Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 88: Fang's strategy and Du's decision, Li Shimin's response

Li Jiancheng listened to Wei Zheng's words. Although he was very reluctant and didn't want to do it, he had to agree in the end. After all, he was a good brother who cared about his younger brother.

Wang Xuance was also happy after he left the Eastern Palace. He truly felt the complexity of the imperial palace. If he had not come to Chang'an, Li Yuanji would definitely not have told him these things, just as Li Jiancheng did not tell his subordinates, not even his confidants.

Wang Xuance was really nervous this time and was sweating. He was not used to such things. He knew very well that the performance he had just put on in the East Palace was too obvious and must have been seen by Li Jiancheng, but he did not point it out and still maintained that relationship.

Wang Xuance adjusted his mentality and went to the Prince of Qin's Mansion. Now that he had obtained the supplies from the Eastern Palace, the only thing left was the Prince of Qin's Mansion. His mission was successfully completed.

In the Prince of Qin's Mansion, Li Shimin called Zhangsun Wuji, Du Ruhui, and Fang Xuanling to discuss the matter. When Li Shimin told them what happened, everyone became heavy-hearted. However, in the midst of the dullness, Li Shimin noticed that something was wrong with one person.

Because Changsun Wuji, who always advised him to take action as soon as possible every time there was something, was surprisingly quiet this time. Li Shimin instinctively felt that something was wrong, but he didn't think much about it.

After a while, a person came in hurriedly.

"Your Majesty, there is news from the palace that the Crown Prince has been stripped of his power as regent by the Saint, and has been ordered not to leave the East Palace."

This news once again shocked everyone in Li Shimin's family, especially Li Shimin. He was really shocked. He thought that Li Yuan blamed him for this incident. As a result, Li Jiancheng was also punished, and the punishment was no lighter than his, and even heavier than his.

Li Shimin was no longer angry at this moment. He was wondering what Li Yuan's attitude was as to why he had dealt such a heavy blow to both of them.

"Do you know the significance of the Saint's actions?"

Li Shimin asked the three people, if he didn't get up now that he had a think tank, he would be a fool.

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui frowned and thought. Today's events caught them off guard. It happened too quickly and too suddenly. They had never expected that even though Li Yuanji had gone to Lingnan, such a big wave would be caused because of him.

Especially in this matter, they really couldn't figure it out. Why did Li Jiancheng send people to kill Li Yuanji? Shouldn't this kind of thing be done by the people in the Qin Palace?

Thinking of this, Fang Xuanling spoke first.

"Your Majesty, judging from the Saint's current attitude, it is clear that he has no evidence, but only suspicion. Whether the King of Qi was ambushed or asked to go to Lingnan, and is still on the way to Lingnan, the Saint must make an attitude that will not chill the King of Qi's heart.

Now the Saint does not know who did it, so he can only punish both the King and the Crown Prince, and this incident must have been done by the Crown Prince."

Then Fang Xuanling told Li Shimin about Wei Zheng's ideas, and Li Shimin's eyes lit up.

At this time, Du Ruhui also spoke up.

“Your Majesty, since the Saint was able to impose such severe punishment on the Crown Prince after Your Majesty came down, I believe that in the Saint’s mind, he is more suspicious that it was the Crown Prince who did it, and the wise men in the East Palace will surely be able to react. As Xuanling said, the people in the East Palace will definitely do this.

Your Majesty can mention this matter to the Saint appropriately, but you must not dwell on it, whether it is Your Majesty or the Crown Prince. Now that the King of Qi is fine, the Saint will certainly not really go and find out the murderer. Otherwise, if he really finds out, not only will the Saint face an extremely difficult choice, but it will also force one party into a desperate situation and have to take an extreme approach. The Saint will never let things develop to that point.

Right now, the Saint is extremely suspicious. I think that first of all, we must stop our preparations, otherwise we will attract the Saint's attention and have no chance at all.

At the same time, after occasionally mentioning this matter, don't do anything. The saint is suspicious and doubts the prince and the king. This is also our opportunity. The prince is the prince after all, and he is always above us, but the saint is suspicious. The prince's loss will only be greater than ours. As long as the prince's loss is greater than ours, the gap between us and the prince will gradually narrow. Now the prince is in the game. If he wants to break the game, he must do something. Now we are the active party.

Doing nothing will reassure the Saint. I'm sure the East Palace will find out about this later, but we've already taken the lead. The East Palace will blame the King, and the King will blame the East Palace. This will make the Saint suspicious and make it difficult for him to make a decision!"

Li Shimin's face was heavy. After Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui's words, Li Shimin suddenly felt that his thoughts were clear. Now Li Yuan was clearly trying to warn them. Although Li Shimin felt it was wronged, when he thought that Li Jiancheng was even more miserable than himself, Li Shimin no longer felt that he was wronged.

Li Shimin knew very well what kind of person Li Jiancheng was. His intuition told him that this was not done by Li Jiancheng, but more likely by Li Yuan. Then he used this incident to warn him and Li Jiancheng so that the balance between them could be restored.

Everyone in the court knew that Li Yuan was trying to balance things out. Everyone knew that Li Yuan did not want Li Jiancheng to have too much power so as not to affect his influence in the court, thus setting up the Qin Palace for Li Jiancheng. But he was also afraid that Li Shimin was not Li Jiancheng's opponent, so he began to strengthen Li Shimin.

Until Li Yuanji went to Lingnan, the balance between the two of them was gradually broken. Li Yuanji was giving up and allowing Li Jiancheng to target him, which made Li Yuan anxious, so he gave him more power. Now, the two of them were going back to the way they were before.

Li Shimin couldn't understand why Li Yuan did all this.

But no matter what, it was a good thing for Li Yuan that he had not made up his mind, and it was even better for him that he remained suspicious.

And Changsun Wuji seemed like a transparent person, with a gloomy face and no words.

At this time Yuchi Gong walked in.

"Your Majesty, the Chief Clerk of the Prince of Qi's Palace, Wang Xuance, is outside seeking to see you."

Li Shimin was stunned, then spoke.

"Please invite him to the side hall."

After Yuchi Gong went out, Li Shimin looked at the three people.

"You wait here for a while, I'll come back later."

The three of them agreed immediately. Although Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui looked solemn, they were still calm and could still drink their tea. As for Changsun Wuji's strange behavior, they were both surprised. In their opinion, Changsun Wuji seemed to have changed his personality today.

Li Shimin came to the side hall and walked in enthusiastically after seeing Wang Xuance.

"Xuan Ce is here, please sit down. I have something to deal with and I am a little late. Please don't be so reserved, Xuan Ce."

Hearing this, Wang Xuance immediately knew that this was Qin Wang Li Shimin.

"I am Wang Xuance, the Chief Clerk of the Prince of Qi's Palace, here to see the King of Qin."

(End of this chapter)