Li Chengye and Li Feng led the army to rebel and invaded the imperial city, declaring their complete defeat.

  Even if Li Xi originally wanted to keep them alive, he couldn't be more private at this moment.

   After all, the crime of treason is heinous. Even if they are father and son, no matter how affectionate they are, they are not worth mentioning in front of power.

  The rebels of Li Chengye and Li Feng were quickly strangled to death by the Shenwu army sent by Li Zhen.

  Li Xi seems to be incompetent, allowing powerful ministers and treacherous ministers to control the government and bring chaos to the government. But in fact, he is extremely smart, and everyone is just his pawn.

  He also expected that Li Chengye and Li Feng would have rebellious intentions. Once they drove the dog into a poor alley, they might kill the fish and kill the net. So he has already made sufficient preparations.

  As soon as the troops of Li Chengye and Li Feng reached the palace, they were already surrounded by the Shenwu Army several times their size.

  The result was as expected, Li Feng was killed on the spot, and Li Chengye was imprisoned in Dali Temple.

  Seeing this result, a stone hanging in Xiang Nan's heart finally fell to the ground.

  …

Two days later, Wang Shu, the prime minister of Dali Temple, reported, "Your Majesty, the assassination of the former prince, the case of the bronze statue of Wanfo Temple and the poisoning of the nine princesses in Xizhou have all been tried and closed by Dali Temple. Feng. This official has brought the rules for closing the case, please the Holy Majesty to make a ruling!"

  Xiang Nan sighed when he heard this.

  When Li Xi was partial to Li Chengye at the beginning, all these cases were buried deeply, and they were treated coldly or not.

   Now that Li Chengye has collapsed, in order to completely discredit him, Li Zhi uncovered all these crimes again.

  Just like in "Yongzheng Dynasty", when Nian Gengyao was deeply favored by Yongzheng, even princes and ministers would kneel to welcome him.

  But when Yongzheng wanted to deal with him, he immediately mentioned ninety-two major crimes. If you don't criticize him badly, you won't be able to finish criticizing him for ten thousand years.

   It can be seen that the power struggle is really too cruel.

  From spirit to body, from personality to reputation, all-round destruction.

"Your Majesty, the crown prince made a big mistake, and Li Feng might be suspected of instigating it. Li Feng is dead, and the loyal king's family should obey the law. But remembering that the crown prince has made great contributions to the country, I hope that your majesty will be punished lightly!" Taichang Temple Minister Xi Qingzhuo came out Ban played.

  Li Xi didn't speak.

  Since he asked Wang Shu to reorganize the three major cases, his purpose was to completely destroy Li Chengye and find enough reasons for himself to abolish and kill the prince.

  Otherwise, if he wanted to let Li Chengye go, he wouldn't have to bother at all.

   At this moment, someone outside the hall shouted, "The Empress Dowager is here!"

  Hearing this shout, everyone immediately stood up.

  Seeing the empress dowager enter proudly, behind her is the loyal king in chains and shackles.

   With a distraught look on his face, he is no longer as arrogant as before.

  …

   "Get up, everyone lower their heads, no one can recognize anyone." The Empress Dowager said something.

   "Grandmother, there is something to tell, why did you come in person?" Li Wei was taken aback, and said.

   "Your Majesty, I'm here to ask for a favor." The Empress Dowager said without talking nonsense.

   "Grandmother, you are trying to embarrass me!" Li Xi knew what she meant when he heard it, and said quickly.

"You... just listen to me, and see if it's embarrassing or not." The Empress Dowager waved her hand, "Please Your Majesty take away the favor of King Zhong's hereditary inheritance, and search the family property. Within three generations of King Zhong's four clans, from now on, no You can enter the court and become an official."

  Hearing what she said, everyone was taken aback.

   The punishment suffered by King Zhong is not insignificant. Not only was the title cut off and family property was seized, but the four clans and three generations were not allowed to be officials. For the Zhongwang family, it is no less than uprooting.

