Chapter 16 The Verdict on Wei Ting
"My dear! The Eunuch Supervisor Wang is here!" Wang Quan led Wang Yuan to Li Chengqian.
The Eunuch Department is the emperor's close attendant agency, managing the internal affairs of the palace. During the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Central Palace Department was established. In the early Sui Dynasty, it was changed to the Eunuch Department. During the Sui Yang Emperor, the Eunuch Department was changed to the Changqiu Supervisor.
In the fourth year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan changed the Changqiu Supervisor to the Eunuch Supervisor. It was not until the reign of Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi that it was called the Eunuch Department again.
The Eunuch Supervisor is the head of the close attendants of the Eunuch Department. The Eunuch Department has two supervisors, from the third rank.
"Your Highness!" Wang Yuan saluted Li Chengqian.
"How come the Eunuch Supervisor has time to come to my East Palace?" Li Chengqian laughed.
Wang Yuan was Li Er's trusted attendant, and he was always by his side. He must have been sent to the East Palace by Li Er. Just thinking about it, he knew why he came.
"Your Highness! Everyone ordered me to invite Your Highness to the Liangyi Hall." Wang Yuan said.
"Oh! Good! Let's go now!" Li Chengqian stood up and walked out with Wang Yuan, while Wang Quan went to prepare the sedan chair.
Li Chengqian sat on the sedan chair and was carried by the eunuchs to the Liangyi Hall in the palace.
The sedan chair stopped outside the Liangyi Hall. Li Chengqian got off the sedan chair and followed Wang Yuan into the Liangyi Hall.
As soon as he entered the Liangyi Hall, he saw Li Er sitting on the throne, and the fat boy Li Tai was holding Li Er's hand and acting coquettishly.
Li Er had a doting look on his face and held the fat boy's hand tightly. On the left and right sat Li Chengqian's uncle , the current prime minister Changsun Wuji, and the prime minister Fang Xuanling,
who was known as the master of Fang's plot and Du's judgment. The Minister of War Li Yan, the Minister of the Imperial Secretariat Ma Zhou, the Minister of Remonstrance Chu Suiliang, the Minister of the Central Secretariat Yang Shidao, and the Minister of Justice Sun Fuga. Even Li Tai's confidant, the Chief Clerk of the Prince of Wei's Palace and the Minister of Works Du Chuke were among them. "I see my father!" Li Chengqian saluted Li Er first, and then saluted the other ministers present. "I see the Crown Prince!" The ministers hurriedly stood up and saluted Li Chengqian. "The wise man is here! Give him a seat!" Li Er ordered the eunuchs to bring a chair to Li Chengqian. "Great! I called you here this time because of your assassination. The main culprit Wei Ting has been imprisoned. Wei Ting refused to plead guilty. Brother (the self-proclaimed father to son in the Tang Dynasty) wants to hear your opinion." "What do you think should be done with this case?" Li Er said. Li Chengqian did not answer directly after hearing this. If he really followed Li Chengqian's idea, he would naturally try the case to the end. It would be best to drag Fatty Xiaosi into it and get rid of Fatty Xiaosi as well. In this way, he, Li Chengqian, can rest assured. However, from Li Er's tone, it is obvious that he intends to end the case with Wei Ting. After all, Fatty Xiaosi is Li Er's darling, and Li Er naturally does not want this matter to have anything to do with Fatty Xiaosi. All the crimes were committed by Wei Ting, and his Fatty Xiaosi had nothing to do with him. If Li Chengqian refused to give in, his image in Li Er's heart would plummet, and the little goodwill he had just established would be gone. More importantly, if Li Er thought that Li Chengqian might harm Li Tai in the future, it is very likely that in order to protect Li Tai, he would be deposed and Li Zhi would be made the crown prince. Wouldn't that be a tragedy for Li Chengqian ? "Father! I don't know much about this case, so I can't make any rash judgments." Li Chengqian kicked the ball back to Li Er again. Li Er was such a shrewd man, how could he not understand Li Chengqian's purpose. "Minister of the Dali Temple, you come and explain this case to the crown prince." Li Er looked at Sun Fuga and said. "No!" Sun Fujia stood up and came to the middle. He first saluted Li Er on the throne, and then saluted Li Chengqian and said: "Your Highness! After the trial between me and the princes here, it has been confirmed that the assassination of Your Highness was done by Wei Ting. Among them..." After listening to what Sun Fujia said about the case, Li Chengqian was sure that the mastermind behind the assassin sent to assassinate him this time was most likely Li Tai. Even if it was not Li Tai, he must have an inseparable relationship with him. However, judging from Li Er's attitude, he didn't want Li Tai to be involved at all. So, what should be said next is a crucial matter. Since there is no way to push down Li Tai, why not settle for the next best thing and simply help Li Tai to make Li Er happy and maybe increase his position in Li Er's heart. "Father! I just heard what the Dali Qing said. I thought that this was done by Wei Ting alone and had nothing to do with Qingque..." Li Chengqian spoke proudly, pointing out that Wei Ting was the mastermind behind the scenes and had nothing to do with Fat Little Four Li Tai. In fact, Fat Little Four Li Tai was just a victim in it. Everything was done by Wei Ting alone. Li Chengqian vividly portrayed Li Tai as innocent. Since Li Tai cannot be brought down, let's get rid of Wei Ting first. After Li Chengqian finished speaking, Li Er's eyes were already filled with tears. What did he want to see the most? Isn't it just that he hopes that the children born to him and Guanyin Bi can live in harmony, and that Li Chengqian and his brothers can be friendly and respectful to each other. Now that Li Chengqian is so sensible, how can he not be happy. Li Tai and Changsun Wuji stood there in shock. They thought Li Chengqian would take advantage of the situation. But they didn't expect that Li Chengqian would actually make excuses for Li Tai. If they hadn't known Li Chengqian for a long time, they might have been convinced by Li Chengqian. People had different thoughts in their hearts. Li Tai would never believe that Li Chengqian would be so kind. He didn't know what evil intentions he had. Changsun Wuji, Chu Suiliang and others looked at each other and thought highly of Li Chengqian, who actually knew the principle of retreating when advancing. After a long time, Li Er secretly wiped away tears, and Changsun Wuji and others pretended not to see it. "Gao Ming is right! The whole case was committed by Wei Ting alone. Wei Ting was an important official in the court, but he did such a treasonous thing." "According to the law, he should be executed for doing such a thing, and his entire clan should be exterminated. But considering that he has worked hard for the court for many years and has made outstanding contributions, I can't bear to kill him." "Yang Shidao, the Secretary of the Central Secretariat, drafted an imperial edict to confiscate Wei Ting's property, exile Wei Ting and all the male members of his family to Xiangzhou, and take the women of Wei Ting's family to the palace as slaves." Li Er announced the punishment for Wei Ting on the spot. Li Er also knew in his heart that Wei Ting did this so that his Qingqueer could succeed in getting the throne! Now Li Chengqian did not investigate further. In order to save Li Tai, he had to let Wei Ting's family suffer. This could be regarded as an explanation to Li Chengqian, the crown prince.
This treatment was also meant to warn Li Tai and his people, hoping that Li Tai would learn from it and not cause any more trouble.
As for the grudges between the brothers, he would naturally find a way to resolve them, and no matter what, he would not repeat the Xuanwu Gate Incident.
"Your Highness obeys the imperial edict!" Yang Shidao stood up and responded.
That day, Wei Ting and the men in his family were exiled to Xiangzhou as soldiers, and the women in his family were sent to the palace as slaves.