"According to the investigation by my bad people, she is Princess Taiping's... confidant!"
"This...how is this possible!?"
"Whether it's possible or not depends entirely on His Majesty's judgment. Of course, it's not that I say she is, she is."
"I'll ask her!"
Li Longji stood up and wanted to go out, but he stopped halfway and still didn't go out after all.
"National Preceptor...you are almost unparalleled in your ability to read words and emotions. I have a plan. You can come and help me tomorrow."
"My lord, take the order!"
...
A few days later, one day, after finishing the dynasty, Li Longji came to a courtyard to take a rest.
At this time, it was Gao Lishi who served the food, but now it was Yuan Qiu'er.
Yuan Qiuer put the food on the table, Li Longji put down the book in his hand and looked up at her.
"What's wrong? You seem to be looking a little bad. You haven't had a good rest recently?"
"My slave is fine."
"Oh? Could it be that you are sick?" Before Yuan Qiu'er could say anything, Li Longji pretended to sigh: "That's right, that guy Gao Lishi has been sorting out the memorials for me these days, and he has tired you out. I want you to rest. You can go back in two days."
Yuan Qiu'er bowed, bit her lips lightly, and said nothing, but looked straight at the bowl of porridge she brought, with a complicated expression in her eyes.
"Okay, if I tell you to go back and rest, go back quickly. Go ahead."
Yuan Qiu'er accepted the order and was about to leave. On the way back, he suddenly saw Yuan Tiangang standing aside, looking at her lightly.
Without staying much, Yuan Qiuer quickly left the place.
Yuan Tiangang came to Li Longji with his hands behind his back and said calmly: "He looks strange and his face is a little panicked. Your Majesty, be careful that this porridge is poisonous..."
Li Longji laughed: "Although I haven't been in contact with Yuan Qiu'er for too long, I can see that she is kind-hearted, innocent and cute. How could she be so vicious and plot to kill me?"
The sound of the conversation between the two was not blocked by anything, and Yuan Qiu'er, who had not gone far, could hear it clearly.
Perhaps he had no intention of hurting this emperor who was so kind to him. Just when Li Longji opened his mouth to drink porridge, Yuan Qiuer quickly rushed out.
He grabbed the bowl of porridge.
"Your Majesty! You can't drink this porridge!"
Li Longji and Yuan Tiangang looked at each other and then asked: "What's wrong? Didn't you give this to me specially? I can't drink it yet. Could it be poisonous? Hahahaha..."
Plop!
Yuan Qiuer knelt directly on the ground.
"What are you doing?"
Yuan Qiu'er's eyes were red, she raised her hand and drank the porridge in the bowl, and then she said: "Your Majesty, this slave shall be punished by death!"
"What's the meaning?"
"Your Majesty, this bowl of porridge contains my slave's deadly poison..."
"What? You, why do you want to harm me!? Am I not treating you badly?"
Yuan Qiu'er didn't say anything, just waiting for the poison to take its toll and die.
For her, Princess Taiping had the kindness to meet her, but Li Longji also loved her. Instead of being in pain and having to make a choice, it was better to die by herself and put an end to these things!
Yuan Tiangang said calmly at this time: "You are a spy sent by Princess Taiping. She also asked you to administer this poison, right?"
Yuan Qiu'er was startled. Facing Yuan Tiangang, a veteran of the court, and even a monster, his defenses were broken within a moment of looking at him.
"Yes... it was Princess Taiping who asked the slave to poison the food."
"This slave has committed the heinous crime of murdering the emperor. I don't dare to ask for a living. I only ask your majesty, don't hate Qiu'er..."
After saying that, Yuan Qiuer quietly knelt on the ground and waited for death.
Li Longji couldn't bear it: "National Master, hurry up, save her!"
Yuan Tiangang knelt down on one knee: "Excuse me, there is no cure!"
"You...she..."
Li Longji really wanted to order Yuan Tiangang with the emperor's order, but this was not what he wanted in his heart. He wanted people to surrender completely, not to the imperial power!
In this way, the three of them waited for half a stick of incense.
