In the afternoon, Shi Wanbao arrived in Chang'an with Li Jiancheng and was directly placed under house arrest in the East Palace, but Li Yuan refused to see his eldest son, but ordered Pei Lin to interrogate the prince. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The eunuchs and palace maids in the East Palace were replaced by Li Yuan's people, monitoring Li Jiancheng's every move, except for being with the crown princess Zheng, Li Jiancheng couldn't even see his own children, and they were all moved elsewhere.

However, Li Jiancheng has already looked down on everything, he just drinks tea and reads books, he doesn't ask anything, he doesn't care about anything, Zheng is the daughter of Xingyang Zheng, the two have been married for many years, the two are very affectionate, she put a bowl of ginseng tea on the table, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness drink a bowl of ginseng tea!" ”

Li Jiancheng put down the book and said with a smile: "There is actually ginseng tea to drink, I thought I would live in an underground prison cell when I entered Beijing!" ”

"After all, there is no waste storage yet, it is still a father-son relationship, and the saint will not do too much."

Li Jiancheng nodded, "I heard that a steel needle was found in my dormitory?" ”

Zheng's face changed greatly, "Your Highness, the concubine really doesn't know what's going on, how can there be a steel needle in the palace, this is obviously someone is framing His Highness." ”

Li Jiancheng laughed loudly, "I'm afraid that this framer will be self-defeating this time, I can't use iron things in my dormitory at all, there are two huge cishi stones in my dormitory, which were only removed two months ago, but I am no longer in Chang'an at this time, I will see how the saint judges this matter!" ”

"Will the Holy One change his mind?"

"I don't know if it will change or not, but I don't want to be this prince anymore, I just want to go to Zhongnan Mountain to build a stone house, we raise chickens and farm, and our children, we live an ordinary life, is the good wife willing?"

Zheng burst into tears, held her husband's hand, and nodded repeatedly, "I have dreamed of this day." ”

At this time, a eunuch reported at the door: "Your Highness, Pei Xiangguo is here." ”

"Let him in!"

Li Jiancheng patted his wife's hand, Zheng understood, turned around and walked away quickly.

After a while, Pei Lin walked into the study and bowed, "Weichen see His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Li Jiancheng smiled faintly, "Pei Xiangguo hasn't been to the East Palace for many years!" ”

Pei Lian's face turned red, and he quickly changed the topic and said, "Weichen has come to ask His Highness a few words by the Holy Lord's edict. ”

"Whatever you want to ask, just ask, and I will answer truthfully."

Pei Lin coughed and asked slowly: "Why did His Highness ignore the love of father and son and assassinate the saint in the Jiucheng Palace?" ”

Li Jiancheng stretched out his hand, "Take out the evidence!" ”

"Huang Lu is an assassin, he has followed His Highness for many years, although he was killed, it shows that His Highness is the biggest suspect in assassinating the Holy Lord."

Li Jiancheng laughed, "I found out that I was really stupid, I actually sent the guards who had followed me for many years to assassinate the saint, is it still engraved with my name on the weapon, Li Jiancheng is special?" ”

"Maybe His Highness is not afraid of exposure at all, if the assassination is successful, His Highness should have ascended the throne."

Li Jiancheng said coldly: "Pei Lian, tell me honestly, how many bribes did you accept from the King of Chu?" ”

Pei Lian's face changed, "What does Your Highness mean by this?" ”

"I just want to tell you, if you are loyal to your duties, honest and honest, honest and selfless, even if you are loyal to Datang, but you still have the opportunity to become a high-ranking official in Da Zhou in the future, but if you bend the law for personal gain and collude with traitors, Zhang Xuan will never use you, and even you will not have a good end, my words will be left here, you will see if it will come true in the future!"

Pei Lian's face turned red and white, and he shook his head again and again: "I don't understand His Highness's words!" ”

"It's okay if you don't understand, but it's not right for you to ask you like this!"

Li Jiancheng slapped the table heavily and shouted: "Let me ask you, where is the reporter of the questioning?" Do you want to make up my words when you go back! ”

"I will report to the Holy Lord according to the truth, Your Highness doesn't need to frame me like this, if Your Highness must intervene in the record, I can provide it."

