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After hearing Emperor Deqing's angry shouts, Prince Zhu Heyu trembled slightly and finally realized his recklessness.
Then, Prince Zhu Heyu lowered his head and did not continue to argue.
Zhao Junchen stood behind, looking at the back of Crown Prince Zhu Heyu from a distance, but he shook his head gently and unnoticed, with a trace of disappointment flashing in his eyes.
"It can be regarded as a slight growth. At least it is not as stubborn as before. It is not bad that I did not continue to argue with His Majesty... Unfortunately, I still woke up too late, and the way and timing of expressing my position were extremely wrong. It was just a little Growth is still nothing to be afraid of...According to these growth rates, how long can Emperor Deqing endure? I am afraid that after Zhao Shancai dies of illness, His Highness the Crown Prince will not be far away from his retirement."
"Prince, you claim to be on the side of justice and regard all those who are different from you as evil. This is not a big problem, but the problem is that if you want to maintain justice, you must first learn to assess the situation and be wise in protecting yourself. ...The most important thing is that the antonym of justice is only evil, not despicable and unscrupulous... In fact, if justice wants to defeat evil, it must be more despicable and unscrupulous than evil. When will you be able to do so? Do you understand this?"
Zhao Junchen thought secretly, feeling a little angry in his heart.
Then, Zhao Junchen lowered his gaze again, no longer looking at the prince, and resumed his low profile in recent times.
During this period of time, Zhao Junchen's way of dealing with people has become more and more similar to Zhou Shangjing's. The more powerful he is, the more low-key he acts, hiding his true intentions deeply in countless illusions, making it difficult for people to see clearly. . If you want to take any action, you often instruct your party members to take action. If it is not a last resort, you will never take action personally, always leaving a little room for flexibility.
On the other side, after Emperor Deqing stopped the prince Zhu Heyu, his eyes were cold and full of anger, but he just stared at the prince Zhu Heyu silently and did not continue to say anything.
When the officials saw Emperor Deqing's attitude, they were even more frightened, and naturally they did not dare to speak at will.
Coupled with the fact that Crown Prince Zhu Heyu was silent, the silence in Huangji Palace was extremely quiet for a while.
In fact, it was not that Emperor Deqing didn't want to speak at this time, but that he was hesitant and didn't know how to speak.
Once again, Prince Zhu Heyu took the opposite position of Emperor Deqing in front of hundreds of officials, and left the matter without any room for maneuver. As a result, Emperor Deqing only had two choices left: or Maintain your own prestige and severely punish Prince Zhu Heyu, but in this case the prestige of Prince Zhu Heyu will be damaged; or maintain the reputation of Prince Zhu Heyu and admit your mistakes according to the wishes of Prince Zhu Heyu , but in this way Emperor Deqing's imperial majesty would be damaged, and he would also offend Shen Changmao, Zuo Lanshan and others.
Neither of these two options was what Emperor Deqing wanted to see, because they were both in line with Emperor Deqing's interests.
But because of Prince Zhu Heyu's recklessness, Emperor Deqing now had to make a choice - this is what made Emperor Deqing most angry and disappointed.
In the end, of course, Emperor Deqing chose to maintain his imperial dignity and decided to severely reprimand the crown prince Zhu Heyu, even if this would damage the prestige of Zhu Heyu's crown prince.
After Deqing was silent for a moment, he finally spoke slowly: "Prince, do you know what you are talking about? If you disagree with me and the other ministers and think that Chen Dongxiang is corrupt, accepts bribes, and forms cliques for personal gain, of course you can! Morning court It is the place where monarchs and ministers express their opinions! But it is not a small thing for you to accuse the court ministers so severely. Do you have any evidence to prove your point of view? If there is, I will take Chen Dongxiang to task on the spot! If not , then even if you are the crown prince, I will not forgive you for slandering an important official of the imperial court in public like this without proof!"