  But compared to the crime of treason, this kind of punishment seems too light.

  After all, Li Feng assassinated the crown prince, attempted to usurp the throne, embezzled Buddha bronze, poisoned the princess...everything is a heinous crime that should be punished by the nine clans.

  Now it's just abolishing titles, confiscating family properties, and not being an official, all of which are cheap for them.

   But for Xiang Nan, such punishment is enough.

   After all, Li Feng, the chief villain, is dead, and other clan members of the loyal king line may not be involved. If you want to kill them all, you will inevitably be wronged.

  For these princes and grandchildren, it is already a very desolate thing to cut the nobles for the people and seize the family property, so there is no need to insist on beheading.

  Besides, it is impossible for the Zhongwang family to make a comeback. There is no need to beat the dog in the water if it poses any threat to the imperial power.

   "Since the imperial grandmother has spoken, I will definitely give the imperial grandmother a favor." Li Wei nodded.

   "What about Cheng Ye?" The Empress Dowager asked again.

   "Grandmother..." Li Xi interrupted her disrespectfully, and then announced with tears in his eyes, "Li Chengye led troops into the Qianqing Gate in the middle of the night, intending to kill his father and usurp the throne.

   There were three cases of assassinating the first prince, embezzling copper used for casting Buddha, and poisoning the nine princesses of Xizhou to blame King Yi. My rich court absolutely cannot tolerate such an ambitious prince! In my son's mind, leave a whole body, give a cup of poisonous wine, and bury it outside the ancestral hall! "

   Li Chengye was once a son he valued very much, but he didn't expect to come to this point now. The white-haired man gave the black-haired man, but he gave it himself!

  Although the Tian family has no father and son, it has given him more than 20 years after all. Now that he is given to death, how can Li Yu not feel heartbroken!

   When the Empress Dowager saw that Li Yu insisted on executing Li Chengye, she couldn't persuade him anymore, so she shivered and lowered her head in disappointment.

  …

   Li Chengye was then poisoned to death with a cup of poisoned wine and buried outside the ancestral hall.

   After hearing the news, Xiang Nan secretly went to pay homage to him.

"Although you have harmed me, I don't hold grudges against you. Because of power struggles, it has always been like this. If it were me, I might have done even worse." He said while burning the paper, "I just hope that you will reincarnate well, and in your next life Don't be born again in the emperor's house."

  After Li Chengye's death, the crown prince was once again vacant.

   Let Li Chengwen and Li Chengyuan start to move around.

   Like Li Chengwen, he went to the memorial to put an end to foreign relatives interfering in politics.

   As a result, he was beaten by Emperor Li Xi. It is said that his views are biased, full of mistakes and omissions, and still need to be comprehended.

  Li Chengyuan also used the guise of filial piety, and ran to Li Xi every day to pay his respects.

  Xiang Nan was not in a hurry, he was still the same as in the past, he was repairing books in the Hongwen Library every day, and he didn't seem to covet the crown prince at all.

  With so many eyes and ears in the palace, his behavior like this will naturally be known to interested people soon.

"Yin'er, I originally thought that you were repairing books in the Hongwen Library, but it was just an excuse." Zhang Meiniang called Xiang Nan over, and said in a bitter voice, "I didn't expect that you really devoted yourself to repairing books. Didn't you I heard, have your third and fourth brothers started to act?"

   "Queen Mother, calm down." Xiang Nan laughed quickly when he heard this, "It's not that the child is tired, but that this matter cannot be rushed. The royal father has his own ideas about establishing the crown prince. And the more you dance, the more you will be hated.

  Baby is now keeping his duty, doing his own thing well, and trusting his father to make his own judgment. "

  Seeing what he said, Zhang Meiniang also felt that it made sense, "Okay, but don't be too serious, you still have to go to the Holy Majesty's side and see more."

   "Yes, I would like to follow my mother's orders." Xiang Nan nodded.