After General Niu Jinda left, Han Desi became a little nervous. In fact, Han Desi hadn't rested for several days, but Li Xiang didn't let him go. This meant that he had something to ask him. Niu Jinda was only responsible for the outer defense. What exactly did Li You do? Niu Jinda couldn't know everything. Han Desi was with Li You every day. If he said he didn't know, Li Xiang would never believe him.
You are just a eunuch who serves Li You personally. If Zhuzi could hide something from you, that would be incredible. What's more, Han Desi is very smart. Since leaving the capital, he wants Li You to do all the things himself.
"I won't tell you what I told you, old man. The Empress told me when I left the palace. You said you would take care of it. Is this what you think is good? Don't you want to live anymore?"
Li Xiang drew out his sword and thrust it directly into the ground in front of him. The sword pierced through the carpet and swung towards Handesi a few times. Handesi immediately knelt in front of Li Xiang. He was indeed responsible for this matter.
"Your Highness, please listen to my explanation. After arriving in Western Turkestan, I haven't dared to relax even for a moment. I've been keeping an eye on our prince the entire time. But he's been deliberately keeping me in the dark, always ordering me to do other things. The eunuchs around him haven't dared to persuade me..."
Speaking of this matter, Han Desi really wanted to cry but had no tears.
At first he didn't think anything was wrong. After all, this was the capital of Western Turkic Khaganate, and nothing serious would happen. But later when he found something wrong, he didn't dare to say anything because he found the letters of secret communication between the two.
Eunuch Han was dumbfounded at the time. This was a palace secret. If it got out, none of them would be able to leave alive. As a prince of the Tang Dynasty, you came here to seduce the prince's wife. No matter where you go to reason, you are not in the right.
Han Desi wanted to lock Li You up in the military camp at that time, but he was afraid that if he made too much movement, it would easily arouse other people's suspicion. If a newcomer followed this line of investigation, these things might be dug out. So Han Desi didn't dare to move at all and just followed Li You.
"If that's the case, then why did you let everyone see it that day? Where did you go that day?"
Li Xiang said this very sternly, which scared Handesi.
"To answer your Highness, our prince put a knockout drug in my tea that day. The dosage was so high that I couldn't make it. When I opened my eyes, the whole thing had already happened."
Han Desi was almost on the verge of tears. After all, he was an old hand and had been able to dodge all kinds of attacks in the palace over the years. It was impossible for him to be tricked. But the person who drugged him this time was Li You, who was the person he had to protect and was also his young master. How could he doubt it?
After hearing what Old Han said, Li Xiang finally understood what was going on. This was truly audacious. In order to meet the princess, Li You really tried every possible means, even using such despicable things as knockout drugs.
"Have you dealt with the little eunuch around you?"
Li Xiang suddenly thought of the young eunuch beside Li You. He didn't see these two people leaving the palace just now. There were a total of three eunuchs following them, one of whom was Han Desi, and the other two were beside Li You.
"To answer your Highness, when the incident happened, the Right Wise King of the Turkic people drew his sword in anger and tried to kill our prince. He was later stopped, but he killed the two young eunuchs who were with the prince."
After hearing this, Li Xiang said nothing. After all, his wife had been slept with, so shouldn't he be allowed to let loose? These two young eunuchs must know something. Li Xiang had originally wanted to call them over to ask, but now it seemed that the clue was cut off here.
"According to your observation, when the Right Wise King of Western Turkic took action, was he truly angry, or was there something else going on?"
When Li Xiang asked this question, Eunuch Han immediately widened his eyes. Although he also suspected some things at that time, his brain had stopped thinking due to the shock. Now after hearing Li Xiang's words, this guy carefully recalled the situation at that time and did not dare to miss a single detail.
But in the end he shook his head, which meant that the Right Wise King acted out of anger, and there was no hidden secret.
"Don't hide anything from me. If you hide it from me now, I won't care if your prince dies."
Li Xiang grabbed the old man by the collar, trying to see something from his eyes. Now the situation was urgent, and Li Xiang could not let anyone go. Even the person who was least likely to betray him had to be interrogated clearly.
"Your Highness has already become like this, how could this old servant still dare to hide it from you? I have told you everything."
Han Desi said in a tearful voice that he was a man who had seen the world and had seen all kinds of dirty things in the Tang Dynasty Palace, but those things had nothing to do with him and would not cost him his life. If something really happened to Li You now, they probably wouldn't have to go back to Chang'an.
Before Li Xiang came, these people were looking forward to his arrival day and night, but now that Li Xiang has come, Old Han suddenly discovered one thing, that is, Li Xiang also has no proper solution.
This is indeed the case. In order to preserve the reputation of the Tang Empire, this matter must be thoroughly investigated. No matter what happened, there must be a scapegoat. The Tang Empire must not be allowed to suffer such a reputation.
In his personal letter to Li Xiang, Li Shimin wrote that the Tang Empire had to have dignity, and he, Li Shimin, had to have dignity.
Li You’s life or death is not important. The reputation of the Tang Empire is the most important. If it is written into history books, the Tang Empire will never be able to wash away the shame in several lifetimes, and it will become a topic of conversation for everyone in the future.
Li Shimin has elevated this matter to the level of the Han nationality, so no matter how Li Xiang planned it, he could not make this matter come to pass.
"Your Highness, the Western Turkic Prime Minister Abalasha requests an audience."
The guards outside came in from the gate. A convoy was already waiting outside the military camp. In addition, the surrounding Western Turkic people also heard the noise and walked out of the tent with their bows and arrows.