"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Cheng Yaojin said with tears in his eyes that if he didn't know what happened just now, he would have thought that he had received some reward. At this moment, Cheng Yaojin was already unable to hold on. The emperor quickly asked the imperial physician to come up. Turning around and seeing Li Xiang with a dejected face, Li Shimin felt a little uncomfortable.
The grandfather and grandson originally complemented each other, but because of this incident, even a fool could see that Li Shimin did not hesitate to kick his grandson out in order to win back the hearts of important officials in the court. Although it was very complicated for an emperor, if it were a grandfather, then some things would not be good.
What's more, Cheng Yaojin is a tough guy who is extremely famous in Chang'an City and even in the entire Tang Dynasty. Who in the family with any brains would let such a person be his father-in-law?
"Hurry, hurry, carry him to the Imperial Hospital..."
A group of people quickly carried Cheng Yaojin out, and all the military generals followed him out. Their relationship with Cheng Yaojin was forged on the battlefield. Just now, blood was coming out of the corner of Cheng Yaojin's mouth, which showed that he was really seriously injured this time. He was not afraid of so many things on the battlefield, but this time he was hit internally, and the problem with his head could be serious or minor.
"Have you found out? Who is spreading rumors about this?"
There were still a bunch of civil servants left in the court, and Li Xiang also returned to his seat, but he was like a walking corpse. When he came down from the throne, Wang De accompanied him the whole time. Li Xiang couldn't even find his direction, and it was obvious that he was scared today.
"In reply to the Emperor, Liang Renfu, the eunuch chief of the Imperial Tea House..."
Wang De quickly put forward the candidate he had found before. When Li Shimin was planning this matter, he had already known that Li Xiang's men would find out something, so he could only put forward an important person. This person was Li Yuan's man. After Li Shimin became the emperor, of course he had to replace him with his own man, but this guy had never had any problems. Now that this matter is put on you, it can be regarded as a bang for you to leave.
"Where's the man? Take him down for questioning immediately."
I have to say that Li Shimin's acting skills are also very good.
"In reply to the emperor, when we checked, this man had already hanged himself to death. He should have died two hours ago."
Wang De said this tremblingly. When the ministers below heard this, they all had a matter-of-fact expression in their eyes. Whenever something happened to the eunuchs in the palace, no matter what case they were involved in, they would basically choose such a result, which would neither implicate their families nor give them an explanation. However, this case became a headless case.
"Then order the Dali Temple to continue investigating. No matter who is implicated, they must investigate to see if there are any more people spreading rumors behind this. They almost caused Zhijie to lose his life. I will not tolerate this."
Li Shimin had a businesslike expression, but everyone present knew that even if Li Shimin issued such a stern imperial decree, there would be no other outcome. The person was already dead. Could you really make the dead speak? I'm afraid that there is no such ability now.
Li Shimin originally thought that the people below would discuss it, but these people were as shrewd as humans. How could they speak before they figured out the matter? Looking at their expressions, it was clear that they would definitely discuss it in private and would never say it in the court.
"Dismiss the court."
The matter ended like this. Li Shimin shouted out these two words himself. He originally wanted to destroy the relationship between them in a big way, but he didn't expect Cheng Yaojin to do this and interrupt all of Li Shimin's plans.
"Your Highness, you should go back first. The Emperor has issued an imperial decree, forbidding anyone from entering..."
Outside Li Shimin's bedroom, Li Xiang had been waiting for a long time. Now everyone was competing in acting skills, so he had to give it a try as well, otherwise it would be easy for others to see the flaws in this matter. So Wang De came over and talked to him several times, but Li Xiang still had no intention of leaving.
"Then I will continue to kneel here and wait."
Li Xiang did not cry or make a fuss, but just knelt outside the palace and waited.
Li Shimin glanced out the window, unsure what to say. He knew what Li Xiang was going to say: to ask Li Shimin to retract his decision. But could he retract this decision? Cheng Yaojin had already lost half his life. If he retracted this decision, wouldn't the same scene just now happen again? Would the military commanders still be on the same page with him?
"Your Majesty, it's already been two hours. If I continue kneeling, the child's legs..."
Concubine Yang said with some concern that although Li Xiang was not his biological grandson, Empress Changsun and Concubine Yang had a very good relationship. Empress Changsun had always valued Li Xiang. If something really happened to him now, Concubine Yang would feel uncomfortable.
"This little bastard, I'm just trying to find him a marriage. Is it worth him making such a fuss? He's been kneeling here for nearly two hours. Doesn't he want those knees anymore?"
Although Li Shimin spoke in a scolding tone, Concubine Yang could also hear that Li Shimin loved this grandson very much. Although he often found things for Li Xiang to do, it was to train Li Xiang on the one hand, and also because of Li Shimin's desire for power, he could not let Li Xiang grow so fast.
"Your Majesty, General Cheng has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, but his temper is truly... well, who in any family would want their children to have such a father-in-law?"
What Concubine Yang said was what everyone wanted to say. No one wanted to have a father-in-law like Cheng Yaojin, who did things without any restraint.
"It's common for royal children to marry nobles. I'm too lazy to see him. Just find a way to get him away."
If Empress Changsun were still alive, Li Shimin would naturally let her do this matter, but now that Empress Changsun is gone, this matter fell on Concubine Yang Shufei.
"Your Majesty, how can I do this for you? This is the Crown Prince..."
Concubine Yang's words shocked many people in the room. The eldest grandson and the crown prince are not the same thing, but there must be a reason why Concubine Yang said this. It turns out that the position of the crown prince has always belonged to Li Xiang. As for what happened, I'm afraid only these two masters know.