Da Tang: Father, can I resign?

Chapter 179 Li Zhi, your future wife is gone
boom!
There was a loud noise, deafening.

The joyous Dragon Boat Festival celebration came to an abrupt end.

In this brief moment, all the people present, including royal relatives, musicians, and palace servants, stopped what they were doing and instinctively looked in the direction of the loud noise.

The lampstand collapsed.

This is not a big deal, except for the eunuchs from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the related eunuchs and palace maids who have to take the blame.

Until Concubine Wei's shrill scream pierced the night sky:

"Someone...someone's dead! There's someone up there!"

Concubine Wei was standing closer to the lampstand in Lide Hall, so she could see it more clearly.

Li Chengqian suddenly felt anxious for no reason. He clenched his fists and limped towards the accident site.

"Brother, let me help you!" Li Mingda supported him sensibly.

As usual, Li Tai told an inappropriate story in a sarcastic tone:

"Who is your Royal Brother going to meet on the Magpie Bridge?"

Li Chengqian ignored him completely.

Li Zhi, whose eyesight was better than his brother's, said worriedly:
"Father, Father is near the collapsed lampstand!"

Since this concerns the safety of His Majesty the Emperor, we can't joke about it.

The four legitimate sons and daughters ran towards where everyone in the Lide Hall was standing with solemn expressions.

…………

His Majesty Li Shimin is naturally fine.

He stared at the ruins of the collapsed lampstand with a burning gaze, and flames seemed to be spitting out of his eyes.

The women were so frightened that they dared not scream in front of the emperor and could only sob quietly.

Yang patted their shoulders gently and comforted them.

But her own eyes were also very dull, and she was completely unprepared for the sudden change in front of her.

"Help, help quickly! Call the imperial physician!" the palace servants started to make noise.

"calm!"

Li Ming looked calm and quickly took control of the situation, allowing everyone to act according to the plan.

As we all know, the most honorable treasure present is His Majesty the Emperor, so it is reasonable to let the palace servants go and wave the guards first to protect His Majesty as soon as possible!
As we all know, in order to prevent assassins from hiding among the imperial doctors, everyone must be carefully searched before entering. How thorough!

As we all know, poison does not necessarily have to be ingested directly to be effective. For example, Your Majesty has been stabbed by external poison. So when Your Majesty is present, the imperial physician is not allowed to apply medicine to the dead and wounded. Is that understandable?
In short, he calmly delayed the rescue, while he himself, with the halo of "the ghost chaser from the underworld", approached the scene of the accident without permission.

The lampstand had completely collapsed and turned into pieces.

Aunt Wang was pinned to the bottom, her head cracking like a crisp watermelon, and there was no risk of successful rescue.

Wu Meiniang, also known as Wu Zetian who haunted Li Ming for almost the entire first half of his life, was lying unconscious in a pool of blood, with the back of her head hitting a wooden board and her body twitching uncontrollably.

Her body was covered with sharp sawdust, and her right hand was bent at an incredible angle like a rag doll.

As expected, the spice bowl broke into pieces, and a piece of broken ceramic penetrated deeply into her left eyeball, causing blood to flow out.

There were so many people around that there was no room to finish off the enemy.

No need to make up the knife.

With brain stem injuries, brain trauma, and infected wounds all over her body, there is always a way for her to die.

"call……"

Li Ming let out a long breath and felt dazed and a little unreal for a moment.

It's over, really over.

Wu Zetian, this late queen has been exerting enormous invisible pressure on him since he traveled through time.

This is the culprit that caused him to suffer from paranoia.

Finally, when he was weak and powerless in the early stage, he was killed by Li Ming himself.

Although Li Ming's alarm is far from being lifted.

Although there are still many people who have many reasons to take his life.

But at least one of the knots has been untied.

Li Ming took a deep breath to calm his mind, and then actively cooperated with the imperial doctors who had gone through many difficulties and finally arrived.

This was his considered response.

You can't act too helpless and really act like a child.

