The Crown Prince Zhan Shi was mainly in charge of the Eastern Palace's internal affairs and cultural education. When Li Zexuan was first appointed to this position, Li Er had not expected him to be able to fulfill his duties. This was because Li Chengqian's education was being handled by the Crown Prince's right concubine-born son Kong Yingda and his left concubine-born son Yu Zhining. Li Zexuan's title as Crown Prince Zhan Shi was more in name than reality. Li Er mainly wanted him to assist Li Chengqian in the future.
At this time, Li Er still had high hopes for his son Li Chengqian.
"This subject thanks Your Majesty for your grace!"
Li Zexuan was happy. This test had indeed tested Li Er's attitude. It seemed like Li Er did not want to remove him from his position!
But logically speaking, Li Zexuan had no intention of resigning. Although he wasn't a fan of official positions, he needed to have an official position to protect himself in this cannibalistic feudal society. The higher the rank, the better. This third-rank Crown Prince Zhan Shi was just right.
Li Er looked at Li Zexuan who wanted to be proud but did not dare to be too proud. He was both angry and amused. He pondered for a while and said, "The Supreme Court had already found out some information from the scholar who led the attack on your house!"
When Li Zexuan heard this, he immediately perked up. However, Li Er suddenly stopped talking. This made him very angry. He cursed Old Li in his heart for not having Little Chirpy. After waiting for a long while, Li Er continued.
"That student is from Qinghe's Cui Family's Zhengzhou Branch's second branch. His name is Cui Yunhan. His grandfather is the East County Duke's younger brother. According to him, because he saw you wantonly advocating engineering studies, he felt that you were insulting the sage's studies. He felt indignant and wanted to gather a group of classmates to denounce you."
Qinghe's Cui Family?
When Li Zexuan heard Cui Yun Han's identity, he was shocked in his heart. Combined with the news of the aristocratic family gathering that Leng Yu Yao brought the day before, he finally had a rough idea of what happened. The aristocratic family had already made a move on him ~!
But after hearing Cui Yunhan's confession, Li Zexuan could not help but frown. He stepped forward and cupped his hands.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for speaking bluntly. The truth is definitely not what Cui Yun Han said! All of my actions after leaving the mountain have harmed the aristocratic families and benefited the common people. Those aristocratic families all see me as a thorn in their side. If you say that Cui Yun Han's actions are only to protect the position of the Saint Academy, I will never believe it ~! "
Li Er said in annoyance, "Of course I know that kid is lying. Do I need you to teach me ~? However, as Cui Junchuo was the Prefectural Duke, the people of the Supreme Court could not punish his grandnephew without any evidence! However, the Supreme Court didn't come out empty-handed. They also found some other things! "
Li Zexuan's expression changed slightly, but he couldn't rush him. He could only stand there anxiously and wait for him to continue.
"The incident this time was less than a month apart from the time when Jiang Cuihua led a group of women to surround your house. Previously, I suspected that there should be some connection between the two cases. Thus, I let the Supreme Court officials try the two cases together. As expected, Jiang Cuihua testified that Cui Yunhan's figure and voice were very similar to the person who instigated her last time ~! Thus, Cui Yunhan has been detained by the Supreme Court and will be handed over to the Ministry of Justice to be convicted ~! "
After Li Er finished speaking, there was a trace of complacency in his expression. Li Zexuan felt that he should play the background music of "Detective Conan" for Old Li. However, he felt that the previous case had nothing to do with this case. Because the day before yesterday, Leng Yuyao brought news that during the gathering of the five aristocratic families, the one who went to the Cui Family was Cui Xuanji ~!
"Your Majesty is wise and observant. I admire you ~! But I wonder how Your Majesty intends to deal with it ~? "
Li Zexuan thought to himself. No matter if the previous incident was done by Cui Yunhan or not, this kid will definitely not be able to escape. I will kill him first.
Li Er stared into Li Zexuan's eyes and asked, "How do you want me to deal with him ~?"
A qualified and virtuous official would definitely say "Your Majesty can decide" at this moment. However, Li Zexuan was never a qualified and virtuous official. He said with a serious face,
"Your Majesty, to be honest, ever since I decided to establish Yanhuang College and promote engineering, I have been running around everywhere for the college. Even so, the progress of the college is not satisfactory. The main reason is that in the process of building the college, there are always some people with bad intentions who want to harm me!
In order to protect myself and my family, I am really tired of dealing with them ~! Therefore, if Your Majesty feels that there is still a need for Yanhuang College to exist, or if Your Majesty feels that engineering is still useful to my Tang Empire, I beg Your Majesty to punish the chicken to warn the monkey. So that those demons and monsters will not affect me from spreading engineering ~! "
After saying so much, Li Zexuan wanted to use the name of engineering to make Cui Yunhan look bad in front of Li Er. With the Fairy Lamp and gunpowder, these two peerless artifacts, Li Zexuan felt that the bargaining chip on the side of engineering was enough. Furthermore, Li Er's relationship with the Shandong nobles was not good. This choice was not controversial for Li Er.
Of course, Li Er would not choose to stand on the side of the nobles. Otherwise, he would not have personally ordered the Imperial Army to capture Cui Yunhan. The reason why he did that was because he placed great importance on engineering. At this moment, after hearing Li Zexuan's words, he raised his eyebrows and said,
"You want me to kill Cui Yunhan ~? Tsk ~! You really dare to think about it ~! Let's not talk about Cui Yunhan being from the Cui Clan of Qinghe. Just based on the crimes he committed, according to my 《Tang Empire Law》, he does not deserve to die. Do you want me to kill him just because he targeted you ~? If I really do that, how can I convince the masses ~? "
Li Zexuan felt helpless. He thought for a while and said, "I was too reckless ~! However, Your Majesty, last time, the Elder of Seven Cultivators Sect, Snake King, came down the mountain to kill me to avenge his disciple. According to my investigation, Snake King had been in seclusion in Snake Spirit Mountain for many years and rarely came down the mountain. A few months ago, I killed Flying Snake at Beimang Mountain's Blood Wind Stronghold. There were very few people who knew about this matter. Snake King must have found out from some channels that I killed his disciple and came down the mountain to ambush me ~! I suspect that this matter is related to the nobles, or rather, the Cui Clan ~! Your Majesty, please make a decision for me ~! "
Hearing this, a cold light flashed in Li Er's eyes. He stood with his hands behind his back and paced back and forth in the hall. After a while, he said, "Your suspicion is reasonable, but there is no proof ~! I will not let Cui Yunhan off easily. I will also send someone to warn the Cui Clan ~! This matter ends here. If they still dare to do anything, I will definitely punish them. You can go back first ~! "
In the end, now is not the time to touch the Cui Clan ~!
Li Er sighed in his heart.
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