I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

After hearing what Li Chengqian said, Li Shimin looked at him, and then glanced at the people who were apologizing.

Finally, the gloom on his face slowly disappeared.

"Well, since the prince is pleading for you, let's forget about this matter for the sake of the prince.

However, there must be punishment. No one should be punished for half a year to serve as a warning to others.

If you commit the same mistake again in the future, don't blame me for not giving you a chance."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace, and thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince."

Everyone hurried to express their gratitude.

"Well, today's events should come to an end.

Although it has been said since ancient times that when thunder strikes the world, there will be evil spirits, but nothing in the world is absolute.

Just like the incident of the East Palace being struck by lightning, it was just an ordinary incident and did not have any special meaning.

You are all officials appointed by the imperial court, so needless to say you are talented and knowledgeable, and your knowledge is certainly not shallow.

Don’t mention this matter again.”

Li Shimin began to summarize.

"We, your servants, will obey your orders." All the officials responded in unison.

"And you."

Li Shimin looked at those who submitted memorials and said:

"As officials appointed by the imperial court, you make rash judgments without distinguishing right from wrong.

He made irresponsible remarks about the East Palace and slandered the Crown Prince.

You should be punished, but considering your loyalty, I will forgive you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace." More than a dozen people kowtowed to express their gratitude.

Then Li Shimin continued:

"However, you are acting this way because you lack experience.

Then you should go down to the local area and hone your skills.

Once you have gained enough experience, the court will naturally entrust you with important tasks."

"The ministers obey the order."

A dozen people were suddenly extremely depressed. They were kicked out of the center of power.

This is His Majesty's revenge for their memorials to the Emperor.

It will probably be even more difficult to enter Kyoto again in the future.

Because the one who will succeed to the throne in the future is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

"King Ji!"

After dealing with these people, Li Shimin looked at Li Shen again.

"My son is here."

"One year's salary deduction."

"What? Another punishment, why?"

Li Shen was immediately determined to quit his job after being fined his salary. He thought that his salary might not even be enough to cover his son's salary.

"Humph, you disturbed the court today, spoke nonsense, and were disrespectful to an important official like Mr. Gao.

If there is a next time, I will not let you off easily."

Li Shimin snorted in a stern tone, but the reason he gave was understated.

"Okay, fine me then."

Li Shen also accepted it. His current salary was just like a number. Adding one or subtracting one was just a number to him.

He was too lazy to remember how many years he had been punished.

Anyway, he felt that he would never get a salary in this life, so he didn't care.

Four million strings of cash was enough to cover his salary for three or four hundred years.

He suddenly wondered with a sense of evil humor whether his father would fine him four hundred years of salary for the four million strings of cash.

It will be recorded on his epitaph at that time: Ji Wang Shen, the tenth son of Emperor Taizong, owed salary for 400 years during the Zhenguan period.

At that time, will the archaeological experts in the future conduct various researches and collect evidences, and finally overturn it, saying that it was written wrong and should be four years?

Thinking of this, Li Shen wanted to laugh.

Li Shen suddenly wondered whether he should write his own epitaph first.

"Retreat from the court~~~~~"

The announcement of the dismissal of court brought Li Shen back to reality. When he looked up, he found that his father and elder brother had already walked towards a side door.

"Old Ten, today is exciting."

King Li Tai of Wei came to Li Shen and patted Li Shen on the shoulder with a smile.

"Hehe, no, no, Fourth Brother, you are too kind. These are just trifles."

Li Shen chuckled, not hiding it at all.

"A trifle? I think it's a conspiracy, right?

Li Shen, what a cruel method. "

Prince of Jin Li Zhi looked at Li Shen and said coldly.

"Ninth brother, be it a conspiracy or a trick, if you are not convinced, you can compete with me."

Li Shen looked at Li Zhi with contempt. He was half a head taller than Li Zhi.

The feeling of being high above and looking down on others made Li Shen thank his mother from the bottom of his heart.

"you....."

Li Zhi was extremely upset, especially the way Li Shen looked at him, which made him very uncomfortable.

However, Li Zhi was afraid of Li Shen, because this guy did not play by the rules and had no bottom line.

For example, leading troops to storm into Prince Jin's mansion and attack him was something that no normal person would do.

As for this lightning strike incident, Li Zhi concluded that it must be related to Li Shen.

Although he didn't know what method Li Shen used to control the thunder, Li Shen's performance today was enough to show that he was the one who did it.

"What? Brother Nine doesn't accept it? Do you believe I can rub your blood all over you?"

Li Shen straightened his chest, revealing the bloodstained part of his clothes.

"Okay, what's wrong with you two? You start arguing as soon as you meet. We are brothers, have you forgotten?

Lao Shi, you should also speak less and stop trying to make Zhinu angry on purpose.

After all, he is your brother, so you should respect him."

Li Tai acted as a peacemaker and educated the two of them like an older brother.

"Look at what Fourth Brother said. I was just joking with Ninth Brother. Of course I respect Ninth Brother."

Li Shen immediately put on a smiling face, put his arm around Li Zhi's shoulders and spoke to Li Tai.

Li Zhi glanced at Li Shen, took a step forward, got out of Li Shen's arms, and then gently patted his shoulder that Li Shen had touched.

Without even looking at Li Shen, he walked out of the hall.

Li Shen kept hugging Li Zhi's shoulders and stared at him blankly for a long while before he reacted.

"Oh my god, Fourth Brother, does he dislike me? Does he think I'm dirty?

Hey? I'm in a bad mood today. Stop right there and explain what you mean.

Boy, if you have the guts, don't leave the court. I will block you outside the imperial city, believe it or not."

"Hey, hey, calm down, Old Ten, calm down."

Li Shen is crazy. He is the only one who looks down on others. When has he ever been looked down upon by others? Today, Li Shen must get an explanation and teach him a lesson.

When Li Tai saw that Li Shen was about to act impulsively, he quickly held Li Shen back. He was really afraid that Li Shen would fight with Li Zhi.

After pulling for a while, Li Shen was unable to break free from Li Tai because this guy was too heavy.

Li Shen couldn't pull it at all, so he had no choice but to give up and slowly walked out with Li Tai.

"Old Ten, I'm curious, how did you do it?"

Li Tai asked curiously before leaving the hall.

"How did you do that?"

Li Shen asked doubtfully.

"You're pretending to be confused, huh? I'm asking you how you knew the lightning would strike those dozen families last night.

Did you use any method?"

Seeing that Li Shen pretended to be confused, Li Tai did not get angry and asked directly.

"Fourth brother, you don't think that I know any lightning control techniques, or any magic, do you?"

Li Shen looked at Li Tai as if he were a fool, which made Li Tai very uncomfortable.

“Old Ten, even if it’s not some kind of magic, it must have used some unknown method.

Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that the thunder struck them and not others?"