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In the living room, Li Ye listened attentively to Wang Jinfu's account.

He was also deeply shocked. Prince Li Yu really pretended to be seriously ill due to poisoning. This was in line with common sense. Prince Li Yu was already thirty-five or sixteen years old and was no longer a three-year-old child. He still took poison out of anger. It was absurd to think about it.

But what Li Ye didn't expect was that the poisoning was actually faked and the prince was poisoned. Who could have done this?

Li Ye pondered for a moment and asked, "Do you know the name of the eunuch who hanged himself yesterday and his origin?"

"His name is Sun Liu. He is the daily eunuch beside the prince. He is from Chang'an. He is considered a small boss. The prince's daily life is arranged by him."

"It means that he may be the planner or an insider, but he is not the one who directly acted."

"No! No! The prince's diet must be inspected by him. He is most likely to poison."

"Besides Sun Liu and the maids and eunuchs around the prince, who else are suspects?"

"Then it's more extensive, such as the people in the dining room, who prepare the medicine at night, and the guards on duty, who have the opportunity to change the medicine, as well as the Crown Princess and Dugu Liangdi, who are also with the Crown Prince, and Yes, there is Beizhi. Beizhi is a doctor who prescribes medicine, so the suspicion is high, but Beizhi swears to God, Beizhi is definitely not a poisoner."

"How many imperial doctors are there in total?" Li Ye asked again.

"There are three imperial doctors in the East Palace, but the other two were transferred away by Queen Zhang. In fact, I am the only one."

"Then besides you, who else would find out that the prince was poisoned?"

"Either it's the Crown Princess. She knows very well that the Crown Prince is pretending to be sick. She also told me that it's not good for the Crown Prince to pretend to be poisoned."

"But she has been silent now and has not stood up to question." Li Ye added.

Wang Jinfu nodded, "She may be afraid of affecting the King of Chu, so she didn't say anything."

The king of Chu was Li Shi, the eldest son of the prince.

"So who do you think the murderer will be?" Li Ye finally asked this key question.

"Bizhi thinks it's either Queen Zhang or Li Fuguo. They have a motive. His Highness the Crown Prince has always been a thorn in their side, and they want to kill him quickly. This time they seized the opportunity. Beizhi thinks it was Sun Liuxia's hand, and he was silenced. .”

Speaking of this, Li Jinfu knelt down and kowtowed: "My humble position is that of an imperial doctor, and the prince's medicines are all prepared by my humble position. The murderer will definitely kill me to silence me. Please save my life, Your Highness!"

Li Ye thought for a moment and said, "That's okay! My army also needs a military doctor."

Li Ye wrote a note and handed it to him, "Take your family to the Seventh Military Camp in Bashang. That is my military base. You and your family can hide in the military camp to keep your whole family safe."

Li Jinfu took the note and left with great gratitude.

At this time, Li Dai slowly walked over and said, "Ye'er, do you want to get involved in this matter?"

Li Ye shook his head, "All the witnesses and physical evidence have been destroyed. Even if the investigation is carried out, there will be no results. I don't want to get involved in this matter for the time being!"

Li Dai praised: "It was right not to interfere. The prince's death was unclear. I know it was related to the eunuch party. We remember this grudge and will definitely settle it in the future."

Li Ye smiled. What he said was that he didn't want to intervene for the time being, but let the bullets fly for a while. If the matter was beneficial to him, he would intervene without hesitation.

"Father, I'm going to Uncle Dugu's place to discuss something with him."

"Go ahead!"

Li Ye then took the bus back to Anrenfang. Dugu Ming's house was diagonally opposite his father-in-law's house. Li Ye entered the house and the housekeeper asked him to go to the atrium. He happened to meet Dugu Taiwei in the atrium. Taiwei saw him. He jumped forward happily and said: "Brother-in-law, my father has agreed for me to go to Longyou. I will go to Longyou to spend the winter and come back in the spring."

Li Ye smiled and said, "Then write a letter to your sister quickly so that she can be prepared."

"I'm going to write a letter right away!"

Taiwei ran happily and almost collided with her father. Dugu Ming hit her on the head and cursed with a smile: "You damn girl is so frizzy!"

Taiwei stuck out his tongue and disappeared quickly.

Dugu Ming stepped forward and smiled: "Taiwei said you invited her to be a guest in Longyou?"

Li Ye's face heated up and he quickly said: "Xinyue has always missed her. It just so happens that we have a team going back to Longyou, so let her go back with my mother and Qingyu."

"Aren't you going back together?" Dugu Ming asked strangely.

Li Ye shook his head, "After the Chang'an incident is over, I will go directly to Yanzhou to inspect the refugee passage."

Dugu Ming nodded, "With your mother here, I won't worry anymore!"

The two came to the outer study and sat down. Li Ye said: "There is something strange today. The imperial physician Wang Jinfu came to me for help, saying that the prince did not commit suicide by taking poison, but was poisoned to death. The eunuch Sun Liu was silenced. He He was also afraid of being silenced, so he begged me to save him."

Dugu Ming stood up, opened the door and looked into the yard, then closed the door and pondered for a moment: "Sun Liu was originally a close eunuch of the prince, but at the beginning of the year, he was caught by Li Fuguo for embezzling three thousand taels of palace silver, and became Li Fuguo's agent. The watcher beside the prince.

But the prince also discovered that Sun Liu was spying on him. He used a trick and asked Wang Jinfu to prepare fake poison for him, pretending to be deeply poisoned, and hiding it from everyone, including Li Fuguo. I only found out later that the prince was pretending to be poisoned. "

Li Ye felt that there was something in Dugu Ming's words, so he asked in confusion: "What does the third uncle want to say?"

Dugu Ming walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, raised his head and said slowly: "Ah Ye, I don't want to hide it from you. Li Fuguo did not poison the prince. In fact, it was me who poisoned the prince severely."

Li Ye narrowed his eyes, "Why?"

Dugu Ming said calmly: "If I said that I was clearing the way for you, would you believe it?"

Li Ye looked at him for a moment and nodded. Dugu Ming breathed a sigh of relief, "The prince hates eunuchs and is deeply loved by all officials. If he ascends the throne, the politics of the Tang Dynasty will be completely new, and it will be more difficult for you to move up. He must fall, if you don’t do it, I will do the evil thing.”

Li Ye was a little helpless. He had a good personal relationship with Li Yu. They played polo together, and Li Yu personally promised to give him the west of Congling. Now with Li Yu's death, the previous friendship has gone with the wind, and the promise has also disappeared. It turned into nothing.

But from a political point of view, Dugu Ming's actions are beyond reproach. Not only did he clear the way for himself, but he also intensified the conflict between the court officials and the eunuchs, making them irreconcilable. Regardless of whether His Highness the Crown Prince committed suicide, he was forced to do so by the eunuchs. To a dead end.

Li Ye pondered for a moment and said, "I've always been curious about how Third Uncle obtained all kinds of information. Can you tell me?"

Dugu Ming smiled and said: "Actually, it's very simple. Money clears the way. I control the wealth of the Dugu family. I have control over some special wealth. The money I spend every year on buying palace maids and eunuchs is no less than 50,000 yuan. These The palace maids and eunuchs will continuously collect all kinds of news to me.

Moreover, many of the palace guards are members of Hidden Wings. For example, the man in gray who told me that the prince was poisoned was one of the three personal guards of the prince, and he was also the one who poisoned me. "