Although Helan Minyue and Helan Minzhi had little contact with Li Hong, his voice seemed to be engraved in their minds and they could recognize it completely after hearing it only once.
At this moment, both the brother and sister felt their hearts sinking. This evil star had come in person, and it seemed that today's events would not end well.
When Helan Minzhi heard Li Hong's voice, his legs almost gave way and he fell to the ground. At this moment, there were only four words in his mind: "My life is over!"
Helan Minyue was also extremely nervous. Although what she held in her hand was indeed a gift from His Majesty, it had little influence on this evil star.
If this crystal dragon pendant can have a certain deterrent effect on the court, but to Li Hong, it is like... like his own thing. If he gets angry, the little villain may just snatch it away and smash it.
So, at this moment, Helan Minyue held up her hand holding the crystal dragon pendant, not knowing whether to put it down or raise it up. Instead, it became a burden.
Li Hong walked up to Helan Minyue and Helan Minzhi with a relaxed look, looked at the crystal dragon pendant in Helan Minyue's hand, and said calmly: "Do you want to hand it to me, or do I have to take it myself?"
"This was given to me by your father before he left. It is not for you! Although you are the Crown Prince Regent and can issue orders in the court, but... but you cannot ignore this crystal dragon pendant! Seeing this thing is like seeing His Majesty, you should salute!" Helan Minyue completely lost her just now arrogance, and the whole person seemed a little weak at the moment.
Facing this evil star of the royal family, not only her, but any prince would feel timid when seeing him.
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"Okay, then you can keep it well, and take it to the jail together with this so-called crystal dragon pendant, and capture the two of them." Li Hong still had a faint smile on his face, and said easily.
"Wait a moment!" Helan Minyue took the opportunity to take back the crystal dragon pendant. This imperial gift must not fall into Li Hong's hands no matter what. It was the only thing they could rely on to scare Li Hong.
"What's wrong? Is there anything else you want to say?" Li Hong asked puzzledly.
"Li Hong, what rights do you have for arresting me? What have I done wrong?" Helan Minyue asked with his chest puffed out.
Suddenly he remembered that they had not found the new money. Even if they did, how could they prove that they did it? Besides, the template was given to him by his father.
Li Hong's hands seemed to be performing magic. In their eyes, it was like a spell. Suddenly, a new coin appeared. He took it in his hand and played with it, saying, "Then tell me, why does Changlefang have these new coins?"
"How should I know? What if it was washed out from your East Palace by the rain? Then it is possible that you will harm me." Helan Minyue is indeed good-looking.
The slender figure was wrapped in a lavender dress. As the breeze blew, the hem of the dress was lifted, highlighting the curvy and tight figure of the whole person, exuding a breath of charm and youth.
Li Hong looked at Helan Minyue's proud figure in a daze. No wonder his father was so fascinated by her.
"How do you know that the money was washed out by the rain?" Li Hong looked at Helan Minyue with amusement. He had an idiotic brain, which was really just for show.
"I..." Helan Minyue was suddenly speechless.
"Your Highness, we found it." Di Renjie walked over quickly from behind. Many people behind him were carrying several huge wooden boxes and were also guarding several people who looked like craftsmen.
Li Hong gestured to carry the boxes to Helan Minyue, then he drew out the sword of the soldier next to him, cut off the lock on the box, and kicked open the lid. Suddenly, the boxes were full of golden new money, shining in front of everyone's eyes as if shining through the light.
Without even glancing at the pale faces of Helan Minyue and Helan Minzhi, Di Renjie glanced at the craftsmen behind him and said, "Your Highness, these people are the craftsmen who minted the new coins privately, and they have confessed."
"Tell me about it."
"We learned from them that these new coins were minted privately by Helan Minzhi."
"Is there no other mastermind?" Li Hong picked up a new coin from the box, examined it carefully, and asked leisurely.
"The only one who has had contact with them is Helan Minzhi," said Di Renjie.
"Helan Minzhi, is that so?" Li Hong put down the new money and walked up to Helan Minzhi. Although he was fourteen years old at this time, he was still half a head shorter than Helan Minzhi, but in terms of momentum, he was many times superior to Helan Minzhi.
"Your Highness, I don't...I don't know what you are talking about. I I I don't know anything." Helan Minzhi's forehead was sweating, and he kept looking at the door behind him.
He had been completely shocked by Li Hong. Ever since the Cuiwei Palace incident, he had never dared to face Li Hong, especially Li Hong like now, who looked leisurely but exuded a faint murderous aura.
"Where is the template?" Li Hong raised his head slightly and stared closely at Helan Minzhi's evasive gaze.
"Your Highness, I'm sorry, I really don't know, I know nothing. Please forgive me, I swear, I will never dare to do it again." Helan Minzhi's legs were weak. If Helan Minyue hadn't been there to support him with one hand, he would have knelt down to Li Hong at this moment.
