After transmigrating into the book, the prime minister always wants to farm with me.

Chapter 333 Your Majesty, please calm down.

He had already offended the Prime Minister to his face, but the Emperor had not punished him at all, which made him feel very frustrated and uneasy!
Who doesn't know that the Prime Minister is a vengeful man? If we offend him today, he might not have a good time in the future.

"Thank you for your understanding, Your Majesty. However, I cannot agree with what you gentlemen have said! For example, what Lord Han and Lord Zhao said about the young prince needing a blood test to prove his kinship. Do Lord Zhao and Lord Han think that Your Majesty is so incapable of distinguishing right from wrong that you cannot even recognize your own prince?"

The officials named, Lord Han and Lord Zhao, immediately stepped forward and knelt down: "Your Majesty, please forgive us! We had no such intention! We are only worried about the royal family. The Prime Minister was able to send a fake prince back to the capital, and now he has sent another one back? Who knows if his words are true or false? Such deception of Your Majesty makes us truly worried that Your Majesty is being blinded by the Prime Minister's absolute power, Your Majesty?"

A meaningful glint flashed in Lou Chen's eyes as he watched them argue without showing any emotion.

"Heh... Do you two mean that I am a tyrant who can cover up the truth and deceive the Emperor?"

"Insolence!" Lou Chen roared in anger. Since ancient times, which monarch would willingly be called a tyrant to his face?
"Your Majesty, please calm your anger!" Pei Yuanjun also knelt down.
Everyone in the imperial court knelt down!
At this moment, Prince Zhao suddenly spoke up: "Your Majesty, please calm down. Lords Han and Zhao's worries are unnecessary. The Prime Minister is an upright and honorable man! He has done his best to find the prince twice!" Prince Zhao is Zhao Baoye's father, so he naturally spoke up for Pei Yuanjun.

"Prince Zhao's words are reasonable. It's inevitable that his subordinates would be negligent when the Prime Minister was searching for someone while injured. However, as the prime minister, he has a duty to fulfill his responsibilities. It is the prime minister's duty to relieve the emperor's worries and troubles, and it is indeed a dereliction of duty that the prime minister messed things up! Suppose that the fake prince had not been found, do you think the prime minister would have committed a heinous crime that would result in the extermination of nine generations of his family?"

"Does Minister Chen mean that I have found the prince but instead of achieving anything, I am guilty of the heinous crime of having my entire family executed?"

Before he could speak, she immediately continued, "A minister who only makes assumptions and hypotheses all day long, without taking any practical action! Moreover, he makes outrageous remarks in court, asking the emperor to punish meritorious officials. What are your intentions? Where does this leave the emperor? Who will dare to serve the emperor wholeheartedly in the future?"

"No... Your Majesty..." Minister Chen did not want to be accused of inciting the Emperor to punish a loyal subject! "Your Majesty, I, Pei Yuanjun, have always remained true to my principles and wholeheartedly served the Emperor and the court since I became an official. I do not seek merit, but only to avoid mistakes! I beg Your Majesty to see the truth!"

After speaking, he knelt upright in the hall, awaiting the emperor's judgment!
Minister Chen broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly explained, "Your Majesty, please understand, this humble subject..."

Before he could finish speaking, Pei Yuanjun added, "Your Majesty, I only beg you to make a swift decision. The matter of appointing a crown prince must continue; do not let my insignificant matter delay matters of national importance!"

Hearing Pei Yuanjun finally bring the conversation back on track, Lou Chen's gaze sharpened and his tone turned icy as he said, "Since Minister Chen so desperately wants me to become a tyrant, then dismiss him from his post, investigate him, and imprison him! After all, such a trivial matter cannot delay the important national event of appointing a crown prince!"

Originally, Minister Chen's supporters wanted to plead for him, but they all shut up after hearing Lou Chen's last sentence!
"Your Majesty, please forgive me..." Minister Chen was truly frightened now. His daughter had brought news from the palace that she was pregnant, which was why he dared to take such a risk!
"Guards, drag him away!"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. My daughter, Consort Chen, is six months pregnant. I beg Your Majesty to spare me for the sake of the imperial heir in my daughter's womb."

Lou Chen's gaze turned gloomy in an instant, and a storm gathered in his eyes!

The Empress glanced at him with some concern, while Pei Yuanjun looked at Minister Chen with some surprise.

(End of this chapter)