The next morning, Tai Chi Hall was already filled with civil and military ministers.
Everyone was looking at the emperor on the high platform in front of them, and no one dared to say a word.
Everyone knows that today's court meeting is to resolve the trouble caused by Zhao Chen the day before yesterday.
"It's been hard work for all of you, my dear friends, in the past few months."
"I will keep it in my heart." The emperor said, and everyone quickly handed over.
"What do you want to say about what happened the day before yesterday?" The emperor asked directly without waiting for everyone to speak.
The civil and military ministers all looked at each other.
They all don't understand what the emperor's attitude is now.
If you speak rashly, you might annoy the emperor.
But thinking that Zhao Chen was so lawless, everyone felt extremely angry.
What everyone is most worried about is that if Zhao Chen is not punished at all, who can restrain him in the future?
Even if he dared to break the prince's legs, who else in the court would he not dare to deal with?
Then do they still need to stand here and take the risk of offending Zhao Chen at any time?
"Your Majesty, although I have a good relationship with Zhao Chen, the matter of breaking the prince's legs in court must not be let go easily."
"Your Majesty, Wei Zheng, please punish Zhao Chen severely." Surprisingly, the first person to speak was Wei Zheng, who had always had a very good relationship with Zhao Chen.
Wei Zheng asked the emperor to severely punish Zhao Chen, which no one expected.
"Your Majesty, I also believe that Zhao Chen should be severely punished. Otherwise, where would the majesty of the Tang Dynasty be?" Fang Xuanling, who followed closely behind, also suddenly spoke.
Fang Xuanling, who has never stated her attitude seriously, is so determined today?
This not only surprised more people.
Their intuition told them that this matter was definitely not simple.
You must know that these people will not express their attitude easily.
But since someone is taking the lead, they are naturally eager to do so.
"Your Majesty, Zhao Chen does not have any official title. The day before yesterday, he broke the prince's leg directly in the Tai Chi Hall in front of everyone."
"The prince is suffering this because of our ministers' dereliction of duty."
"This time, we must not let Zhao Chen go."
"Yes, Zhao Chen has no rules. We and other ministers must not sit idly by and ignore him. Your Majesty, please put Zhao Chen to death to uphold the authority of the Tang Dynasty royal family."
"His Majesty……"
More and more ministers are speaking out.
For them, many people are afraid of Zhao Chen from the bottom of their hearts.
Even if Zhao Chen is not in the court, he is still like a sharp sword hanging above their heads.
As long as Zhao Chen is around, they will never have peace.
Even though he had expected that the ministers would be like this, the emperor was still surprised by everyone's reaction.
He knew that Zhao Chen didn't have many enemies in the court.
It was just his usual tough style that made these ministers extremely frightened.
"I also know that what Zhao Chen did this time was extremely excessive."
"But I always think about what he did for me in the past. This..."
"Your Majesty, merit is merit and fault is fault. The previous incident at Lingyan Pavilion has already outweighed merit and fault. Spare Zhao Chen's life."
"How can you ignore the insult this time?" The emperor was interrupted by the minister before he finished speaking.
"Your Majesty, Qi...King Qi wants to see you!" A slightly trembling voice suddenly came from outside the Taiji Hall.
"King Qi?"
"Where can we find King Qi in the Tang Dynasty?"
"Since Li Yuanji's death, His Majesty has never granted the title of King of Qi. This King of Qi..."
The ministers all had shocked expressions on their faces.
Fang Xuanling also looked at the emperor strangely.
I went to Jiangnan, why did some kind of King Qi appear?
"Everyone, I haven't seen you for many years, but do you still remember me?" Li Yuanji walked into the Tai Chi Hall wearing casual clothes.
Today's Li Yuanji is not as unkempt as he used to be.
Dressed in a refreshing outfit, the only thing that cannot be changed is his old face.
And the missing front teeth.
"Dali Temple Shaoqing Dai Zhou."
"Li Xiaogong, Minister of Rites."
"Duan Lun, Minister of the Ministry of Industry."
"Li Jing, Minister of the Ministry of War."
"The right servant of Shangshu shot Fang Xuanling."
"Not bad, you are all still here. I thought you were all dead!" Li Yuanji walked to the center of the Tai Chi Hall and looked around at the ministers in front of him.
"Qi...King Qi!" Li Xiaogong's expression changed drastically.
The rest of the people also looked at Li Yuanji in front of them with frightened expressions.
Eleven years ago, wasn't Li Yuanji killed by Yuchi Gong with an arrow?
Why did you suddenly appear here today?
And as a life-and-death enemy of the emperor, how dare he appear in Chang'an City?
Although Li Yuanji's appearance has changed a lot, his eyes are clearly the same as those of the unruly King Li Yuanji of Qi back then.
Those veterans of Taiji Hall who had experienced what happened eleven years ago could all conclude that the person in front of them was Li Yuanji, who should have been dead for many years.
But why did Li Yuanji suddenly appear here?
"Brother Imperial, in my opinion, since these ministers are ignorant, they must deal with Zhao Chen."
"Then just kill them all and replace them with a new group of people. That would be a good choice."
"I think those guys at Chang'an Academy are very good and can just replace them." Li Yuanji said to the emperor.
But it made all the ministers feel cold.
Li Yuanji was extremely bloodthirsty back then, but he didn't expect that he still hasn't changed at all now.
He opened his mouth just to kill all of them.
Fang Xuanling and other veterans were a little surprised when they heard Li Yuanji calling him the emperor.
If they remember correctly, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuanji never called him emperor or brother again.
Today's sentence...
"Yuanji, don't you have anything else to say?" The emperor looked at Li Yuanji and said.
"Of course, a group of bandits led by Li Yuan and Luo Yi on Tianzhu Mountain outside Yingzhou City, together with Wei Ting, the governor of Yingzhou, attempted a mutiny."
"Thanks to the help of Zhao Chen and a group of Chang'an students, I was able to return."
"In addition, under Zhao Chen's persuasion, Xue Wanche also returned to Chang'an City and obeyed the imperial court's orders."
"As for you, you are in the court, allowing the prince to persecute the people under Zhao Chen's command to death."
"Take away people's property and hurt people's lives."
"What if I break his Li Tai's legs?"
"It would have been impossible for Li Tai to get up in his lifetime." Li Yuanji's voice echoed in the Tai Chi Hall.
All the ministers' faces were twitching.
Many people know Li Yuanji's character, and they also know that what Li Yuanji said is not a lie.
The emperor's eyelids also trembled.
He asked Li Yuanji to help Zhao Chen, not to cause trouble for Li Shimin.
What does it mean that Li Tai will never be able to get up in his life?
The yin and yang anger is directed at oneself.
"Your Majesty, no matter how powerful Zhao Chen is, if he dares to break the prince's legs, he will definitely be severely punished."
"How can we correct people's hearts without punishing them?" What people didn't expect was that Wei Zheng once again opened his mouth to embarrass Zhao Chen.
All the ministers were stunned.
I thought that Zhao Chen and Wei Zheng had completely fallen out?
Otherwise, why would Wei Zheng target Zhao Chen like this?
"Wei Zheng, Zhao Chen has a good relationship with you, and he has helped you a lot."
"You don't want to see him so much?" The emperor's face was gloomy and sharp.?