Not long after Wang Yu left the Taiji Palace, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department came.

"Your Majesty, the minister has found out the truth, Cheng Zhijie has not seen Xiang Yushi in private, and the King of Qin has not sent anyone to see Xiang Yushi."

The Shangshu of the Criminal Department finally concluded: "All the accusations made by Xiang Yushi against the King of Qin are false. ”

Li Yuan had long expected such a result, so he was not surprised after hearing it, but asked, "Can you find out who instructed Xiang Yushi?" ”

Shangshu of the Criminal Department paused for a moment, and then replied: "I put the evidence in front of Xiang Yushi, and Xiang Yushi admitted that he deliberately slandered King Qin.

"But he later confessed, saying that he was not instructed by others, but he was not used to seeing King Qin's ambition and coveting the position of prince, so he exposed this matter in the court."

Then, the criminal department Shangshu presented evidence: "This is a confession to the imperial history." ”

Yue Yu took the evidence from him and handed it to Li Yuan.

After Li Yuan read it, he slapped his palm on the imperial case: "How can this be reasonable, who gave him the courage to slander King Qin?" ”

After Li Yuan calmed down his anger, Shangshu of the Criminal Department asked, "Your Majesty, how to deal with Xiang Yushi and Cheng Zhijie." ”

Li Yuan was silent for a moment, and then ordered, "Shut it up first." ”

After saying these three words, Li Yuan never spoke again, and the secretary of the criminal department couldn't understand Li Yuan's meaning, and he didn't dare to ask more, so he responded: "Yes, the minister retired." ”

The more Li Yuan sat on the chair and thought about it, the more angry he became, the prince arranged this play, was he really not afraid that he would change the prince?

After the court meeting the next day, Li Yuan left all the important ministers behind and summoned them individually in turn.

The first person summoned was Pei Lian.

Facing his friend, Li Yuan didn't play tricks, and asked directly: "Who does Supervisor Pei think is more suitable to be the prince, the prince or the king of Qin?" ”

Pei Lin was shocked: "Your Majesty, how can you change the idea of establishing a prince?" This is an act of disturbing the court, and it must not be done......"

"You just have to say that it is the crown prince or the king of Qin, and you don't have to worry about the rest." Li Yuan interrupted him.

Pei was silent, His Majesty seemed to be very impatient, was there something going on that he didn't know?

He hid his doubts in his heart, and replied calmly: "The ancient adage has a saying, and it is natural that the prince is the most suitable to be the prince."

"The prince has both talent and virtue, and he is not at fault, how can he be deposed? What's more, if you depose the crown prince for no reason, so capricious, how can you win the trust of the government and the people? ”

"Alright, you can step aside." Li Yuan waved his hand irritably and began to chase people away.

Pei Lin felt that something was wrong, and continued to persuade: "Your Majesty, don't listen to the slander of Xiang Yushi, he was instructed by the King of Qin to subvert the court, and his heart can be punished."

"When the crown prince is on the throne, the king of Qin dares to do this, it is clear that he does not take the prince in his eyes, nor does he take you in his eyes.

"In order to protect the Jiangshan Sheji, please also ask Your Majesty to kill the King of Qin to prevent future troubles."

Li Yuan scolded sharply: "Stand down." ”

Pei Lian: "......"

"The minister retired."

As soon as Pei Lin walked outside, Yue Yu followed and walked out, and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty Xuanchen is here to see you." ”

Chen Shuda immediately stepped out of the queue and followed Yue Yu into the hall.

As soon as they left, other important ministers surrounded Pei Lian: "Dare to ask Pei Servant, what did Your Majesty tell you?" ”

Pei Lian's face sank: "It's still something that Xiang Yushi said at the court meeting that day." ”

Everyone understood and thought about how to respond to this incident.

After Pei Lin finished speaking, his eyes swept around the faces of these important ministers, and then left.

