Joy of Life: I'm really not a saint

"This subordinate was negligent!"

"check."

"clear."

"Let's go. I don't want to miss the morning court today."

Fei Jie was only in charge of three departments and had no qualifications to attend the court, but Er Bingyun was different.

He has been in the limelight recently, and Emperor Qing thinks highly of him and intends to train him. Not only does he work in the Supervisory Council, he also holds other official positions, so he can follow Chen Pingping to the palace.

So, surrounded by a convoy of cars, the two of them rode in a carriage towards the direction of the palace.

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Unlike Li Chengqian who was detained in the clan house, Princess Li Yunrui, who was imprisoned in the royal villa, had a lot of freedom. As long as she did not leave the villa, she could have fun anywhere.

The people from the Supervisory Office were only responsible for keeping watch over her, and they had no idea about the details of the servants who served her.

Or it would be more appropriate to say that the people in the Supervisory Council are eager for Li Yunrui to pass the message outside and make some more noise.

This Royal Villa is worthy of the title of Royal Villa. Not only is it very large, but the scenery is also very unique. If it weren't for the fact that it was a place of confinement, others would have thought that the princess was here for vacation.

As they walked, Li Yunrui said quietly, "My brother has a very cold and hard heart, but he is also very tender and affectionate."

Upon hearing this, the servants lowered their heads to the lowest point.

The eldest princess had hatred in her heart, but in the final analysis, it was not hatred towards the people in the world, nor was it hatred towards herself for giving birth to a girl.

She only hated one person, and that was Emperor Qing!

She was once so infatuated with him, but Emperor Qing only had Ye Qingmei in his eyes!

This is also the reason why Li Yunrui is angry with Ye Qingmei and Fan Xian, even though her daughter has become their wife.

For power, to reach the top, and to make Fan Xian's life miserable, she can give everything!

To say that she was doing good things with the prince by taking advantage of his status is nothing but deceiving herself.

What kind of person is that prince? All show and no substance!

It's really a pile of mud that can't be propped up against the wall.

But Li Yunrui is satisfied with his appearance, he looks most like Emperor Qing!

If you can't get what you want, you naturally have to find a substitute

"Why keep me here? Anyway, I can do everything without going anywhere."

Just like that, as Li Yunrui murmured, light began to shine through the sky and the meeting began.

Chapter 311 The prince was deposed and exiled to Nanzhao.

royal palace.

Today's court meeting has a different meaning than before.

Whether it is the enthronement of the crown prince or the abolition of the crown prince, these two matters are the top priorities of the Qing Kingdom.

There is no family affairs in the royal family. All they have are national masters, not to mention what the prince has done?

As a prince, wouldn't he be short of women? Why did he have to target his own family?

Although the eldest princess is indeed a rare beauty in the world, this is too ridiculous!

The only one who was the saddest was Lin Wan'er.

After all, she is the only person in the world who truly cares about the eldest princess.

As her daughter, when she heard about such a scandal, she felt ashamed at first, and then deeply worried!

This time when Fan Xian entered the palace, she also begged him to at least make sure the princess had a good ending.

Fan Xian entered the palace with a feeling of guilt towards his wife.

No matter what his reasons were, no matter how absurd the person was. Even if he didn't do it, Chen Pingping would do it, Li An would do it, so why did Fan Xian finally give it a push? It was just because he also had a mother.

But in the end, it still made his wife worried and scared.

Fan Xian's goal was actually achieved. As for the life and death of the princess,

"If it weren't for Li An's plan, I wouldn't have asked His Majesty to depose the Crown Prince so quickly." Fan Xian smiled bitterly in his heart. After the fire was simmering, the rice in the cold pot would be left over. When the cunning rabbit dies, the running dog will be cooked. When the eldest princess and the crown prince are finished, he and the second prince will have to face Emperor Qing alone.

The lineup at today's court meeting was magnificent, but the number of people was much smaller.

Many bigwigs who were rarely seen in the past were present, but some familiar faces disappeared. Perhaps these people were from the eldest princess's family.

This created a very awkward scene.

"Tell me, how should we deal with the prince?"

Everyone was silent for a moment, and then the Grand Secretary stepped out, bowed and said, "The crown prince's position should be abolished!"

