Chapter 300 Rogue
The staff member stood up and said, "Your Highness, please stop making things difficult for me and think about how to resolve the Fourth Prince's issue."
The Crown Prince changed his mind in an instant: "What do you think we should do?"
The aide's handsome face showed a rare expression of determination: "The Fourth Prince must die."
He was rarely so forceful. He was always gentle and refined, with the best temper. Even before… he had simply ignored him out of anger, but now he was saying that the Fourth Prince must die.
Of course he knew the reason why he did this. For a moment, the prince felt very complicated.
"I understand." He said after a moment of silence.
The staff member said, "This is also a good thing for His Highness. Executing the Fourth Prince will at least win the hearts of the people."
The prince stared at him meaningfully for a long time, and finally nodded.
This matter caused a lot of uproar and it was getting more and more serious.
Because the elders had gone to sit in front of the imperial city, guards sent by Lu Chenyang were guarding them. The minister who had originally wanted the imperial guards to drive them away immediately gave up the idea. The Lu family army was not to be trifled with.
Emperor Qianyuan was furious and sent someone to visit the fourth prince in prison.
The Fourth Prince was much happier in the prison than he had been in Lu Chenyang's care. At least no one dared to feed him poison. However, he was still tortured to the point of being emaciated and miserable. The person sent to report back to Emperor Qianyuan was heartbroken.
However, everyone in the court petitioned Emperor Qianyuan to deal with the Fourth Prince. This was just like when the Crown Prince was appointed, someone was needed to take the lead.
In reality, the court officials... or rather, the entire empire, whether ordinary people or high-ranking officials, disapproved of the Fourth Prince's behavior. They all thought his behavior was too shameful. As a prince, he fled without fighting. Even if it was to preserve his troops, he should have at least evacuated the people first.
Everyone is fighting for power, and it's rare to see someone so shameless as to not care about the lives of the people under his rule. So don't blame everyone for looking down on him.
Now Lu Chenyang obviously wants to settle accounts with the Fourth Prince and get rid of this cowardly, ruthless and ungrateful guy. Of course, everyone has to help him.
Lu Chenyang has paved the way, they just need to go with the flow. As the people want the Fourth Prince to die, Emperor Qianyuan can't hold a grudge against everyone, right?
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was Lu Chenyang's brilliance. He was determined to see the Fourth Prince die, calculating everyone's reactions. He knew the entire court would support him, and he was leveraging the momentum; he couldn't fail.
Because he was in a righteous position, even if he did not consult with the ministers in the court, he still had all the advantages and forced everyone to cooperate with him.
Regarding the treatment of the Fourth Prince, all the civil and military officials in the court believed that his crime was unforgivable and he should be executed.
This is what everyone wants. Unfortunately, Emperor Qianyuan fell ill again.
Emperor Qianyuan feigned illness and refused to attend court. He was evading the Fourth Prince personally. If you have the guts, go ahead and kill him, kill his son. But what can he do if he's ill? They're forcing him to kill his own son, so why can't he be ill? Are the entire court, civil and military, trying to force him, the Emperor, to death?
This is a rogue approach, but it works.
But things couldn't be delayed any longer—those old men and women were still sitting at the palace gate! From the morning court session to sunset, they worked diligently and conscientiously, regardless of weather, forming a beautiful sight at the palace gate.
There was no way to go on like this, so the prince decided not to endure it any longer. He wrote a memorial and planned to go to the palace to see Emperor Qianyuan tomorrow.
As for Emperor Qianyuan's health, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince calmly stated that his father was still strong and healthy and nothing serious was wrong.
How could he, a crown prince, care about the old emperor's health?
If you want to say something disrespectful, don’t say it too obviously. Those who understand will understand anyway.
As a result, that night, Zhao Qinghui came to the Prince's Mansion to ask for an audience.
The Zhao family was a discerning bunch. Ever since they joined the Crown Prince, everyone in the family had been devoted to him. Even if the Crown Prince had some prejudice against the Zhao family, after all this time, he no longer felt any resentment.
There is no other reason, the Zhao family gave too much.
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