Because Li Shimin knew that he was not an ordinary child, he was a child who crawled out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, a child with great wisdom and great concentration.

If you try too hard, you will arouse suspicion.

Likewise, he certainly can't appear too indifferent.

After all, these two concubines are frequent visitors to Lide Hall.

His current attitude of being busy but not chaotic, and commanding with confidence, is the normal reaction of his character.

Maintaining your persona is important.

"Father!"

Empress Changsun's children finally arrived at the scene and anxiously paid their respects to Li Shimin.

"I'm fine." Li Shimin's majestic answer was filled with anger.

Li Chengqian and others turned their eyes to the ruins of the lampstand.

Under the bright firelight, they finally saw the tragic scene clearly.

The mutilated body of one of Li Ming's concubines, and the talented Wu whose life and death were unknown.

"Ah!" Li Mingda screamed.

Mei Niang... Li Chengqian felt something blocking his throat and he couldn't shout out at all. Instinctively, he rushed towards Wu Meiniang's body regardless of everything.

Fortunately, he is a lame man.

Li Chengqian stumbled and fell to the ground.

"His Royal Highness!"

The palace servants could no longer tolerate any more misfortune from the noble, so they immediately surrounded the prince and hurriedly helped him up.

This fall finally woke Li Chengqian up.

I can’t cry, I can’t get too excited, I can’t lose my composure, I can’t show any concern for my father’s concubine that goes beyond etiquette…

Li Chengqian kept giving himself psychological hints, glancing at Li Tai's annoying fat pig face from time to time.

Finally, he suppressed the surging emotions in his heart, swallowed the tears welling up in his eyes, endured the huge grief, and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth:
"I was so scared, so close to my father..."

Full marks answer.

Dalang still cares about me... Although Li Shimin still had a stern face, he felt a little relieved in his heart, and his evaluation of Li Chengqian rose again.

Li Tai and Li Zhi were simply frightened.

As soon as they saw the two bodies on the ground, they looked away as if they had been electrocuted, not daring to look at them again.

What they didn't know was that when the three brothers first saw the corpse and their reactions were the most natural and shocked, a pair of bright little eyes were watching them without blinking.

"Li Zhi's reaction was relatively normal, but he was young and had good eyesight. Perhaps he had seen the situation here in advance and had prepared himself mentally.

"My future daughter-in-law died tragically in front of him. I wonder if it will affect his lifelong affairs.

"Li Tai is too lame. His face is so pale." Our good brother Li Chengqian was indeed the one with the most suspicious reaction.

“But the suspicious direction…seems a bit odd.

"My father's concubine and my aunt died, and we are both fine. Why are you so sad? Are you being too sad?"

Li Ming was still observing the expressions of his three competitors with squinted eyes when Li Shimin grabbed him by the collar and put him next to him.

"I still need help." Li Ming protested with a pout.

By the way, make sure they are both cool.

"It's dangerous, stay under guard." Li Shimin said in a muffled voice.

Li Ming still wanted to cheat, but looking at Li Shimin's expression, he shut up obediently.

The face of the Emperor was terrifyingly serious, like a ferocious beast ready to devour someone.

Repeated assassinations, incidents, and accidents.

Damn it, is Taiji Palace a public toilet for assassins? Come as you please, leave as you please!
He felt alarmed and even more ashamed.

Those who have evil intentions not only want to kill him.

And kill his son and his woman!

This is not taking him, the emperor, seriously!

And this time it’s different.

Because someone died, this time someone was finally killed in the palace.

Although the dead were a concubine in the cold palace and a concubine of Li Yuanji.

But, the person died in the palace!
Right under his nose!

If he had taken a step closer to the lampstand, would he have been affected as well?

This is the nth incident targeting the royal family since the Li Xiaogong case last year!
Damn, there is obviously some powerful force behind this!

Xueyantuo, is it Xueyantuo?
It was behind the Jiucheng Palace incident and the two suspected Turks who assassinated Li Ming.

This time, the assassination using the lampstand was most likely also behind it.

