The East Palace and the Tai Chi Palace are only separated by a wall, but they are as isolated as a natural chasm. At this moment, the Tai Chi Palace seems to be always brightly lit, but the East Palace is silent, cold, and lifeless!
Li Chengqian sat blankly in the East Palace.
He saw with his own eyes that his favorite musician, Yong Xin, was given poisoned wine and died in front of him.
"The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty has issued an edict that Prince Li Chengqian has ignored Gu Lunchang and made arrogant remarks that have brought shame to the Tang Dynasty. From now on, he will depose the crown prince, demote him to the prince of Zhongshan County, and ban him from Beiyuan!"
"Taichang pleased the prince to seduce him and gave him poisonous wine to kill himself."
Li Junxian and his bodyguards, after the eunuch who delivered the edict read out the imperial edict, walked up to Li Chengqian, raised his hands in salute, and said: "Your Highness, please come with us!"
"His Royal Highness!"
Li Chengqian slowly raised his head and smiled crazily: "Hahaha, I haven't heard this title for a long time!"
"Li Junxian, Mr. Li, do you know that he gave me the position of crown prince! Now he wants to kick me out of this position! If that's the case, why did he want me to sit in this position in the first place?
!”
Li Junxian: "Your Highness, please don't talk nonsense. I just pretended that I didn't hear what you just said."
"Hahaha, the world only knows that being a prince means that you are below one person and above ten thousand people, and that you are the crown prince of a country. However, the prince seems to be only one step away from the emperor, but in fact it is a world of difference! Anyone who has ever sat in the position of prince
Only then will you realize that, of course, the prince is just the beginning!"
Li Junxian frowned and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness!!"
"What are you afraid of? Are you afraid of him? I'm not afraid! I'm gone, I'm useless, I have nothing, so I'm not afraid of him! In the past, I did whatever he asked me to do, and he asked me to be a qualified person.
Crown Prince, I try my best to be a qualified Crown Prince, but I still can’t satisfy him! Can’t I just do what I want to do!!”
Li Chengqian ignored Li Junxian at all, but roared crazily, and his already red eyes became even scarier!
Li Junxian naturally knew that the "him" Li Junxian was talking about was referring to the current Holy Emperor!
He waved his hand and arranged for all the eunuchs and guards in the hall to leave, leaving him alone. "Your Highness, you really did something wrong this time and broke His Majesty's heart. Please don't worry Your Majesty anymore!"
Li Chengqian laughed wildly again, "Haha, look, this is the difference between the emperor and the prince. He threw me into the abyss and still wants me to be grateful!? I have reached this point, doesn't he have any responsibility as a father!!!
"
Li Junxian shook his head and said nothing more. His palm was as fast as lightning and landed on Li Chengqian's neck, knocking him out instantly.
"Come here! Escort the Prince of Zhongshan and his family to move to Beiyuan!"
Following Li Junxian's order.
The eunuchs and guards who had already withdrawn rushed in one after another and began to move the deposed prince's family!
Li Junxian personally carried Li Chengqian into the carriage. As the deputy director of the Baiqi Division, he had seen too much about the royal family and was even a little numb. However, he knew his position very well, which was in the hands of Li Shimin.
A short knife, concealed and sharp, resolutely ignore what should not be done, resolutely not ask about what should not be asked, just carry out the orders issued by Li Shimin like a machine!
…
For Li Chengqian, who is already the deposed prince, Li Junxian will not add insult to injury or make sarcastic remarks. He knows very well that although it seems that Li Chengqian has lost the position of prince, he is still his majesty's eldest son, and he has only been reduced to the county king.
, and did not drive out of the palace. There were actually too many things worth savoring here. He even had no doubt that it might not be long before the deposed prince would sit on the throne of the prince again!
These are beyond the control of a small deputy director of the Baiqi Division.
.....
Royal news always spreads the fastest.
At dawn.
Almost everyone in Chang'an City knows that the sky has changed, but it is not the big sky that has changed, but the small sky in the East Palace!
The prince was deposed!
This news covered the entire Chang'an City at an alarming speed and radiated towards the entire Tang Dynasty!
Even the original text of the imperial edict deposing the prince was spread by word of mouth.
Although the decree did not state that Li Chengqian was killed for playing with his sleeves, it could not stop the curiosity of the melon-eaters. They were shocked and started discussing quietly in the streets and alleys, in restaurants and wine shops.
"I remember that Prince Li Chengqian was established not long ago, right? How come he was deposed so quickly?"
"Now is the first year of Zhenguan. Your Majesty has only ascended the throne not long ago. It stands to reason that the prince will not be deposed so soon. The prince must have made some serious mistake!"
