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The crown prince received the wrong message. When the emperor returned to the city, he was still in the prince's mansion to discuss with the officials about welcoming him.
When he got the news, he hurried over to meet him.
At first, he didn't think it was a big deal, at most he would be scolded, after all his father was never a person who made great achievements, instead he always kept things simple.
But he never expected that because of such a trivial matter, he would be labeled as a rebel.
Naturally, Yang Shiqi and others couldn't stand it anymore, so he hurried out to rescue the prince.
"Returning to Your Majesty, the Crown Prince did not mean to neglect His Majesty. Just now, the Crown Prince discussed with the ministers how to welcome His Majesty."
After all, he also submitted the welcome plan they just wrote.
He thought that as long as the emperor knew the truth, the misunderstanding would be solved.
However, the emperor himself was just looking for trouble. He was angry not because the prince was too slow to greet him, but because he was jealous of the prince because of Pu Qia.
Seeing him now, he just reprimanded the prince, and Yang Shiqi and other civil servants couldn't wait to come out to speak for the prince, and became even more furious.
Are you my ministers or the prince's ministers?
You support the prince even more than I do.
I'm not dead yet.
"Okay, since Lord Yang defends the prince so much, then he should be punished for the prince."
After all, order directly.
"Yang Shiqi instigated the prince to increase his troops, and his intentions were wrong. He should be punished for his crime, deprived of his official position, and thrown into prison."
This……
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Where did you follow, didn't you have time to pick up the driver, why did you rebel?
And Yang Shiqi, as the chief assistant of the cabinet and the important minister of the court, just dealt with it so casually?
Before the prince and others could react, the emperor continued to give orders.
"Prince, despise the imperial power, have no king and no father, order him to shut up and think about his mistakes, and do nothing."
The speed of this hair loss can be called flying, and there is no chance for people to react.
"Your Majesty, it is absolutely impossible."
"The crown prince is the crown prince of a country. Such a heavy punishment may cause unrest in the government and the public."
The officials who supported the prince finally came to their senses and knelt down to plead for mercy.
It's fine if you don't intercede, but when you intercede, Zhu Di becomes even more angry.
Looking at this group of people kneeling in black, they are almost two-thirds of the ministers in the court. Although most of them are civil servants, they are all important ministers in the court.
These people have actually become the prince's arms.
You still have me in your eyes, and I am not dead yet, so you can't wait to stand in line with the prince and come to disobey me?
The more Zhu Di saw them, the angrier he became, and he was so angry that he directly ordered that all the leading ministers be imprisoned for the same crime as Yang Shiqi.
Sanyang's entire army was wiped out.
And Zhu Di gave a death order: "Whoever is begging for mercy, all of them will be pulled out and chopped up."
As soon as the words came out, everyone was stunned.
It's not that I'm afraid of death, but I don't understand why such a trivial matter has become such a mess?
Hasn't Your Majesty never cared about these red tapes?
No one could guess what the emperor was thinking, but they still wanted to intercede.
Your Majesty is clearly targeting the prince this time, if he really deals with it like this, it will be almost a fatal blow to the prince.
The three Yangs are all princelings, and those officials who were punished are also supporters of the prince. Now that they are all dealt with, the prince lost all support from the court almost instantly.
Moreover, he himself was fined to contemplate his mistakes behind closed doors and was not allowed to participate in the affairs of the court. In this way, the crown prince was almost completely isolated from the center of power.
The emperor's sudden action, could it be that he wants to abolish the prince?
But he was stopped by the prince with a look.
I saw that the prince was not trying to explain, but kowtowed to thank: "Your minister leads the decree."
The crown prince is not stupid either. It can be seen that the emperor is making excuses. The more someone pleads for him, the angrier he gets.
The emperor made it clear that he was here for himself, testing his connections in the court.
Although I don't know what happened, but until now, I can only obey his wishes for the time being, and look for opportunities to figure out the whole story in the future.
Lu Lin and the grandson were also confused by the emperor's sudden attack. They were fine yesterday, so why did they put such a big hat on the prince when he came back?
Taisun naturally knew that his father did not have the courage to rebel, so he wanted to get off his horse to intercede, but was grabbed by Lu Lin.
She shook her head at him, signaling him not to act rashly, now is not the time to beg for mercy.
Taisun frowned, but finally gritted his teeth and stood still.
The emperor's hair fell quickly, and the crown prince and the other ministers were charged with crimes before they could figure out the situation. Those who should go to jail should go to jail, and those who should think about their mistakes behind closed doors should think about their mistakes behind closed doors.
After sending it off, the emperor was not in the mood to reward the three armies anymore, so he handed over the matter to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households, and went to Jiming Temple angrily.
After going out for half a year, he didn't even go back to the palace, but went straight to Jiming Temple, which was even more confusing.
The crown prince was fined to contemplate his mistakes behind closed doors, so the prison country could no longer be imprisoned, and all the things were quickly removed.
However, they did not move to Hanwang, but all moved to Jiming Temple.
Taisun was originally very happy because he won the battle, but he didn't expect such a sudden reversal, and he was caught off guard.
He wanted to lure Lu Lin to the Prince's Mansion to discuss it, but Lu Lin refused.
"Come to my house at night, don't let anyone find out."
Although he couldn't figure out what the emperor was thinking, he was obviously afraid of the prince. Now whoever gets close to the prince's mansion will be labeled as a princeling by the emperor.
He is not afraid that the emperor will make trouble for him, but being labeled as a princeling may make the prince's house worse.