Chapter 917: Whose Person
In the huge palace, most of the officials kneeling on the cold floor tiles had only one request, that is, they asked the emperor to arrest the real culprit behind the assassination of King Qin.
Seeing that the emperor's expression was shaken, Pei Lin came out and objected: "Your Majesty, these are just hearsay, and there is no real evidence at all.
"The crown prince is the prince of a country, how can he be imprisoned because of hearsay rumors? What's more, the crown prince had no reason to kill King Qin at all.
"All this is a frame-up, someone wanted to seize the position of the prince, so they planned this assassination, Your Majesty must not listen to the villain's slander and wronged the prince."
Li Yuan was expressionless: "Who does Pei Fushu think planned all this?" ”
Pei Lin paused for a moment, and then said with great righteousness: "As we all know, King Qin has coveted the position of prince for a long time.
"He bribed the people of the East Palace, pretended to assassinate himself, made a little wound to win His Majesty's sympathy, and then exposed this matter and let His Majesty depose the crown prince. In this way, he will be able to sit on the throne of the prince.
"Your Majesty, in order to achieve his ulterior motives, King Qin did not hesitate to risk his life to frame his brother, such a scheming and cruel prince must not be allowed to become the prince."
However, Li Yuan was not persuaded by him, but became even more angry: "King Qin was seriously injured, he has not woken up so far, and he will not wake up in the future, who have you ever seen so stupid, bribing an assassin to assassinate him and losing his life?"
"King Qin is Gu's wisest son, he is not a fool, and he will not give his life for a struggle with no result.
"The crown prince is a lonely prince, he is very intelligent, could it be that so many people in the East Palace have been bribed and he doesn't know? If he hadn't even been alert to this, he, the crown prince, would have died a thousand times.
"Pei Fuji, are you stupid when you are lonely?"
Facing Li Yuan's eyes that contained a storm, Pei Lian was so frightened that his legs weakened, and he knelt down: "Your Majesty is angry, the minister doesn't mean this, the minister just ...... I just think that the crown prince will not assassinate the king of Qin......"
But the focus of the others was on the sentence "King Qin was seriously injured, he has not woken up so far, and he will not wake up in the future", they were shocked in their hearts, King Qin was so seriously injured?
No wonder no news has come out for so long.
After the shock, many people felt a wave of grief in their hearts.
Feng Deyi couldn't help but scold Pei Lin in his heart: Idiot, even if you guess like this in your heart, you shouldn't say it, it's really stupid and hopeless.
Because Xiao Yu and the others didn't know Li Shimin's plan, they thought that Li Shimin really couldn't wake up, and they were a little panicked.
But they panicked and took the opportunity to say to Li Yuan: "Your Majesty, the King of Qin is very respectful to the crown prince and has never acted out of order, but the prince sent someone to assassinate the King of Qin because of suspicion.
"Although King Qin has picked up a life, he will never wake up, what is the difference between this and a dead man?"
These words were said so directly that Li Yuan's face instantly turned pale.
But Chen Shuda didn't care, and said bluntly: "If the Turks, Tuyuhun and other barbarians knew that King Qin would not wake up, they would definitely lead their troops to attack the Central Plains."
"Your Majesty, the prince has ignored the country and society because of his own selfish interests, and has put the people of the world in the flames of war, this is a great crime, please Your Majesty severely punish the prince."
Except for the officials of the prince's party, other officials have asked Li Yuan to punish the prince severely.
Pei Lin quietly looked back and found that several officials who had close contacts with Li Yuanji were also among them.
He was stunned in his heart, what does King Qi mean by this? Are you preparing to betray the crown prince?
But he soon understood that the king of Qin was forever unconscious, and if the crown prince fell at this time, then the next prince would be...... King of Qi.
It turned out that King Qi also had the heart to seize the heir.
However, it is too late to understand this now.
Li Yuan glanced at everyone with his eyes and gave a heavy order: "Duke Xun Guo, after the court meeting, immediately hand over all the evidence of the assassination of King Qin to the Third Division, and assist the Third Division in trying the case." ”
"Obey." Qian Jiulong responded.
