In the Great Meng Palace, Prince Song was quickly led by the guards into the Chengtian Hall.
Behind the dragon desk in Chengtian Hall, Li Hongzhao, dressed in a bright yellow palace gown, lazily looked at the memorials.
Her crystal-like jade hand held a vermilion brush, and with a sweep of her phoenix eyes, she began to write, her strokes flowing like dragons, yet writing quickly and well.
Then, she tossed the memorial aside and picked up another.
A palace maid caught the memorial beside her, gently blew on it, and then carefully arranged it.
Li Hongzhao's speed of reviewing was extremely fast, a sweep of her phoenix eyes, and she would write, then toss it aside.
In the blink of an eye, she had reviewed one, and in a short while, a pile of memorials was finished.
But the eunuch then presented another pile.
“Your Majesty.” After Prince Song entered the hall, he came to the steps of the dragon desk, clasped his fist, and saluted.
“Sixth Uncle.” Li Hongzhao said, “Have you met Chu Zhiyuan?”
“Yes, I just met him.”
“How is he?”
“A dragon among men, truly deserving of the title.” Prince Song said with emotion, “Rare in the world, only Your Majesty can compare to him.”
“Hehe…” Li Hongzhao chuckled softly, “Sixth Uncle, your judgment is very accurate.”
Prince Song laughed and said, “Your Majesty, this time our Great Meng has lost a lot of face.”
“The Heavenly Capital is like a gorgeous robe full of fleas,” Li Hongzhao said, “If it were truly opened up, I'm afraid no one would want it.”
Prince Song frowned.
Li Hongzhao said, “Sixth Uncle, there's no need to be like this.”
“Are we just going to watch these evil sects and demons be so rampant?”
“We can act secretly.”
“How to act secretly?”
“How about forming a separate battalion within the City Guard, specifically to kill evil sects and demons?”
“Your subject thinks that we should directly transfer personnel from the army to form a battalion.”
“The Shenlong Camp has already caused a great disturbance, if we form another battalion, it would be even worse.”
“Let them make trouble!” Prince Song sneered, “I want to see who dares to really jump out!”
He saw through the Emperor's temperament, and others also saw it.
Explosive like fire.
Yielding to the soft but not to the hard.
If anyone dares to go against her, then they must accept her head-on blow.
As the Emperor, holding the Son of Heaven's sword, even the generals in the army dare not directly confront her.
Just now, an Iron-Cap Prince was demoted, and the Son of Heaven's sword has already pressed down on the heads of the generals in the army, just waiting to see who dares to jump out and be the chicken killed as a warning to the monkeys.
These generals in the army look rough, but they are not truly crude and ignorant.
On the contrary, each one is as cunning as a monkey, how could they jump out at this time?
Iron-Cap Princes can be removed as they please, let alone military positions?
It must be said that removing the Iron-Cap, although it aroused the anger of the entire royal family, the deterrent effect was excellent.
Originally, because a woman was the Emperor, everyone was not very convinced.
Now, seeing her sharp methods, which are completely different from the late Emperor's leniency, regardless of whether it is the royal family, the powerful, or the court officials, they are all rapidly changing their attitudes and styles of doing things.
In order to be able to gain a foothold in the court, instead of being expelled from the court, or expelled from the powerful class.
Although this new Emperor is a woman, the Son of Heaven's sword recognizes its owner, and she is of the Phoenix bloodline.
That means that her reign will be very long, and now it is impossible to shake her position.
Prince Song used to be a good old man, who did not offend anyone, and was slippery as an eel.
Now, he has become tough.
He is also adapting to Li Hongzhao's style of doing things.
“This time they have infiltrated the Imperial Guards, then let's transfer a battalion from the Imperial Guards to be responsible for specifically clearing out the evil sects and demons.”
“This…” Prince Song looked embarrassed.
“It won't work?”
“Your Majesty, I'm afraid they are difficult to be of great use.” Prince Song said helplessly.
This is to continue to beat the nobles.
The Imperial Guards are selected with loyalty first, and ability second.
The Imperial Guards often come in through inheritance, and have very deep roots, either from the duke's mansion, or the prince's mansion, or the consort's mansion.
These Imperial Guards look shiny in their golden armor, tall and mighty, majestic and strong.
But they are all just for show.
Compared with the City Guards and the soldiers in the army, they are like the difference between children and adults.
