Chapter 234 The deposed prince

Yun Shu's doubts were answered at the next morning court session.

Because the Crown Princess gave birth to a "monster", the mistakes the Crown Prince had made before were brought up again.

The memorials that said the prince was unworthy of his position and that the heavens had sent down punishments piled up like a mountain on Emperor Xuanwu's dragon desk.
The ministers on the prince's side tried their best to protect the prince, and the two sides started arguing in the Xuanzheng Hall.

The prince's faction: "Your Majesty has already said before that marriages between close relatives have the possibility of giving birth to disabled people. Now you are slandering him and trying to throw dirty water on the prince. It is clear that you have ulterior motives!"

Opposition: "This is even more problematic! Your Majesty had already rejected the Crown Prince's request to marry the daughter of the Shen family, but the Crown Prince insisted on having his own way!"
There is a possibility that inbreeding will result in the birth of a disabled person, but it is not absolute!
Our Tiansheng Dynasty has been in existence for over a hundred years, and nothing like what happened yesterday has ever happened before. If this isn’t a warning from heaven, what is it?”

The prince refuted with difficulty: "It was just an accident!"

The opposition sneered and mocked:
“Now you’re saying that the child’s incident was just an accident?

Ridiculous! Yesterday, you kept saying that this was your Majesty's first legitimate grandson, and that it was a blessing for Tiansheng to be born at this critical moment. Weren't you the ones who wanted to take this opportunity to release the crown prince from his confinement?"

The prince and his group were so choked that they began to talk nonsense:

“Originally, the flood in the capital was going to cause tens of thousands of casualties, but Princess Sheng An predicted it in advance and saved countless people. Her merits are immeasurable!

After that, he had dreams that predicted gold and silver mines in Japan, a bumper harvest in the imperial rice fields, and so on. All of these happened when the Crown Princess was pregnant.

How do you know that it wasn't the child who was responsible for these things that led to what happened yesterday?"

Yun Shu: “?”

No, you idiots coaxed Emperor Xuanwu to go to the Eastern Palace yesterday, hoping to reinstate the Crown Prince, but ended up ruining the Crown Prince like this.
Isn't it a bit too much to take away her credit now just to clean up the mess?

What does her hard-earned achievements have to do with the unfortunate children of the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess?
No one had told her before that an important official in the court could be so shameless!

Yun Shu almost couldn't hold back and joined in the cursing.
The reason why she held back was because Emperor Xuanwu was quicker to help her curse out -

"What nonsense! What does Saint Ann's contribution have to do with others?
I think some of you are simply getting senile!

You can say such ridiculous things, why don't you just say that the reason I can still sit on the throne today is also due to that child's efforts? "

"Your Majesty, calm down! I am just..."

"I can't stop!"

Emperor Xuanwu was furious and refused to listen to any explanation:
"Since you are old and confused, you should stay at home honestly instead of talking nonsense in front of me!"

……

Emperor Xuanwu was really angry, and the ministers who had been making a lot of noise suddenly became quiet.

Yun Shu stood in the first row with her hands in her pockets, looking at her emperor father who was furious.
After forcing several particularly determined officials of the Prince's party to resign, he finally issued an edict to depose the Prince.

The officials of the prince's faction immediately became depressed.

The eldest prince's party was extremely excited, but yesterday's events, coupled with the dethronement of the crown prince, were not something worth celebrating for Tiansheng.
Even if these people were happy, they dared not show it, and on the surface they had to pretend to sigh with regret.

Yun Shu passed through the depression in this room, stepped over the threshold of Xuanzheng Hall, and looked up at the sky outside, which was no different from usual, peaceful and blue.

What she was thinking about was what Ji Yongtian had said to her secretly when they were doing disaster relief. I'm afraid there will be chaos in the palace!
……

After all, the dethronement of the crown prince was no small matter.
For several days in a row, the atmosphere in the court and the harem seemed extremely tense.

It was not until Yunshu's birthday was approaching that Emperor Xuanwu issued a special order to the Ministry of Rites to make good preparations, and the palace became lively again.

When the news got out, the first person to get restless was General Weiyuan.

He went directly to the eldest prince in private:
"Your Highness, what do you think His Majesty means?

At this critical moment, Princess Saint Ann was only celebrating her fourteenth birthday, not her coming-of-age ceremony.

His Majesty has made such a big fuss about this. Is this to show that he is interested in Princess Saint Ann?

Could it be that Your Majesty still wants to make Princess Sheng'an the Crown Princess?"

"I underestimated her before. My fifth sister is indeed quite capable."

The eldest prince's face was as gloomy as water.
Anyone who has waited for so many years and finally saw the crown prince being deposed, but then another person suddenly appeared halfway, would probably not be in a good mood at this moment.

Looking back on what happened this year,
Even if the eldest prince didn't want to admit it, the facts were still there.

He had fought with the prince for so many years before, but in the end, all the damage he had caused to the prince combined was not as good as a casual counterattack from his fifth sister.

But... compared to admitting that I am not as skilled as others,
The eldest prince would rather believe that Yun Shu was just lucky!

If he had not angered his father during this period, he would not have dared to act rashly and could only stay calm for the time being.
If the prince had not insisted on marrying the daughter of the Shen family during this period of time,
If not, the daughter of the Shen family happened to give birth to a "monster"...

The eldest prince gritted his teeth, feeling extremely unwilling:
"It's not easy to be a prince!
Yun Shu has nothing to ask for, but she cannot be the crown princess just because of her father's love!"

"It's not like you want nothing, right?"

General Weiyuan subconsciously retorted:
"At least she has a firm grasp on the people's hearts and minds."

The eldest prince: “?”

Which side are you on?

The eldest prince glared at him, and General Weiyuan, realizing what he had said, quickly added a few more words:
“In fact, it was mainly the poor students and the common people in the capital who were fooled by her.

As for other places... although, now other places also have Tiansheng Weekly,

And Princess Saint Ann was particularly immodest in boasting about her own achievements on it.

But the people outside the city have not yet truly felt those things like the people in the capital, so they certainly won’t be as grateful and respectful to Lord Saint An from the bottom of their hearts as the people in the capital do…”

"Okay, stop talking!"

The eldest prince's face turned completely black.

Can this be considered compensation?

There is one more chapter coming soon~