The Flourishing Tang Dynasty: Beginning with Marrying Yang Yuhuan

Chapter 137 Fainting

After Li Longji glanced at Li Heng, he glanced at Li Ying and the other two again and said, "It is said that when a bird is about to die, its cry is sad, and when a person is about to die, his words are kind. You three are so unrepentant, I guess you really think I dare not kill you."

At this point, Li Longji raised his voice and said, "Come here, drag them out."

Upon hearing this, the guards outside the door entered the Zichen Hall and pulled Li Ying, Li Yao and Li Ju out.

Li Longji returned to the dragon throne and asked, "How do you think the crown prince should be dealt with for his treason? Dalang, let me speak first."

Li Cong stepped forward and said, "My second brother not only plotted treason and rebellion, but also plotted to kill my father. Even after being caught, he showed no remorse. He scolded my father and spread rumors, trying to sow discord between my father and his sons. He is so rebellious and shameless, worse than an animal. Such a person cannot be the crown prince, and he is not tolerated by the Tang Dynasty or our ancestors."

No matter how dumb Li Cong was, he saw today's situation clearly, so what he said was completely in line with what Li Longji wanted.

Just like Li Ying said, it was no surprise that the crown prince would be deposed. As the eldest son, he naturally wanted to try his best.

So, he had to please Li Longji.

After listening to Li Cong's words, Li Longji looked at Li Heng thoughtfully, indicating Li Heng to express his opinion.

Li Heng didn't know whether Li Ying was exaggerating or knew something and had seen through his thoughts, so he really wanted Li Ying to die at this moment.

But he felt that he couldn't say that.

Firstly, Li Longji often talked about benevolence, righteousness, and morality to demand them. He believed that no matter how Li Longji wanted to deal with Li Ying, he at least wanted to hear some words of brotherhood and respect from them.

Secondly, the more Li Ying spoke about his relationship with Jiang Caiping with certainty, the more he had to speak for Li Ying. This way he could appear to have a clear conscience, to appear to be repaying evil with kindness, and to be a kind person.

So, Li Heng said: "What my second brother did and said is indeed intolerable by heaven. But he is after all the son of the emperor, my elder brother, and the crown prince for more than 20 years. Therefore, I humbly ask the emperor to consider the father-son relationship and give my second brother a chance, educate him, and move his heart with the saintly virtue. If my second brother can change his mind and do good from now on, it will not only be a blessing for our Li clan, but also for the people of the world."

After Li Heng finished speaking, he knelt down and expressed his plea for Li Ying.

"Oh?" Li Longji was a little surprised.

Li Longji looked at Li Heng carefully and found that Li Heng spoke frankly and sincerely, as if what Li Ying said just now was all slander and he didn't care at all.

Li Longji was always arrogant. He believed that no one could act pretentiously under his nose, so he believed in Li Heng's benevolent and righteous personality.

Moreover, Li Ying and Li Yao had just exposed the cruelty and division of the royal family. Now Li Heng's words could just cover up the veil that had been torn off.

Therefore, Li Longji praised: "Sanlang is really a kind and filial child. If your second brother is half as good as you, our family will be happy and harmonious. That would be great. You get up."

Li Heng stood up, and Li Longji looked at Li Yan again.

Li Yan had no intention of becoming the crown prince and was timid. When he saw Li Longji's look, he shrank back in fear and said, "I will follow your father's instructions."

Li Longji said, "Do I really want you to say it?"

"This..." Li Yan hesitated and said, "Prince, my second brother can't do it anymore. You can either demote him to a commoner and exile him, or lock him up, or kill him... that's fine too."

Seeing Li Yan like this, Li Longji didn't even want to look at him and asked Li Wan directly: "Liu Lang, what do you think?"

Li Wan said: "The state has its own laws, and the family has its own rules. As a son and a subject, we should deal with it according to the law."

Li Wan's words were consistent with his character. Li Longji nodded and looked at Li Heng.

Li Heng was sweating profusely, his face was pale, his body was shaking, and he seemed to fall down at the slightest touch. Li Heng was not in such a state because he was afraid, nor was he pretending, but because he had taken the medicine given to him by Doctor Zhang.

Before Li Ying entered the palace, he had already roughly calculated the current outcome.

He knew that Li Ying's crown prince would definitely be deposed tonight, and Li Longji asked for their opinions on how to deal with the crown prince, not because he really respected their ideas, but just wanted to test them to see who among them was suitable to be the crown prince and who was suitable to give the power to restrain the crown prince.

But these were not what Li Ying wanted. What Li Ying wanted was the power of the vassal state.

So Li Heng understood that what he should do was not to please Li Longji, but to make Li Longji "trusted" in him.

Li Heng came out tremblingly and said with difficulty: "Father, why...why did my second brother do this...I..."

Li Heng covered his heart and said with all his strength: "We are a family, why can't we...can't we get along with each other..."

Before Li Heng could finish his words, he fell down and fainted on the ground.

Everyone present was shocked. Li Longji quickly stepped down from the dragon throne. Seeing that Li Heng was unconscious, he hurriedly said to Li Heng and the others, "Call the imperial physician! Call the imperial physician!"

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Nanxun Hall.

Imperial Physician Wang Bing examined Li Heng's pulse and said to Li Longji and Consort Wu Huifei, "Your Highness Prince Shou is in a coma because of a pulse knot attack. He will gradually recover after a period of recuperation."

Wang Bing's words further confirmed the fact that Li Heng was ill.

Li Longji said: "This is the first time that Shiba Lang fainted in front of me. He was not so seriously ill before."

Wang Bing said: "Knotted pulse is a heart disease. If His Royal Highness Prince Shou is stimulated, the blood and qi will surge up and the anger will attack his heart, and he will also fall into a coma."

Li Longji was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help thinking: "This child just lost his adoptive mother, and just now he saw Li Ying being so rebellious, and the whole family was in such a mess, so he was so angry that he fainted."

If Li Heng's kindness was still considered a show by Li Longji, then Li Heng's kindness and filial piety were ironclad facts in Li Longji's heart.

After all, words are just words, but the body's reactions cannot lie.

Li Ying even fainted due to anxiety over this matter, which shows how much harm Li Ying's rebellion caused to Li Ying.

Concubine Wu Hui, who was standing by, had already started to cry and said, "My poor child, the Tubo and the Tuqishi couldn't scare you, but because... Alas, mother really hopes you can be more ruthless."

Concubine Wu Huifei's crying was not fake. She had no longer tried to compete for the position of queen and all her attention was focused on her children. Now that Li Heng suddenly fell into a coma, she was indeed sad and angry.

When Li Longji heard Wu Huifei's words, looked at the "harmless" mother and son, and thought about other people's struggles for power, the balance in his heart tilted.

Li Longji comforted Concubine Wu Huifei and said, "Okay, don't cry. Shibalang is not dead. He will get better naturally after recuperation."

(End of this chapter)