He said subconsciously: "I, I am not plotting rebellion. My mother and the teacher agreed to let me watch it. They said that I should learn state affairs in advance..."
As soon as these words came out, Wei Xian, who was kneeling beside him and bleeding profusely, almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.
How could this Ninth Prince be so useless that he could say such words so easily?
"Study state affairs in advance?"
Li Chen caught Li Xuan's hand and raised his voice two points higher, "What state affairs are you studying in advance? Do you want your father to die and then take my place in his place?"
Li Xuan finally realized what bastard words he had said.
His face turned pale, and he knelt down with a bang, panicking to the extreme, "Second brother, I, I didn't mean that..."
Seeing that the situation was becoming more serious in an instant, Li Xuan's personal maid not far away quietly exited the Ceremony Supervisor and hurried towards the Queen's Palace.
"Do you mean that? I will settle the score with you later."
After Li Chen finished speaking, he turned to scold the Sanbao eunuch: "Are you deaf? Or do you want me to do it myself?"
Upon hearing this, Eunuch Sanbao immediately stood up, ordered two guards in royal robes, and dragged Wei Xian away.
The wound on Wei Xian's face was still there, and blood flowed out freely. He was dragged away on the ground, leaving a long blood trail under his body. He could only hear him screaming: "Prince, spare me, I will too."
I was just following orders, please spare me!"
Wei Xian's voice gradually faded away and disappeared.
Li Chen walked into the hall of the Supervisor of Ceremonies with an expressionless face.
At this time, a group of eunuchs belonging to the ceremonial department were kneeling on the ground and trembling.
They saw with their own eyes that the extremely arrogant and domineering Wei Xian was dragged down and beheaded by Li Chen in just a few words. At this time, they were even more frightened and frightened, and did not dare to look at Li Chen.
"Three Treasures."
Li Chen shouted lightly.
Eunuch Sanbao immediately knelt beside Li Chen and waited for his words.
"Is there anyone in this ceremonial prison who is not Wei Xian's ally and can take Wei Xian's place?"
As soon as these words came out, Sanbao took a deep breath and said cautiously: "Report to His Highness the Crown Prince, this matter is too big for me to dare to speak nonsense."
"Aren't you just planning to use my help to eradicate Wei Xian? I have already killed that eunuch, why don't you take the opportunity to get there in one step?" Li Chen said calmly.
These words made Sanbao instantly feel cold from his heart to his hands and feet.
He immediately lay down on the ground, his forehead touching the ground, and his reputation as a fierce man spread all over the government and the public. All civil and military officials were afraid and hated Dongchang Factory Master when they saw him. At this time, he was as humble as an old dog.
"Your Highness, this servant dare not..."
"Okay, I don't want to talk to you anymore. Remember, I only like loyal and useful dogs. Otherwise, Wei Xian's fate will easily happen to you."
"The civil and military forces of the entire dynasty are afraid of you because my father gave you power. You are a eunuch and will always be an eunuch. Your power comes from the royal family. Now that my father has given me the power to supervise the country, then I have
You have the power to decide your life and death, so you can do it yourself."
"Submit a list of those who are still available as Chief of Ceremonies, and I will select a new eunuch to write the document. The other people are probably all Wei Xian's comrades, so they should go with Wei Xian."
After Li Chen finished speaking, he ignored the cries and begging for mercy of the eunuchs and eunuchs who were in charge of rituals, and instead looked at Li Xuan, who was standing at the door, shivering.
"come here."
Li Xuan heard Li Chen's call and walked carefully to Li Chen.
Before he could speak, Li Chen raised his hand and slapped Li Xuan on the face.
Snapped.
A slap that was so clear and loud that Li Xuan's fair and tender face instantly became red and swollen, and blood oozed from the corners of his mouth.
This slap even suppressed the eunuchs' cries and begging for mercy.
Li Xuan was stunned.
He didn't expect that Li Chen would dare to hit him directly.
"You and I are half-brothers, and I don't want to kill each other, but there are some things that shouldn't be yours, so don't touch them. I promise you a stable and prosperous second half of your life, but if you have
If you have other thoughts, I will make you die miserably."
The royal family has been the most ruthless since ancient times.
In front of the throne, not to mention half brothers, even biological father and son will turn against each other.
Li Chen traveled through a lifetime, and he knew very well that he could only climb up to the dragon chair, and no one could stop him, otherwise, he would die.
Whether it was for the supreme power in the world or for his own life, Li Chen decided that whoever dared to covet the throne would be completely killed.
Li Xuan was trembling all over.
There was pain on his face, but more importantly, it was because Li Chen's cold gaze made him feel scared from the bottom of his bones.
At the same time, a sense of humiliation and anger in his bones made Li Xuan's eyes turn red.
Li Chen's expression was indifferent. He wished that Li Xuan would rush into him at this moment, and since Li Xuan read the reason for the memorial, he would directly kill Li Xuan. By then, even the Queen and Zhao Xuanji would not be able to protect him.
At this moment, a palace maid came in a hurry with a team of guards.
"I have met His Highness the Crown Prince and the Ninth Prince. This servant is Li Cui'er, the Empress's personal maid. I have conveyed the Queen's decree and asked His Highness the Crown Prince and the Ninth Prince to rush to Fengxi Palace immediately to meet the Empress."
The arrival of Queen Yizhi made Li Chen's calculations come to nothing.
At the same time, Li Xuan also regained some sense.
"My son, take your orders." Li Xuan said quickly.
Li Chen said calmly: "Lead the way."
Seeing Li Chen's leaving figure, Eunuch Sanbao slowly got up from the ground and breathed a deep sigh of relief.
