"Brother, do you mean I framed Liu Wenqi?" Li Shimin, who was beside him, finally couldn't help but say angrily.

"I didn't say you framed it!"

Li Jiancheng was both panicked and sad, and suddenly knelt down in front of his father, "Father, maybe this is the frame-up of the Sui army spies. The son-in-law suspected that this was a trap from beginning to end. Because of the affairs of Pingyuan County, Yang Yuanqing held a grudge. He set up a trap and lured us into a trap step by step. His purpose was to let us kill Liu Wenjing with his own hands. The father must be distinguished."

Li Shimin sneered beside him, "The emperor's brother is really good at telling jokes. If Yang Yuanqing wants to kill Liu Wenjing, would he use such great effort? On the way to court, at the door of the mansion, when it is late at night, how can he do it? He has the ability to frame it, isn't he able to take the lead? He is the King of Chu after all, and with his identity, he will attack an enemy minister?"

Li Shimin also bowed to his father, "Father, Xiao Feng was dismissed from office, which was the plan of Tang Feng. My son had reported to his father in detail. In this case, Xiao Feng was dissatisfied and it was completely reasonable to tell Yang Yuanqing's secret. My son thought that Xiao Feng should not doubt Xiao Feng's words."

Li Yuan nodded. He agreed with Li Shimin's words. If he doubted Tang Feng's intelligence, then no information could be believed. He glanced at Li Jiancheng, "I can understand the emperor's mood, but in fact, as the prince, don't say such absurd words anymore."

Li Jiancheng felt sad. His father's words were almost set. Liu Wenjing could not escape this disaster. He kowtowed again, "Father, my son-in-law dare not argue anymore, but for the sake of Liu Wenjing being a founding minister, he can be demoted to the people. My son-in-law begged his father to spare his life."

Li Yuan looked at the eldest son who was crying. The murderous intent in his heart eased a little. Then he waved his hand, "You all retreat! Let me think carefully."

Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin both bowed and retreated, and Li Yuan was the only one left in the imperial study. He paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. At this time, he thought of something. He took out a box from under the imperial desk, and Li Yuan opened the box, which contained several letters. He rummaged through and found one of them.

This is a letter to his wife when Liu Wenjing was captured in Fengzhou last year. Li Yuan stayed by his side. He opened the letter with a gloomy face.

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Fengzhou is rich, the people are stable, and the officials are honest, so that scholars all over the world yearn for it. This is a pure land in troubled times!’

The murderous intent in Li Yuan's heart ignited again. He knew that this was the source of Liu Wenjing's disclosure of his bottom line of negotiations to the Sui Dynasty. As a dignified prime minister, he actually secretly helped the enemy country. This made him intolerable no matter how.

At this time, a eunuch reported at the door: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Pei is looking for a meeting!"

Li Yuan nodded, "Please give him an audience."

After a moment, Pei Ji quickly walked into the imperial study room and bowed, "I am going to see Your Majesty!"

"Pei Prime Minister, have all the court officials returned?"

"Report to Your Majesty, the court officials have returned to the courtroom. When you hear that Your Majesty is sick, everyone is very worried."

Li Yuan sighed slightly, "Today I was wrong. My dragon body is related to the country. You should not make excuses about getting sick, and you should not have another next time."

"Your Majesty's wise!"

The two were silent for a moment, and Pei Ji said, "I just heard a news that Liu Wenqi might have an affair with the Sui Dynasty. I was surprised, but even more angry. How could he repay the holy grace in this way!"

Pei Ji and Liu Wenjing were both ministers of Longxing, but relatively speaking, Li Yuan liked Pei Ji more. Pei Ji was not as talented as Liu Wenjing. He had been defeated many times, was afraid of death, and was greedy for fame and fortune. However, it was precisely such ministers with shortcomings that made the emperor feel more at ease.

On the contrary, Liu Wenjing is very talented, self-disciplined, indifferent to fame and fortune, and worrying about the people is better than the king. Such people have never been controlled and are not liked by those who are superiors. Li Yuan also hates Liu Wenjing in his heart, but because he is a hero of the founding country, he must make a gesture. Now that Liu Wenjing secretly helps the Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan can no longer tolerate him.

