Yuchi Fan had already secretly sent people to keep an eye on the palace eunuchs. Now, with Li Shimin's order, he found out all the details about the eunuch in less than an hour.
Therefore, just as Li Shimin and Yuchi Jingde were having lunch, Yuchi Fan came with his men to report.
"Your Majesty, the details of this person have been thoroughly investigated!"
"This man is a eunuch from the Yeting Palace. He entered the palace to serve in the third year of the Wude era and once served Consort Wei and Consort Yang. Later, he was demoted to serve in the Yeting Palace for violating palace rules!"
"Consort Wei and Consort Yang?"
Li Shimin was stunned when he heard this. In his memory, these two concubines were virtuous and should not be involved in the struggle for the throne, right?
"Investigate thoroughly again to see if he has any dealings with people outside the palace!"
"Your Majesty, I have specifically investigated and there is indeed no evidence that this person is colluding with people outside the palace."
"this……"
Even if Yuchi Jingde was stupid, he would have figured out something from what he heard.
"Your Majesty, perhaps this person is just a scapegoat, and the real mastermind is still at large!"
Upon hearing this, Li Shimin looked at Yuchi Jingde with considerable surprise.
"Huh!"
"Yuchi Jingde, when did you become so smart?"
Upon hearing this, Yuchi Jingde smiled awkwardly and then pointed to his sleeve.
"Of course it's the effect of the elixir!"
In fact, before coming here, Yuchi Jingde had specifically met with Li Jing, who then analyzed the case with him and predicted what might happen in the future.
Li Jing, worthy of being called the Great Tang Military Genius, explained the matter clearly with just a few words, and even told Yuchi Jingde about several possible scenarios.
The current state of the Yeting Palace is one of the contingency plans provided by Li Jing.
Li Shimin had no doubts and genuinely believed that this guy had become more intelligent after taking the elixir, which made him even more eager for the elixir.
"Yuchi Fan, did you hear that? You should learn more from your uncle in the future!"
Upon hearing this, Yuchi Fan quickly clasped his hands in a salute to Yuchi Jingde and then humbly asked for his guidance.
"May I ask, Second Uncle, what will they do next?"
Yuchi Jingde stroked his beard in a pretentious manner.
"I suspect they might kill even more people next..."
"To kill even more people?"
"Yes!"
"You'd better send someone to keep an eye on the three provinces and six ministries, in case someone poisons the food!"
"ah?"
Upon hearing this, Yu Chi Fan's face was filled with disbelief.
"That's unlikely, isn't it?"
"The Imperial Kitchen has strict rules, and no one can poison the food!"
Li Shimin also questioned this statement.
"Yuchi Jingde, you're exaggerating. I don't believe they have that kind of guts!"
However, no sooner had the two finished speaking than Zhang Anan rushed over.
"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! All the officials in the Ministry of Justice have been poisoned!"
"What?"
Upon hearing this, Li Shimin disregarded everything and immediately ran outside like a madman.
Yuchi Jingde and Yuchi Fan followed closely behind Li Shimin, fearing that the emperor might encounter danger.
The group quickly arrived at the Ministry of Justice, where they found officials lying in the courtyard being fed excrement by the Imperial Medical Academy, making the entire Ministry of Justice compound reek.
"how so!"
Li Shimin covered his nose with his hand and took a few steps back, then questioned Zhang Liang, the Minister of Justice, who was standing to the side.
"Your Majesty, I have no idea. This happened when I returned to the Ministry of Justice this afternoon."
What did you do at noon?
"Your Majesty, this humble subject has gone to Li Shiji's house for a drink..."
Upon hearing this, Li Shimin ignored Zhang Liang and instead gave Yuchi Fan a look. Yuchi Fan immediately led his men to seal off the Ministry of Justice compound and also sent men to seal off the Imperial Kitchen.
Seeing that the matter could not be investigated clearly in a day or two, Yuchi Jingde immediately pulled Li Shimin away.
"Your Majesty, this place is filthy. Let's leave first and come back when we have some leads!"
Li Shimin nodded upon hearing this, but did not leave immediately. Instead, he summoned the imperial physicians and ordered them to do everything in their power to save the person.
"These are all my trusted advisors; it would break my heart to lose any one of them!"
"You must do everything in your power to save them. You can get any precious medicine you need from the warehouse!"
"promise!"
Li Shimin deliberately spoke loudly so that those who were vomiting on the ground could hear him.
Although no one expressed their gratitude at that moment, he knew that these people would surely be thankful to him in their hearts.
After finishing his performance, Li Shimin hurriedly made his escape, but after walking a few dozen feet, he suddenly turned back to look at Yuchi Jingde.
"Huh!"
How did you guess this?
"I……"
"This humble subject has naturally taken the elixir..."
Upon hearing this, Li Shimin immediately rebuked him angrily.
"roll!"
"Stop trying to fool me with those idiotic excuses. Tell me the truth, did Li Jing give you some advice?"
Seeing that he could not hide it from Li Shimin, Yuchi Jingde had no choice but to honestly admit it.
"To be honest, Your Majesty, the Duke of Wei did indeed analyze this matter for me..."
Li Shimin nodded in agreement upon hearing this, and then asked further questions with great curiosity.
What else did he say?
"Your Majesty, the Duke of Wei said that this matter is impossible to investigate thoroughly, and even if it is investigated to the end, the result will be far from what Your Majesty wants."
"oh?"
"The Duke of Wei also said that the most worrying thing about this matter is that it might involve the Crown Prince or people close to him."
"Therefore, the Duke of Wei asked me to advise Your Majesty to suppress this matter as soon as possible and not to send anyone to investigate it."
Li Shimin's expression suddenly turned cold upon hearing these words.
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