The corner of the emperor's mouth curved slightly, as if he wanted to hear some good news about the prince.
But what Master Meng said next made the emperor's face gradually turn pale.
"Your Majesty, I am incapable of teaching His Highness the Crown Prince. Your Majesty, please remove me from my post and let me retire and return to my hometown!"
He was a little puzzled, wondering why Master Meng would say these words.
Now that the prince has won the first place in the mid-month exam and is developing in a good direction, how can Master Meng not be able to teach him?
"What does Meng Aiqing mean by this? Could it be that the prince has caused some trouble again?"
Normally, ministers come here to complain about the prince, and today is probably no exception.
Before Master Meng could speak, Wang Shilang, one of the ministers, slowly walked out with an anxious and dissatisfied look on his face.
"Your Majesty, I have something important to report."
Hearing this, the emperor's face suddenly darkened, and then he fell silent, staring at Wang Shilang with burning eyes.
"Your Majesty, what Master Meng said is true. Although the prince came to study in the Imperial College, he gave us a lot of headaches."
Everyone immediately started talking, and then Wang Shilang publicly criticized Xia Lingxuan's mistakes.
"One of them is that he is competitive and aggressive, and he wants to compete with his colleagues. He even killed a wolf dog, which frightened many students."
When he mentioned his previous mistakes, he actually put all the blame on Xia Lingxuan.
"The second thing is that he doesn't respect his teachers. He doesn't take our teachers seriously at all. He even openly disobeys us and makes it difficult to teach."
"The third one is molesting the female family members. Many female disciples in the Imperial College have been talking about it. Some female family members have even suffered from it. These women are actually women who have not yet left the imperial court. How should they compensate for their reputation?"
"The fourth is to form cliques. Instead of focusing on studying, they only want to stir up disputes, form cliques, secretly form party members, and engage in all kinds of intrigues. This is the evil trend that brings trouble to the Imperial College."
Just these four items made the emperor's face darken as if a haze had enveloped the sky. He was about to refute, but he didn't expect that Wang Shilang would not give up and continued to commit the above-mentioned crimes against Xia Lingxuan.
"The five demons deceived the public with their lies and made nonsense, even making everyone panic."
"The sixth one is to amass money and deceive the public, and deceive the people to make money for them. How can a prince who puts wealth first contribute to the great cause of the country?"
"The seventh is to forcibly seize people's land. Relying on his status as the prince, he can do whatever he wants and forcefully seize people's land. What is the difference between this and harming the country and the people?"
"Eighth is gathering people to gamble. During the mid-month exams, they openly instigated King Xiaoyao to join forces with him to set up a gambling bureau, which drained the pockets of many students. How can the place where they study be contaminated by these unhealthy tendencies?"
"The ninth one is practicing evil arts. How can a person with a broken body reach the peak of qi training? It is clearly practicing evil arts. This is an evil intention!"
The nine crimes were all aimed at the emperor's lungs!
For a moment, everyone in the entire hall was silent, fearing that they would bring bad luck to the emperor.
On the dragon chair, the emperor's face was as black as the ashes on the bottom of a pot, and he wished he could cut the prince into pieces with a thousand knives!
But then he thought about it and frowned again.
These are the words of these people, and without the prince to testify in court, how can they be considered true? Considering the prince's recent performance, it would be too extreme to accept one side of the story.
But Wang Shilang didn't intend to give up at all, and even continued to fight against the fire.
"How can a prince like him manage the country well if he commits nine major sins, does not do his job properly, has evil intentions, and does not even have any good development? How can a person with this kind of character become a prince?"
He spoke so bluntly and so hard that Master Meng and Master Lu behind him couldn't help but lower their heads and laugh secretly.
It’s so cool, so cool!
This is exactly the strategy the two of them devised last night. The purpose is to trick Xia Lingxuan into the scheme and publicly expose the crimes he committed in the court, so as to make the prince's image in the emperor's heart even worse and retreat in order to achieve the real goal. , causing a rift between the two.
The expressions on the courtiers' faces were even more wonderful.
Nowadays, the prince's crimes have been revealed to be too numerous to describe. This is simply shocking. Not only can this person not be a prince, he is not even worthy of being an official.
After all, this kind of person is a royal heir, and he is the emperor's bloodline after all. It is hard for these officials to say anything.
But for the country and the people, someone must stand up.
The emperor sitting on the dragon throne stared at the people in the audience with glazed eyes.
Finally, it fell on Wang Shilang and Master Meng.
It turned out to be waiting here!
But at this moment, Mr. Lu strode forward.
"Young Master Wang must not be rude!"
All the courtiers and the emperor were stunned on the spot and said nothing, all wanting to see what his plan was.
"What qualifications do you have to criticize the prince here? The prince is the foundation of a country, and the prince is the foundation of a country. In the future, he will inherit the rule and guide the country. Are you not saying that the prince is incompetent?"
Seeing that the situation was not good, the emperor suddenly understood what these people were thinking.
Master Lu appeared to be here to admonish his subordinates, but in fact he was trying to put the prince on a stand, making everyone even more resentful of Xia Lingxuan, and they all believed that these crimes were real.
If this basin of dirty water is not dealt with properly, Xia Lingxuan will never be able to clean it for the rest of his life!
The emperor was just stunned for a moment, and then said in a deep voice:
"The prince is sent to see you!"
Now only by bringing people to the court can this matter turn around.
He knew that Xia Lingxuan had changed a lot these days, and his view of Xia Lingxuan had also changed.
As a father and an emperor, what I saw was different from what they heard. There must be some misunderstanding.
There is an undercurrent surging in the court, and everyone is making their own plans.
At the same time, the prince was still thinking in the Imperial Palace.
Now that there is a piece of land, if you want to make money quickly, you must make a living.
Where and what should be built to quickly pay for itself?
After thinking for a long time, Xia Lingxuan could not find a solution.
After all, business in ancient times was at the lowest level, some things were not recognized, and taxes were extremely high. If you want to win the favor of the public and become popular quickly, you need to grasp the lifeblood of these people.
At this moment, Jiang Lanzhou was reading the scriptures in his hand carefully. Thinking of what Xia Lingxuan said in public that day, he felt very emotional.
"His Royal Highness, I really admire your remarks. The theory you expressed in front of everyone is indeed the foundation of governing the country. I wonder if you can tell me about it to answer my confusion."
Pursing his lips, Xia Lingxuan, who was thinking, felt as if there was a fly buzzing in his ears, and he couldn't concentrate on thinking for a while.
He turned his head and saw Jiang Lanzhou looking at him longingly, with admiration and reverence in his eyes.
I don’t know what happened, but since that day, the man in front of me has been a little crazy, always circling in front of me, saying nonsense.
