Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 177 Li Shimin fainted with anger
Jiucheng Palace.

A eunuch hurried to the eunuch Wang De, whispered a few words, and then handed him the letter sent from Chang'an City.

Wang De nodded, and the eunuch bowed and left.

After taking a look at the letter in his hand, Wang De walked towards Li Shimin.

"His Majesty……"

"What's the matter?"

Li Shimin stared at the fishing float intently and said without turning his head.

Wang De bowed and said, "Lord Li Shenfu from Zongzheng Temple sent me a letter. Please take a look."

"Uncle Wang?"

Li Shimin frowned and turned around to take the letter handed to him by Wang De.

Why did Uncle Wang write to me?
Li Shimin opened the letter with suspicion, and after reading it carefully, a look of coldness and anger gradually appeared on his face.

Wang De bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the things that Lord Li sent are waiting outside. Do you want them..."

"No need."

Li Shimin interrupted Wang De coldly, and his fingers holding the letter turned white.

The dignified King of Wei actually used evil means to plot against the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace!
What's in your pig head?!

Li Shimin took a deep breath and said, "Didn't I say that all matters in the court should be handed over to the Crown Prince?"

Wang De: "I don't know, but the people from the Zongzheng Temple haven't left yet, Your Majesty may summon them to ask a few questions."

"Tell him to come in."

"Yes."

After a moment, Zheng Yan came over quickly and bowed, "Zheng Yan from Zongzheng Temple pays respect to Your Majesty."

"No gift."

Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "The Crown Prince handed this matter over to the Zongzheng Temple for handling. Why didn't they report it to the Crown Prince? Instead, they sent it to Jiucheng Palace."

Zheng Yan: "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince has discussed this matter with Prime Minister Fang and others, and they have decided that this matter involves too much and has extremely bad consequences, so they unanimously decided to hand it over to the Zongzheng Temple for handling."

"When the Lord learned about this, he was extremely shocked and immediately arrested the two demons Qin Ying and Wei Lingfu and interrogated them strictly."

"After learning the details of the incident, the Lord felt that the matter should be handed over to Your Majesty for decision, so he sent it here."

Li Shimin: "Does the prince know about this?"

Zheng Yan: "My Lord has already informed the Crown Prince and others."

"What did the prince say?"

"When the prince heard that the adults had sent the transcript to Jiucheng Palace, he didn't say anything more."

Is it inconvenient to deal with or are you afraid to deal with it?
Li Shimin pondered and looked at the letter in his hand.

Since he had handed over all court affairs to Li Chengqian, he believed that he could do a good job.

But now...

Is he worried about me?

Li Shimin was thoughtful.

Although Li Chengqian was the regent and handled all the affairs of the court, this matter concerned the royal children and the King of Wei, with whom he had always been at odds.

If it is handled properly, it will be fine. But if it is not handled properly, it will easily cause gossip among people.

Besides, they are brothers after all.

Do you want to see my attitude?
Li Shimin asked slowly, "Are Qin Ying and Wei Lingfu in Zongzheng Temple now?"

"Your Majesty, the two of them are now in the Zongzheng Temple prison. Lord Li said that if Your Majesty wants to interrogate them personally, you can send them to Jiucheng Palace at any time."

"Satisfied?"

"Your Majesty, Chengxin is still in the East Palace."

Li Shimin put down the letter and looked into the distance.

It was common knowledge among all the civil and military officials in the court that Li Tai and Li Chengqian were not on good terms. Now that Li Tai had caused such a thing, it was truly chilling.

Even if he showed partiality again, his intention to murder his brother could not be forgiven.

Ugh……

Li Shimin couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Father, now I understand why you were so gloomy back then.

"Report!"

At this time, a eunuch came running from a distance, looking panicked, "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from Chang'an City."

Li Shimin took it with a frown, opened it and his face instantly became horribly gloomy!
What a courage!
Li Tai, are you really planning a rebellion?!

Li Shimin was furious, and even there were people from the Prince of Wei's Mansion in the Zongzheng Temple!

In order to silence the witness, the person who did it actually committed suicide? !

"Damn it! It's so abominable!"

Li Shimin suddenly stood up, angrily broke the fishing rod in his hand and threw it into the lake.

Li Shimin, not satisfied, kicked over the stool again and gasped heavily.

I love you so much, and you do this?!
"Your Majesty, calm down!"

suddenly.

Li Shimin felt dizzy and staggered a few steps. Fortunately, Wang De was quick-witted and did not fall to the ground.

But even so, Li Shimin continued to gasp and roll his eyes.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?"

"Someone come, someone come!"

"Hurry up and tell the doctor, tell the doctor!"

A group of eunuchs hurriedly carried Li Shimin to a cool place and kept fanning him. At the same time, someone quickly went to the imperial physician to call the imperial physician for treatment.

All the ministers and concubines who got the news rushed over.

"How is your Majesty?"

"What did the doctor say?"

"When I met your Majesty before, you were in a very good mood and fishing. How come your headache came back in the blink of an eye?"

Many ministers who accompanied him to escape the summer heat expressed their concerns about Li Shimin's condition.

apse.

Li Shimin woke up slowly.

"Your Majesty is awake."

Concubine Yang and Concubine Yin both looked delighted.

"Imperial physician, imperial physician, come and take His Majesty's pulse."

