The Minister of Works said: "Your Majesty, the Princess of Zhao lost the competition in the arena and tried to escape without paying the money! Your Highness the Crown Prince arrested her just to plead for the people! What's wrong with that? The Crown Prince's actions just prove that Your Highness the Crown Prince is willing to plead for the people and loves the people like his own children. He will surely become a wise ruler in the future!"
Censor Lin also stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince has come of age, and the enthronement ceremony should be held! I beg Your Majesty to order the enthronement ceremony to be held, and to formally enthrone the Crown Prince, so as to consolidate the hundred-year foundation of our Chu State!"
Tang Yushi: "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince not only acted recklessly in the matter of the Princess of Zhao! The Crown Prince is also domineering, has no respect for the imperial law, and is cruel by nature. For a male favorite, he beat the son of the Liang family so badly that he is still in a coma! Such behavior is simply lust that makes him lose his mind, no different from a tyrant and a weak ruler. How can such a person be worthy of being the crown prince of a country? Besides, the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people! I beg the emperor to punish him and depose the crown prince! To calm the people!"
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The emperor had a headache. He raised his hand and looked at Chu Tiankuo: "Prince, what do you say?"
Chu Tianyu looked at Chu Tiankuo. He wanted to see how he explained!
Prime Minister Liang stood there without even looking at Chu Tiankuo, with a stern look on his face. Today he was going to pull him down from the altar and avenge his grandson!
Chu Tiankuo stood up and said calmly, "Three years ago, the eldest son of the Prime Minister's Mansion robbed a civilian man and accidentally beat the man's brother so badly that he later died of his injuries. How did the Prime Minister deal with this matter?"
Prime Minister Liang: "..."
How did he know about this
Wasn't he not in the capital at that time
Chu Tiankuo looked at the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture again and said, "Prefect, if I remember correctly, the Prime Minister's Mansion paid a hundred taels of silver as compensation and that was it, right?"
Everyone was shocked: The prime minister's eldest son had killed someone? How come they didn't know
Shuntian Prefecture was sweating profusely. He had been partial to someone in this matter! He glanced at the prime minister with a dark face. The prince had obviously found out everything. He had to tell the truth: "Your Highness, Mr. Liang only accidentally injured someone. He did apologize and compensated the deceased's family. The family of the deceased is willing to accept it, and the matter is over!"
Chu Tiankuo nodded and said, "Father, my lords, if a prince breaks the law, he is guilty of the same crime as a commoner, so I plead guilty! That day, I saw the young master of the Liang family had a lewd look in his eyes, and he used his eyes to molest my guards. Because he had learned from the previous experience, I taught him a lesson.
I didn't expect that he had overindulged himself and his body was hollowed out. He was seriously injured by a light palm. I also accidentally beat him and seriously injured him, and he didn't die yet! Is this crime the same as the Prime Minister's Mansion, where he can pay a hundred taels to settle the matter? No, it's not dead yet, so I can pay fifty taels to settle the matter, right?"
Everyone: “… ”
What the prince said made sense and everyone was speechless for a moment!
Besides, every family doesn’t have one or two unfilial descendants who beat others and cause trouble. The only thing I’m afraid is that if I tell them, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will bring up his own family affairs as well!
None of them sent by the Second Prince could guarantee how much the Crown Prince knew about their own children.
After all, the children in the family all play with Prime Minister Liang’s son.
The emperor looked at Prince Ding upon hearing this: "Prince Ding, what do you say?"
Everybody looked over.
Prince Ding looked sleep-deprived at the moment.
Yesterday, Prince Ding's bird disappeared again, so he went to the palace to ask the emperor for help in finding the bird. Many officials knew about this.
For this reason, the emperor received the heartbroken Prince Ding and scolded him all night long, and refused to see any other officials.
Upon hearing this, Prince Ding yawned, then cheered up and said, "This Prime Minister's son beat someone to death and paid a fine. This is really wrong! He should be punished by the law! The prince only punished him this time, what crime has he committed? I think you, Prime Minister, are not good at teaching your son. Others don't dare to discipline him, and the prince is just teaching for you! So you should express your gratitude to His Royal Highness the Prince! Prime Minister, do you think I am right?! I have seen your son..."
Prime Minister Liang was so angry that his face turned black. He immediately interrupted Prince Ding and said through gritted teeth: "Your Highness is right! I would like to thank His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for helping me teach my son!"
He knew that his son was capable, but also had some bad habits.
However, these matters have always been covered up very well. Only the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture knew about it, and he was the one who asked people to handle it.
He really underestimated Chu Tiankuo!
Although he had been away for seven years, he might have known a lot about what happened in the capital during these years!
I'm afraid I've found out a lot about my family's affairs.
Ministers: Is this all right? ? ?
Chu Tiankuo said calmly: "You are too polite, Prime Minister!"
Prime Minister Liang glanced at Censor Tang.
Tang Yushi immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince has imprisoned the Princess of Zhao without regard for the consequences. This is a serious matter!..."
Censor Lin immediately stood up and interrupted him, "It is only natural to accept defeat and pay back debts. Your Highness the Crown Prince just locked the man up and waited for the other party's family to bring silver to redeem him, and then he would release him naturally! Why is this a big deal? Three million taels is not a small amount. At that time, the Princess of Zhao wanted to escape! If you don't lock her up, what if she defaults on the debt? Your Highness the Crown Prince encountered it at that time. If you don't seek justice for that genius array master, wouldn't it chill the hearts of all array masters? How important array masters are to a country, I believe everyone knows it, right?"
Tang Yushi: "The Princess of Zhao is the daughter of King Xiang of Zhao. King Xiang of Zhao is brave and good at fighting, but he is unreasonable. If he gets angry and sends troops to attack Chu, who can take responsibility for this? Can you, Yushi Lin, take responsibility for this?"
"We are the Chu State, so why should we be afraid of the Zhao State?"
At this time, the Minister of Revenue said, "King Xiang of Zhao is a famous god of war. He led his troops to destroy the 100,000-man army of Changping! His Royal Highness imprisoned his princess. Could it be that he wanted to vent his anger on behalf of the rebels of Changping Marquis?"
The hall fell silent for a moment!
Everyone looked at Chu Tiankuo.
Venting for Marquis Changping? Marquis Changping is a traitor. Doesn't this imply that the crown prince is in cahoots with the traitor
Chu Tiankuo sneered: "When I caught her, she was wearing a mask, and I didn't know she was the Princess of Zhao. She only said she was the Princess of Zhao, and didn't say the Princess of that prince. Your Excellency the Minister knew it very well! Could it be that you are very familiar with King Xiang of Zhao?"
Minister of Revenue: "... The envoys from Zhao will be here soon. The Princess of Zhao is here to participate in the formation master competition! I naturally know the identity of the Princess of Zhao!"
"Oh, I thought you were the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, but you are from the Ministry of Rites! You are so nosy!"
Minister of Revenue: “… .”
Doesn't this imply that he and the Minister of Rites are in a clique for personal gain
Everyone: “… ”
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still invincible when he opens his mouth and can debate with many people.
But he was no longer gentle, and had become much more harsh and sharp.
Chu Tianyu saw that so many people couldn't deal with him, and he became anxious. He couldn't help but glance at Chu Yuehou and said, "Grand Admiral, how is the investigation going on about the false claim of credit that you mentioned the other day?"