Chapter 118 Return 3
This day is my turn to go to the Qin Palace to give Li Kuan Shouling. The night was desolate and silent, and the black wooden coffin in front of him was coldly placed in the mourning hall. The white candle clusters above ignited with a faint fire, and finally could not illuminate and warm the coolness around. The panic on his face when I saw him for the first time, and the angry words when he last made his temperament hurt my heart.
The next morning, Li Shimin took me back to Chengqian Hall. I stayed in the mourning hall all night, and now I have blown the cool breeze in the morning, and I feel dizzy. Li Shimin helped me into the carriage and called someone to take a blanket to protect me from the cold. I closed my eyes and leaned on his shoulder, but I didn't fall asleep. I listened to the wheels turning and my heart was calm. Li Shimin was also speechless. His chin gently touched my forehead and arms until the carriage gradually came down. He touched me and asked, "Is it okay?"
I smiled faintly and replied frankly, "I feel more and more guilty recently."
Li Shimin stroked the drooping pain on my forehead and said, "I'll walk with you and let go of my mood."
The spring day is getting warmer, and the sun is very bright, but it is a little dazzling. Li Shimin and I walked slowly on the palace road. The old swallows returned, and the flowers competed for beauty, which was full of vitality. This beautiful spring scene is really pleasant. I was a little more open, but I found that there were a lot of people around me.
Seeing my doubts about him, despite some hesitation, Li Shimin asked in a low voice: "Well, I have always been confused about something. I didn't tell you about Kuan'er's worship. How did you know and mention the stepfather's salute?
When I mentioned my stepfather's gift, I felt self-reproach and pain in my heart. I whispered frankly, "It was Wei Zhaoxun who told me."
Suddenly, I heard someone talking alone in front of me, and I was curious and moved to that end. At the end of Daozi was a small pavilion. The person in the pavilion happened to be Weinizi. At this time, she heard her talk to the intimate maid beside her, and immediately stopped Li Shimin's footsteps that he was about to leave. She said, "No one cares about the second son's worship of King Ai of Chu. Mo Zhaoxun insisted that he worship according to his father. Isn't he deliberately disrespectful to His Highness?"
Her words shocked my heart very much. I looked up at Li Shimin. He looked coldly at the shadow in the pavilion, and the palm of his hand on my arm gradually tightened. Feeling his anger, I pulled his sleeve to walk somewhere else, but he took me back and looked at the pavilion at the end.
It was really a sweat for Weinizi, and at this moment, she raised an embroidered handkerchief and said again: "This second son died unexpectedly. There is no mother in the world who doesn't love her child. One in Mo Zhaoxun Hall is the second son who has nothing to do with her, and the other is her own fifth son. I'm afraid no one can guess!"
Everyone who listens to it understands the meaning. I lowered my eyes and stared at the flowers beside me. Do the people in this palace think so? The people next to him held me and pushed forward. Venizi at the other end was still peeling oranges with high interest. He didn't see anyone behind him walking angrily, and the maid in the pavilion stared her eyes wide and knelt down softly. Wenizi looked at them strangely and turned around with unknown eyes.
"I see you dare to guess!" Li Shimin took me and strode forward and said coldly to Weinizi, "This matter was taught by Xu Mozhao, and only you have caused so many troubles!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Li Shimin. Wenizi suddenly turned pale and fell down on his knees and bowed his head and dared not speak again. Li Shimin shut up and didn't appreciate her panic. He recruited the maid of honor in my hall and pointed to Wenizi and said, "Don't be rude, slap your mouth!"
The maid behind her stepped forward and stood in front of Wei Zhaoxun and did not dare to do it. I pulled her back and said to Li Shimin, "Even if Wei Zhaoxun is wrong, it is not good for Your Highness to ask a maid of honor to slap her in public. Wouldn't you hurt Wei Zhaoxun's heart!"
Li Shimin retreated to the maid and asked, "What about your opinion?" I said, "This matter is because of me. Please leave it to me to decide."