"In the abolition edict, it only said that the prince continued to act and uttered arrogant words. It did not mention the specific reasons. It really makes people curious about what the prince did and what he said to make Your Majesty want to depose the prince!"
"Who knows? But I heard from some people that the prince was hanging out with a musician, and his majesty caught him..."
"Le Ren!! Usually they are...men!"
"Does that mean the prince has a habit of cutting off his sleeves?"
"Not only that, it is said that the prince also publicly cursed many of the founding ministers, saying that after he became the emperor, he would kill them all. Maybe this is the reason!"
"Tsk tsk, the prince is worthy of being a prince. There are so many beauties that he doesn't want, but he has to entertain people. Now he's done with it."
"Now that the crown prince has been deposed, but who the new crown prince is has not been announced, please tell us who will be next."
^0^Who will become the prince?"
"Then there's no need to guess? Of course it's King Wei! This King Wei is also his legitimate son, and he is the most beloved by His Majesty. Apart from him, I really can't think of anyone else!"
"You are being arbitrary when you say this. Although King Wei is the legitimate son and is loved by His Majesty, he can only read and paint. How can such a person become a prince? In my opinion, it is possible for a talented person to become a prince because of the King of Han's civility and martial arts.
Bigger!”
"You are totally farting. The King of Han is good in all aspects, but he still has the blood of the previous dynasty in his body. Just because of this alone, he cannot become the prince!"
"You're the one farting!"
"You all should stop arguing. Except for King Wei and King Han, I think King Yan also has a chance. Look, King Yan..."
"You are really talking nonsense."
"That's right!"
"The whole of Chang'an knows that King Yan is a playboy and incompetent. He visits the music studio every day. If such a waste becomes the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, wouldn't he be the third emperor of the Tang Dynasty just like Qin II!"
…
"Tang Sanshi? This is such a good name!"
"I heard that the Third Emperor of the Tang Dynasty hid in Prince Yan's Mansion every day. Apart from going to the music studio to listen to music, he did not go anywhere else. I even suspected that the Third Emperor of the Tang Dynasty also had..."
"You mean the habit of cutting sleeves!"
"That's right!"
.....
Prince Yan's Mansion, back garden!
"Ayawn!!"
Li You was currently fishing leisurely on the wooden bridge of the lakeside cabin, when he suddenly sneezed!
"Huh???" Li You rubbed his nose and watched the fish that was about to be hooked run away. He couldn't help but cursed: "That bastard is scolding us!"
"We fight for power first, but not power. We just want to live our own small lives. Why don't you let us go? Please have some moral integrity!"
At this moment, Hanxiang walked over with a light demeanor.
"Your Highness, someone just came from Ganlu Palace to convey a message. Your Majesty has spoken, saying that Your Highness must attend the morning meeting tomorrow! You cannot be absent!"
Li You was stunned for a moment, and his mood suddenly became bad.
"After a hard day's relaxation, I have to go to the morning again. I get up at five or six o'clock every day. None of the cattle in the production team are used like this!"
Hanxiang's eyes were full of questions, "Your Highness, where is the production team?"
Li You smiled awkwardly, "That's the place I dreamed about in my dream. The people and livestock there work only at midnight every day, and get off work as soon as midnight passes. They have to rest for an hour at noon, and have two days off every seven days. , it’s like here, it’s so inhumane to get up before dawn.”
Hearing this, Hanxiang nodded, "The production team in Your Highness's Dream is really a good place."
Li You changed the subject and turned his attention to Hanxiang, "Tsk, tsk, Hanxiang, I noticed that you have become more beautiful recently."
Hanxiang's cheeks flushed, and she said shyly: "I have to thank Your Highness for teaching me that...yoga. After I practiced it, my figure has really improved a lot."
Li You nodded, "Not bad, keep at it, I'm very optimistic about you!"
"By the way, Hanxiang, go and tell the people at Ganlu Palace that I occasionally caught wind and cold and couldn't afford to fall ill. I'm worried about infecting His Majesty and the ministers at the court tomorrow morning, so I won't go to the court tomorrow morning." After that, Li Yu then turned around and continued fishing.
Every time I go to court, I just listen to the quarrels of the ministers, which is not interesting at all. There is no need to go.
Hanxiang knelt down with a thud.
Li You was so frightened that he almost dropped the fishing rod in his hand, "Hanxiang, what are you doing? Is someone bullying you? Tell me, and I will deal with them. People who dare to bully me are impatient." "
With tears in the corners of her eyes, Hanxiang said: "Your Highness, the people from Ganlu Palace have said that if Your Highness does not go to court tomorrow morning, Your Majesty will confuse the King of Yan and not think about progress, and all the people in the Yan Palace will be sent to Ye Ting. Become the lowest slave and do the dirtiest work!"
