874 Accusation, Deposing the Crown Prince or Deposing the King of Luo

Fortunately, this situation did not last long. A rustling sound was heard, and the ministers stood up. The Ninth Prince was no longer so special. The Emperor was willing to look at the Ninth Prince straight in the eye at this time, and the hidden murderous aura was also put away.

The eunuch suppressed his fear, quietly clenched his palms, and shouted loudly: "If you have something to say, please report it. If not, please leave the court."

As soon as he finished speaking, Doctor Wen, the censor, came out. If the eunuch remembered correctly, Doctor Wen should be from the prince's faction. He was the first to stand up. Does it mean that the prince is going to fight back?

"Your Majesty, I have something to report." Just as the chief eunuch thought, the prince did fight back. Unlike his previous gentleness and tolerance, the prince's counterattack this time was absolutely violent and left no room for maneuver.

Led by Doctor Wen, six or seven imperial censors stood up in succession and impeached Dongling Ziluo for having no regard for the laws of the country, no sense of hierarchy, no respect for the crown prince, and being disloyal and unfilial.

Impeachment of the Blood-Cloth Guards for being lawless, killing, looting, burning and kidnapping with the connivance of King Luo, acting brutally, defying the authority of the crown prince, and being disloyal and unjust.

His words were sharp and his attitude was tough. He produced a bunch of evidence to prove that Prince Luo made friends with ministers, disrespected the crown prince, and had evil intentions. He begged the emperor to depose Prince Luo as a punishment for the sake of Dongling's stability.

The minister had no idea what had happened in Feng Mansion, but it was a fact that Feng Mansion was smashed by the Blood-Clothed Guards and that the prince massacred more than a hundred of them in rage.

The prince's faction impeached Dongling Ziluo without mercy, and the Luo Wang faction's faction was not to be outdone. They stood up and confronted the prince's faction head-on.

People from Prince Luo's faction accused the crown prince of having a hidden illness and being unable to handle heavy responsibilities, of being cowardly and incompetent and lacking the dignity of a crown prince, of defying the emperor's will and having ulterior motives, of obstructing public business and not understanding government affairs, of being arrogant and frivolous and not knowing what to do, of behaving arrogantly and being perverse, and of not having the demeanor of a crown prince.

Similarly, people from Prince Luo's faction also produced pre-prepared evidence to prove that what they said was true, that the prince was indeed unable to handle the heavy responsibility, and they begged the emperor to depose the prince and appoint another heir for the sake of Dongling's century-old foundation.

In the court, the two factions were arguing back and forth, neither of them willing to submit to the other. Seeing that the emperor was slow to speak, people from other factions jumped out to add fuel to the fire, vowing to make the fire burn more and more fiercely. The best outcome would be that the crown prince and Prince Luo would be deposed together.

When the civil officials quarreled, they always quoted from classics, and every other sentence they said was about the books of sages, with one reason after another. The military officials yawned when they listened to them, and even if they wanted to help, they didn't know where to start.

The military generals also privately favored princes of their own. If this matter got out of hand, it would overturn the situation in Dongling. Therefore, even if the military generals did not understand, they had to force themselves to concentrate and listen carefully to the quarrel between the two parties.

Except for a few neutral parties, there were also royalists. All the officials in the palace were caught up in this melee. The emperor didn't know what he was thinking. Seeing that the ministers were arguing more and more fiercely, he had no intention of stopping them.

The argument lasted from the morning court to noon, but the emperor remained unmoved and concentrated on reading the evidence submitted by the ministers. The more he read, the more shocked he became.

It turned out that his sons had done so many things in places he didn't know about, but most of them were within the range of his tolerance. With the existence of an outlier like the Ninth Prince, the emperor could tolerate more and more things.

The evidences are all true, but it is absolutely impossible to convince the emperor to depose the Crown Prince or the Prince of Luo based on these evidences. No matter whether it is the Crown Prince or the Prince of Luo, they cannot be touched easily.

Pah… The emperor finished reading the last page, closed the book, and handed it to the eunuch beside him. Although the officials below were arguing, they kept paying attention to the emperor's movements. When the emperor finished reading, the sharp-eyed ministers immediately knelt forward and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, the prince is not able to handle the heavy responsibility. You must depose the prince and appoint another heir."

