Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty

"Ah—your lord, spare me!" Cuiyun thought about the scene, and trembled violently, "It's Qingzhu, the maid beside Xiao Cairen. She and the maid are good sisters. Give food to the servant girl, urge me to eat quickly so that no one will find out, and she will burn the copybook for me."

Li Mingda looked up at Li Shimin.

"It's Cairen Xiao again, no matter whether she was wronged or not, it's always right to check."

Li Shimin looked at the tearful Concubine Yang, calmed down a little, and also felt that there might be something strange about this matter, so he waved his hand and sent Fang Qirui to search Xiao Cairen's house immediately.Li Mingda reported that he was brave enough to go.Li Shimin hesitated for a while, he was worried that Li Mingda's actions would attract criticism from her people, and would make people think that this harem fight was instigated by her.Spreading this kind of reputation will make it difficult for her to be a good person outside in the future.Li Shimin then asked Fang Qirui to find an excuse to send Xiao Cairen and others away first, and then let Princess Jinyang go in for investigation.

Fang Qirui got the order and went to do it immediately.

Hearing his father's order, Li Mingda immediately understood his father's good intentions and saluted to thank him.

Seeing this, Li Shimin couldn't help laughing, deeply feeling that among the many children, only this daughter understood his heart best.The most wonderful thing is that the relationship between their father and daughter has reached a level that can be understood without words.

Not long after, Fang Qirui reported back and forth that everything was ready.Li Mingda nodded to Li Shimin, glanced at Concubine Yang, and followed Fang Qirui to Xiao Cairen's room.At present, the courtyard is empty, there is no one there, and those who come with him are all Li Shimin's cronies and attendants.

Li Mingda brought Tian Hanshan along.

It's already cold winter now, Li Mingda only felt a little warmth when he entered the door, it didn't feel like Concubine Yang felt the heat hit her face as soon as she entered the room.It's still a bit cold in the room, could it be that the carbon supply is not enough?But after looking around the situation in the house, Li Mingda confirmed that there were enough charcoal basins in the house.Then the reason why my place is not too hot must be because the window was opened not long ago.Li Mingda went to check the charcoal basin again, and sure enough, on a basin of charcoal, he saw the ashes of the burned paper.Fang Qirui also leaned over to take a look, and immediately understood something.

"This..." Because there was no evidence, Fang Qirui couldn't say anything, so he could only swallow the words.

Li Mingda understood what he meant, and continued to check the house without asking any further questions.

On the east side is the place where Xiao Cairen painted and played the piano.After Li Mingda went in, he walked directly to the table, and saw that there was a stack of rice paper on the table, which was pure white without any marks.However, the thickness of this paper coincides with the paper used for the letter signed by Chang Shan.And you Mingda just noticed that the letter in Li Hui'an's hand is different from the letter you got from the Cui family.In addition to the difference in the thickness of the letter paper, there are also differences in the handwriting. The handwriting in her hand is even and smooth, while the handwriting in Li Hui'an's hand looks like but has no "spirit". But this kind of subtle difference, probably no one will see it I can understand her explanation again.So Li Mingda felt that there was no need for her to take out the letter and write it down, and would check it out first.

In short, at the moment, just relying on the same quality of paper is naturally not enough to constitute ironclad evidence against Xiao Cairen. Li Mingda asked people to continue to search carefully.

Tian Hanshan immediately searched all the places in the study, every corner and corner, and whether there were hidden compartments behind the bookshelves. He checked all the places that could be found, but found nothing wrong.Li Mingda watched coldly and silently, a little lost in thought, as if he was thinking about something.After a while, Fang Qirui and others reported back, telling Li Mingda that they did not find anything related to Princess Changshan in Xiao Cairen's residence.

Tian Hanshu moved closer to his master and said with emotion: "Even if you did something bad, I'm afraid you'll hear the news, so hurry up and destroy the corpse."

Li Mingda looked at Fang Qirui over there, and asked him what he thought.

