wealthy lord

Chapter 609 Meeting the Crown Prince for the First Time

He, Li Jing, had originally usurped power and seized the throne to become a great treasure. Therefore, he was not afraid of his son rebelling against him. He was only afraid that the prince did not have the ability.

If the prince is strong enough and can even control those old guys, Li Jing will be very happy.

It proves that the successor he has trained for more than 20 years is excellent.

Of course, he is not afraid of these old guys causing trouble. He still has powerful people like Lin Yun at his disposal, and Fu Tianchen, recommended by Fulinan, can act as a check and balance. As long as he is willing, he can find reasons to take action at any time.

At this time, Cao Shaoqing's voice suddenly sounded outside the door.

"Your Majesty, Lin Yun, Minister of War, wants to see you!"

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the three father and son lit up.

The emperor frowned secretly. He did not want Lin Yun and his two princes to meet prematurely.

He said in a deep voice: "Tell Lin Zhongtang that I won't see anyone today and ask him to come back another day!"

Cao Shaoqing knelt outside the palace door and smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, Lin Zhongtang said that he has something important to report! He also said that if he cannot see Your Majesty, he will keep waiting outside!"

The emperor sighed and said in a deep voice: "That's all, then let him have an audience!"

"Old slave obeys!"

Cao Shaoqing stood up and left.

But the two princes had different moods.

It was obvious that the prince was hostile to Lin Yun, and although today's incident was caused by the second prince, he always spoke for Lin Yun, and his attitude was already obvious.

Soon, the palace door was opened, and Lin Yun saw the two young princes as soon as he entered. Although they didn't know each other yet, they nodded in greeting.

Immediately, he knelt on the ground and shouted: "Long live my emperor!"

The emperor smiled and said: "Invite Lin Qing's family! If you have any urgent matter, you can talk about it now!"

Lin Yun then stood up and said, "The emperor should know about Cui Mingchong's murder, right?"

When the emperor heard about this, he frowned and said, "Is this what Lin Zhongtang is doing?"

Lin Yun nodded and smiled: "That's right! Cui Mingchong was an official of the imperial court after all, and he died in the capital. Doesn't the emperor intend to find out the truth?"

At this time, the prince shouted: "Bold! Is it Lin Zhongtang's turn to say how my father should do things?"

Lin Yun was not angry, he cupped his fists and said with a smile: "This prince is..."

The second prince introduced: "Lin Zhongtang, he is the current prince Li Daozhen!"

Lin Yun suddenly realized it and said with fake enthusiasm: "Hey, it turns out you are His Highness the Crown Prince! I am rude to you, I hope Your Highness will not blame you!"

Li Daozhen snorted coldly and stopped talking.

It is said that you should never hit someone with a smiling face. Lin Yun was so polite, so he couldn't use it as an excuse, and he also knew that Lin Yun was not easy to mess with.

Lin Yun looked at the second prince again. Before he could say anything, the second prince immediately clasped his fists and smiled: "My name is Li Daozong, and I am the second son of my father!"

Lin Yun looked at him deeply and said meaningfully: "It turns out to be His Highness the Second Prince. How disrespectful!"

At this time, the emperor said: "Okay! Lin Zhongtang, regarding the murder of Cui Mingchong, I have already arranged for the clan government to assist in the investigation! You should not participate in this matter!"

Lin Yun nodded secretly. This time he finally understood. If he was still suspicious last time when he met the Holy Emperor, after seeing the emperor's reaction this time, he was finally sure that the emperor must have known about the princeling.

I just don’t understand why you are still pretending not to know anything.

Lin Yun clasped his fists and said, "In that case, I won't say much more! Your Majesty, Wei Chen would like to take a month's leave and return to Fengyang County to do some business! I hope your majesty can approve it!"

The emperor raised his eyebrows: "Oh? If you have any difficulties in Lin Qing's family, you can tell me, and I will definitely help you solve them!" This meant that he did not agree to give Lin Yun a holiday.

He was originally afraid of Fengyang County's strength, so he kept Lin Yun in the capital, and everything was still under control.

Once Lin Yun is let back, there is no certainty what will happen.

Lin Yun knew what the emperor was worried about and said in a deep voice: "Madam Weichen has been pregnant for a long time and is not in good health recently, so Weichen wants to go back and have a look, and by the way, he will bring the two ladies to the capital to enjoy themselves!"

There was still a trace of doubt in the emperor's eyes, and the atmosphere in the hall instantly solidified.

Lin Yun sighed inwardly, it seemed that he had never gained the emperor's trust.

Just when neither he nor the emperor could get off the stage, the second prince who had been silent suddenly said: "Father, I would like to go with Lin Zhongtang! It just so happens that I also want to see the situation in the northwest frontier!"

Lin Yun's eyes lit up and he glanced at the second prince gratefully.

"Your Majesty, if I go back this time, I can just put in place the last time we discussed the matter of planting landmines on the border! This will also help us solve the foreign invasion of the Panda tribe as soon as possible!"

The emperor's expression softened slightly, and he finally smiled, looked at the two princes, and said, "There's nothing going on here without you two! You can leave!"

The two princes immediately knelt down to worship, stood up and left.

When there were no outsiders left, the emperor stood up and walked down the dragon case, patted Lin Yun on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Lin Zhongtang, don't be angry with me! I don't trust you to go back, and it's for your safety!"

Lin Yun knew that he was telling lies, but he could only pretend to be dumbfounded.

He smiled bitterly and said, "I thank you, Lord, for your kindness!"

"Okay! I knew your kid would come looking for me! Cui Mingchong was killed, do you have a suspect in mind?"

Lin Yun raised his eyes and glanced at the emperor, then lowered his head and said, "Yes!"

He really wanted to ask the emperor directly if he knew about the princelings, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say them out.

Maybe the emperor was waiting for him to take the initiative to bring it up, but Lin Yun was used by the emperor last time, and he didn't want to be used this time.

The emperor smiled half-heartedly and said, "Tell me who it is!"

Lin Yun said in a deep voice: "Fifth Prince!"

The emperor smiled contemptuously and said, "Are you sure it's him?"

"That's right! Cui Mingchong once assassinated the Fifth Prince. The Fifth Prince has a vengeful character and revenge is what he deserves!"

The emperor nodded: "Lin Zhongtang, you should know the situation in the court, right? If the murderer is the fifth prince, then Cui Mingchong's death will be in vain! It is impossible for me to kill my own brother for a foreign minister!"

Lin Yun had long known that this would be the case, so he knew that the Eight Wise Kings were the masterminds behind the scenes, and let the Fifth Prince take the blame just because he didn't want to offend the Eight Wise Kings.

Of course, he didn't care whether the emperor knew these inside stories.

It is sheer nonsense that the emperor commits the same crime as the common people.

Let’s not talk about the darkness of officials protecting each other. Even if the emperor really wanted the fifth prince to die, he would not be able to do this evil thing.

"Wei Chen understands! Coming here to report this time is just to give His Majesty some peace of mind!"

Their monarchs and ministers had already hidden their own concerns, so the conversation was so tiring.

At this time, the emperor said: "Lin Zhongtang just met my two sons. How do you feel?"

Lin Yun smiled awkwardly: "Both princes are very good, so Wei Chen won't comment! Besides, Wei Chen doesn't have the qualifications!"

(End of this chapter)