The people of the Crown Prince's faction were not happy to hear this. As if by agreement, more than a dozen ministers knelt down at the same time and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, Prince Luo is ambitious and has evil intentions. Your Majesty must depose Prince Luo and keep him in captivity."

The prince's men were even more ruthless, they almost directly accused Prince Luo of treason.

Despite such noise and situation, the emperor did not seem angry. After signaling all the ministers to be quiet, the emperor's eyes fell on the Ninth Uncle.

"Ninth brother, what do you think?" The emperor was going to push his ninth uncle to the forefront.

The Ninth Prince Uncle seemed to be indifferent, but he had been paying attention to the development of things. He knew very well that no matter whether it was the Crown Prince or Prince Luo, the Emperor would not take any action, at least not today.

And him? Not wanting to get involved in such a boring matter, the Ninth Prince Uncle said motionlessly: "Your Majesty, the Blood Robe Guards destroyed the Ninth Princess's formal dress yesterday. To be fair, I will not say anything."

He didn't say anything, but he was trying to discredit Dong Ling Zi Luo. The Ninth Prince was making it clear that he was very dissatisfied with Dong Ling Zi Luo. If the Emperor asked him to speak, he would definitely not say anything good about Dong Ling Zi Luo.

Uh, there is another incident. The Ninth Princess’s formal dress was destroyed?

The eyes of the people of the Crown Prince's faction lit up, and they immediately thought about how to use this incident to make a big fuss. Maybe this incident would be the last straw that broke the camel's back for Prince Luo.

The official who impeached Dong Ling Zi Luo organized his words a little and then started a new wave of accusations, showing extreme disdain for Dong Ling Zi Luo in his words. Coupled with the words of the Ninth Prince, things were developing in a direction that was completely unfavorable to Dong Ling Zi Luo. If things continued like this, even if the Emperor did not depose Dong Ling Zi Luo, he would be no different from a useless person.

Officials from Dong Ling Zi Luo's faction kept wiping their sweat, their voices getting weaker and weaker. Although the emperor was dissatisfied with Dong Ling Zi Luo, seeing this, he still took the opportunity to speak up and clear Dong Ling Zi Luo of the crime of destroying the Ninth Princess's formal dress: "Prince Luo has just taken over the Blood Robe Guards. There may be people with bad intentions among the Blood Robe Guards. The Blood Robe Guards who destroyed the Ninth Princess's formal dress have been ordered to be executed by the Crown Prince. Are you dissatisfied, Ninth Brother?"

The Crown Prince is supported by the Ninth Prince, and Dongling Ziluo is the Emperor's favorite prince. If Dongling Ziluo is deposed and the Crown Prince is safe, wouldn't that be a slap in the face of the Emperor? Whether the Emperor is willing or not, he will protect Dongling Ziluo.

The Ninth Imperial Uncle knew what the Emperor was thinking, so he said calmly, "I dare not. Prince Luo has to do his own job and also manage the Blood Robe Guards. He is so busy that it is inevitable that he will be a little careless."

It seemed that the Ninth Prince's words were meant to exonerate Dong Ling Zi Luo, but in reality he was accusing Dong Ling Zi Luo of being incompetent and unfit to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Blood Robe Guards.

It is not easy to depose King Luo, but it is not that difficult to force Dongling Ziluo to hand over the Blood-Cloth Guards. Without the emperor's favor and the Blood-Cloth Guards, King Luo is nothing more than a toothless tiger and nothing to be feared.

Prince Luo was only in charge of the Blood-Clothes Guards concurrently, and he did not actually serve as the commander-in-chief of the Blood-Clothes Guards. Now that the internal strife of the Blood-Clothes Guards has been quelled, it is time to decide on the candidate for the commander-in-chief.

Are you kidding? Prince Luo is petty and holds a grudge. Just because Feng Qingchen once lost his face, he ordered the Blood-Clothed Guards to destroy the Feng Mansion. If the Blood-Clothed Guards were still in Prince Luo's hands, they would not be able to survive either.

There is no clean official these days. If you are targeted by the Blood-Clothed Guards, you will be skinned alive if you don’t die.

At this point, even other factions and the royalists agreed, and the emperor must have sent someone else to take over the Blood Robe Guards...

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