He is the official of Dongchang Factory. When the royal guards move, all the civil and military officials tremble.
Except for Zhao Xuanji and the right-hand men around him, he, the factory boss, could not move, and no one else was afraid of him.
But Sanbao also knew that Prince Li Chen was right. His power came from the royal family. Once the royal family gave up on him, the civil and military officials would tear him to pieces in an instant without the royal family doing anything.
It is precisely because of this that he can only rely on the imperial power.
"Prince...it's really scary."
Eunuch Sanbao took a deep breath and murmured: "I'm afraid that everyone underestimated the prince's methods... He was so decisive in killing, but every slash was justified. I'm afraid no one can tell.
What's not to come..."
"Manufacturer."
A guard in Jinyi came to Sanbao, glanced at the crying eunuchs in the ceremonial department, and asked in a low voice: "These people..."
"Didn't you hear what His Highness the Crown Prince said? Except for the few names I mentioned, kill them all."
Sanbao glanced at the eunuchs coldly and said nonchalantly.
Inside Fengxi Palace.
In the queen's bedroom.
Wearing a phoenix crown and a queen's robe, Zhao Qinglan is sitting in the palace. She has an extremely noble temperament as a mother to the world.
I don’t know whether it’s because of the dignity brought by her status, or because she is the most noble woman in the world. In short, Zhao Qinglan, who is wearing the queen’s robe, just sits there, with a myriad of demeanor, which makes people feel awe and live in their hearts.
Don't bear the slightest hint of blasphemy.
The only exception is Li Chen.
"It's simply outrageous!"
Zhao Qinglan slapped her palm on the armrest and said angrily: "One of you is the crown prince, and the other is the ninth prince. Both are heirs of the royal family, and they are half-brothers. What can't you say properly and you have to do it?"
Zhao Qinglan naturally favored the Ninth Prince. She pointed at Li Xuan's red and swollen cheeks and asked Li Chen: "Prince, it's your fault that you beat the Ninth Prince like this!"
As if he didn't see how angry the queen was, Li Chen said calmly: "I didn't kill him for my father's sake."
These words made Zhao Qinglan's eyes widen.
She said angrily: "What did you say!?"
"Can't the queen understand?"
Li Chen glanced at Li Xuan, who was covering his face in aggrieved manner, and said, "I didn't kill him because it was for the sake of my father's face."
Zhao Qinglan was so angry that she was breathing rapidly, and she said: "Don't think that since you are the prince, I can't cure you. I am still the queen!"
"Yes, you are the empress, and your mother honors the world, but the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. I am not only the prince, but also the crown prince appointed by the emperor's imperial decree to supervise the country. The ninth prince read the memorial without the permission of the emperor. Empress
Don’t you know how big a crime this is? If I kill him, who dares to say nothing?”
Zhao Qinglan gritted her teeth and was so angry that she wished she could depose Li Chen as the crown prince on the spot, but she knew that she did not have the power.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She took a deep breath, barely suppressed the anger in her heart, turned to Li Xuan and said, "You go to the side hall next door first and review today's lessons. I will talk to the prince about other matters."
Li Xuan glanced at Li Chen in awe, then knelt down to salute in a polite manner, and then exited.
After Li Xuan left, Zhao Qinglan said to Li Chen: "Your father is unconscious and can no longer handle government affairs. I asked the Ninth Prince to read some memorials because I wanted him to share some government affairs with you and your father.
"
"Well, I believe it."
Li Chen's attitude angered Zhao Qinglan again.
But before she could continue speaking, Li Chen waved his hand and said to the maids around him: "You all should step aside. I want to have some personal words with the Queen."
The maids in Fengxi Palace were all Zhao Qinglan's close confidants. They did not move after hearing the words and looked at Zhao Qinglan.
Zhao Qinglan frowned and snorted coldly, expecting that Li Chen would not dare to do anything. Moreover, Li Xuan's matter was indeed unreasonable. If people heard about it, it would be a right or wrong. So she waved her hand and said: "Everyone, step aside."
After all the maids left, and only Zhao Qinglan and Li Chen were left in the Fengxi Palace, Zhao Qinglan said, "Tell me, what do you want to say to me?"
Li Chen did not speak, but strode towards Zhao Qinglan.
Zhao Qinglan was stunned for a moment. It wasn't until Li Chen came up to her that she suddenly realized that this person was truly a bold and reckless person.
"Bold, you..."
Zhao Qinglan wanted to use words to stop Li Chen, but Li Chen couldn't resist this.
She only said three words, and Li Chen was already sitting majestically beside Zhao Qinglan, raising his hand to grab Zhao Qinglan's cool and soft little hand.
Zhao Qinglan was shocked, and she instinctively wanted to take out her hand as if she was electrocuted.
But when I tried hard, it didn't come out.
Holding Zhao Qinglan's little hand, Li Chen boldly moved closer to Zhao Qinglan's temples and said softly: "Queen, don't be angry anymore. No matter how beautiful you are, if you are always angry the day after tomorrow, your skin will inevitably develop wrinkles."
Zhao Qinglan was ashamed and angry, and wanted to scold loudly, but was afraid of disturbing others.
"You, please let me go!" Zhao Qinglan said urgently, suppressing her voice.
Li Chen chuckled lightly, and instead of retreating, he hugged Zhao Qinglan's waist even further. Feeling the queen's exquisite figure, Li Chen said, "You are so beautiful, how can I let go?"
Zhao Qinglan wanted to get up and escape, but Li Chen hugged her tightly and could not move.
"Li Xuanke is in the side hall next door. There are countless people waiting outside the palace door. Do you want everyone to see this scene?" Li Chen chuckled.
