"What did you say?" Concubine Yu stood up in shock. She had just seen her son and thought he had already met the emperor, so he came to her.
But he didn't expect that he would come directly to his palace when the emperor summoned him and asked him to wait!
"Your Majesty, your father is not available to see me, so I came to see you first. What's wrong with that?" Lu Yanzhou was a little puzzled, not knowing why his mother reacted so strongly.
Concubine Yu was almost mad at her own son. Although she said he was smart, he knew that his father was stingy and suspicious, so he was always on guard.
To say he is not smart is to say that he is too proud of himself. Because Prince Yu has been demoted, he is too proud of himself and does not think there is anything wrong with it!
"Stupid!" Concubine Yu was unaware that Lu Yanzhou had come here without permission, and she had said something to him, which was disrespectful in the first place, and now it had wasted some time! The emperor might make a fuss about it! "Hurry back to me! Apologize to your father!"
Lu Yanzhou, however, remained unconcerned. "Mother, my father has asked me to wait outside before, but I've also refused. He never blamed me, not even a word. Why are you making such a fuss?"
Concubine Yu was no longer willing to talk to her arrogant son. She pushed him out with a serious expression, "Go wait outside your father's palace immediately!"
My mother has always respected my father in the palace, but is this too cautious? Prince Yu and the Lin family are no longer a threat. Why would they be so powerful?
Lu Yanzhou despised his mother in his heart, but he didn't dare to refute her in person, so he had to follow her wishes and return to the imperial study.
As soon as he arrived at the imperial study, Eunuch Li looked at him with sweat on his face, "Your Highness, where have you been? His Majesty is looking for you!"
Seeing Eunuch Li's appearance, Lu Yanzhou had a bad feeling in his heart, but he felt that he no longer had to be afraid of these things, so he nodded nonchalantly.
As soon as he entered the imperial study, Lu Yanzhou saw Jiang Siyuan still standing in front of the desk. He frowned slightly and said, "Greetings, Father."
The emperor held a document in his hand and did not respond to Lu Yanzhou immediately. After a long time, he put the document down and asked, "Where have you been?"
"I saw that my father and Censor Jiang had important matters to discuss, so I thought I'd go pay my respects to my mother first." Lu Yanzhou sensed the emperor's unhappiness at this moment. His face stiffened as he hurriedly explained, "My mother hasn't been feeling well lately, so..."
The emperor interrupted him before he could finish, "So you left without permission?"
"Your Majesty, please calm down." Lu Yanzhou knelt down with a thud and kowtowed respectfully. This had become a habit Lu Yanzhou had developed in front of the emperor, although he still couldn't understand why the emperor was angry, as this had never happened before.
Seeing that Lu Yanzhou was still respectful to him, the emperor's expression eased a little, but the thorn in his heart had already been planted.
Now that Prince Yu has just been demoted, Lu Yanzhou has started to act arrogantly. Judging from his expression, he is not worried at all about the impact of the anti-book case on him.
Was he judging himself as useless except for this prince? Or was he certain that the kingdom would be his in the future?
Or do you still think that this country belongs to him now?
The emperor did not speak for a long time, and Lu Yanzhou's face became more and more ugly as he knelt on the ground. Now that it has come to this, his father's suspicion is getting worse and worse.
In the end, the emperor still gave Lu Yanzhou face. After all, he was still the crown prince. "Stand up. I didn't say anything. Why are you so afraid? Lord Jiang, please inform the crown prince of the conclusion of the anti-book case."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Jiang Siyuan saluted and accepted the order, then turned to Lu Yanzhou, "Your Highness, the Supervisory Office has verified the case of the anti-book..."
He told Lu Yanzhou the final verdict of the anti-book case and the cause and effect of the incident.
Lu Yanzhou's expression turned even uglier as he spoke. "So, for such a big case, they're only going to catch the two ringleaders?"
"The case is detailed, with solid evidence and witness statements. If all those involved are executed without asking why, it would be unreasonable and would shock the government and the public." Jiang Siyuan was neither humble nor arrogant, and did not pay any attention to Lu Yanzhou's expression.
The people who annoyed Lu Yanzhou the most in the Supervisory Council were the Jiang family father and son. You said they were not involved in party disputes, but they were very worldly-wise. You said they were involved in party disputes, but they didn't give face to anyone and only obeyed the emperor.
Lu Yanzhou glanced at the emperor's face and gritted his teeth. "When did I say that we should execute them all? Even if the others were instigated, they also participated. Shouldn't they be punished accordingly?"
"Your Highness, please rest assured. I will strictly enforce the law and will not miss a single person." Jiang Siyuan responded immediately.
"Then it's up to you to decide whether he is guilty or not?" Lu Yanzhou just wanted these scholars to die, so that he could shut up the world and no one else would dare to criticize him again!
Jiang Siyuan turned and bowed to the emperor. "Your Majesty, your majesty has watched every move of the Supervisory Council. This case is reasonable, legal, and reasonable. If Your Majesty still doesn't trust me, you can have a joint trial by the three courts. I have no objection."
Jiang Siyuan was originally a martial arts fanatic, and he investigated cases in an orderly manner and never overstepped the line. This was why the emperor did not get anxious even though Lu Yanzhou bribed the head of the Supervisory Council and others.
Because he knew the father and son of the Jiang family, he believed that they would never try to curry favor with him.
"My dear Jiang, you are too kind. The prince's mistake was unintentional. Don't take it to heart." The emperor tried to comfort Jiang Siyuan. He was a royalist and the emperor would not let such a person down.
Since the emperor had spoken like this, Lu Yanzhou did not dare to speak out directly no matter how dissatisfied he felt. After all, he was in front of foreign officials and had to give the emperor face.
In the end, the case was still concluded according to the closing statement given by the Supervisory Commission. The two leading scholars were executed on a chosen day, and the others were detained or released according to the severity of the case.
Jiang Siyuan left the imperial study after getting the emperor's consent.
Lu Yanzhou stayed behind. As soon as Jiang Siyuan left, he couldn't wait to speak, "Father, this is absolutely unacceptable!"
"Why not?" The emperor's expression was indifferent, as if he was quite satisfied with the result.
"If this matter is just brushed aside so lightly, wouldn't that be a slap in the face of the royal family?" Lu Yanzhou even took two steps forward in excitement.
The emperor looked at Lu Yanzhou coldly, picked up his teacup and took a sip. "Slapped the royal family in the face? I think I slapped you in the face, didn't I?"
"Your son, your son's face is the face of the royal family!" Lu Yanzhou blurted out in a hurry.
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