Li Tai and Yiyu, who had admired the lanterns, originally planned to take a carriage back to the palace first, but when they came, they were stopped by Ah Sheng on the road.

Ah Sheng's whisper Yu didn't hear a few words, and vaguely felt that it was like the prince and they had caused some trouble, but she didn't ask much, only told Li Tai to be careful, and got into another carriage and went back to the Wei Palace.

At night, she was not idle, picked up the lamp, and read the letter left by Lu Zhi several times, although the thousand-word letter, although it did not mention the matter of who he was framed by, but it always made her feel that there were some unspeakable allusions and hints in it.

Putting the letter on the desk, Yu Yu got up and walked back and forth in the room, muttering in a low voice some of the words and information revealed on the letter:

"The eldest brother is doing things for the emperor, who is it, who has he offended, and he has to take his life? On this letter, it is clearly written, the eldest brother said that there are benefits to helping the emperor do things, and the advantage is that he will never be afraid of offending other big people, no, maybe it should be said, even if he is offended, there is also a bigger backer of the emperor, but he still had an accident..."

"The emperor knew our origins early on... We don't recognize the Fang family, it was he who acquiesced," she clenched her fist to her lips, opened her mouth and bit her knuckles a few times with her teeth, leaving a few shallow tooth marks on it.

Lu Zhi reminded her of three things in particular, she would not treat him as untargeted-the first thing, she couldn't provoke a rational and intelligent man. This is clearly warning her to stay away from Li Tai.

The second thing is to keep in mind that no matter how high the position is, there is an emperor on the top of his head. Lu Zhi's focus refers to today's saints, and it seems to simply refer to the word "emperor".

As for the third reminder, it made her sigh in her heart, as he expected, she didn't do the first thing, she did "provoke" a rational and intelligent man like Li Tai, however, she didn't know why Lu Zhi wanted her to remember the second thing.

Is it to warn her that Li Tai has the heart to fight for that position? Or is it to remind her that Li Tai will also be at the mercy of the emperor? Or something else, it seems that the point is, what is it?

Her brain was crumpled into a ball, as if it was roasted on a fire, it was swollen and painful, it was obviously the truth within reach, but it was almost a little bit untouchable, she turned her head and stared at the letter on the table, as if she wanted to see through what Lu Zhi wanted to tell her through these words

If you get this letter from someone else one day, no matter what the big brother wants to tell you next, you must promise that you will be calm, don't let emotions control you, remember, use your brain, don't learn from those stupid people.

"Use your brain, your brain," the black and white words seemed to be read out by her brother's ear, and she gradually calmed down again, closing her eyes that were a little red.

"The Mid-Autumn Festival Night Banquet in the Wei Palace, Lu Zhi, Changsun Lian, Li Tai," for some reason, some related events and names suddenly appeared in her mind:

"Fang and Lu's two families have taken children, Fang Qiao, Lu Zhongzhi, and Lu Zhi...... Kui Xing Lou murder case, Oriental Pearl, eldest grandson, eldest grandson Wuji, Kui Xing Lou owner - no, no"

A spirit, her eyes widened, she jumped to the table in three steps and two steps, grabbed the three pieces of letter paper on the case, pulled out one of them, and her eyes quickly fell on one of the words:

“... You can't check, you can't check, don't check..."She read this sentence repeatedly, her face gradually became pale in the candlelight, and she read the letter from beginning to end, but she felt a chill in her heart, and as soon as her body became weak, she sat down on the carpet.

"Everything can't get past him, he knows everything clearly, and everything is ultimately up to him to decide—big brother, what did you do? He wants your life... Emperor, Emperor, Emperor......"

The east is not clear, in front of the warm pavilion of the main hall of the East Palace, there are six or seven people standing sporadically, some men and women, and their expressions are not very good-looking. In early spring, in the early hours of the morning, the dampness outside the house was heavy, and the man gave up, but the three girls who stood all night were a little unbearable and shivered, but no one dared to say a word, asking for a cloak or something.

"Really, what's going on, no one came out to squeak, this can be weird-" Xu Yinglan, who was hiding behind Li Ke, sniffed and complained with some dissatisfaction, but before he finished speaking, he was glared at by Li Ke with a warning twist of his head, and swallowed the rest of the words.

Compared with Xu Yinglan, who was complaining, Changsun Xi and Dongfang Mingzhu on the other side were much quieter, the two of them were also standing behind Li Tai to block the wind, one was anxiously looking at the closed temple door, and the other was bowing his head and saying nothing.

After a while, just when the girls who had stood hungry all night were about to cry, they heard a "squeak", the door of the temple was pushed open, the eunuch bowed down and opened the curtain, and a bright yellow figure stepped out.