With one person taking the lead, the others had no scruples and stepped out in a loud voice, "Our Qing country governs the world with filial piety. How can the principles of heaven and earth be disrupted? All things in the world always pursue the same principle, especially the crown prince of a country. He is concerned about the will of heaven and the people, so he should set an example for everyone!"

"Oh?" Emperor Qing nodded in agreement, "Does anyone else have a different opinion?"

After these words were spoken, everyone became unsure of what Emperor Qing meant?

Is this for insurance?

Sure enough, the Prince's Junior Tutor and Hu Daxueshi came out to plead for the Prince and even acted as his guarantor, which made the room quiet down for a while.

Emperor Qing didn't say whether it was right or wrong, he just turned and looked at Fan Xian.

"Fan Xian, what do you think?"

This... Fan Xian never expected that Emperor Qing would bring the conversation to himself!

How should he answer this?

After all, Li Chengqian, who has the status of a crown prince, will not die after all, but if the crown prince loses this status, he will either live a peaceful life or he will die sooner or later.

In fact, Fan Xian and Li Chengqian are half brothers with the same blood. From this point of view, he should avoid suspicion, and at the very least, he should not let himself point out all the other party's crimes.

"The crown prince should be deposed."

This is Fan Xian’s answer!

You know, a few months ago, the Crown Prince and the Second Prince were entangled with Princess Zhang's people to attack Fan Xian and prevent him from taking over the financial power of the inner treasury. They investigated the Ministry of Revenue and finally found the biggest loophole to get rid of Fan Jian. In the end, it was because they found the Crown Prince himself and the backup plan left by Fan Jian that Emperor Qing stopped the investigation.

In fact, these things, after all, are just for the stability of Qing Kingdom.

Considering this point, the crown prince had to be deposed. Fan Xian guessed that Emperor Qing was also inclined to depose the crown prince.

Emperor Qing did want to depose the crown prince, but no matter what the matter was, he did not want to see the ministers' unanimous opinion. What the crown prince did was too absurd, and no one with a brain would stand up and speak for the crown prince. Keeping silent and not adding insult to injury was the most valuable thing!

The fact that the Prince's Junior Tutor and Grand Scholar Hu came out to plead for mercy was only because of their status and had nothing to do with any faction.

This is their responsibility, and also the attitude they must adopt as loyal subjects!

As long as the crown prince has not been deposed, as ministers of the Imperial Secretariat, they must treat the crown prince as half a king and protect him.

Emperor Qing nodded and said loudly:

"Bring the prince to the palace first."

A eunuch beside him took the order and left.

A moment later, the prince with a gentle face came to the hall.

All the civil and military officials in the court came to greet him, and even the silent Second Prince put on his signature smile to welcome the Crown Prince. However, the deep meaning behind this smile made the Crown Prince's heart waver, and he had some other thoughts.

As for Fan Xian, he did not show any other expression from beginning to end.

The prince smiled at everyone in the hall, nodded, and said nothing. After greeting everyone, he stepped forward and knelt down at the foot of Emperor Qing, saying loudly: "Cheng Qian greets His Majesty."

Looking at Li Chengqian, who looked very similar to himself, Emperor Qing sighed slightly, "Perhaps you did something foolish before, but you have made great progress this year. In order to avoid any more shocks and chaos in the court, I should not have dismissed you."

Without any intention of hiding anything, Emperor Qing spoke out what was in his heart.

As if to make up for something.

"But the hearts of the people of this world need to be settled, the hearts of the civil and military officials also need to be settled, and the future of Qing Kingdom also needs to be settled!"

Emperor Qing was not a tyrant. In fact, no matter from which perspective, Li Chengqian was the most suitable prince.

In addition to avoiding internal friction in Qing State, it can also prevent Fan Xian, who controls both the Supervisory Council and the Inner Treasury, from becoming the only one in power, thus facilitating checks and balances.

At first, he had given up the idea of ​​deposing the crown prince, but in the end he made up his mind. All the ministers understood that once Emperor Qing made a decision, it could never be changed.

