Madam, protect me!

The palace.

The morning court session had just ended. His Majesty had not been in good health recently and did not appear at the morning court session. The court session was chaired by Prince Sheng.

Prince Sheng has been in the limelight recently.

Three months ago, the situation among the four princes was still a three-legged tripod.

At that time, Prince Sheng was not even a leg and was ignored.

But only three months later, the three princes had to join forces to deal with him.

At the morning court session today, the eldest prince took the lead, and the second and third princes immediately followed up, impeaching several officials in the court for several crimes.

These officials were all supporters of Prince Sheng, and this was no secret in the court.

Originally, Prince Sheng could ignore this matter because it was a matter of the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple.

But because of his outstanding performance in criminal law before, the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple were now under his control, and he could not remain silent.

The court officials thought that Prince Sheng would take it lightly and fool around with this matter.

Unexpectedly, he actually asked the Dali Temple to investigate the case strictly and deal with it impartially.

This is not like his character.

After the news of enforcing the law impartially and killing relatives for the greater good spread, King Sheng's reputation among the people naturally became higher.

The voices criticizing him before were also much smaller.

However, for King Sheng's supporters, this is not a good thing.

Obviously, the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple are controlled by King Sheng. He does not help his own people, but gains reputation by dealing with them.

How much they have done for King Sheng, how much money they have received, who does not have a little handle in King Sheng's hands. King Sheng can give up those people this time. If he needs it in the future, can't he give them up at any time?

The officials who were originally neutral and had already leaned towards King Sheng in their hearts began to be nervous.

It remains to be discussed whether such a master is worth being loyal to if he doesn't even protect his own people.

But no matter what they think in their hearts, from the perspective of justice, there is nothing wrong with what Prince Sheng did. Everyone has to praise him for enforcing the law impartially, and he is indeed a model that all officials should learn from.

Because of the conclusive evidence, those officials were convicted and punished by the Dali Temple at the morning court the next day.

Hearing the praises of the officials, Prince Sheng glanced at the other three princes, raised his chin, and left with a wave of his sleeves.

The three princes looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes.

They originally just wanted to slow down Prince Sheng's momentum through this matter.

Because of what the Sixth Princess did, his reputation among the people was too high, and they could not watch him go on like this. If he chose to cover up, it would inevitably affect his reputation.

They expected that Prince Sheng would definitely cover up.

But unexpectedly, he actually dealt with those people.

Although he saved his invisible and intangible reputation, he lost actual support and votes. Which strategist gave him this idea? Didn't any other strategist in Prince Sheng's mansion stop him?

In the Sheng Palace.

As His Highness was determined to deal with his own people, the palace's retainers and counselors tried their best to stop him at first.

But I don't know what kind of magic potion Mr. Lin gave His Highness to make His Highness obey his words. Now, the Sheng Palace is basically ruled by Lin Han alone.

Some counselors wanted to persuade Mr. Lin.

But after some discussion, they were all persuaded by Mr. Lin.

In the Sheng Palace today, Mr. Lin is undoubtedly the first counselor, and other retainers and counselors follow his lead...

Princess's Palace.

Li Nuo couldn't figure out the inconsistent operation of the Sheng King.

However, he didn't have time to care about the Sheng King.

He only had three months left.

So far, he had only gotten three votes from the Imperial Hospital.

The Imperial Physician Order and two Imperial Physician Assistants have been using medical methods to try to extract some effective ingredients from Artemisia annua. In addition to Doctor Sun, Li Nuo added three more deputy editors to the medical manual.

In addition to the Imperial Hospital, there are nearly 200 officials with voting rights in the three provinces, six ministries, nine temples, and some other departments.

Of course, it is not necessary to fight for all of these 200 officials, and it is impossible to fight for all of them.

But to be safe, you have to win more than 70 votes for the Sixth Princess to have the confidence to beat others.

Among them, the three provinces have 36 votes.

Each of the six ministries has eight votes, a total of 48 votes.

Each of the nine temples has five votes, a total of 45 votes.

The remaining dozens of votes are scattered in the hands of the Censorate, the Imperial Hospital, and the local officials in the capital.

The votes in these places can be given up directly.

First, the time is too short and he has no time to manage. Second, the four princes have been operating in these places for a long time. These places are their iron vote bank. Even if they work hard, they may not get anything good.

As for the officials of the central court, because they are close to the emperor, the princes do not have much room for operation, and most of the officials are neutral.