"What!"
Li You frowned, his eyes slightly angry.
This Li Er is getting more and more excessive!
If you have no choice, just start with the people around you. He is worthy of being an emperor, and he is proficient in using power!
"Okay, I understand. Remind me to go to bed early today and wake me up in time tomorrow. Isn't it just a morning court? I just want to participate!"
"Get up quickly!"
Li You said helplessly.
…
"Your Highness, you are so kind. I would like to thank you on behalf of all the servants in Prince Yan's Mansion!"
Hanxiang breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes filled with gratitude.
Although there have been rumors outside that King Yan is an ignorant, incompetent prince, from the time she was in Chengxiang Hall, she has always known that King Yan is a good master who loves and protects his subordinates, and respects him from the bottom of her heart.
The surrounding servants all breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that King Yan was willing to go to the morning court. They couldn't help but sigh in their hearts that they were lucky to be able to follow such a master.
Li You didn't think so much. There weren't many servants in Prince Yan's palace, but he brought them from his mother's Chengxiang Palace. They were extremely loyal to him, and he couldn't let them be punished to Ye Ting because of him.
.....
The second day.
The palace gate slowly opened.
The ministers participating in the court meeting lined up and walked slowly into the palace, walked step by step to the Tai Chi Hall, and then lined up according to their civil and military ranks.
Because of Hanxiang's human-shaped alarm clock, Li You didn't sleep this time. He went to bed early and woke up early, feeling in good spirits.
Just in Li You
^0^While holding hands behind his back, he walked leisurely towards Tai Chi Hall.
A voice came from behind.
"Yoo'er!"
Li You turned around and saw that it was his cheap uncle Yin Hongzhi.
In order to provide more help for Li You, Li Shimin promoted Yin Hongzhi from a sixth-rank member of the household department, Wailang, to a fourth-rank official, official minister and censor Zhongcheng. According to custom, all officials above the fifth rank in Chang'an must attend daily court meetings.
Yin Hongzhi is not very old, with a tall build and an old face. He looks nearly thirty, but is actually less than twenty-five years old.
"Yin Hongzhi, the minister of the Ministry of official affairs, pays homage to King Yan!"
Yin Hongzhi walked up to Li You, arranged his brand new court uniform, and then solemnly saluted Li You.
Seeing that Li You had no reaction, Yin Hongzhi came closer and whispered: "You'er, uncle already knows that the crown prince has been deposed, and now that the new crown prince has not been established, you can rest assured that uncle will help you get to that position this time!"
??!!
That position? The position of prince? When did we want to be the prince?
Seeing Yin Hongzhi's firm face, Li You didn't know whether he should laugh or cry. He was worried that something might happen to his pig teammate, so he quickly asked: "Uncle, how are you going to help me?"
Yin Hongzhi looked around and saw no one around, so he whispered: "Youer, your uncle, I have contacted some old friends. They are all court officials. They are all willing to support you with me. After you go to court, , I will submit a joint memorial to His Majesty to support the establishment of you as the crown prince!"
Hearing this, Li You was quite moved. Of course, it was not because Yin Hongzhi supported him as the prince, but because Yin Hongzhi ran around for him. Maybe this is family affection. Everyone in the world thinks you are not good, but they still I believe in you and will give you the help I can.
Maybe he should get to know his uncle again instead of looking at him one-sidedly based on the "history" he remembered in his mind.
"I wonder who uncle has contacted?" Li You asked curiously.
Yin Hongzhi smiled mysteriously, took out a memorial from his sleeve pocket, and handed it to Li You, "You'er, their names and positions have been written on this memorial. You can tell at a glance!"
Li You nodded and took the memorial and read it.
"Xu Jingzong, the author of Zhongshu Province...Prince Siyilang Li Yifu...Fu Youyi, the chief secretary of Hegong...Xinping County Magistrate Zhou Xing...Qiu Shenji, Zuojinwu's medical school captain..."
After reading the name on Yin Hongzhi's memorial, Li You, even though he was somewhat mentally prepared, took a breath of cold air at this moment!
Hiss~!
Hiss~his~!
These are all treacherous ministers and cruel officials who used their names in the early Tang Dynasty!
In an instant, Li You's expression became extremely strange.
With these treacherous ministers and ruthless officials gathering under his command...does he want to become the evil boss?
(ps: These new characters are all famous treacherous ministers and cruel officials in the Tang Dynasty, the treacherous minister Xu Jingzong, Zhou Xing in the allusion of "Inviting the King to Enter the Urn", etc. The collision between the protagonist and them should be quite interesting...)
Like the Tang Dynasty: The dandy prince, whose diary was peeked by Li Er
Dear, this chapter is finished, I wish you a happy reading! ^0^