"I'm not the mastermind. Listen to me, I'm really not the mastermind. I really don't know what happened, but I was dragged in by these people. Let me see the emperor..."
When he noticed Li Xiang's gaze, Li Yuangui immediately knelt on the ground. Even an entire family could be exterminated, so what was his status? Even if he was Li Shimin's biological brother, he had to die when it was time to die.
Originally, this guy thought that he could at least keep his life by relying on his identity. After all, he had never done anything similar before. This time he was indeed not the mastermind, but he just had thoughts that he shouldn't have had.
"According to seniority, I should call you Grandpa. Can't the prosperity of Chang'an City support you? The treatment of a prince in the court has been repeatedly raised, but you still got involved in such a matter. This shows that you are greedy enough. There are many idle nobles like you in Chang'an City. If you were to be released, how many people do you think would stray from the right path?"
As soon as Li Xiang finished speaking, Li Yuangui knew what the outcome would be. Even if he was not the mastermind, even if he had excusable circumstances, but now that he was on the verge of death, he could not continue to live.
"I can lead the team to meritorious service. I also know some other things. Around Chang'an City, they also have..."
"There are also two manors that have a group of warriors they trained. The Imperial City Office knows everything you know. Do you think we didn't know about your two trips outside the city? It's just that we didn't think of stopping at that time, and now we have come forward. The two manors you mentioned were already confiscated last night."
After hearing Li Xiang's words, Li Yuangui's face was filled with horror. He originally thought that what he had done was very secret, and he also wanted to use this as his life-saving talisman. As long as he told everyone about the Arab Empire's manors around Chang'an City, it would be considered as a meritorious service for his crime.
But I didn't expect that this was simply impossible. If you were allowed to survive, the nobles in Chang'an City would become even more free and undisciplined. If you encountered such collusion with foreign countries, your entire family would not be able to survive.
"The imperial edict has arrived. Please read it carefully."
This person was an elder of the royal family. Although he was about the same age as Li Xiang, he was of a different generation, so Li Xiang could not read the imperial edict. He just threw it in front of this guy, with two swordsmen standing behind him.
There is a traitor in the Li royal family. This cannot be made public. The only option is to let this guy hang himself or drink poisoned wine. Anyway, everything is prepared for you. You can decide for yourself here.
"I don't want to die, I don't want to die..."
When this guy saw Li Xiang was about to leave, he wanted to rush up like crazy, but was kicked away by a swordsman. "With your small physique and having never trained on the battlefield, if you were to hurt Li Xiang, then the people in our Imperial City Office would probably be disbanded. You are playing with our jobs."
"Have all the people who should be notified been notified?"
After going out, Li Xiang saw several leaders of the Imperial City Office. This guy only gave him a quarter of an hour. If he didn't leave within a quarter of an hour, then our people would have to find a way to help him. There are still many things to do next, and we can't let you continue to delay here.
"In reply to your Highness, all the royal family members in the capital who are twelve years old or older should gather outside the city."
This guy will still have an important use after his death, which is to call in all the royal children over the age of 12 to see the consequences of treason. No matter who you were born to, as long as you still have the blood of the Li royal family in your body, you should defend this empire. Only with the existence of this empire can you be considered a royal child. If this empire is gone, then your chances of survival will be very slim.
"After the person dies, pull him out and have everyone here to watch him for a full hour, including the people from the East Palace."
Li Xiang did not hold back at all towards his younger brothers, as he knew they might usurp the throne in the future. So when you were young, he branded you so that you would know the price of usurping the throne.
At dawn the next day, the people of Chang'an City did not feel anything was wrong. Only when the market became lively in the afternoon did they find that the market had become much quieter. The people were still the same people, but there were fewer young men in Chang'an City.
At around three or four in the afternoon, many people go out to stroll along the streets and enjoy themselves. After playing until around 6 o'clock, they go out for drinks and spend the night in red-light districts.
The people of Chang'an City are basically used to it, but the situation today is different. It is already 4:00 in the afternoon, and apart from the common people, the children of the nobles have not come out on the streets. What are they doing?
These people all knew about what happened last night and were trembling in their homes, afraid that this incident would implicate themselves, so no one dared to go out, especially the young members of the Li royal family, who were now vomiting violently at home.
Last night, they watched a dead body for a whole hour. After they came back, they couldn't hold it in any longer. The guy's tragic death was so ugly. He first tried to hang himself, but he slipped and half-killed himself. Then he drank poisoned wine. It was the most painful suffering he had ever endured in his life.
Li Xiang also told them that it doesn’t matter if you don’t have talent, but if you are reborn into a good family, as long as you have the word “Li” on your head, you don’t have to worry about your future life, and you will be better than 99% of the people in this country. Living a life of eating and waiting to die in Chang’an City is something that anyone dreams of, but you can have this good luck since you are born.
Then you should enjoy all of this and live a good life. Don't have any unnecessary thoughts. Li Yuangui had such unnecessary thoughts that he tried to use the power of the Arab Empire to overthrow the current Li Shimin and then take power in his place.
But does he have the ability to do so? Now all of you have seen that, let alone overthrowing Li Shimin's rule, all the Nanjings of his branch were executed. Do you also want to do something like this for your own branch?
If that were the case, the imperial court would have plenty of poisoned wine...