Fang Qirui sneered, although he had the same thoughts as Tian Hanshan, but as the chief eunuch next to the emperor, Fang Qirui was always cautious when speaking.

"No matter what, there is no evidence, so it's not easy to convict casually."

"If there is no proof, then make a proof." Li Mingda summoned Fang Qirui to come closer and whispered to him.Fang Qirui was stunned for a moment, and quickly agreed, then hurried out to report to Li Shimin.

After a stick of incense, Xiao Cairen was told that he could go back to his room.After she entered the door, she sat down in the hall, and while playing with the handkerchief in her hand, she asked, "It's okay for Concubine Wei to find me, so why do you have to let me bring you all with me? There is no one left in the room." It’s the first time I’ve seen this situation, it’s really strange.”

Qingzhu looked around, leaned close to Xiao Cairen and whispered: "Could it be..."

"Holy, holy man!"

Xiao Cairen heard the maid's cry from the study room on the east side, stood up suddenly, glanced at the green bamboo, and hurried to the side room on the east side, and saw Li Shimin sitting behind the table, looking straight at him. she.

Xiao Cairen shivered and hurriedly lowered his head to salute Li Shimin.

Li Shimin's voice was cold and sharp.

Xiao Cairen shivered, and lowered his head even deeper.

"Did you write this letter?" Li Shimin asked.

Xiao Cairen raised her head in a daze, while looking at the letter that Fang Qirui showed her in fear, her eyes quickly swept over the people around Li Shimin, and found that Princess Jinyang and Princess Hengshan were there.

Xiao Cairen hurriedly shook his head, and kowtowed to Li Shimin innocently, "I have never seen anything before, Your Majesty, my concubine has been wronged!"

"Wrong? Why don't you ask Qingzhu to cheat Chang Shan's copybook, and then use the thin paper on your desk to draw these words according to her handwriting?" Li Shimin asked again.

Xiao Cairen immediately burst into tears, shaking his head and yelling wronged at Li Shimin, his pair of peach-blossom loving eyes glistened with tears pitifully, "I don't have any, please be enlightened by the sage! This paper is indeed used by my concubine, although my concubine likes it Thin paper is used for painting, but this is the paper sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, this, this... Your Majesty, in this huge palace, it is not only the concubines themselves who use this kind of paper, please learn from your majesty."

"Based on these alone, of course you can't be held accountable. Naturally, they have caught the ironclad evidence of your crime. This is the ball of paper that the palace people found from the bottom of your painting jar just now. Thanks to the people around you who didn't clean it up, they left one. Otherwise, there is no evidence to hold you accountable!" Li Shimin said while staring at Xiao Cairen.

Xiao Cairen looked up as soon as he turned around, and saw Fang Qirui showing himself a piece of wrinkled paper, there were unfinished sentences on it, and the content was exactly the same as what was written in Princess Changshan's letter.

Xiao Cairen was stunned, and just about to look again, Fang Qirui had already stepped back and stood by!

At this time, Li Shimin slapped the table heavily, and asked Xiao Cairen what else to say in a sharp voice.

Li Mingda has been observing Qingzhu, the court lady next to Xiao Cairen. Since Li Shimin questioned her, her body has been shaking, and a layer of cold sweat has already appeared on her forehead.

"Qingzhu, don't you want to live anymore! You still have a chance before Xiao Cairen has confessed!" Li Mingda suddenly said fiercely to her.

Qingzhu trembled in fright, kowtowed with tears, and eagerly confessed: "My maidservant is guilty! This maidservant has also been ordered by Xiao Cairen and has to obey! Your Majesty, please spare me, please spare my life!"

Xiao Cairen stared round his eyes, and slowly turned his head to look at Qingzhu.Before she could say anything else, Qingzhu told the whole story in one go, confessing that she was instructed by Xiao Cairen to do that.