This time, for the welcoming party, experts were already selected from the Imperial Guards, just to prevent the Fourth Prince of Great Jing from seeing that the Imperial Guards are all just for show.
Li Hongzhao said lightly: “First build a battalion and see, then slowly transfer Imperial Guard personnel.”
“…Yes.” Prince Song gritted his teeth and agreed.
He cursed inwardly.
This Emperor's methods are really…, this is to continue to beat those nobles.
Anyone who is disobedient will have their sons, nephews, or people from their mansions transferred into this battalion.
Now the royal families in the Heavenly Capital are extremely dissatisfied with the Emperor, and are secretly joining forces to prepare to act, to threaten the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
Holding the idea that the law does not punish the masses, they want to use this drastic means to force the Emperor to be afraid and not mess around anymore.
Even Iron-Cap Princes can be removed, wouldn't all the people with titles have to keep their tails between their legs?
Living so aggrieved, what is the point of these titles?
It seems that the Emperor knows that they are secretly colluding and is going to start beating them.
This method is not so violent, but it will make them afraid.
The children of these families enter the Imperial Guards to gain experience, not to really risk their lives to make contributions.
Dealing with evil sects and demons is really risking one's life, and evil sects and demons even dare to kill princes and heirs.
Li Hongzhao said, “As for the Great Jing mission, send people to keep a close eye on them, and see if we can fish out any secret agents.”
“Yes.” Prince Song hurriedly said, “But the Prince helped to kill evil sects and demons, should we express something?”
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Li Hongzhao glanced at him sideways: “It seems you have a good impression of the Fourth Prince.”
“The Fourth Prince helped a lot, if there is no reward, your subject always feels indebted.”
“This matter was originally caused by him,” Li Hongzhao said, “These evil sects and demons were going to assassinate him.”
“If the Fourth Prince hadn't taken action, our Imperial Guards would have suffered a lot of losses.”
“He doesn't like to meddle in other people's business.” Li Hongzhao shook her head and said, “This is what is meant by deceiving a gentleman with righteousness, he is sure that Sixth Uncle is an honest person, and wants to win you over.”
“Your subject…” Prince Song said helplessly.
“Then how should we reward him?”
“Reward him with some elixirs?”
“Hmm, that's fine too.” Li Hongzhao said, “Give him a bottle of Phoenix Undying Pill.”
“Your Majesty is wise!”
“As for the matter of building a battalion in the Imperial Guards, I will have to trouble Sixth Uncle.”
“Your subject will not shirk the responsibility!” Prince Song solemnly clasped his fist.
Although he knew that this was a thankless task that would offend people, someone had to do it in order to deal with the evil sects and demons.
Putting in effort to deal with evil sects and demons is not rewarding, and even faces cruel revenge.
Therefore, over the years, everyone has turned a blind eye and pretended that evil sects and demons do not exist.
Only now do they know that by closing their eyes, they have taken the opportunity to sneak in.
In the future, when they want to deal with them, they will find that they can no longer deal with them, and can only watch them devour them.
What a terrible thing this is!
He will never allow this to happen.
“Your Majesty, Mr. Zhou requests an audience.” A palace maid's crisp voice came from outside.
Li Hongzhao said, “Please let Mr. Zhou in.”
She turned her head to look at Prince Song: “Sixth Uncle, you can listen to what Mr. Zhou has interrogated.”
“Yes.”
Zhou Ling lightly entered the Chengtian Hall and saluted with a fist: “Your Majesty, I have found out.”
“What's going on?” Li Hongzhao leaned forward.
“It was the Venerables of each sect who personally issued the decree, to kill Chu Zhiyuan with all their strength, to kill him by any means, and those who act on orders will have their souls ascend to the Upper Heavens, so the demons of each sect are like crazy.”
Li Hongzhao nodded slightly: “Chu Zhiyuan has become the public enemy of the evil sects, it was only a matter of time before this step.”
Zhou Ling said: “The Venerables bestowed secret techniques that can shield their aura and breath, so that they will not be sensed by Grandmasters, and will not be sensed by Chu Zhiyuan.”
Li Hongzhao snorted: “Facts have proved that they can't hide from Chu Zhiyuan.”
Zhou Ling said: “They have only had the secret technique for too short a time, and their skills are too shallow. If they have it for a while longer, they are confident that they can hide it from the Prince.”
