Chapter 67 But what he shouldn't want is my life

Chu Chengye shook his head, and a smile appeared on his face

that he didn't even notice. "She has a bad temper. If you wake her up, I'm afraid she won't be able to rest all day."

Wei An saw that Chu Chengye was not angry about Cheng Jin's presumptuous behavior, but seemed to be in a good mood.

He couldn't guess what the master was doing. Wei An nodded and continued to ask:

"Then will the emperor go to another palace to rest now, or wait for Concubine Rong to wake up?"

Chu Chengye shook his head, "Don't bother, I will go to rest after Concubine Rong wakes up."

"She went to bed early yesterday, and it is estimated that she will wake up soon."

Wei An wanted to persuade him, but seeing Chu Chengye's firm attitude, he had to shut up.

Chu Chengye picked up a memorial and asked Wei An about the recent investigation in the Dali Temple.

"Li Shen still doesn't want to say anything?"

Wei An nodded, "Yes, the Dali Temple used all kinds of torture, but they couldn't pry open General Li's mouth."

"That's natural. Li Shen came back from the vassal state with me. His endurance is even inferior to mine."

"I really can't figure it out. I treated him so well. If it weren't for Li Shen, I'm afraid it would be difficult for me to come back from the vassal state alone. Why did he help others to assassinate me?"

Chu Chengye couldn't figure it out for so many days. He rubbed his eyebrows.

"I can give him whatever he wants. He wants power. At most, I can set a precedent for a person of a different surname to be crowned king."

"But he shouldn't want my life."

Wei An comforted him, "Your Majesty, why bother about General Li? In this world, the only chasm that can never be filled is desire." "

But I did find out one thing. Although it has nothing to do with who ordered it, I roughly know why General Li wanted to assassinate Your Majesty."

Chu Chengye looked up at Wei An.

"When the emperor first ascended the throne, he dealt with several traitors in the court. They were the soldiers who fought with the emperor. I'm afraid General Li became suspicious at that time."

Chu Chengye said angrily, "Those people have limited abilities and are greedy. They deserve to die."

Wei An agreed, "But everyone in the court says that General Li's achievements are greater than the emperor. If General Li had become the leader at that time, I'm afraid that Southern Qi would have to change its surname."

"What nonsense!" Chu Chengye lowered his voice and roared, "Li Shen was also loyal to me at the time."

"Who spread such rumors? Kill this gossiper for me!"

"Your Majesty, calm down." Wei Anan soothed Chu Chengye's emotions and continued, "Although General Li is loyal, he can't withstand the rumors in the court."

"At that time, the emperor wanted to eliminate the rebels and change the government. There were rumors in the court that the emperor was afraid that General Li would surpass him and have too much power, and he might have to kill General Li to establish his authority. It is estimated that it was at this time that the villain took advantage of the opportunity to sow discord between the emperor and General Li."

"If I was really jealous, how could I hand over the military power to him, and how could I give him official titles and endless wealth and glory."

Chu Chengye was furious after hearing these words.

Li Shen, Li Shen, you are smart for a while, but you are stupid for the rest of your life.

If he really helped that person kill himself, how could he survive alone.

Chu Chengye slapped the table, and then thought of Cheng Jin sleeping, and suppressed his voice.

"Stupid!"

"Your Majesty, don't be angry. The Dali Temple is still investigating."

"Lord Zhen, it seems that there is some clue about the death of Xiao Shunzi in prison last time."

"It seems to be the same, the same..." Wei An hesitated, but didn't know how to start.

Chu Chengye stared at Chu Chengye fiercely, "Hurry up and tell me."

"A prisoner died in the dungeon a few days ago. He was a criminal of the previous dynasty. He was good friends with Grand Tutor Fu before. Grand Tutor Fu had arranged for the jailers to take good care of him, and he had been visiting him since then. But after Xiao Shunzi died, Grand Tutor Fu never went again."

Wei An knelt on the ground.

"I know that Master Fu is the emperor's teacher. These words are all guessed by me after I have found out. I am afraid that there are mistakes. I hope the emperor will forgive me."

Chu Chengye frowned and stared at the tea on the table. He seemed to be thinking about something. His right hand kept stroking the ring in his hand.

Master Fu.

He should have doubted his good teacher a long time ago.

That day, when he listened to Cheng Jin's voice in the court, he realized that Fu Hong, who he thought was one of the few teachers in the world who truly treated him, would also be on the list.

Who knew that he was so ambitious and actually planned so much.

"Go and tell Master Fu to come to the palace to see me."

Wei An explained: "The Dali Temple has already reported it two days ago. Master Fu said that he was ill and could not see the emperor. He said he was sick when he went to court yesterday."

Can't see the emperor?

How seriously ill is he that he is afraid to come to the palace to see himself?

Maybe he is not ill, but is thinking about how to harm himself next?

Chu Chengye held the armrest of the couch with one hand, clenched his fist, and suddenly coughed twice in anger.

Wei An hurried forward to hand Chu Chengye water.

"Your Majesty, it's just a rumor now. Your Majesty doesn't need to be angry about this."

How could Chu Chengye not be angry.

The two people he trusted most, one was a brother who lived and died together, and the other was the teacher he respected and admired the most.

One after another, they wanted to kill him.

How could he not be angry?

Chu Chengye covered his mouth with his sleeves and coughed violently a few more times.

This anger seemed to come up from his internal organs and rushed straight to Chu Chengye's throat.

He took a sip of tea and barely suppressed the urge to cough.

Chu Chengye coughed muffledly.

Wei An advised Chu Chengye, "Anger is harmful to the body, Your Majesty, I'd better call a royal doctor to take a look."

Chu Chengye stopped Wei An who was about to leave, "There are so many eyes in this palace staring at me, wanting to see my life. I'm afraid most people in this royal hospital can't be trusted, so I can't go."

What Chu Chengye said was indeed reasonable. The people in the palace had ulterior motives. If they wanted to kill Chu Chengye, it would be best to start from the Imperial Hospital. I'm afraid everyone in the Imperial Hospital wanted to get the first-hand news that Chu Chengye was not in good health.

But now without asking the imperial physician, Chu Chengye's cough became more and more severe, and he couldn't suppress it.

Wei An stood by, anxious, and inadvertently saw Cheng Jin still sleeping soundly in bed.

This Concubine Rong sleeps too well.

The emperor just said that Concubine Rong went to bed early yesterday and would wake up later, but he talked to the emperor here for so long, and Concubine Rong didn't turn over to show any signs of waking up.

Chu Chengye noticed the look in Wei An's eyes when he looked at Cheng Jin, and called him.

"No need to call her. I know my own health. I just have a cough, it's nothing serious."

"I'll just rest for a while nearby. Don't wake her up."

Wei An had no choice but to agree.

Chu Chengye suppressed his voice and coughed softly. He seemed to sense something was wrong, and a rusty taste came from his throat.

Chu Chengye guessed the bad imagination in his heart, pretended to be relaxed and picked up the teacup and held it in his hand, wanting to drink some water to suppress the strangeness in his throat.

But before the water reached his mouth, Chu Chengye couldn't control himself anymore and coughed up a mouthful of blood into the water.

The purple-black blood spread in the tea.