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Chapter 516: Make Friends with the Royal Family

Lu Yijian's counterattack had not come yet, but Li Di took action again. On the tenth day of the lunar month, Li Di came to the Chuigong Hall to meet Zhao Zhen, and then submitted a memorial to impeach Lu Yijian. Compared to the previous lack of substantial accusations, Li Di captured Lu Yijian's "evidence" of "crime", which was to "make friends with the royal family", and this royal family was the eight kings Zhao Yuanyan.

Speaking of which, Zhao Yuanyan is very honest now. When Liu E was about to die, he deliberately leaked Zhao Zhen's life experience to Zhao Zhen, which made Zhao Zhen resent Liu E. However, after the incident was revealed, Zhao Zhen also came back to the scene. His uncle, the Eighth King, had no good intentions at all. In addition, Li Zhang had reminded him before, which made Zhao Zhen quite annoyed with Zhao Yuanyan.

So after burying Liu E, Zhao Zhen immediately issued an imperial edict to Zhao Yuanyan, which was to order Liu De's daughter to Zhao Yuanyan's youngest son as his wife. In fact, this obviously disgusting Zhao Yuanyan. After all, he had been suppressed by Liu E for so long, and finally wanted to provoke the relationship between Zhao Zhen and Liu E, so Li Zhang simply married the Liu family's daughter to Zhao Yuanyan's mansion, making their family and the Liu family a family.

Liu De's daughter is Qingzhi's niece, who is only two years younger than Qingzhi. Li Zhang has met several times. According to Qingzhi, the other party has a fierce personality. Moreover, behind her, there is not only the Liu family, but also the uncle Li Zhang, and even Zhao Zhen is standing on the side of the Liu family. So after this Liu family's mother married, Zhao Yuanyan's family had to coax her and give in.

However, what really made Zhao Yuanyan honest was another thing, that is, when the young lady of the Liu family just married, the Censorate received a secret report saying that Zhao Yuanyan was proclaimed as the "Major Marshal of the World" and intended to rebel, which scared Zhao Yuanyan. Although his rebellion was not true at all, as the emperor's uncle, once the word "rebellion" was involved, even if it was fake, he could be skinned.

After the last toss, although the evidence of the rebellion was not found, it also scared Zhao Yuanyan's courage. In fact, although the rebellion was fake, it was true that he had coveted the throne since Taizong and had made many ministers in private. These were very taboo things. If it weren't for the fact that he was the only alive son of Emperor Taizong, maybe Zhao Zhen really dared to kill him.

However, Zhao Yuanyan never dreamed that he had been staying at home honestly, but he did not expect that disaster would come from heaven. Li Di actually submitted a memorial saying that he had made friends with Lu Yijian. The evidence was that many years ago, he recommended a person as an official through Lu Yijian, and that person's appointment letter contained Lu Yijian's signature.

"Your Majesty, I'm wronged!" When Li Zhang came to the Chuigong Hall, he heard someone shouting. However, when he arrived in front of the door, he found that Zhao Yuanyan was crying and crying at the hall, but was stopped by the guards and refused to let him in. It was obvious that Zhao Zhen did not want to see him.

"Prince Li, for the sake of past friendship, please tell Your Majesty that the old minister is really wronged!" Zhao Yuanyan also saw Li Zhang at this time, and immediately begged at him as if he had grabbed the last straw.

Li Zhang really couldn't think of any friendship with Zhao Yuanyan, but seeing the other party's pitiful appearance, it was hard to refuse directly. He could only smile and nod, and then walked into the hall. There was only Zhao Zhen in the hall. He was also unsure of his mind after receiving the memorial from Li Di to impeach Lu Yijian, so he summoned Li Zhang into the palace to discuss.

"Your Majesty really doesn't plan to see him?" Li Zhang couldn't help but smile when he saw Zhao Zhen's frowning look.

"It's also annoying to see you. It's better not to see you. He will naturally go back when he's tired." Zhao Zhen shook his head helplessly at this time. Since he understood Zhao Yuanyan's ambition, he would have been very disgusted with him. If it weren't for the other party being his only surviving uncle, he would have demoted the other party from the capital long ago.

Seeing that Zhao Zhen was determined, Li Zhang didn't say anything else. In fact, Zhao Yuanyan was indeed not worth seeing. If Zhao Zhen saw the other party, it would be even worse.

"Cousin, what do you think should you do about this?" Zhao Zhen frowned again at this time. Li Di had no substantial evidence of crime against Lu Yijian before, so he didn't take it seriously. However, this time Lu Yijian was related to Zhao Yuanyan, which was not a trivial matter. If it was confirmed, at least Lu Yijian's position as prime minister would not be saved.

"This is an old account from many years ago, thanks to Young Master Li who can find it out." Li Zhang smiled again and then asked again, "Is the evidence presented by Young Master Li present here? "

"That's it!" Zhao Zhen picked up a letter of appointment from the desk and handed it to Li Zhangdao.