Li Yuan snorted coldly and handed Tang Feng's information to Pei Ji, "Your dear, please take a look!"

After reading the information, Pei Ji's face changed and cursed: "Damn it! He actually leaked the secrets of the country, which made me humiliated the Tang Dynasty. He also claimed to be a prime minister. He has talent but no virtue. How can he be in the high court?"

Li Yuan's face was gloomy and terrible, and the murderous intent in his eyes was uncontrollably revealed. He asked coldly: "The prince begged me to spare his life and depose him for the people. What do Pei Aiqing thinks?"

"Your Majesty, the prince has always been tolerant, and everyone knows it, but the court officials have also discussed that the prince is sometimes too tolerant, but has little power. Even if the old farmer goes to the city to sell vegetables, he refuses to give in. I personally think that tolerance is the virtue of the prince, but blindly tolerant will lose the kingly way. It is the responsibility of the crown prince to do both kindness and power, and it is the foundation of the establishment of the Tang Dynasty. Your Majesty should not encourage the benevolence of a woman like the prince."

The conflict between Pei Ji and Liu Wenjing has reached the point of life and death. If he does not seize this opportunity to kill Liu Wenjing, Pei Ji will regret it for life. Pei Ji is already determined and must persuade Li Yuan to kill the Liu Wenjing brothers.

Seeing that Li Yuan was already moved, he continued to stir up the flames, "Your Majesty, Liu Wenjing's talent and strategy are above everyone else, but he is suspicious and insidious by nature, and he is angry and disregarded. His evil deeds of treason have been revealed now. Now there are strong enemies outside. If he is forgiven, he will definitely be a trouble for the Tang Dynasty."

A sentence reminded Li Yuan that Liu Wenjing leaked the secrets of the country to the Sui Dynasty. He is now an enemy of the Tang Dynasty. How could he be careless to the enemy?

Li Yuan nodded slightly, "What I love said is very true. I almost have the kindness of a woman, so that the enemy can be troubled."

He immediately issued an edict: "Transfer my will, Liu Wenjing and Liu Wen have an affair with the enemy country, and the crimes cannot be forgiven. He is sentenced to be executed for the crime of communicating with the enemy. His family is exiled to Hehuang and will not be allowed to return to Beijing for the rest of his life!"

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The Xiande Hall of the East Palace is the main hall of the East Palace. Li Jiancheng's study is located in the side hall of the Xiande Hall, which is slightly inferior to the Emperor's Imperial Study Room, but there are more than a dozen books-collection houses. At this time, Li Jiancheng stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, his face covered with tears, and endless sorrow in his eyes.

He held a note in his hand, which was the last last words left to him by Liu Wenjing before he was beheaded. "I am loyal to the Tang Dynasty and have no guilt. However, I am framed by villains. I am not afraid of death, but I am worried about His Highness the Prince. I can only protect His Highness the Prince with the spirit in heaven and repay His Highness for his grace of knowing his favor!"

The death of Liu Wenjing made Li Jiancheng feel deeply sad, and he was unable to save Liu Wenjing's life in the end. The Liu brothers were beheaded at Dali Temple half an hour ago, and the father did not even give him the chance to be dismissed as the people.

Behind Li Jiancheng, a eunuch knelt on the ground and whispered: "The Lord already wants to forgive Liu Xiangguo. But after talking to Pei Xiang, the Lord changed his mind...."

Li Jiancheng's fist was clenched tightly, and of course he could guess what Pei Ji said to his father. How could Pei Ji know about this? It must be the King of Qin who called him and asked Pei Ji to persuade his father to take action.

Li Jiancheng felt so angry that he was about to drip blood. At this moment, the prince’s guest Zheng Shanguo reported outside the door: "Your Highness, important information is coming from Taiyuan."

Li Jiancheng quickly wiped away the tears from his face and ordered: "Come in!"