"In fact, Xiao Cairen has long been displeased with Concubine Yang being favored. It is because when the saint came to Xiao Cairen's place twice, what happened to Concubine Yang and led the saint over. Xiao Cairen was angry at this. However, he always kept a grudge in his heart. Later, Xiao Cairen came across Princess Changshan's secret affair. Knowing that Princess Changshan and Concubine Yang had a good relationship, he blackmailed the princess with this, and would humiliate her every time he saw her. Princess Changshan was always depressed because of this, and often Secretly crying, within a few days, she became extremely thin.

After the servant girl reported the situation to Xiao Cairen, she didn't want Xiao Cairen to be pitiful, and said that Princess Changshan's behavior would soon attract His Majesty's attention.This is even better, and it can fit her scheme.So Cairen Xiao asked his maid to find a way to get Princess Changshan's copybook to her. At that time, the maid didn't know what the intention was and just followed orders.It wasn't until later, when I saw Xiao Cairen's copybook depicting the princess, that I realized that Xiao Cairen wanted to imitate the princess's handwriting.But in the end, it didn't look like it was written, and Xiao Cairen was anxious, so he personally forced Princess Changshan to write this sentence.Since she was young, Princess Changshan was afraid that Xiao Cairen would expose her scandal, even if she was afraid, she couldn't stand the threat, so she wrote it anyway.After that, Cairen Xiao made a way for his servant to deliver the letter to Cui's mansion in the name of Princess Changshan.Originally, he planned to sing a play about framing Concubine Yang with Princess Changshan.But I didn't expect Princess Changshan to suddenly become ill and die within a few days.As for the Cui family, there has been no news. "

"Don't talk nonsense! Your Majesty, this maid has been clumsy and dissatisfied with the concubine scolding her. She has long hated the concubine, and today is taking the opportunity to take revenge on me!" Xiao Cairen argued hastily.

"I don't have it, Your Majesty!" Qingzhu kowtowed again, "The maid actually saw that Princess Changshan was pitiful. The maid had pleaded with Xiao Cairen and asked her to let Princess Changshan go. But Xiao Cairen didn't have the slightest idea. Out of pity, he even slapped the servant girl, calling her a white-eyed wolf who eats inside and out! The servant girl feels that Princess Changshan is so pitiful, she is still a child, how could Xiao Cairen be so cruel."

"Continue to talk." Li Shimin was unexpectedly quiet, he squinted his eyes, and spoke slowly, but the majesty of the emperor had already shocked everyone in the room to hold their breath.This kind of stillness is by no means a peaceful and gentle tranquility, but a harbinger before the storm.

Qingzhu then explained what happened next.

"How come Xiao Cairen didn't expect Princess Changshan to go so soon, and the Cui family waited for two months, but there was no news, and the letter was not handed over. Xiao Cairen directly scolded Princess Changshan for cheating. She blamed Princess Changshan for saying that her mother asked Cui Qian to protect her before she died, so if she had something to do, Cui Qian would definitely speak out, but now Cui Qian received the letter and there was no movement at all. Xiao Cairen was not reconciled to the failure of the plan, So he asked his maid to find the copybook left by Princess Changshan, practiced for ten days, and finally wrote a letter that was identical to Princess Changshan's handwriting. Xiao Cairen carefully considered the candidate, because Princess Hengshan was the youngest and naive , it’s so confusing, and it’s easy to face the saint, so Xiao Cairen finally decided to send the letter to Princess Hengshan.”

"After delivering the letter, Xiao Cairen has been ordering his maid to observe Princess Hengshan's movements. Today, the maid learned that His Majesty and Princess Hengshan came to find Concubine Yang together, so she guessed that the letter might have been discovered, so she hurriedly informed Xiao Cairen. Just now, Xiao Cairen burned all the copybooks of Princess Changshan, and he was afraid that there would be a smell of burning paper in the room, so he specially ordered the servants to open the windows to disperse the smell." Qingzhu continued to explain.