Li Zhang opened it and looked at it, and found that it was an official appointment letter named Churchill. This Churchill was recommended by Zhao Yuanyan. He had been a disciple of Zhao Yuanyan. At the end of the appointment letter, there was indeed Lu Yijian's signature, but in addition to Lu Yijian's name, Li Zhang also saw another person's name.

"Huh? Why is there a young master Li who has a name?" Li Zhang shouted in surprise when he saw the name of Li Di written behind Lu Yijian.

"At that time, Lu Yijian and Li Shaofu worked in the Secretariat, and Lu Yijian was also a subordinate of Li Shaofu, so the officials he recommended must also be approved by Li Shaofu. According to Li Shaofu, when the appointment letter was delivered to him, Lu Yijian's signature was signed, so he signed it directly without looking closely. At most, it would be a crime of misunderstanding, but Lu Yijian confirmed the charge of collusion with the Eighth Wang Uncle." Zhao Zhen explained with a disappointed look at this time. It seemed that he had believed the evidence.

When Li Zhang heard this, he looked at the appointment letter carefully, and then asked again: "Now that this incident has spread all over the city, Lu Xiang must have known it. Since Your Majesty suspected that he had colluded with the Eight Kings, it would be better to ask him to see what he said, or just let him confront the Eight Kings face it."

Hearing Li Zhang's words, Zhao Zhen pondered for a moment, and finally nodded and said, "Okay, then call Lu Yijian into the palace. As for Uncle Eight King, let him go home early. This matter cannot affect him!"

Li Zhang nodded when he heard this, and then someone took the order and left. Zhao Yuanyan's shouting outside quickly disappeared. It seemed that he was persuaded to leave by the palace people, but Zhao Yuanyan would not think of turning over again in his life. After all, with his age, it would be impossible for him to wait for the opportunity to turn over again.

After a while, Lu Yijian rushed over. The Zhengshi Hall was originally in the imperial city. It has to be said that Lu Yijian was extremely determined. At this time, he was still handling government affairs in the Zhengshi Hall, ignoring the rumors that there were flying everywhere outside.

"See Your Majesty!" Lu Yijian immediately saluted Zhao Zhen after entering the hall.

"Pretty, Young Master Li participated in the report of Lu Xiang to make friends with the royal family. Can you admit this? " Zhao Zhen looked very good when he saw Lu Yijian, and even asked straight to the point.

"I am afraid, this incident is old, I really don't remember recommending Churchie!" Lu Yijian said with a confused expression at this time, as if he really doesn't remember this incident.

Seeing that Lu Yijian wanted to deny it, Zhao Zhen became even more annoyed. Li Zhang sighed at this time and then sent the appointment to Lu Yijian. As a result, the other party also looked at it carefully. When he saw his last name, his face changed, and then he showed a meditative expression, as if he was trying to recall the incident.

"Report to Your Majesty, I seem to remember that I have indeed signed this appointment letter. In addition to my name, there is also the name of Li Shaofu. So I want to ask Your Majesty to summon Li Shaofu, and I want to confront him in court!" Lu Yijian suddenly spoke again at this time.

Zhao Zhen was even more annoyed when he saw that Lu Yijian refused to admit his guilt at this time, but at this time Li Zhang coughed dryly and pleaded for Lu Yijian: "Report to Your Majesty, Lu Xiang's request is reasonable. I believe that Young Master Li will definitely be willing to confront Lu Jingtang!"

Li Zhang's face was still very useful, so Zhao Zhen pressed his anger again and ordered Li Di to be invited. As a result, Li Di rushed over. In fact, when Lu Yijian was summoned to the Chuigong Hall, Li Di rushed outside the palace gate to wait for news.

"Li Shaofu, Lu Xiang can't remember the matter of issuing the appointment letter. Come and help him recall it!" Zhao Zhen said impatiently again after seeing Li Di come in. He had high hopes for Lu Yijian. Generally speaking, as long as the other party does not make a big mistake, he can tolerate it, but this time he made friends with the royal family offended his negative scale.

"Report to Your Majesty, I remember very clearly that it was Lu Yijian who brought Churchill's appointment letter to me that day. At that time, I trusted Lu Yijian very much and signed without looking closely. Please ask Your Majesty to rule me for his crime of inadvertent supervision!" Li Di also bowed at the end and glanced at Lu Yijian next to me. He had just committed a small crime of inadvertent supervision, at most he was scolded, but Lu Yijian was committed a serious crime of making friends with the royal family. No one can save him now.

"Lu Yijian, what else do you have to say?" Zhao Zhen also stared at Lu Yijian and asked, his face so dark. If Lu Yijian had admitted the charge directly at the beginning, he might not have been so angry, and he might even favor Lu Yijian. But now Lu Yijian wants to deny it, which makes him even more annoyed. If the charge is confirmed, it is probably not as simple as dismissal.

At this time, Lu Yijian looked at Li Di, then suddenly smiled and asked, "Young Master Li, are you sure that I personally took this appointment letter and asked you to sign it?"
Chapter completed!
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