Li Hong sighed. Mrs. Rongguo hadn't shown up to stop him at this time. What did that mean? Did she not trust him enough to take him away?
Seeing Helan Minzhi begging for mercy in pain, Helan Minyue was naturally distressed and said forcefully: "Li Hong, you don't have a template, so you can't prove that it was Helan Minzhi who did it. Just relying on the confessions of those despicable people, what if they have united and colluded to frame Minzhi?"
"Your Highness, I dare not lie. Every word I say is true. When he asked me to come, he did not say that these new coins were privately minted, but that they were approved by the Ministry of Revenue. If you don't believe me, look, there are official documents here." A leading craftsman pointed to the document in Di Renjie's hand and said.
Li Hong ignored the document in Di Renjie's hand and shifted his gaze from Helan Minzhi to Helan Minyue. With a cold light flashing in his eyes, he said, "Why don't you hand over the template? Do you really want to wait for me to find it?"
"Where do we have the template for the new money! Who knows? These boxes of new money might have been secretly put into Changlefang by you and Di Renjie in collusion? Do you think we don't know? You have always disliked Minzhi. He was just drinking with friends in Cuiwei Palace back then. He was young and ignorant, but you tortured him into such a state? You still haven't let him go! As a member of the royal clan, Li Hong, what you did is against the will of heaven. You are going to ruin the Tang Dynasty and let the people of the world curse you...ah..." At the end, Helan Minyue suddenly screamed.
She saw Li Hong's hand flash past her eyes! Her towering breasts seemed to be grabbed by someone, and then she felt her chest lighten.
Helan Minyue covered her chest immediately, but it was too late. Li Hong's hand had quickly withdrawn from her chest, and in his hand there was a wooden box with frankincense still on it.
"What is this?" Li Hong asked coldly, holding the wooden box with warm body temperature in his hand!
"You..." Helan Minyue looked at her towering chest, then at the wooden box in Li Hong's hand, and suddenly didn't know what to say.
"You still refuse to admit that you minted new coins privately! You are still defending his desecration of the royal dignity! You were young and ignorant! He was already twenty years old at that time, and you tell me that he was ignorant? Then tell me, how old should a grown man be to be considered sensible!" Whenever Li Hong thought of the Cuiwei Palace incident, he couldn't control his anger!
What's more, he just figured out his mother's intentions today, and also just understood the difficult situation his mother had been in in the past few years!
Being forced by such a shameless mother and daughter, and with the assistance and advice of her own mother, Madam Rongguo, the queen mother was able to stabilize the harem in the past few years. It is enough to imagine how much thought she had spent on this mother and daughter in recent years.
If Princess Taiping Li Lingyue had not been born in time, and if according to the historical trajectory, the emperor had instructed Shangguan Yi to draft the edict to depose the empress, who would have known whether Lady Han Guo Wu Shun and Lady Rong Guo Yang, mother and daughter, were also involved in this!
Who can know whether it was because of the coercion and threats from the mother and daughter, as well as the interference of Mrs. Rongguo, that the Queen Mother later became unkind to her family!
History has no "ifs", history will not record trivial matters, history will not give the cause and effect of an event, and it will not give you a full truth of the ins and outs! What it can give people is the naked, unclear, and inexplicable historical records with only results.
History has no stance, history does not distinguish between right and wrong, history is just a carrier.
Li Hong suddenly realized that he should get to know his mother more carefully, to understand this woman who could stand at the top in the long river of world history.
In a turbulent era with a background of prosperity and peace, what kind of events did a woman of a dynasty have to go through to become so cold-blooded and ruthless, to be able to go against the will of heaven and become an emperor in an era where men are superior to women!
"This is the template your father gave me. Even if you, Li Hong, want to punish someone, it should be your father, not me, Helan Minyue!" Helan Minyue looked at Li Hong who suddenly slapped Helan Minzhi, and looked at Helan Minzhi who fell to the ground and dared not get up.
Helan Minyue took a step forward, and pressed her proud body against Li Hong, facing Li Hong, and snorted coldly without giving an inch.
Li Hong looked at Helan Minyue, who was about to touch his nose with her forehead, and whose nose exuded a faint fragrance. He snorted angrily and said, "You deceived the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty with lies and made him give you a new coin template, but then you minted it privately. You deserve to be executed! Take him to the Zongzheng Temple and I will personally try him tomorrow!"
"Hey, what are you doing? Minzhi, how did you provoke Hong'er again? You are a few years older than Hong'er, why don't you know how to give way? Get up quickly, why are you still lying on the ground?" A friendly voice sounded from behind, causing Helan Minyue and Li Hong to turn their heads to look at the same time.
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