My father, Li Shimin, requests Your Majesty to become the Retired Emperor.

"Ah, is that so? I did give it to them, but I didn't give it for free; I lent it to them."

"They calculated the interest for me," Li Tai lied.

"Oh, so you've put all your loan sharking money overseas."

"Since your goal is to make a profit, then wouldn't you call this doing business?" Su Wan countered.

"This—," Li Tai said, finding it difficult to explain.

"Oh, so you, the King of Yue, are legally allowed to do big business, but you won't allow me to sell some wine, is that it?"

And I ask you, where did you get that 90 taels of silver from?

This is another very sensitive issue, because even if Li Tai were to earn this much money, he wouldn't be able to do so even in ten lifetimes.

Li Tai was even more unable to explain, because everyone knew perfectly well that he had embezzled all that money.

"You're really something."

I remember that time when we were building the grape trellis at the East Palace,

You used a dagger to assassinate Li Chenggan.

Your brother didn't hold it against you, did he?

You suffered several defeats in the Western Regions, and it was always your elder brother who covered for you.

According to the laws of our Great Tang Dynasty, if an army is defeated and its soldiers desert,

What kind of behavior is this? Shouldn't it be punishable by death?

Are you still alive today?

It was only because your elder brother turned the situation around for you that your father was in a good mood and didn't hold it against you.

You actually bribed an assassin to kill Li Chenggan on the way.

I want to ask you, what exactly is the hatred between you brothers?

Did you really need to poison the Crown Prince like this?

Do you think your elder brother is no match for you?

Let me tell you this.

If he wanted to kill you, ten Li Tais wouldn't be alive. It's just that he's thinking of his brotherhood and can't bear to do it to you, not wanting the tragedy of the Xuanwu Gate Incident to repeat itself.

You keep pushing your luck, becoming increasingly audacious.

Do you think you can become the crown prince just because you ousted your elder brother?

"I don't think so." Su Wan circled Li Tai three times.

Li Tai listened and lowered his head in silence, for the facts were undeniable and he could not refute them.

"I heard you wrote a letter of promise to your father, promising that you will treat the other princes well after you become emperor."

Moreover, after you pass away, you must pass the throne to Li Zhi.

"And you even said that if you have sons in the future, you'll kill them all. Is that true?" Su Wan crossed her arms over her chest.

Upon hearing this, Li Tai thought to himself that it really was true that "if you don't want people to know, then don't do it in the first place." It seemed that there was nothing Su Wan didn't know about inside and outside Chang'an City.

"Sister-in-law, now that you already know, why ask again?"

"Are you crazy?"

People often say that even a tiger won't eat its cubs, yet you're willing to kill your own son.

Are you really killing me or just faking it?

"You want to kill your brother, and you want to kill your son too? Are you even human?" Su Wan spoke as if she were chopping melons and vegetables, showing no mercy whatsoever.

Upon hearing this, Li Tai thought to himself that he was going to be severely reprimanded, but he couldn't say that the letter of promise was fake. If he did, wouldn't that be a crime of deceiving the emperor?

He had no choice but to say, "Sister-in-law, I was forced into it."

My father doesn't believe I will pass the throne to Li Zhi in the future, and I can't think of any other way, so I can only make this promise.

"Did you think that by writing that letter of commitment, you would get the position of crown prince?"

Let me tell you, it would have been better if you hadn't written it. Because you did, you're actually less likely to become the crown prince.

Upon hearing Su Wan's words, Li Tai's heart sank completely, and he asked, "Then why?"