Gu Yuan didn't promise the Emperor directly. He just said that he needed to go back and think about it.
After all, there was too much information and everyone had to think about how to deal with it.
Gu Yuan went back and told Jiujiu about it.
When Jiujiu heard that the Empress Dowager had passed away and the Emperor had been poisoned by Li Rui and was now forced to appoint a Crown Prince, she smiled sarcastically.
Qingcheng treated the Emperor sincerely and even helped him hide the truth from the Empress Dowager. She helped him unify the imperial power, but in the end, she died and her family was uprooted.
Li Rui only wanted to pursue power and profit, so she poisoned the Emperor. Now, she was even planning to force the Emperor to abdicate.
Sure enough, a woman's status was unstable if she was not ruthless.
If Qingcheng could be as' ruthless' as Li Rui, the Emperor would be nothing.
Sure enough, as long as a woman didn't develop a romantic line, her career line was invincible.
Jiujiu asked, "What are you going to do?"
Gu Yuan said, "I've checked the Emperor's symptoms. There's no cure."
Gu Yuan looked at Jiujiu and lowered his head. His eyes were full of affection. "No matter what you're going to do, I'll support you unconditionally."
He could even bring along a large group of his friends and do his best to support him.
Gu Yuan's words were a great help to Jiujiu.
Jiujiu touched Gu Yuan's cheek. "I won't let you down."
Soon.
Jiujiu took action.
The Emperor was still stubborn and didn't appoint a Crown Prince.
But Li Rui wasn't a kind person. Since the Emperor didn't want to appoint a Crown Prince, she didn't have to.
Li Rui increased the dosage of the poison and the Emperor died.
After the Emperor died, Li Rui forged an imperial edict and passed the throne to her son, who would ascend the throne immediately.
Just as Li Rui was waiting for her son to ascend the throne and become the ruler of the country, Gu Yuan led a group of ministers to force the Emperor to abdicate.
Guang An found several poisons in Li Rui's palace.
Among them was the poison that killed the Emperor.
At first, Li Rui wanted to use her status to force Gu Yuan to cover up the matter, but Gu Yuan had someone stuff her mouth with a smelly sock and drag her down.
After Li Rui was interrogated and her confidant was tortured, she quickly confessed everything that Li Rui had done over the years in full detail.
What about drugging an imperial concubine to make her unable to have children? What about poisoning a prince who had taken her child?
He even gave those concubines who were already pregnant an abortion drug.
Li Rui's actions were truly outrageous.
Li Rui was dragged down from her position and her father was sent to prison.
Li Rui and Li Guangzu had bad temperaments to begin with.
Her narrow-minded mother had taught her to seek revenge for the smallest grievance.
After Li Rui entered the palace and gained power, Li Guangzu's behavior became more and more arrogant. When Li Rui became the Empress, his behavior reached its peak. He even directly leaked the exam questions of last year's Spring Imperial Examination for personal gain.
Seeing the Li Clan's crimes, all of the officials and generals trembled in anger. How could there be such a vicious family in this world?
But now.
Except for Li Rui's son, all of the Emperor's princes were drugged.
But with Li Rui's vicious mother, this prince was naturally not any better.
Just as the officials were discussing how to choose a grandmaster's child to inherit the throne, Gu Yuan took the initiative to mention the legend of the Empress.
After Gu Yuan finished speaking, he even mentioned Bai Sujiu, who had opened grain stores all over the country.
Bai Sujiu.
He bought grain at a high price and sold it at a low price.
He would even open the granary during a famine and save countless people. He was called a living Bodhisattva.
But.
This woman was only a businesswoman. Even if she had saved countless people, it was still difficult for her to accept being the Empress.
In a society ruled by men, the appearance of an Empress was already extremely uncomfortable for those men who claimed to be superior. They could not accept the appearance of a woman as the Empress.
Gu Yuan had always known that this group of officials would rather accept a muddle-headed and incompetent man as the ruler of the highest class than accept a virtuous woman as their ruler.
How ironic.
Because it was Gu Yuan who took the initiative to contact the officials and exposed Li Rui's hypocrisy, this group of officials now had the intention to follow Gu Yuan.
Gu Yuan stood at the highest point. His handsome face was glowing because of his expression.
Gu Yuan sneered. Because of this sneer, his handsome face had a sense of coldness that seemed to have been cast by iron.
Gu Yuan smiled, but his expression did not change. When he put on a fake smile, it was so cold that the officials could not help but tremble.
"To think that you are so well-versed in the sage books. You are so pedantic that you are obsessed with the difference between men and women.
Lord Li, let me ask you. If there were no women, would there be men in this world? "
Lord Li, who was called out by Gu Yuan, was over 50 years old. His face was red from embarrassment when he heard Gu Yuan's words. Now that he was called out by Gu Yuan, he quickly shook his head. "No, no."
No matter if it was a man or a woman, they were all born from a woman's womb. If there were no women, there would naturally be no men.
"Since there are no women, there will be no men. Then why do you think that men are more honorable than women?" Gu Yuan's gaze was like a sharp sword. It swept across everyone who refuted him. Everyone who met Gu Yuan's gaze lowered their heads in shame.
"I think that women are more honorable than men. If there were no women's tolerance, there would only be women and no men in this world.
Everyone thinks that men are more honorable, but they have never thought that without women, there would be no men.
Others may not understand, but you are all knowledgeable people in our court. Do you still care about appearances? "
Lord Wang of the Capital Government suddenly spoke. "Lord Gu, do you mean to recommend Bai Sujiu to be the empress?"
When Gu Yuan mentioned Bai Sujiu earlier, Lord Wang did not understand the meaning behind it. However, now that he kept raising the status of women, Lord Wang finally understood. Could it be that Gu Yuan wanted to recommend Bai Sujiu to be the empress?
Of course, Lord Wang did not suspect that Gu Yuan had ulterior motives. After all, the Gu family was famous for their loyalty.
Lord Wang's words caused the previously silent court to erupt into an uproar. However, because of Gu Yuan, no one could say anything.
After all, no one could compare to Bai Sujiu in terms of contributions and prestige among the people.
However, Bai Sujiu could only pacify the people. No one knew if she had the talent to govern the world.
Moreover, with the sudden change in their country, if the neighboring countries wanted to make things difficult for them, they would not be able to withstand it.
Gu Yuan chuckled. "I never said that I wanted to recommend Bai Sujiu."
Lord Wang was instantly confused.
Gu Yuan first mentioned Bai Sujiu, then scolded them for looking down on women. Now, he suddenly said that he did not want to recommend Bai Sujiu. So, what did he mean by saying so much?
The officials in the court were as confused as Lord Wang.
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