"Yes."

The imperial physician stepped forward, checked Li Shimin's condition, and said slowly, "Your Majesty, your pulse is stable. You just need to drink a few doses of medicine to calm your mind."

"Your Majesty, you fainted this time because you were so angry. You must not get angry easily."

With the help of the two concubines, Li Shimin sat up straight.

Concubine Yang: "Please trouble the imperial physician to prepare the medicine."

"Yes." The imperial physician bowed and left.

"His Majesty……"

"You go down first."

Li Shimin waved his hand, the two women looked at each other, stood up silently and left.

Li Shimin glanced at Wang De and asked, "After I fainted, did everyone know about it?"

Wang De: "Your Majesty, you suddenly fainted. When I arranged for someone to summon the imperial physician, I alarmed the gentlemen. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

"Forget it, go tell them I'm fine now and let them go back."

"Yes."

Wang De left quickly and came back quickly.

"Your Majesty, the others were relieved to hear that you were awake, but they all wanted to see Your Majesty."

"No need."

Li Shimin shook his head.

He hasn't figured out yet how to explain this matter to these ministers.

"What has the prince been doing lately?"

"Your Majesty, after the Crown Prince has finished handling state affairs every day, he takes the princess and the princes out of the city for fun."

"Ok?"

Li Shimin was stunned and looked at Wang De in surprise.

Wang De bowed and said, "Your Majesty, this is the news sent by the East Palace. I heard from the Crown Prince that when you were in Chang'an City, the princes and princesses stayed in the palace all day long, like canaries."

"The prince said that as princes and princesses, we should experience the suffering of the people and share their joys, so that we can understand their difficulties."

"For this reason, many ministers in the court have successively advised against it, especially the mentors of the princes and princesses, but Fang Xiang and others have expressed their approval of the crown prince's proposal."

"As long as it does not affect your studies, there is nothing wrong with the princes and princesses going out of the city with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to relax and have some fun."

Li Shimin leaned against the pillow with a dazed look in his eyes. Before his eyes seemed to be a scene of June with birds singing and grass lush, and his sons and daughters happily chasing and playing on the grass.

As the eldest brother, Crown Prince Li Chengqian, laughed and scolded his younger brothers and sisters who were having fun, and then ordered people to prepare meals...

"Good, that's great..."

Several figures flashed past him, some with anger and some with regret.

Li Shimin murmured and closed his eyes.

When was there a time when these brothers also played and frolicked like this?
I was wrong.

Father, I really know I was wrong.

Li Shimin slowly opened his eyes, a cold light flashed across his eyes, "Pass on my decree, take back the post of the governor of Wei Wang, and demote him to the rank of county prince!"

……

Chang'an City.

Suburbs.

Li Chengqian was wearing a straw hat and holding a dogtail grass in his mouth. He turned his gaze to Su Chen who was also holding a fishing rod. "Can we catch any fish today?"

Su Chen: “I don’t know.”

Li Cheng pursed his lips, "You and I have been here for several days, but we haven't seen a single fish. Could it be that all the fish have been scared away by them?"

Su Chen turned his head and looked sideways. He saw the princes and princesses, like horses released from a stable, frolicking freely on the grass by the stream.

Although the weather was hot, it did not dampen their enthusiasm at all.

Those who fly kites fly kites, and those who catch butterflies catch butterflies.

"probably not."

Su Chen thought about it, looked at the vibrating fishing float, and grinned, "Look, isn't the big fish coming?!"

"Come up!"

Su Chen suddenly lifted the fishing rod.

咻、

The fishhook was attached with a few water plants, which was extremely eye-catching.

"Hahaha, I said there were no fish!"

Li Chengqian clapped his legs and laughed, then when he saw his fishing float move, he quickly lifted it up.

"So heavy!"

"Big fish! It's a big fish!"

"Don't panic, Prince. I'm here to help you!"

"I'm coming too!"

"And I!"

For an instant.

Attracted by Li Chengqian's voice, the princes and princesses all came over to lend a hand.

A fat fish, one foot long, was twisting its tail hard on the water, trying to escape, but it was unable to withstand the large numbers of Li Chengqian and his men.

Finally, everyone worked together to pull the fat fish to the shore.

"Pull it up!"

"What a big fat fish!"

"Brother Prince is so awesome!"

Li Chengqian pointed at the fat fish on the ground and said to everyone, "How about we grill it and eat it today?"

"Great!"

Everyone clapped their hands and applauded.

Su Chen looked at the fishing rod in his hand, then looked at the fat fish caught by Li Chengqian, and shook his head.

Looking at Li Chengqian and others, if they had brought a camera, I could have taken a picture of them.

I think Li Shimin would have had different feelings after reading this, right?

Happy times are always short-lived.

As the sun set, Li Chengqian reluctantly called the princes and princesses one by one to board the carriage back to the palace.

"Brother Su Chen, can I still come and play with you tomorrow?"

A head popped out from the carriage, a pretty little face full of anticipation.

Su Chen smiled and said, "Then I'll have to ask the prince."

"Then can Brother Su Chen please plead for us?"

"No."

"Humph!"

Princess Mingda snorted and lowered the curtain angrily.

Li Chengqian on the carriage laughed and patted Princess Mingda on the head, "If we are free tomorrow, we will come again."

"Great!"

(End of this chapter)