Chapter 311 The prince was deposed and exiled to Nanzhao.

royal palace.

Today's court meeting has a different meaning than before.

Whether it is the enthronement of the crown prince or the abolition of the crown prince, these two matters are the top priorities of the Qing Kingdom.

There is no family affairs in the royal family. All they have are national masters, not to mention what the prince has done?
As a prince, wouldn't he be short of women? Why did he have to target his own family?
Although the eldest princess is indeed a rare beauty in the world, this is too ridiculous!

The only one who was the saddest was Lin Wan'er.

After all, she is the only person in the world who truly cares about the eldest princess.

As her daughter, when she heard about such a scandal, she felt ashamed at first, and then deeply worried!

This time when Fan Xian entered the palace, she also begged him to at least make sure the princess had a good ending.
Fan Xian entered the palace with a feeling of guilt towards his wife.

No matter what his reasons were, no matter how absurd the person was. Even if he didn't do it, Chen Pingping would do it, Li An would do it, so why did Fan Xian finally give it a push? It was just because he also had a mother.

But in the end, it still made his wife worried and scared.

Fan Xian's goal was actually achieved. As for the life and death of the princess,
"If it weren't for Li An's plan, I wouldn't have asked His Majesty to depose the Crown Prince so quickly." Fan Xian smiled bitterly in his heart. After the fire was simmering, the rice in the cold pot would be left over. When the cunning rabbit dies, the running dog will be cooked. When the eldest princess and the crown prince are finished, he and the second prince will have to face Emperor Qing alone.

The lineup at today's court meeting was magnificent, but the number of people was much smaller.

Many bigwigs who were rarely seen in the past were present, but some familiar faces disappeared. Perhaps these people were from the eldest princess's family.

This created a very awkward scene.

"Tell me, how should we deal with the prince?"

Everyone was silent for a moment, and then the Grand Secretary stepped out, bowed and said, "The crown prince's position should be abolished!"

With one person taking the lead, the others had no scruples and stepped out in a loud voice, "Our Qing country governs the world with filial piety. How can the principles of heaven and earth be disrupted? All things in the world always pursue the same principle, especially the crown prince of a country. He is concerned about the will of heaven and the people, so he should set an example for everyone!"

"Oh?" Emperor Qing nodded in agreement, "Does anyone else have a different opinion?"

After these words were spoken, everyone became unsure of what Emperor Qing meant?

Is this for insurance?

Sure enough, the Prince's Junior Tutor and Hu Daxueshi came out to plead for the Prince and even acted as his guarantor, which made the room quiet down for a while.

Emperor Qing didn't say whether it was right or wrong, he just turned and looked at Fan Xian.

"Fan Xian, what do you think?"

This... Fan Xian never expected that Emperor Qing would bring the conversation to himself!
How should he answer this?

After all, Li Chengqian, who has the status of a crown prince, will not die after all, but if the crown prince loses this status, he will either live a peaceful life or he will die sooner or later.

In fact, Fan Xian and Li Chengqian are half brothers with the same blood. From this point of view, he should avoid suspicion, and at the very least, he should not let himself point out all the other party's crimes.
"The crown prince should be deposed."

This is Fan Xian’s answer!

You know, a few months ago, the Crown Prince and the Second Prince were entangled with Princess Zhang's people to attack Fan Xian and prevent him from taking over the financial power of the inner treasury. They investigated the Ministry of Revenue and finally found the biggest loophole to get rid of Fan Jian. In the end, it was because they found the Crown Prince himself and the backup plan left by Fan Jian that Emperor Qing stopped the investigation.

In fact, all these things are just for the stability of Qing State. From this point of view, the crown prince has to be abolished. Fan Xian guessed that Emperor Qing was also inclined to abolish the crown prince.

Emperor Qing did want to depose the crown prince, but no matter what the matter was, he did not want to see the ministers' unanimous opinion. What the crown prince did was too absurd, and no one with a brain would stand up and speak for the crown prince. Keeping silent and not adding insult to injury was the most valuable thing!

The fact that the Prince's Junior Tutor and Grand Scholar Hu came out to plead for mercy was only because of their status and had nothing to do with any faction.

This is their responsibility, and also the attitude they must adopt as loyal subjects!

As long as the crown prince has not been deposed, as ministers of the Imperial Secretariat, they must treat the crown prince as half a king and protect him.

Emperor Qing nodded and said loudly:

"Bring the prince to the palace first."

A eunuch beside him took the order and left.

A moment later, the prince with a gentle face came to the hall.

All the civil and military officials in the court came to greet him, and even the silent Second Prince put on his signature smile to welcome the Crown Prince. However, the deep meaning behind this smile made the Crown Prince's heart waver, and he had some other thoughts.

As for Fan Xian, he did not show any other expression from beginning to end.

The prince smiled at everyone in the hall, nodded, and said nothing. After greeting everyone, he stepped forward and knelt down at the foot of Emperor Qing, saying loudly: "Cheng Qian greets His Majesty."

Looking at Li Chengqian, who looked very similar to himself, Emperor Qing sighed slightly, "Perhaps you did something foolish before, but you have made great progress this year. In order to avoid any more shocks and chaos in the court, I should not have dismissed you."

Without any intention of hiding anything, Emperor Qing spoke out what was in his heart.

As if to make up for something.

"But the hearts of the people of this world need to be settled, the hearts of the civil and military officials also need to be settled, and the future of Qing Kingdom also needs to be settled!"

Emperor Qing was not a tyrant. In fact, no matter from which perspective, Li Chengqian was the most suitable prince.

In addition to avoiding internal friction in Qing State, it can also prevent Fan Xian, who controls both the Supervisory Council and the Inner Treasury, from becoming the only one in power, thus facilitating checks and balances.

At first, he had given up the idea of ​​deposing the crown prince, but in the end he made up his mind. All the ministers understood that once Emperor Qing made a decision, it could never be changed.

The tone of his voice gradually became higher, and Emperor Qing had already stood up from the dragon throne, "I hereby strip Li Chengqian of his title of Crown Prince and demote him to the position of Special Envoy of Southern Zhao, to be sent to the Southern Zhao Kingdom!"

Just like that, a seemingly huge decision was made so easily.

As for the position of Crown Prince, it was left vacant, waiting for the next heir to take it.

Afterwards, Emperor Qing took pity on the old and frail Prince's Tutor and Grand Secretary Hu, and allowed them to retire and recuperate, returning home in glory. It seemed like this was a gift rather than a punishment.

The two of them were also grateful and expressed their gratitude.

This court meeting was only to discuss this matter. To call it a discussion was just to follow Emperor Qing's wishes.

No one expected it to be so quick. Even if it was just this one matter, there would be no result without arguing for a few days, right?

The matter of going to Mount Dadong to offer sacrifices to heaven and depose the crown prince was also decided by Emperor Qing.

Fan Xian walked out of the hall in a daze, and before he could come to his senses, he was greeted by many "enthusiastic" gazes.
(End of this chapter)