The tone of his voice gradually became higher, and Emperor Qing had already stood up from the dragon throne, "I hereby strip Li Chengqian of his title of Crown Prince and demote him to the position of Special Envoy of Southern Zhao, to be sent to the Southern Zhao Kingdom!"

Just like that, a seemingly huge decision was made so easily.

As for the position of Crown Prince, it was left vacant, waiting for the next heir to take it.

Afterwards, Emperor Qing took pity on the old and frail Prince's Tutor and Grand Secretary Hu, and allowed them to retire and recuperate, returning home in glory. It seemed like this was a gift rather than a punishment.

The two of them were also grateful and expressed their gratitude.

This court meeting was only to discuss this matter. To call it a discussion was just to follow Emperor Qing's wishes.

No one expected it to be so quick. Even if it was just this one matter, there would be no result without arguing for a few days, right?

The matter of going to Mount Dadong to offer sacrifices to heaven and depose the crown prince was also decided by Emperor Qing.

Fan Xian walked out of the hall in a daze, and before he could come to his senses, he was greeted by many "enthusiastic" gazes.

Chapter 312 The aroma of Guangxin Palace is all sweet.

"Little Fan Shixian."

"Master Fan."

"Master Tisi!"

It's not like Fan Xian hasn't seen enthusiastic people before.

This was a series of flattering, fawning and enthusiastic addresses that came one after another.

Yes, now that the crown prince has been deposed and even the imperial edict has been issued, all that remains is to go through the procedure of offering sacrifices to heaven, and it cannot be changed.

Perhaps some people are also optimistic about the second prince - after all, he is married into the Ye family, but the Ye family is no longer the same Ye family as before.

Therefore, Fan Xian, who controls the Overseer Council and the Imperial Treasury, has become the favorite to ascend the throne in the end!

How can people not be enthusiastic about this? How can they not fawn on others?

Fan Xian subconsciously wanted to scratch his head, but then realized that this action might be inappropriate and lacked official authority, so he smiled self-deprecatingly. He was also a layman at heart, and it was inevitable that he would be lost for a moment in the face of these vain rights.

But he always knew in his heart that these were given to him by others and did not truly belong to him.

"Anzhi, what are you thinking about?"

Fan Jian's voice came from behind, and along with it came the sound of wheels rolling on the ground - Chen Pingping had also arrived.

After taking a look at the place and still being inside the palace, the two people who had always been at odds with each other came together, and they still felt something was wrong. But Chen Pingping didn't care at all, and at this time he also spoke: "Maybe he has some doubts in his heart."

Fan Xian nodded in agreement.

In terms of understanding oneself, perhaps Chen Pingping knows the most?

Fan Jian took a look at the two's expressions and asked softly, "Are you worried about your majesty's treatment of the eldest princess and the crown prince?"

"It's not entirely about the disposal." Fan Xian glanced at the guards and eunuchs on his left and right, and pushed Chen Pingping's wheelchair forward. As for Yan Bingyun, who had pushed the wheelchair earlier, he quietly stepped aside. "Abolishing the crown prince is a state affair, and disposing of the eldest princess can barely be considered a family affair if you insist."

The purpose of Fan Xian launching all this was actually to deal with the eldest princess and the Junshan Society behind her.

After such a thing happened, His Majesty simply imprisoned him without any other punishment. This was both beyond Fan Xian's expectations and within his reasoning.

However, Emperor Qing deposed the Crown Prince before imposing any other punishment on the Princess, which made Fan Xian think deeply.

"There is something wrong with the order of this disposal!"

Abolishing the crown prince is not something that can be done overnight. After all, this is a matter of treating the crown prince of a country and the future successor of the empire. Needless to say, it takes many years of training. If the various forces under him want to be eradicated or weakened in a short period of time, the best way is to boil the frog in warm water for a long time to prevent any turmoil in the empire.

With Emperor Qing's wisdom, he should not make such a low-level mistake.

There is one explanation, which is that he wanted to focus the main conflict of the matter on the prince and divert people's attention away from the eldest princess.

When the issue of deposing the crown prince became a hot topic, everyone was blaming the crown prince, which naturally downplayed the eldest princess's guilt.

You see, I have already dealt with and deposed the crown prince, and the matter has come to an end. You guys don't need to create trouble and keep making this a fuss!