Chapter 44: Impeachment of the Crown Prince
What made Li Chengqian feel panicked finally happened, because the little palace maid brought not the imperial doctor but Li Shimin, as well as the ministers and sons after the eldest grandson empress.
All of them brought dozens, all of which poured into the East Palace.
Such a battle made Guan Lishi tremble with fright, he had never seen such a group of ministers come together.
He hurriedly glanced at Cheng Yanjin on the ground, and he was motionless, and at the same time looked at Li Chengqian on the side, but Li Chengqian at this time seemed to be nothing, and he was not afraid at all.
"Clever! What are you messing up again? Do you know that Zhijie has made great contributions with me in the southern and northern wars, and you actually poisoned him with wine, I don't think you have to be the prince! Do you want me to belittle you for the people?! ”
Li Shimin was angry, the whole person was about to lose his mind, Cheng Biting Jin had been with him for a long time, he was a generation of heroes, but he didn't expect Li Chengqian to be poisoned.
At the same time, I looked at the distillation equipment on the side, and there was not much gas, so I almost smashed all these things.
Li Chengqian realized that there might be something wrong with the little palace maid's message, obviously she was drunk, how could she be poisoned, this.
He was about to say something, but Wang Guifei said: "This prince has long been abolished, he doesn't learn and has no skills, he doesn't want to make progress, he does things every day, and he doesn't look like a prince!" Tinkering with all this stuff every day! Even Lu Guogong wants to empty the pit, maybe one day he will harm others! This Manchu Dynasty civil and military, who is not worried! If he doesn't change his mind, Your Majesty, I'm afraid there will be danger too! ”
Wang Guifei also looked at Li Chengqian unhappy, although the last incident was suppressed by Li Shimin, but their entire Wang family was unhappy.
She deliberately magnified the situation and directly exaggerated some things that had not yet happened, so alarmist that the ministers frowned.
Empress Eldest Sun stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, before this matter is clarified, it seems too early to make such a conclusion!" Wang Guifei, you can't help but make a conclusion! ”
Wang Guifei said: "People are lying there motionless, does this still need to be investigated?" ”
Xu Jingzong subconsciously glanced at Wang Guifei and said: "Your Majesty, I think you can directly send His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to the Zongren Mansion, and let the people of the Zongren Mansion interrogate to see what kind of peace he has!" If necessary, the ministers are willing to take the lead in the trial. ”
These people can be said to be in the ground, judging from their performance, they can distinguish the loyal traitors, and some people just want Li Chengqian to die, and they want to give up the position of the prince. to those in need, but they don't know that when the position of prince is vacated, they don't know how many people will lose their lives because of it.
Guan Lishi was anxious for Li Chengqian, because Li Chengqian didn't seem to be ready to refute anything at all, just quietly watching them and watching their performances.
Li Chengqian was thinking in his heart: You guys are acting, I'll watch, wait a minute, I'll slap you in the face, pretend to be forced, I haven't collected points for a long time, and then let's say, I'll watch.
Seeing that Li Chengqian did not refute, these people actually intensified. Someone directly proposed to impeach the crown prince and give up the crown prince's position to someone else.
"I don't think His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has the qualifications to continue to be in office, and he must be impeached!"
Somebody said so, and somebody should get along, and half of them were involved.
However, among this group of people, there are still those who defend Li Chengqian.
Fang Xuanling is one of them.
He said: "Your Majesty, I see that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so calm and talented, this reaction is somewhat admirable, there must be a misunderstanding." ”
Wang Guifei said: "I don't think so, he can't say why, and then don't talk about it!" Come on, take down this murderous prince and send him to the Zongren Mansion! ”
Empress Eldest Sun shouted: "Wang Guifei, Your Majesty is here, when will it be your turn to give orders?" Besides, no matter how senior, it won't be your turn! I'm still here! ”
Wang Guifei's whole face turned red instantly, she was really too eager just now. Eager to put Li Chengqian to death.
But as soon as Empress Changsun said it, she didn't dare to say a word of.
"Yes, the Wang family knows the mistake!"
Having said that, I must still be unhappy in my heart, but what can I do? The current main owner is still Empress Changsun, who manages Li Shimin's three palaces and six courtyards, no matter what, it is not her turn to speak.
Empress Eldest Sun said again: "Your Majesty, I think it's better to give Gao Ming a chance to defend himself!" Otherwise, you will lose the title of benevolent monarch. ”
Her words were pertinent, which made Li Shimin feel reasonable after hearing it. Sidewalk:
"Good! Gao Ming, what else do you have to say, I will give you a chance to defend yourself! lest people say that I, Li Shimin, are too arbitrary. ”
At this moment, everyone's eyes focused on Li Chengqian, and they wanted to hear what Li Chengqian had to say.
Li Chengqian saw that the time was ripe, so he said: "Which one said that Uncle Cheng was poisoned by me?" Who has the proof? ”
"Isn't it the best proof that Lu Guogong is lying on the ground?"
Xu Jingzong pointed to Cheng Biting Jindao, who was like a dead pig.
walked to Cheng Yanjin's side, picked up a piece of grass, and pounded it into Cheng Yanjin's nose.
Now the princess shouted:
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, you are becoming more and more disrespectful, and you are desecrating the corpse of Lu Guogong so much!"
In their opinion, Cheng Yanjin is dead, but this is not the case, how do they know what happened.
Li Chengqian didn't care what Wang Guifei's mother-in-law said, and Li Shimin didn't say anything, what kind of coaxing was she a concubine?
"Your Majesty, please look!"
On formal occasions, especially in front of ministers, Li Chengqian still calls Li Shimin His Majesty, and usually calls him father.
That piece of grass was constantly stirring in Cheng Biting Jin's nose, and no one could stand it.
Yawn......
A loud sneeze sounded, and there was some smell of wine mixed with it, which was very strong, and then people were heavy, and there was an inverted bucket-shaped thing next to Li Chengqian, which seemed to have the smell of wine.
"Good wine, another drink!"
Cheng Yanjin rubbed his nose, talked about wine, and fell asleep again after a while.
"What's going on?"
Li Shimin was at a loss, his anger just now disappeared in an instant, and at the same time he was a little embarrassed, because he had not given Li Chengqian any chance to argue, whether it was as an emperor or a father, he was unqualified.
At the same time, there were also Wang Guifei and Xu Jingzong and other people who tried to abolish the crown prince, who were also surprised and looked pity. It was obvious that the prince could have been killed, but in fact it was not.
Dozens of people had various emotions, Li Chengqian saw it in his eyes, it was a pride, and with a little more effort, their points would have to be collected by him.
"Your Majesty, it's all about this device by my side, I have to start here."
With a swipe, everyone's eyes converged on this inverted bucket-shaped device, they had never seen anything like this before, which was very strange.