The words "deposed prince" were obviously unexpected by Li Shao.
He has been the crown prince for as long as he can remember.
When his father made him the crown prince, he was the only one with no other princes under his knees.
Those who came after him, whether Li Mian or Li Lin, were far different in age from him, and they were never in the same group.
From beginning to end, Li Shao was the one with a transcendent status.
Li Shao never thought that one day, this position would no longer belong to him, or that he would be deposed from the position of prince.
Of course, this does not mean that no one in the court is interested in the position of prince.
Look at Li Fen, he hasn't even weaned off his breasts yet, and the foreigner Gu Heng is trying every possible means to clear the way for him, not afraid that the infant baby can't even walk safely.
Besides Gu Heng, there will naturally be others.
"Li Mian's maternal ancestral family probably contributed a lot," Li Shao muttered, thinking of the people who would make trouble for him. "Li Lin's ancestral family is all dead, and only her mother and concubine are left. She wants to stir up trouble but can't."
lack of ability.
The most positive one is Gu Jia!
Xu Jian, Xu Jian should not be like that.
He just wants to control me. If I don't become the prince, it won't be of much benefit to him. I can't really think that the younger ones are easier to control, right?
From this point of view, he might as well choose Li Lin. Li Lin was weak and had no helpers, so he could let Xu Jian dictate what he wanted.
If it were Li Fen and the others, they would have to compete with their maternal uncles first!
But what's the use of Li Lin's brat? He's so weak. Without me sitting on the throne of the prince, Xu Jian really thinks he can push Li Lin out alone? Does he think the other families are dead?
Xu Jian is not 100% sure that he will not do such a thing of seeking the distant place at the expense of the near, so here is the best way..."
Wang Gouzi was on the side and listened attentively.
He generally agreed with His Highness's inferences, but Wang Gouzi was not sure about the part about assisting the Duke.
To put it another way, judging from the information Wang Gouzi has obtained, even the master dare not say that he has completely figured out the thoughts of Duke Fuguo.
Come to think of it, I can't say that to His Highness.
The top priority is still to stabilize His Highness.
The master asked someone to pass the words, and his forbearance for a moment was not a failure in his life.
The trend of deposing the prince has been decided, so let's land smoothly, get through this crisis, and then try to make a comeback.
Thanks to his master's instruction, Wang Gouzi's mentality has been much calmer these past two days.
Even if things went wrong before, his master still trusted him and continued to give him opportunities, so he would naturally cherish them.
"Your Highness," Wang Gouzi rolled his eyes, "You have had a lot of dealings with Duke Fu. In your opinion, do you think he is a stupid person?"
"Is he stupid?" Li Shao was stunned for a moment and snorted, "He's smart!"
Xu Jian looked one way to him, and another to his father. Maybe in Cining Palace, what Ning An said to the Empress Dowager would be different.
Li Shao was so arrogant that he couldn't even figure out how Xu Jian knew about the tribute wine change.
No matter how lucky you are, you will dig holes one after another.
"According to what you said, Your Highness, Duke Fu Guo is a shrewd man," Wang Gouzi stepped forward and softly comforted Li Shao, "there is no way he would do anything that would be far away from him.
You said that whether it was the paddock or Geng Baoyuan's matter, Fu Guogong might have had a hand in it, but if he wanted to take advantage of you, why would he want you to be deposed?
If you lose your position as prince, what good will it do to him?"
Li Shao finally listened, nodded slightly, pondered for a while, and sneered: "There is also a saying called 'Smartness is misled by cleverness'. He designed to take advantage of me, but he ended up recovering from his injuries and unable to get out of the palace.
, I couldn’t even come to the morning meeting.
If others want to use the topic to their advantage and pull me down, he can't stop me at all.
How happy you are when you light a fire, but when the wind blows, you still care about where you can burn and where you can't?
This time it burned Xu Jian’s butt, let’s see if he regrets it!”
Wang Gouzi followed Li Shao's words and asked: "So, Your Highness should be more calm at this moment. Seeing that the situation is not good, Duke Fu will definitely find a way to help you tide over the difficulties..."
"If he cleans up the trouble he caused, how can he help me?" Li Shao clicked his tongue, "He is now more than capable, but I can't just sit back and wait for death.
Is it time to go to court now? Let’s go outside and ask around. What was said in court this morning?
Ask in more detail!”
Wang Gouzi responded respectfully and retreated.
He still had to ask, even though he knew he was not optimistic, but he could choose to talk to His Highness.
As long as His Highness's mood is stabilized and he understands that there is a time for resurrection after being deposed, he can also remove many thorns in his side and truly stand on the undefeated position...
You can't really ignore it when your temper gets worse, which will completely chill the Holy Emperor.
Wang Gouzi thought for a while and decided to go find Eunuch Guo.
Eunuch Guo is a member of Eunuch Cao, but now they have the same interests.
In the side hall, Wang Gouzi didn't find anyone in Eunuch Guo's residence, so he asked a waiter.
"Eunuch Guo seems to have gone out."
Wang Gouzi followed the search and looked around on the palace road outside the East Palace.
