Du Ruhui fell seriously ill at the age of forty-five

  Li Er gazed at Su Ning with a stunned expression, his sword-like gaze piercing through Su Ning's outer shell and entering the deepest layer of his heart, as if he wanted to understand the structure of Su Ning's heart before he would stop.

  For a period of time, Su Ning didn't know whether it was long or short, and he wouldn't even know until death, because Su Ning fundamentally didn't know how he had survived. The subjective feeling of having been aloof from the world for a long time was thoroughly shattered. What transmigrator? What golden finger? As long as the Emperor said one word, he himself had no power to resist. Overthrow Li Er? Ha ha, Su Ning couldn't do it...

  The Emperor Li suddenly smiled, his eyes becoming gentle: "Young one, do you know that in these years, no one has dared to speak to me like this? I too have not spoken alone with a minister like this for some time. Perhaps it's because the newborn calf is not afraid of the tiger. Happily, my mood is still good, so you pass."

  You passed... just four words, Su Ning's heart almost jumped out of his throat. Li Er would choose to believe or kill him, and his own life and death were all in that one thought.

  Su Ning's mind was greatly settled, but when he came back to his senses, he felt a chill on his back. It turned out that cold sweat had already soaked through the clothes on his back. He suddenly thought of Li Shimin's demotion from the capital city more than ten days before his death in history. At that time, Li Shimin was in a similar situation as himself, and whether he lived or died depended on a single thought. If there was a slight mistake, he would lose his head. Li Shimin's approach was to leave the capital city without even notifying his family members, and Su Ning also used all his skills to make it clear that he had no intention of taking the seat under someone else's butt...

  Accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger, the ancients were not deceiving me. This is just the beginning, what about later? It's still too early! Su Ning suddenly felt some regret, shouldn't he have joined this great era? He was just a small figure, could he stir up the winds and clouds with these famous figures who would be remembered for thousands of years?

  Looking at Li Erbai's smiling face in front of her, Su Ning's anxiety and unease suddenly disappeared. Since she had come, she would make the best of it. In a world where people ate each other, if you didn't eat others, you would be eaten. If she were to be eaten herself, what would happen to her mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and three women who relied on her? Su Dingfang still had a title of Gong that he hadn't obtained yet; if she were to be eaten, Su Dingfang would definitely be implicated, and the title would be lost! It was too much of a loss!

  Since it's like that, why bother entangling? Why fear? On the same starting line, I am a Tang person, they are also Tang people!

  Suning thoroughly let go of his worries, but still pretended to be stupid and asked: "Passed?"

  Li the Second nodded, raised his wine cup and stood up, seemingly preparing to deliver a lengthy speech to thoroughly brainwash himself. However, the saying "life is not as one wishes" applies not only to ordinary people but also to emperors. Just as Li the Second was about to speak, an imperial attendant suddenly rushed in from outside the pavilion, kneeling on one knee and shouting loudly: "Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! The Cai family has come to report that Duke Cai is... he's no more!"

  Emperor Li was shocked and pale, the wine cup in his hand fell to the ground, and he didn't care that his clothes were wet. He rushed down from the pavilion, grabbed the eunuch, and asked loudly: "What?! What did you say?! What's wrong with Keming?! Didn't the doctor we sent say that Keming's condition was stable?!"

  Su Ning was shocked in her heart, Ke Ming? Isn't that Du Ruhui's character? Ah, I remember Du Ruhui died in the fourth year of Zhenguan, and he also rushed to live broadcast?

  The eunuch couldn't bear the emperor's raging anger, his face turned pale: "Your Majesty, spare my life, spare my life! The Cai Guo Gong Fu reported that the Duke of Cai seemed very angry, then fainted and never woke up. The imperial physician also went, I don't know if it was useful. Your Majesty, spare my life!"

  Emperor Taizong of Tang was deeply worried in his heart. In fact, he and Du Ruhui had not been together for a long time, and the bond between monarch and minister was also short-lived, less than ten years. However, the two were very compatible, with a deep affinity. Du Ruhui was extremely decisive, while Fang Xuanling was highly strategic, which is why these two men became Emperor Taizong's left and right arms. Whenever Emperor Taizong was indecisive, it was Du Ruhui who helped him make decisions. Throughout his reign, Emperor Taizong had always regarded Du Ruhui as a crucial assistant and friend, granting him a vast fiefdom of 1,300 households, far exceeding that of many other ministers.

  But Du Ruhui's body has been poor, since he got sick in the third year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong of Tang has been asking for medicine and seeking medical treatment for Du Ruhui without stopping, but Du Ruhui's body is still not getting better. Recently, I heard that his condition has stabilized, and I let out a sigh of relief. How could he have passed away like this? What exactly happened?

