Li Yuanjing patted his youngest son on the shoulder. "Go back to your mother."
Li Chengjue obediently nodded and trotted back to Lu Xuan's side. Eunuch Deshun handed over a memorial from the Ministry of Justice, and Li Yuanjing ordered Lu Xuan and her son to be escorted away.
The hall fell silent once more, the gilded bronze censer emitting an elegant fragrance.
Li Yuanjing flipped through several memorials, all of which pleaded for the "dethronement of the Empress." The ministers accused the Empress of being "unfilial and unvirtuous," unfit to serve as the nation's mother.
With a flick of his wrist, Li Yuanjing tossed the memorials aside.
He did intend to depose the Empress. The edict had already been drafted, lacking only the final imperial seal.
His aim was to weaken the noble families, and thus, palace consorts hailing from these clans—such as Noble Consort Shu and Concubine Lan—could never ascend to the position of Empress.
