() Li Chengqian was busy preparing for the wedding. In fact, many people below helped. Even Lin Yi didn't know what this guy could do, but he was very busy.
But when he came to the Lin Mansion that day, the carriage was blocked by someone. Fortunately, his magic had improved, and there were not many people on the other side, but the crossbows were a bit of a threat to him.
But more than half of the guards he brought were sacrificed. This was because he was a little careless. Frequent visits to the Lin Mansion made him relax about safety issues on the road...
Lin Yi appeared in time and not only rescued Li Chengqian but also captured several survivors of the attack. There were three monks among them, which surprised Lin Yi. Could it be because those temples were dissatisfied with Li Shimin taking away their property?
Then we should attack Li Tai, after all, he is the one doing the work, right?
"Wow, it's so thrilling! How did you know something happened to me?" Li Chengqian ran over from a corner.
"You're lucky, I'm cultivating my spiritual power." Lin Yi rolled his eyes at him, couldn't this kid take care of himself? Fortunately, he appeared in time, otherwise the casualties might have been even greater.
"Damn, this happened again in just a few months. These people are really crazy." Qin Qiong came over. The emperor had already scolded him for what happened last time. This time the prince was attacked again. He
I really hate this group of people who keep doing mischief.
"Take them all back to the palace." Li Chengqian said. This kind of thing cannot be hidden from his father. These people must be interrogated by his father himself...
"Prince, are you not injured?" Qin Qiong came to Li Chengqian's side.
"I'm fine, let's go back to the palace!" Li Chengqian pulled Lin Yi, obviously wanting Lin Yi to accompany him.
Several people began to walk towards the palace. Yang Kuan was tied up and escorted to the palace by the soldiers. However, his first feeling was not that he was afraid, but that he felt closer to the woman he loved.
"Are you...Yang Kuan?" Li Shimin stared at one of the kneeling people. He was completely basing his guess on it because he remembered that a large number of people in the martial arts hall of Ji'an Sect were monks.
Moreover, Qin Qiong had already reported that the arrested monks knew some martial arts. But in the end, only Yang Kuan was brought to him because Qin Qiong could tell that this man was the leader.
"Your Majesty has such good eyesight." Yang Kuan's mouth was bleeding. He had just been beaten by a guard. He knew very well that since he was caught, he would never survive.
"How courageous are you? You actually dare to return to the capital?" Li Shimin squinted his eyes and looked at this old rival.
Although they had met several times, this was the first time they met. But Li Shimin felt that it was normal for his people not to be able to find Yang Kuan. The portrait was a little too unlikeable, at least it didn't portray Yang Kuan's charm.
"Why don't you dare? It's better to have a big scar on your head than to live like a mouse." Yang Kuan smiled, he didn't care about anything anymore.
"Why do you want to kill the prince again and again?" This is what Li Shimin is confused about. He killed Lin Yi because Lin Yi had hurt him before, but why did he kill Li Chengqian? Even if the prince died, he still had other sons, which was very important to him.
No benefit.
Yang Kuan just looked at Li Shimin and smiled proudly, without any intention of answering.
Li Shimin was silent for a long time. Then he shouted: "Xiao Yi, ** technique."
He must get this answer, no matter what method he uses. But Lin Yi's ** skills are the best. After all, the confession obtained by asking this way is absolutely true.
Yang Kuan was shocked. He had heard about this magical technique for a long time and knew how powerful it was. So his heart began to beat, hoping that this magical technique would not be as magical as the legend said.
When Lin Yi stood in front of him, Yang Kuan really wanted to do it himself, but it was too late. He seemed to be squeezed into a cake, at least that was how he felt. But in Li Shimin's eyes, Yang Kuan's
His expression was distorted for a while, and then his eyes gradually became blank.
It was as if his soul had been fascinated. Although he knew that Lin Yi was good at martial arts, this was the first time he saw Yang Kuan's changes with his own eyes. This made him feel frightened.
Fortunately, he knew Lin Yi's character very well and knew that he would not use this seemingly evil method on himself. However, Li Shimin still couldn't control his feelings. It seemed that he would have to discuss with Lin Yi in the future and not use this method if nothing happened.
