"Changsun Wuji." His eyes flickered for a long time. Li Shimin stabilized his emotions and raised his eyes to look at Changsun Wuji who looked like a normal person.
"I'm here." Opening his lowered eyes, Changsun Wuji stood up and said with his hands raised.
"You will go to Cen Mansion for me tomorrow and ask Cen Wenwen. Do you know the allusions of being in Cao Ying and being in Han Dynasty? As for other things, you know what to do." Li Shimin's cold voice sounded, his eyes were as sharp as blades, and he
As sharp as ever on the battlefield.
"I obey the decree."
Seeing the sharpness in Li Shimin's eyes, Changsun Wuji respectfully accepted Li Shimin's instructions. The moment he lowered his head, an inexplicable smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and a bright light shone in his eyes that were always unable to wake up.
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Liu Hongyu, who was standing next to him, raised his eyes and looked at Changsun Wuji. However, he felt that there was a sense of excitement in Changsun Wuji's tone that a treacherous plot had succeeded.
However, if you think about it, you can understand that Changsun Wuji supported the prince Li Chengqian, but Cen Wenwen did not like the previous prince very much.
In addition, Cen Wenwen was originally Sima, the former residence of King Wu in his early years. Before King Wu Li Ke clearly lost hope of competing for the throne, the person Cen Wenwen wanted to get close to and assist would be King Wu Li Ke.
Fortunately, Cen Wenwen, who is already the master of the King of Wei, is still closely connected with the Yang family. While assisting the direct descendant of the King of Wei in fighting for the throne, he is also inseparable from the King of Wu who has the blood of the former Yang.
Clean, and able to play both sides equally between the two princes.
Instigating two princes to participate in the fight for the crown prince. This kind of thing happened even though the emperor had deliberately hinted that in the future, when establishing a prince, he must follow the ten principles of "establishing a direct descendant with direct descendants, establishing an elder without direct descendants, establishing virtuous people in leisure time, and performing meritorious service in wartime."
What happens after the six-character policy is implemented, as the father of all the princes, and the emperor who has experienced the Xuanwumen massacre, how can he watch others provoke a bloody fight between his sons?
If he had simply supported one of them, maybe the emperor would not be so cold. After all, Cen Wenwen had to be scheming and talented, and everyone understood that he wanted to earn a lot of money.
It's a pity that his position is not firm, and his behavior is a bit like a spy, instigating left and right. This is the biggest taboo in the emperor's heart!
As for Changsun Wuji, he was disgusted with Cen Wenwen's behavior in his early years. While he was advising Xiao Xian to calm the people's resistance to the Tang Dynasty, he also bought Xiao Xian from Li Tang and secretly surrendered to the Tang Dynasty alone. In addition, both of them were resourceful.
He is very scheming and can be regarded as a natural enemy.
Indeed, Li Shimin looked at Cen Zijian's confession when he confronted Yang Hui, and also remembered how Cen Wenwen returned to the Tang Dynasty.
Originally, Li Shimin had sent people to contact Xiao Xian, and Xiao Xian also had the intention of surrendering to the Tang Dynasty. However, because of Cen Wenwen, he gradually gave up the idea of surrendering to the Tang Dynasty, and instead focused on preventing Tang invasion, hoping to establish an equal relationship with Li Tang.
Xiao Xian listened to Cen Wenwen, a famous official from a local big family, and gave up the idea of surrendering to the Tang Dynasty. However, Cen Wenwen, who appeased him, secretly sold Xiao Xian to Li Tang and secretly surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.
, catching Xiao Xian off guard.
I still remember that when Xiao Xian was about to die, he shouted to the sky that he was unwilling to give up, and he stared at Cen Wenwen who had sold him for a good price for his family, and refused to rest in peace.
At that time, Changsun Wuji once said privately that if he met someone who could surrender to Cen Wenwen, he might be able to become a capable minister. Unfortunately, his heart was too big and he was a little pretentious, but he might not really be at peace in his heart.
When he was young, he only had the ambition to conquer the world and think that with his heart for the people, Cen Wenwen would not have second thoughts. On the other hand, he also cherished Cen Wenwen's talents, so Li Shimin would treat his eldest grandson.
Wuji smiled unsteadily at his words.
He also worked with Empress Changsun in private. Changsun Wuji was afraid that he was dissatisfied with Cen Wenwen's intelligence, so he became dissatisfied and started talking nonsense.
From then on, Changsun Wuji never said anything bad about Cen Wenwen, but his relationship with Cen Wenwen was not good either.
Looking at the confession in front of me, without Cen Wenwen's instruction, how could his only son Cen Zijian have the courage to make friends with foreign ministers? How could he plot against Fang Yizhi one by one?
I remember that when Fang Yizhi was released, the idea of letting Fang Yizhi go to Fenzhou Xiaoyi was proposed by Cen Wenwen based on reason and insisted on the initiative.
Fang Xuanling retorted that Changsun Wuji and Yu Shinan had also hinted that the governor of Fenzhou was Yang Yu, a member of Concubine Yang's natal family!
But he didn't care, and still let Fang Yi go to Xiaoyi.
Now it seems that I feel sorry for Fang Xuanling. If it weren't for me, Fang Yizhi wouldn't be in vain and become like this.
Thinking of Fang Xuanling who fell ill again because of Fang Yizhi, Li Shimin closed his eyes, rubbed his brows, and sighed in his heart, just for the sake of face and the majesty of the emperor, even if it was wrong, it could not be him, the emperor, who was wrong, he could only
It's someone else.