Li Shimin was quite surprised to look at Xiao Cairen who was kneeling on the ground over there. She was young and beautiful, and she was beautiful even when she was crying.I'm afraid that if something like today didn't happen, Li Shimin would definitely be aroused to protect her when he saw her tears, and he couldn't help but feel pity for her.Never thought that this seemingly innocent and beautiful woman would have such a vicious heart.Not only framed Concubine Yang, but also forced his daughter to death!

Xiao Cairen cried and shook her head, calling Qingzhu to frame her.

Li Shimin squinted his eyes and sneered, still calm and not angry.

"You still don't recognize it? Huh?"

Xiao Cairen looked at Li Shimin, who was not angry and pretentious, with tears in his eyes, and was a little scared. She suddenly didn't dare to cry too loudly, sobbed softly with her mouth pursed, her chest heaved and trembled violently.

"Don't think that you have a better background and can do whatever you want in the palace. Even if you are a concubine, you must strictly abide by the palace rules. Don't say your surname is Xiao, even if your surname is Li, you should be dealt with in the same way. There is King Jiang Xia outside the palace, and the palace You are inside. But your crimes are more serious than his, at least he didn't force my daughter to death." Li Shimin still said these words calmly, looking at Xiao Cairen's eyes, full of bloodthirsty murderous intent.

Xiao Cairen was terrified and remorseful, and repeatedly shook his head to Li Shimin begging for forgiveness.

"Do you plead guilty?" Li Shimin asked.

"The concubine knew it was wrong. The concubine really didn't expect that things would turn into such a mess. The concubine never had any intention of murdering Princess Changshan." Xiao Cairen said lightly, crying bitterly, tears Big ones fall down.She blinked her eyes with thick eyelashes, then crawled up to Li Shimin, grabbed his leg, and begged Li Shimin for forgiveness, her eyes were full of helplessness and pity when she raised her eyes.

Li Shimin kicked her away, got up and walked out the door, and said to Tian Hanshan as he walked, "Execute immediately."

Xiao Cairen collapsed on the ground and cried, "Saint, forgive me, even if the concubine's crime is unforgivable, please let the concubine take a few months and leave after giving birth to the little prince."

Li Shimin's footsteps paused slightly, but he did not stop leaving.He squinted at Fang Qirui.

Fang Qirui nodded, apparently unaware of this matter, "I will tell the imperial doctor to diagnose the pulse."

"No need." After Li Shimin said, he walked away without hesitation.

Xiao's morality was lost, and he committed suicide by giving poison and wine.

Because the Xiao family was raised by his uncle Xiao Yu since childhood, Li Shimin even looked down on Xiao Yu and deposed him, allowing his family to leave Chang'an after the next year.

Xiao Yu then received an order to thank him, but did not delay for a moment, and moved his family out of Chang'an City on New Year's Eve, not daring to hinder the saint's eyes at this time.

Li Shimin heard that Xiao Yu was so knowledgeable, and he was somewhat concerned about his good fortune.

"Speaking of which, this is the third time I have dismissed him." Li Shimin sighed.

Fang Qirui agreed.

"Why did you come here the first two times?"

"He is hot-tempered and outspoken, and speaks inappropriately, which has annoyed His Majesty several times." Fang Qirui explained.

"So, I dislike him because he doesn't use his brain and is too straight. But how can this niece he raises be so scheming and vicious?" Li Shimin asked.

"Maybe it's like her biological parents." Fang Qirui guessed.

Li Shimin nodded, feeling that although Xiao Yu was responsible for this matter, Xiao Cai was the culprit.However, it is not too much to depose him. Let him learn a lesson for now, reflect on it, and if there is a suitable time in the future, he will naturally consider using him again.

Besides, Xiao Kai, when the whole family was about to leave Chang'an City on New Year's Eve, he hurried over to bid farewell to Fang Yizhi and Yuchi Baoqi.

"What happened, you left in such a hurry?" Yuchi Baoqi hurried in when she saw snow hanging on his shoulders, knowing that it was urgent, she immediately asked him.

At the moment, there was an attendant from the Fang family who was going to help dust off the snow, Xiao Kai hurriedly stretched out his hand to signal no.

