Wei Zheng, a loyal minister who is famous for his frank advice, finally fell ill shortly after Du Ruhui passed away. This time he fell ill like a mountain. Some time ago, he advised Li Shimin in the court with a loud bell, but a few days later he fell on the hospital bed and fell unconscious. This shocked the court again, and Li Shimin also went to visit him in person.

Although Li Xiu couldn't get along with Wei Zheng, he admired Wei Zheng's character very much. Moreover, the other party had been his boss, so he had to visit him for reason. For this reason, he personally invited Sun Simiao to go with him because Sun Simiao had a free medical consultation in the countryside before, and most people really couldn't find him. It took Li Xiu a few days to find him, and then went to Wei Zheng's mansion to treat him.

At that time, Wei Zheng was already unconscious. After Sun Simiao treated him, he frowned. Later, he told Li Xiu that Wei Zheng's illness was easy to treat, but the key was that Wei Zheng was too old and his body was too weak, so even if he could cure his illness, Wei Zheng might not live long. In other words, Wei Zheng's lifespan had reached its end. Except for the legendary gods, no one could last for him.

Li Xiu was also very sad when he heard the news, but he still asked Sun Simiao to do his best to treat him. Then he passed the news to Li Shimin. As a result, after Li Shimin learned the bad news, he was so sad that he could not handle government affairs.

After all, Du Ruhui passed away, Wei Zheng was leaving now, Fang Xuanling and others are getting older and older. It can be said that the ministers who followed him to fight the world were gradually withering, which made him feel very reluctant to leave, and the ministers left one by one, which made him feel that his body was also falling into aging, and even felt a little afraid of death while grief.

"Sir, I'm ready to leave Chang'an and return to Yangzhou in three days. As long as my father doesn't summon me, I will never come back!" Early that morning, Li Ke suddenly came to Li Xiu's mansion and said goodbye.

"Why is your father's birthday so early? Isn't it yet?" Li Xiu couldn't help but ask in surprise when he heard Li Ke's words. He had never heard of Li Shimin's birthday celebrating his grand birthday during this period, and he remembered how many days left before Li Shimin's birthday, so he was so surprised.

Hearing Li Xiu's words, Li Ke smiled bitterly and said, "First Du Xiang passed away, and then Doctor Wei fell ill. How could my father still have the mood to celebrate his birthday? So last night, my father summoned us brothers into the palace, had a meal with him, and chatted for a while, so he regarded it as a birthday celebration for him in advance. I also took the opportunity to say goodbye to my father, and he agreed."

After hearing Li Ke's words, Li Xiu realized that this period was indeed a troublesome time in the court. It was normal for Li Shimin to live a life without the mood, but it was good that Li Ke could leave early. Speaking of which, with Li Tai coming back from Luoyang and Li Ke being there, the water in Chang'an City is getting more and more mixed, so the earlier Li Ke left, the better it would be for him.

"It's good to leave. I'll go to see you off in three days. In addition, your aunt and I have prepared some things for you, and you can bring them together at that time!" Li Xiu thought for a while and said again.

"Thank you, sir!" Li Ke was also very moved when he heard Li Xiu's words. In the entire Chang'an City, in addition to his mother, only Li Xiu would truly care about himself. In the past, when he was in Yangzhou, he received gifts sent by Li Xiu during the Chinese New Year. Of course, as a junior, he also gave Li Xiu a lot of things, but this is precisely this kind of chauvinism that makes their relationship more intimate.

Three days later, Li Ke left Chang'an on time, and his departure was very low-key. In addition to Li Xiu, only Li Shimin and Yang Fei in the palace knew about it. However, Li Shimin and Yang Fei must not be able to come out to see him off, so only Li Xiu's family came to see him off. Li Xiu and Princess Pingyang also prepared several cars of luggage for Li Ke, and used everything they had to eat. Although Li Ke did not lack these, this was also their wish.

The day after Li Ke left Chang'an City, the news began to spread, but this once again aroused many people's suspicion. However, no matter how suspicious they were, Li Ke left Chang'an, a place of right and wrong. No matter how much others talked about it, it was useless. In addition, Li Tai did not leave after he came back, so everyone's focus was on Li Tai again.

Compared to Li Ke's decisiveness, Li Tai was really far behind. The last time Li Shimin appointed Wei Zheng as the crown prince's rank, which made Li Chengqian's position as crown prince more stable, and also showed Li Shimin's own attitude. As a result, Li Tai was greatly hit and almost stayed in Luoyang and never came back.

