The atmosphere in the palace was extremely tense during this period, and the eunuchs and the palace maids were all careful, especially those around Li Shimin, who dared not make any mistakes, because everyone knew that Li Shimin had been in a very bad mood these days, and someone had been severely punished for doing something wrong a few days ago, so they did not dare to get Li Shimin's bad luck at this time.

Liangyi Hall is where Li Shimin handles government affairs on a daily basis. Generally, if there is no accident, Li Shimin will definitely be here, but because of this, the atmosphere here is the most tense. If the tension in the palace is compared to a storm, then Liangyi Hall is the eye of the storm. It looks very calm on the surface, but in fact it may be swept into the sky by the surrounding wind at any time.

Wei Ting was in this eye. He saw that the Liangyi Hall was empty, and there was not even an eunuch or a palace maid except him. Li Shimin was sitting behind the desk and reviewing memorials. Only when he came in, Li Shimin looked up and signaled him to wait. As a result, he waited for more than an hour. Li Shimin seemed to have forgotten him, and he didn't dare to worry, so he could only wait like this.

However, since he came in, Wei Ting was in a state of uneasiness because last time he exposed Li Chengqian's private affairs to the court, but Li Shimin broke into the East Palace in anger and was said to have committed the actor himself, but this also caused a strife between Li Shimin and Li Chengqian and his son. Now the prince is still confined to the East Palace and no one is allowed to visit him.

What made Wei Ting even more worried was that he reported Li Chengqian not to fulfill his duties as a minister, but for his own interests. It can even be said that he was instructed by King Li Tai of Wei. After all, this incident was an excellent opportunity to hit Li Chengqian. Moreover, the heavier the people who stabbed this into the court, the greater the impact of this incident, so in the end he did not hesitate to take action himself.

Of course, Wei Ting also considered it in advance that he would definitely be punished by Li Shimin afterwards. However, after careful consideration, he felt that Li Shimin would only demote his official position at most. However, as long as the King of Wei was still in the court, it would not take long before he could return to Chang'an. And with this contribution, if Li Tai ascended the throne in the future, his contribution would be even greater. It would be easy to be a marquis and minister at that time, so this danger is worth taking.

However, although Wei Ting was mentally prepared to be punished, he still felt very nervous when it came to this day, especially when facing Li Shimin, which made him feel an unprecedented fear. Although he estimated that Li Shimin would not kill him, this was just his guess after all, and the emperor's heart was the most difficult to grasp. If Li Shimin really wanted to kill him, he might not be able to escape death. Moreover, the court was quite rude to him, and no one would plead for him at that time.

Thinking of the above, Wei Ting's fear became even worse. He even felt uncontrollably that his legs were uncontrollably trying to kneel down. However, his rationality could still control him to keep standing, but in the end his legs began to tremble slightly uncontrollably, and cold sweat on his forehead kept coming out. At this time, he had already begun to regret it. If he had known this, he would not have taken action himself.

Just as Wei Ting was standing there thinking about random things, Li Shimin in front finally finished reviewing the last memorial in his hand. Then he put down the pen in his hand and rubbed his forehead, then picked up the tea next to him and took a sip of it. Although the tea was cold, he did not ask for another cup.

"Wei Ting, have you heard about Du Zhenglun?" Li Shimin looked up at Wei Ting, and then suddenly asked.

"Listen... I heard!" Wei Ting was startled by Li Shimin who suddenly spoke, and then hurriedly replied.

Du Zhenglun was previously appointed as the Minister of the Secretariat and also served as the crown prince's left son, and his rank was higher than Wei Ting. Because Li Chengqian was too chaotic in recent years, Li Shimin reminded Du Zhenglun to teach Li Chengqian more. Because Li Shimin trusted Du Zhenglun very much, he told Du Zhenglun directly that if Li Chengqian dared not listen to his teachings, he could tell himself directly, and he would punish Li Chengqian at that time.

Du Zhenglun was also very concerned about Li Shimin's words, so he spared no effort to teach Li Chengqian, which was not bad compared to Kong Yingda, Yu Zhining and others. However, Li Chengqian just refused to listen, which made him very distressed. In the end, in order to make Li Chengqian calm, he actually told Li Chengqian what Li Shimin said in order to make Li Chengqian feel the pressure, and even corrected it because he was afraid of being punished by Li Shimin.

However, Du Zhenglun's actions caused Li Shimin to be furious. Because Li Shimin, as the emperor, had prohibited his words from leaking out, mainly to prevent some important news from leaking. Therefore, Li Shimin demoted Du Zhenglun to an outsider for "leaking banned words in the palace" and probably wouldn't think of coming back within a few years.