"I'll leave after saying a few words, and I have to ride a horse to chase them."

"What's going on?" Yuchi Baoqi asked again.

Xiao Kai frowned, "An accident happened in the palace, and our family was affected. Actually, it's nothing, you don't need to comfort me. That's fine, I thought Chang'an City was too lively, so I planned to go out for a walk and calm down. It's all over, I have a whole family to accompany me, so I don't have to worry about no one to take care of me."

Xiao Kai smiled far-fetchedly, clasped his hands to Fang Yizhi and Yuchi Baoqi, and explained their whereabouts, "When you return to write letters, the brotherhood is inseparable."

Fang Yi smiled straight, and asked Xiao Kai to drink a glass of soju before leaving, "The wine is just hot, but you can warm up to keep out the cold, and you won't be cold when you go on the road. Go back and discuss with your father. Don't go too far, just settle down in Dingzhou."

"The house in Dingzhou is a bit small." Xiao Kai sighed.

"Just listen to it." Fang Yi said straight.

Xiao Kai nodded, "My father likes you the most. He often said that if my brain was half as smart as yours, he would be moved to tears thankfully. I will pass on your words, and I think he will listen to your words!"

"It doesn't matter if you don't listen, but there is no need to argue about it."

Fang Yizhi immediately watched Xiao Kai leave.Instead, he arranged for Yuchi Baoqi's room to live in the east wing with Di Renjie.

"Hey, I remember that you also have a place in the west wing. Before I stayed at your house, I lived in the west wing. There is a room that doesn't allow me to live in it. Why do you want me and Huaiying to squeeze together?" Yuchi Baoqi dissatisfied .

"Chubi wants to live in that room. This year he and his sister are invited to come to my house for the New Year. If you like the west wing room, that's fine too. I'll ask someone to add an extra bed there."

"Don't, I'll stay in the East Wing." Yuchi Baoqi sighed, "Huaiying can still chat, but Chubi doesn't mind, I say ten words and he doesn't answer me. I want to be happy, but I don’t want to be bored with nothing.”

Fang Yi laughed lightly, "Nobody knows as much as you do."

"But I know as much as him." Yuchi Baoqi confessed cheekily.

"Let's not talk about New Year's Eve. We will eat wine and meat during the New Year's Eve. What are your plans for the Lantern Festival? I have invited several aristocratic families to go to Qujiang Pond to play together. I have prepared a painting boat, and I have superb piano and dance skills." It must be fun for everyone to get together and have fun, so you can go too. Don't be bored at home like last year." Yuchi Baoqi excitedly suggested.

"No, I have something to do." Fang Yi said straight.

"Hey, what's the matter? Who will have something to do during the Lantern Festival?" Yuchi Baoqi asked Fang Yizhi what was the matter, puzzled.

"I can't say, you just have to find your own happiness." Fang Yi looked at Yuchi Baoqi and asked him how his recent homework was.

Yuchi Baoqi immediately threw away her previous curiosity and scratched her head with a sad face, "Why do you worry about this like I, Aye, it gives me a headache just thinking about it!"

"You don't want to try the imperial examination next year?" Fang Yi asked directly.

Yuchi Baoqi nodded reluctantly, "I'm going to try, otherwise I will definitely be hacked by my father. I'm still thinking about whether I should go to Mingjing or Jinshi? Brother Yizhi, do you have any good suggestions?"

"Mingjing must pass. I think you have a powerful father in your family. If you fail in the scientific examination, I'm afraid he will feel ashamed and your life will not be better in the future." Fang Yizhi said directly Poke the truth.

Yuchi Baoqi agreed, "I think so too, but I still think Jinshi is better. Only in this way can I show my ability, right?"

"I will help you pass whatever test you take."

After Fang Yi finished his frank talk, someone came to report back, and Di Renjie invited Cheng Chubi.He and Yuchi Baoqi stood up to meet them.