But the situation is different now, because Wei Zheng, who had just been appointed as the crown prince's tutor, was actually sick and was very serious. As a result, some people with ulterior motives seized the opportunity. So not long after Li Ke left Chang'an, another new rumor broke out, and this rumor was about Wei Zheng and Li Chengqian.

Although things like gods and ghosts are unreliable, many people believe that, especially in ancient times when they were relatively ignorant, the theory of ghosts and gods was widely circulated and even used by some people with ulterior motives.

For example, when Wei Zheng was seriously ill this time, there were rumors, but this rumors were very vague. It mainly said that the reason why Wei Zheng got sick this time was actually a warning from God. As for what kind of warning it was, he did not say it. However, many people think of the fact that Wei Zheng was just appointed as the crown prince's grand tutor. Now he suddenly fell ill. Does it mean that God is not satisfied with the prince Li Chengqian?

Although the rumors above were vague, every word was heartbreaking. Even "Heaven" was brought out by them, and they pointed directly at the prince Li Chengqian, which also made Li Shimin angry and immediately ordered a strict investigation of the matter. However, the people who spread these rumors were very careful. Even if Ma Ye launched the Feinusi's power investigation, he could not catch any handle in the end.

However, although there was no real evidence, everyone could guess that this matter might have an unresolvable relationship with King Li Tai of Wei. However, no one could find the evidence, and no one could do anything to Li Tai. In the end, Li Shimin might have guessed that this matter was related to Li Tai. As a result, the investigation was a bit terrible. Later, even he did not ask about it, and Fei Nusi's investigation became lazy.

However, when Li Xiu heard the rumor above, his heart became even heavier, because he knew that Wei Zheng would not have lived long. When Wei Zheng died, the rumor above would be confirmed, which would cause an extremely serious blow to Li Chengqian's reputation. After all, the throne was originally the destiny of heaven. If even heaven was not on your side, how could you ascend to the throne?

In addition, what no one expected was that no matter how unfavorable the rumors outside were to him, Li Chengqian had no movement. Even when Li Shimin sent someone to investigate the source of the rumors, Li Chengqian did not act anyway, as if he didn't care about such rumors at all. This did not conform to Li Chengqian's character at all, so it also attracted discussions from the government and the public for a time.

A few months later, Wei Zheng, who had been lingering in his sick bed, finally passed away. Li Shimin also abandoned the court for five days, posthumously awarded Wei Zheng the title of Sikong and the governor of Xiangzhou, and was posthumously named "Wenzhen", and also wanted to bury Wei Zheng with a generous burial. However, Wei Zheng's wife Pei refused because she said that Wei Zheng's life is simple and never likes luxury. The grand burial is not in line with Wei Zheng's character.

Speaking of Wei Zheng's wife Pei, she knew Wei Zheng throughout her life and knew Wei Zheng's character the best. Li Shimin also knew that Pei was a very independent woman, so he finally agreed with Pei's opinion and buried him in a small carriage with Wei Zheng's coffin. Li Shimin personally led all civil and military officials to see him off, and also wrote Wei Zheng's inscriptions.

After Wei Zheng passed away, the rumor about him became even more powerful. At this time, no one needed to promote him. After all, Wei Zheng's reputation alone was enough to make this rumor known to the whole country. Although Li Shimin ordered several orders to ban the spread of such rumors, it could not be banned at all. This also caused Li Chengqian's reputation to almost fall to the bottom. Many people privately questioned whether it is appropriate for Li Chengqian to be the crown prince again?

However, in the face of external doubts, Li Chengqian had no movement. However, the more he did this, the more worried Li Xiu was. He even felt a sense of crisis. The current situation was like a volcano that was about to erupt, and magma that could destroy everything could erupt at any time.

In fact, not only did Li Xiu feel this sense of crisis, but Changsun Wuji also felt it. For this reason, he also went to Li Xiu to chat for a whole day. Although he was irrelevant, he also felt that Li Chengqian's reaction was very abnormal. According to Li Chengqian's previous personality, he probably should have fought back at this time.

However, although Changsun Wuji felt abnormal, he was not Li Xiu after all, and he could not predict the direction of history, so he just felt very uneasy. Li Xiu could not tell him the direction of history, so he just circled around with the other party, at most he just comforted the other party, so the two chatted for a day but didn't talk about any substantial content.

After talking to Changsun Wuji, Li Xiu also reduced his contact with the outside world again and even stopped going to the academy because he knew that since he could not affect this general trend, he simply lost sight of his eyes. However, because Ma Ye was still in charge of Feinusi, he would also learn about the situation in the outside world from time to time.

And just as this year was about to end, a huge thing finally happened, but it was not Li Chengqian's rebellion, but another prince rebelled!
Chapter completed!