Li Shimin thought for a moment and nodded. I turned around and helped Wenizi on the ground. She had always been at peace with me, saying that it was Li Kuan who did not worship according to his father, and it was she who scolded me to let Li Kuan worship with his father. Now it is even more intentional. Although I blame her, I just want to sum up the matter and don't want to take responsibility. Wenizi lowered his eyebrows and looked at me. I said solemnly, "Wei Zhaoxun, I don't like to talk nonsense, but it doesn't mean that I will always be submissive. You should understand the two truths of disaster from the mouth and the limit of patience."
Weini nodded and responded, but I also saw a trace of unwillingness flashed in her eyes. I didn't care about her nature. I turned around and smiled at Li Shimin. Li Shimin held my hand and walked out of the pavilion. During the walk, he reminded me, "Don't care about others every time, not all people are the same."
I smiled and nodded. I didn't expect something noisy in the next two days.
There are rumors in the palace that Li Kuan's death was arranged by me. It's really annoying to be called such a cruel and false name for no reason. And the nihilless news came from Weinzi's place. It turned out that when Li Shimin and I met her talking about this alone that day, although the palace people on the side stood with low eyes, they stood up their ears, and then secretly asked for it.
Before Li Shimin spoke, Li Yuan sent someone to come. This time, he not only looked for him, but also me. Li Shimin insisted in front of Li Yuan that it was a matter of words, and Li Yuan did not have evidence, so he quickly put it down from his mouth, but what he didn't expect was that waves of unfinished business happened again and again.
"Okay, I can no longer pursue it." Li Yuan pointed to me and said, "But this woman, don't get close again!"
Li Shimin hugged me in his arms: "She... will always be my Chengqian Hall! This matter is all caused by my ministers. If my father still wants to pursue it, just blame me!"
Li Yuan hated it, and his eyes turned red. He raised his gray eyebrows tightly and said, "Shimin, how did you become like this? It really disapsing me!"
Li Shimin was dumb and his eyes were silent. Li Yuan was greatly disappointed, which was the biggest rejection of Li Shimin. What Li Shimin tried to do was to leave the best shadow in Li Yuan's heart. This sentence alone was enough to collapse his expectations.
And the next moment, Li Shimin bent down and held his fist, and his movements were a little stiff: "My minister... I have my own opinion, please believe it!"
I was moved by Li Shimin's resolutely decision. He held my hand tightly and gave me a firm and comforting look, which made my heart ache and peace. Li Yuan, who insisted on him, was furious. He threw down his sleeve robe angrily and said angrily, "Those who achieve great things are not careless, let alone a woman!" He turned and pointed at me fiercely and said bluntly to Li Shimin, "This woman has no family background and no background. If there is no benefit, it will be a disaster!" I want you to stay away from her, this is for you! Don't blame me for secretly investigating. I know what happened between you. I don't want you to be hindered by her when assisting your eldest brother in the future!"
Li Shimin was not flinching and laughed, "What is it like to have a family background? Can't I have a relationship as pure as white paper? Assist the eldest brother... Oh, in the final analysis, my father is just to stabilize this country!"
"You!" Li Yuan slapped the table and stood up, frowned angrily and gasped. The eunuch beside him quickly stroked his hand. Li Yuan stared at Li Shimin and choked, "Come on, drag that woman down for me, kill it!"
Two eunuchs stepped down outside the hall, and Li Shimin held her in front of me in a solemn voice: "Who dares to touch her!"
Li Yuan pushed away the eunuch beside him and walked straight down from the stage. He kicked the carved wooden chair beside him and said angrily, "I even dare to disobey my will. Doesn't King Qin want to live!"
Li Shimin still did not obey. Li Yuan was furious. The conflict between the two was all caused by me. In fact, what Li Yuan said was reasonable. Li Shimin still protected me behind me and grabbed me so that he couldn't move. He knew that I wanted to bend down. I tried to earn my hand. He glanced at me and drove me back to the bottom of the valley. He dared not open his mouth and dared not speak. He told me that he would never allow me to say more at this time.
