Chang 'an City.
Daxing Palace, Taiji Palace.
" Bang…!!!!"
"Preposterous! You've gone too far, you've gone too far!"
The news of Li Ke's assassination was immediately reported to Li Shi Min.
Li Shi Min's face was filled with rage as he stared at the kneeling Golden Guards with killing intent."Go! Seize the Arab embassy for This Emperor. Don't let a single Arab escape from Chang 'an. If any of them escape, bring their heads to This Emperor!!”
"Yes!"
The Golden Guards lowered their heads to receive the decree, then quickly left the hall. They gathered their forces and headed straight for the Arab quarters.
"Fang Xuanling, Zhangsun Wuji, Li Jing, Li Ji, Cheng Yaojin, Ma Zhou…!”
When the top officials of the Great Tang hurried to Taiji Palace, they saw Li Shiming sitting there with a livid face, like a tiger that was about to eat its prey.
"Tell me, if I cancel the conquest of Liaodong, how soon can I transfer the army to the Western Regions?”
" This…!!"
The ministers had arrived in a hurry and did not have time to know what had happened. They looked at each other when they heard this.
Fang Xuanling also did not know what was going on, but he knew that the battle of Liaodong could not be retreated. Retreating would weaken the country's morale. Regardless of whether the war would end or not, this battle had already been prepared and had to be fought.
"Your Majesty, the Goguryeons are rampant and reckless. The war in Liaodong is inevitable and cannot be withdrawn!”
Li Shi Min was furious. He picked up something and threw it out,"Arabia dared to assassinate my son in Chang 'an, so what can a mere Goguryeo do?”
Goguryeo had been a great threat to the Central Plains since the Sui Dynasty, and it had been irreconcilable since the Great Tang.
Li Shimin wanted to destroy Goguryeo and personally led the whole country to attack.
It was only during Lee Zhi's reign that Goguryeo was completely destroyed.
All the officials were in disbelief.
"What is it? Is it the Crown Prince?" Zhangsun Wuji's eyes flashed with panic. If the Crown Prince was assassinated, his Zhangsun Clan's position would be in danger.
"Your Majesty, this subject requests an imperial edict to capture the Ruler of Arabia and bring him back to the Great Tang so that he can personally apologize to Your Majesty!!”Li Jing knelt down and begged.
……
Seeing that everyone was filled with righteous indignation, Li Shiming's anger subsided a little. He said coldly,"
"The Supreme Court has reported that the Arab envoy was afraid of the King of Wu's western expedition, so he tried to assassinate the King of Wu. However, he was shot dead by the King of Wu and the rest were captured.”
Li Shi Min slammed the table and gritted his teeth,"Arabia? Arabia! How dare you assassinate my son! Do you really think I can't destroy your country?”
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. Li Shimin stood up angrily and said without caring about the consequences,"Send a decree to Goguryeo to thank Arabia for taking the blame! I want to personally lead an expedition and destroy Arabia! Cough cough cough…"
A series of violent coughs almost caused Li Shiming's heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys to cough out.
When he was young, Li Shimin was the commander of the Black Armor Army, leading the charge, leaving behind many old wounds.
As he grew older, these old injuries continued to increase, so much so that Li Shimin was only forty-seven years old, but his body was getting weaker and weaker.
Li Shi Min didn't know that his life had already begun to count down.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has fainted! Quickly call the imperial physician!"
Taiji Palace fell into chaos.
……
When Li Ke received the news and rushed to the palace, it was already late at night.
"Greetings, King Wu!"
"Greetings, Your Highness Wu Wang!"
……
Amidst the salutations, Li Ke frowned as he walked towards the group of civil and military officials. He swept his gaze over them and locked onto Li Zhi."Why did Imperial Father suddenly faint?"
Facing Li Ke's question, Li Zhi instinctively wanted to rebuke the other party.
However, Li Ke's gaze was like a bucket of cold water, causing him to wake up in an instant.
Zhangsun Wuji had secretly warned him before that now was not the time to get into a conflict with Li Ke.
Li Ke was the Heavenly Strategy General and had military power. If a conflict broke out at this time, he would not benefit at all.
"When Imperial Father heard that Imperial Brother had been assassinated by Arabia, he was so angry that he couldn't catch his breath and fainted. The imperial physician said that he only needed to recuperate for a period of time and that he would be fine!”
"Yes!"
Li Ke withdrew his gaze and strode into Taiji Palace.
"Your Highness Wu Wang, His Majesty has just woken up and needs to rest. It's best not to disturb him.”Zhangsun Wuji gently moved his feet and stood in front of Li Ke as he spoke softly.
Li Ke walked up to Zhangsun Wuji without stopping and said expressionlessly,""I will go in and serve you personally. The Crown Prince will also go.”
Seeing that Li Ke wanted to force his way in, the Golden Guards immediately blocked him.
"Move aside!" Li Ke tried hard to suppress his anger.
Zhangsun Wuji was about to say something when a eunuch walked out and said,""His Majesty summons His Highness King Wu into the palace!"
This time, Zhangsun Wuji could no longer stop it.
Li Ke still stared at Zhangsun Wuji and said coldly,""I know you're afraid that I'll seize the crown prince's position again. Don't worry, there are also people who want me to stay in the Great Tang. Compared to hating you, I won't let them have their way!”
On the way to the Imperial Palace, Li Ke kept recalling what had happened.
Everything seemed normal, but for some reason, Li Ke felt that there was a pair of invisible hands pushing and fiddling with the whole thing.
The Arab assassination had come at the right time, and Li Shiming's sudden fainting was too much of a coincidence.
The originally hopeless position of Crown Prince seemed to have become blurred with Li Shimin's coma.
"You want me to stay in the Great Tang? Or do you want me to target Arabia and ignore India? No matter what it is, I will tell you to stop dreaming!”
Li Ke strode into Taiji Palace and looked at Li Shiming, who was sitting on the dragon throne with a pale face. He felt a mix of emotions.
"Your son greets Imperial Father. May Imperial Father live forever!”
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