A strange, scary way.
Otherwise, I never know when I will be unable to control myself and kill this kid.
"Why do you want to kill the prince?" Lin Yi's soft voice seemed to be floating from the sky. Li Shimin, who was a little nervous, relaxed.
However, the next moment, Li Shimin and Qin Qiong, who were not affected much, became concerned again. Li Chengqian also focused his attention. He also wanted to know why this person wanted to die so much.
"For Li Tai." Yang Kuan remembered that he wanted to help Li Tai kill Li Chengqian, so he answered like this.
"He asked you to kill the prince?" Lin Yiqi asked. He didn't know that Li Tai was still connected with the Jian Cult. But it was no secret that Li Tai wanted to kill Li Chengqian. Everyone knew what he was thinking.
"No." Yang Kuan gave another unexpected answer.
"No?" Li Shimin exclaimed unexpectedly.
Qin Qiong also looked surprised, and Li Chengqian and Lin Yi looked at each other strangely. If it wasn't Li Tai, then why did this person say he came to kill him for Li Tai? Li Chengqian didn't understand.
"Then who asked you to kill the prince?" Lin Yi asked again.
"Concubine Yang." Another unexpected answer.
Lin Yi was so worried that he didn't dare to ask any more questions. This was related to the empress in the harem. He turned to look at Li Shimin.
Li Chengqian was also very surprised. He and Concubine Yang rarely met each other, let alone interacted with each other. Even with Concubine Yang's sons Li Ke and Min, they were not very close, but they had nothing to do with each other. What on earth had this woman gone crazy about?
?Why do you want to kill yourself?
Li Shimin's expression was changing. He had guessed various possibilities, but Concubine Yang's answer was something he never expected. That woman had always been soft and weak, how could she do such a thing, but Lin Yi's **
Techniques cannot tell lies, so... is this true? But... why?
Qin Qiong wanted to leave, but he never imagined that following the interrogation of the leader of Ji'an Cult would lead to the concubines from the harem.
"Your Majesty, I still have something to do. Please excuse me." Qin Qiong knew that he shouldn't listen to this. He was different from Lin Yi and Li Chengqian. They were considered members of the royal family, but he was just a minister. Now he had become involved in the royal family affairs.
It would feel inappropriate if he listened to it again.
Li Shimin waved his hand, agreed to Qin Qiong's request, and then turned to Lin Yidao: "Ask him what his relationship is with Concubine Yang?"
Lin Yi nodded, continued to confuse Yang Kuan, and asked softly: "What is your relationship with Concubine Yang?"
"She is my woman." Yang Kuan said with a smile, showing a very happy expression.
But these words were like thunder, causing the three people in the hall to faint.
Concubine Yang is his woman? What does this mean? Literally?
Lin Yi and Li Chengqian exchanged a look. It seemed that they knew something terrible. They really hated themselves for having two ears. It would be great if they couldn't hear!
Li Shimin's face was already livid. Concubine Yang was actually his woman? Then what had become of him?!
That woman, that woman with a weak face who always gave him warmth, actually betrayed him? This made Li Shimin unbelievable!
Lin Yi and Li Chengqian neither dared to move nor make a sound, trying their best to weaken their presence. They could even hear Li Shimin's angry breathing clearly.
After a long time, Li Shimin spoke again: "Ask him, why did Concubine Yang kill the prince?"
Lin also recounted the past as usual.
"I will help Li Tai kill the prince. When one of them dies, Li Tai will also lose the possibility of continuing on the throne. Then Ke'er can take the throne." Yang Kuan said very carefully.
Li Shimin gritted his teeth. He really didn't expect that Li Ke also wanted to be in power. Or was it Concubine Yang's idea?
"Someone, bring Concubine Yang."
The depressing silence continued in the Manna Hall. This made Lin Yi feel like he couldn't breathe smoothly.
After a while, Concubine Yang came in. This was the third time Lin Yi saw this woman. The first two times were from a distance, and he met her once at a New Year's party, but he didn't pay special attention to her.