  Li Er ordered the inner attendant to open up and instructed him to go personally to the Cai Guo Gong Fu to pay his respects, Su Ning followed closely behind. Live broadcasts aren't always able to be rushed to, although Du Ruhui was quite unfamiliar, after all, he was also a prime minister-level figure. For such an important person's life or death, Su Ning had always thought that it couldn't be missed.

  Perhaps because he was extremely anxious in his heart, Emperor Li did not care that Su Ning had followed him and ordered the Imperial Stables to lead out two fine horses, preparing to ride off immediately. As a horseback emperor, Emperor Li's horsemanship was still exceptionally superb, and at this moment, Emperor Li absolutely did not have the elegant inclination to take a carriage.

  The emperor's trip out is naturally something that needs to be protected, but the emperor didn't notify anyone, so how could anyone know? As a result, there was great chaos in the palace. Li Er didn't care about anything else and just focused on riding his horse at full speed, with no one daring to stop him. Su Ning secretly disapproved of this, regardless of whether Li Er's actions were genuine or not. This incident would inevitably spread Li Er's reputation as a wise and benevolent ruler who values talent throughout the land, and all the scholars and officials in the world would be eager to serve under him.

  The Cai Guo Gong Mansion was in an uproar inside and out at this time.

  The people in the house were coming and going without stopping, and many doctors carrying medicine boxes were rushing in and out. Cai Guogong Du Ruhui was critically ill and unconscious; however, everyone in the mansion knew that Cai Guogong's body had improved to some extent in recent days, and he could occasionally come out for a walk in the sun. The emperor was very concerned about Cai Guogong and kept asking for medical advice, and the doctors who came to the Du Mansion would often meet those who were leaving. It was said that Emperor Li also searched all over the world for famous doctors.

  The emperor's favor towards Du Ruhui was known throughout the land, and naturally, people all over the world were worried about the illness of such a famous prime minister. The house plans and Du decides, the house plans and Du decides, this "decision" is the most important, otherwise, good planning but few decisions, it would be useless, the court has no achievements, can the people live in peace? Many decisions that benefit the country and the people have been implemented through Du Ruhui's judgment, so the people also remember Du Ruhui's kindness.

  Of course, there are worries, and naturally, there is also rejoicing, as well as longing in their hearts. These people are all eyeing the power vacuum that may appear after Du Ruhui's death. Although the positions of Shangshu and Zuo Pushe have already been filled, Li Jing will obviously not stay in this position for long. After Li Jing, who else can take over as Shangshu You Pushe? This was originally left vacant by Du Ruhui. Emperor Taizong removed Du Ruhui from his post just to let him rest and recover from his illness, so that he could continue to hold this position after he recovered.

  But he died, who will take this position? There are naturally candidates, the great Tang Dynasty would not be able to produce a reserve talent, that's too much to say. For example, Longsun Wuji; you say if Longsun Wuji didn't have any ideas in his heart, it's a joke. Longsun Wuji is now in a high position but with little power, Emperor Li wants to honor the Longsun family and naturally has the idea of compensating Longsun Wuji because of Empress Longsun's advice, Longsun Wuji voluntarily resigned from the position of Shangshu You Pushe, resigned from the substantive position, just to avoid suspicion, to avoid people saying that the outer relatives are interfering with politics.

  So when there was no suitable talent in the court, Changsun Wuji was naturally the first candidate, but if someone else was available, Changsun Wuji could not take the initiative to request this position or compete with others, such as Du Ruhui. From any aspect, Changsun Wuji needed to avoid suspicion, unless the court thought he was capable of doing so, he could get this important real power position.

  Nature, Changsun Wuji and Du Ruhui are not political enemies at present, they also have common enemies. Changsun Wuji and Emperor Taizong of Tang came from hardships together, their feelings are very deep. For Emperor Taizong, he is unconditionally supportive, keeping the same pace as the royal family, this is very important. Other things are naturally not within Changsun Wuji's consideration range. Emperor Taizong trusts Changsun Wuji very much and believes in him, which is Changsun Wuji's greatest capital.

  So when he heard that someone came to report that the Cai Guogong Mansion was in a great mess, Du Ruhui was critically ill. Changsun Wuji was still somewhat surprised, wasn't it said that his condition had stabilized? When he heard that the news that had been passed on was that the second son of the Du family, Du He, had secretly taken things from home to sell and gamble for fun, and was discovered, Du Ruhui knew about it afterwards. He was so angry that he fainted without even taking a breath, and never woke up again; at this time, Changsun Wuji still had some feelings of rabbit dying and fox grieving, the later generations were incompetent, and he deeply felt the bitterness in it.

  Fortunately, Long Sun-chung has changed a lot now and is no longer the somewhat frivolous young master he used to be. On the night he returned home, after having dinner to celebrate, he went back to his room alone and seriously read books, which were still about politics and military affairs, as well as some draft memorials he had submitted before. Long Sun-woo was delighted in his heart, but also felt a little strange, wondering why Long Sun-chung had changed so much.

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