When Zhong Liyou said these words with great caution, Li Chenan was shocked!
These words greatly exceeded his expectations.
He had a lot of preparations for this trip to Shuzhou.
Those preparations are not aimless, but the worst possible outcome that is derived from a lot of information and careful consideration.
First of all, when he captured the second prince Ning Zhixing in Shuangjiao Mountain, he wanted to kill him with one knife, but unexpectedly Ning Zhixing revealed a shocking secret——
"You are not the eldest son of the emperor!"
"The so-called eldest son of the emperor is the child of Empress Lu who stole his life! It was she who cuckolded the emperor!"
"Getting on the bus and waiting for the mansion to be destroyed, Queen Lu's death... was her own fault!"
"Do you think it is the best choice for you to kill me, kill all the princes, and let that bastard ascend the throne as emperor?"
"You got Fooled!"
"Changsun Jinghong lied to you! Fan Taohua also lied to you!"
"The most terrifying person in Ningguo is not Xi Wei, but... Fan Taohua!"
"Do you think you can ascend the throne and become emperor if you kill me?!"
"childish!"
"You are making wedding clothes for that scoundrel!"
Li Chenan had reservations, but became wary of Fan Taohua.
After returning to Kyoto, he went to the black building of the Imperial City Department to find evidence for the second prince's words, but there was none.
When they gathered in other places, he wanted to refuse Fan Taohua's entrustment to him before her death, but he still agreed.
First, Zhongli Ruoshui was in Shuzhou, and he needed to pick Zhongli Ruoshui up to Wu Kingdom.
Secondly...he also wanted to see the eldest son of the emperor.
During this trip to Shuzhou, Wang Zhengjinzhong mentioned something in the information given to him.
Changsun Jinghong had been investigating the cause of Queen Lu's death during his lifetime, but in the end he did not investigate further because the behind-the-scenes incident was too absurd.
Wang Zhengjinzhong did not say what was absurd, but Li Chenan guessed that it might be the identity of the emperor's eldest son.
This proves from the side that Ning Zhixing may not have lied about this matter.
Wang Zheng Jinzhong also mentioned one thing -
The disappearance of the emperor's eldest son is closely related to Fan Taohua!
What's the connection here?
Why is she doing this?
Along the way, Li Chenan's hands were not idle on Xiao Baozi's waist, and neither was his mind.
He carefully sorted out what happened after going to Kyoto.
When he first arrived in Kyoto, Fan Taohua didn't invite him to the door of Dingguo Hou Mansion!
In other words, Fan Taohua didn't like him at the beginning, or she didn't regard him as her grandson-in-law!
Fan Taohua invited herself to Zhongli Mansion after she made the fireworks.
Perhaps then Fan Taohua felt that she still had some value.
In the small wooden house by the pond in the backyard of Dingguo Hou Mansion, I drank a cup of tea and talked with Fan Taohua.
She said that her grandfather Li Chunfu gave her a tea set when he resigned in the sixth year of Zhaohua.
The tea set has five cups and one pot, with a person's name engraved on the bottom. I hope she can protect them.
This meant that she had an excellent relationship with Li Chunfu, and at that time I had no doubts about her.
In addition, she also said that she thought Cheng Guogong's idea was a good one and asked him if he was afraid?
This is to see his courage, and perhaps to draw Ji Tai's attention to him.
By the way, she also said that Changsun Jinghong had also been to that pond to accompany her fishing, but what he was talking about was about Li Chenan.
Changsun Jinghong was suspicious of Fan Taohua, but he didn't know what he and Fan Taohua said or what compromise they made.
Now that I think about it, on the Mid-Autumn Festival night last year, the emperor did not inexplicably designate himself as the Immortal of Poetry.
It’s not like he is the eldest son of the emperor for no reason!
The emperor stood up completely and gave himself a chance to fight for the imperial power... He did this to show Fan Taohua!
In other words, the emperor would rather inherit the throne himself than the eldest son of the emperor become the emperor of Ning.
And this is exactly what Fan Taohua doesn't want to see.
Since Fan Taohua knew the whereabouts of the emperor's eldest son, why did she come to Shuzhou to greet him?
Just like what Zhongli Po or Hua Manting and others thought, Fan Taohua hoped that she would die in Shuzhou!
Unlike what Zhongli Po and Hua Manting thought, Li Chenan did not connect Xi Wei.
He believed that if Fan Taohua killed him, this would inevitably cause Zhongli Ruoshui to have great hatred for her.
During the chaos in Kyoto, Huaipingshan unexpectedly led his troops to attack Yunjibieye, which aggravated the injury of Fan Taohua, who was already injured.
She knew that she was about to die and could not go to Shuzhou to pick up the emperor's eldest son in person, so she left the matter to herself and the Peach Blossom Order that could command the 50,000 divine guards.
Is this trust?
Li Chenan didn't believe it from beginning to end.
In Li Chenan's view, Fan Taohua's move was, first of all, to allow the eldest son of the emperor to obtain the military power of the Divine Guard through his own hands.
Secondly... if she is going to die, then use the Divine Guards to kill her in the Western Mountains. Then the eldest son of the emperor can lead his troops into Kyoto and become the emperor of Ning Kingdom without any worries.
Otherwise, there is no way to explain why Fan Taohua asked Zhongli Ruoshui to come to Shuzhou, and then let herself come to Shuzhou.
But at this moment Zhong Liyou said this...
"My mother had a bad premonition before the incident in Kyoto... It can't be said to be a premonition. It should be said to be my mother's judgment of the situation."
As if worried that Li Chenan wouldn't believe it, Zhong Liyou took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Li Chenan:
"You can read the last letter my mother wrote to me!"
Li Chenan took the letter, took it out, and unfolded it. The first thing he looked at was the date at the end of the letter——
The fifth day of October in the twenty-third year of Zhaohua!
It's the eve of the Kyoto Incident!
Then he looked at the content of the letter carefully, and was suddenly shocked.
"... Jingye thought carefully about it, and realized that my mother might have really done something wrong in these years.
Maybe Xi Wei is right.
He said that it does not matter who is the emperor, but who can make the people's lives better. "
"In the past ten years, because mother was obsessed with allowing the eldest son of the emperor to successfully ascend the throne, she had many conflicts with your father... Mother can't help your father."
"Xi Wei will soon push for changes in Kyoto. My mother has thought about it again and again and met him once."
"He said that Li Chenan is the perfect candidate to be the emperor of Ningguo!"
"He said that if I asked the Shenwu Army to give up resistance, he would ensure that the forces at his disposal would not cause any damage to Kyoto."
"Mother thought about it and decided to let the Shenwu Army guard the palace. If Xi Wei really hands over Ning Guo to Li Chenan, and if Xi Wei really withdraws, then the Shenwu Army will also withdraw from Kyoto."
"I don't know if he will keep his promise."
"My mother will give the Peach Blossom Order to Li Chenan. If Xi Wei breaks her promise, the Divine Guards will obey Li Chenan's orders to invade Kyoto and regain the authority of Ning Kingdom!"
"If Xi Wei keeps his promise... the Divine Guards will also obey Li Chenan's arrangements."
"As for the eldest son of the emperor, Li Chenan will not kill him."
"Then let's just assume that Ning Guo doesn't have such an eldest son."
"It might be best to just let him live a carefree life."