Cheng Chubi saluted with some embarrassment, and thanked Fang Yizhi for his kind invitation.

Fang Yizhi: "I also want to thank you for your kindness. On New Year's Eve, it is my honor that you are willing to give me your kindness and have fun with me."

"That's right, let alone ordinary people, who doesn't celebrate the New Year at their own home?" After Yuchi Baoqi was impolite, he patted Fang Yizhi's shoulder, "You are really lucky to meet our brothers and family members who are not in Chang'an City , so I let you take advantage of it now."

Di Renjie laughed, "Brother Bao Qi doesn't know how to blush when he makes such a joke."

"Why is he blushing, it's thicker than the city wall, even if he's blushing, he can't tell." Cheng Chubi said badly.

Yuchi Baoqi: "Eh? You shameless ones, it's a good thing I prepared a New Year's gift for you, so I won't give it away."

"Really?" Di Renjie was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked what Yuchi Baoqi gave him.Yuchi Baoqi didn't say anything, and teased Di Renjie, and the two sides started playing with each other.

Cheng Chubi smiled, sat down and saw that there was good wine on the table, he toasted with Fang Yizhi and talked about what happened in the palace recently.

Fang Yizhi did not judge Xiao Cairen's matter, but only asked Cheng Chubi: "Originally, the guards in the palace will be stricter this year, and it is the busiest time for you. Princess let you out?"

Cheng Chubi nodded, "Princess actually still thinks that I still have a younger sister at home, so no matter how much I plead, your lord still insists on letting me go out of the palace for the New Year."

"I heard that Lingmei's condition is only getting better, so you should spend more time with her. After recovering from illness, your mood is also important." Fang Yi said bluntly, and laughed again, "She and my sister are very similar in interests. I heard that the two When people meet, they become good sisters."

"That's true. After the last celebration feast, as soon as I came home, she would tell me about what good things Lingmei gave her, and she liked it very much. Before, he always cared about me, but now I'm not. Secondly, sometimes I don't even ask." Cheng Chubi sighed bitterly, "Is my brother not as good as her little sister?"

Fang Yi smiled and nodded, "That's the reason. We can't see through what girls like, so naturally we can't chat. It's time to learn from it in the future."

Cheng Chubi was stunned for a moment, and looked at Fang Yizhi in surprise, and saw that Fang Yizhi was drinking with downcast eyes normally.Many questions arose in Cheng Chubi's mind: Fang Yi has always cared about his younger sister, and wanted to know more about women's minds. Is it a strange thing?Maybe it's because I think too much and haven't seen the world?

Cheng Chubi immediately saw Fang Yizhi toasting to himself, Cheng Chubi immediately forgot the previous doubts, drank happily with him, chatted with him about the state of the court, how the people's livelihood was, and benefited a lot from it, Cheng Chubi felt like a frog in a well had finally jumped to the ground.

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Taiji Palace, Lizheng Hall.

Li Mingda was wearing a red fox collar poncho, leaning against the porch, staring blankly at the snowflakes flying all over the sky.Fifteen days before the Lantern Festival, Li Mingda was already worrying about how to find an excuse so that he could leave the palace smoothly on such an important day.

The reason is not easy to find, she, Aye, has always loved her so much, how could she be willing to spend the holidays outside the palace alone?

When she responded to Fang Yizhi's request, she thought it was no big deal, but it was just a festival outside.But now that the agreed date was getting closer and closer, when Li Mingda was about to fulfill his promise, he realized that this request was actually more difficult than she imagined.

Fang Yizhi is indeed a ruthless one, asking her such a difficult problem.

Li Mingda thought hard again, sighed, then lowered his head and tugged at the silk handkerchief in his hand anxiously.

Wei Wang Li Tai, who had just rushed back from Dingzhou, came to see his sister Li Mingda after meeting Li Shimin in the Lizheng Hall.

Li Tai went straight to the door of the house where Li Mingda lived, but was suddenly told that she was behind the house, so he hurriedly turned around and went to the back of the house to find her.But he saw Li Mingda leaning against the wall with a sad face, already blending into a painting with the snow scene flying all over the sky.

