Zhenguan Xiaoxian Wang Li Shen Li Shimin

"Everyone, I'm leaving now. I've already conveyed the master's wishes, and I'll report back to the master as well."

The old man from Duke Zhao's mansion stood up, bowed to everyone, and walked out.

"Then everyone, I will take my leave. King Jin wants to stop the plan. I hope you will take care of yourselves."

Li Yifu immediately stood up and saluted.

He really didn't look down on people from aristocratic families like Li Yifu, even though he was the chief historian of the Prince of Jin's Palace.

But to be honest, not to mention him, even Jin Prince Li Zhi was not taken seriously by the aristocratic families.

After the others left, the people from the aristocratic family sat down again.

"What do you think?"

Zheng Jingsi asked first.

They were not prepared for this situation and suddenly felt somewhat passive.

“We need to think about this matter carefully. Now that the King of Jin and the Duke of Zhao have withdrawn, we seem to be outnumbered.

I'm afraid it won't be enough just relying on the officials in the court." Lu Chengqing analyzed.

"Damn it!" The Wang family's imperial censor slammed the table and said, "What on earth do the Duke of Zhao and the Prince of Jin mean?

Originally, with the influence of the Duke of Zhao and the nobles who supported the King of Jin, we had an absolute chance of winning.

But now that they have both withdrawn, I am afraid these people will not help us in the court."

"It's okay for the King of Jin to withdraw. We can contact the nobles in Jiannan and the other five families in Guanzhong except the Wei family.

We can all send people to lobby.

The only thing we can do is deal with the people under Duke Zhao.

Those people were all his students, recommended by him.

If they join forces with the Gao family, their power will be quite huge.

We can't pull this force over." Cui Renzhi said this with some regret.

Changsun Wuji had the greatest power in the court, but unfortunately he withdrew.

"Are we really going to stop the plan?" The Wang family's censor was somewhat unwilling.

"Haha, of course we can't stop the plan, otherwise all our planning over the years would have been in vain?" Lu Chengqing smiled slightly.

"But as for Prince Jin..." Zheng Jingsi was a little worried.

Lu Chengqing snorted coldly:

"Prince Jin? Humph, what does that have to do with us? He took all the benefits, but at the last moment he said he would stop.

If it wasn't for dealing with Prince Ji, why would we agree to cooperate with him?

What qualifications does he have to cooperate with us?

Now that he has taken all the benefits, it won’t be easy for him to withdraw.”

"Yes, what Brother Lu said is very true. He has taken so many benefits over the years. It is not easy for him to withdraw now.

He will have to pay the price for deceiving us." Censor Wang's face was filled with anger.

"Do we really want to do this? What about His Majesty? From what the Li family said, His Majesty already knows that we were behind this.

If your majesty blames me..."

Zheng Jingsi said this and looked at everyone.

Upon hearing this, Lu Chengqing laughed and said:

"Haha, what are you afraid of? We are not the mastermind. The mastermind is King Jin. If you want to blame him, we will drag King Jin into it.

Let’s see if Your Majesty will punish Prince Jin as well.

And...hehehe~~don't forget, King Jin doesn't just cooperate with us, he also has some dealings with the West.

If this matter were to get out, how would people all over the world talk about the royal family?

Guess whether His Majesty will punish the criminal according to the law at that time, haha..."

After Lu Chengqing finished speaking, he burst into laughter.

After hearing this, several people started laughing together. That’s right, they didn’t believe that His Majesty would kill Prince Jin with his own hands.

But if King Jin doesn't punish them, it would be a bit unreasonable if he wants to punish them.

They are not soft persimmons that can be manipulated at will.

"Yes, we can't just give up like this. Given the current situation, we still have the upper hand.

Even if the Duke of Zhao and the Prince of Jin were not there, the current evidence could still be used to convict Prince Ji.

We just don’t acknowledge the letter that Prince Ji produced as authentic.”

The Wang family is determined to seek revenge.

"Okay, then it's settled. We will each take action and lobby those noble families.

I guess in the face of interests, they would not want the Ji Wang Mansion to continue to exist. "

After Cui Renzhi finished speaking, others expressed their agreement.

Finally, a few people gathered together to discuss the specific arrangements before dispersing.

~~~~~~~

The first ray of sunshine in the early morning shines on the earth, and a new day is about to begin.

Chang'an City was already bustling with traffic early in the morning, with people entering and leaving the city in an endless stream.

Today was not supposed to be a grand court meeting, but because of Li Shen's case, an exception was made to summon all civil and military officials.

Li Shen was dressed in high spirits today, wearing a purple prince's crown that sparkled golden in the sun.

He wore a nine-ring gold-wrapped jade belt around his waist, a crown on his head, and his hair was draped behind him, with two long sideburns hanging down to the left and right.

Li Shen felt that he was extremely handsome today.

He has the solemnity and majesty of a prince, and the free and easy spirit of an ancient knight.

With the folding fan in his hand, he looked even more handsome and elegant.

However, the eunuchs and palace guards on the side always looked at Li Shen from time to time.

It's like looking at a fool.

Although it is spring, the weather is still a bit cool. Prince Ji is still fanning himself. Could it be that his brain disease has recurred?

"What are you looking at? Am I not handsome today?"

Li Shen also noticed this, frowned, and asked the eunuchs and guards.

"Your Highness Prince Ji, you are dressed very smartly today. We servants are all unconsciously attracted to you."

An eunuch who seemed to be in charge quickly apologized with a smile.

"Hmph, you guys have some taste. Did you see the clothes I'm wearing? They're made of silk from the heavenly silkworm and gold thread."

Li Shen pointed at the clothes he was wearing and showed off.

"Yes, yes, that's why I was wondering why it was so golden."

The eunuch was flattering him. Who could afford to offend this man?

"Look at this fan of mine. It was developed by me."

A court meeting was being held inside, and Li Shen had nothing to do, so he started showing off his folding fan.

I open and close it with one hand, opening and closing it, and I feel so handsome.

Round fans were used in the Tang Dynasty. Li Shen felt that round fans were for women, and as a handsome man, a folding fan was a must-have.

"Your Highness Prince Ji is indeed a man of great talent and genius." The eunuch didn't see what was so good about the fan, but he still flattered it.

After being praised like this, Li Shen immediately became interested:

“I’m telling you, look at this fan bone, it’s made of old sandalwood from India, and it smells like sandalwood.

And this fan is made of natural silk through more than seventy processes.

But this is nothing, the most valuable thing is the words on it,

This is written by the king himself, and is priceless."

Li Shen came closer to the eunuch with his fan in hand and told him about the extraordinary nature of his fan.

As he was talking excitedly, suddenly a big hand reached out from the side and snatched the fan from Li Shen's hand.

Li Shen cursed out of reflex:

"Fuck, which bastard dares to rob... See you, Aye."

Turning around, he saw his father looking at him gloomily, and Li Shen quickly saluted.

However, Li Shen was a little confused. He looked inside the Taiji Hall, then looked at his father in front of him.

I thought to myself, damn, my dad can do the art of splitting himself into two?

(The folding fan first appeared during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. The historical material "Book of Southern Qi: Biography of Liu Xiang" records: "Si Tu Chu Yuan entered the court and used a waist fan to block the sun."

This waist fan is a folding fan. Hu Sanxing explained in his notes to Tongjian: "The waist fan is worn on the waist, and is now called a folding fan."

There are also records that waist fans existed in the late Han Dynasty and the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

The prosperity of folding fans began in the Song Dynasty, so a group of traitors believe that the claim that folding fans originated in Japan is simply nonsense.

Meeting adjourned)