After a moment, Zheng Shanguo walked in. Because of the relationship between the princess Zheng, Zheng Shanguo was deeply trusted by Prince Li Jiancheng. He was one of Li Jiancheng's confidants. He is now taking over by Li Jiancheng's external supervision hall.

Although the Foreign Supervision Hall has been suspended, it is just that the court no longer accepts their intelligence and no longer allocates funds. However, for Li Jiancheng, the Foreign Supervision Hall will still operate.

"Your Highness, this is a letter of eagle sent by Han Chang in Taiyuan." Zheng Shanguo submitted a copy of the information he had copied and praised to Li Jiancheng.

Li Jiancheng took the information and looked at it. He was stunned. Han Chang said in the information that according to the results of his investigation, Xiao Guan and Li Chongshou had no friendship at all. Xiao Guan had only been to the Bafang Restaurant with his colleagues, and never went to the restaurant again.

Li Jiancheng was a little suspicious. With Xiao Guan's identity and the self-reliance in the Xiao family's bones, how could he become a close friend with a businessman? Unless he was dating on purpose, Li Jiancheng suspected that it was Yang Yuanqing's plan, but at this moment, he suddenly realized.

It was not Yang Yuanqing's plan, but the King of Qin was using the guise of Tang Feng and Xiao Guan to kill Liu Wenjing to eliminate his right-hand man. This was simply the conspiracy that the King of Qin had planned for a long time. There was no such thing as winning over Xiao Guan.

Li Jiancheng's eyes showed a trace of deep hatred. He remembered that Li Shimin shot his brother Li Zhiyun. The King of Qin was so cruel that he didn't even let his brother go. Only he could do this strategy of killing people with a knife. This must be Pei Ji's plan.

"Shimin, you are indeed cruel. I will remember the hatred of today!"

Li Jiancheng's eyes narrowed into slits and his teeth slowly clenched. For the first time, a deep hatred arose in his heart, and this hatred actually was against his brother.

At this time, a guard officer rushed over to report, "Report to the Crown Prince, His Highness the King of Qin asked for a meeting outside the palace, and he said he was sorry for the affairs of Prime Minister Liu."

"Feel sorry?"

Li Jiancheng turned around suddenly, and he laughed in anger, "What a kind king. Even I am moved to tears. Go and tell him that if you don't know, unless you don't do it yourself, I, Li Jiancheng, is not a three-year-old child. I understand very well. My Eastern Palace does not welcome him. From now on, please don't step into the Eastern Palace again."

The guard looked embarrassed and sighed in his heart, "As for the order!" He turned around and went out.

Outside the Eastern Palace, Li Shimin was walking back and forth with his hands behind his back. The Liu Wenjing brothers were finally killed. There were both advantages and disadvantages for him. The advantage was that he eliminated the prince's intelligence and courage, cut off his right-hand man, and at the same time, he was a position as prime minister, which was conducive to Dou Wen's entry into prime minister.

The disadvantage is that he completely turned against the prince, which is very unfavorable to the stability of the country and will also increase the dissatisfaction of court officials with him. Although Liu Wenjing was killed for the crime of colluding with the enemy, the officials of the court may not think so, and they will think that they are fighting for the position.

Li Shimin also realized that this situation was against his own disadvantages, so he asked Pei Ji to come forward to persuade his father, and let the court officials think that it was Pei Ji's responsibility for his personal revenge, so as to get rid of his suspicion of killing Liu Wenjing.

Now he is going to make a gesture and apologize to his elder brother to further show that he does not want to kill Liu Wenjing, which is Pei Ji's personal reason.

At this time, the guard officer hurried out. He hesitated for a moment. Of course, he could not say such ugly words as the prince. He had to express the prince's rejection politely. Then he stepped forward and bowed and said, "Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness said that he was unwell and could not receive Your Highness. Please come back another day."

Li Shimin sighed, "Okay! Please tell the prince, just say I am really sorry, the death of Liu Xiangguo is not my intention."

After saying that, Li Shimin turned around and left the East Palace.
Chapter completed!