People died in the palace, and so many people died all at once.
Of course Eunuch Zhou had to report to Li Shimin as soon as possible.
Li Shimin was also shocked when he heard the news.
"Thirty-one people died in Heyu Palace?"
"yes."
Eunuch Zhou nodded and said, "Including little Zhengzi, there are exactly thirty-one."
"And through the observation of the old slave, most of these people suffered inhuman abuse before their death."
"Some had broken arms, some had broken limbs."
"There are even a few who seem to have been tortured by Lingchi before they were alive, and few of the bones in their bodies are intact."
After hearing these words, Li Shimin's face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.
Li Shimin took a long breath and asked in a deep voice: "What are the identities of these people? Have you found out?"
"Some of the bodies cannot be identified for the time being because they were dead for so long."
"But those that have been preserved relatively intact have basically been identified."
Eunuch Zhou paused and said: "Some of them are from the East Palace, some are from the Kunning Palace, and some are..."
"Where is it from?"
Li Shimin asked with gazing eyes.
Eunuch Zhou lowered his head and said, "It's from the Imperial Study Room. Xiao Guizi, who disappeared before, is in there."
"hehe."
"Hahahahaha..."
Li Shimin chuckled lightly at first, and then he looked up and laughed non-stop as if he was crazy.
Eunuch Zhou followed Li Shimin for many years.
Naturally, he knew that Li Shimin was angry.
"Look at how awesome this son of mine is."
"Not only did he target his brother, but now I am also concerned about him."
"Awesome, really awesome..."
Li Shimin walked slowly towards the dragon chair with his head lowered.
At this moment, he seemed to have exhausted all his strength with every step he took, and he was swaying as if he was about to fall down at any time.
Eunuch Zhou did not dare to hesitate when he saw such a scene, and quickly stepped forward to hold his arm.
Only when Li Shimin sat firmly did he let go of his hand with confidence.
"Your Majesty! How should we deal with it at Heyu Palace?"
What he wanted to ask was actually how Li Tai should deal with it.
But he was afraid that Li Shimin would be irritated again, so he changed it to Heyu Hall.
At this moment, Li Shimin didn't know what to say.
If Li Chengqian is his most valued son, then Li Tai is his most beloved son and the person he truly cares about.
Even when he knew that Li Tai had done things that endangered the country many times, he could not bear to punish Li Tai too much.
Although his explanation to others is that he wants to exercise Li Chengqian's character through these battles.
But in fact, only he himself knew that he couldn't bear to do this at all.
And saw Li Shimin's tangled expression.
Eunuch Zhou secretly bit his back teeth and said, "Your Majesty, if you want to suppress this matter, please make a decision as soon as possible."
"After all, when the old slave went, he had quite a few people with him."
"If it's too late, I'm afraid these people will spread the news..."
When Li Shimin heard this, he clenched his fist suddenly, but quickly released it.
He smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "Forget it, I won't press anymore."
"Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings."
"How will he grow up if I am always there to protect him from the wind and rain..."
Li Shimin looked up at Eunuch Zhou and said, "Go and call Wuji and Xuanling over to me and let them give me an idea."
"yes."
Eunuch Zhou nodded, then bowed and retreated.
In fact, Eunuch Zhou's words were not just a reminder to Li Shimin that he should suppress the matter early.
There is a deeper meaning in it, which is to secretly tell Li Shimin that he can no longer indulge Li Tai.
Because of Li Shimin's connivance.
Li Tai has reached the point of lawlessness.
Not only did he secretly murder the prince Li Chengqian many times.
He also secretly killed so many servants in the palace.
Although the palace servants are also slaves, only tyrants and unscrupulous royal families can kill them at will.
Ordinary people compare who treats their slaves better and who is more magnanimous.
And if the scandal of killing the palace servants spreads, the Li Tang royal family, which has finally regained some dignity, may be disgraced in an instant.
Li Shimin was obviously aware of this, so he didn't say anything more.
not long time.
Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Cheng Yaojin, Wei Zheng and others came to Ganlu Hall.
"I'm going to pay homage to Your Majesty..."
Everyone bowed to Li Shimin one after another.
Li Shimin waved his hand indiscriminately: "Forget it."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Everyone straightened up one after another and looked around, all confused about the situation.
Wei Zheng was the first to speak: "I don't know why your Majesty is so anxious to call me over."
"Eunuch Zhou!"
Li Shimin looked up at Eunuch Zhou and said, "Please tell everyone about the situation. I have a headache."
"yes!"
Eunuch Zhou did not hesitate and told everyone what happened in Heyu Hall.
After listening to this, several people in the venue looked a little unhappy.
"Eunuch Zhou!"
"Are you kidding me?"
Fang Xuanling stared and said: "His Royal Highness King Wei is so honest and honest, how could he do such a thing?"
have to say.
Li Tai has done a good job in his face-saving projects over the years.
The ministers in the imperial court basically all have an excellent impression of him.
I think he is honest and talented.
Everyone couldn't believe it when they suddenly heard that he had slaughtered the chamberlains, and killed so many chamberlains.
Only Changsun Wuji and Cheng Yaojin, who knew the inside story, just looked at each other, then lowered their heads and said nothing.
"It doesn't matter whether you are honest or not, kind or not."
Li Shimin waved his hand and said: "He has done this now. I also want to hear everyone's opinions."
Hear this.
Several people present looked at each other.
Finally, everyone's eyes fell on Wei Zheng.
Obviously, everyone wanted Wei Zheng to speak first.
Wei Zheng frowned and glared at several people fiercely.
then.
He faced Li Shimin and said, "The imperial chamberlain is extraordinary. Even His Majesty cannot kill him at will."
"His Royal Highness King Wei's actions are indeed extremely humane."
"If it spreads, the whole Tang Dynasty royal family will be affected."
"I'm afraid that all the people in the world will scold our royal family for their unscrupulousness."
Wei Zheng said calmly: "Therefore, I believe that this matter deserves punishment, and it will be punished severely!"
Hear this.
Li Shimin only felt his heart thump.
However, he didn't say much else.
He looked at Wei Zheng and said slowly: "Then what do you think, Mr. Wei, should be a heavy punishment?"
"His Highness used to be good at killing the attendants of the ministers of the court."
"The original intention was to protect the ministers of the DPRK and China, but they were still tortured in public,"
Wei Zheng raised his head and glanced at Li Shimin, then said: "So I feel that His Royal Highness King Wei should not be punished lighter than His Highness the Crown Prince, otherwise it will not be enough to quell the people's resentment."
