Li Shimin looked at the information sent by Li Mu and his face turned pale.
Employing people to build roads is originally a good thing that benefits the people.
Once it was revealed that the imperial court deliberately fed moldy food to civilians, it would undoubtedly bring shame to the imperial court.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness the Crown Prince would like to see you." Li Mu walked in and said.
Li Shimin said coldly: "Ha~, I haven't found him yet, but he came by himself. Let him come in."
Li Mu came outside the hall and said to Li Chengqian who was waiting at the door of the hall: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty will let you in."
Li Chengqian nodded and walked in.
Li Mu led the way and whispered: "Your Majesty is not in a good mood. Your Majesty, please be careful."
Li Chengqian was shocked. Could it be that his father already knew?
But it was not convenient to ask now, so I gave Li Mu a grateful look.
"My son, I have met my father." Li Chengqian bowed and saluted.
Li Shimin glanced at Li Chengqian coldly and said, "Why did you come to see me?"
Li Chengqian knelt down and said, "My son is here to plead guilty to my father."
"Oh? Could you please tell me what crime you are guilty of?" Li Shimin said lightly.
"My father asked his son to be responsible for building roads, but he failed to do a good job. News came from Luoyang that someone replaced the food that the people ate with moldy food, which almost caused a mutiny. Please punish me, my father." Li Chengqian said.
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Li Shimin said: "Do you think this matter was caused by someone being greedy or someone deliberately framed you?"
Li Chengqian saw that Li Shimin was not surprised at all when he heard the news, and he was secretly glad in his heart.
It seemed that his father really knew about it. If Fang Xuanling hadn't asked him to come to plead guilty, he would probably have been lucky and not come to plead guilty.
Once his father took the initiative to call him to account, he fell into a passive position.
Li Chengqian felt happy when he saw Li Shimin asking this question. He was about to say that Li Tai might have done this, but when he thought that he had no evidence, he pondered for a moment and said, "Back to my father, this matter has not been investigated clearly yet. I don't know."
Dare to speak nonsense."
Li Shimin glanced at Li Chengqian in surprise. With Li Chengqian's previous personality, even if he didn't take the opportunity to push Li Tai, he would take the opportunity to shirk him.
This is also what Li Shimin has always looked down on Li Chengqian.
As the crown prince of the country, he has no city and no government, and he doesn't even have any responsibilities.
"Get up." Li Shimin's expression softened a bit when he saw that Li Chengqian had made some progress.
"Thank you, Father." Li Chengqian stood up with Li Mu's help.
"This time it didn't cause a major disaster, and since you sincerely admitted your mistake, I won't pursue it, but I don't want it to happen again. Road construction is related to the Tang Dynasty, so you have to be careful." Li Shimin said.
"Thank you very much, Father. I will definitely live up to Father's expectations." Li Chengqian said respectfully.
At this moment, a eunuch came in and said, "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Jingyang County is here to see you."
"Xuan!"
Lin Xuan walked into the hall and was slightly surprised to see Li Chengqian.
"I see Your Majesty, Your Highness the Crown Prince." Lin Xuan bowed and saluted.
Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "You came just in time. I have something I need you to do."
"Your Majesty, my wedding is coming soon and I need to go to the border after getting married. I really can't worry about Your Majesty." Lin Xuan refused without even thinking about it.
Who knows what other errands Li Shimin will arrange for him.
"The wedding is only a month away, so it's not a big deal. There's enough time," Li Shimin said.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty..."
Lin Xuan just wanted to continue to evade, but Li Shimin said calmly: "I originally planned for you to go to the border half a month after your marriage, but I heard that the situation between Western Turks and Xue Yantuo is tense, and they may start a fight at any time. I think you should go to the border after your marriage.
Border."
threaten.
The threat of red luoluo.
"As I eat the emperor's salary, I should share your majesty's worries. If your majesty has anything to do, just give your orders." Lin Xuan said righteously.
"Really? I just thought about it carefully. You are really busy recently, why don't you just forget about it?" Li Shimin said with a half-smile.
"Not busy, not busy at all. Your Majesty just gives orders."
Lin Xuan scolded Li Shimin in his heart, but he had a smile on his face.
Li Shimin looked reluctant and said, "In that case, I'll leave this matter to you."
After speaking, Li Shimin told what happened in Luoyang.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will definitely get to the bottom of this matter as soon as possible." Lin Xuan said.
"What I want is the truth. Don't just find someone to fool me. Do you understand?"
Lin Xuan was stunned and quickly understood what Li Shimin meant.
Li Shimin pretended to ask him to investigate, but in fact he was not prepared to investigate at all.
After thinking about it for a moment, I realized it might have something to do with Li Tai.
Framing the prince is a serious crime. Once it is found out that Li Tai did it, will Li Shimin punish him or not?
Li Shimin must have guessed it, so he asked Lin Xuan to investigate, and hinted to him not to really investigate.
"If I understand, I will not wrong others," Lin Xuan said.
Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction and said, "You guys go down."
"My son, please retire."
"I excuse myself."
After Li Chengqian and Lin Xuan walked out of the hall, they said bitterly: "Zichu, I leave this matter to you. I just want to see who harmed me."
"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will do my best."
It seems that Li Chengqian also suspected that Li Tai did it and wanted to take this opportunity to bring down Li Tai.
The idea is good, but Li Tai is the whetstone prepared by Li Shimin for Li Chengqian. The knife has not been sharpened yet, so the whetstone is still useful.
Li Chengqian whispered: "Zichu might as well check whether this matter has anything to do with King Wei."
"I understand." Lin Xuan said somewhat calmly.
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Furong Garden
Han Wen looked at Li Tai angrily and asked, "Your Highness, why didn't you discuss it with me before you did this?"
"Sir, please pay attention to your status and don't be too presumptuous." Li Tai said coldly.
Han Wen took a deep breath and bowed: "Your Highness, please forgive me."
"Forget it this time, sir, I have to think carefully before speaking next time." Li Tai said calmly.
"Thank you, Your Highness. Just because Your Highness did this, aren't you afraid that His Majesty will find out?" Han Wen said.
He found that Li Tai was becoming more and more out of control, which was not a good thing.
"Sir, you are worrying too much. Those people are all dead, so there won't be any evidence." Li Tai said.
Han Wen frowned slightly and asked, "Does His Highness think that he can threaten the prince just by doing this?"
He knew Li Tai's details very well, but he really couldn't figure out where Li Tai found these dead soldiers.
Could it be that Li Tai secretly cultivated power? Or is there someone else secretly supporting Li Tai?
"It depends on sir. I hope to see my brother impeached tomorrow. It should be okay, right?" Li Tai said.
"Your Highness is thinking too simplistically. If Your Highness directly causes the civilians to riot, Your Majesty may make Your Highness the person in charge of road construction. But if Your Highness is like this, the Crown Prince will be reprimanded by His Majesty at most." Han Wen said.
"What I want is for my father to reprimand him. During this period, the prince's status has become more and more stable, and many ministers in the court have gradually leaned towards the prince. As long as my father reprimands him in court, those ministers will naturally continue to wait and see."
Li Tai smiled.
Han Wen glanced at Li Tai in surprise, with a gloomy look in his eyes.
Based on his understanding of Li Tai, Li Tai has no such scheming. It seems that Li Tai has an expert behind him to guide him.
"Your Highness, this plan is very clever. I wonder who proposed it to Your Highness?" Han Wen asked.