Yuan Qiu'er raised his head and looked at his body with a surprised expression.
It took such a long time for the deadly poison to break out. She was not a martial artist, so how could she still be fine or even feel nothing?
Li Longji glanced at Yuan Tiangang. He thought that Yuan Tiangang had slipped the poison a long time ago, but Yuan Tiangang also shook his head.
After thinking for a moment, Yuan Tiangang figured it out: "Your Majesty, it seems that the princess knows that she cannot defeat you, and she already wants to die..."
How smart Li Longji is, it becomes clear if you think about it carefully.
"My aunt would rather die than live under my rule...Why on earth is this?!"
"National Division!"
"I'm here!"
"Get ready! Come with me to see her! I want to know what she wants!"
"yes!"
"As for you..." Li Longji looked at Yuan Qiu'er and sighed deeply: "When I come back, I will decide how to handle your affairs."
After the words fell, Li Longji stood up and left.
After they both left, Yuan Qiuer closed her eyes in pain.
Whether it was Taiping or Li Longji, she felt sorry for both of them now. She stood up slowly and ran towards the pillar.
boom!
His head hit the pillar, blood splattered...
....
After six days of inquiry, Yuan Tiangang and Li Longji came to a cliff.
Princess Taiping was standing on the edge of the cliff alone, looking at the sunset, looking a little desolate.
"I came so late. I thought you could come directly because Yuan Tiangang, the Imperial Master, was here."
Yuan Tiangang looked around and found no ambush along the way.
Li Longji took two steps forward: "Aunt, Longji is here to take you back."
Princess Taiping slowly turned around: "Go back?"
"That's right, let's go back to Chang'an."
"Go back to Chang'an... Hahahahaha... Longji, Longji, do you think I will linger on and beg for scraps in front of your old Li family and your Li Sanlang?"
"And you think I can't see through your little thoughts?"
"My nephew doesn't know what my aunt means."
"I don't know? Hahahahaha... You want to use me to build your image in the court, don't you?"
"What a pity, you think too much, I won't let you succeed!"
Li Longji frowned: "Aunt, I know you are arrogant and unwilling to give in to your nephew, but my nephew still advises you to turn back!"
"I can pretend that you placed an informant around me as if it never happened! I will never charge you with treason!"
"Hahahahaha... What a kind and kind emperor. Do you think I will believe you just by saying this?"
Li Longji could be said to have put down his emperor's posture, but Princess Taiping disagreed.
How many of the emperors who have been emperors since ancient times have simple roles?
She has not been as weak as her brothers since she was a child, her arrogance is engraved in her bones, and she also knows the true meaning of Li Longji's gesture.
Even if she no longer has the chance to sit in a high position at this moment, even if she dies, she has to beg to die.
She is not afraid of death now, she just sighs and regrets that she does not have the God-given opportunities like her mother, nor is she as decisive in killing.
From the moment she was driven out of Chang'an, she knew that even if she was dissatisfied, it could not change that she was already a loser. Even if she had no worries about food and clothing and could live a proud life, she would not be happy.
Seeing that Li Longji was silent, Princess Taiping picked up the wooden box beside her, took out a dragon robe and put it on her body. Then she came to the edge of the cliff, looked at the sunset, spread her arms and shouted:
"I am Princess Taiping!"
"I am the only daughter of Wu Zhao, the first female emperor in the world!"
"The blood that flows in my body is the blood passed down to me by my mother! What beats in my chest is the heart that my mother left to me!"
"It's a pity that I don't have my mother's talents and far-sightedness. I couldn't ascend to the throne like my mother, and I have never been seen seriously by Li Yunxiao."
"Now, what's the point of living for me!"
Clang!
Princess Taiping took out a dagger and stabbed herself in the neck.
"aunt!?"
Li Longji stepped forward quickly, but was held back by Yuan Tiangang.
Princess Taiping threw away the dagger, walked toward the edge of the cliff, and then fell down with her eyes closed.
Princess Taiping, who had been doted on by Li Zhi and Wu Zhao since she was a child, died here.