The hall was extremely quiet. The firelight of the two looked at each other made the surrounding breath tense and suffocating. The palace people in the temple knelt on the ground and dared not breathe. I also buried my head and only heard my chest beating, and my ears were silent. Father, I will solve this matter by myself. Li Shimin finally opened his mouth first. Although his tone was a little gentle, he couldn't stop being sarcastic, "If your father wants to kill him because he resisted the order, but is your father really willing to kill him?"
"You, you!" Li Yuan was shocked by Li Shimin's irony and hateful words, and actually said, "You are not the one who is angry with Princess Pingyang!"
As soon as this statement came out, Li Yuan, who was angry, greatly agreed with Li Yuanji's original statement, and secretly said that Li Shimin's stubborn temperament must be angry with him. Li Shimin's heart was not feeling well. His face was blue and white for a while. He squeezed his mouth tightly and said nothing, and his sharp sarcastic eyes drooped slightly, turning into some shame.
Li Yuan angrily shook his wide sleeves and stepped on the platform and turned around and sighed, "Okay, you go. I want to see how stupid you are to this woman!"
Li Shimin stared at the red carpet under Li Yuan's feet and glanced: "Thank you, father!"
Exiting from the Liangyi Hall, Li Shimin held me in his arms and sighed deeply.
"The disaster of tongue is really hateful!" Li Shimin sighed, and suddenly withdrew his body and pulled me to the Chengqian Hall. His face was solemn, and his eyes were slightly murderous. He squeezed four words from his teeth: "Kill a hundred!"
I couldn't help but stagger all the way to the Chengqian Hall, and he was sweating profusely, but he didn't realize it and walked straight into the main hall. There were still two people standing together in Chengqian's main hall. Princess Qin recruited the maids to make hot tea and leaned against the concubines to wait for Li Shimin to speak.
"Come on!" Li Shimin stepped up the stage, stroked his hand and shook his robe angrily and sat down. His majestic eyes were fixed on Weizi behind Wei Jing, "Wei Zhao's behavior is not right. He cut off the ten palace people and deducted half of his salary!" There were twelve palace people in the Weinizi Hall, and there were only two left, plus half of the salary. Although she did not take her title of Zhaoxun, it was no different from the cold hall.
Wenizi's eyes were stunned and knelt on the ground and shouted, "Your Highness, please think twice. What I said is from the bottom of my heart!"
Li Shimin put his hands on the chair, leaned forward slightly, and his sharp eyes stared at Weini's face: "A word from the bottom of my heart! This shows that you can't help but say and do something wrong, and even what you think is wrong!" Wenizi suddenly shook his head and wanted to speak. Li Shimin glanced over and stopped looking at her and said coldly, "I won't investigate what you think. If you don't accept it, just open your mouth, but I don't have this ability!"
For Li Shimin's warning, Weini bit his lip and swallowed it, and secretly turned his eyes to ask Wei Hui for help. Wei Wei changed and stepped out. Li Shimin's eyebrows moved, grabbed the teacup on the table and fell down angrily. Dang!" The tea was scattered all over the ground, and the ground was full of trembling porcelain pieces. The people in the hall knelt on the ground and lowered their heads and closed their words. I also knelt on the ground, holding palms in a cold sweat, and secretly poked the people above me at the corners of my eyes. I have never seen Li Shimin so angry in front of everyone. I am also shocked and frightened. It seems that there are too many concerns in his heart.
"No one is allowed to plead for anyone, and no one can doubt my order." Li Shimin whispered, suppressing the anger that had just been exposed. I picked up worriedly and was caught by him. He pointed straight to me and said, "especially you, put away your plea!"
I lowered my eyes and looked at the broken porcelain pieces under my face, and my heart was cut a few times by his broken porcelain pieces. In his heart, am I a person who only knows how to plead? I'm afraid his angry words are the most true thoughts in his heart.
Li Shimin sighed together, leaned back on the chair and waved his hand: "Go down and let me stay alone for a while."