After hearing Emperor Deqing's words, Prince Zhu Heyu was silent for a long time.
In fact, all these corrupt officials are cunning and cunning people. Chen Dongxiang is extremely cautious and will never fall into trouble. How can it be so easy to find evidence of corruption and gangsterism? If Prince Zhu Heyu could find concrete evidence of guilt, he would have impeached Chen Dongxiang with great fanfare, so why wait until today?
In fact, the best choice for Prince Zhu Heyu at this time is to admit his mistake to Emperor Deqing in public and show that he should not listen to the rumors. This will not only reduce mistakes, but also slightly reduce Emperor Deqing's anger.
However, if Prince Zhu Heyu admits his mistake so easily, then he is no longer Prince Zhu Heyu.
Although he knew that admitting his mistake proactively was the best option at this time, the stubbornness in his heart prevented him from opening his mouth no matter what.
Seeing that Prince Zhu Heyu was still stubborn, Emperor Deqing became more and more disappointed and said angrily: "You don't speak? Does that mean there is no evidence? In the morning court, there was no real evidence in hand, so in public like this You are a third-rank official who slandered the imperial court! As a prince and prince, you do not have the foresight to match the city government. Just some rumors made you speak rashly and disturb the imperial court. You have deeply disappointed my expectations! If you act like this, what will happen to me in the future? Do you still dare to leave the country of your ancestors in your hands?"
Although Emperor Deqing was furious, he still had some sense after all. When he reprimanded Prince Zhu Heyu, he did not use more serious words such as "slander" and "frame", and attributed the remarks of Prince Zhu Heyu to "Mistaken belief in rumors" slightly downgrades the nature of this matter.
However, there must still be due punishment, otherwise it will not be enough to convince the public.
Emperor Deqing glared at Crown Prince Zhu Heyu again, and finally made his decision: "After the court ends today, you will go back to the East Palace and think about it behind closed doors for ten days! You will not come to court for the next ten days!" Think carefully about where you went wrong today! After ten days, give me a note and state the results of your thinking over the past ten days! If you are still unable to satisfy me, think about it behind closed doors for another ten days until you figure it out! "
Emperor Deqing's punishment was not heavy, but after hearing Emperor Deqing's decision, the faces of the "princelings" still changed.
If you can't go to the morning court for ten consecutive days, how much things will be delayed? Without Prince Zhu Heyu as the backbone, the "princeling party" is leaderless. Will they be at the mercy of the political enemies in the DPRK and China within these ten days?
Therefore, officials from the "princeling party" would go out to speak and ask Emperor Deqing to forgive Prince Zhu Heyu.
However, Emperor Deqing had already guessed what they were thinking. Before they could speak, he had already glanced at all the officials in the palace and said coldly: "My decision has been made! No officials can plead for mercy!"
On the other side, Prince Zhu Heyu also simply bowed his head and replied: "My son... I obey the order!"
Prince Zhu Heyu's statement also promptly silenced the mouths of the "princeling party".
Although he was stubborn and refused to admit his mistakes, Prince Zhu Heyu understood in his heart that this time it was his recklessness that ruined the situation, but he must not let the "princeling party" intercede for him. Now Emperor Deqing is angry. If the "princeling" officials insist on interceding, they are likely to be implicated. In this case, the "princeling" losses will be even greater.
Therefore, although Prince Zhu Heyu did not admit his mistake, he readily accepted his punishment.
Seeing the attitude of Prince Zhu Heyu, Emperor Deqing's expression finally softened a little.
On the other side, Zhao Junchen, who had been keeping his head down and silent, looked up at Prince Zhu Heyu again, and then sighed softly.
Since you can see clearly and are willing to admit punishment, why not admit your mistake? It's just some positions, why insist on it?
Summer insects cannot speak of ice.
For Zhao Junchen, Prince Zhu Heyu is like this.
The same is true for Prince Zhu Heyu and Zhao Junchen.
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ps: First update.
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