Chapter 129 Xuanwu Gate 3
Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an, has the deepest friendship with Li Yuan in the clan and has always been close to these three nephews, so the three people who were drinking happily did not look stiff and confused, and called someone to invite him to drink and taste food together.
"Only drinking dishes is really a little withered. Why don't you play a song?" Li Shentong opened his hands and high-five. It turned out that he brought two Sile by himself. The two of them lowered their body and stepped into the hall, adjusted the jade flute and began to play music for the banquet. Li Shentong was ready today, but Li Jiancheng only said that he was the three brothers before. Perhaps it was Li Shen who informed Xiao of the entanglement between the three and specially came to resolve the possible conflict.
After drinking for a while, Li Yuanji spoke first. He said to Li Shimin, "I'm going to fight in Wucheng in a few days. That day, I suddenly borrowed your soldiers and horses from my father, but I haven't asked you whether you agree or not. Second brother, do you agree?"
Li Shimin smiled and said, "I borrowed everything. Besides, these are all soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty, regardless of yours and mine."
Li Shentong said, "What the King of Qin said is very true. The King of Qi cares too much."
Li Jiancheng took over the words and said slightly unevenly, "Uncle's words are a little biased."
Li Shentong smiled happily, and several people drank three cups in a row, which was extremely angry and harmonious. However, this did not last long, and suddenly there was a bang in the hall, breaking this face. This wine..." Li Shimin suddenly swallowed his voice and coughed heavily. Li Shentong was a little surprised and said puzzled, "What's wrong with the king of Qin?"
Li Shimin did not answer, supported the low table and couldn't hold his body. Suddenly, he spit out a mouthful of black blood in his chest. The three people on the table woke up at the same time. Li Shentong helped Li Shimin and hurriedly wiped away the blood stagnation from the corners of his mouth. Unexpectedly, Li Shimin bent down and vomited blood repeatedly. Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were at a loss. They looked at the black blood on the ground and didn't know what to do. Fortunately, Li Jiancheng reacted in time and roared outside the hall and asked someone to find the imperial doctor of Shang Pharmacy quickly.
The maid of honor also panicked and stumbled to Shang Pharmacy. I rushed into the hall with other maids of honor and took clean towels and water to wipe Li Shimin's blood. I twisted a scarf and knelt in front of Li Shimin. At this time, he half leaned on Li Shentong's body, his face was black, his eyes were closed, and his lips were dark red and dazzling. Suddenly, my heart seemed to be hit hard by a heavy object, and I almost burst into tears. I swallowed the bitterness and carefully wiped the corners of his mouth. He gave a softyi sheng and suddenly spit another mouthful of black blood on the white towel.
Li Shentong frowned more deeply when he saw it and helped Li Shimin, who was vomiting blood, angrily to Li Jiancheng: "What's going on with the prince's banquet? The king of Qin seems to be extremely poisoned!" Li Jiancheng looked at the dishes and wine that had not been finished on the table and shook his head in a frenze. Li Shentong coldly put Li Shimin's arm on his shoulder: "I will take the King of Qin back to Chengqian Hall, and the prince will investigate this matter!"
Li Shentong helped Li Shimin carefully walk out of the hall. The atmosphere in the hall suddenly condensed into a ball. Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji looked at the black blood on the ground and looked at each other with doubts. I couldn't stand the back of Li Shentong and Li Shimin disappearing in the dark. I quickly walked to Li Jiancheng and asked, "I will go to Chengqian Hall to have a look for the prince."
Li Jiancheng looked at me in shock, his eyes gradually darkened, and waved his hand to promise me to leave. When I came to Chengqian Hall, there was a moment when I didn't dare to step into this hall. There were too many memories and too much pain buried in it, and I was afraid that I couldn't stand it. Looking at the bright hall, the palace people went in and out with a nervous and panicked look. I gritted my teeth and rushed into the hall and arrived at Li Shimin's bedroom. The light at the door was white, flashing a few hurried shadows back and forth, and Wei Yu and others were waiting outside the door.
I lowered my head and hurriedly saluted the concubine outside and said to the bodyguard at the door, "I came to visit the prince." The bodyguard took back the sword in front of me, and I turned into the temple. There were a total of eight imperial doctors standing in front of the hall, not only waiting for Princess Qin and Li Shentong, but also Li Yuan came in person. Looking at this situation, he was still extremely nervous about Li Shimin. The room is very quiet. I have been standing in this room for some time, looking at the people in the bed from time to time. At the same time, I found that Li Yuan chattered and said a lot of instructions to Li Shimin, but there was no mention of the poisoning of the East Palace. He intended to get rid of trouble for the East Palace. Did he love Li Jiancheng much more than Li Shimin or did he have another view of Li Shimin?
The heart of the emperor is ultimately unpredictable, especially in the face of this country!
On the other desk, Song Yi was carrying a pen to list the antidote. I quietly moved to him and asked softly, "The maidservant is from the prince's palace. I dare to ask His Royal Highness why he vomited blood. What's the situation now?" Song Yi still focused on writing about the pharmacy, but replied, "His Royal Highness Qin is poisoned. I'm afraid it will take two months to fully recover."
It's really poisoned and not shallow. If it hadn't been for these people in time, I really can't imagine what Li Shimin would have done in the end!
