"Don't worry, Your Highness. Concubine Fan met with Your Highness this afternoon, intending to poison Your Highness with wine. However, Your Highness refused to drink it. Concubine Fan fainted and drank the wine by mistake..."
Xiao Xiazi is a quick learner. After all, he grew up in the palace and has seen a lot of conspiracies and intrigues, so he spoke without hesitation. Although this arrangement was a bit hasty, it was understandable. It also left another clue. If the Fan family couldn't find out anything, it would be a serious crime just because Aunt Fan wanted to poison the crown prince. The entire Fan family would be in trouble.
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, is departing."
The eunuchs at the gate of the East Palace said loudly, and these were the last words Aunt Fan heard in this world. Aunt Fan could feel that her spirit was getting worse and worse, and her eyes were getting heavier and heavier, as if she was about to fall asleep. But Aunt Fan knew that this was not the time to sleep, because the pain in her abdomen had made her unable to scream.
How could this be possible? It was clearly just a cup of ordinary wine, not poisoned at all. When was it replaced? Concubine Fan didn't even know what was going on when she died.
"Eunuch, would you like some ice? In case the Ministry of Internal Affairs wants to perform an autopsy?"
A big eunuch and four young eunuchs were ordered to deal with the body. The young eunuchs thought that after all, she was the prince's concubine. If she was dealt with hastily, all kinds of things might happen in the future, and we might not be able to explain them.
"Do you think those people in the Imperial Household Department are as stupid as you? She's just a woman. No matter how noble her status is, she's just a woman. Who is our Highness? She's going to be the emperor in the future. In the eyes of the emperor, the death of ten such women from noble families is not as good as taking a hair from us and burning them immediately. There's no need for such a big deal. If the people from the Imperial Household Department dare to come to examine the body, I will kill you and hand you over to them."
The old lady said unhappily that these young eunuchs were newly assigned and did not know much about the affairs in the palace. These people in the palace were the best at observing people's behavior. Who would dare to talk nonsense about the people killed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?
Not to mention that this woman really died of poisoning, even if she was hacked to death by someone, those people would turn black into white. As long as this matter does not affect themselves, then love died the way it died. Anyway, she is already dead. Is there going to be another death because of this dead person?
It was actually a bit risky for Li Xiang to do this, but he finally chose to do it, just to let all women see, especially women of status like you, that if they had anything to do with Li Chengqian, then Aunt Fan would be a role model for you. If anyone doesn't care about my own life, then just come over.
Xiao Xia Zi had completely seen through Li Xiang's methods. He killed the prince's concubine in a few words and reported it directly to the emperor. Now it has arrived at the residence of Lord Cheng Yaojin. If the emperor wanted to do this, eunuch Wang would have come long ago, but there is no sign of eunuch Wang on the street now. The emperor probably threw the memorial aside.
After Li Xiang entered the room, it took about a cup of tea for Cheng Yaojin to come back from outside. He was not surprised by Li Xiang's arrival. After all, someone had told him earlier. Originally, Cheng Yaojin wanted to stay in the military camp today, but when he heard that his son-in-law had come, he naturally had to go home to entertain him.
Let’s not talk about what these two people were talking about. At this moment, the emperor was holding Li Xiang’s memorial, with all kinds of lights in his eyes. I don’t know what he was thinking.
Fang Xuanling and Zhangsun Wuji were also reviewing other memorials. This was how the three-person office group had always worked. But when the eunuch from the Eastern Palace delivered this memorial, they saw the emperor stop working. Could something serious have happened? But everyone lived in the capital, and they hadn't heard of any major incidents in the Eastern Palace. It was just that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Cheng Yaojin got drunk. How could that be considered a big deal?
"Ah...you two take a look."
When Li Shimin came to his senses, he saw two ministers looking at him. He immediately asked Wang De to circulate the memorial to the two of them. Changsun Wuji walked to Fang Xuanling's desk, and the two of them read the memorial together.
After reading this, both of them were surprised. Li Xiang was so bold! He poisoned Concubine Fan in the garden of the Eastern Palace. Although it was said that Concubine Fan wanted to harm her, was Concubine Fan mentally ill? How could a woman like her harm you? The entire Eastern Palace was your sphere of influence.
When Li Chengqian married Fan, many people had actually predicted that something would happen in the Eastern Palace. However, they did not expect that nothing happened when Li Xiang just came back, he just locked people up. Now that it has reached a bottleneck period, he killed people instead.
"If you have something to say, just say it. There's no need to hide it. We've been king and subject for many years, and you've seen many things bigger than this. Are you afraid to speak up about such a small matter?"
The hall was deathly quiet, and Li Shimin could not stand the silence any more, so he picked up the tea and took a sip, wanting to hear what his two trusted ministers were thinking.
"There's something fishy about this matter. What's said in the memorial may not be true. We still need to investigate thoroughly. However, in my humble opinion, it's better to take the words in the memorial as the conclusion. There's no point in investigating it. It's nothing more than a woman."
Fang Xuanling had followed Li Shimin for many years. From Li Shimin's expression just now, Fang Xuanling could tell that Li Shimin was very satisfied with Li Xiang's actions. Li Shimin regarded Li Xiang as his successor, so such a person must be decisive in killing. Everyone can see that Li Xiang is decisive in killing foreigners, but he is still kind to his own people. This is not what a competent emperor should do.
"The Nanyang Fan family has indeed been restless in recent years. They married into the Fanyang Lu family a few years ago. Although they didn't become a first-rate family, they still caused us a lot of trouble. Our efforts to infiltrate the local area have been ineffective over the years. We can definitely take advantage of this favorable situation and send the imperial court's elite troops into their heartland."
Zhang Sun Wuji quickly considered some things. Since Fang Xuanling said it was just a woman, then the family behind this woman must not be important. So, he would focus on the major policies of the court and take what he should take...