.

When Empress Dowager Gao passed away and the "old party" withdrew from the court, Empress Meng, established by Empress Dowager Gao, became prominent.

The attempt to abolish the new party has never stopped. Even if he dares not anger Zhao Xu on the surface, there are always people who are ready to move secretly.

Even Zhang Dun, Cai Bian and others' attitudes were: not to speak, not to express their opinions, not to support, not to contact.

This left Empress Meng alone and helpless and in a difficult situation.

Empress Meng naturally knew her own situation and said calmly: "The official family won a great victory, and of course I have to welcome her personally. This is etiquette and law, and Mr. Zhang will not say anything."

The maid responded and soon left the palace gate, attracted the yellow gate, and ordered them to pass on the message.

Queen Meng was walking, looking at her lower abdomen, smiling on her face, and thought to herself: Let's be born soon, with a mother here, don't be afraid of anything...

Not long after, Zong Zheng Li Hanfeng received the message, frowned and looked solemn.

‘When the official family was not here, the Empress suddenly spoke out, just to welcome the emperor?’ Li Hanfeng was hesitant.

He did not belong to the two parties of the "new and old" and was from the Hanlin Academy. However, he knew that the two parties were fighting more and more fiercely now, and the court was everywhere, inside and outside the capital, and were boundless and everywhere.

Li Hanfeng thought about it again and again, sighed and said to himself: "Forget it, the queen summoned me, I must go, I'd better see what the queen is going to do."

The powerful general is a hard-core "old party", and Empress Meng was established by Empress Gao. There are too many things involved here, but Li Hanfeng, a little sect, could not help but think too much about it.

Li Qingchen, the Minister of Rites, is very busy now, and his feet are not touching the ground.

The Ministry of Rites merged many yamen, and the matter was complicated. It was necessary to compile the scriptures and the "Records of the Shenzong". In addition, Xia and Liao were going to serve as missionaries, so they were really busy.

But when he heard the queen's edict, he still showed surprise and suspicion.

"Shangshu, what does the Empress mean?" In front of him, the head of the Ministry of Rites stood, and asked carefully.

Li Qingchen loosened his locked brow and said lightly: "The Empress's words are in accordance with etiquette, what's wrong?"

The head laughed with him and didn't dare to talk too much.

But who would treat Queen Meng’s sudden edict as just an ordinary thing?

Li Qingchen sat quietly for a while and said, "You can look at the yamen for a while, I'll go to the green tiled house."

"Oh, okay." The head responded in a hurry.

When Li Qingchen left the yamen, a team of people came over and said enthusiastically: "Shu Li, is the official coming to Beijing at the end of the month? We have been waiting for Shengyan for a long time, so please ask Mr. Li to let me wait together..."

There were seven or eight people, each with white hair on his head, and a strong expression, looking at Li Qingchen with a smile.

Li Qingchen glanced at me and found that these people had false positions and were very prestigious, but their political stance was more conservative.

Since the official victory, I don’t know which wave it was.

‘The official imperial guards came back from the army and would reward the ministers. It was inevitable that Mr. Zhang would be the prime minister and rule the world. Some people could not sit still…’

Li Qingchen knew that his face remained calm and said, "Wait, wait. The official family will not return to Beijing until the end of the month. Please write a few memorials first."

When the eight people heard this, they seemed to have a chance. The leader of the group was full of white hair and said happily: "What Li Shangshu said is that the official army was in charge of the army, and the great victory that Taizu and Taizong had never seen since we were in congratulations. We also asked the official army to convey it. We must ask the official army to read it."

Li Qingchen smiled and left with great strides.

The eight people bowed their hands repeatedly without stopping them.

They are well-educated scholars, and they are already "destroying face" when they come to their doors in person, and they will not "roll around" like young people.

Li Qingchen got on a carriage and rushed to the palace.

Li Qingchen sat in the carriage, his eyebrows gradually frowned. Thinking about what happened recently, he couldn't help but say to himself: "The official family has not come back yet, all these demons and monsters have come out..."

After returning to Beijing, it must be a "great reward for the ministers". Too many people jumped out, mixed with various purposes. Kaifeng Prefecture, which seemed calm, had an increasingly surging undercurrents and the waves were hard to calm down.

Li Qingchen thought for a while and rubbed his eyebrows.

It is really hard to be relaxed if they have to concentrate on the "new policy" and improve the "new law" and deal with the endless open and hidden arrows.

When Li Qingchen entered the palace and arrived at the Qingwa House, he found that the atmosphere was not right before he could speak.

Cai Bian packed the official documents on the table and said directly: "I know your purpose. The Queen is right, so I will do what the Empress said. Later, you go to Renming Palace and then to Qingbiao Palace. I don't need to teach you."

Li Qingchen was stunned for a moment, thought carefully for a while, but did not express any other meaning, and looked at Zhang Dun.

Zhang Dun held a teacup in his hand, his face as serious as ever. After Li Qingchen was watching for a while, he said: "Meng Mugu has done a good job recently. I'll transfer it to me and help Pei Yin."

Cai Bian paused and said nothing.

Li Qingchen was a little confused about what the two boyfriends sold in the gourds. He thought for a long time and said, "Yes, the servant will go to Renming Palace to meet the Empress. I wonder, the specific list of the welcome guests can review the two boyfriends?"

Zhang Dun took a sip of tea, picked up the pen, and said, "Not yet, please ask the queen by the way to see if anyone needs to add something special."
Chapter completed!