After a long silence, the atmosphere in the court became more solid.
Some of the timid ones even started to tremble.
Suddenly, the sound of teeth chattering could be clearly heard.
Everyone knows that Li Shimin today will not show any mercy.
Even the dumbfounded Qing Wei Zheng kept his mouth tightly shut at the moment, not daring to say a word.
"You must have heard about it, right?"
Li Shimin finally spoke.
His voice was extremely cold, chilling to the bone.
"Just last night, a group of assassins broke into the palace and assassinated a large number of princes."
Having said this, Li Shimin's tone was still very calm.
This made everyone feel a little strange. Could it be that Li Shimin's anger was fake news?
However, smart people can feel that this way of remaining calm despite being furious shows that Li Shimin has reached the limit of his anger.
Muchuan listened silently, but in his heart he was thinking about what kind of force could be so arrogant and bold.
You must know that killing someone is not as good as his wife and children. This is the rule of the Tao.
When Qin Shihuang wiped out Liuhe, the Six Kingdoms sent assassins almost every day, but no assassins were seen to kill Qin Shihuang's wife and children.
This is all because there are rules here. No one will violate the rules, otherwise they will be hated and hunted by the people in the world.
But now, there are only such people who break the rules.
Li Shimin offended quite a few people, but when Muchuan thought about it carefully, he could only think of Li Chengdao who had such energy.
Li Chengdao indeed had the hatred to exterminate Li Shimin's entire clan, but based on Muchuan's understanding of Li Chengdao, he should not do such a hysterical thing.
Who is the one?
Muchuan was puzzled. Without more clues, it was difficult for Muchuan to make further judgments.
Li Shimin had fully explained the situation at this moment, and everyone was frightened after hearing this.
It turned out that the reason why Li Shimin was late was because he captured and executed all the guards who were patrolling last night, which delayed his work.
The palace's defense is very strong. There were nearly a thousand people keeping watch last night.
In other words, Li Shimin killed thousands of people without blinking an eyelid.
This is just an appetizer. Li Shimin's real anger has not been vented at all yet.
"Let's talk about it. How should we deal with this matter?"
Li Shimin glanced at everyone and said coldly.
As soon as this statement came out, no one dared to step forward and speak out.
Just kidding, if you come out and talk now, either you can really come up with an effective ending plan, or you must not talk too much, otherwise you will be punished by the Nine Clan.
Muchuan also said nothing. Even if he had some ideas, he would not come out and be the one who stepped on the thunder at this moment.
He and Li Shimin had some minor conflicts. If the other party took the opportunity to attack, push him out and kill him, Muchuan would have no place to find anyone to reason with.
The long silence made Li Shimin's face become increasingly ugly.
"A bunch of idiots, I'm asking you, are you all deaf?"
Li Shimin burst out instantly, as angry as a roaring tiger.
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
The officials were shocked and knelt down one after another.
Everyone knelt down, but this was painful for Muchuan.
You know, Muchuan is not allowed to kneel, and he himself never kneels.
Even in this situation, Muchuan knew that it would be best to kneel down as quickly as others did.
But he still didn't intend to kneel down, so he had no choice but to stand still.
As expected, Muchuan stood alone while everyone else knelt down, making Muchuan the target of public criticism.
Li Shimin stared at Muchuan with his cold eyes, making Muchuan's scalp numb.
If looks could kill, Muchuan estimated that he would have died dozens of times by now.
"Mu Chuan, it seems you have something to say."
Under such circumstances, Muchuan could only do his best to get on the shelves.
Muchuan took a step forward and said seriously: "Your Majesty, the other party did such a bad thing, and the goal was clear. It only targeted the prince, but bypassed the princess and even the concubines. This shows that the other party has some kind of purpose."
Li Shimin remained silent, just staring at Muchuan.
Muchuan felt a little uncomfortable being stared at, but he could only continue speaking.
"Your Majesty is the lord of the Nine Provinces, and the other party is doing this just to cut off the royal bloodline and to leave me without a successor in the Tang Dynasty."
Hearing this, Li Shimin frowned slightly.
He did hear some reasonableness in Muchuan's words.
However, at the moment, he couldn't believe that there might be a true meaning behind this matter.
"So Wei Chen boldly suggests that if your Majesty summons the princes who are still alive, there may be unexpected gains."
"Be bold!"
Li Shimin suddenly shouted angrily, pulled out his sword and pointed it at Muchuan from a distance.
Soon, the soldiers guarding outside the court also poured in and surrounded Muchuan.
Looking at the large number of weapons pointed at him, Muchuan did not appear panicked.
Even if Li Shimin really wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of him, he still had backup plans.
However, Muchuan really didn't want to fall out with Datang unless it was absolutely necessary.
Muchuan smiled bitterly and said, "Why is your Majesty like this?
Could it be that what I said is wrong?"
"Bold maniac, you want to sow discord between father and son. Isn't this a serious crime?"
Li Shimin said coldly: "My children are all blood relatives, how can they kill each other?
If you're not being alarmist, what are you?"
Hearing this, Muchuan's heart became completely cold.
It seems that Li Shimin is determined to get rid of him.
Muchuan was not surprised by this.
No one can make mistakes without being a sage, and Muchuan himself made a huge mistake.
That is to suggest that Li Shimin establish Jinyiwei.
Muchuan did this initially because he wanted to use it to deal with Changsun Wuji.
However, he should never accept the position of commander.
A special organization like Jinyiwei has such huge power, and Muchuan sits on top of it. How can Li Shimin feel relieved?
Therefore, today's disaster was expected.
Just when Muchuan was about to summon the Tiger motorcycle and run away quickly.
The situation suddenly took a turn for the better.
"Of course, I forgive you for your contribution to the Tang Dynasty. You have made great contributions to foreign countries, built railways, and put down rebellions. These are no small feats."
"In consideration of these merits, I will spare you the death penalty for the time being."
"Instead, remove all your official positions and become a common citizen!"
Hearing this, Muchuan was naturally shocked.
He didn't expect that Li Shimin would actually give him some relief.
Although all his official positions were gone, it didn't matter to Muchuan at all, and it was actually a good thing.
Being around the court made Muchuan constrained in his actions, and many of his original plans were shelved.
Now that I am free again, it is a good opportunity to flex my muscles.
"Caomin Muchuan thanks Your Majesty for not killing me!"
