Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

He thought that it was because the other party gave him a girl out of nowhere.

And that woman happened to die in front of him. He was worried that the Yang family would take the opportunity to cause trouble, so he thought of preemptively attacking the Yang family.

Li Shimin felt ridiculous when he thought that he was about to face Yang Hongyu's anger for such a ridiculous reason.

Thinking about the other party's series of actions, which were all designed to muddy the waters in Chang'an and cause chaos in the center of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin couldn't wait to pull this damn guy out and peel the day lilies.

Glancing at the courtiers below, Li Shimin felt a burst of anger when he saw that everyone was looking at him with amused eyes.

Trying to suppress the anger in his heart, he held up the memorial in his hand and said in a deep voice to the courtiers who were kneeling on the ground.

"Is what is said above true? Was your Cui family's legitimate daughter really forced to death by the prince?"

"It is absolutely true, Your Majesty. The coffin of the daughter of my Cui family is still placed in the hall. We are just waiting for your Majesty to give justice to my Cui family so that we can bury her in peace."

Cui Mingzhi of the Cui family raised his head, burst into tears, and answered Li Shimin's question loudly.

Seeing Cui Mingzhi's expression as if his parents had died, Li Shimin felt that things were getting tricky.

Let’s not talk about whether Li Chengqian really used despicable means to force the daughter of the Cui family to death.

Just talking about the reaction of the Cui family, you know that something is fishy.

You know, Li Chengqian entered the palace just yesterday afternoon, hoping that he would make a decree and ask to marry the daughter of the Cui family.

It had only been one night before there was such a big commotion. If the Cui family had not prepared in advance, he would not believe it even to death.

The other party's purpose for doing this, in addition to ruining the reputation of the royal family and lowering its prestige, should be to seek benefits.

But what Li Shimin couldn't understand was that for some benefits, the Cui family did not hesitate to offend the successor of the Tang Dynasty, the future emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Is this not worth the gain?

Wait, no, it shouldn't be like this.

If the other party knew in advance, would Li Chengqian be the crown prince for a long time?

What if they knew that they were going to depose the prince?

I remembered the letter of guarantee and the three waist cards submitted by Wei Zheng before, as well as the living record and alliance letter submitted by Wang Gui.

Could this be done intentionally by the other party?

The other party sent those evidences to him in batches, probably because he wanted to arouse his own anger first, and then pour a bucket of kerosene on top of this anger, so that this anger could not be calmed down no matter what. .

The other party had definitely calculated correctly that he was going to change the crown prince and abandon Li Chengqian, so he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to dig out a piece of flesh from himself.

More likely, all this is a conspiracy of the Cui family, and even Marco Polo, a foreign barbarian, was probably arranged by the Cui family.

Otherwise, why would the other party gain Cui Yingying's trust so easily.

You know, that woman, no matter in terms of means or ruthlessness, is not inferior to any man, or even worse.

Taking a deep breath, Li Shimin put the memorial aside, then stood up directly and looked at the courtiers who were thinking:

"As for the prince forcing the daughter of your Cui family to death, after I find out the truth, I will give an explanation to your Cui family, to all the ministers in the court, and to the people of the world."

"If this matter is really the fault of Prince Li Chengqian, then I will never tolerate it, but if I find out that you Cui, along with several others, jointly slandered the Prince, then I will never forgive you."

After speaking, Li Shimin waved his sleeves and left directly.

Courtiers, you look at me and I look at you, not knowing what to do.

While hesitating, he suddenly saw the emperor's attendant. Xiao Lizi walked up to Cui Mingzhi and whispered:

"Your Majesty has a decree for Cui Yingying to come to see you. Mr. Cui, I would like you to go there in person and let the Cui family head enter the palace as soon as possible."

Hearing that the emperor actually let the Cui family head into the palace, everyone's faces flashed with a hint of amusement.

It seems that Qi Wang of the fifth surname has really pushed His Majesty into a panic this time. Wouldn't His Majesty directly take action to capture Cui Yingying and then attack Qi Wang of the fifth surname?

However, to everyone's surprise, after Cui Mingzhi heard Xiao Lizi's words, not only did he not look sad at all, but he said very calmly:

"Why go to all this trouble? The head of the Cui family has already been waiting outside the palace. If His Majesty invites you, you can enter the palace immediately."

Hearing this, everyone gasped again. It seemed that the Cui family should have known that His Majesty would summon her to the palace and had been prepared for it.

Changsun Wuji on the side also woke up from the shock of what happened just now.

After hearing the conversation between the two, he narrowed his eyes and glanced at everyone, then turned around and walked towards the harem.

Now that the situation was urgent, he wanted to tell the Queen the news as soon as possible before Li Shimin and Cui Yingying met, in an effort to save the prince.

Otherwise, things will definitely get out of control and develop in an unpredictable direction.

However, when Changsun Wuji came to the entrance of the harem, he was stopped by the guards on duty.

"Lord Changsun, Your Majesty has decreed that from now on, anyone who wants to enter or exit the harem must hold an imperial edict or waist badge issued by His Majesty. Otherwise, they will be treated as trespassers and will be killed without mercy."

Changsun Wuji's heart froze when he heard the guard's words.

It seems that His Majesty the Emperor has been on guard against this move for a long time, so he issued the order in advance.

After thinking about it, he quickly tore off a strip of cloth from the lining, bit his finger, and quickly left two lines of words on it.

Then, he took off the money bag from his waist, took out all the loose silver and banknotes inside, stuffed the cloth strips in, and handed it to the guard at the door:

"Take these coins and help me deliver this purse to the queen."

The imperial guard looked at Changsun Wuji with a troubled expression:

"Master Zhangsun, how dare you accept this little one? And the Queen is not something we can see, so please don't embarrass me."

Seeing the imperial guards resisting, Changsun Wuji had a fierce look on his face and said in a cold tone:

"There are two ways for you, either, do as I say and deliver the things to the queen. I will wait for a reply again."

"Or, I will personally pick up the sword and kill all the relatives you are waiting for."

"There are two ways to go. It's up to you to choose. I don't have much time."

The guards did not expect that Changsun Wuji would be so bold and dare to threaten them so openly.

However, thinking of the other party's power and their own lowly status, the guards soon had a choice.