Eight hundred and thirty seventh chapter fairy days in the cell
Hou Junji left Changsun Wuji's house. As soon as he returned to his house, Helan Chushi came over and handed him an invitation from Wei King Li Tai.
Li Tai invited Hou Junji to have a banquet at the Wei Palace this evening.
"Father-in-law, King Wei's intention is very clear. Li Chengqian's position as crown prince has been deposed, and he is the first heir among the princes."
"It's just that his action was too fast. Your Majesty is so angry that he wants to recruit people who used to be under Li Chengqian's command!" Helan Chushi and Hou Junji were talking.
Helan Chushi was actually still a little worried.
Even before the crown prince was deposed, Li Tai was eager to recruit Li Chengqian's old subordinates.
This is always a little too hasty.
Although Li Tai is the most likely person to sit on the throne, it is not absolute after all.
What if something unexpected happened in the middle?
Li Tai did not take the position of prince...
"Li Tai can't wait for a long time, but if there are no accidents, the crown prince's position should be his." Hou Junji took the invitation back into his arms and said with a smile.
He thought of Zhao Chen.
This guy's identity has been kept secret by the emperor, which means that maybe for some reason, the emperor doesn't want to expose Zhao Chen's identity now.
As long as Zhao Chen's identity is not revealed, Li Tai's position as crown prince can be secure.
Even if Zhao Chen's identity is exposed in the future, the emperor will never risk the public opinion and re-register Zhao Chen.
With this in mind, I took the initiative to lean on Li Tai before he was canonized as the crown prince, so that I would have a helper in the future.
It would not be that easy for Zhao Chen to do something to him.
"Prepare the carriage later. I will go to the Prince of Wei's Mansion for a banquet. By the way, you will go with me." Hou Junji said to Helan Chushi.
Helan Chushi was slightly startled and nodded helplessly.
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In the morning of the next day, the emperor personally stamped the imperial seal on the edict deposing Li Chengqian under the eyes of all officials.
The emperor did not have anyone read it out to the court, but directly asked officials from Menxia Province to quickly send it to various government offices in the Tang Dynasty.
Since Li Chengqian was born, his seventeen-year reign as prince ended on October 23, the tenth year of Zhenguan.
The prince was suddenly deposed, and the world was shocked.
Documents from all over the country flew into the palace of Chang'an City like snowflakes, but there was no reply to any of the emperor's orders.
On October 24, the tenth year of Zhenguan, the deposed prince Li Chengqian left for Luzhou with a hundred servants and 500 Beiya imperial guards.
There were only a few veterans to see me off along the way.
On October 25, the 10th year of Zhenguan, Shangshu Zuopushe Changsun Wuji was dismissed by the emperor and sent back to his hometown.
After the court was shaken, everything slowly returned to normal.
Half a month later, a memorial from Dai Zhou, the young minister of Dali Temple, was placed on the imperial desk of the Emperor Ganquan Palace.
It records in detail the consumption of prisoners Zhao Chen and Wei Zheng in the prison of Dali Temple.
In half a month, I spent more than ten dollars just on food.
The memorial handed over by Dai Zhou was to ask Li Shimin for money.
Zhao Chen and Wei Zheng feasted and drank in Tianlao and asked Dali Temple to pay the bill. Dai Zhou reported the whole bill to Li Shimin.
Half a month had passed, and Li Shimin had finally forgotten most of what happened that day in Tai Chi Hall.
My mood has improved a lot.
Now that he saw the memorial handed to him by Dai Zhou, an inexplicable anger surged into his heart.
I asked those two bastards to go to Tianjian Prison to sit quietly in jail, not to let them take a vacation and retire.
In half a month, I spent more than ten dollars on food alone.
Each meal every day consists of five dishes, three meat dishes, one vegetarian dish and a soup.
Wei Zheng, that old man, still has a midnight snack at night.
Why the hell do I, the emperor, only eat two dishes every meal?
Why does the immortal Wei Zheng have better food than the emperor?
night snack?
Do you want to eat night fragrance?
He, Li Shimin, sent Wei Zheng and Zhao Chen to jail, not to eat and drink in the prison.
It's okay for you to eat and drink, but what does it mean that he, the emperor, has to pay for it?
The emperor felt his head hurt at that time.
Holding on to the chair, I almost didn't fall.
He was so damn angry that he wanted to rush to the Dali Temple Heavenly Prison and push Zhao Chen, Wei Zheng, and that damn Dai Zhou to the ground and rub them all.
How dare you spend the money of an emperor like this when you go to jail?
It simply makes no sense.
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"Having been in jail for half a month is more comfortable than any day outside."
"You can eat, drink, and play. It's really a fairy life."
In the Tianlao of Dali Temple, Wei Zheng had just finished lunch and was lying on Zhao Chen's recliner, picking his teeth, with a look of contentment on his face.
Wei Zheng is not happy.
Every day when I eat, I try different dishes from Wangyou Restaurant with different tastes.
If it weren’t for the fact that the chefs at Wangyou Restaurant come from all over the world and each have their own skills,
This old guy Wei Zheng will be pissed off to death.
"Hey, Zhao Chen, why aren't you happy?" Wei Zheng looked at Zhao Chen and saw that there was no expression on his face, so he couldn't help but feel curious.
"Old Wei, Old Li will be here soon." Zhao Chen looked at Wei Zheng and said slowly.
"Your Majesty is coming?" Wei Zheng was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "Come as soon as you come."
It is normal for the emperor to come to Tianlao.
Anyway, I was living a comfortable life in Tianlao.
Even if the emperor didn't let him go out, Wei Zheng felt that he could still live here for a year and a half.
"I forgot to tell you, when you were walking outside yesterday, Dai Zhou came over."
"He told me that we have already spent twelve guan just on eating in the past half month."
"Early this morning, he will present the specific expenses to Old Li Tou, so if Old Li Tou comes..." Zhao Chen's voice sounded, and Wei Zheng's back went cold.
Throwing the toothpick aside in his hand, he stood up from the recliner, looked at Zhao Chen, and said, "Didn't you pay for this meal? How could it be..."
"Have you ever heard that prisoners have to spend their own money to eat?" Zhao Chen rolled his eyes at Wei Zheng.
"Then why didn't you tell me before?" Old Wei was very angry.
The emperor, like him, is a money-hungry man.
In the past half month, I and Zhao Chen had spent twelve guan on food alone.
If the emperor knows this, he will definitely come over and kill him.
"You didn't ask if it was right, and I saw that it tasted quite delicious when you ate it, so I was afraid it would disturb your appetite."
"Then you won't say anything?"
"You have a very bad conscience. When Your Majesty catches you this time, why don't you peel off a layer of my skin?"
"It's not like you don't know that Your Majesty is poorer than me, and usually more stingy than me."
"I never dare to eat more than two vegetables. If Your Majesty sees this, I will definitely be beaten and vomit out everything I have eaten today!" Wei Zheng looked at Zhao Chen and complained to Zhao Chen.
But he didn't know that the emperor was already standing outside the cell.
He looked at Zhao Chen and Wei Zheng with angry faces.
The warden of Dali Temple Prison followed behind the emperor, not even daring to raise his head.
After all, just now their young minister from Dali Temple, Dai Shaoqing, gave the emperor a bloody scolding.