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

When Li Shen asked for Guo Xiaoke's confession, Li Shimin was already having a headache.

As a result, someone like Cheng Yaojin appeared to flatter him.

This made Li Shimin very angry. He had already told this rebellious son about this last time, but he still did it on purpose.

“Your Highness Prince Ji, Lord Yang Di is currently at the border, so it is not convenient for our people to go there to inquire about this matter.

So there is indeed no investigation result in this regard." Zhang Xingcheng stood up.

He didn't say anything because it didn't matter to him much.

However, this time Prince Ji said that their investigation was not thorough, and he had to stand up.

Investigating the generals at the border is a very dangerous thing. Normally, even if they are guilty, they will not go to the border to question them.

Generally they are recalled under some pretext and then punished.

They were afraid that the generals at the border would betray them and surrender to the enemy. There have been such examples in history.

"Your Highness Prince Ji, Minister Zhang is right. Lord Yang Di is at the border. The journey is long and we don't have time to investigate."

Sun Fujia also stood up. He also had a role in the investigation at the Dali Temple.

"Duke Zhao, Secretary Ma, even if we have the confession of Duke Yangdi, it doesn't prove anything. Here are the confessions of dozens of people who have been oppressed.

Moreover, Duke Yangdi may not know about this matter. If he knew, he would definitely report it to Your Majesty.

Therefore, I think the testimony of Lord Yangdi is not important."

Seeing that there was a turning point, Censor Wang immediately stood up. He felt that Prince Ji was trying to delay time again.

Censor Wang knew that the longer time went on, the more likely something unexpected would happen.

"This..." Changsun Wuji and Ma Zhou looked at each other, somewhat undecided.

"Your Majesty, this matter still needs your Majesty's decision."

Ma Zhou turned around and saluted Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, I think what Censor Wang said is absolutely right. The testimony of Duke Yangdi cannot prove that Prince Ji had nothing to do with this matter.

If he knew that this matter had nothing to do with Prince Ji, why didn't Duke Yang Di report it? This is suspicious of knowing the truth but not reporting it."

Cui Renzhi stood up and bowed to report.

"Your Majesty, I agree. If Lord Yang Di knew about this but did not report it, I would suspect that he was involved in this matter."

Lu Chengqing stood up as well.

"I second the proposal."

"I second the proposal."

Then the officials from the aristocratic families stood up and said that Guo Xiaoke's testimony was useless.

Since Guo Xiaoke is loyal to His Majesty, he will definitely report it if he knows about it.

Seeing one aristocratic family after another standing up to agree, Li Zhi's face became gloomy.

Especially when the aristocratic officials who supported him stood up and agreed, a fierce and vicious look appeared in Li Zhi's eyes.

He had guessed that the noble families might not listen to him, but he did not expect that the noble families who supported him would not listen to him either.

He actually followed the noble family and dealt with Li Shen regardless of his own life and death.

Only at this moment did he realize that these nobles did not truly support him at all.

At this moment, Wei Chong, the Right Secretary, stood up and said loudly:

“Your Majesty, I have a different opinion. Since we are investigating the case, we cannot let go of any clues.

"Censor Wang and others actually want to hastily close the case. Is there some hidden reason behind this?"

“Your Majesty, if you want to try everyone equally and impartially, you should not miss any evidence.

Censor Wang, Censor Cui, is this how all the officials in your family try cases?

Isn't that treating human life lightly and treating it as a joke?

If not, then I have to suspect that you have something to hide. Could it be that you want to frame Prince Ji?"

As the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Wei Yijie began to attack the people from the aristocratic families with righteous words.

“Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Ji has a very good reputation among the people, and he has never oppressed the people in the past ten years.

Not only that, His Royal Highness Prince Ji also does good deeds and accumulates virtue. Every year, among the soup kitchens outside the city of Chang'an, Prince Ji's mansion has the largest one.

The Beitianyuan and Jibingfang in Chang'an City were both funded by Prince Ji's Mansion, and the court no longer needed to spend a penny.

His Royal Highness Prince Ji also built orphanages and nursing homes, and contributed money and effort together with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

How could such a good deed be done in Xizhou? I am willing to use my head to guarantee for King Ji."

"Wow~~~" There was an uproar as soon as these words came out. Even Li Shen himself was confused and quickly turned around to look at the person who spoke.

Shit, who is this guy? He guaranteed me with his life, how could he be so nice to me?

Li Shen turned around and found that he didn't know this person. When he saw Li Shen looking at him, this person nodded to Li Shen.

Who is it? Before Li Shen could react, another person stood up.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Ji's reputation for benevolence and filial piety has long been known among the people. How could he do such a heinous thing?

I think there must be something fishy going on here." This was the case of Wei Kun, the Imperial Censor.

"Your Majesty, I request that this matter be thoroughly investigated."

"I second the proposal."

"I second the proposal."

In the court, officials from the Wei family stood up one by one. Although their official positions were not high, there were quite a few of them.

For a while, there was a constant stream of voices of seconding the motion.

Li Shimin watched all this without saying anything, but glanced around.

"Duke Zhao, you are the presiding judge of this matter. What do you think?"

He asked Changsun Wuji on purpose because Li Shimin knew that Li Shen went to the Duke of Zhao's mansion yesterday.

“Your Majesty, I think this matter really needs a detailed investigation. After all, His Royal Highness Prince Ji is a member of the royal family, and the testimony of the common people alone cannot be considered as ironclad evidence.

This is a serious matter and we cannot jump to conclusions.”

Zhang Sun Wuji's answer was quite standard, and no one could find any fault with it. Only the noble families knew that

The Duke of Zhao began to favor Prince Ji.

"My dear ministers, what do you think?" Li Shimin suddenly asked others.

It was supposed to be a public trial, but now it has turned into a discussion.

"Your Majesty, I think we should ask Lord Yang Di. Why not send someone there and make a decision after he comes back?"

Yu Zhining, the Minister of the Court, said.

"I second the words of the Minister.

This matter is of great importance and there is no rush.”

Gao Luxing stood up to second the motion.

Then came Chu Suiliang, Li Yifu and others.

The number of people on both sides instantly became equal, and there was even a trend of far exceeding, and the aristocratic families fell into a disadvantage.

There are more than 40 fathers of the problem children who play with Li Shen, and each one is more important than the other.

"Well, in that case, let's do as the Duke of Zhao said and immediately send someone to the border to inquire about this matter with the Duke of Yang Di.

Just say that I want to know, and I have no other intentions, and let him guard the border well."

Seeing that more people supported Li Shen, Li Shimin nodded in agreement to show that he was not biased.

"That... Aye, please say one more word, Rong'er." At this time Li Shen raised his hand and said weakly.

"Go ahead."

"Yes, in fact, there is no need to go to the border. Lord Yangdi wrote me a letter.

His testimony is inside." Li Shen took out a crumpled envelope and presented it with both hands.