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Chapter 1169 Exploring the Prison
The more Empress Changsun thought about it, the more she felt that Su Cheng proposed this method, which was fair to the emperor and fair to the prince, and this method was the best of both worlds.

Empress Changsun said with emotion: "It's really hard for Su Cheng to come up with such a way to get the best of both worlds. Speaking of which, the relationship between Su Cheng and the prince has not been considered harmonious, but I didn't expect Su Cheng to step forward to help the prince."

Speaking of this, Empress Changsun couldn't help thinking of Li Tai. Li Tai came to comfort her just now, accusing the prince of being unfaithful and unfilial, and didn't care about the prince's intention to excuse the prince.

To be honest, she felt a little disappointed, so she said that Li Tai was sent away by rest.

Thinking about it now, Li Tai, the prince's younger brother, is even worse than Su Cheng, his brother-in-law.

"Even the civil and military ministers in the morning were very puzzled. I didn't expect that Rong Guogong would excuse the prince. The servants heard many ministers talking about it when they were leaving the court!" The little eunuch said respectfully.

Although the prince's rebellion shocked and disappointed her, Empress Changsun felt that the prince would not have the idea of ​​killing the king and father, and she believed that the son she gave birth to was not so heartless.

Empress Changsun's mood improved a lot, because she felt that the prince should not have to worry about dying.

However, capital crimes can be avoided, but living crimes cannot be escaped. Empress Changsun asked: "If the prince has no intention of killing the king and his father, then how to deal with the prince? Is there any discussion in the court?"

The little eunuch respectfully said: "Duke Rong Guo suggested that the crown prince should be demoted to a commoner, and a manor should be selected for confinement, and he would not be allowed to take half a step in his life."

Banned for a lifetime?This treatment is very heavy.

How boring is it to be confined to a square inch all your life and have no contact with the outside world.

However, thinking that what the prince committed was a serious crime of treason, it would be good to be alive, so Empress Changsun could only sigh lightly.

Su Cheng accompanied Li Shimin into the prison. There was a pungent decaying smell in the prison, which made Li Shimin frown. However, all the prisons are prisoners, and prisoners should suffer, so Li Shimin didn't say anything.

Hou Junji turned his back to the cell door, looking at the small window in the cell, lost in thought, even if he heard the movement behind him, he didn't have any intention of responding.

Rebellion is a capital crime, so Hou Junji knew he was going to die, so naturally he didn't bother to answer anything.

Li Shimin stood in front of the cell and said calmly: "Open the cell door!"

Hearing the voice, Hou Junji turned his face slightly, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he turned around to salute: "Greetings, Your Majesty!"

When the prison door came, Li Shimin walked into the cell, glanced at the dirty cell, shook his head and sighed: "Back then you followed me to conquer the world, always followed by my side, and you were loyal to me. In this way, let those who look down on you see that you have lost my loyalty, and I have not betrayed you, and you can be regarded as honoring your ancestors with the title of Duke, and I never thought that you would rebel!"

"I have never doubted your loyalty. You are very close to the crown prince, and I am still happy in my heart. I think you will be able to assist the crown prince well when the crown prince ascends the throne in the future!"

"Although I dismissed you, I didn't give up on you. I just wanted to sharpen you and let you learn a long lesson, but I didn't expect that the goodbye would be in a prison."

"I really want to ask, why? I have never treated you badly by asking myself."

Hou Junji sighed: "The guilty minister has been thinking about it since he entered the prison, why did he rebel?"

"I was born in poverty, and I've been blindsided since I was a child, so I held my breath to prove myself since I was young, but I haven't read any books or learned martial arts since I was a child, but I am willing to endure hardships. What do you eat?" It’s okay to suffer, just to hold your breath and prove yourself.”

"Your Majesty's kindness to my ministers can be said to be as great as a mountain. I can be promoted to be the Duke of Guangzong, and my minister can be promoted to be the Duke of the country from a pawn. What is there to be dissatisfied with?"

"However, I'm still not satisfied, because many people feel that my title of Duke is not worthy of the name, and I also feel that I am not as good as Duke Wei, Duke Ying, Duke Yi, and Duke Lu. Therefore, I want to prove that Own!"

"Finally, the minister led the army to destroy the Gaochang Kingdom. In the war of destroying the country, the minister can finally say that the title of the duke of the country is worthy of the name. However, the position of the duke of the country was deposed again. It is a joke, the minister!"

"Of course, you can't blame His Majesty for this, you can only blame your Majesty himself. Your Majesty's kindness to the emperor is so great, but I can't figure it out and go astray. I am sorry for Your Majesty. I can only repay His Majesty's great kindness in the next life!"

After Hou Junji bowed deeply to salute, Li Shimin sighed: "Are you still complaining in your heart that I dismissed you as Duke?"

Hou Junji shook his head slightly and said, "You can't blame Your Majesty!"

Su Cheng, who was standing silently in front of the cell door, couldn't help touching his nose. You can't blame His Majesty for this matter, so that means blaming him?
Hou Junji said in a deep voice: "I have committed a heinous crime, and I deserve death. The crime is unforgivable. I have no face, so I beg Your Majesty."

Li Shimin waved his sleeves and said in a deep voice, "What do you want to ask for!"

Hou Junji bowed and said: "I should apologize for my crime with death, I just ask Your Majesty to remember my hard work in the past and keep my family. They don't know anything about my rebellion."

Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, your family will be exiled in Lingnan, but I will take care of them and won't make them suffer too much. I will pardon them when I have the opportunity in the future."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En!" After Hou Junji thanked him, he turned his gaze to Su Cheng.

Although the emperor promised to take care of his family, if Su Cheng wanted to harm his family, the emperor might not be able to protect him.

It's not that Su Cheng has more power than the emperor, but that the emperor can't always take care of his family, but Su Cheng can always plot to murder his family. Even with the emperor's care, it's impossible to guard against. One hundred ways to kill his family silently, even if the emperor finds out later, so what?

"Su Cheng, we know that there is a bit of grievance between us, but death is like a lamp going out, please let my little one go!" Hou Junji clasped his fists and said.

Hou Junji didn't have any political opponents in the court, and after thinking about it, he seemed to have only Su Cheng, so he begged Su Cheng directly in front of the emperor.

Su Cheng was a little baffled when he heard this, but he had to say that Hou Junji did have a scheming heart, he didn't think about it at first, but Hou Junji reminded Su Cheng by doing this.

However, Su Cheng really didn't intend to do anything to Hou Junji's family, he shook his head and said, "You think too much, although you regard me as an enemy, I don't regard you as an enemy, so you can rest assured, I won't do anything to your family."

Hou Junji nodded after hearing this, and said, "It's because I'm too narrow-minded, that's fine, I'll just apologize with death without any worries!"

(End of this chapter)