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Chapter 114 I am the Emperor
"I, the Minister of the Southern Region, Fan Jian, has taken bribes and perverted the law!"

"I, the Minister of the Southern Region, Fan Jian, secretly gathers assassins!"

"Your Highness, Minister Fan Jian, is collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country!"

Early in the morning, a group of people jumped out and began to impeach Fan Jian. The charges were more outrageous than the last, making everyone feel that their intelligence was insulted.

Yesterday afternoon, the Second Prince suddenly summoned his ministers to a meeting, and even insisted on having them stay overnight in the Prince's residence to prevent the news from leaking out. The entire court had already known this news last night.

Emperor Qing, Chen Pingping from the Inspection Institute, and Prime Minister Lin Ruofu all knew that the second son had gone to the princess's residence yesterday morning and chatted there for the entire morning. His legs were weak when he left the house at noon.

Then the second brother started to gather people and cause trouble. Emperor Qing thought that the second brother was going to rebel directly after getting sponsorship from someone, so he waited in the palace for a whole night. But this was the result?
Everyone in the court, including the civil and military officials, knew that Fan Jian was his best friend and childhood friend, and was Emperor Qing's absolute confidant.

Not to mention that these charges sound like nonsense, even if these charges are true, Emperor Qing would not be able to sentence Fan Jian, right?
"Very good! Very good! You are all loyal subjects of Daqing! You have all accused Fan Jian, do you have any evidence?"

Emperor Qing glanced at the second brother who was standing in front of him and exuded a decadent aura, and asked angrily.

He had already prepared for the other party to rebel, and last night he had secretly arranged the Black Cavalry and the Red Cavalry to be near the Second Prince's residence. But this guy turned out to be a big deal to him?
Moreover, Emperor Qing is now extremely hateful towards Li Chengze.

I am your father, but you went to talk to my enemy for a long time yesterday, and then came back to force me to abdicate. How can you be a good son?
Of course, Emperor Qing would never admit that when he set up a trap for Li Chengze, he never considered the life or death of his son.

‘Crash! ’

All those who were impeaching Fan Jian just now fell to their knees, trembling all over and not daring to speak.

They are all old foxes in the officialdom. Although they have surrendered to the Second Prince, it is actually just a bet in advance. It is natural for them to give Li Chengze a green light within the scope of their authority. However, everyone is naturally unwilling to force the palace directly like today.

But!
Last night, Li Chengze locked them up in the mansion for the whole night and issued an ultimatum to everyone, saying that if anyone dared not to step forward, he would expose all the negative information about the other party.

In fact, no matter whether it is the Daqing court or the ruling class of any other era, if it is really handled according to the rules, 95% of the time the entire family will be executed!
So under Li Chengze's threat, these people had no choice but to do as he ordered!
Of course, the consequence of doing so is that the hearts of the people that Li Chengze had worked so hard to win over the years have all dispersed. It can be said that from now on, these people's loyalty to him will almost be reduced to zero.

What if they have a future?

"Prince! What do you think?"

Emperor Qing looked at the group of kneeling ministers and wanted to just wave his hand and drag all of them out and chop them into pieces, but seeing that the Second Prince was still in spirit, he could only ask the Crown Prince angrily.

"Your son! Your son doesn't know!"

The prince immediately started to play dumb. He had failed in his last assassination attempt on Li Qingyuan and was severely scolded by the queen. The queen told him that he must not provoke the other party again under any circumstances, otherwise she would commit suicide.

Although he felt extremely angry that someone had snatched away his beloved aunt, the prince was still a filial son after all. He knew that his mother always kept her word, so he could only suppress his anger.

"You don't know? What do you think, Minister Lin?"

Emperor Qing saw that his eldest son was not fooled, so he turned the gun and pointed it at Lin Ruofu and asked.

Li Chengze could no longer hear what Lin Ruofu answered. He looked up at Emperor Qing who was sitting on the dragon throne. For the first time, he realized that the guy he had been afraid of was not that scary after all.
As the emperor, Li Chengze knew that the other party must know everything, even though there were only him, Li Qingyuan and Li Yunrui talking yesterday, but Emperor Qing could still guess the general idea.

If Emperor Qing had just ordered these officials to be dragged out and beheaded, or had simply rejected their accusations, Li Chengze would still think that his father was a responsible emperor. But now?
The other party knew very well that all this was a false accusation, and also knew that it was done by him and his aunt, but he did not dare to deal with the source directly, and even had to find a scapegoat when giving the order?
Is this really the father who made me silent?
Li Chengze doesn't understand!

"Well then! Just follow Prime Minister Lin's instructions and throw all these people into the Heavenly Prison!"

After hearing Emperor Qing's order, Li Chengze immediately wanted to stand up and speak.

These people are all his team members. Although he had no choice but to let them be cannon fodder, Li Chengze felt that he still had to do his duty.

But just as he was about to stand up, he felt a great terror enveloping his whole body. Li Chengze looked up in surprise and found that Emperor Qing was staring at him.

Under the pressure from the Grand Master and the fear he had developed over the years, Li Chengze couldn't even feel the existence of his own body, let alone stand out. For a moment, he didn't even know how to breathe!
The golden gourd warriors in front of the hall immediately stepped forward, ready to drag these ministers away.

"The eldest princess has arrived!"

At this moment, a discordant voice suddenly came from outside the hall, and Li Yunrui, dressed in gorgeous clothes, walked in slowly.

Generally speaking, although Li Yunrui is the eldest princess, she has no place to stand during grand court meetings.

Especially two months ago, because of the so-called treason, Li Yunrui was ordered by Emperor Qing to return to his fiefdom. As a result, he insisted on staying in Kyoto and refused to leave. This in itself has caused people to criticize him!

Normally, Li Yunrui's behavior would definitely lead to a joint impeachment, but the atmosphere in the court today was so weird, so weird that even people with the most dull political wisdom knew that they should not speak out now.

So Li Yunrui walked leisurely into the hall and looked up at Emperor Qing who was sitting on the dragon throne.

This man was the man she loved the most. She had worshipped him since she was a teenager and was willing to go against the will of the world for him.

but!

The halo of this man in her mind suddenly collapsed.

It turns out that the brother whom I have always looked up to is actually just a pitiful lapdog of a woman!
"What are you doing here?"

Emperor Qing looked at Li Yunrui standing below and asked, suppressing his anger.

He felt that this woman had betrayed him. He had given her the most honorable status in the world and a mountain of wealth, but now she was standing against him.

This is naked betrayal!

As for the reason why he let Li Yunrui take over the inner treasury, it was because he had no other suitable candidate, because Fan Jian was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, and Chen Pingping was in charge of the Inspection Institute. Even if the two of them had been followers of Emperor Qing since childhood, Emperor Qing would not give them such great power!

So this sister who had always been obsessed with him was the best choice at the time.

As for the conflict between him and Li Yunrui some time ago over the attempt to regain management rights of the inner treasury?
I am the emperor!

I only gave the inner treasury to her for safekeeping. Isn't it only natural for her to take it back now?

(End of this chapter)