Chapter 279: Possession
The eldest grandson Wuji seemed to be waiting for Li Shimin's words, and then said: "The minister thought that the princess did not commit suicide, but was coerced by His Royal Highness the Prince, because then His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hurriedly buried the princess in the imperial mausoleum, and the minister thought that the person buried in it was not the princess but the heart." ”
Eldest Sun Wuji's words are clueless, but they make people feel a little scared when they think about it.
At this moment, Cheng Chumo rushed out, only to see him kneeling in place and looking at Li Shimin and said: "Your Majesty, it is the last wish of the crown princess to bury the crown princess in the imperial mausoleum, and she wrote a suicide note to His Royal Highness the crown prince, she must have committed suicide." ”
Li Shimin glanced at Li Chengqian, who was lying on the ground and was already cold, shook his head and said, "I don't believe it, Li Junxian, you sent someone to open Ju Ruanyu's coffin in the imperial mausoleum and confirm who the person inside is!" ”
Li Shimin is ruthless and wants to investigate the matter clearly, and he doesn't care about any taboos.
As everyone knows, this is in the arms of the eldest grandson Wuji.
On the other side, Yiran was also announced, and Li Shimin said with angry eyes: "You are Ju Ruanyu's personal maid?" ”
Yiran knelt on the spot and saluted Li Shimin, and then looked at Li Chengqian, who was no longer breathless, and then nodded and said: "Your Majesty, the slave is the personal maid of the crown princess!" ”
Li Shimin continued: "Just now Cheng Chumo said that the prince's burial of Ju Ruanyu in the imperial tomb was actually the princess's own last wish, and said that the princess left a suicide note for you, but is there such a thing?" ”
Yiran was at a loss after hearing Li Shimin's words, but she still looked at Li Chengqian with some concern, these were all seen by Li Shimin, and he said a little angrily: "If you don't recruit it quickly, is there such a thing!" ”
Yiran shook his head, looked at Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, there is no such thing, the slave has not seen this suicide note." ”
Cheng Chumo, who was kneeling on the side, was already stunned at the moment, is everyone targeting His Royal Highness the Prince?
Li Shimin glanced at Cheng Chumo, and Cheng Yanjin, who was in the distance, was also a little worried about his son's situation, but Cheng Chumo still straightened his waist and looked at Li Shimin and said, "Please also ask the emperor to take a look!" Please also ask the emperor to call the shots for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! ”
Li Shimin snorted coldly, looked at the eldest grandson Wuji and said, "You go on!" ”
The eldest grandson Wuji nodded, looked at Li Shimin and continued: "After that, I will wake up, and after I wake up, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will have to hand over the affairs of the court to us and others, but he seems to have other concerns, so he planned to assassinate him by himself, several times in the palace and several times outside the palace, all of which were assassinations against His Royal Highness the Prince, but each time there were no casualties among the guards, and the assassins were also captured a few times, but there was no one left alive." ”
Li Shimin was still a little unhappy and said: "Since there is no living mouth, how do you know that these things were planned by the prince?" ”
The eldest grandson Wuji took out a letter from his sleeve, which wrote the place and time of the assassin's assassination, and after comparing them one by one, the eldest grandson Wuji came to the conclusion that it was only possible that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did the drama himself, otherwise he would not let the assassin run away every time.
Li Shimin frowned when he looked at this letter, and he was also a little shaken at this moment, because Li Shimin knew the arrangement of the palace guards, and he also knew whether the people he left for Li Chengqian could prevent the assassins, so Li Shimin had to think that Li Chengqian was doing the trick himself.
However, at this time, Li Shimin couldn't question Li Chengqian, so he saw him with his hands behind his back and looked at the eldest grandson Wuji and said, "Then in your opinion, what is the prince doing these things for?" ”
The eldest grandson Wuji was also not polite, looked at Li Shimin and said: "The minister thinks that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to take advantage of the assassins in Chang'an City to get rid of those of us who oppose him!" Tang Jian is like this, and so is Wei Zheng. ”
Speaking of this, the eldest grandson Wuji looked at Li Shimin and said: "Your Majesty, you don't know anything about Zheng Guogong, the servants of Jingzhao Yin Mansion went to investigate and determined that Zheng Guogong was cut off with a knife after he died, and the minister thought that this was because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was unwilling to kill him, but it happened that the assassin knew that Zheng Guogong's time was short, so he left the assassination marks after Zheng Guogong's death, which made us mistakenly think that there was really an assassin!" ”
Li Shimin took a deep breath, he knew the cause of Wei Zheng's death, and he had already asked it when he went to see Jing Zhaoyin before, and it was indeed the same as what the eldest grandson Wuji said.
