I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

"You bastard, what's the emergency? It has nothing to do with me if someone rebels." Li Shen shouted angrily outside, then fell back to sleep.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Wang Changshi said that he has something important to report to Your Majesty." Shitou continued to knock on the door.

The prince of their family was very angry when he woke up. Even if he opened the door at this time, his life would be in danger.

But as a personal attendant, he knew what his responsibilities were.

"Your Majesty, Shitou said that Wang Changshi has something important, so you'd better get up." Lan Yu'er was ready, put on her clothes and said to Li Shen.

"If anything happens, let's continue sleeping." Li Shen squinted his eyes and shook his head.

"My lord, business matters are important. You are lazy in your administration. The noble concubine said..."

"Okay, okay, I'll get up right now. I've been hearing what you said for ten years. Yu'er, can you say it differently next time?"

Li Shen was helpless. It would take a quarter of an hour for Lan Yu'er to finish speaking.

He has heard this passage for ten years and knows it by heart.

It's nothing more than etiquette, making progress, sharing the worries of the court, and it's best not to make the imperial concubine sad or anything like that.

Li Shen reluctantly got out of bed, Lan Yu'er opened the door, and the maid from outside came in with toiletries, and several people came over to dress Li Shen.

After a steaming meal, Li Shen followed Li Shen to the front hall in a daze.

"Xuan Ce, what happened so early? Did a crime break into Chang'an City?"

After sitting down, Li Shen said with half-closed eyes, then took the refreshing tea handed over by Chunxiang and took a sip.

"Your Majesty, the twenty-one officials arrested by the Criminal Department yesterday are all dead."

"Pfft~~~"

"Dead~~?!!"

Li Shen was so shocked by Wang Xuance's words that he spat out his tea, then his eyes widened and he shouted in disbelief.

"Damn it, the news just came out from the Ministry of Punishment, the supervisors and officials below who were arrested yesterday,

They all died in prison, and it was only today that the officials from the Ministry of Punishment discovered them. Wang Xuance looked at Li Shen and said.

"Huh? When you look at what I'm doing, you don't think it's me who did it, right?

Yes, I said this yesterday, but I just said it and did not let anyone do it.

What, you still don’t believe it? "

Looking at Wang Xuance's eyes, Li Shen was really hard to explain.

He was just talking happily yesterday. He never thought about killing these people. If these people died, it would be a big deal.

Where is that place? That is the Ministry of Punishment. Killing people in the Ministry of Punishment is not a challenge to the imperial court and imperial power.

Moreover, Li Shen asked himself that he did not have the ability to kill people in the Criminal Department without being discovered.

"My lord, I naturally know that this matter has nothing to do with your lord, but is it really Zhao Guogong who did it?

Who else but Zhao Guogong has such great ability to kill more than 20 people silently in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, while the other prisoners are fine. "

Wang Xuance smiled slightly, and he also felt that it was not King Ji who did it.

Li Shen fell into deep thought and felt more and more something was wrong. This script shouldn't be written like this. It used to be a dynasty fighting for hegemony, why has it become a court fighting for hegemony now?

After thinking for a while, he couldn't figure out who did it. He felt that it was not Changsun Wuji.

Both Changsun Chang and Changsun Xiang had already confessed, and they couldn't die anyway, so why did they still kill?

But he is the biggest suspect. Once these people die, no one will know that they are the masterminds.

It can be said that he was bribed, and the big head is below.

Your Majesty is thinking of his relatives, so he may be fined a little in salary or downgraded, but the official position will be kept, and he will be reinstated after a period of time if his performance is better.

"My lord, you must also be prepared for this matter." Wang Xuance reminded.

"Ha! What does this matter have to do with me? Killing them will do me no good." Li Shen smiled disdainfully.

"Your Majesty, the outside world may think that Duke Zhao is the most suspicious, but Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you are the most suspicious.

If His Majesty thinks that the Prince did this, then His Majesty's love for the Prince will change.

After all, killing people in the Ministry of Punishment is not a trivial matter. This does not take the country into consideration.

Your Majesty will think that Your Majesty, Your Majesty, is becoming more and more arrogant because of your favor. Don’t forget, Your Majesty, you led troops to attack Prince Jin’s Mansion.

If the prince really did it this time, His Majesty will think that the prince will be a hidden danger in the future.

When the time comes, Your Majesty..." Wang Xuance stopped talking and did not continue.

There were some things that he couldn't say so clearly. Prince Ji was not a fool, so of course he could understand what he meant.

Of course Li Shen understood what Wang Xuance meant. You can be a dandy, you can do evil, but you must have a bottom line.

The bottom line is not to undermine the country's stability and unity. It was already taboo for him to lead troops to attack the Jin Palace.

Although he later got away with it on the grounds that his brothers were having conflicts, it left a shadow in Li Shimin's heart or in the hearts of other nobles.

If he kills people in the Ministry of Justice this time, Li Shimin will have a grudge against him. It cannot be said that he has fallen out of favor, but he must also consider whether Li Shen will pose a threat to the imperial power in the future.

"What you are talking about is indeed a problem. I have to go to the palace and tell your Majesty that I did not do this." Li Shen said to Wang Xuance after thinking for a moment.

"However, your Majesty may not believe that this matter is actually of great benefit to the prince, because you have to deal with Changsun Wuji," Wang Xuance reminded.

"Whether you believe it or not, I must make it clear that I have no intention of killing people." Li Shen said firmly.

After Li Shen finished speaking, he was about to get up and go back to change clothes and enter the palace. Wang Xuance stopped Li Shen again.

"Your Majesty, there is news over there that the noble families have prepared more than thirty large ships, and they are expected to set off at the end of February next year."

"Well, follow the plan and lead them to that uninhabited island.

February~~~~You should send someone to pass the news to Zhao Laosi now and let him prepare, lest they change their plans and we are caught off guard. "

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Xuance left after accepting the order.

Li Shen thought for a while and returned to the back house, telling Lu Dingniang that she was going to the palace. Lu Dingniang quickly helped Li Shen change into royal clothes.

Li Shen has been visiting the palace quite frequently recently. Along the way, he kept cursing in his mind the people who wanted to harm him, including those from aristocratic families, nobles, and the old thief Changsun Wuji.

You said that if I want money, I should give it to me honestly, but you, an old man, have to come out to stop me, and it’s not your money.

Your Duke Zhao has such a big estate, and I give your family hundreds of thousands of guan a year, and this is how you treat me.

correct! Industry, okay, you, an old thief, will wait for me. I will see how you can have a great family and business.

Li Shen just sat in the carriage, cursing Changsun Wuji in his heart, choking to death when eating and drinking water.