It seemed like she felt pity for her. No wonder her godfather would be very kind to her, but she never expected that she would do such a thing behind his back.
As soon as Concubine Yang entered the palace and saw Yang Kuan kneeling there, her expression immediately changed. Then she looked up and saw Li Shimin, who was glaring at her with a livid face. She staggered two steps and almost fell.
fall.
"Do you want to hear what this leader summoned? Xiaoyi, ask them again about their relationship!" Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said, this woman he usually loves very much, now he wants to strangle her to death.
Lin Yi's eyes rolled around and he didn't know if he should ask. This was too embarrassing?
"Xiao Yi!" Li Shimin's voice became stern.
"No, I plead guilty." Concubine Yang knelt down weakly, lowered her head and shed tears. The matter was already obvious, and there was no need for her to deny it.
"Of course you are guilty. You actually wanted to kill the prince, and you also put the blame on Qing Que, and you want Ke'er to be in power, right? I'll tell you today, this is absolutely impossible! How brave are you to betray me?
Get out! Go to the nunnery and never come back." Li Shimin cursed Concubine Yang angrily.
Concubine Yang just cried and did not argue. She lost the bet and could only accept her fate. The emperor had shown mercy by not killing her.
After kowtowing to Li Shimin three times, Concubine Yang slowly stood up and walked out.
"Come here, take this man out and kill him." Li Shimin felt as if there was a big stone blocking his heart. He would not be happy even if he killed Yang Kuan.
"Godfather... My condolences..." Lin Yi mumbled, he really didn't know how to comfort people.
"I'm sorry, Yang Kuan is not my relative! It would be better if he died, he should have died long ago!" Li Shimin began to walk around in the palace. He was now considering whether to execute Concubine Yang. If he stayed,
When he talks about her words, he will always think of this incident, which makes him sick!
Lin Yi didn't dare to speak anymore and just stood there quietly. Li Chengqian didn't dare to speak anymore, he was afraid of being scolded!
After a long while, Li Shimin stopped and waved the two children out.
Lin Yi didn't know what his godfather thought after that. He only knew that he and Li Chengqian finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the two of them decided to put what they heard today into their stomachs and never mention it again.
"We are so lucky today that we brothers and sisters can get together and have a drink together." Li Tai, as the organizer of the banquet, raised the cup first. The older princes like them all drank the fairy wine brewed in the palace.
, but it’s not that strong. Otherwise, after a few drinks, you’ll be confused.
The princesses and the younger prince all drank the juice, which was sweet and they liked it very much.
"Thank you, fourth brother, for organizing the banquet, which gave us brothers and sisters a chance to get together. How about we form an event in the future and let's get together once a month?" The eight-year-old Princess Gaoyang has a very cheerful personality and is quite lively.
, for her, such an occasion is very interesting.
"That's good, what do you think, brother Prince?" Li Tai responded with a smile and turned to ask Li Chengqian.
Then everyone looked at Li Chengqian, waiting for his decision.
"Of course Gu agrees. It is a good thing to strengthen communication with brothers and sisters. Gu also hopes that we will get closer and closer." Li Chengqian said. When he came to this banquet today, he hesitated for a moment and decided to take a packet of detoxification.
After swallowing it, Xiaoyi was right. It is necessary to be on guard against others.
Changle was also there, but she didn't speak. She had been observing the interaction between Li Tai and Li Chengqian. Of course, the focus was on Li Tai. But Li Ke was a little absent-minded. A few days ago, his mother-in-law suddenly wanted to become a monk and said that she wanted to become a monk.
He had served the Buddha for his whole life, and had obtained the consent of his father. This caught him off guard, and he didn't understand what was going on. Why it happened so suddenly.
Li Shimin did not want to kill Concubine Yang, although he wanted to. But for the sake of Li Ke, Li Min and his own face, he made Concubine Yang a monk and asked her to confess to the Buddha!
The banquet continued. Although it was a family-style banquet, each prince and princess also had a taster standing next to them. Every dish had to pass their inspection, including the drinks.
But when the wine is in full swing and everyone's interest is high, they won't have to wait for the people around them to test each drink before drinking it. This is also the best opportunity for Li Tai to take action.