He went to the East Palace and told Li Jiancheng about Li Yuan's conversation with him: "...... Your Highness, things are not good, Your Majesty seems to have really moved the idea of changing the prince. ”

Li Jiancheng couldn't believe it: "Impossible, my father will never abolish me." ”

Even if he had made mistakes in the past, those mistakes did not make his father depose him as the crown prince.

Pei Lin said: "Your Highness, at this time and that time, I am afraid that you will be self-defeating." ”

Li Jiancheng's face changed, but deep down he still didn't want to believe that his father would change his mind.

"Don't panic yet, wait."

……

The problem encountered by Chen Shuda was a little different from Pei Lian.

After he saluted, Li Yuan said angrily: "Xiang Yushi was instructed by the King of Qin to openly speak in the court, wanting me to change the position of the prince.

"The crown prince is the eldest son, and it is orthodox to appoint him as the prince, and now the king of Qin wants to usurp the heir, which is simply a big rebellion.

"I want to get rid of the King of Qin and stabilize the country, what good plan does Chen Shizhong have?"

Chen Shuda was shocked: "Your Majesty can't, not to mention that he has not yet found out whether Xiang Yushi was instructed by the King of Qin, just say that the King of Qin has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, and he should not be treated so unfairly." ”

Li Yuan was furious: "The ambition of the wolf son of King Qin is known to the whole dynasty, if he is not removed, the prince's status will not be guaranteed, the court will be turbulent, and the lonely country will probably be ruined." ”

Seeing that Li Yuan was so angry, Chen Shuda thought that Li Yuan must have listened to Pei Lian's slander, and immediately knelt down and earnestly persuaded: "Your Majesty, if you kill the King of Qin now, it will also cause turmoil in the court, and even lose the hearts of the people, because the King of Qin has meritorious service to the country, but he is not at fault.

"If you kill the King of Qin because of a slanderous word, how will the hundred officials think of you? What will the people think of you?

"Maybe this is the purpose of the people behind the imperial history, to use your suspicion to get rid of the most resourceful marshal of the Tang Dynasty, and then achieve ulterior motives.

"If the King of Qin is killed, who will lead the Tang army to defend against the Turks? I'm afraid that Jieli Khan knew that the King of Qin was killed, and immediately led the Turkic iron cavalry south to invade Guanzhong, when the time comes, how should we deal with it? ”

Li Yuan was furious, Chen Shuda said it was very reasonable, at present, there is no second marshal in the army who can resist the Turkic iron cavalry, except for the King of Qin.

Seeing that Li Yuan's expression was shaken, Chen Shuda simply let go and said: "Your Majesty, King Qin is brave and strategic, and good at fighting, no one can compare to King Qin in this regard."

"And the King of Qin is also very good in political affairs, to put it mildly, no matter how talented the prince is, it is still far from the King of Qin.

"If Your Majesty wants the Tang Dynasty to be rich and strong, and make the four seas submit, you should depose the crown prince and set up the king of Qin instead."

Before Chen Shuda's words fell, Li Yuan threw the inkstone on the imperial case towards Chen Shuda: "Bold, dare to say such a rebellious thing, it's just damned." ”

Immediately, Li Yuan shouted: "Come on, drag this great rebel out." ”

Chen Shuda's face turned pale, he looked down at the inkstone that fell at his feet, it was His Majesty's favorite inkstone, it seemed that His Majesty was really angry.

However, at the next moment, Chen Shuda continued to speak without fear of death: "Your Majesty, for the sake of the prosperous world in the coming days and for the powerful empire, you should depose the crown prince and set up the king of Qin instead......"

"Shut his mouth." At the same time as Li Yuan ordered, he glanced at Qian Jiulong.

Qian Jiulong understood and rudely dragged Chen Shuda out.

The officials standing outside were shocked to see this scene, but after the shock, panic surged in their hearts.

What did Uncle Chen say to the end, and he was punished like this by His Majesty......