Chapter 376: Eliminating the Last Cancer
After today, Li Tianzhuo would take Deng Youning with him every day when he went to court. Occasionally, Deng Youning played too late with Jun Wenying and Han Xinxin at night and could not get up, so she would not go to court with Li Tianzhuo.
Although she was a princess from a foreign country, she could enter and leave the Nanqin Palace freely, even some forbidden areas.
Although she and Li Tianzhuo did not have a grand ceremony or get married, everyone in Nanxin knew that she was the future queen.
Even the palace maids and eunuchs showed great respect to her when they saw her.
But everyone still calls her Princess Dongji.
A minister once asked Li Tianzhuo why he didn't marry Deng Youning, and he simply replied that he would not be able to sit on the throne for many days.
The ministers didn't understand what he meant, but they all advised him to take care of his health.
Li Tianzhuo just smiled and said nothing.
Han Xinxin has also been in Yuncheng.
Her Xiangrongfang is doing very well.
After everyone knew her true identity, they had an even better impression of Xiang Rong Fang. It was an honor for all of them to be able to wear clothes made of the same fabric as the Emperor and Princess Dongji.
Everyone seemed to be stockpiling goods, wishing they could bring them home in cartloads.
Moreover, no one is so blind as to dare to offend Xiang Rongfang, Han Xinxin and Jiang Yu.
During the business, the feelings between the two grew stronger. Jiang Yu had already asked for leave from Li Tianzhuo, and planned to go back to Dongji with Han Xinxin at the beginning of next month to meet her parents and propose marriage.
I also went back to buy some more goods.
Now, Nanxin's diplomacy with various countries is very stable and prosperous. Li Tianzhuo naturally doesn't need Jiang Yu, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, to do anything. He just raises his hand and gives him a two-month long vacation.
Deng Yan'an and Jun Wenying also planned to go back with them this time.
But they were still a little worried about Deng Youning staying alone in Nanxin.
Li Tianzhuo was also seizing the opportunity. He wanted to train Li Shen to succeed him, but he had not told King Yi about this yet, fearing that King Yi would not allow it.
After all, smart people know that the throne is not a good thing!
After the four people from Dongji left, Nanxin entered an abnormally severe winter.
For some unknown reason, Nanxin, which is located in the tropics, has experienced natural disasters such as snowfall and hail many times this year.
The people were not prepared at all and had no resistance to the cold. They didn't even have cotton clothes or charcoal fires to survive the winter. People were frostbitten or frozen to death almost every day.
Even Deng Youning and Li Tianzhuo in the palace felt very cold and shivered every day.
Seeing that Deng Youning was rubbing her arms because of the cold, Li Tianzhuo protected her in his arms with his cloak and hugged her tightly.
"Will this be better?" he asked in a soothing voice.
Deng Youning sighed, "I've read the memorials submitted recently. The people are having a hard time because they don't have enough charcoal. I don't know when the aid from Lu Zhaoye and my cousin will be delivered."
Nanxin did not have enough cotton and charcoal, so Li Tianzhuo immediately wrote letters to Dongji and Xilei to purchase them.
When something happens, find your brothers first. They are reliable in any situation!
"It's almost there. Don't worry. They are transporting it non-stop."
Li Tianzhuo is more anxious than Deng Youning.
At this moment, they heard King Yi's voice.
He was now very skilled in using this mechanical wheelchair and slid over quickly.
"Sixth brother, sister-in-law, look what good things big brother has given you!"
As he spoke, he pulled out two pairs of leather gloves from his arms as if he were presenting treasures.
"I took Shen'er hunting a few days ago. We happened to catch a nest of rabbits. He made gloves for the four of us. These are for the two of you. Wear them to keep warm."
Li Tianzhuo took the gloves and put them on Deng Youning first.
Rabbit fur has been processed to make it softer and warmer, and it really feels warm when you put your hand in it.
Not bad, Deng Youning was very satisfied.
As the three were talking, a palace maid came over with a fruit plate.
They had no appetite yet, so they asked the maid to put the food down and leave, but the maid did not leave.
"Why don't you go down? Is there anything you want to report?"
Careful Li Tianzhuo asked another question.
"Your Majesty, someone froze to death in the palace today. Eunuch Cai said that he wanted you to go over and see how to deal with it." The palace maid spoke cautiously, fearing that she would anger Li Tianzhuo.
Li Tianzhuo did look a little angry.
"You need me to see such a small matter? What do you all do for a living?"
The maid knelt down immediately.
Fortunately, Li Tianzhuo was not really angry.
"Ningning, stay with big brother for a while. I'll be back soon." Before leaving, he did not forget to coax Deng Youning in a low voice.
Seeing him stand up and walk out, the palace maid followed him and revealed her original face.
She gradually took out a dagger from her wide sleeves, as if she wanted to kill Li Tianzhuo.
Fortunately, Prince Yi, who was sitting in a wheelchair, was facing Li Tianzhuo and could see the palace maid's movements clearly.
He hurriedly yelled: "Sixth brother, be careful!"
Without waiting for Li Tianzhuo to react, he suddenly pounced on the palace maid and had already pinned her to the ground. However, the knife had pierced into his back without him noticing at some point.
The bullet hit Wang Yi's heart without any deviation, killing him instantly.
“Brother!”
When Li Tianzhuo ran over, Yi Wang spat out a mouthful of blood, stared with unwilling eyes, and tried to pull Li Tianzhuo's hand.
"Shen...Shen'er..."
He was entrusting his son to someone else before he died, but before he could finish his words, he died.
Deng Youning also quickly captured the palace maid.
The other party wanted to commit suicide by taking poison, but was saved in time by Deng Youning's Hundred Poisons.
"Tell me, who sent you to assassinate His Majesty?" Deng Youning asked angrily.
Li Tianzhuo also stood up with tears in his eyes and looked at the palace maid angrily.
One of the only three people in this world who were related to me by blood has died.
Excluding the girl Li Qinghuan, now in the entire Nanxin royal family, there are only two bloodlines left, him and Li Shen.
"Investigate, I must find out who sent her!" Li Tianzhuo ordered angrily.
Since he ascended the throne, he also taught the interrogation methods of the Dongji Silver Dragon Guard to private soldiers like Lao Geng.
They must pry open the mouth of this palace maid! The court of Nanxin has not been cleared up yet, and the assassins have entered the palace. This is a big deal.
Upon learning that his father had died, little Li Shen was hit much harder than Li Tianzhuo.
But after that, he became more mature and stable.
Although he is less than eight years old, his intelligence has surpassed that of many adults. Even Deng Youning and Li Tianzhuo sometimes lament that he is a child prodigy.
Born into a royal family, how could one not be meticulous?
On the seventh day after Wang Yi's death, under Li Tianzhuo's severe punishment, the palace maid confessed the real culprit.
It was the old miracle doctor Gong Yang who had previously treated Deng Youning’s foot bones.
As Yuan Gu's grandfather, he saved the life of the executioner when the Yuan family was implicated and luckily escaped.
During this year, he had been planning to kill Li Tianzhuo for revenge.
In the end, it didn't work.
This time, Li Tianzhuo was completely forced into a corner. He issued another decree to kill all those who were on good terms with the Yuan family, which was the so-called extermination of ten clans.
From now on, anyone who dares to mention Yuan Gu and the Yuan family will be imprisoned for a few days.
In order to avoid suspicion, many families with the surname Yuan changed their surnames to homophonic characters such as Yuan, Yuan, and Yuan.
From then on, until the New Year, the whole of Nanxin was stable.
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