Li Ling was quite confident in her appearance, but she obviously underestimated Li Ke’s request. It is true that Li Ke is indeed a romantic figure, but he is not a hungry ghost who is hungry and feasted.

Not to mention that Li Ke doesn't like Li Ling's character, even her appearance is far from being moved by Li Ke. If you take a step back, even if Li Ling is really a beautiful woman, she is so beautiful that she is better than Wu Meiniang and Xiao Yuexian, Li Ke can still control herself. After all, at this moment, Li Ke will never take risks with the throne that is within reach, and everyone in the East Palace will not allow Li Ke to do so.

Li Ke received Li Ling's confession and ordered someone to take Li Ling down. In fact, Li Ke did not deceive Li Ling. Li Ling was not the mastermind of rebellion, and it was not necessary to die. It was not difficult for Li Ke to protect her life. This was just a matter of Li Ke's words, but Li Ke now has more important things to do.

At night, when the palace gatekeeper was closed, Prince Li Ke called the defenders and went to the palace to report the matter overnight.

Li Ke and Li Shimin haven't seen each other for more than a day, but in just over a day's effort, Li Shimin's expression was very different from what Li Ke's impression.

Cheng Gongying was recommended by Zhang Liang. Zhang Liang had acts of rebellion, and Cheng Gongying was mostly accomplice. Therefore, since Zhang Liang escaped yesterday, Li Shimin stopped taking the pills. In just over a day, Li Shimin not only looked bad, but his face was even more haggard and powerful. Without rosy, he became more sallow and often felt weak.

"My son is paying homage to my father." Li Ke stood at His Highness, looked at Li Shimin, who was especially dealing with official duties in front of the table, and leaned over to worship Li Shimin.

"Ke'er is here." Li Shimin raised his hand and signaled Li Ke to get up.

After Li Ke got up, Li Shimin continued to ask: "For your father, you led the Censorate to thoroughly investigate Zhang Liang's plot against rebellion. You rushed to the palace in the evening, but has this matter progressed?"

Li Ke replied: "Zhang Liang fled, Cheng Gongying fled afterwards. I guess his father already knew about this."

Cheng Gongying's refining of life-extending pills for Li Shimin was of great importance. In fact, Li Shimin had already learned the news just as Cheng Gongying disappeared.

Li Shimin nodded and asked Li Ke: "How? But Cheng Gongying has been captured?"

Li Ke said: "It was Cheng Gongying who was captured."

"Where did you catch me?" Li Shimin asked hurriedly.

Li Ke replied: "In Lantian, Zhang Liang's wife Li Ling was also captured with him. This is Li Ling's confession, so please ask your father to read it."

Li Ke said, and he stepped forward and handed Li Ling's confession to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin took the confession handed over by Li Ke, and only glanced at it for a few seconds, his face became ugly.

The confession sent by Li Ke included something about Cheng Gongying's fake elixir refining, and also spread rumors about the eldest son of the Eastern Palace. Li Shimin looked at the confession in his hand and trembled his hands slightly, saying to Li Ke: "How dare this guy do this!"

Li Ke said: "According to Li Ling's confession, Cheng Gongying is not a Taoist immortal, but Zhang Liang's disciple, a so-called longevity-resisting pill, is probably fake. Perhaps Cheng Gongying was sent to the palace by Zhang Liang, who intended..."

Li Ke stopped talking before he finished speaking, but Li Shimin already knew what Li Ke meant. Zhang Liang planned to rebel and recommended a wise man to come to the palace to offer pills. Maybe it was to poison Li Shimin's body so that he could act in the chaos.

Li Ke's words were quite reasonable. Li Shimin thought of this possibility and couldn't help but feel a little scared, even his back became cold.

Li Shimin said to Li Ke: "Since Zhang Liang has the intention to rebel, what you said is not impossible."

Li Ke asked Li Shimin: "Did your father take the elixir presented by Cheng Gongying today?"

Li Shimin shook his head and said, "I haven't taken it since noon this day. I've stopped two meals, but after only these two meals, I feel uncomfortable and exhausted."

The discomfort on Li Shimin's body has been revealed on his face, and Li Ke can see it too. Li Ke said: "I'm afraid there are some poisons in this medicine that depend on. My father has been taking the pill for a long time and may have become addicted. It is inevitable that it will be difficult to break it, and my body will be a little uncomfortable."

Li Shimin looked at Li Ke's appearance and asked, "I heard you say that, you may have been having problems with Cheng Gongying's elixir for a day or two."

Li Ke lowered his head and replied, "Just a few days ago, when my father saw that his father's face was red and he often showed signs of shortness of breath, he felt something was wrong. My son once asked Sun Zhenren with this phenomenon, and Sun Zhenren said that his father must have taken strong medicine, which caused his body to be overdrawn and his strength was not good."

Li Shimin asked in confusion: "Then why didn't you say it earlier?"

Li Ke replied: "My son wants to say it earlier, but there is no evidence in his hand, so he can only touch indirectly."

Li Shimin listened to Li Ke's words and remembered some of Li Ke's actions recently. Li Ke often told Li Shimin that elixirs are medicines after all, and they should not be taken for a long time. If the patient goes to the place, he can stop. However, Li Shimin did not take it seriously and did not listen to Li Ke's advice. It's still today. Now I think that there is this meaning in Li Ke's words.

Li Shimin said: "Ke'er is determined. I guess Ke'er is in a hurry to enter the palace today, just for this."

Li Ke said: "This matter is related to the father and the emperor should not be passed on by outsiders. It is only for the son-in-law to inform the father in person. Fortunately, the father has stopped taking the pills, so the son-in-law is relieved."

Wang Xuance is Li Ke's confidant, but as far as Li Ke and Li Shimin and his son are concerned, Wang Xuance is still an outsider. In fact, Li Ke's entry into the palace to dissuade Li Shimin from taking pills was just one of them. There is another important reason to maintain Li Shimin's reputation.

Li Shimin was good at believing in sorcerers and took pills randomly. If this was spread, it would be harmful to Li Shimin's wiseness. Li Ke also considered this, so he did not order Wang Xuance to pass it on his behalf. Instead, he went to the palace himself and told Li Shimin in person.

Li Shimin knew Li Ke’s good intentions and said to Li Ke: “Ke’er, you’ve done a good job.”

Li Ke said: "As a son, I should do this, but Cheng Gongying's affairs need to be handled properly."

Li Shimin asked, "What are you going to do?"

Li Ke replied: "According to Li Ling's confession, Cheng Gongying not only refined fake elixirs to his father, but also rumored that the eldest son of the Eastern Palace was the eldest son of the son, who slandered that the eldest son of the son was not the eldest son of the son. The son thought that he could kill him in this matter was sufficient, and there was no other matter."

The reason why Li Ke was so anxious to come to the palace to see Li Shimin was to help Li Shimin cover up his ugliness. If Li Ke killed him for the matter of Cheng Gongying refining fake pills, it would undoubtedly be exposed. Therefore, Li Ke proposed to kill him by slandering the matter of the Eastern Palace, which seemed safe.

Li Shimin replied: "Okay, just follow your words."
Chapter completed!