Although the emperor knew that the prince was not his biological son.
But from a glance at Empress Changsun, the emperor also knew that Li Chengqian was the boy he had raised for seventeen years.
I have long regarded him as my son in my heart.
How could the emperor not be happy to hear that the envoy Li Chengqian was working so hard?
He even thought about whether he should not pursue the Liuli matter with him today.
After all, if Zhao Chen hadn't said that he could make colored glaze, these things would indeed be extremely precious.
The emperor held a pair of colored glasses and slowly approached the prince's palace.
The eunuchs, maids and guards along the way all lowered their heads and looked surprised.
The emperor has indeed not been to the East Palace for a long time, and this time in the middle of the night...
"Is the prince still studying?" The emperor stood in the corridor in front of the prince's palace and saw a maid about to open the door and go in.
The maid turned around and saw the emperor standing in front of her, and she was immediately frightened out of her wits.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, the... prince is... asleep."
"Hahaha……"
As soon as the maid finished speaking her trembling words, Li Chengqian's laughter could be heard in the palace.
He wasn't asleep at all, he was clearly smiling happily!
Li Shimin frowned, glanced at the maid, and pushed the door open.
"Your Majesty!" the maid shouted anxiously.
The emperor stood in Li Chengqian's palace. For a moment, the emperor regretted that he suddenly thought of coming here today.
dirty!
The emperor suddenly thought of such a word.
In the east palace, Li Chengqian was half lying on the couch, with a naked person behind him, his arms resting on Li Chengqian.
If the emperor saw it correctly, it should be a man.
The habit of putting his arm around him was obvious, and he was already familiar with it.
In just that moment, the emperor felt his head was filled with blood.
His whole body was shaking uncontrollably.
Li Shimin would never have thought that the prince Li Chengqian, whom he had been optimistic about in the past, would have such a habit.
As long as this spreads out and becomes known to others, the Tang royal family will really become a joke.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty!" The maid who was dressing the wound on Li Chengqian's foot noticed someone behind her.
When I looked back, I suddenly felt like I was dead.
Kneeling on the ground, not even daring to raise his head.
Li Chengqian heard the sound and looked at the emperor standing on the side. His whole body suddenly shook like chaff.
Big beads of sweat fell down.
Behind him, Cheng Xin hurriedly rolled inside, trying to escape the emperor's sight.
"Father...Father, it's not what you think!"
"My son... my son——" Li Chengqian has never been so nervous, worried, and scared as he is today.
Why did the emperor suddenly come to his East Palace?
Ever since Zhao Chen appeared, the emperor has never been here again.
Of course, Li Chengqian didn't think that the emperor would come tonight.
Moreover, it is still so late.
But who would believe that the emperor came and came quietly.
The emperor even walked in front of him, but Li Chengqian didn't even notice.
Li Chengqian knew that he was finished.
If the emperor discovered such a scene today, his position as the crown prince, Li Chengqian, might really be in jeopardy.
"I heard from the eunuch outside that the prince was still studying hard late at night. I was thinking that the prince has finally grown up."
"I am very happy, and I hope I won't be too harsh on the prince in the future."
"Li Chengqian, you surprised me, extremely unexpected!"
"Clang-"
A pair of colored glasses in the emperor's hands fell to the ground.
There was broken glass all over the floor.
Without another word, the emperor turned and left.
"Father, I made a mistake, and I know I was wrong." Li Chengqian fell off the couch and shouted with Li Shimin.
The wound burst open again and blood spilled out.
…
Late at night on the first day of September in the tenth year of Zhenguan.
The Prince's East Palace was surrounded by the Xuanjia Army.
All the eunuchs, maids, and guards inside were killed.
An order given by the emperor himself.
It was claimed that the eunuch of the East Palace intended to kidnap the prince and force him to rebel.
After being reported just now, the emperor mobilized the Xuanjia Army to exterminate a group of rebellious officials and traitors.
Except for the prince, no one in the East Palace was spared that night.
More news came that the prince was frightened and fell off the couch. This leg may be disabled in the future.
The emperor did not go to court for ten days in a row.
The ministers in the DPRK and China were talking a lot.
In the Zhengdian Palace, the emperor was lying on the couch without even combing his hair.
Empress Changsun didn't speak, she just washed the emperor's hair.
"Guanyin, I am not a good father!" Li Shimin suddenly said this.
Empress Changsun was stunned for a moment, then smiled and comforted: "Why did your Majesty say this? What happened in the East Palace is not your Majesty's fault. The children have grown up and have their own ideas."
"If someone goes astray, it's just his own life."
Empress Changsun was extremely disappointed with Li Chengqian.
Back then, she had been to the prince's palace and met the prince and Na Ruxin...
Empress Changsun didn't want the prince to lose weight in the emperor's heart, but she told him.
Who would have thought that the prince would turn a deaf ear to his words!
What happened that day.
"It's his destiny. I wanted him to be an idle prince after he stepped down from the position of prince."
"Now, if I hadn't thought about raising him for seventeen years, I would have asked the Xuanjia Army to kill him that day!" Li Shimin sat up straight, with an extremely angry look on his face.
Even now when he thinks about the horrible scene he saw that day, Li Shimin has an urge to kill.
The emperor used to only think that the prince would win over courtiers and suppress others in the court.
Li Shimin can also understand this.
The prince needs to cultivate his own power.
But the emperor really can't figure it out. You, Li Chengqian, are with a man...
"Your Majesty, I heard that the prince is still kneeling outside the palace. Doctor Sun said that his right foot..." Empress Changsun couldn't bear it after all.
Sun Simiao came over and diagnosed and treated Li Chengqian.
When she saw Empress Changsun, she shook her head.
One of the prince's legs is lame.
"Come here, send the prince back to the East Palace. He is not allowed to leave the East Palace without my order."
"No one is allowed to visit!" Li Shimin shouted outside.
The Li Zheng Palace became quiet again.
The emperor is in no mood at all now.
I don't want to do anything.
Looking at the beams of Li Zheng Hall, I didn't know what I was thinking.
"I really wanted Li Chengqian to take over my position. I thought he would be the pillar of my Tang Dynasty."
"Even if he is not that outstanding, as long as he is filial, obedient, and a conscientious emperor, he can still do it."
"But, I was wrong. Ever since I found out that he is not related to me by blood, I have become more and more intolerable."
"I have not spared the lives of more than two hundred people in the East Palace."
"In the ten years since I became emperor, this is the time when I personally ordered the most people to be killed!"
The emperor looked at the carvings above his head, his face full of disappointment.
Even now, it is difficult for Li Shimin to accept the facts he saw.
Empress Changsun didn't know how to comfort the emperor.
But the emperor can't always look like this.
Ministers have come many times, asking to see the emperor.
There is a lot of political backlog, and we can no longer let it go decadently.
"Your Majesty, I received news yesterday that Zhao Chen was preparing to bake a batch of colored glaze at Chang'an Academy."
"Do you want to go and have a look?" Empress Changsun and the emperor advised.