The prince was furious. He picked up the tablet and walked out. Fengjiu and the other two had no choice but to follow him into the palace.
The emperor had just come out of court and was having breakfast with the queen when he saw the prince rushing in with a look of anger on his face.
The emperor couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. He had never seen the prince so angry before. He put down his chopsticks and asked, "What has made the prince so angry?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Feng Lao Si came in with Feng Jiu and Nangong Beichen.
After paying his respects to the Emperor and Empress, Feng Lao Si stood aside. When the Crown Prince saw his father, the Emperor, and his mother having breakfast, he swallowed back the words he was about to say.
After thinking for a while, he said, "Father, please have breakfast first. After that, we can go to the imperial study to talk."
The emperor raised his eyebrows, quickly finished the porridge in his bowl, wiped his mouth, and went to the imperial study with a few people.
The Queen wanted to keep Fengjiu to play for a while, but Fengjiu shook her head: "Nannan will accompany the Queen tomorrow. I have something to discuss with the Emperor today."
The queen smiled and pinched Fengjiu's soft and tender little face a few times before letting her go.
When they arrived at the imperial study, the prince handed the tablet to the emperor and told him what happened to Fengjiu and Nangong Beichen yesterday. The emperor didn't believe it at first.
Although Prince Li is not as outstanding as the Crown Prince and Chen'er, he is also well-read, usually gentle and polite to others, and has a very good temper.
He did not go along with his grandfather and once expressed in front of him that he had no interest in the throne and only wanted to be a leisurely prince.
The emperor believed that Prince Li would never do such a thing that was immoral, but the prince saw the emperor's face full of disbelief.
She opened the tablet directly to show him. The emperor looked at the person in the video and found that he was completely different from the Prince Li he usually saw. He was so angry that his hands holding the tablet were shaking.
Chen Sanqiang, who was standing behind the emperor, was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped to the ground. Even a eunuch like him could not play as well as the prince.
After reading a passage, the emperor was so angry that he slammed the table and stood up, suppressing the churning in his stomach. He shouted angrily: "Rebellious son, I will peel off his skin. How dare you do such a shameful thing."
He took a deep breath and said, "Call the commander of the imperial guards in."
Only then did Chen Sanqiang support his chin with his hand and immediately trot out of the imperial study.
After a cup of tea, the commander of the Imperial Guards, Yao Hui, stepped forward and saluted: "Your humble servant greets the Emperor. Long live the Emperor."
The Emperor said, "My dear ministers, please stand up. Commander Yao will lead five hundred imperial guards to surround Prince Li's mansion. Don't let even a fly go unpunished. Bring Prince Li back to the palace."
After a moment's thought, he said, "The Crown Prince should also go with us. We should make proper arrangements for the victims and make sure no news leaks out. Anyone who disobeys my orders will be executed."
When the Crown Prince and the commander of the Imperial Guards were about to leave, Feng Jiu said, "Your Highness, please take a few palace maids and eunuchs with you, and bring your clothes as well. The people imprisoned inside have no clothes."
The Crown Prince nodded in agreement. Feng Lao Si, carrying the Feng wine, was about to leave. The Emperor sighed, "My dear minister, please stay in the Imperial Study and see what evil deeds this rebellious son has done."
Helplessly, Feng Lao Si had to stay in the imperial study with Fengjiu and wait.
At Prince Li's Mansion, when the Crown Prince led the Royal Guards to surround Prince Li's Mansion, His Royal Highness Prince Li was still sleeping soundly in bed.
Xiao Si came to report that Prince Li's mansion was surrounded by the Royal Guards. His Highness Prince Li was still confused, but when he came to his senses, he immediately stood up and ran to the study without even having time to put on his clothes.
Before he reached the study, the prince came in with his men. The prince looked at Prince Li, who was in such a panic that he had not even had time to put on his clothes.
The prince recalled the scenes in the video and felt sick to his stomach.
The Crown Prince said in a deep voice, "Tied up the Second Prince, and take all the servants in the palace to the Ministry of Punishment."
Prince Li panicked: "What does your Highness the Crown Prince mean by this? Why did you kidnap me? I will go to the palace and tell my father."
The prince hummed, "Go ahead, father is waiting in the palace."
Without even taking a look, he walked towards the rockery with a team of guards, eunuchs and palace maids.
Prince Li was tied up by the guards and his mouth was gagged.
When the prince entered the stone chamber, he was shocked by the scene there and ordered the eunuchs and palace maids to put clothes on the people imprisoned inside.
All the people were covered tightly and brought into the palace.
Everyone knew they were rescued and they were happy and scared.
The prince arranged everyone in an empty palace and asked the guards to find the royal physician and the female physician to examine them.
In the imperial study, Prince Li was kneeling on the ground with the cloth in his mouth taken out. He didn't know what had happened.
Kneeling on the ground, he began to cry out for justice: "Father, the Crown Prince broke into my son's house for some reason and tied me up without saying a word. Father, please stand up for me."
Prince Li sounded so aggrieved that Feng Jiu beside him couldn't help but twitch her lips, thinking that Prince Li probably didn't know what he had done.
The emperor looked at Prince Li who was kneeling on the ground, his eyes expressionless, and just watched his performance quietly.
Prince Li talked for a long time but his father didn't say anything. When he looked up, he saw the undisguised disgust in the emperor's eyes.
Prince Li was startled and began to panic for no apparent reason. His father had never looked at him like this before. Although he did not love him as much as the Crown Prince and Prince Chen, he also cared about him in everything.
The emperor saw that he was silent and asked, "Tell me what you have done. I want you to tell me in person."
Prince Li never thought that his act of capturing young boys and girls would be exposed. He kept quibbling, saying that he had done nothing and that the prince had deliberately framed him.
The emperor was so angry that his beard stood up. He picked up the inkstone on the table and threw it at Prince Li.
Prince Li did not dare to dodge and was hit by the inkstone thrown by the emperor. Blood slowly flowed from his forehead.
Prince Li touched the blood flowing from his forehead, the corners of his mouth slowly curled up, and he looked straight at his father who was sitting on the throne.
"What have I done wrong? Your Majesty, Father, hates me so much. Since I was a child, Your Majesty has always favored the Crown Prince and Prince Chen. Has he ever cared about me?"
The emperor almost laughed at his words and said coldly, "You still want to quibble after all this. When has the prince ever wronged you?"
The emperor opened the tablet on the table and motioned Chen Sanqiang to show it to King Li. Chen Sanqiang took the tablet and walked in front of King Li.
When Prince Li saw the picture on the tablet, his pupils shrank suddenly. The picture inside was exactly the picture of him favoring the twins yesterday.
Prince Li was unconcerned: "Although I have a preference for Longyang, there is no need for your Majesty to be so angry. These are just lowly people. It is their blessing that I favor them. Besides, they did it voluntarily."
The emperor was so angry at his shameless words that he laughed. He angrily said, "You rebellious son, these are all the people of Nanli. You don't treat them as human beings. What qualifications do you have to be the prince of Nanli?"
At this time, the prince entered the imperial study with a box in his hand. The prince handed the box to Chen Sanqiang, who then presented it to the emperor.
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