The First National Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1004

The other princes had all been granted titles and lands, but Li Yuan was the only one who did not leave.

They believed that Li Yuan had some ulterior motives, but they didn't expect that he would choose to leave when Li Zhi was seriously ill. This seemed somewhat unrealistic.

The court officials were very shrewd and well aware of the power struggles within the court. They also knew Li Yuan's thoughts.

Xu Tian glanced at Li Yuan and finally agreed to his request.

Although he already knew that Li Yuan was responsible for the incident, he readily agreed when Li Yuan asked to leave. However, he would remain cautious no matter what Li Yuan was planning.

Li Yuan soon left Chang'an.

In the study of the palace.

Songren felt there was something fishy about this matter.

"Your Highness, do you think Li Yuan's departure at this time might be part of some conspiracy?"

Xu Tian had already guessed this fact.

He simply thought that since he had managed to catch it, he let Li Yuan leave.

"His assassination attempt on the emperor has not yet yielded any results. At this moment, his departure is likely just a strategic retreat, a way to ensure his own safe exit."

After Xu Tian finished speaking, he felt that something was not right. But no matter how much he thought about it, he still didn't know what kind of plan Li Yuan had.

Songren was also very worried, after all, this matter concerned their prince.

A few days later, news came that Li Yuan had been assassinated.

In the imperial court, Li Yuan's confidants were all harboring ulterior motives.

Upon learning this news, they all stepped forward.

They speculated that Xu Tian was a suspect.

"The Prince is probably the prime suspect in this incident, since everyone knows that the relationship between you and our Prince is very tense."

"Furthermore, Your Highness recently suspected that our Prince was the murderer who framed His Majesty."

"Since our Prince has already begun to retreat, and has chosen to withdraw from the capital under such a tense situation, why is the Prince still unwilling to let him go?"

Upon hearing the ministers' words, Xu Tian found them laughable.

Suddenly he realized that these people had premeditated this.

First, Li Yuan requested an official title, and now he's been assassinated on the way.

It's quite obvious that this whole thing was orchestrated by Li Yuan to frame Xu Tian, ​​and all these ministers need to do is seize this clue.

They could, because of this incident, remove Xu Tian from his position as regent.

What a cunning and underhanded move! Xu Tian thought to himself, mocking them.

Because of this incident, most of the ministers began to suspect that Xu Tian was behind it.

"The Prince and the Prince had just had a conflict. I didn't expect the Prince to have already retreated to his fiefdom, but I didn't expect the Prince to still not let him go."

The ministers below began to discuss the matter amongst themselves.

Xu Tian found their words laughable. He never expected that they would actually suspect him of being behind it, and now all the arrows were aimed directly at him.

This is what is meant by a war of words.

“This matter concerns me. You have no evidence. If you say these things without evidence, it is slander.”

“Li Yuan applied to return to his fiefdom, which was something that should have been done long ago, but I didn’t expect that he only applied now. Several princes have already left Chang’an and returned to their fiefdoms.”