bayedsolid Chapter 2668 Prime Minister Jin is not a stepping stone
Chapter 2668 Prime Minister Jin is not a stepping stone
"Shi Pan, don't talk nonsense to me. Tell me, what should I do?"
When the emperor was only the prime minister, he spoke very directly.
Prime Minister Shi smiled bitterly and subconsciously wanted to stand up, but felt it was unnecessary. He pointed at the evidence on the emperor's case and asked, "Your Majesty, do you trust me so much?"
"Who else can I ask besides you?" The emperor stood up and handed a few pages of paper on the table to Prime Minister Shi. "I didn't expect this old man to be so bold."
Prime Minister Shi lowered his head and looked silently at the testimony on the paper.
I remembered the words I didn’t dare say before - barking dogs don’t bite.
The Fourth Prince usually keeps a low profile, but secretly he is a man who dares to think and act. Not only does he secretly keep a group of assassins for his own use, he also secretly colludes with the Feather Clan.
If you add up all the things I have done, it would be too numerous to list.
After reading it, Prime Minister Shi was silent for a while. Then he slightly modified what Shi Li had said to him during the day and told it to the emperor.
"Your Majesty, as a father, you love your own children. But when it comes to the country and the people, it is no longer a family affair but a national affair." Prime Minister Shi looked at the emperor without fear.
"And over the years, Your Majesty has paved the way for the Crown Prince. If this happens... it will be difficult to convince the public in the future."
If the Fourth Prince is not severely punished for his mischief, it will only make other princes feel that they can also fight for it. Even if they lose, they will be the same as the Fourth Prince.
The emperor was a good emperor and a humane person. Even though he valued the crown prince the most, he was actually quite good to his other sons, otherwise he would not have been so entangled.
The emperor listened carefully to Prime Minister Shi's words and finally sighed.
"Yes, even if not for the prince, we cannot tolerate him for the sake of the people."
The decision was difficult, but the emperor had no other choice.
"Okay, you can go now. I understand. After this time, I will give your daughter the reward." The emperor waved his hand and turned around, looking a little tired.
At that time, the Prime Minister stood up, bowed solemnly to the emperor, turned around and walked out.
After leaving the study, he passed by the emperor's most trusted chief of the guards.
The two sides looked at each other. Without saying anything, they could see the seriousness of each other.
It is impossible that the emperor wants to deal with only the Fourth Prince.
He has been able to do this for many years, and he has countless followers, but this time they will all be implicated. The emperor can still be soft-hearted towards his own son, but towards others... he is a wise and qualified emperor.
Lu Shenyuan also came to Shi Li.
Without the brother to disrupt the situation, Liu Shui also tactfully retreated. Lu Shenyuan pushed the wheelchair and accompanied Shi Li for a stroll in the garden.
The emperor originally wanted him to take over part of the imperial guards in the capital, but he refused. Compared with the capital, he liked and adapted to the northwest more, and if he left the northwest, there would be no one more suitable to guard it.
The emperor also said to him: "The prime minister may not want a son-in-law who is exiled to the northwest."
Lu Shenyuan lowered his head and talked about this matter with Shi Li.
Shi Li answered without even thinking: "Please don't tell me that I have to stay in the capital because of me. I can't bear such a big responsibility."
The two of them are happy now, but life is so long, and she doesn't want Lu Shenyuan to use this matter to make trouble one day.
——It was because of you that I had to live in the capital.
If that were the case, even just thinking about it would make me feel suffocated.
Lu Shenyuan was stunned by what she said, and then he pulled the corner of his mouth helplessly, "I know, so I didn't agree to it, Your Majesty. When there is a chance in the future, I will take you to see the scenery of the northwest."
"Then I'm looking forward to it." Shi Li felt that this was a good idea, and no one would be wronged.
The capital city continued to be in a state of panic.
After the emperor made up his mind, he no longer hesitated. He did not let any of them go, whether it was the Fourth Prince, the Fourth Prince's wife who had always given him advice, or the Fourth Prince's wife's family.
In just two days, all the people who needed to be arrested were caught and checked, without leaving anyone out.
Regardless of what these people were like, the usually arrogant and brainless Third Prince was frightened by this scene and hid in the Prince's Mansion, not daring to go out.
Especially when he heard that Zhong Shanlang was also arrested, he was even more afraid that he would be implicated. He still didn't know that the real master behind Zhong Shanlang was not him, but the Fourth Prince.