In the evening, the sky gradually darkened.
Entering April, the weather became warmer and warmer, especially when the sun set in the west. The entire western horizon was dyed red by the afterglow of the setting sun. At this time, a carriage quietly left the palace.
In the carriage, it was Li Yuan and Xiao Li.
Li Yuan was going to see Qin Li.
He wanted to personally ask what was going on. Although Du Qi reported Qin Li's matter, seeing is believing. As for what was going on, he would only know after the arraignment.
The carriage went straight to the outside of the prison of Chang 'an County. Because Xiao Li had already arranged it, after the person leading the way in front revealed his identity, Li Yuan went straight in and went to the prison cell where Qin Li was.
It was just that when the person leading the way arrived outside the prison cell where Qin Li was, he discovered that the prison cell was empty.
This scene caused everyone to be rather surprised.
Xiao Li asked, "What's going on?"
The eunuch in charge of the arrangement hurriedly said, "Manager Xiao, the prison cell where Qin Li was detained is clearly this prison cell. Our people already inquired about the situation in the morning. "
Xiao Li ordered, "Call the jailer here."
"Yes!"
The eunuch received the order and immediately went to inform.
In a short while, the jailer came. He already knew the Emperor's identity and saluted with fear and trepidation.
Xiao Li said, "Where did Qin Li go?"
When the jailer heard, he hurriedly explained, "Reporting to Your Majesty, Qin Li is dead. This afternoon, Qin Li suddenly died in the prison cell. Now, Qin Li's body has already been dragged away to be disposed of. "
"Bastard!"
When Li Yuan heard, he was furious.
Qin Li was actually dead.
This meant that the clues that Li Yuan wanted to investigate were also cut off here. If Li Yuan wanted to inquire about the information again, then there would be no more chance. Li Yuan's mind turned, quickly thinking about the situation of Qin Li being killed.
After he roughly pondered, he ordered Xiao Li to return to the palace.
On the way back, Li Yuan did not speak. After returning to the Sweet Dew Hall, Li Yuan looked at Xiao Li who followed closely behind and suddenly said, "Xiao Li, do you think Qin Li's death was arranged by Li Shentong?"
Xiao Li said, "Your Majesty, this old servant is slow-witted and also can't figure out what's going on here."
Li Yuan snorted and said, "You old thing, you're pretending to be stupid, and trying to smooth things over. Of course you know, you just don't want to say it. Now that Qin Li has been arrested, the person who will be affected the most is naturally Li Shentong. "
"Now that Qin Li is dead, even if there is Du Qi's letter, there is no witness. Li Shentong can completely deny it. Of course, even if Li Shentong admits it, we can't do anything to him because of the lack of evidence. "
Li Yuan said, "Only Li Shentong has a motive for Qin Li's death, because he benefited from it."
Xiao Li said, "Your Majesty is wise!"
Li Yuan's eyes were deep and serene. A cold look flashed across his eyes as he slowly said, "Speaking of which, Li Shentong really went a bit overboard. In order to stop Du Qi from building the road, he did not hesitate to arrange for people to trip him. Such behavior is simply extremely vile. "
Xiao Li listened from the side without saying a word.
Although he heard and knew about the affairs of the imperial court, he did not get involved.
This was Xiao Li's position.
This was also the reason why he had been able to prosper for so long.
Li Yuan sighed again and said, "Speaking of which, it is still somewhat inappropriate to punish Li Shentong. On one hand, Li Shentong is an important general in the imperial court. On the other hand, he is the leader of the imperial clan. If we punish Li Shentong, it will easily cause a disturbance. As far as We know, Li Shentong and the Crown Prince are close. If we punish Li Shentong, others will take it as beating down the Crown Prince. "
Xiao Li said, "Your Majesty is truly troubled. As the Sovereign Father, you have too many misgivings."
Li Yuan said, "Isn't that so? Forget it, let's just forget about this matter. After all, Du Qi has already resolved the matter. Moreover, at the end of Du Qi's letter, he also said that there is no need to punish Li Shentong. This time, it will suffice to symbolically reprimand Li Shentong. "
Xiao Li said, "Your Majesty is wise."