"It's good that you know!" Li Shimin said calmly at this time, "I have demoted Du Zhenglun because of the prince's affairs, but I don't want you to be punished for the prince. I can't pursue this matter, but as a minister, you must also keep your duty as a minister. If something similar happens in the future, I will definitely behead you!"

When Li Shimin spoke at the end, although the expression on his face had not changed much, there was a bit of murderous aura in his voice, which made Wei Ting tremble all over his body, and immediately bowed and said with gratitude: "Thank you Your Majesty for forgiveness. I will definitely keep my courtesy of my ministers in the future, and I will never dare to surpass it any more!"

While Wei Ting was speaking, cold sweat gushed on his forehead, and his cheeks kept flowing downwards, because he knew that although Li Shimin did not punish him, he had already recorded his mistakes. As he said, if there was a second time in the future, not only would his head be unsecured, but even his family would be implicated.

"Go down, let Qingque stay in the mansion for the past period of time, don't punish him because I really can't bear to punish him!" When Li Shimin finally mentioned Li Tai, a very complicated expression appeared on his face, with a bit of anger mixed in his doting, and a bit of helplessness.

"Yes, I will tell Your Highness the King of Wei!" Wei Ting was startled when he heard Li Shimin and even Li Tai warned him. He quickly adapted and then turned around and left Liangyi Hall. However, when he left the hall gate, he realized that the clothes behind him were already wet with sweat, and the breeze blew through him brought a bone-broken chill.

"It's like being with a tiger!" Wei Ting turned his head and looked at the tall and majestic Liangyi Hall, then lamented in his heart, and then left here with great strides. He was still in a hurry to go back and tell Li Shimin's words to Li Tai, and also persuade Li Tai. Don't do anything more during this period, otherwise it might really make Li Shimin furious. Don't talk about himself at that time, even Li Tai will be implicated.

Wei Ting left Liangyi Hall, and only Li Shimin was left in the hall, but he tapped the table a few times at this time, and soon saw an old eunuch crawling out of the corner of the hall, and then came to Li Shimin to bow and salute.

"What are the prince doing these days?" Li Shimin asked with a calm face. This old eunuch was the intelligence leader around Li Shimin. He was mainly responsible for collecting information from the palace and the royal family. Although he was nominally affiliated with Feinusi, he was actually only dispatched by Li Shimin.

"This..." The old eunuch hesitated for a moment, and then reported, "Your Majesty, because His Majesty had confined the prince before, the prince did nothing during this period. He just didn't want to eat at first, but later the prince's concubine personally persuaded him, which made the prince restore his diet, but..."

When the old eunuch said this, he suddenly showed a hesitant expression because he didn't know whether to say this matter? Speaking of which, although this old eunuch was responsible for collecting information from the palace, he was very cautious about the information from the East Palace. For example, although Li Chengqian and his favorite things last time, he had already received the news, but he did not report it to Li Shimin. Instead, he discussed it with his superior Sima Ye in his name. As a result, Ma Ye heard that Li Xiu did not report it. As a result, Ma Ye and the old eunuch were punished after the incident.

"Just what?" Li Shimin asked after seeing the old eunuch hesitation.

Faced with Li Shimin's questioning, the old eunuch couldn't help but smile bitterly. After the last punishment, he did not dare to hide anything anymore, so he had to speak: "Actually it's nothing, but the prince may still be a little confused, so he asked someone to build a small house in the East Palace, and there was a satisfying stone statue in the house, and he would go to pay tribute to him in person sooner or later..."

"Illness!" Before the old eunuch finished speaking, Li Shimin suddenly slapped the table and roared. He thought that after killing that I could think that after killing that I could do it, Li Chengqian could understand that he was doing it for his own good, but he didn't expect that Li Chengqian was still obsessed with it and set up a statue of that I was satisfied in the East Palace. This was simply openly against him!

Seeing Li Shimin getting angry, the old eunuch was so scared that he didn't dare to speak again. As a result, Li Shimin walked back and forth in anger, almost overturning the desk again, and even wanted to enter the East Palace again to smash the stone statue. However, in the end he suppressed the anger in his heart. After all, Li Chengqian had become like this, and it was useless even if he smashed the stone statue.

"Your Majesty, I have another news here, which is related to Li Xiu, Duke of Yan!" Seeing that Li Shimin did not lose his mind because of his anger, the old eunuch also breathed a sigh of relief, and then hurriedly changed the subject.

"Li Xiu? What's the matter with him now resigning from office and being at home?" Li Shimin was stunned when he heard the old eunuch's words, and even his anger was thrown aside. After all, this was the first time he heard about Li Xiu from this old eunuch.
Chapter completed!