The imperial doctor in the hall did not disperse until Li Yuan left, and I had to withdraw from the palace. Before I left, Li Shimin's face had eased, but he was still lying softly on the couch, and it was difficult to turn over. There was an anger in my heart, and I simply didn't look for Li Jiancheng in return. Unexpectedly, he had paced in front of my room. Before he could speak first, I asked, "Why did you do it before the king of Qi led his troops to Wucheng? Why don't you tell me? If I don't guard in your palace, will I know until he dies!"
Li Jiancheng looked innocent and shook his head slowly: "I didn't poison it. Yuanji is about to send troops to Wucheng. This time, it's just a gathering!"
The conflict between Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng has not been a day or two, and the two have finally calculated each other. Li Jiancheng has tightened his energy on the war report in Wucheng. If it is not that he wants to poison Li Shimin, who will believe it? I continued, "He was poisoned by drinking your wine. How do you explain this?"
I couldn't trust him. Li Jiancheng was finally angry and paced back and forth in the room with the anger in his eyes. Suddenly, he turned down and said harshly, "If I made up my mind to kill him this time, how could I be stupid enough to poison him at the banquet I held? Yuanji and I should also predefeat the armor. How can we let him escape alive? !"
This word suddenly woke me up, and Li Jiancheng was indeed reasonable.
Think about it, Li Shimin drank a pot of wine with Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji. Why were Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji not poisoned? Could it be that they had lighten the poison? But since Li Jiancheng wants to kill Li Shimin, he must use highly toxic. Moreover, Li Shimin did spit blood just now. There should be several liters. What's more, doesn't Li Jiancheng know the serious consequences of poisoning?
I calmed down slightly and said sorry, "I'm too impulsive."
Li Jiancheng was not in a good mood, and he followed my words and came out. I sighed and felt weak all over. I fell on the stool and looked at the unlightened sky in front of the window. Waiting for the sky to break the clouds, Li Shimin is like the bright morning sun, looking close and far away. The fake Zhaoxun in place of me in Chengqian Hall only died for nearly half a month, and Li Shimin I saw didn't feel much sadness. Did he really hate me three years ago? Three years later, he really forgot me.
There is boundless loneliness in my heart, and I can't forget my feelings, and I want to make my heart sleepy. The next day, I still guarded the temple in the East Palace for a day, and my mind kept flying towards Chengqian Hall, and finally united in my chest. When Li Jiancheng came to see me, yesterday's anger had subsided, but there was still fatigue on his face. I lightly blessed him, and he sighed: "You are panicking this day. You can see the King of Qin for me, and then you can take a rest.
Li Jiancheng's sudden sentence was really unexpected. I thought he would not let me see Li Shimin again. I thought he would not compromise so easily. Slowly moved, he was still so warm to me, and I only felt endless guilt about him.
I rushed to Chengqian Hall, and the heavy emotions that had been pressed on my body gradually relaxed at this moment. After my intention, the guard of the gate led me to Li Shimin's bedroom and allowed me to stand at the door with several maids of honor and wait quietly. After a long time, the person on the couch gently moved her body, and the maid immediately knelt forward to greet her. I also knelt down among these maids of honor. Li Shimin opened his eyes slightly and slowly looked at the underground palace people kneeling below. Finally, he looked at me and shook his wrist and pointed at me: "You stay." He waved his palm, and the maids of honor in the hall withdrew from the hall one after another. I knelt on the ground and pressed my head lower, squeezing out a sentence in a trembling voice: "I... came to greet His Royal Highness the King Qin by the order of the prince. The prince has been busy recently, and he will definitely come in person another day.
Li Shimin closed his eyes and muttered, "Water."
I immediately got up from the ground and put half a cup of warm water on his couch. I saw him still lying on the couch and staring straight at the teacup in my hand. I finally reacted, put the cup aside to help him up, and then slowly feed him. Li Shimin drank another cup and said dryly. I took several cups in a row. Finally, he held my hand holding the cup and his eyes were blurred: "Are you back?"
With a flash of mind, I withdrew my hand and retreated to the side: "Your Highness is wrong."
Li Shimin leaned on the couch with a weak smile, and his confused eyes never turned away from me: "When talking to His Royal Highness the King of Qin, there are still maids who dare to do those many emotional actions, especially when she pushed the flowers that night, she inadvertently put down her awe, either begging for death or too bold." He raised his palm and smiled gently, "And you are not."
His tenderness seems to be the sunshine of another world, shining on me, the warm current is wanton, and his pulse is ferocious. I choked against my throat and whispered, "Your Highness, it's time for you to rest."
With a few dry smiles, his frustrated eyes were full of nostalgia, as if he was looking at another person through me: "I don't have eyes, you are her. When she left, I couldn't find the jade pendant that only belonged to her, so she was not her!"
I know who she is and who she is talking about. I walked straight up and helped him lie down. Inadvertently, he had covered the back of my hand, gently squeezed it, and stared at my application-filled eyes. For a moment, I couldn't stop looking at him. However, he said, "Go back and go back to the East Palace."
I was stunned. I came back to my senses and retreated: "I'm going to say goodbye."
When I came out of the Chengqian Hall, my heart was empty. This fight is not over yet, and I... can only watch him wander around life and death. I can't intervene. The more I intervene, the more entangled I am. It's better to give a pleasure. It's better to win or lose, and end my final game.