"What's going on?" Seeing the fire in the northwest direction soaring into the sky, Li Shimin couldn't help but look dark and asked, "This is the southeast corner of the palace, and there are no other buildings in the northwest direction except the palace. If the palace caught fire during the Li Yuan mourning, this would not be a good sign.

The people in the Temple of the Spirit Hall also didn't know what happened. Someone immediately rushed northwest to check it and then report it. However, the fire had already alarmed the palace. At this time, many people rushed to the Temple of the Spirit Hall to protect their troops. After all, compared with the fire, Li Shimin's safety is the most important thing.

The guards in the hall were also alarmed at this time. Li Xiu took the lead outside the hall, but he could see the fire in the northwest at a glance, which made him stunned. Then he saw many people swarming from outside the hall, including the guards in the palace, and many officials, such as Li Xiu, who saw Pei Ji in the crowd at a glance.

When Li Xiu saw Pei Ji in the crowd, he was shocked and immediately understood what was going on. It seemed that Pei Ji had already planned to take action, but Li Xiu did not expect that he was so brave and actually burned the palace. He just didn't know which palace was burned, so how did Pei Ji plan to transfer Li Shimin away?

"Your Majesty, the people in the Sword Hall are too talkative. It is really not suitable for you to stay for more. Please move to Liangyi Hall!" At this moment, Pei Ji stood up to salute Li Shimin.

The Tingling Hall is next to the Taimiao, and is also in the southeast corner of the imperial city. Here we should explain that the imperial city is divided into two parts. The second half is where Li Shimin lives and works, that is, the Tai Chi Palace. The first half of the imperial city is some of the most core administrative agencies of the imperial court, as well as some important palace buildings, such as the Shangshu Province, which will serve as supervisors, Honglu Temple, Taimiao, etc., which are all in the first half of the imperial city.

Tai Chi Palace is the place where the emperor lives and works, and is equivalent to the emperor's private place, so it is naturally very strict. In contrast, the first half of the imperial city has many institutions and different identities. Some important ministers can even bring people into the imperial city at will. Many people need to go to the Secretariat or work as supervisors to do business. In this way, the defense will naturally be much looser. Even if the Temple of the Spirit has strengthened its guard, it still cannot be compared with Tai Chi Palace.

"Please move your Majesty!" When the other ministers heard Pei Ji's words, they all came forward to agree. It was the mourning period of Li Yuan, which could be said to be very special. But at this time, the palace caught fire, which made many people smell the smell of conspiracy. However, no matter what, there is definitely nothing wrong to ensure Li Shimin's safety now.

Li Shimin frowned when he heard this. Although he knew that Pei Ji and others were also considering the country of the Tang Dynasty, after all, in this unknown situation, the wisest way was to protect his safety. However, he was an emperor at the moment, and he had already rushed over the battlefield, so he was naturally not afraid of any danger.

But at this moment, suddenly, the people sent out rushed to report: "Your Majesty, it is Da'an Palace that caught the fire!"

"What?" When he heard that the fire was Da'an Palace, Li Shimin's eyebrows stood up all of a sudden, and the ministers below were even more talking. After all, Da'an Palace was Li Yuan's bedroom for years, but now as soon as Li Yuan died, Da'an Palace caught fire. If someone deliberately did it, then this person must have ulterior motives. If it was just a fire caused by unintentionality, it would only be worse, because it is very likely that someone would use the theory of ghosts and gods to trigger rumors that are unfavorable to Li Shimin.

"I'm going to Da'an Palace in person!" Li Shimin immediately ordered that as soon as Li Yuan died, a fire broke out in Da'an Palace. If there were no ghosts in this, I'm afraid no one would believe it. At least Li Shimin believed that someone must have made trouble, so he had to find out the people behind this matter so that he could understand that the emperor's majesty cannot be violated!

Although Li Shimin appeared calm, everyone could see that Li Shimin was also furious at this time, so no one dared to say anything else. At that moment, the guards in the Temple of Stomping immediately gathered together and escorted Li Shimin to Da'an Palace. Even Empress Changsun was sent back to Tai Chi Palace by Li Shimin. After all, he was worried that there was really any conspiracy.

Li Shimin left, and some of the ministers, such as Fang Xuanling and others, also followed him to Da'an Palace. Pei Ji was responsible for presiding over Li Yuan's funeral. Now that Li Shimin is not here, he naturally took on the task of guarding the Lingling Temple. Because Li Shimin's guards were taken away, the Lingling Temple was also somewhat insufficient, so Pei Ji summoned the remaining guards and reassigned them a little. Although Pei Ji was a civil servant, when Li Yuan raised his army, he had often followed the army to fight, so he was very familiar with military affairs.

Li Xiu kept watching Pei Ji's performance quietly, but he doubted whether Pei Ji had taken this opportunity to send the fake Li Yuan in. After all, the entire Spirit Hall is under his control now, so it is not difficult to secretly let someone in.

However, just after Pei Ji had handled other affairs in the Spirit Hall, he suddenly walked to Li Xiu and said, "Mr. Concubine, there has been such a big change in the palace. I am worried that the Supreme Emperor's body should be taken in together, right?"

The mourning hall is divided into two parts, front and back, and Li Yuan's coffin is parked behind it. Only on the first seventh day will other people be allowed to pay tribute to Li Yuan's face. Usually, no one is allowed to enter. Of course, occasionally someone has to go in and organize the face for Li Yuan to prevent any insects and ants from hurting Li Yuan's body. After all, even the palace cannot prevent termites, mice, etc.

"This... OK!" Li Xiu hesitated for a moment when he heard this, and finally nodded. In fact, he was also very curious about Pei Ji's technique. Even though the Spirit Hall had been controlled by Pei Ji, it was not easy to exchange the real and fake Li Yuan and send Li Yuan out of the palace under so many guards.

Seeing Li Xiu agreeing, Pei Ji also showed a smile that you know me. It was too late and there were not many people guarding him. Li Xiu was the person Li Shimin trusted the most, and Pei Ji was the person Li Yuan trusted the most, so it was normal for them to go in and check Li Yuan’s body, and it did not attract much attention.

At that moment, Li Xiu and Pei Ji lifted up the curtains and finally arrived at the place where Li Yuan's coffin was placed. The lid of the coffin was not covered, and before the burial, the coffin was forbidden to land. Therefore, the entire coffin was placed on a high platform. If you want to see the situation in the coffin, you must walk up the steps.

At that moment, Li Xiu and Pei Ji climbed up to the platform together, and then looked into the coffin. However, what Li Xiu never expected was that the coffin where the body was originally placed was empty, which scared him to death. How could Li Yuan's body disappear?
Chapter completed!