Time Travel: The Useless Prince, First Destroy the Princess

"King Hejian, do you have anything to say?"

Liu Yan asked.

"Your Majesty, I have failed to educate my son properly. Please punish me!"

Prince Hejian knew that he was definitely involved in his son's affair, so he might as well take the initiative to admit his mistake.

It seems that it is a done deal that even the King of Zhenbei cannot turn the situation around, so it is better to retreat in order to advance.

"This matter has been handed over to the Zongzheng Mansion. It will be tried according to the clan law and the truth will come out. King Hejian, you are innocent. Get up!" Liu Yan said calmly.

Liu Zhao almost laughed in his heart.

Ignorance is no crime!

Even if Liu Yan was not the mastermind behind this incident, it seemed that Liu Yan had hinted to others to do it.

The Prince of Hejian and others relied on the Prince of Zhenbei to plot rebellion. This was also a warning to the king!

But the action cannot be too big. If the Prince of Zhenbei is forced to rebel and the war breaks out, Liu Yan will probably not have an easy time.

Judging from the reaction at the scene, Liu Yan and King Jingnan's side have completely gained the upper hand. At this moment, let alone the lack of evidence, even if there is evidence, Liu Xian is indeed guilty of murder and cannot be separated from the matter.

But that patrolling censor and those two women may have become victims for no apparent reason!

"Your Majesty, I request that you resign my title as Prince of Hejian and return to my hometown in Guyang to guard the mausoleum of my ancestors!"

"Guarding the tombs of our ancestors?" Liu Yan sneered.

"Please grant me your permission, Your Majesty!" Prince Hejian kowtowed again.

"It's rare that you have such a filial heart. If I don't allow it, wouldn't it be a betrayal of your kindness? I will allow you!"

"Yes!" Prince Hejian stood up and returned to his seat, looking at Prince Zhenbei.

The emperor just went with the flow, speechless!

"Your Majesty, the Prince of Hejian led three expeditions against the Western Rong and made great contributions to your glorious country. How can you allow him to return to guard the mausoleum?"

King Zhenbei stood up again angrily.

"Uncle, didn't you hear that it was Prince Hejian's own request?"

"Then I, this old minister, will also go back to guard the mausoleum. Please grant me permission, Your Majesty!" Liu Shuo bowed.

"If the emperor's uncle has this intention, then that's fine!"

Liu Yan said coldly.

"You, Liu Yan, don't forget, this kingdom belongs to the Liu family, not just you, Liu Yan! This is the kingdom that all the kings present here fought for together with the late emperor!"

King Zhenbei was already very angry.

The other ministers didn't even dare to look at Liu Yan's expression and were busy stuffing food into their mouths.

"Brother Prince, you must not be rude when speaking to the Emperor!" Prince Jingnan stood up and shouted harshly.

"Liu Xuan, who do you think you are!"

Liu Xuan refused to give in: "Who do you think you are? You're relying on your status as the King of Zhenbei to act like a spoiled brat. You have the nerve to do that!"

"Prince Jingnan, forget it!" Liu Yan was happy when he saw his two uncles quarreling, but it was really inappropriate for two people who were over a hundred years old in total to quarrel on such a grand occasion.

So he stopped King Jingnan.

Prince Jingnan glared at Prince Zhenbei and sat down.

"Your Majesty has a good trick!" Prince Zhenbei sneered, "I just want to ask, I, Liu Shuo, Prince Zhenbei, can give in, I wonder if Your Majesty can give in?"

It seems that King Zhenbei has given it his all.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone, who were already silent, looked at Liu Yan.

Liu Yan was very calm. He picked up some food with chopsticks and put it into his mouth, chewing it slowly.

"Liu Shuo, how dare you say such outrageous words!" Liu Xuan stood up again and shouted.

"What? Are you going to kill me? Come on! Let the Royal Guards come and tie me up! Or are you, the King of Jingnan, going to lead your troops to wipe out my 200,000-strong army in Zhenbei?"

King Zhenbei sneered and made a gesture of surrendering.

