Perhaps the emperor was in a bad mood or in poor health, so he punished everyone according to the strictest standards, no matter how big or small the mistake was. Even if the mistake was minor, he would have to investigate the family's three generations in detail to see if there was any buried bloody truth in this family, so that he could convict the person with reason and evidence.
This executor could be dealt with with just a few words from him in the palace.
However, since it involved ministers in the court and ordinary people in the market, the emperor was still thinking about which confidant to choose to investigate, but the prince directly took on this thankless task.
After all, if the punishment is too light, the emperor may not be satisfied, but if it is too heavy, it may lose the support of the people.
His Majesty's health seems to be failing, and soon it might be the princes' turn. It would not be wise to offend His Majesty or the court officials at this time.
Everyone chose to keep a low profile and protect themselves, except for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who showed up. Everyone said he was stupid, so stupid that he was about to give up the throne.
"Your Highness, do you really want to arrest and interrogate the people according to the above?" Several staff members of the Prince's Mansion were pushed out. There were also two trusted ministers who supported the Prince in the room.
"Well, the law must be fair and strict. I intend to use this opportunity to purge the bad apples in the court and restore justice to the people." It was rare that his father actually wanted to deal with it severely.
Everyone wanted to say a few more words, but they also knew that the current prince was not the same as before. They, his followers, could only obey and could no longer interfere with his decisions.
In the past, there were a few people who did not believe in evil and wanted to be the prince's master as before. Now the grass on the grave is probably ten feet high.
Those of them who were close to the prince knew through bloody lessons that the current prince was not easy to fool and was more ruthless.
"The prince is very kind, and he is a blessing to the people." Everyone could only flatter him, but they felt miserable in their hearts. The master didn't know how many people he would offend this time. He had previously cracked down on a group of followers when he was cleaning up the backyard. This time, he would be sentenced according to the crime in the booklet he had found. The law was not merciful, and it was feared that only one in ten of his followers would survive.
Just thinking about it makes me tremble. I don’t know if it’s too late to change camp temporarily.
Why.
"Is this the result of the prince's handling?" Ying Haoze wrote a thick memorial with the evidence he had collected, including the private goods he had mixed in, and the corresponding punishments, the lightest being a fine and the heaviest being beheading, and presented it to the emperor.
But the content of this memorial gave the emperor a great shock. He felt that the prince was going to make enemies with the whole world. He said without exaggeration that if this was done, one-third of the officials in the capital would have to move to other positions.
As an emperor, he had mixed feelings.
At the beginning of the incident, he wanted to kill all the guilty people, but now he has calmed down and realized that some people's crimes do not deserve the death penalty, so he can be considerate and show some leniency.
Seeing the prince's confusing behavior made him very puzzled.
“You know, once the result of this treatment is announced, as the Crown Prince, you will naturally win praise from the people, but many powerful officials will be completely offended.
Although the world belongs to our Ying family, we still have to rely on these right-hand men to work together to govern it, and it is not up to us, the royal family, to just say what we want."
The emperor felt that he was sincerely persuading the prince at this moment and was truly thinking about the prince.
"But aren't they violating the laws of our dynasty?" the prince asked.
The emperor was speechless. The emperor was punished the same as the common people if he broke the law. This was just talk. As the crown prince of a country, did you take it seriously?
If it were according to his previous nature, the emperor would have fallen out with the prince long ago and would have scolded him countless times.
But perhaps because he was too excited this time, his health was not as good as before. He clearly felt the aging of his body functions and had a clearer cognition than ever before.
He will not live to be ten thousand years old, and even a hundred years is a luxury. Sooner or later, he will hand over the world to his sons, but the crown prince is a worrying person to look at.
"Have you never violated the law before? You have even disobeyed me, your father." Disobeying the king's order will result in beheading, but Ying Haoze is still alive now. Can this be generalized?
"Your Majesty, do you want me, the crown prince, to take the lead in ignoring the law and watching the court officials and concubines make mistakes? Please forgive me for not agreeing." The crown prince probably wouldn't contradict the emperor like this in the past, but now he dared to poke a hole in the sky.
The emperor blew his beard and glared at the prince, but failed to get him to give in. At this moment, he took the prince into his eyes again, as if he was the little child who grew up in his arms in his memory.
But with the death of Queen Yuan, the number of children in the harem increased like mushrooms after rain. He married a new queen and favored the new one. The prince was just a prince, a world away from his beloved son.
But now, he realized again that the prince was his son, his first child, and the child he had high hopes for.
"The Emperor is old and can't take care of you. You go and deal with it yourself. When the Emperor closes his eyes and leaves a mess for you to clean up, just don't get angry when the time comes."
The bedroom not only housed the emperor and the crown prince, but also palace maids and imperial physicians who served them.
At this moment, they wished they could close their ears. These words were not something they could listen to.
Your Majesty's words mean that you want to pass the throne to the crown prince, and the crown prince himself also finds it rare.
In his previous life, he was afraid that he would covet the throne, and he had come up with countless tricks to force his son to make mistakes. In this life, he only cared about his own pleasure, which made his father more sincere.
The human heart is such a complicated thing.
However, Ying Haoze did not feel moved.
"Your Majesty, you are joking. I had someone tell my fortune a while ago, and I am probably destined to die young and be the crown prince until the end of my life. No, it is possible that because I make a mistake, Your Majesty will deprive me of the title of crown prince, and I will die with the name of a deposed crown prince." The crown prince talked about life and death with a smile. The others didn't dare to listen and were so scared that they all lay on the ground.
Only the emperor was furious and said, "Rebellious son, what nonsense are you talking about?"
"Why, hasn't Father thought many times about how to suppress the Crown Prince, how to control the Crown Prince, how to abandon the Crown Prince?"
Even though this is true, the emperor cannot admit it.
"I was training you. How could you misinterpret my meaning? Throughout history, how many emperors have succeeded to the throne smoothly? If you don't have any integrity or tricks, you won't be able to hold this position for long. I am doing this for your own good."
"It was for my own good. In the end, I had to watch my brothers eat me alive." Ying Haoze's eyes were red. He seemed to be unable to distinguish between his previous life and this life. He asked about the confusion in his previous life that made him die with regret.
"I am your son. You bestowed upon me the title of Crown Prince, not me asking for it. Yet, in the end, you targeted me at every turn, allowing everyone to trample on me and watching me fall into the dust. Could it be that my good father felt happy?"
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