"Go back and discuss how they should be convicted. After we have agreed, we will submit it to my imperial review." Li Shimin ordered Liu Hongyu.
"I obey the order. Return to the Ministry of Punishment and start immediately." Liu Hongyu stood up and responded.
"I heard that Fang Aiqing is ill. Anyang, please bring me some medicinal materials, bring two imperial doctors over to take a look, and tell Fang Aiqing that her health is the most important thing. Also, I have approved Fang Aiqing's request for leave to take care of her illness."
Li Shimin ordered Li Anyang.
These words were obviously telling Liu Hongyu that when he goes back to sentence Fang Yizhi, he should think more carefully. The Fang family has not yet received grace from the family. Even for the safety of Fang Xuanling, Fang Yizhi cannot be killed.
What's more, the princess and the consort have only been married for less than a month. If Fang Yizhi is sentenced to a harsher sentence, although the princess will not be bullied in the Fang family, she may not feel better mentally.
As for how to handle the balance, it is a matter for Liu Hongyu, the Minister of Punishment, and everyone else in the Punishment Ministry. The Emperor only cares about the results.
Liu Hongyu accepted the order and thought carefully about it when he returned. Fang Yizhi's sentence could not be too severe. If it was too severe, it would hurt the relationship between the emperor and Fang Xuanling, as well as the princess's relationship with the Fang family.
Life, if it is too light, the courtiers will be dissatisfied, the people at Yushitai will not give up easily, and the emperor may not be comfortable either. This matter should be carefully considered.
"You guys go down." Li Shimin watched Liu Hongyu agree with satisfaction, then waved his hand and said.
After Changsun Wuji and Liu Hongyu retreated, Li Shimin took a sip of tea and asked, "What was the result of Zhao Yi's interrogation yesterday?"
"Back to the Emperor, Commander Zhao reported this morning that Helan Chushi had confessed the person behind him." Li Anyang replied carefully, keeping an eye on Li Shimin's face from the corner of his eye.
"Who is it?" Li Shimin frowned and asked sternly in response to Li Anyang's hesitant look.
"Say yes, say it's His Highness the King of Wei." Li Anyang said quickly.
There was a crisp "click" sound, and the tea cup in Li Shimin's hand fell to the ground and broke.
"What? Who did you just say?" Li Shimin narrowed his eyes slightly, and the cold light shone on Li Anyang's body, and there was a permeating evil aura floating all over his body.
"You deserve to die, slave!..." Li Anyang's heart trembled, and he knelt down without even looking at the porcelain fragments on the ground. He also knocked his head on the ground and kept saying.
"Say!" Li Shimin shouted sharply.
"Helan Chushi said that His Royal Highness King Wei recruited him and asked him to find someone to find an opportunity to drug the prince's horse with epileptic drugs." Li Anyang clung to the ground, not daring to raise his head, and said in a trembling voice, "General Zhao
He also said that when he went to the East Palace to interrogate Helan Chushi last night, two men in black sneaked into the East Palace and were taken down by General Xue and imprisoned, awaiting His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's disposal."
"King Wei!?" Li Shimin couldn't believe it. He was somewhat expected, but also felt a little inexplicable frustration and fear.
The bloody smell of Xuanwu Gate has not completely dissipated, so that until now, he has been able to avoid passing by Xuanwu Gate. Every time he approaches Xuanwu Gate, he can smell the smell of blood rising to the sky, and can see it in front of his eyes.
His elder brother and younger brother refused to close their helpless eyes.
Even at night, I can dream of them looking for me from time to time.
This kind of torture made Li Shimin almost feel crazy. He could only work diligently every day, racking his brains and exhausting his efforts to think of ways to improve people's livelihood, tirelessly be a wise king, and watch the Tang Dynasty grow little by little.
Only when he appears in a prosperous age can he feel a little comforted, and will he feel that he will have the face to face his brothers in the future.
But this feeling is really uncomfortable, really uncomfortable!
So much so that now, I would rather rely on Five Stone Powder to improve my energy than sleep a little longer at night. I am just afraid of seeing the emperor's brothers, father and mother in my dreams!
Faced with the fact that he had experienced the pain of killing brothers, he did not want such a thing to happen to his son again, and the same was true for Guanyin.
I just didn't expect that the fourth son Li Tai, who had always been respectful and courteous to the prince in front of him, would actually reach into the East Palace and directly use such dishonest methods against the prince!
Thinking that after uncovering Helan Chushi, Li Chengqian had been ordering Helan Chushi to be imprisoned without interrogating a single word. Could it be that Li Chengqian had expected that the person who attacked him was his fourth brother Wei Wang Li Tai?!
Although I have always doted on Li Tai, I have always been wary of them fighting each other. When did the brothers develop to such a level of violence?
Li Shimin rubbed his brows and sat on the dragon chair, his face covered with frost and depression.
"Get up." After a long time, Li Shimin called up Li Anyang, who had been kneeling on the ground.
"The prince has returned to the East Palace. Find someone to inquire about how Helan Chushi was disposed of." Li Shimin said.
Li Anyang responded and retreated towards the palace gate.
"Wait a minute, I remember that this Helan Chushi seems to be Hou Junji's son-in-law?" Li Shimin asked.
"Your Majesty, Helan Chushi is the husband-in-law of General Hou Junji's third daughter," Li Anyang replied.