Datang: My apprentice is Princess Changle

Chapter 23 Three Major Crimes
Chapter 23 Three crimes
"Qin Yang, do you have something to play on the first day you go to court?"

Qin Yang stood up suddenly, which was beyond Li Shimin's expectation: "Say it, what do you want to play."

a time.

All civil and military ministers in the hall looked at Qin Yang in unison.

Qin Yang took a deep breath and said, "I want to play the Prince Li Chengqian."

"What? Join the prince?"

"Qin Yang is crazy!"

"Hey, after all, I just entered the official career, and I don't know anything about being an official."

When the civil and military officials learned that Qin Yang was going to play Prince Li Chengqian, they all shook their heads and sighed. Qin Yang was well-known, and the civil and military officials present naturally knew about it, but it would be a big mistake for Qin Yang to impeach the prince at this moment.

Prince, that is the future prince.

It’s too late for everyone to curry favor, let alone impeachment.

"Qin Yang, you have to think clearly."

Li Shimin narrowed his eyes and looked unhappy.

"The minister is very clear."

Qin Yang said without changing his expression: "I want to impeach the prince for three major crimes. The first is colluding with the nobles. The second is not upholding his own conduct as a prince and supporting a boy in private. The third is secretly instructing gangsters to murder me."

After Qin Yang finished talking about the three crimes of impeaching Prince Li Chengqian.

Inside the Ming Palace, there was a dead silence.

There was silence all around.

Quietly scary.

The civil and military ministers all lowered their heads, obviously not wanting to have anything to do with this matter.

"Qin Yang, you are so brave!"

Li Shimin stood up angrily, and scolded: "My emperor's son, the future heir of the Tang Dynasty, is it as unbearable as you say?"

"Your Majesty will find out the first two items once you check them."

Faced with Li Shimin's harsh reprimand, Qin Yang remained unmoved and said, "As for the latter point, I have evidence."

"evidence?"

"Take it up and have a look!"

The veins on Li Shimin's forehead popped up, and he said angrily: "If you can't produce evidence, I will hang your head on the tower of Xuanwu Gate today, so that the people of Chang'an City can take a good look at it!"

Hearing this, Qin Yang and Li Ke glanced at each other, the latter stood up, looked outside the hall, and shouted:
"Bring people up."

The next moment, the palace guards escorted a man into the room.

The man is the leader of the gangster who made trouble a few days ago.

Has he ever seen such a big battle?
Looking up at Li Shimin on the dragon chair again, the gangster leader was even more frightened.

The guard just released him.

The gangster immediately sat down on the ground in fright, with cold sweat constantly oozing from his forehead.

Li Chengqian, who was standing in front of the civil and military ministers, couldn't help but feel a little thump in his heart when he saw the gangster leader.

"What's your name, report it quickly!"

Li Shimin said solemnly.

"Cao Cao. The grass people are called Liu Ba."

The gangster faltered and hawed for a long time before he finished speaking.

"Liu Ba, right? I heard from Qin Yang that the crown prince secretly ordered you to murder him. Is it true?"

"It's true."

Liu Ba knelt on the ground, his body trembling uncontrollably, and he didn't dare to raise his head, so he had to answer.

"Besides these, is there any other evidence?"

Li Shimin asked.

"Have."

Liu Ba said reassuringly: "There is still 500 taels of silver from the crown prince in Cao Min's house. These coins were all given to me by the housekeeper of the prince's mansion. The housekeeper told me that if the prince's affairs are handled well, there will be more silver in the future."

Hearing this, Li Shimin clenched his fists tightly, still in disbelief, and shouted outside the hall: "Where is the Habayashi guard!"

The voice just fell.

Two soldiers in armor came in.

"Go to Liu Ba's home, find the 500 taels of silver, and see if what he said is true."

Li Shimin ordered.

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, the two Habayashi guards turned and walked out of the hall.

At this time, the hall was still surprisingly quiet.

You can even faintly hear the heartbeats of everyone.

Half an hour passed.

The two Habayashi guards returned to the Daming Palace.

One of them was holding a baggage in his hand. After unfolding the baggage, there was an ingot of silver stacked inside, a total of 500 taels.

thump--

Before Li Shimin could speak, Li Chengqian knelt down after hearing a plop.

"I beg my father to be convicted."

Seeing that the deal was done, Li Chengqian thought of the method of Changsun Wuji yesterday, and directly admitted his mistake.

Li Shimin saw Li Chengqian kneeling on the ground with a look of grief on his face, he immediately asked: "Did you really do these shady things?"

"It's my son who did it."

Li Chengqian cried: "My son was just lost for a while, I beg my father to forgive me."

A trace of disappointment flashed in Li Shimin's eyes.

Rather than Li Chengqian admitting his mistake, deep down in his heart, he hoped that Li Chengqian would deny it to the end. Even if the evidence was in front of him, he would grit his teeth and refuse to admit it even to death.

Because only in this way can one have the appearance of an emperor.

If you make a mistake, you must know it.

But never open your mouth to admit your mistake!
"Then the other two that Qin Yang said."

"Is it true too?"

Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian who was kneeling under the stage, and felt a little bit resentful that iron could not be made into steel.

Li Chengqian's eyes were red, and two lines of tears welled up in his eyes. In the end, he didn't speak, but nodded feebly to admit it.

Seeing this, Li Shimin fell back and sat helplessly on the dragon chair.

It is taboo for the prince to collude with the gentry.

After all, the crown prince is the future prince. As long as he doesn't make a big mistake, the future emperor is a sure thing.

The only reason for colluding with the nobles was to ascend to the throne as soon as possible.

Otherwise, a prince who is under one person and above ten thousand people will definitely not collude with the gentry.

"Confused!!"

Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said, "Then it is true to support the boys privately?"

"Yes."

Li Chengqian lowered his head and nodded in recognition.

The moment he saw Li Chengqian nodding, Li Shimin was so angry and ashamed that his whole face turned into a pig's liver.

He was angry that the child he valued was as good as Long Yang.

What makes me feel guilty is that this incident actually happened in the royal family. If it is spread out in the future, it will be a shame to the royal family.

"Decree, from now on, the position of Prince Chengqian will be abolished."

At this moment, Li Shimin seemed to be much older.

Li Chengqian has already admitted the three things he asked, which also indicates that he is no longer qualified to be the crown prince.

After all, it was impossible for Li Shimin to pass the throne to someone who was in cahoots with the gentry, had the kindness of Long Yang, and lacked the heart of a generous gentleman.

"Father, Father"

When he heard that he was going to be deposed as the crown prince, Li Chengqian panicked and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy: "I beg your father to have mercy on me. My son is guilty, so I beg your father to show mercy."

Li Chengqian knew that once he abolished the position of crown prince, it would be as difficult as ascending to heaven if he wanted to be crown prince again.

He knew that his other brothers were not inferior to him.

For Li Chengqian's begging for mercy, Li Shimin didn't understand at all, and even the expression on his face became more and more stern.

"Lieutenant Changsun, help me."

Seeing no results, Li Chengqian looked at Changsun Wuji, who obviously didn't want to step into the muddy water, and said, "The crown prince has lost his morals, Your Majesty is wise!"

"Eldest grandson Wuji!!!"

(End of this chapter)