Not long after taking the medicine and falling asleep, Li Yuanfang, as the old imperial physician had determined, had a fever in the middle of the night!
In a daze, she got up and took a febrifuge soup.
Li Yuanfang slept until his belly was white and he woke up in good spirits.
Dressed neatly and coming out of the master bedroom, Li Yuanfang saw An Zuo and An You fighting in the courtyard with their bare hands.
The courtyard had been cleaned up, and the corpses and bloodstains had been removed.
Li Yuanfang nodded in satisfaction.
"This subordinate pays his respects to Your Highness!"
The twins glanced at Li Yuanfang from the corner of their eyes and immediately stopped their attacks and came forward to pay their respects.
"Did you get anything from the survivors?”Li Yuanfang asked directly.
"..." The two of them shook their heads with ugly expressions.
"Not a single clue?" Li Yuanfang sighed and asked unwillingly.
Anzo and Anyou smiled bitterly as they reported the situation.
"After falling into our hands, the thief refused to speak no matter what.”
"They were transferred to Marquis Wu, who was in charge of managing the Longevity Extension Workshop…The two survivors very decisively committed suicide by consuming poison.”
"This is a method commonly used by death warriors. The seven people who were killed last night were carefully nurtured.”
"I even suspect that the time when the last two survivors committed suicide was more like a deliberate provocation.”
"If it's really as we speculated, the mastermind is hidden very deeply, and Master should find him to be on guard.”
The wheel of fortune turns, and a bitter smile comes to my house.
After listening to the twins 'analysis of the attack, Li Yuanfang also smiled bitterly.
"How can I not know how to take precautions? Should I ask Imperial Brother for a few more people or find a few more Jianghu experts to guard my house?”
"Forget it, the guards in the residence cannot be increased for the time being. I can only trouble you to spend more effort. However, how did you come to the conclusion that you deliberately stirred up trouble?”
"Brother, you tell me." An You touched the tip of his nose.”
Anzo was pushed by his younger brother and sighed helplessly.
"I heard that you had a quarrel with Lord Hou Junji. This must be the reason why they're deliberately stirring up trouble.”
"It seems like there were a few arguments, but no one would kill someone over a few arguments.”Li Yuanfang was speechless.
"No, this subordinate feels that the men of sacrifice are trying to push some of the blame onto Hou Junji. This will make the investigation even more confusing and make Hou Junji hate you.”An You blinked innocently.
"In any case, Lord Hou Junji won't be able to escape the blame for his poor management.”Anzo shrugged and added nonchalantly.
Li Yuanfang was getting frustrated. He didn't even eat breakfast and directly called for people to go into the palace with Dong Zi.
In the Imperial Palace, on the palace road.
Li Yuan Fang, who had entered the palace to thank the Emperor, met the Head Chief of the Imperial Attendants, Feng Le, on his way.
"Greetings, Your Highness. Your Highness looks good.”
"It's all thanks to the medicine that the old imperial physician prescribed. Otherwise, if the fever in the middle of the night wasn't treated in time, I'm afraid I would have been sick for a few days.”
Li Yuanfang said courteously. Feng Le was, after all, the Emperor's favorite person, so there was no need to rush to offend him. One must know that most of the inner servants were very vengeful.
Feng Le blinked her eyes in surprise and made an inviting gesture as she spoke.
"I see. No wonder your face is a little pale and you can't talk anymore. His Majesty has been waiting in the royal study for a long time.”
"Thank you."
……
In a short while…
Under Feng Le's lead, Li Yuanfang successfully entered the royal study.
As soon as he stepped through the door, he could see Li Shimin dealing with government affairs from afar.
Speaking of which, he seemed to have promised Li Shiming that he could leave the residence for a short stay, but he would return to the palace for a few days every once in a while.
Due to various reasons, he had never returned after leaving the palace.
On the contrary, Li Shimin, Empress Zhangsun, his nephew and niece had come out of the palace to visit him.
Thinking of this, Li Yuan Fang felt a little embarrassed and bowed to Li Shi Min politely.
"Greetings, Your Majesty."
As he thought about it, Li Shi Min finally noticed Li Yuan Fang.
Before this, no matter who it was, no one dared to disturb Li Shiming when he was focused on reading the memorial.
"Yuan Fang is here!"
Seeing Li Yuan Fang's expression, Li Shi Min's eyes were filled with helplessness. This kind of helplessness was derived from not being able to find the mastermind of the attack.
Li Shi Min patted the seat next to him, gesturing for Li Yuan Fang to sit down beside him.
"Were you hurt last night?"
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty.”
Li Yuan Fang awkwardly scratched his head. As long as Li Shi Min didn't use the imperial power to pressure him and continued to treat him sincerely, he would be helpless against this kind of person.
"Ai, the person who was handed over to Hou Junji has committed suicide, and the clues have come to an abrupt end. I'm sorry that I wasn't able to find out who wanted to kill you!”
As Li Shimin said this, he thought of Empress Zhangsun's words.
Judging from Li Yuanfang's age, the biggest possibility was that he had taken the blame for this assassination.
Li Shi Min agreed with this point of view.
Li Yuanfang's eyes widened in surprise and he quickly retorted.
"No, no, the people who targeted my brother still left some clues.”
"What clues?"
Li Shi Min asked curiously.
Li Yuanfang smiled faintly and tried to fool his cheap brother.
"You're the ruler of the Great Tang, but even you can't find any clues. This can only mean one thing.”
"The mastermind is deeply rooted in the Tang Empire and has a certain amount of power and manpower.”
Li Shi Min thought about it seriously, and after a long while, he looked at Li Yuan Fang with admiration.
"This analysis is very reasonable. I suddenly have a new direction to investigate, but…"
"…Hmm?"
Li Yuanfang raised his eyebrows.'But what the hell? Don't be so breathless when you speak.'
Li Shiming coughed lightly, his eyes showing a hint of reprimand.
"I heard that in the apprenticeship gift you gave to Minister Xiao, there was a special kind of meat strip that was very chewy and especially fragrant.”
"Yes, there is indeed such a thing.”
"Minister Xiao showed off to me, so should Yuanfang give me some too?”
“……”
Li Yuanfang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He didn't expect Li Shiming to ask him for food so honestly. This was a little weird.
"Hmm, the secret meat strips are too troublesome, and the things that need to be prepared are too troublesome. How about this? I heard that a wild boar was sent to the palace today. How about this little brother offer a fresh meal?”
Hearing Li Yuan Fang's words, Li Shi Min narrowed his eyes and fell silent for a while. Then, he laughed and patted Li Yuan Fang's shoulder.
"Alright, deal."
"You have to prepare the ingredients for this dish. You must know that a clever housewife can't cook without rice.”
"Hahaha…"
Li Shi Min instantly understood. He laughed and told Li Yuan Fang that he could let Feng Hai prepare whatever he needed.
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