The original royal study room, the original dining table.
But the people sitting at the dining table have changed.
Just like in the past when Li Zheng wanted to test his loyalty with tea, Liu Mingzhi's shocked look was exactly the same after drinking the tea. Li Ye subconsciously licked his lips and looked at Liu Mingzhi blankly.
"sweet?"
Liu Mingzhi gave a wry smile, stood up, picked up the wine glass he had prepared for himself in front of Li Ye, and tilted it slightly. The wine in the glass fell straight onto the stone slab of the imperial study room.
At the same time as the sizzling sound, a stream of bubbles emerged from the floor, corroding the floor and turning it black.
Li Ye looked at the wine glass in his hand, and then at the glass of poisonous wine that Liu Mingzhi poured on the ground that he was going to kill himself with, his eyes were a little complicated.
"Uncle, what do you mean?"
Liu Mingzhi felt Li Ye's puzzled gaze, casually threw the wine glass on the table, straightened his somewhat messy clothes and walked towards the incense table.
After quietly staring at the portraits of Li Zheng and his son for a moment, Liu Mingzhi picked up three sticks of incense and lit them against the candle.
"Many years ago, in this royal study, when your grandfather and my father were still alive, I heard some despicable people slandering my uncle.
Later, he gave me a choice to discuss loyalty and traitor over tea.
He told me bluntly that the cup of tea he prepared was poisonous. If I drank it, I would be loyal. Although I would die, my wife, children, and children would enjoy prosperity and wealth for generations to come.
The son is made a prince and the daughter is a princess.
If you don't drink, it will be disloyal. Not only will I die, but my wife, children, and children will also not end well.
But this sentence is not what your grandfather said, but my own guess!
Isn't it ridiculous that a person's loyalty and treachery should be judged by a cup of tea? Ridiculous? "
After speaking, Liu Mingzhi inserted the incense in his hand into the incense burner. Looking at the rising smoke, Liu Mingzhi knelt down in front of the futon and kowtowed a few times.
Li Ye looked thoughtfully at his uncle's back as he saluted his grandfather and his father.
"Then what? Since you are still alive and well, uncle, did you not drink the cup of poisonous tea prepared by your grandfather?"
"I drank it, and I drank it without hesitation!"
"Huh? What about you?"
Liu Mingzhi stood up silently and straightened his clothes.
“The cycle of cause and effect brings displeasure with retribution.
I don’t know if it’s because I’m getting older, but I believe more and more in the so-called cause and effect.
When I drank that cup of tea, my reaction was exactly the same as yours just now.
Because that cup of tea is not poisonous tea, but a cup of sugary tea.
At that time, your grandfather laughed and joked that even he had never tasted such finely ground sugar. "
"Sugar...sugar tea?"
“Yes, it’s sugar tea!
Emperors are suspicious by nature, and it is human nature to call themselves a loner, but your grandfather knew better that the so-called loyalty and treachery are not based on what others say, but on one's own eyes.
With this glass of wine, your uncle will return the favor to your grandfather. "
Liu Mingzhi looked at Li Ye's confused reaction, took out a letter from his sleeve and put it on the table.
“Although this glass of wine is not really poisonous wine, it is still poisonous wine.
Because when you drink this glass of wine, it means that Emperor Dalong Yongping is no longer alive and Daxing has passed away.
In other words, Li Ye does not need to die, but Emperor Dalong must die!
Because if Emperor Dalong does not die, there will be a steady stream of troubles for the new dynasty.
Although I am not afraid, I am too lazy to face the endless interruptions from a group of young people. "
Li Ye thought for a moment and understood Liu Mingzhi's intention. He picked up the envelope Liu Mingzhi placed on the table and looked at it with an incomprehensible expression.
"I'm still alive, but you have to bear the name of regicide to seize the throne. Do you think it's worth it?"
"Rebellion has been carried out, and regicide is not enough. No matter how hard it is, the reputation in the history books cannot be wiped clean. It doesn't hurt to have more notoriety.
At least as far as the few decades that I have been alive, the death of Emperor Dalong in my hands can invisibly shock the limelight of some wealthy noble families.
There is already too much blood on my hands. If I can stop killing without killing, I still hope that Dalong will bleed less.
After all, they are all Dalong's people and subjects, and the feeling of holding a knife to one's own neck is never pleasant.
The address in the envelope is beautiful and beautiful, enough to make you spend your whole life happily. "
"Aren't you afraid that I may appear to be following your arrangements, but in fact, I am secretly accumulating strength to restore my Li family's kingdom and overthrow the new dynasty you established on a certain day of a certain year and month?
And you also have to face endless assassinations from the spy! "
"Haha... I am not afraid when you are in power, so how can I care about your little tricks in the dark.
I advise you not to do it lightly, because the lives of everyone in the Li family depend on your thoughts.
As for the spy shadow, if they can get away, the shadow master will not be the only one who came forward to suddenly attack and kill me when I was in the Qinzheng Palace.
After seeing the spy's background, how could I not be prepared at all?
You are worthy of being taught by me. Your conceited look is very similar to that of me when I was young.
Today I will teach you one last great principle in life. "
"What?"
“Conceit will not only harm yourself, but will also implicate all your relatives and friends.
Being open-minded and never-ending learning is what people should stick to.
I didn’t understand this until I was thirty years old. I hope you won’t take the wrong path I took again!
Because good luck will never always favor you, and you may end up committing suicide due to your own pride one day. "
After Li Ye silently looked at Liu Mingzhi's slightly inscrutable expression, he put the envelope in his hand back on the table.
"The child understands my uncle's kindness, but the child has no face to live in this world.
The boy himself had prepared poisonous wine, and his uncle knew that the boy had made plans to reunite the ancestors of the Li family! "
Liu Mingzhi was silent for a while, then turned around and walked slowly outside the imperial study room.
“As the saying goes, it is better to die than live.
Your mother said that if something happened to you, she would not survive.
Think of your mother and sister, and your new baby sister.
Death is simple, but once you die, the consequences will be endless!
By the way, Ren Qingrui, you should still be impressed.
'She' is still alive, if you still want to meet her again...
Tomorrow morning, whether I will come to collect your body or send you to a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters, it all depends on your own ideas.
After all, it's hard to persuade him. Damn it, I can't look at you all the time. "
"Rui'er... Rui'er is still alive? Impossible! I'm clearly looking at her..."
"I'm not sure whether she is her or not. Maybe the truth will come out when we meet her!"
Liu Mingzhi's voice disappeared into the back hall along with his figure, leaving Li Ye alone and staring blankly at the candlelight in front of him with an indescribable complex expression.
Surprise and disbelief, or guilt.
When Liu Mingzhi walked towards the Qinzheng Hall, the anxious Xiao Dezi hurriedly ran towards the imperial study room and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Li Ye sitting on the chair safe and sound.
"His Majesty!"
On the corridor in the palace, Liu Mingzhi took out the paper package that Cheng Kai secretly handed to him from his sleeve with a sad look on his face. He played with it for a few times, opened the paper package and looked at the light yellow powder inside and blew it gently. , the powder flew towards the grass on the right side of the corridor.
"If you sow melons, you will reap melons; if you sow beans, you will reap beans. The laws of nature are clear and the cycle of cause and effect is endless."
