bastard seizes tang

Chapter 738 Withdrawal
Li Ling is quite confident about her appearance, but she obviously underestimated Li Ke's request. Li Ke is indeed known as a romantic, but he is not a hungry ghost.

Not to mention that Li Ke doesn't like Li Ling as a person, even her appearance is far from the point where Li Ke is tempted. Taking ten thousand steps back, even if Li Ling is really a beauty, a disaster, and a country, she is better than Wu Meiniang Like Xiao Yuexian, Li Ke can also control himself. After all, at this juncture, Li Ke will never risk the throne that is already at his fingertips, and everyone in the East Palace will not allow Li Ke to do so.

Li Ke got the transcript of Li Ling's confession, and ordered someone to take Li Ling down. In fact, Li Ke did not lie to Li Ling. Li Ling was not the mastermind of the treason. Li Ke's life is not difficult at all, and this is just a matter of Li Ke's words, but Li Ke has more important things to do now.

At night, when the palace gate was about to close, Prince Li Ke stopped the guards and went into the palace overnight to report.

Li Ke and Li Shimin haven't seen each other for more than a day, but in just over a day, Li Shimin's demeanor is quite different from what Li Ke remembered.

Cheng Gongying was recommended by Zhang Liang. Zhang Liang conspired against him, and Cheng Gongying was probably also an accomplice. So since Zhang Liang absconded yesterday, Li Shimin stopped taking the elixir. His complexion was not good, and his complexion was even more haggard. Instead of being rosy, it became more sallow, and he often felt weak.

"My son pays homage to Father Emperor." Li Ke stood under His Royal Highness, looked at Li Shimin who was in front of the table, especially handling official business, and bowed down to Li Shimin.

"Ke'er is here." Li Shimin raised his hand, signaling Li Ke to get up.

After Li Ke got up, Li Shimin continued to ask: "My father ordered you to lead the Yushitai to thoroughly investigate Zhang Liang's treason. You rushed to enter the palace at night, but there is progress in this matter?"

Li Ke replied: "Zhang Liang fled, and Cheng Gongying fled afterward. Presumably, my father already knew about it."

Cheng Gongying's refining life-prolonging elixir for Li Shimin has a great relationship. In fact, Li Shimin had already learned the news the first time Cheng Gongying disappeared.

Li Shimin nodded, and asked Li Ke: "How is it? But Cheng Gongying has already been captured?"

Li Ke said: "It was Cheng Gongying who was captured."

"Where was it captured?" Li Shimin asked hastily.

Li Ke replied: "In Lantian, Zhang Liang's wife, Li Ling, was captured together with him. This is Li Ling's confession, please read it."

As Li Ke said, he stepped forward and handed Li Ling's confession to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin took the confession handed over by Li Ke, and after only a few glances, his face became ugly.

In the confession sent by Li Ke, there was something about Cheng Gongying's fake alchemy, and there was also a rumor about the eldest son of the Eastern Palace. Li Shimin looked at the confession in his hand, his hands trembling angrily, and said to Li Ke: "How dare you do this!"

Li Kedao: "According to Li Ling's confession, Cheng Gongying is not some Taoist immortal, but Zhang Liang's disciple, a quack sorcerer who has been in the market, and the so-called life-prolonging pills are probably fake. Perhaps Cheng Gongying was sent into the palace by Zhang Liang. In, intentionally."

Li Ke stopped before finishing a sentence, but Li Shimin already knew what Li Ke meant.Zhang Liang conspired against him and recommended a quack warlock to the palace to offer alchemy, perhaps for the purpose of poisoning Li Shimin's body so that he could take advantage of the chaos to commit rebellion.

Li Kezhi's words were not unreasonable. Li Shimin couldn't help feeling a little scared when he thought about this possibility, and his back felt cold.

Li Shimin said to Li Ke: "Since Zhang Liang has the intention of treason, what you said is not impossible."

Li Ke asked Li Shimin: "Father, did you take the elixir offered by Cheng Gongying today?"

Li Shimin shook his head and said: "I haven't taken it since this afternoon, and I have stopped for two meals, but I feel unwell and exhausted after only two stops."

The discomfort on Li Shimin's body has been shown on his face, and Li Ke can also see it. Li Ke said: "I am afraid that there is some kind of poison in this medicine that is addictive. Father has been taking the pill for a long time, and I am afraid that he has become addicted." Yes. It will be difficult to break it now, and I will feel a little uncomfortable."

Li Shimin looked at Li Ke's appearance, and asked: "Listen to you, you suspect that there is something wrong with Cheng Gongying's elixir, it must not be a day or two."

Li Ke lowered his head and replied: "Just a few days ago, I saw that my father's face was red and he often had shortness of breath, so I felt something was wrong. I tried to ask Sun Zhenren about this phenomenon, and Sun Zhenren said that my father The emperor must have taken strong medicine, which caused his body to be overdrawn and his strength to be exhausted."

Li Shimin asked puzzledly: "Then why didn't you say it earlier?"

Li Ke replied: "I also want to say it earlier, but I don't have any evidence in hand, so I can only make sidelines."

Listening to Li Ke's words, Li Shimin remembered some of Li Ke's actions recently. Li Ke often told Li Shimin that the elixir is medicine after all, and it should not be taken for a long time. , I never listened to Li Ke's suggestion until now, but now I think about it, it turns out that Li Ke's words still have this meaning.

Li Shimin said: "Ke'er has a heart, presumably Ke'er is in a hurry to enter the palace today because of this."

Li Ke said: "This matter is related to my father. It is not appropriate for an outsider to spread the word. I should only tell my father face to face. Fortunately, my father has stopped taking the elixir, so my son is relieved."

Wang Xuance is Li Ke's confidant, but as far as the relationship between Li Ke and Li Shimin's father and son is concerned, Wang Xuance is still an outsider. In fact, it is only one of the reasons why Li Ke entered the palace to persuade Li Shimin to stop taking the elixir. Another important reason is to maintain Li Shimin's reputation. .

Li Shimin believed in sorcerers and took pills indiscriminately. If this spread, it would damage Li Shimin's wisdom. Li Ke also had this in mind, so he didn't order Wang Xuance to pass it on to him, but went into the palace himself and told Li Shimin face to face.

Li Shimin knew Li Ke's good intentions, and said to Li Ke: "Ke'er, you have done a good job."

Li Ke said: "As a son of man, I should be so. It's just that Cheng Gongying's matter needs to be dealt with properly."

Li Shimin asked, "What can you do?"

Li Ke replied: "According to Li Ling's confession, Cheng Gongying not only concocted fake elixirs for the emperor, but also spread rumors about the eldest son of the East Palace, slandering that Yun'er is not the eldest son of the minister. The minister thought that he could kill him for this matter. The charges are sufficient and nothing else is involved.”

The reason why Li Ke was in such a hurry to enter the palace to meet Li Shimin was to help Li Shimin cover up his ugliness, and if Li Ke killed him because of Cheng Gongying's fake alchemy, it would undoubtedly expose the matter again, so Li Ke proposed to kill him by talking about the East Palace. , appears stable.

Li Shimin replied: "Okay, I will follow your words."

(End of this chapter)