"Very good, I'll answer when you provide the recorder, I remember that according to the rules, you and I have to sign and draw on the record, Pei Lian, I understand your careful eye, you go back and tell the King of Chu that the best way is for me to commit suicide in fear of sin, and then he will have hope to take over the crown prince, otherwise, I, Li Jiancheng, will not accept my fate like this!"

Pei Lin said expressionlessly: "Your Highness is already crazy, say crazy things, Weichen farewell!" ”

After speaking, Pei Lin turned around and hurried away.

.........

In the imperial study, Pei Lin reported to Li Yuan that he had gone to interrogate the crown prince Li Jiancheng, Li Yuan's face was gloomy, and he patiently listened to every word Pei Lin said.

"Doesn't he admit that he arranged the assassination?"

"Back to Your Majesty, he resolutely refuses to admit it, thinking that our evidence is insufficient, and a Huang Lu cannot prove that it is the person he sent, he said that even if he planned it, he would never send someone like Huang Lu around him, and it is the same reason to engrave the name on the weapon."

"And then?" Li Yuan asked coldly again.

"Then he accused Weichen of not sending a record of the person and not complying with the rules, and he said that I would tamper with his testimony, so he refused to cooperate with the lecture."

"Go on."

"Then he said a lot of ugly things, accusing Wechen of wanting to kill him, and Wechen couldn't say any more."

Li Yuan didn't say anything, pacing back and forth in the room with his hands in his hands, it was his decision not to send a recorder, he didn't want to put this reprimand on paper, it was just an informal reprimand, when he was angry, he thought it was an assassin sent by his eldest son, but when he gradually calmed down, he also felt a little unreasonable, and sent Huang Lu to assassinate, once he missed, wouldn't it be equivalent to exposing the prince?

However, Li Yuan has a deep prejudice against his eldest son, and even if he finds something that does not conform to common sense, he often turns a blind eye.

Li Yuan was silent for a moment and asked, "What does Pei Xiangguo mean?" ”

Although Li Jiancheng's beating did not make Pei Lin wake up, Li Jiancheng's words as the crown prince still had a little impact on Pei Lian, and within the distance from the East Palace to the imperial study, Pei Lin had a trace of self-preservation in his heart, and he wanted to withdraw from Li Yuanji's layout.

Pei Xiao pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, the abolition of the crown prince is a matter of national capital, Your Majesty still asks for the opinions of the ministers, at least the opinions of a few ministers." ”

Li Yuan nodded, "Okay! Let me think about it again, and Xiangguo will go first! ”

Pei Lin bowed and slowly retreated, and as soon as Pei Lin left, a eunuch walked out of the room and bowed to Li Yuan.

"Is what he said true?" Li Yuan asked coldly.

This eunuch was the supervisor sent by Li Yuan to the East Palace to monitor Li Jiancheng, Li Jiancheng's words and deeds could not escape his ears and eyes, the eunuch bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, it is basically true, but the prince said that he accepted a bribe from the king of Chu, he didn't say it, and the prince also said that he was disloyal to the Tang Dynasty, and Zhang Xuan would not use people like him in the future." ”

Li Yuan snorted and asked again, "What else did the prince say?" ”

"Before Pei Xiangguo arrived, the crown prince told the crown princess that it was impossible for him to use a steel needle in the palace, Cishi only moved it two months ago, and he had not been in Chang'an two months ago, and he said that this was a loophole that framed him."

Li Yuan didn't speak for a long time, and asked for a long time, "What else?" ”

"The prince said that he didn't want to be a prince, and his biggest wish was to go to Zhongnan Mountain to build a stone house to farm and raise chickens, and the princess said that this was also her dream, and when they said this, the old slave hid outside the window, and they didn't find out."

Li Yuan waved his hand, the eunuch retreated, Li Yuan walked around the room with his hands in his hand, he also knew that there were two huge cishi at the door of the prince's dormitory, the same as his own dormitory, two months ago, he ordered to take down the cishi of the East Palace and send it to the dormitory of Jiucheng Palace, he forgot about it, in this way, it was difficult to use steel needles in the prince's dormitory, and the steel needles could only be put in recently.

"Could it really be that someone framed him?"

Li Yuan finally wavered a little, he pondered for a long time and then said: "Spread my will, summon all the prime ministers, horses, and supernatural generals to come to the Wude Side Hall to discuss matters. ”