It was a coincidence that he saw Eunuch Guo who had returned in a hurry.
"Where have you been?" Wang Gouzi greeted him, "I thought you went back to the house to rest."
Eunuch Guo said sarcastically: "I can't sleep, I'm confused, so I might as well go out for a walk."
In fact, he was called out by Eunuch Cao's messenger.
The man handed over the message and asked him to find an opportunity to inform His Royal Highness the meaning of "the Holy Emperor will consider it" in the morning.
This made him embarrassed and frightened, and he didn't know how to mention it to His Highness.
Just listen to Wang Gouzi say: "His Highness wants to ask about the matter in the morning."
Eunuch Guo paused at his feet and let out a long sigh: "When I first left, I heard that the Holy Emperor was really considering 'deposing the crown prince'. He said it himself, what should I do..."
Wang Gouzi was not surprised by this, but he pretended to be panicked: "Ouch! You can't tell His Highness directly."
Eunuch Guo touched his nose and thought that it was not up to the two of them to decide. This was what Eunuch Cao, or the Holy One, meant.
One of them made up his mind, and the other racked his brains to think about how to conceal and whitewash it, and each of them returned to the dormitory with their own thoughts.
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"Your Highness," Wang Gouzi said, "I just went to court, and now..."
Halfway through the words, Eunuch Guo's voice drowned out Wang Gouzi.
He knelt down directly, looking extremely helpless: "Your Highness, I heard that there were many adults admonishing me this morning. Your Majesty seemed to have listened and said that he would consider their ideas. Your Highness, this is terrible.
What should I do?"
Wang Gouzi tried to stop him, but Eunuch Guo hit him hard.
Li Shao sat up in shock, stared and asked, "What did you say? Father, he said he wanted to consider it?"
Eunuch Guo's head nodded repeatedly.
A breath choked in his chest, and Li Shao felt dizzy.
He didn't care at all about those people who were trying to add insult to injury. What he couldn't accept was that his father was going to listen to them!
This won't work!
This is absolutely not okay!
If his father liked him so much, why would he destroy him?
Li Shao shouted to Eunuch Guo: "I want to see my father. Go and tell your father that I want to see him!"
Before Eunuch Guo could react, Li Shao changed his mind again: "No, I'm going to the Imperial Study Room. Hurry, change my clothes!"
Wang Gouzi stepped forward and supported Li Shao, who was swaying from side to side: "Your Highness, please take care of yourself, your illness is not cured yet."
"Yes," Eunuch Guo also came to his senses, "You will make the Holy One worried."
Li Shao waved his hands to fend them off.
Worried? It’s better to worry!
He was already so miserable, how could his father destroy him?
He didn't even bother to put on his shoes and socks and walked out barefoot.
When Wang Gouzi saw this situation, he couldn't stop him at all, and his voice trembled with urgency: "Change, I will change your clothes! There is also Eunuch Guo, it won't delay anything if we do it together."
"Yes, yes, yes!" Eunuch Guo said while offering clothes and socks.
Li Shao was patient and dressed neatly.
Eunuch Guo didn't dare not take the prince's health seriously, so he asked Wang Gouzi to wrap him up more tightly, and went out to prepare a sedan to prevent the prince from getting windy and cold after walking all the way.
Li Shao left the hall and faced the cold wind, which made his already sick body even more uncomfortable. Even after sitting in the sedan chair, he coughed all the way.
The doggo followed the sedan chair.
Eunuch Guo ran to the imperial study room first, running out of breath.
Eunuch Cao came out after hearing the news.
"Tell your highness, he, he will come no matter what, he is on the way."
Eunuch Cao nodded and went in to report to His Majesty.
"Let him come in when he arrives." The Holy Sage said without putting down the ink pen in his hand.
But until Eunuch Cao went out to welcome Li Shao in, there was no red letter added to the fold.
Li Shao saluted: "My son, I would like to pay my respects to my father."
The Holy Master carefully observed Li Shao's expression and saw that he was still ill. He sighed: "The illness is not cured, why don't you have a good rest?"
"I can't stop," Li Shao said, "I heard that many courtiers asked you to depose the crown prince."
The Holy One said: "What do you think of this matter?"
"They have bad intentions," Li Shao said hurriedly, "They have ideas about the position of the prince, and this time they are using it as an excuse to force you.
Once they succeed once, they feel that they can influence you, and the levels of this kind of thing will be endless in the future.
Tomorrow the Gu family wants you to make a mistress, and the day after tomorrow the Liu family wants you to abolish the mistress and make a mistress. It’s all about pushing the envelope!"
There was no emotion on the saint's face, and he only followed Li Shao's words and asked: "How old is Fen'er, and what kind of things can he cause that the courtiers are chasing after him? Even if it is Mian'er, he is older, but
It’s hard to cause trouble.”
"I was just using an analogy," Li Shao didn't refute that he was causing trouble. He got wise in his haste and said, "You are the one who doesn't listen to their nonsense.
You resisted back then and only made your mother a queen, insisting not to create a new queen. They had been arguing for a year, knowing that you would not compromise, so they gave up.
If I see you giving in now, I'm afraid the old matter will be brought up again.