However, Li Shimin still stubbornly said: "What about Tang Jian? Why did he burn to death at home? ”
The eldest grandson Wuji also looked helpless, looked at Li Shimin and said: "Emperor Qiqi, Tang Jian and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had a quarrel before, Tang Jiangui was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not ask for his opinion when he entered the imperial mausoleum twice to bury people, nor did he hold a ceremony according to the ancestral teachings, so he buried the person in, Tang Jian felt that it was not in accordance with the rules, and hoped to bring people out to hold ceremonies such as worshiping the sky and worshiping the ancestors, and then bury people in, so he quarreled with His Royal Highness the Prince." ”
After a pause, Changsun Wuji continued: "But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince not only didn't listen, but also insulted Tang Jian, Tang Jian felt unhappy, so he went home and drank wine, and his son saw that his father was unhappy so he drank with him. The two drank too late, and the Assassin finally set the house on fire. Jingzhao Yin Mansion has already found some traces belonging to the third person, and it is still under investigation at this time. ”
Li Shimin knew that what the eldest grandson Wuji said was right, the guards said that they heard Tang Jian and Li Chengqian quarreling, and Jing Zhaoyin also said that the possibility of arson was found at the scene, but these do not prove that everything was done by Li Chengqian!
Li Shimin narrowed his eyes, looked at the eldest grandson Wuji and said, "I heard that you also made something called a daytime curfew?" Let's talk about what this means. ”
The eldest grandson Wuji was neither humble nor arrogant, looked at Li Shimin and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has no choice but to do it, after His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent assassins to assassinate officials was discovered by the old minister, the ministers knew that as long as they didn't want to come up with countermeasures, then we people would be poisoned sooner or later, and finally I thought of such a trick, as long as all of us don't go out and investigate it strictly, the assassins will not be so easy to enter our house, and we all know that as long as the emperor comes back, he will definitely preside over the overall situation for us!" ”
Saying that, the eldest grandson Wuji knelt down, and the rest of the officials also knelt down and kowtowed after him.
Li Shimin trembled and returned to the dragon chair, at that moment Li Shimin seemed to be ten years older, as if he was not alone from Li Shimin, who had won a great victory in Goguryeo a month ago.
The sky gradually brightened, the ministers were still kneeling in place, and Li Shimin was still holding his forehead on the dragon chair, his face full of helplessness and vicissitudes.
Li Junxian came belatedly, and said after coming to Li Shimin's side: "Your Majesty, the two new coffins in the imperial mausoleum have been investigated, and the matter buried in King Wu's coffin His Royal Highness King Wu, but the coffin of the crown princess is buried with the bones of the heart, and the bones of the crown princess are now missing." ”
Li Shimin was completely devastated when he heard the news, he couldn't believe why Li Chengqian did this, was it just for a male pet? Is he worth it?
Li Shimin clutched his chest and coughed hard.
The people on the side wanted to come over to check on Li Shimin's condition, but Li Shimin waved his hand and refused.
Looking at Li Zhi, who was kneeling beside Li Chengqian, his eyes were red, Li Shimin said ruthlessly: "The crown prince Li Chengqian misbehaved, he was confused by demons during the time I left Chang'an, and was later stopped by Li Zhi, the king of Jin. ”
After speaking, Li Shimin covered his chest and walked to the back, letting the ministers behind him keep calling, but Li Shimin did not look back.
The eldest grandson Wuji saw Li Shimin's figure disappear into the palace, and then he came to Li Zhi's side and showed a meaningful smile, although Li Zhi's face was still full of sadness, but his eyes would not deceive, and his mood was also excellent at the moment.
At noon, Li Zhi returned to his own bedroom in the harem, and the son in the house was anxiously waiting for the news outside, and when he saw Li Zhi coming back with heavy steps, the son walked to him and said, "I heard that the prince's brother died, is this true?" ”
There were more tears in Li Zhi's eyes, but he still looked at his son and said, "It's true, the prince's brother wanted to assassinate his father, but I found out!" ”
The son's eyes were full of disbelief, and after breaking free from the palace maid behind him, he ran to Li Shimin's bedroom.
Li Zhi didn't chase after him, but silently closed the door, looked at Lin Yiqi who looked lazy and said, "Did I do well?" ”
Lin Yiqi stood up, her seductive curves swaying, only to see her walk up to Li Zhi and nod Li Zhi's forehead with her snow-white fingers, then pinched his face and said, "Very good!" ”
Li Zhi seemed to enjoy her little movements, looked at her and said, "Then can I have you forever?" ”
Lin Yiqi shook his finger and looked at Li Zhi and said, "Not yet!" Only when you become an emperor can you have me forever, so you have one last step left! ”
Li Zhi nodded vigorously, looking at Lin Yiqi's face full of affection.
Lin Yiqi seemed to have thought of something, his hand gradually slid down from Li Zhi's face, and said as he slipped down: "Although you can't have me forever now, you can also have me temporarily!" ”
There seemed to be a lively scene in the house, but in fact, Lin Yiqi was more than twenty years older than Li Zhi.
In Concubine Yang's bedroom, Concubine Yang finally breathed a sigh of relief after learning the news that Li Chengqian had died, only to see her look at the ranking for Li Keli, the king of Wu, and said helplessly: "Ke'er, it's all because of my mother's bad background, if my mother is just an ordinary nobleman in the Tang Dynasty, how can your father stop you because of blood!" ”