Li Yuan immediately had Xiao Li arrange for people to pass on the imperial decree. It was just a simple reprimand of Li Shentong.
Just as Li Yuan was about to talk about another matter, Li Yuan suddenly said, "This matter involves Du Qi, and Li Shentong belongs to the Eastern Palace. Could it be that Li Shentong has already pledged allegiance to the Crown Prince?"
Xiao Li did not speak.
He only listened quietly.
Seeing that Xiao Li did not say a word, Li Yuan frowned and said, "Xiao Li, could it be that you don't understand anything?"
Xiao Li said, "Your Majesty, this old servant is slow-witted. I really don't understand this matter."
Li Yuan shook his head and said no more. In his heart, he increasingly felt that Li Shentong had already begun to do things for the Crown Prince. Moreover, Li Shentong was already biased towards the Crown Prince in every aspect.
Li Yuan felt that this matter was a great taboo.
A taboo for Li Shentong to pledge allegiance to the Crown Prince.
Li Yuan's gaze fell on Xiao Li again. He shook his head and chuckled. If everyone was like Xiao Li, each performing their own duties and not getting involved in matters that they should not get involved in, everything would be easy to handle.
Li Yuan sighed and said, "Xiao Li, make arrangements for reprimanding Li Shentong. Don't make it known to everyone. In addition, you also arrange for people to inform Du Chuke about Qin Li's death in the Chang 'an county yamen. The matter ends here. This time, it is enough to give Li Shentong a warning. There is no need to care about the rest. "
"Yes!"
Xiao Li nodded in response.
For Xiao Li, he felt that Du Qi's report on Li Shentong's matter this time was considered ineffective.
Because Li Shentong was not the Eastern Palace.
Once there was any conflict between the Eastern Palace and Li Jiancheng, Li Yuan would definitely punish the Eastern Palace. But now that Li Shentong was here, Li Yuan was keeping the peace and did not announce the matter.
Xiao Li turned around and went to make arrangements.
This matter was thus settled.
When Li Shentong received the order to reprimand from the palace, he was not angry. Instead, he was somewhat happy. Because up to this point, the matter was drawn to a satisfactory conclusion. It did not affect more. Even the matter of Qin Li's death was not involved.
This was the best result.
Li Shentong was also delighted in his heart.
He believed that this situation was because he was more favored than Du Qi and was more valued by Li Yuan. Li Shentong felt that the matter of arranging people to cause trouble on the official road was appropriate. Because the Emperor was biased towards him.
Li Shentong did not care about the matter.
The matter was thus settled.
Li Shentong did not take the matter to heart. A day and a half later, there was another report from Du Qi. Once again, it was the matter of Li Shentong arranging people to cause trouble. After all, Li Shentong arranged many people to cause trouble.
Li Shentong did not take this news to heart. In any case, Li Yuan was biased towards him. But here, Li Yuan once again received a second report from Du Qi. Although Li Yuan did not immediately punish Li Shentong, there was clearly anger in Li Yuan's heart.
Li Shentong was too ignorant of the situation.
After another half a day, Du Qi's third report was sent back. When the fourth report was sent back, Li Yuan was already furious when he saw the contents of the report.
Li Yuan was thoroughly enraged.
Again and again, but Li Shentong still did not stop.
This made Li Yuan furious.
Xiao Li stood at the side. He was not a person involved in the situation. He was an outsider, so he saw it clearly. Originally, he thought that Du Qi's complaint had failed. But he did not expect that in the first report, Du Qi mentioned making peace, but there were still more reports to follow.
The continuous reports became a key point.
Du Qi had already taken a step back, hoping to make peace, but Li Shentong did not give up. With this result, Li Yuan believed that Li Shentong was ignorant of the situation and was pushing his luck. In the end, Li Shentong lost the Emperor's favor.
What a Du Qi.
Xiao Li sighed in admiration in his heart.
Li Yuan's anger surged. He was not like Xiao Li, who could see through everything as an outsider. What Li Yuan believed was that Li Shentong was ignorant of the situation. Li Shentong was obstructing the major matter of road construction. He did not have the slightest view of the overall situation.
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