Chang'an Taiji Palace, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuangu came to visit their father in the palace of the harem as usual, if the last time Li Yuan gave up the military power, there was a little bit of reluctance to face reality, then this time he fell ill, that is, his condition has been serious to the critical moment.

The second brother waited uneasily in front of the Heart Cultivation Palace, and the eunuch had already gone to report, but after nearly a quarter of an hour, there was no news yet, which made them a little anxious.

After escaping back from Hanzhong, Li Yuangu was very worried, he put all the responsibility on Luo Yi, he faithfully carried out his father's secret decree, as for the reason for the internal strife, it was also because he found that Luo Yi should cooperate with the outside and prepare to sacrifice the city to the Sui army, and there was a fierce battle when he stopped him.

Inferred from common sense, Li Yuangu's explanation does not have any loopholes, it is reasonable, Luo Yi did surrender to the Sui army after internal strife, as for the subtle details in the middle, except for Li Yuangu's staff Qian Rong, no one can know the truth, and this staff member Qian Rong also disappeared when the city was in turmoil.

It was precisely because Li Yuan felt guilty about his secret decree that he did not hold Li Yuangu responsible, but just erased all Li Yuangu's responsibilities with a sentence of 'unfathomable courtierhood'.

At this time, Li Yuangu was also very afraid that something would happen to his father, if his father had any three strengths and two shortcomings, and the King of Qin led troops into the city, the first thing was to kill him.

"Brother Huang, my father won't have any accidents!" Li Yuangu asked in a low voice.

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Li Jiancheng glared at his brother, "Don't talk nonsense about this kind of thing in the future." ”

Li Yuangu was so frightened that he didn't dare to say anything more, and at this time, Wang Jianhua, the chief imperial physician in the palace, hurriedly walked over and bowed down, "His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the King of Qi, Weichen has something to talk about." ”

Li Jiancheng had a bad feeling in his heart, he nodded, and pointed to the room not far away, "Let's go over there and talk!" ”

Sanjin walked to the room and sat down, Wang Jianhua sighed, and said with a heavy heart: "The situation is not good, I hope Your Highness will prepare for the worst." ”

Li Jiancheng's heart tightened suddenly, and he took a deep breath, "How long can my father hold on?" ”

Wang Jianhua lowered his head and pondered for a long time before he said slowly: "At most a month, at least half a month, he has been poisoned into his internal organs, and there is no cure." ”

"Poison!"

Li Yuangu jumped up suddenly, grabbed Wang Jianhua's clothes, his eyes widened, and he yelled: "What kind of poison did my father and emperor get? ”

Wang Jianhua trembled with fright, and hurriedly explained: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knows about this matter. ”

As soon as Li Yuangu turned around, his eyes were blood-red and glared at his brother, Li Jiancheng sighed and waved his hand, "You let go of the imperial doctor Wang, it has nothing to do with him." ”

Li Yuangu pushed Wang Jianhua away, turned around and asked in a deep voice, "Brother Huang, what's going on?" ”

"This is a few months ago, a pharmacist in the palace secretly gave my father a slow xing poison, and it will only attack a few months later, but the poison has entered the internal organs and cannot be saved."

Li Yuangu gritted his teeth and said, "Where is this pharmacist?" I'm going to cut him with a thousand swords. ”

"He had hanged himself, his wife and sons were missing, and he couldn't find a clue for months."

"Humph! How can there be such a cheap thing. ”

A thought suddenly flashed through Li Yuangu's mind, and he looked at Li Jiancheng in shock, "Brother Huang, is it ......?"

Li Jiancheng didn't allow him to say any more, "No one knows about this matter, don't talk nonsense." ”

He stood up and saluted the imperial physician Wang Jianhua, "I still want to ask the imperial physician Wang to save my father as much as possible and prolong his life." ”

"Your Highness, rest assured, this is the duty of the minister, and the minister will definitely do his best."

Li Yuangu didn't speak so well, he glared at Wang Jianhua viciously, "If my father and emperor have three long and two short, I will bury you with you!" ”

Wang Jianhua was so frightened that he trembled, Li Yuangu was about to ask again, but Li Jiancheng waved his hand, "This is not the place to talk, go to the East Palace and say!" ”

Li Yuangu nodded, followed Li Jiancheng back to the East Palace, and as soon as he entered the gate of the East Palace, Li Yuangu couldn't wait to ask: "Brother Huang, is it really his thousand?" ”

Li Jianchengyin had a calm face, didn't say a word, and said after a long time: "I'll take you to see one first." ”

Two into the horse riding all the way forward, until the East Palace Juwen Pavilion, here is the East Palace library building, several henchmen guards in front of the way, into the pavilion, but to the basement, the guards with torches in front of the way, the basement of the Juwen Pavilion is also the place where the documents and archives are placed, composed of a small stone room.

Li Yuangu was full of doubts, and wanted to ask several times, but it could be seen that the imperial brother's face was sinking like water, so he had to swallow back the words that came to his mouth, and the two entered the innermost stone room, and there were several guards standing at the door of the stone room. ”

Li Jiancheng nodded and pointed to the stone room, "How about entering?" ”

"It's okay, after a while in the morning, it's quiet now, but it will be noisy later."

The guard opened the door, pushed the door in, Li Yuangu was puzzled, followed the imperial brother into the room, only to find that there was a woman sitting on the bed in the corner of the room, with her feet covered by iron chains, the woman was about forty or fifty years old, with a cloak and a terrifying expression.

