Inside the Xuanzheng Hall, Li Shimin, who had returned triumphantly, sat on the main seat in high spirits.
His Highness, on the other hand, was the civil and military officials of the court standing in two rows.
Because this was an internal meeting, the officials and generals who had come were all important officials of the court and Li Shimin's trusted aides.
"Dear ministers, Qin Qiong, Yang Ji, Zhao Cihao, and the others have contributed greatly to killing the traitor Luo Yi and repelling the 200,000 strong army of Jie Li!”Li Shi Min was dressed in a dragon robe. He looked at Qin Qiong, Yang Ji, and Zhao Cihao, who were kneeling in the hall, and said,"Qin Qiong is conferred the title of Yi Country Duke and promoted to the Great General of the Left Military Guard! Yang Ji was granted the title of Duke of Yan, Zhao Cihao was granted the title of Duke of Liao, and he was promoted to General Zuo Yiwei. He led the Tianjie Army and moved to Youzhou.”
After Li Shi Min finished speaking, Qin Qiong was slightly stunned and hurriedly kowtowed to thank him,"Thank you, Lord!"
Yang Ji and Zhao Cihao also hurriedly kowtowed to thank him.
Compared to Qin Qiong, Yang Ji and Zhao Cihao had long expected his reward.
Not only did the two of them kill Luo Yi, who had a strong army, and save the eldest son of the emperor, they also led the Yan Liao cavalry to a great victory. Such a reward was not excessive for the two of them.
But Qin Qiong was different. Although Qin Qiong had made great contributions, he had also committed a grave mistake.
Whether it was the civil officials or Qin Qiong himself, none of them had expected Li Shiming to reward Qin Qiong so generously.
" Dear ministers, now that the danger of Chang 'an has been resolved and the eldest son has returned to the palace, I intend to make a decision on the heir. Do you have any suggestions?”
Li Shiming suddenly changed the topic and changed the topic to the matter of the heir apparent.
"Your Majesty, I heard that the Prince of Zhongshan suffered for the Great Tang and Your Majesty in Luo Yi's army. In terms of merit, the Prince of Zhongshan has done a great service. I believe that no matter what, the eldest son should be made Crown Prince!”Zhangsun Wuji was the first to step forward and say.
Zhangsun Wuji's words were sonorous and forceful, especially when he said that he had suffered for the Emperor. His tone was especially heavy.
This meaning was already quite obvious!
He was just short of saying that he owed his eldest son too much.
Li Shi Min nodded, feeling guilty.
Li Ke, who was standing at the forefront of the officials, saw the guilt in Li Shi Min's eyes and was shocked. He hurriedly gave Feng De Yi a look.
"No! Your Majesty! I heard that the Prince of Zhongshan was indeed tortured in Luo Yi's army. In terms of merit, the Prince of Zhongshan was indeed a great merit. However, I also heard that the Prince of Zhongshan was frightened and had hysteria! "If we let the Prince of Zhongshan take over the Eastern Palace, it would be disgraceful…" Feng Deyi bowed and stepped forward as he said tactfully.
Although Feng Deyi's words were tactful, the meaning in his words was already very clear. This Li Chengqian was mentally unstable and could not be the Crown Prince.
"Your Majesty! "The Prince of Zhongshan has indeed made great contributions to the Tang Empire, but…for the sake of the Tang Empire's eternal life, it's really inappropriate to make the Prince of Zhongshan the Crown Prince…" Xiao Yu also stood up and said truthfully.
" Your Majesty, although the Prince of Zhongshan is kind and generous, his personality is a little weak. It's really not suitable for him to take over the Eastern Palace…" Even Du Ruhui could not help but step forward to remonstrate.
"Yes, yes! Your Majesty! The Prince of Zhongshan was really not suitable to take over the Eastern Palace!”A group of civil officials stepped forward to remonstrate.
"This Zhongshan Junwang is too timid. His Majesty went to the battlefield to kill the enemy and was brave and brave. He had escaped death many times. After suffering some hardships in Luo Yi Camp, he was so scared that he became hysterical. In my opinion, Zhongshan Junwang is really not suitable to enter the Eastern Palace!”Cheng Yaojin couldn't help but stand up and say.
As generals, they looked down on those who were timid the most. When they heard that Li Gaoming had developed hysteria because of a little intimidation, not only did Cheng Yaojin feel disdain in his heart, even Yuchi Gong, Li Jing, Li Ji, and the other generals couldn't help but shake their heads and sigh.
"Nonsense! Cheng Yaojin, what do you know? If you dare to insult His Highness again, I, Qin Qiong, will sever all ties with you from now on!”Qin Qiong's face was flushed red from holding it in. He had been suppressing the anger in his heart all along, constantly complaining about the injustice for Li Chengqian.
If one were to call Li Chengqian a coward, there was probably no one in the Great Tang who had the courage!
Hearing his old friend Cheng Yaojin say such words, Qin Qiong immediately could not help but fly into a rage as he turned around and rebuked Cheng Yaojin.
Qin Qiong's reaction immediately caused all the officials present to be slightly shocked. They were somewhat baffled for a moment.
Li Shiming, who had an extremely ugly expression, also looked at Qin Qiong strangely.
Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin were brothers who had gone through life and death since they were young. It could be said that they were closer than real brothers, but this Qin Qiong actually said that he wanted to cut ties with Cheng Yaojin!
Cheng Yaojin's face was instantly filled with confusion. He did not know what he had said wrong. He could only look at Qin Qiong in a daze with a face full of question marks.
"General Qin, what are you doing? General Cheng is also doing this for His Majesty and the Great Tang. The matter of the Crown Prince concerns the foundation of the entire Great Tang. The Prince of Zhongshan has been timid and cowardly since he was young, and now he has been frightened into hysteria. This is a well-known fact. Why do you have to do this?”Li Ji couldn't help but pull Qin Qiong and carefully advised.
"You're the one with hysteria. You're the one who's been cowardly since you were young! Your whole family has hysteria!" Qin Qiong was like a mad lion, biting whoever he caught.
"Qin Qiong! You, you, you! What do you mean?" Li Ji was completely stunned by Qin Qiong's scolding.
Li Ji now even suspected that the one who had hysteria was not Li Gaoming, but Qin Qiong.
"Enough!" Li Shi Min couldn't stand it anymore as he watched the ministers of His Highness arguing!
"What are you doing? Now was not the time to be in Prince Qin's Mansion! As important officials of the Great Tang, how can you argue like this?”Li Shi Min angrily slammed the table and scolded the officials.
"Ma Xuanliang! I asked you to send someone to summon the Prince of Zhongshan. Where is he? Why isn't he here yet?" Li Shiming turned his head and glared at Ma Xuanliang.
Ma Xuanliang's expression turned ugly as he bowed forward and stammered softly,"" Your Majesty, the person who announced the decree has already returned…His Highness, the Prince of Zhongshan, he…he said that he's not free…"
"What? Say that again?" Li Shimin thought he heard wrong.
" His Highness said... said he's not free..." Ma Xuanliang repeated.
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