"His Royal Highness the King of Shu, I think you have been with Zhao Chen for too long, and you don't know how high the sky is."
"This is Lingyan Pavilion of the Tang Dynasty, not Chang'an Academy."
"If you want to dominate here, Zhao Chen doesn't have the ability!"
"Get out of the way!" The official took the bricks and stones and pushed Li Ke away.
Walk straight towards the stone statue.
Everyone else watched helplessly.
Li Tai didn't stop him, with a faint smile on his face.
Hou Junji was extremely happy.
After all, someone can't stand it anymore.
This was the moment he had been waiting for.
Once this stone statue is smashed, Zhao Chen will definitely not let this person go lightly with his temper.
By then, will Zhao Chen be able to avoid being besieged by the officials here?
Li Ke shook his head and did not stop the man.
Since someone is bent on seeking death, why should I stop him again and again?
The official walked up to the stone statue and looked at the face that he had never seen before, with a cold and stern look on his face.
He was originally an official attached to Li Chengqian.
Originally, after Li Chengqian ascended the throne as emperor, he could have a good future.
But he didn't want everything to change because of Zhao Chen's appearance.
He hated Zhao Chen so much.
Today, through this inexplicable stone statue, he has to come back with revenge.
He vented his anger for himself and for Li Chengqian.
"What are you going to do?"
Everyone was watching the official holding the bricks and stones, waiting for him to smash them on the stone statue.
Suddenly I heard Zhao Chen's voice from the side.
Everyone was shocked and looked over, and saw Zhao Chen walking over with an expressionless face.
Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling followed.
The official who lifted up the bricks turned around and saw Zhao Chen approaching, a look of panic could not help but appear on his face.
"What do you want to do?" Zhao Chen walked up to the official and asked again.
"Gudong——"
Everyone clearly heard the official's mouth murmuring.
"This... this officer..."
"You're going to smash my stone statue, aren't you?" Zhao Chen looked back at the stone statue, then back at the official in front of him.
Officials are naturally not afraid of Zhao Chen's absence.
But Zhao Chen's sudden appearance made him feel extremely stressed.
The Zhao Chen in front of him dared to fight even in the Tai Chi Palace and in front of the emperor.
Now here, if I...
"If you don't say anything, you are admitting it. Let me ask you, why did you smash this stone statue?" Zhao Chen took the bricks from the official's hands and weighed them in his hands.
"His Royal Highness the King of Shu said that Duke Zhao wants to put... this stone statue... into the Lingyan Pavilion. I feel... I feel that this matter cannot... be done in this way, so... so..."
"Are you on the list of heroes of Lingyan Pavilion?" Zhao Chen glanced at the blood stains on Li Ke's wrist that had been scratched by bricks and stones.
"No...no." The official shook his head.
He didn't quite understand why Zhao Chen was asking him so many questions.
"Since it doesn't exist, I want to put this stone statue into Lingyan Pavilion. What does it have to do with you?"
"My lord, you feel that you have eaten too much recently, so you are bored, and you want to make things difficult for me, right?"
"Zhao Chen, you are really arrogant and domineering. The twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion were appointed by His Majesty. Why do you put up an unknown stone statue now?"
"The Tang Dynasty's surname is Li, not Zhao."
"Master Zhang spoke uprightly for the sake of the Tang Dynasty. Traitors like you will be punished by God in the future." As soon as Zhao Chen finished speaking, another official criticized Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen looked over and saw someone glaring at him angrily.
"Come, come here." Zhao Chen waved to the person who spoke.
"Don't go there," someone advised.
"Why don't you go there? Prince Gongren of Luzhou County is humble, but he was forced by this official to make a big mistake."
"Today, I will count this person's sins in detail and hand them over to His Majesty to bring him to justice."
As the man spoke, he walked towards Zhao Chen.
Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling both frowned.
If this continues, the situation here will be completely out of control.
"Zhao Chen, you..."
"You said I was a traitor, right?"
"You think so too, right." Zhao Chen ignored Wei Zheng and his own shouting.
He glanced at the ministers in front of him with cold and stern expressions.
Everyone said nothing and just looked at Zhao Chen silently.
"In that case, I will act as a traitor to you today." Zhao Chen suddenly showed a sinister smile on his face.
But he saw the brick in Zhao Chen's hand heading straight for the head of the official in front of him.
…
"Have you heard that someone died in Lingyan Pavilion today?"
"Someone died? Lingyan Pavilion?"
"Yes, there are still two. I heard that the Duke directly smashed one person's head with a brick and stone. The other person wanted to run, but the Duke directly hit the back of the head with a brick and stone."
"Hey, it's true, how could it be like this?"
"Of course it's true. I heard that the Duke wanted to put a stone statue into Lingyan Pavilion. The officials disagreed and said that the Duke was a traitor."
"You will definitely suffer divine punishment in the future."
"These officials really rely on their mouths. If it weren't for the Duke, we wouldn't even have enough to eat now."
"Those officials are really..."
"Who says otherwise? It's normal to say that the Duke is young and energetic, but who would believe that he is a traitor?"
"If the officials of the Tang Dynasty were all treacherous ministers like the princes, then we would suffer less."
"How is the Duke doing now? He killed those two dog officials. I'm afraid it won't be easy for him to escape."
"I don't know yet. I just know that the Duke has been imprisoned in the Dali Temple. It will be New Year's Eve next year. What happened today?"
"well--"
The news about Zhao Chen's murder in Lingyan Pavilion spread out at noon that day.
The common people are discussing this matter, and the officials and nobles are also discussing it.
The Tai Chi Hall, which had been closed down from Chaochao, once again opened its doors because of this incident.
Officials filed in, with heavy expressions on their faces.
Officials of all sizes entered the Tai Chi Hall.
Even veteran ministers such as Gao Shilian, who rarely come to court, also appeared in the Taiji Hall at this moment.
The emperor was sitting on the dragon couch with no expression on his face.
The queen sat aside, her eyebrows slightly furrowed.
Li Tai and Li Ke stood in the main hall, with different expressions on their faces.
"Li Ke, Mr. Zhao was so impulsive this time that he actually killed two just officials in front of hundreds of officials."
"This time, I'm afraid even my father and mother will not be able to protect him." Li Tai and Li Ke said with smiles.
Li Tai felt a little relieved.
He originally wanted to use the stone statue to get all the officials to target Zhao Chen, and then slowly make things difficult for him.
I don't think Zhao Chen would have done it in one step.
Killing two officials in a row ignited the anger of all officials.
Now it's better, he, Li Tai, didn't even have to take action, Zhao Chen killed himself.
"His Royal Highness, you should worry about yourself. If you fight for the position of prince, you can sit there for a few more months." Li Ke said lightly with a sneer on his face.
Li Tai's face darkened, he snorted coldly, and refused to argue with Li Ke.
"Your Majesty, all the officials are in place and the discussion can begin." Fang Xuanling held hands with the emperor.
But he sighed in his heart.
What Zhao Chen encountered today was no longer a disaster, but a dead end that could put him to death.