Li Shimin, who looked uncertain, glanced at the few people outside the door, "You come with me." ”

The group went to the side hall of Taiji Palace, and after the eunuch closed the door of the study, Li Shimin, who was seated, did not say anything, just leaned on the back of the chair with his eyes closed.

Li Ke glanced at Li Tai beside him, took a step forward, and asked Xiaoyi: "Father, is he okay with the eldest brother?" ”

was a kind question, but it was like lighting explosives, a cold snort, and while opening his eyes, Li Shimin slapped the dragon case fiercely, and asked angrily:

"Which of you will tell me that this Shangyuan Festival, you don't stay in the palace well, why do people stumble and fall into the Qujiang River and almost drown?"

The three girls were shocked by his appearance and shrank up, but no one dared to answer, except for Li Tai, who was the most wronged, but stepped forward and replied:

"I don't know."

After they dispersed last night, Li Tai was with Yiyu, but on the way back, Ah Sheng hurriedly reported that the prince had fallen into the Qujiang River, and the coast was being salvaged.

Hurriedly sent people back to the palace, alarming the emperor and queen who had already slept, and facing Li Chengqian, who was unconscious and began to have a fever, the couple was angry and anxious, so they punished them to stand outside the East Palace all night.

Li Shimin glared at him, then stretched out his hand and pointed at Li Ke and said, "You say"

"Yes, back to my father's words," was named, Li Ke told the events of last night in as much detail as possible, and there was some hesitation in the words, but he still said it honestly:

"After leaving the palace last night, I first went to the Eastern Metropolis to enjoy the lanterns, and then the pedestrians on the street were crowded, so they were scattered, and the sons and daughters found Xi'er on the street, and then found Concubine Liu and Miss Dongfang in a restaurant, the prince and the fourth brother were gone," Speaking of this, he lowered his tone, glanced sideways at Li Tai, and said with some hesitation:

"I heard Concubine Liu and Miss Dongfang say that the prince went to the restaurant with them at that time, and it happened that there were riddles and lottery heads, so the prince guessed all the way upstairs and got acquainted with a strange young lady, and then the two left together, saying that they were going to Yanying Bridge to see the lights."

Hearing this, Li Shimin's face turned a little dark, before he finished talking about this matter, he guessed that it was still a mistake, no wonder Li Chengqian woke up in the East Palace just now and asked him what happened, but he called it a headache and avoided answering.

"Erchen felt that it was inappropriate, because we secretly went out of the palace, and I don't know if the prince had a secret guard with him, so he followed a strange woman away, so a few of us hurried to the Yanying Bridge by car, and when we got there, the riverside was already a mess, saying that someone was squeezed from the bridge to the river, and then we saw the prince brought out of the palace The close eunuch Zhou Fu was there to ask for help, and we knew that the prince fell into the river - father, the son-in-law did not dare to lie, and they testified that this was the case."

This incident seems to be an accident, but because the strange woman who lured the prince away disappeared strangely after he fell into the river, it became complicated.

"That's what he said?" Li Shimin asked, seeing that the three girls all nodded yes, they were silent for a moment, looked at Li Tai, and asked:

"What about you, how many of them are together, where did you go then?"

"Viewing the lanterns."

Originally, Li Ke heard Li Shimin questioning Li Tai, and he was still a little happy in his heart, but it can be seen that Li Shimin was sent away by the word Li Tai, and asked the Oriental Pearl to make the portrait of the strange woman, and his heart was unbalanced.

Li Shimin didn't slap the table this time, but his reaction was subtle, he first sighed lightly, and then said in a deep voice:

"I burned all night, and there was nothing wrong with my brain, but-"

In the middle of his words, he froze, glanced at the two outstanding sons on the opposite side of the dragon case left and right, waved his hand and said, "You go back to the house in advance, don't hang around in the palace for the past two days, I will pass you over again if there is something." ”

"The retainers retired."

When the Oriental Pearl is finished, the last one to exit. Li Shimin knocked on the table a few times, called in a eunuch in regular clothes, handed over the portrait of a strange woman painted on his hand, and commanded:

"Painted into two copies, one sent to Dali Temple, and the other sent to Kuixing Tower, you can say whatever you want."

"Yes."

The eunuch left with the portrait, and when Li Shimin was left alone in the room, the middle-aged emperor left the dragon case, walked to the open bed, looked at the rising sun in the east from the second floor hall, and whispered to himself:

"Will it be the root of the disease? Or a foot disease... This solves a difficult problem for me. I am the Tang Dynasty, thousands of people, how can I hand it over - the third child has more thoughts, but it may not be impossible to teach, as for my four children, they would have left a few years ago, and if they have dragged on until now, they should leave Beijing soon. ”

As soon as he moved his gaze, he looked at a looming pavilion in the west in the distance, and the only remaining three points of majesty on the dragon's face also faded, replaced by a somewhat complex color that was difficult to explain.

"Yao Ye, what should I do with your son?"

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