I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

As soon as this remark came out, Man Chao was shocked.

The culprit is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?

Everyone turned their heads to look at Li Chengqian, who couldn't believe it - logically speaking, everyone could disobey Li Shimin, but Li Chengqian had no such possibility.

The interests of Li Chengqian and Li Shimin are almost the same.

Li Chengqian will be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty in the future, and now he should expect Li Shimin to govern the Tang Dynasty in an orderly manner, and he should expect Li Shimin to sweep away all obstacles in the imperial power.

That way, when he takes over, he only needs to follow the rules and regulations, and then wait for Li Shimin, wait for Yin Xuan to lay the foundation, and wait for the future to become better and better, and leave behind the title of king of prosperity.

In the end, he did such a thankless thing, whether it was Li Shimin or himself?

why?
They couldn't figure it out, even for people as smart as Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng, their brains crashed and they couldn't figure out the reason.

Li Shimin continued, "How should I deal with it?"

He put this difficult problem to everyone in the court.

The officials looked at each other even more, this matter is big, it is indeed big, if it is placed on any other official, if His Majesty does not like it, beheading will not escape, even if His Majesty is lenient, all official clothes will have to be stripped clean.

But... who is Li Chengqian?

This is the prince.

If there is no irreversible accident, such as Li Chengqian's conspiracy to rebel, then he has taken the position of emperor. The incident of Xuanwu Gate made Li Shimin urgently need to use Li Chengqian's establishment of a reserve to restore this collapse. Broken outline.

Kill Li Chengqian, or steal his reserve?
There was a long silence in the hall.

Wang Gui, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, stood up and bowed to him, "Your Majesty, please abolish the prince."

Li Chengqian trembled.

Li Shimin's expression didn't change, he just looked at Wang Gui quietly.

Wang Gui continued to speak in a slow tone: "The crown prince is disrespectful. He has done something filial and contrary to His Majesty's teachings. I think that the prince should be abolished, and he should be educated by virtue."

"After the prince's education, we can see the results and then reward and punish."

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows. He understood the meaning of Wang Gui's words, abolish the crown prince, and educate him separately. After this matter has no effect in the future, he will give the prince some credit and re-establish him as the prince.

This is a great way to do it.

Li Shimin's face relaxed, he let out a breath, and said softly: "Ai Qing is right, so let's do it like this, and depose the crown prince."

"The reserve position is vacant for the time being, and we will discuss the worthy candidates later."

Li Chengqian was trembling, knelt down and kowtowed to thank him, but his heart was ashamed, it was over, he was no longer the prince.

Without the status of the prince, he would be the same as other princes, not qualified to enter the court and listen to the court meeting, and the previous power of supervising the country would naturally disappear.

This is a long time.

But Li Tai can stay in the court for a long time...

Of course, it doesn't mean that I lost the opportunity to fight Li Tai, it's just...it was my advantage before, and I was the defensive side.

But now... I have become a disadvantage, and I have become the party who needs to take the initiative to attack.

It's all Li Tai's fault!
If he hadn't designed to frame him, if he hadn't bribed those people in Jinchengfang, how could he have fallen to such a state.

This was Li Chengqian's last morning in the court.

Li Shimin finally agreed that Kong Yingda would take the photo of the prince's Taishi, Gao Shilian's photo of the Prince's Taifu, and Wang Gui's photo of the Prince's Taibao, and the three of them would be Li Chengqian's teachers.

The attitude is very obvious, almost saying clearly that now it is only nominally depriving Prince Li Chengqian of his reserve position, and he just wants to teach him some lessons, and he will still be the prince in the future.

That is to say, Wei Zheng is now retiring from his old age and returning to his hometown, playing mahjong with Li Yuan and the others at Tongfu Restaurant.

Otherwise, he would definitely stand up and say that His Majesty loves Li Chengqian too much.

After the meeting is over.

At the Prince's Mansion, the Cui family frowned and sighed: "Your Highness, there is no need to be too sad, Your Majesty still has expectations of His Highness."

Li Chengqian was taken aback, then turned to look at Cui's family, he was abolished, his father did such a thing, how could he expect anything from him?

"Although Your Majesty has abolished His Highness's reserved position, but... You must have forgotten in the court, Grand Master Kong and Gao Taifu, they were all sent by His Majesty to teach you."

"Maybe, when His Highness behaves better in the future, His Majesty will still make His Highness the crown prince."

Li Chengqian's eyes lit up when he heard the Cui family's words, and some of the confidence that had been lost in his heart suddenly came out again, and some of the things that he had been staring at in the court hall were now clearly seen in an instant.

The Cui family didn't want to hide it from Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian couldn't hide this matter. Li Shimin's hint was too obvious. If they didn't say it, other officials who were biased towards Li Chengqian would tell him about it.

Blindly concealing this matter will only reveal some flaws in their plan.

It was really not easy to find someone like Li Chengqian who worked hard and took the initiative to take the blame. If he wanted to find a prince like this again, he might have to wait another round before meeting one.

"Then you don't have to worry?" Li Chengqian raised his eyebrows and asked with some joy.

The Cui family shook their heads: "You can't say that, Wang Shangshu belongs to His Highness King Wei, and they took this opportunity to pull His Highness from the reserve position."

"I think they have already made preparations..."

"Your Highness, you must be extremely careful."

Are you ready?

Li Chengqian frowned slightly: "Qing knows what they will do to prepare for it?"

The Cui family shook their heads: "How could I know?"

Li Chengqian sighed softly, looking a little distressed into the distance.

Enter Wei Wangfu.

The Li family stood respectfully behind Li Tai, bowed their hands and said respectfully, "Congratulations, Your Highness, congratulations, Your Highness."

Li Tai raised his eyebrows, turned around, and looked at him with a half-smile: "Why do you like it?"

"The reserve seat is empty, it's time for His Highness to take advantage of the opportunity." The Li family is still respectful and respectful to people like Li Tai. Their attitude should not be like that of Li Chengqian, and they should be more careful with smart people.

Li Tai sneered and waved his hands: "I'm not interested in the throne."

"The attitude of the father is also to leave the reserve position to the eldest brother, but the elder brother has done some wrong things, and the father needs to teach him some lessons."

The Li family did not speak.

"However..." Li Tai turned his back and changed the topic, "If the eldest brother is still obsessed with his mistakes and refuses to correct his mistakes, Gu can't just ignore the world."

"If you have to be alone to support this heavy burden, then that alone is naturally duty-bound."

The Li family secretly smiled and said respectfully: "Your Highness is kind."