Li Tai was pleasing to the eye, so he didn't want to disturb her, and watched from a distance.

Li Mingda knew that Li Tai was coming, and when his footsteps stopped suddenly, he was curious why he didn't leave, and turned to look at him.

Li Tai was taken aback, he didn't expect that his younger sister had discovered him, so he walked happily to Li Mingda's side with a smile on his face.

"Fourth Brother is back!" Li Mingda exclaimed pleasantly, and then asked Li Tai how his time in Dingzhou was going.

"Everything is going well. I want to wait for another half a year in the coming year, and then leave after I have completely resolved the troubles left by my predecessor. After all, I am a prince. When dealing with things, people will more or less look at my face. So it is easier to do things than others. The corruption case of the former governor of Dingzhou really left too much trouble. A request for half a year." After Li Tai finished speaking, he immediately reflected on himself, "Look at me, it's a big holiday, why did I tell you all these things?"

"It's okay, I love to hear it."

Li Tai then asked Mingda how long he had been standing here, and when he learned that it was time for a stick of incense, he hurried her back to the room.

"Don't catch the cold, the twenty-sister incident is not enough to alert you? Hurry up and come back to the house with me." After Li Tai finished speaking, he took Li Mingda back to the house, and asked someone to boil ginger soup to drive Li Mingda away from the cold.

"I wear a lot, so I don't feel cold at all." Li Mingda explained with a smile.

"That's not okay, anyway, you must be obedient and give me a drink." Li Tai threatened Li Mingda, "Otherwise, you will never get the good things I brought back from Dingzhou."

"Good, good, drink." After Li Mingda took the ginger soup, he drank it in one gulp.

Li Tai asked Li Mingda to tell him carefully about the death of Princess Changshan.Knowing that Xiao Cairen was causing trouble, he was so angry that he cursed repeatedly.

"She deserves to die." Then, Li Tai asked Li Mingda, "Then what did Xiao Cairen use against Twenty Sister?"

Li Mingda looked at Li Tai and shook his head, indicating that she didn't know either.

"At that time, my father didn't ask, and neither did Xiao Cairen and the maid."

"Then none of you asked about such a big matter?"

"Naturally, someone will ask clearly, and then report it to Aye afterwards. This threatened secret must be shameful, and it won't be very nice, otherwise the twenty sister will not be humiliated because of this, and she will be at the mercy of Xiao Cairen willingly. At that time probably Because my 21st sister and I were present, I skipped it. That Qingzhu has been a palace maid in the palace for many years, and she knows how to do things and speak well, and she is very witty."

Li Mingda informed Li Tai of his own analysis, implying that he hoped that Li Tai would not pursue this matter either.

However, after hearing Li Mingda's words, Li Tai became even more curious about the reason.The eyeballs moved, although Li Mingda agreed with his lips, but he still wanted to find out the reason in his heart.

"Death cannot bring people back to life. What is left to us are good memories, which are also good, aren't they?" Li Mingda raised his eyes and met Li Tai's eyes.

Li Tai was stunned for a moment, thinking about what his sister said was reasonable, but he still couldn't hide his curiosity.After Li Tai bid farewell to Li Mingda, he took the opportunity to send someone to inquire.There is no accurate news, but after Xiao Cairen's accident was discovered, a young eunuch in Daji Palace disappeared, and it is unknown whether he is dead or alive.

"What can Princess Changshan and a eunuch do? Besides, how old is Princess Changshan, such rumors can be spread." Li Tai rubbed his chin, feeling that the real reason for this is already a mystery.Forget it, let's not pursue it, as Sizi said, it's also good to leave a good memory without being stained.

Lizheng Hall.

Recalling Princess Changshan, Li Mingda turned over a painting that Changshan had given her before, and saw the inscription on the upper right corner of the painting, which seemed familiar, and it was a Tibetan poem with increasing numbers of words.

