"You are all pillars of our new Tang Dynasty, how can you be so impatient? Do you think I, the Crown Prince Regent, am so worthless in your eyes?"
Li Zhu surveyed the noisy crowd, especially Jiang Chengdao and Liu Ting, who represented the established forces of the New Tang Dynasty…
Although Yuwen Guo is the prime minister, his position is somewhat awkward for the time being, since there aren't many people on his side, and he can't control the initiative...
"It's good that I know it myself. I didn't expect the Crown Prince to be so hopelessly stupid..."
Jiang Chengdao said coldly, clearly filled with resentment. The main reason was that his grandson had been driven crazy by Li Zhu and was now being sent to be an instructor. The struggle for the throne had only just begun and was already over. How could he be willing to accept this?
"Since Grand Tutor Jiang wishes to leave, I won't stop him. However, let me make this clear: my purpose today is to solve the problem of keeping warm during the harsh winter. If anyone misses out, don't blame me..."
Li Zhu raised his head arrogantly and said to himself, "You guys can be arrogant for now, but I'll make you hug the wooden bucket and kiss me later!"
"You ignorant brat, all you do is spout nonsense. We, the civil and military officials, are helpless, yet you dare to boast that you will solve this problem today? Do you think you are a god?"
Jiang Chengdao couldn't help but mock him sarcastically!
"Your Highness, this is the imperial court. You cannot speak so carelessly. If His Majesty finds out, even if you are the Crown Prince Regent, you will not escape being held accountable..."
Although Yuwen Guo's words were a reprimand to Li Zhu, they were also a way of protecting him and telling him not to speak recklessly...
"Hmph! Since His Highness the Crown Prince has already said he can solve the heating problem before the arrival of winter, then he must come up with a solution today, or I, Liu Ting, will be the first to object..."
Hearing his words, Li Zhu glanced at him. The other man's words carried a hint of threat; clearly, the Liu family was still somewhat dissatisfied with him. But that didn't matter; he would show them what it meant to be outmatched…
"I came here today specifically for this matter. You've all seen these wooden barrels, right..."
Li Zhu walked to the wooden barrel. Although it stank horribly, Li Zhu seemed oblivious to the stench and stood there excitedly…
"Your Highness, these are just a few wooden buckets filled with your excrement. Are you trying to tell us that if you can't solve your heating problem this winter, you'll drown in these buckets?"
Jiang Chengdao's words immediately darkened Li Zhu's face. Old Jiang is indeed shrewd, and his insults are particularly sharp. Without a single vulgar word, he endlessly humiliated Li Zhu, implying that Li Zhu was so incompetent he could drown in his own excrement…
"Your Highness, if you really want to get to the point, have someone remove this latrine bucket. What kind of decorum is it to display it like this in the court?"
Liu Ting also expressed his dissatisfaction, mainly because he really didn't want to continue smelling the odor...
"That won't do. My solution lies in these buckets. How can we discuss a solution if they're moved?"
Li Zhu directly rejected Liu Ting's request!
The group looked at the wooden barrels in front of them with confusion. Apart from the extra pipe, they seemed no different from the other barrels...
Has the Crown Prince gone mad?
This was what everyone was thinking at that moment, but no one immediately stood up to refute it...
Just as Li Zhu was about to continue, Li Guyan suddenly stood up and shouted loudly.
"Absurd! The Crown Prince is behaving so recklessly. Where does he place the new Tang dynasty? Does he think all the civil and military officials here are fools? Are he trying to fool us with a few latrine buckets?"
Li Guyan's words struck a chord with everyone, but they all had their concerns. The Crown Prince was currently at the height of his power, and if they were to offend him, they might face repercussions later on, a situation they couldn't afford to bear.
"Your Highness, although Li Guyan's words are somewhat blunt, we must admit that he makes sense. Do you think we're stupid to try and fool us with a few buckets of excrement?"
Jiang Chengdao said coldly, then looked directly at Li Zhu, awaiting his explanation…
Li Zhu rolled his eyes at him. This bastard really deserved a beating. Why did he have to bring up so many people's emotions when he was just talking?
"Hmph! I thought the Crown Prince had changed his ways, but it turns out he's still utterly hopeless..."
With a pained and indignant expression, Liu Ting rebuked him!
Li Zhu thought to himself, "Who are these people? He hasn't even explained himself properly, and they're all jumping out to criticize him, acting like he's nobody..."
"Please calm down..."
Li Zhu stretched out his hands as if to press down, but the civil and military officials below became even more excited...
"Your Highness, are you making a fool of us?"
"I think His Highness did it on purpose; he just wanted to disgust us with his latrine..."
"Such a person is simply unfit to be the crown prince..."
"Nonsense! His Highness the Crown Prince didn't make you eat shit, so why are you unworthy to be the Crown Prince?"
The people below were making a huge racket, driving Li Zhu to the brink of despair…
He also discovered that many people were being manipulated by his emotions, deliberately saying hurtful things to disgust him. After all, he had crushed the Second and Third Princes, and these people who originally belonged to their faction were now filled with anxiety, fearing being purged. They figured that only by uniting to bring down Li Zhu could they be safe...
"How does Your Highness explain this? Are these manure buckets edible?"
Jiang Chengdao looked at Li Zhu with sarcasm, just waiting to see him make a fool of himself!
Li Zhu rolled her eyes at him, thinking to herself, "If you want to eat, I can satisfy you!"
However, now is not the time to turn against the Jiang family. After all, they did not rebel, and there is no need to kill them all because of the Second Prince!
"I was just about to explain, how can I begin when you're all making so much noise?"
Li Zhu said irritably!
"I don't have much time left, so I won't keep playing your nonsense..."
Jiang Chengdao turned to leave, but Li Zhu didn't stop him. Instead, he took out a tinderbox, blew out a flame, and casually pulled out the sieve from one of the pipes, pointing the tinderbox at the outlet of the pipe...
call!
A small flame appeared, and everyone was stunned, as if they had been frozen in place...
"What are you still doing here? To smell the Crown Prince's excrement?"
Seeing that the others didn't move, Jiang Chengdao, in a pretentious manner, shouted at them without turning around. However, to his annoyance, no one moved after he finished speaking; they all stared at Li Zhu in shock…
"What are you doing? You look like you've never seen anything like this before. You are all high-ranking officials of the imperial court. Can't you even remain calm in the face of a collapsing mountain?"
Jiang Chengdao scolded himself, feeling embarrassed by everyone's behavior. He had already turned to leave, shouldn't a large group of people have followed him?
What a bunch of useless trash...
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