After listening to Shi Miyuan's words, Emperor ningzong did not speak immediately. Instead, he looked at Shi Miyuan for a while and then said, "prime minister, in my opinion, you are old enough to hold the country and have a good strategy. I'm afraid that no one here can match your talent."
The emperor of ningzong stared at him for a while, and now he suddenly came to this sentence. For a moment, he didn't know what it meant. But the emperor spoke to himself and couldn't help answering. So he had to say with a smile: "what does your majesty say? In terms of strategy, you are the first person in the great song dynasty. I'm afraid that you will not even speak You haven't learned anything yet. "
When Shi Miyuan finished, Emperor ningzong said to him, "prime minister, don't be too modest."
After that, Emperor ningzong suddenly changed his face and made all the people below kneel to the ground. He ordered: "the prince usually helps me to deal with the meritorious affairs of the imperial government, but today he is framed again. In the future, the prince can use the emperor's account to show his honor and favor when he goes out. Zhao Yun, king of Yi, only pays attention to hunting himself in the hunting competition, but does not protect the safety of the prince, which leads to the prince's deep danger, Zhao Yun, the king of Yi, was demoted to Lin'an as a civilian for a period of one month. During this period, his subordinates were not allowed to follow him. If he behaved well within one month, he could come to the palace on time to see me and restore his status as a prince. If he behaved against my will, he would be demoted to a civilian forever. "
Emperor ningzong suddenly issued such an imperial edict. After listening to it, everyone was shocked, and could not help but be stunned.
It's because we all know that Zhao Yun, the king of Yi, is the favorite of emperor ningzong. It can be said that emperor ningzong himself has no evidence that Zhao Yun, the king of Yi, did it this time. Now he suddenly punished Zhao Yun so severely. It's a surprise to all the ministers. For a moment, we don't know what the emperor thought.
At this time, Chen Wenduan stood up, knelt down on his knees, and said, "Your Majesty punished me like this, but I don't accept. This matter has not been clarified yet. King Yi is guilty, but the crime is not so serious. I think your Majesty's punishment seems too heavy. I beg your majesty to treat King Yi leniently."
In general, Emperor ningzong was very polite to Chen Wenduan. Even if he didn't accept his invitation, he would not lose his temper. But today, after listening to Chen Wenduan's words, Emperor ningzong was furious again and said, "bold Chen Wenduan, I'm educating my prince. It's my housework. You dare to intervene. I've heard that you are king Yi in the court for a long time Zhao Yun has contacts in secret, and he is suspicious of being a friend with some ministers. For the sake of your loyalty, I will turn a blind eye to what you have done. I don't want to worry about what you have done today. I can't bear it. Today I will punish you for thinking behind closed doors for a month, and you can't go out of the house during that time. "
Seeing that emperor ningzong was so angry, Chen Wenduan was too scared to distinguish any more, so he kowtowed to thank him and accepted emperor ningzong's punishment.
When other people saw that even Chen Wenduan, who had always been outspoken, was heavily blamed by the emperor, they would no longer dare to plead for Zhao Yun, king of Yi, because they might have trapped themselves.
Seeing that all the people were scared to stop talking, Emperor ningzong ordered to return to the palace.
They carefully escorted emperor ningzong back to the palace in Lin'an City, and then returned to their own residence.
When Zhao Yun, the king of Yi, returned to the East Palace, Li Yuanyi, the prince's master, the Minister of rites, followed him to the east palace.
After arriving at the secret room of the prince's East Palace, the prince asked his master Li Yuan to sit down, and then they began to talk.
First of all, the prince told Li Yuanyi about the fact that he was shot dead by an arrow behind Zhao Yun, but the arrow was shot down by a stone that didn't know where.
After hearing this, Li Yuan was shocked and said to the prince, "Your Highness, you are so careless. If Zhao Yun, the king of Yi, discovers this, he will report where the emperor is today. At that time, you will be finished."
"Yes, yes, I didn't know what I thought at that time. I just thought that Zhao Yun, the king of Yi, often robbed me of the limelight and threatened me to succeed to the throne, so I wanted to shoot him to death." Said the prince.
After that, the prince thought about it and said, "this has happened, and it's useless to regret it. But what surprised me most is that an expert secretly protected Zhao Yun, the king of Yi, and knocked down the arrow I shot at him. Zhao Yun, the king of Yi, has such an expert around him to protect him. It's even more difficult to deal with him."
Li Yuanyi also said: "from this incident, it also shows that Zhao Yun, the king of Yi, looks like he is not fighting with the world, but in fact he is also recruiting all kinds of talents for his own use. In his heart, he is only afraid that he has been planning how to become the crown prince for a long time. This man's deep insight is really amazing and has to be convinced."
"Prince Ben has said for a long time that Zhao Yun, the king of Yi, is not a good man. What he thinks is how to fight for the throne with Prince Ben. At that time, you don't believe it. Now you can see it. Frankly speaking, none of my brothers want to inherit his father's throne, but the other brothers know that they are not my opponents and dare not fight with me." The prince said to Li Yuanyi.Li Yuan sighed, and then said, "yes, because Shi Miyuan has been fighting against his royal highness before, our energy has been focused on dealing with Shi Miyuan, and we don't pay much attention to Zhao Yun, the king of Yi. In the future, I'm afraid we should concentrate on dealing with Zhao Yun, the king of Yi. It's just that this man has nothing to do with us, and Zhao Yun, the king of Yi, has always been famous The voice is very good. I really don't know how to do it. "
After listening to Li Yuanyi, the prince gave a sinister smile, and then said: "how can there be no chance? I tell you, there is a chance now. Zhao Yun, the king of Yi, has been demoted as a civilian by his father. He is alone among the people in Lin'an City. As long as we send killers, we can't kill him."
"It's a way, but if the emperor catches it, it's a problem." Li Yuan said to the prince.
The prince said with a bad smile to Li Yuanyi, "master, you are pedantic. We can pretend to be Shi Miyuan's people. Even if it doesn't work out at that time, this account will be counted on Shi Miyuan's head. Let them fight at that time. Let's watch the fun."