Zhao Chen knew that the emperor would come to look for him, but he did not expect that the emperor would come so quickly.
After Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling informed the emperor about the interrogation, the emperor came to Zhao Chen's residence angrily.
"Bang!" The emperor slapped the table in front of him hard, and then stared at Zhao Chen fiercely.
Fortunately, Ping An was not here, otherwise he would have been shocked by the emperor's appearance.
"Boy Chen, what do you mean?" The emperor stared at Zhao Chen and asked in a deep voice.
The emperor didn't understand why Zhao Chen wanted to expose this matter when it was already obvious that he didn't want to punish Li Xiaogong.
Is it just to disgust him as the emperor?
The emperor came here with a lot of anger. If Zhao Chen didn't give a reasonable explanation today, the emperor might not give up so easily.
"What's wrong? Are you so angry?"
"Even if you are angry, you should be angry with Li Xiaogong instead of me, right?" Zhao Chen said slowly with a calm face.
Of course the emperor knew that his anger should be directed at Li Xiaogong.
If he hadn't been ignorant, he wouldn't have been in this situation today.
But the emperor came here to question why Zhao Chen wanted to expose him again. He had not considered other things for the time being, nor did he want to think about it.
"Prince Hejian is my royal brother, and he is also the only relative left around me. Even if he has made a huge mistake, I don't want to do anything to him. But now you have brought this matter to the Minister of Secretariat,
What do you want me to do?" The emperor slowly told Zhao Chen what he was thinking, with an unhappy look on his face.
He didn't understand what Zhao Chen meant?
What the emperor knew clearly was that Zhao Chen knew that he was partial to Li Xiaogong, but he still exposed the matter.
Is it possible that you really just want to go against yourself?
"Kill to pay for life, debt to pay for money, isn't this the right thing to do?"
"Why can Li Xiaogong be exempted from such punishment just because of his royal status?" Zhao Chen looked at the emperor and asked slowly.
The emperor hesitated for a moment.
Of course he knows how to kill people to pay for their lives and pay debts for money, but the problem is that he really doesn't want to do anything to the few relatives he has.
He regretted what had happened in the first place. Although the emperor was a loner, he was not without any friendship at all.
Now that Zhao Chen was forcing him to do something he didn't want to do, the emperor was naturally angry.
"Emperor, please think carefully about whether Li Xiaogong would let you go if it were him."
"Although Li Xiaogong was not present at the fire scene before, if it weren't for his order, would Ma Zhiyuan and others dare to burn down the entire Qizhou Governor's Mansion with fire?"
"He didn't say he was going to let you go at that time!"
"If you hadn't been lucky enough, I'm afraid you would have gone to the West to see the Buddha at this moment."
"You still have the chance to accuse me here?" Zhao Chen said, with a sneer flashing on his face.
Li Xiaogong was not kind to the emperor at all. If the emperor had not been lucky, he might have died in the fire.
Where is the chance to say these words?
The emperor was silent. He naturally knew these truths, but he thought about the things he had done that he regretted.
Now I never want to kill Li Xiaogong again.
"Boy Chen, I know what you are saying, but I really don't want to attack Prince Hejian."
"I don't have many relatives around me anymore. If I die, I will lose one. I don't want to be alone in a hundred years."
"Since you can expose this matter, you must have a way to deal with him."
"You tell me a way. As long as you don't kill Li Xiaogong, I can promise you anything." After a long silence, the emperor spoke to Zhao Chen.
His face was also full of expectation.
The emperor believed that since Zhao Chen could expose this matter, he could also solve it.
Zhao Chen looked at the emperor, somewhat sighing in his heart.
But what the emperor said just now is indeed what Zhao Chen wanted to hear.
Zhao Chen knew that it was impossible to kill Li Xiaogong. With the emperor's character, he would never kill one of the few remaining relatives around him.
What Zhao Chen wanted was to prevent Li Xiaogong from appearing in the court again.
And now is the perfect time.
"There is a way, but it can only save the life of Prince Hejian. However, he can only live the rest of his life in his own house and can never appear in the court again." Zhao Chen looked at the emperor and then said slowly.
The emperor was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Zhao Chen.
"Although there is Ma Zhiyuan's identification, there is no definite evidence. In general, the identification cannot completely identify Li Xiaogong's involvement in other things."
"Although many officials also knew about this matter, as long as there is no definite evidence, it is not enough to punish Li Xiaogong."
"But one thing is that since Ma Zhiyuan identified Li Xiaogong, the matter must not be groundless. Even if there is no evidence, appropriate measures must be taken."
"I decree that Li Xiaogong will not enter the court in this life." Zhao Chen said to the emperor.
As long as Li Xiaogong never steps into the court again, this matter will have a final outcome.
Otherwise, if Li Xiaogong returns to the court some time later, wouldn't all the suffering they endured be in vain?
The emperor looked at Zhao Chen and suddenly realized something.
"Don't let Prince Hejian return to court?"
"Are you afraid that I will feel pity for him and let him return to the court?" The emperor looked into Zhao Chen's eyes.
Zhao Chen just smiled slightly and did not answer the emperor's words.
"How could I do such a thing? Even if I don't want to punish Prince Hejian, I won't be crazy enough to let him return to the court."
"Am I who you think I am in your eyes?" The emperor was annoyed again.
He felt that Zhao Chen looked down on him somewhat.
How could I let a person who almost endangered the entire Tang Dynasty return to the court?
"Your Majesty is kind!"
What Zhao Chen said was completely mocking to the emperor's ears.
Because his character as emperor is benevolence, and precisely because of this, he cannot do many things according to his own likes and dislikes.
But when Zhao Chen said this, he was completely mocking him.
"Boy Chen!" The emperor slammed the table again.
He felt that Zhao Chen was going too far.
For Ma Zhiyuan to expose Li Xiaogong, it was clear that Zhao Chen did it deliberately.
The reason behind this is that Zhao Chen feels that his standards of benevolence are too high.
"Stop patting. If you pat me again, my table will be damaged." Zhao Chen waved his hand to indicate that the emperor should not be so excited, and then continued:
"In more than ten days, I will leave for the front line, but I always feel that you are hiding something from me. Why don't you tell me first?"
Zhao Chen was also a little strange.
When Cheng Yao Jinniu Jinda and the others came to visit me before, I always felt that there was something I wanted to say to myself, but I didn't.
Zhao Chen couldn't help but feel that they were hiding something from him.
And the things they want to hide from themselves must have something to do with the emperor. The emperor is in front of them, so it is better to ask him directly.