Li Yuan continued: "After all, the prince is the prince, and his identity is extraordinary, so he will be detained in the East Palace for the time being, and then he will be dealt with when the case is revealed."
"Also, listen to Lone, if anyone leaks half of King Qin's illness, Lone will kill him."
After beating the ministers, Li Yuan directly announced the end of the court meeting, and then left.
Leaving a group of ministers to explode in the temple.
"King Qin won't be able to wake up in the future, how can this be good?"
"In case the Turks call, how do we respond? Without the King of Qin, would we still be able to repel the Turks? ”
"What's the panic? In the Tang Dynasty, is it only the King of Qin who can fight? The crown prince was also able to lead his troops to repel the Turks. ”
"Hehe, it's really a shame, which time was not the Turk repelled by King Qin? If the prince can have this ability, he doesn't have to be jealous of King Qin and send someone to assassinate King Qin. ”
"Hugh has to say in vain, the prince did not send someone to assassinate the King of Qin, this is all a misunderstanding."
"Huh, misunderstanding? The assassin caught was someone from the East Palace, where did the misunderstanding come from? ”
"You ......"
As they spoke, they quarreled, but unfortunately, Li Yuan no longer had the heart to restrain them.
At this moment, Li Yuan was interrogating Li Sixing: "Do you know why Yang Yushi knows so well the inside story of the prince's assassination of King Qin?" ”
After thinking about it, Li Yuan felt that Yang Yushi was very suspicious, and his behavior was clearly instructed by others.
Li Sixing hesitated, but thinking of what happened last night, he immediately replied: "Your Majesty, as early as three years ago, King Qi recruited Yang Yushi.
"This time the prince sent someone to assassinate the king of Qin, and the king of Qi also told Yang Yushi, and the king of Qi also instructed Yang Yushi to expose the matter on the second day of the assassination.
"Yesterday, you sent someone to arrest the subordinate officials of the East Palace, and the King of Qi passed the news to Yang Yushi, and asked him to attack the prince by impeaching the Duke of Xun Guo early this morning."
Hearing this, Li Yuan was furious: "Why didn't you report this matter to Gu Yu last night?" ”
"I ......" Li Sixing immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty: "The minister should die, the minister forgot for a while, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive me." ”
After a pause, Li Sixing said weakly: "Your Majesty, even if you stop Yang Yushi, it is useless, as early as after the assassination operation was revealed, the King of Qi ordered people to spread the news of the prince's assassination of the King of Qin in Chang'an City.
"At this time, the people outside have already known the news, even if you seal the mouths of the hundred officials, it will not help."
Li Yuan was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
Shiro...... Sure enough, it was premeditated.
It was he who misunderstood the fourth son, and he didn't know that this son completely ignored the overall situation, publicized the royal struggle, and eradicated his brother at the expense of causing military disasters.
How can such a vicious and selfish person be worthy of being a prince? What's more, this son still dares to ......
Li Yuan forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and said to Li Sixing, "You should go back to the Wude Palace." ”
"Yes, the minister retired."
Li Sixing left the Taiji Palace with a complicated mood, looking at the Wude Hall not far ahead, his heart couldn't help but panic.
Returning to the Wude Palace, Li Sixing tried his usual demeanor as much as possible and saluted Li Yuanji: "Master, I'm back." ”
"Tell me about the situation outside." Li Yuanji picked up the hot tea and drank it slowly.
Li Sixing hung his head and truthfully reported the situation outside the palace.
But Li Yuanji soon discovered the wound on his forehead, and said, "How did the wound on your forehead come from?" ”
Li Sixing stabilized his pounding heart and said calmly: "Last night, when I was inquiring about the news outside King Qin's mansion, I accidentally hit the wall.
"It's just a little bit of skin, it's not in the way, thank you for your concern."
Without waiting for Li Yuanji to open his mouth to chase after Ke, Li Sixing changed the topic: "Master, do we still want to kill the son of King Qin?" ”