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Chapter 86: Eastern Palace Response
Inside the Taiji Palace, Li Yuan sat alone in deep thought. For a moment, Li Yuan was unsure of who had done the assassination of Li Yuanji. In his mind, both of them could have been the culprit.

Deep down in his heart, he didn't want to pursue this matter too much. His killing of Feng Xuan had already made it all clear, but he didn't expect that there would be no end to it.

Once the truth is found, will he kill the murderer?

Li Yuan couldn't bring himself to take action against either Li Jiancheng or Li Shimin, as they were all his flesh and blood. Now that Li Yuanji was not in any trouble, all he could do was to give these two men a warning.

He wanted to let these two people know that as long as he, the emperor, was still alive, both the Crown Prince and the King of Qin had to keep things in check for him, so that they would know that he was still the one who called the shots in this world.

At the same time, Li Yuan was very heartbroken. The fact that they could harm Li Yuanji showed that the conflict among the three brothers was very deep. Li Yuan couldn't understand how the three of them had come to this point.

In the official inn, after Wang Xuance came back, he called Su Dingfang.

"Dingfang, bring Feng Xuan out. The Saint will send someone to pick him up in a while. Also, prepare the manpower. We will go back in three days. This is the time set by the Saint. The Saint will prepare the supplies by then. At the same time, you send someone back to Lingnan and ask Li Xiang to send someone here.

There should be more supplies this time, and we haven't visited the East Palace and the Qin Palace yet, so there will be even more by then. The road ahead is fine, but the road behind will definitely not be enough with the people we brought, so this matter must be done as soon as possible."

Su Dingfang nodded and then asked Wang Xuance.

"Have you told the Saint about the assassination that happened to the King?"

Having said that, Wang Xuance suddenly smiled.

"I told you that what happens next in Chang'an will be very interesting. It's a pity that we can't see it. It's a pity that this evidence can't directly nail someone to death. It can only offend people, otherwise it would be taken out directly."

Wang Xuance really wanted to see what would happen to Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, and Li Shimin later. Unfortunately, Li Yuan said in person that he would set off in three days, and this could not be changed.

In less than an hour, the people sent by Li Yuan took Feng Xuan away, and Wang Xuance shook his head.

"What a pity! I thought I could lure that person out, but I didn't expect that person to be so patient. He is indeed worthy of being entrusted with such an important task by the King of Qin."

Su Dingfang could vaguely understand what Wang Xuance was saying, but he couldn't understand it, so he stopped caring about it. He just wanted to get the current matter done.

At this time Wang Xuance spoke again.

"Dingfang, prepare the gifts you brought and go to the East Palace in an hour."

Su Dingfang went down immediately to start preparing, and Wang Xuance also began to think about how to get more supplies by going to the Eastern Palace.

In the East Palace, Li Jiancheng summoned Wang Gui and Wei Zheng to discuss the matter. When Li Jiancheng told them what happened, they were both stunned. It was really unreal what happened, especially Li Yuan's attitude. It was a typical case of one person with one stick. It seemed that both of them were punished, but it also seemed that no one was punished.

Then both of them felt heavy-hearted, and Wei Zheng spoke first.

"Prince, there is no one else here now. May I ask you, is this really not your doing?"

Li Jiancheng looked at Wei Zheng deeply, then shook his head. "Xuancheng, do you even suspect that I did this? I didn't do it, so why would I send someone to kill the King of Qi? What good would it do to me?"
Xuancheng, tell me, why do you still suspect that I did it? "

Li Jiancheng's face was gloomy. He really wanted to know whether Wei Zheng didn't believe him or for some other reason. Otherwise, the knot between him and Wei Zheng would never go away.

Upon hearing this, Wei Zheng showed no fear and responded immediately.

“Prince, if the King of Qi had not said those words before he left, or if the King of Qi had said them but you did not hear them, the King of Qi being ambushed and killed now would not have anything to do with you.

But it just so happened that you, Prince, heard those words, and the sage was by your side. It was understandable that you became angry and sent people to kill the King of Qi. However, the possibility of this happening was very small. The really important reason was the relationship between the King of Qin and the King of Qi.

The sage was very clear about the relationship between the King of Qi and the King of Qin. Once the King of Qi met with an unexpected accident, the first person everyone would think of would be the King of Qin. But it was precisely because of this point that the sage would definitely think too much. Once the King of Qi met with an unexpected accident, the King of Qin would be the most suspicious.

Once the King of Qin is implicated, the Crown Prince will no longer be able to stand in his way. In the eyes of the sage, will it be that you, the Crown Prince, set up a trap and sent people to kill the King of Qi in order to pin the blame on the King of Qin?"

As Li Jiancheng listened to Wei Zheng's words, he suddenly became enlightened. He seemed to understand now why Li Yuan had asked him to stay and talk to him alone. It was because in Li Yuan's heart, Li Jiancheng could guarantee that he must have thought so.

With Li Yuanji's death, the King of Qin will be implicated and will no longer pose a threat to him. Then his position will be extremely stable, and his struggle with Li Shimin will end with Li Shimin's defeat.

From this perspective, the ultimate beneficiary is Li Jiancheng.

Li Jiancheng's teeth were almost broken.

"The King of Qin is really vicious. He wanted to smear me for what he did, causing me to be suspected by the Saint. The Saint even thinks that I did it. He is really cruel!

He disregarded the brotherhood and took the life of the King of Qi. He is truly worthy of being the King of Qin!"

Li Jiancheng was really angry and resentful, but he had no way to deal with Li Shimin. Could he tell Li Yuan that it was Li Shimin who did it? He had no evidence!

This matter made him so uncomfortable. He clearly didn't do it, and he clearly knew who did it, but he just couldn't do anything about it. It was like something stuck in his throat, making it difficult for him to breathe.

Wei Zheng was silent for a moment after hearing Li Jiancheng's words, because he had no way to break the impasse. This strategy was so shameless. Unless there was evidence, Li Jiancheng would be the ultimate beneficiary. It would be shit now.

After a moment, Wang Gui's voice was heard.

“Prince, this matter is not without a chance of turning around. Just as Xuan Cheng said, you will indeed be the best beneficiary of this matter, but won’t the King of Qin know about this benefit?

If the King of Qin calculated that the Sage would do this and deliberately sent people to kill the King of Qi, thereby causing the Sage to be dissatisfied with the Crown Prince, and if the King of Qi really died, the Sage might really depose the Crown Prince.

In this case, can the King of Qin inherit the throne as a matter of course? Is the King of Qin the ultimate beneficiary?
Even if the sage does not believe it completely, at least he will not easily believe the King of Qin, and the situation will return to the past. "

Li Jiancheng's eyes lit up. What Wang Gui said was indeed a very good method in Li Jiancheng's opinion. Since Li Shimin used this method to deal with him, then he would use this method to deal with Li Shimin.

(End of this chapter)