Xueyantuo Zhenzhu Khan Yinan, it’s you, right?
Damn it, you’re always there during every crackdown on organized crime!
Are you the only one who wants to make peace with the Tang Dynasty?

Wash your neck clean and wait patiently until autumn, and see if the heavenly soldiers can destroy you!

The Son of Heaven, the common ruler of all people in the world, the Khan shared by all barbarians in all directions.

How could it be such a soft dough that can be kneaded by anyone!

"Ah...Grandpa?"

Looking at Li Shimin's angry expression, Li Ming suddenly felt a little guilty.

Oh my god, brother, please don't investigate it seriously. What if you find out something...

"Don't be afraid. I will definitely give you and your concubines an explanation." Li Shimin vowed:

"Father, I will definitely destroy the Xueyantuo and bring the skulls of the Yi men back to Chang'an to offer sacrifices to their spirits in heaven!"

Huh? How did this blame fly to Brother Tiele?
Li Ming was stunned.

Well, never mind, they didn't deny it anyway...

…………

The Dragon Boat Festival was no longer "joyful" and all celebrations came to an abrupt end.

The palace servants would take care of the aftermath. Yang and the other concubines, accompanied by palace maids and eunuchs, returned to Lide Hall with heavy hearts.

In order to appease Yang's emotions, Li Shimin stopped disturbing her and even kindly allowed Li Ming to return to Lide Hall at night to spend more time with her.

After comforting the other female members of the family, Yang sat on the edge of the bed in a daze.

Although Wang had fought with her for most of her life, she couldn't just laugh it off when a living person suddenly died before her eyes.

Wu Meiniang made her even more emotional.

Despite her various flaws, Wu Meiniang was the only person in the harem who came to Lide Hall to visit her when she was down and out.

Moreover, after cultivating her mind in Ganye Temple, Wu Meiniang's habit of gossiping had improved a lot.

A teenage girl passed away just like that...

"Mother, everyone has their own destiny, don't be too sad."

Li Ming touched Yang's head and today was finally a good day for him.

As a tough guy who had studied in Liaodong, he felt that he had the right to advise others in this way and there was nothing wrong with it.

Yang raised her eyes sadly and looked at her son.

Suddenly, she had a strange feeling.

It is said that mother and child are connected by heart.

Similarly, if a son does something bad, the mother can detect it more keenly than others.

"I'm afraid the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was responsible for the repair of the lampstand, cannot escape responsibility for its collapse," she said.

"Probably." Li Ming nodded without comment.

Not to mention the two women who deserved the punishment, the eunuch department that was implicated was the only innocent victim in this incident.

Such a serious accident must be dealt with severely.

It is inevitable that several people will be dismissed or demoted, and maybe the stab in the crotch will be in vain.

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs is also unlucky." Yang sighed and looked directly into her son's eyes:
"We recruited many new palace servants, but they were not reliable enough to properly repair the lampstand, which led to this unprovoked disaster."

"Probably." Li Ming didn't know why his mother brought this up.

"It was you who proposed the recruitment proposal to His Majesty, Ming Er."

Yang's voice was no longer melancholy and sad, and it returned to calm.

Li Ming also looked at his mother calmly and said helplessly:
"Who knew things would turn out like this? It's really unpredictable."

"Yes, things are unpredictable..." Yang stared at her son's calm face:
"What about the new maid Hu Sanniang? What did she do later?"

"It seems that he was assigned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to prepare for the Dragon Boat Festival ceremony."

"Well, do you know what kind of work it is?"

"Who cares? That guy is so clumsy that he broke my favorite plate."

"Oh."

The mother and son ended their conversation, turned off the lights and went to bed.

In the darkness, Yang whispered:

"Wang is understandable, but why is Mei Niang also..."

Li Ming was silent for a long time.

After a long pause, he replied softly:

“There’s always a reason.”

Yang was startled, and sighed softly, with a somewhat bitter smile:
"You, kid, really have some of his shadow."

The mother and son never mentioned this topic again, as if Wang and Wu Meiniang had never existed.

(End of this chapter)