So he went out and gave each brother and sister some wine and juice, acting like a good brother.
There have been no problems for such a long time, so Li Chengqian thought that he was overthinking it. Maybe Li Tai wanted to ease the relationship with him?
There was nothing wrong with the first round of drinks. Everyone drank it happily. The atmosphere was very relaxed and everyone's mood was high. Li Tai then poured the second round. This time it was poisoned. Even his
Same thing in the cup.
When the wine was finished, Li Tai took the time to change to a wine flask, which was exactly the same, but without the mechanism. He started to pour the third round of wine, but someone started to get mad.
The first one to feel stomachache was Li You, who was probably the fastest to drink. The second one was Li Tai himself, but he was half faking it. The third one was Li Chengqian, followed by Li Ke. But drinking juice
The princesses and the young prince did not have any problems.
"Quickly, call the imperial doctor and report to Emperor Father to go to the Lin Mansion to invite Zhenren Sun." Changle stood up. Now several brothers had fallen down, and the sisters and brothers were also frightened and panicked, so she was the only one to support him.
The situation.
The palace maids and eunuchs were in a hurry for a while, and everyone dispersed. Some went to report to the emperor, and some went to ask the imperial doctor. But it was too late now. If they wanted to leave the palace, they still had to ask the emperor for instructions.
The remaining people carried the poisoned princes to the beds in each dormitory, first poured water on them, and then induced vomiting. The people around the princes had received some emergency training.
Although Li Chengqian drank more alcohol, he had a similar reaction to his brothers because he had swallowed a pack of Jiedu Powder beforehand.
After vomiting for a while, he felt very weak, but he still managed to use his mental power to scan the toxins in his body. There were still some sporadic toxins, but according to his judgment, there was no threat to his life. He believed that the imperial doctors should be able to handle it.
.
When the princes were collectively poisoned, of course Li Shimin would come forward. He came to Baifu Palace with a serious expression and visited the sons one by one. Of course, the focus was on Li Chengqian and Li Tai, who were his legitimate sons.
However, the problems between these two people are not big. The problem is Li You. It may be that he drank too much, which promoted the onset of the poison, or it may be that he did not vomit in time. Anyway, he is now in a deep coma.
, the breath is very weak.
Li Shimin was furious. He detained everyone in Baifu Palace and ordered Xu Dalai, the leader of the guards, to conduct a strict investigation and make sure to find the poisoner.
Are these people crazy? Are they always poisoning? Is it the Ji'an religion that did it again this time? Did they kill Yang Kuan in revenge? It's hard for Li Shimin not to guess this way.
One night passed, Li You stopped breathing, and Xu Da didn't find anything abnormal. Li Shimin suddenly felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
His son died in the palace. How dangerous is this palace? This time it was a son. The other sons were lucky. Who knows who it will be next time?
"Check, check hard, check the palace thoroughly!" Li Shimin bit his lower lip.
"Your Majesty, Xu Da will definitely find out, don't worry!" Empress Changsun advised, frightening her enough this time. She originally thought it would be a good thing for these princes and princesses to get together to get closer, but she didn't.
Thinking that such a terrible thing would happen, it seems that it is better not to get together in the future.
However, to the surprise of Li Shimin and Queen Changsun, no matter how they investigated this time, they could not find the culprit. When Li Chengqian's wedding was about to be held, Li Shimin had no choice but to order Xu Dayo to investigate slowly from the light to the dark. Anyway,
He will not give up on finding this person.
The following August was Li Ke's wedding, and then Li Tai's. Li Shimin asked these two adult children to retire from office after the New Year and go to live in his own fief.
Li Tai was very angry. He took such a big risk but got nothing. It was strange that that guy seemed to be immune to all poisons. Such a heavy dose of medicine did not poison him, but Li You, the unlucky guy, died.
What? This made the palace very chaotic, and Li Tai had to be cautious in everything he did.
But he is not afraid of the investigation now. The power in his hand allowed his father to eliminate it, and he also dissolved the yin and yang pot. He even disposed of the remaining poison very cleanly. Even if the gods come to check it now, they can't check it.