"Do you think I don't dare?"

Liu Xuan sneered, turned around and bowed to Liu Yan: "Your Majesty, the Prince of Zhenbei has committed treason and high treason. I request that he be arrested and handed over to the Zongzhengfu for punishment!"

Liu Yan looked at Liu Xuan and said slowly, "Prince Jingnan and Prince Zhenbei have straightforward tempers. I don't blame them. There's no need to make a fuss! Please sit down!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After Liu Xuan finished speaking, he sat down.

"Since you don't blame me, it's great that you want to be a sage monarch!" But the King of Zhenbei didn't appreciate it at all.

He Zhi shook his head slightly. The King of Zhenbei did this because he relied on the fact that he had a large army under his command and the emperor did not dare to do anything to him!

Another important point is that He Zhi knew very well that Liu Yan was indeed a fairly generous person, and such a character was very rare among emperors.

"Throughout history, who among rulers has not wished to become a sage? Is there anything wrong with that?"

"Humph! That's a nice thing to say. You didn't kill me because you were afraid of being accused of uncle-killing!"

"Uncle, your words are wrong. As a minister, you are not afraid of violating the etiquette between the monarch and his subjects and being criticized by the world. As a monarch, if someone commits treason, I will raise my sword and kill them. How can I be so soft-hearted just for the sake of false reputation?"

Liu Yan said slowly with a sneer.

"Hahaha! What a joke!" Prince Zhenbei laughed loudly, pointing his finger in Liu Zhao's direction. "How ridiculous that this generation of sage monarch is going to pass the throne to such a ruthless prince in the future!"

"Fuck, why are you talking about me!" Liu Zhao couldn't help but glare.

I didn't provoke you. Damn, you were confronted by Yang Ke and Prince Jingnan, but you couldn't defeat them, so now you come to confront an idiot!

You have the nerve!

If it weren't for his identity as a stupid prince, Liu Zhao really wanted to stand up and retort.

"Look, he's still looking at me!" King Zhenbei laughed, "Prince, are you going to kill me? You have to wait until you become emperor!"

"Enough! Prince of Zhenbei, considering that you are my uncle and have made great contributions to Zhenbei, I will not bother with you. As an elder, how can you be so shameless as to criticize the Crown Prince like this?"

"That's right, there's no point in me talking to this idiot! I'd better talk to you! You're not an idiot, you're the Holy Lord!"

"King Zhenbei, just say what you want to say! Don't beat around the bush!"

Liu Yan said coldly that it seemed that even if he recruited those bodyguards and suppressed the Prince of Hejian, the Prince of Zhenbei still had no intention of giving up on changing the crown prince.

"Today, in front of all the kings and ministers, I ask you again, will you change the crown prince or not?"

As expected, King Zhenbei spoke.

"Duke Qi, Prince Anping said that day that there would be another discussion about changing the crown prince. What should we do?"

Liu Yan suddenly asked Sima Bei who was silent.

Sima Bei was startled. This was the time when Liu Yan wanted to make his position clear, so he gritted his teeth and stood up.

"Your Majesty, Prince Anping says anyone who discusses changing the crown prince will have their head hung on Mount Ning as a warning to the world!"

Liu Yan nodded: "Prince of Zhenbei, did you hear what Prince Anping said?"

"Hmph! Sima Bei is such a villain. What he says is no more effective than a fart from me. What's the use of it?"

Of course he knew that Sima Bei couldn't lie, but since he had already spoken, how could he back down because of a single word?

"Brother Wang, are you saying that my father's words are like farts?" The brothers Anshun Wang and Yiyang Wang stood up.

"That's not the case. I'm talking about Sima Bei!" No matter how arrogant the Prince of Zhenbei was, he didn't dare to openly target the Prince of Anping.

Among the royal family, Prince Anping is a god-like existence.

He is old, has high prestige, and his words are law.

Sima Bei knew that if he chose sides, he would definitely be ridiculed, but he had long since developed an impenetrable skin and stood aside without any reaction.