At that time, my son will no longer be the prince, and my mother will no longer be your only queen?"
When Queen Xia was mentioned, His Majesty's eyes darkened.
What Shao Er mentioned is not impossible, but the most critical part is his own decision.
If he doesn't want to establish a successor, it's useless for anyone to say so.
This is two different things from deposing a prince.
It was his decision to depose the prince.
Unfortunately, Shaoer never discovered this from beginning to end.
The Holy Master shook his head helplessly, yes, how could Shaoer have thought that the person who really pushed this behind was not Shan Shen, not Ning An, nor Xu Jian, but his father.
"Shao'er," the Holy Master said in a deep voice, "I'm not asking how the courtiers or Mian'er are doing, but how you are."
Li Shao didn't understand for a moment: "My son?"
"Do you know how many mistakes you have made in the past few years that have been criticized by the court officials?" The Holy Emperor continued to ask, "Do you know how to admit your mistakes? Do you know how to bear the burden?"
Li Shao couldn't help but grit his teeth.
Although his father's tone was calm and not as thunderous and angry as the previous times, the bad feeling in his heart became stronger when it fell on his ears.
As if with hindsight, Li Shao felt really scared.
"You, you ask this," his throat rolled, "Do you also think that my son's crime is unforgivable?
Geng Baoyuan really didn't care about Erchen's affairs. He went to Jiangjunfang just to relax, and Erchen didn't do anything else. He didn't know that a chicken would die, but it was just a chicken...
You have already imposed a ban in Chenmi Hutong, and you also imposed a penalty at Yumen Pass, but you just didn't let Xu Jian speak out.
I did make some mistakes, but..."
"But you don't think it's enough to depose the prince, right?" The Holy Emperor interrupted Li Shao's words and said hoarsely.
Li Shao was silent.
"I understand what you mean. You can go back first," the Holy Sage said. "I have my own plan."
Li Shao insisted on coming over, not wanting such an ambiguous word.
After thinking for a while, he did not stay in the palace, but went straight out and knelt down in the courtyard.
Eunuch Cao originally wanted to send him away, but when he saw this move, he was dumbfounded for a moment.
It's a cold day with strong wind and snow, which is too much for even the healthy person, let alone His Highness who is already sick.
"What are you doing?" Eunuch Cao rushed to help him.
"Father asked me to admit my mistake. I don't know how to admit my mistake. I can only kneel down and wait for my father to calm down." Li Shao said in a deep voice.
Even though Li Shao was very sick, Eunuch Cao really couldn't hold him back.
The guards came up to help, but they didn't dare to drag him away, and the two parties were in a stalemate.
Eunuch Cao had no choice but to report back to His Majesty.
The Holy One sighed.
Shaoer was instructed to come over and wanted to hear his thoughts on the deposed prince, but the answer Shaoer gave was not what the emperor wanted to hear.
Even if he asked more detailed questions later, Shao'er's answer still did not satisfy him.
And the "answer sheet" that was forcibly handed over now made the Holy Emperor even more distressed and heartbroken.
It hurts Shaoer's body and hurts Shaoer's ignorance.
Li Shao only knelt for a short while.
He was sure that his father would not let him kneel any longer.
Sure enough, he saw his father walking out.
A trace of joy flashed in his eyes, but he didn't expect that his father's words were even colder than the cold sky and snow, and his head was stunned by the cold.
"Concession or not, the decision is in my hands, no one can force me," the Holy Sage walked to Li Shao, squatted down, and looked directly into his eyes. His voice was low, but it was enough for Li Shao to hear.
He must be clear, "The courtiers can't do it, and neither can you, Shao'er. It's me who wants to depose the prince. I've made up my mind. You can go back to the East Palace."
Li Shao looked at His Majesty in astonishment.
The Holy Emperor had already stood up and said to the two guards: "Help the prince back."
After receiving the correct message, the guards no longer held back their strength and took Li Shao's arms to help him up from the ground.
Li Shao was stunned. He was half-supported and half-dragged to the sedan before he suddenly came to his senses and struggled violently: "Father, father, you can't do this to me! Father, listen to me, you can't abolish me."
Kill me! Father!"
The guards forced Li Shao into the sedan, fearing that Wang Gouzi and Eunuch Cao would not be able to see him and roll out. They held the sedan door left and right, and escorted him away.
The Holy Spirit choked up several times while listening to Li Shao's heart-rending shouts.
After a long time, he said to Duke Cao: "Go and invite the Third Duke to come and prepare an edict."
After saying this, he turned around and walked into the imperial study room with heavy steps.
Eunuch Cao struck the eunuchs and guards who were working in front of the emperor with his eyes, and then summoned his confidants: "Go and invite the three gentlemen."
Not long after, news came from Qianbulang.
Seeing the three elders entering the palace, many people secretly speculated on the Holy Spirit's thoughts. Maybe he has made up his mind, maybe he won't make up his mind so quickly.
But perhaps it was because the Holy One said "it will be considered" when he retreated from the pilgrimage. Most people felt that the cold wind was blowing unusually this time.
Probably, the moment is really about to see the deposed prince.