"Tear it up, burn it." Li Mingda said.

Tian Hanshu was stunned for a moment, and wanted to ask why, but saw the princess's face was very bad.Tian Hanshan hurriedly took the scroll, tore it to pieces, and threw it into a charcoal basin to burn.

Li Mingda watched the flames gradually engulf the word "Daji", and finally "brother" was also burned.At this time, Fang Qirui's footsteps came from outside the door, Li Mingda turned around, straightened his clothes, and went to the New Year's Eve feast.

Li Shimin, his children in the palace, and the concubines happily watched the New Year's Eve together. After midnight, he felt tired and immediately got up, and sent everyone away.Li Shimin was immediately supported by Tian Hanshan, and he stayed alone in the Lizheng Hall.Since the death of Empress Changsun, Li Shimin would choose to sleep in the Lizheng Hall every New Year's Eve, and would not ask any concubine to serve him.Because this day was supposed to be the day when he and the empress slept together to usher in the new year.So far, no woman has been able to take the place of Empress Changsun on this day, nor will there be any in the future.

After Fang Qirui waited for Li Shimin to change his clothes, he lowered the curtain on the bed and invited Li Shimin to sleep.

Because Li Shimin suddenly thought of Empress Changsun, he wept sadly in his heart, but he didn't feel sleepy at all.He opened his eyes in a daze, then sighed, and asked Fang Qirui who was guarding beside him, "What about the little eunuch?"

"Your Majesty, he has been sent to settle outside Chang'an City, and enough money has been given. That child is innocent, and he still doesn't know that he is different from other eunuchs." Fang Qirui immediately saluted, expressing his gratitude to His Majesty for his kindness.

"When I'm old, I tend to soften my heart. People are dead, so I don't care about anything." After Li Shimin learned the secret that threatened Princess Changshan, he was indeed furious. After all, no matter what kind of man this kind of thing happened to, he would inevitably be annoyed.But Siji Changshan Princess was humiliated and held hostage several times because of guarding this secret, and even died of overwhelmed worry.Li Shimin couldn't help but feel a dull pain in his heart.

Back then, he favored the Cui family, but it was just on a whim. After he gave birth to Princess Changshan, Li Shimin never went to Cui's place again.It wasn't until one day that someone told her that Mrs. Cui was dead, that Li Shimin remembered that there was such a person in the harem, and also remembered that there was a Princess Changshan.Thinking about how pitiful it was for this daughter to be forced to death by a mere talent.Li Shimin felt her heart to protect her loved ones.Probably because of the benevolence and compassion that Empress Changsun had always had during her lifetime, in order to honor her, she let the innocent child go.

Li Shimin thought about it, and felt that he could do such a magnanimous act, and he almost didn't recognize himself.

The first day, early in the morning.

Li Mingda happily came to greet Li Shimin, and also served her red bean and white fungus soup made by herself.

While Li Shimin drank it happily, he still didn't forget to joke Li Mingda, "It's red bean and white fungus soup again, do you know how to make this kind?"

"Aye doesn't want to drink it if he dislikes it, but the fourth brother is still waiting to drink it." After Li Mingda finished speaking, he was about to reach out to grab it back.

Li Shimin glared at her, quickly turned around not allowing her to snatch it, finished his drink in one gulp, and hurriedly ordered another bowl.

"Aye, you are so kind. I will definitely learn from you in the future." Li Mingda looked at Li Shimin adoringly and said.

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then put down the newly served soup, and looked at Li Mingda defensively: "It's so good, why are you praising Aye all of a sudden?"

"Because Aye is nice." Li Mingda was so happy that he squeezed Li Shimin's shoulders, then tilted his head and said sweet words, which made Li Shimin laugh.

"Aye, have you finished this soup, or do you want more?"

"I'm full, otherwise I can drink more." Li Shimin said happily with a smile, completely oblivious to Li Mingda's meaningful eyes.

"Then after drinking other people's soup, Aye will promise one thing."