When she saw Li Jiancheng come in, she pounced like a madwoman, but was pushed down by the guards, one left and one right, and put her gloves into the iron rings on the wall, making her unable to move.

"Brother Huang, who is she?" Li Yuangu asked suspiciously.

"This is the wife of the poison pharmacist, who was caught by us in Bashu."

Li Jiancheng sneered, "I also searched for a letter on her, it was a letter left by the pharmacist, and the evidence was very conclusive." ”

Li Yuangu was taken aback, it turned out that the eldest brother already had evidence, so ......

Li Jiancheng knew what he wanted to say, and quickly gave him a look, Li Yuangu understood, no longer said more, and left Juwen Pavilion again, returned to Li Jiancheng's study and sat down, the palace maid served two cups of tea, Li Jiancheng waved his hand to the surrounding eunuchs and palace maids, "You all retreat!" ”

Several eunuchs and palace maids retreated one after another, and Li Yuangu asked impatiently: "Since the evidence of the imperial brother is conclusive, why don't you report it to your father?" ”

Li Jiancheng smiled bitterly, "Now that the battle situation is so tense, I don't want to have a brotherly infighting at this critical juncture, so I have been holding back." ”

Li Yuangu didn't think so, and said coldly: "Brother Huang is surprised by this, the cruelty and the tense battle are two different things, is it not possible that without him, this battle can't be fought?" I think he is the root cause of all the crises, the two defeats in the Central Plains War, are his responsibility, Yang Yuanqing sneak attack Guanzhong, but he was slow to return to the army, resulting in the loss of the hearts of the army and the people, and beat a dying Wang Shichong, he was regarded as a great merit, his father repeatedly forgave him, but he was wolf-hearted, bribed the pharmacist to poison, but he was in order to ascend the throne of the Ninety-Five, brother, I dare to assert that if we let him do whatever he wants, our brother will die in his hands. ”

Li Jiancheng was upset, he shook his head, "Let's talk about this matter again!" Now it is better to be stable than chaotic, and not to do more. ”

A fierce light flashed in Li Yuangu's eyes, and he didn't say more, at this moment, there was a guard outside the study to report, "Your Royal Highness, King Qin sent Yu Wenshi to deliver a letter, saying that there is an important military situation." ”

Li Jiancheng nodded, "Let him in." ”

After a while, Yu Wenshi and under the leadership of the two guards, walked into the study, and Yu Wenshi bowed and bowed, "Wei Chen, see Your Highness!" ”

"Yuwen doesn't have to be polite to join the army, what is the battle situation ahead now?"

"Back to Your Highness, now the 150,000 troops of the Sui army are deployed in the area of Luojiao County, Shangjun, and there is no offensive for the time being, and the two sides are still in confrontation."

After Yu Wenshi finished speaking, he took out a letter from his arms and presented it to Li Jiancheng, "This is a handwritten letter from His Royal Highness the King of Qin to the crown prince, please take a look at it." ”

Li Jiancheng took the letter and read it aside, frowning slightly, in the letter, the king of Qin asked to transfer 30,000 defenders of Chang'an to defend Guandong and Tongguandao, and Chang'an was not enough to supplement it with new soldiers, which made Li Jiancheng a little embarrassed.

King Qin's request is indeed understandable, the front-line troops are insufficient, and additional troops are needed to defend, this request is normal, but ......

Li Jiancheng pondered for a moment, and then said to Yuwenshi: "Yuwen will go down to rest first when he joins the army, let me think about it, and then give a reply to the army." ”

Yu Wenshi and said: "Your Highness, although the Sui army has not launched an offensive yet, this matter cannot be delayed any longer, and it must be arranged as soon as possible, please understand the urgency of the situation." ”

"I know, you step back first!"

Yu Wenshi bowed and retreated, and Li Jiancheng handed Li Shimin's letter to Li Yuangu, "You take a look first." ”

Li Yuangu took the letter and read it hurriedly, and was immediately furious, "Brother Huang must not agree, this is his disguised seizure of military power in the capital." ”

In fact, Li Jiancheng's hesitation is also because of this concern, the defense of the capital is all replaced by new soldiers, there is no combat effectiveness at all, it will be defeated in a battle, and it is difficult to command, Li Jiancheng has also brought troops in, he knows this very well, but the battle situation is here, the defense of the eastern front is indeed relatively weak, and he can't turn a blind eye, which makes him very embarrassed.

Li Jiancheng sighed, "I think, it should be necessary to take into account the overall situation, send 30,000 troops to the Eastern Front and Tongguan Road, and the recruits stay to defend the city, since he wrote a personal letter to me, it shows that he is still sincere, I should believe him." ”

"Brother Huang is confused!"

Li Yuangu hurriedly said: "Did the imperial brother forget what happened to Li Zhiyun back then?" Father is critically ill, doesn't he know? At this most critical time, he wrote a letter to ask for military power, Sima Zhao's heart, the road is known, brother Huang, big brother! There is only one throne, and if he doesn't snatch it at this time, it will be too late! ”

Li Yuangu was so anxious that he was sweating profusely and tried his best to persuade him, but Li Jiancheng was unmoved, he only had one sentence, "The Sui army is pressing, and the overall situation should be the priority." ”

Li Yuangu left the East Palace, he was full of hatred in his heart, looked back at the East Palace, and said to himself coldly, "Big brother, since you don't want this throne, then the little brother has no choice but to be polite." ”

"Go to the Heart Cultivation Palace!" ……

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