Li Nuo chose the Censorate as his next target.

Compared with the Imperial Hospital, the Censorate is more important.

One Censor-in-Chief, two Censors-in-Chief, and four Assistant Censors hold seven votes, only one vote less than the six ministries.

This time, King Sheng killed his relatives for the sake of justice, probably to get the support of the Censorate.

To be an official in the Censorate of Zhao, it is a hard requirement to cultivate a noble character, which is the same as Daxia.

There is no doubt that every official in the Censorate is a clean stream who is dedicated to the public.

There was no need for Li Nuo to say anything or do anything. As long as the sixth princess's aura of awe was revealed, they would understand everything.

After leaving the Yamen, Li Nuo and Zhao Zhiyi went out together.

As soon as the imperial censor returned home, took off his official robe and put on his regular clothes, a servant reported it and the Sixth Princess asked to see him.

The old man with white hair and beard raised his eyebrows. After thinking for a moment, he still said: "Let the princess come in."

At such a sensitive moment, if it were the four princes, he would not let them into the palace at all.

But he saw everything the Sixth Princess did for the people.

But if those four princes were half the six princesses, he wouldn't have thought about who to vote for until now.

Even if he dislikes the fourth prince, he still has to give the sixth princess some face.

After a while, two figures walked into the courtyard.

The old man's eyes swept over the young people, and he cupped his hands to Zhao Zhiyi and said, "I have met the Sixth Princess."

Zhao Zhiyi smiled and said, "Doctor Wang, there is no need to be polite."

The three of them walked into the room and were served hot tea by a servant.

The imperial censor asked straight to the point: "I wonder what the sixth princess is doing when she comes?"

Zhao Zhiyi looked at him and did not hide anything, saying: "To be honest with Mr. Wang, I came here this time for the vote in Mr. Wang's hand."

The imperial censor said bluntly: "Since your highness is here, I might as well say it directly. Among the four princes, in terms of talent and character, Prince Sheng is the most unworthy one. This vote in my hand can be given to anyone." , will not vote for King Sheng.”

After saying that, he picked up the tea cup and took a sip, obviously to see off the guests.

At this time, Zhao Zhiyi shook his head and said, "Doctor Wang misunderstood. This ticket is not for the emperor."

The imperial censor looked at her with doubts on his face and asked, "Is that for..."

Zhao Zhiyi's expression was calm, but his tone was extremely firm, and he said, "Give it to me."

As she finished speaking, a breath emerged from her body.

"Cough cough cough!"

Feeling this aura, the imperial censor almost lost his breath. His eyes widened and he looked at Zhao Zhiyi in shock.

Of course, he is no longer familiar with the aura of awe-inspiring people.

What shocked him was that the Sixth Princess actually had an aura of awe.

This shows that unlike the other princes who pretend to be just to gain the support of the people, she really cares about the people.

Everything else can be deceptive, but awe-inspiring energy cannot be faked.

After he calmed down his breath, he finally realized something.

Confucianism has always served the imperial power.

He has never been an emperor.

An emperor with awe-inspiring aura is undoubtedly a blessing to the people and the world. He is also a blessing to the few Confucian officials in the court who have awe-inspiring aura.

When he thought of this, he couldn't restrain his excitement. Even though he had a thousand words in his heart, he just laughed and said: "Okay, okay, okay!"

…

Prince Sheng's Mansion.

King Sheng had just received a report from his subordinates. Within one day, the Sixth Princess and Li Nuo visited seven officials of the Yushitai, including the palace of the Yushitai, and stayed at their residences for a long time.

For several princes, the Yushitai is undoubtedly the hardest bone to crack.

The officials there are awe-inspiring and upright, and neither coercion nor bribery will work.

Even if you put a knife to their heads, they may not choose them.

These days, several princes, including King Sheng, did good deeds every day. In addition to improving their reputation among the people, they also had the purpose of trying their best to win over Yushitai officials.

Before, their people couldn't even enter the censor's palace.

This time, could it be because of how he dealt with those officials?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but be convinced and murmured to himself: "Fortunately, I listened to Mr. Lin's words and didn't insist on having my own way..."

If he had chosen to protect him at that time, Zhiyi might not have been able to enter the censor's home.

King Sheng sat on the chair and closed his eyes, as if he had sat on the dragon throne.

With the top scorer in six subjects outside and Mr. Lin inside, he is like a tiger with wings, so why worry about failing to achieve great things?

[ps: The number of words is not enough, there are still more in the early morning. 】