CHAPTER 611: CHAPTER 398: DIVINE MATTERS_2

The Crown Prince’s recognized son had been abused for a long time! Who would dare to abuse an official from the Court for so long? The result was already apparent.

Li Shimin’s anger surged instantly, enveloping the entire room in a moment.

Although Ran Yan saw him sitting quietly, for some reason, she felt that his anger was like a roaring dragon, causing a chilling terror.

For many years, he had not shown such anger in many years!

Bang!

Li Shimin’s face turned dark, and he fiercely slapped the table, "Autopsy! I want to watch it personally!"

Ran Yan and Liu Qingsong were both full of surprise.

Seeing Li Shimin grinding his teeth, Ran Yan suddenly understood a father’s heart-wrenching pain.

Chengqian was not just a palace’s name. What father would casually name his legitimate eldest son after the place of his birth? Carrying the universe, because of this implication, and coincidentally being born in Chengqian Palace, hence the choice to name him after the palace.

Just from the name alone, one could see that Li Shimin held great expectations for Li Chengqian, but the greater the hope, the deeper the disappointment.

Well, let it be an autopsy, and consider it a lecture, but to make the uninformed understand, Ran Yan had very little confidence.

"You all go back first, I will arrange the time for the autopsy of the body," Li Shimin said after his anger subsided, showing a trace of tiredness. He called out, "Zhong Rui!"

"Your servant is here," Zhong Rui immediately pushed the door and entered.

"Take Lady Xianxiang and Doctor Liu out of the palace," Li Shimin ordered.

"Yes," Zhong Rui responded.

Ran Yan glanced at this somewhat weathered emperor, who closed his eyes and leaned back on the couch, looking so desolate and lonely.

She rose and, together with Liu Qingsong, followed Zhong Rui out the door.

Although the palace was complex and all kinds of forces were concentrated there, if Li Shimin wanted to keep something hidden from them, no one could really detect it.

Zhong Rui led the two of them, and they did not encounter a single person along the way, smoothly reaching near Changle Gate.

"The two of you follow the eunuch to leave the palace, your servant will go back to report," Zhong Rui said.

Ran Yan and Liu Qingsong thanked him, and turning around, they indeed saw a eunuch waiting at the palace gate.

Everything was normal here, just as if they were originally meant to follow the eunuch out of the palace, just slightly delayed.

It wasn’t until she sat in the carriage that Ran Yan realized her entire back was drenched.

Through this ordeal, Ran Yan finally understood what it meant to accompany a king like accompanying a tiger, especially a wise tiger, who would tolerate no mistakes. She also increasingly understood Xiao Song, on the royal court, those who were politically savvy lived long and took care of their families, while those candid and straightforward lived freely, but they must be prepared to risk their own and their families’ heads.

Fortunately, Li Shimin was not a man of fickle temperament, and his mind was broad. After Qin and throughout the Great Tang, besides the era of Zhenguan, which other dynasty could tolerate the likes of Wei Zheng and Zhang Xuanzhu?

"Ran Yan, you scared me to death!" Liu Qingsong had sat in the carriage for a while before he collected himself, "you actually dared to speak like that to the Emperor... Miss Ran, aren’t you a bit too calm?"

Ministers who contradicted the Emperor did so because they held the moral and ethical high ground, giving them the courage to rebuke the Emperor. Ran Yan was different; she had deceived the Emperor and had been exposed!

After the tension, Ran Yan felt as if all strength had left her body, she lazily looked at him, "According to psychological analysis, people who have been in high positions for a long time feel that the truth obtained through their abilities and methods is more credible and gives them a greater sense of achievement. Conversely, if they feel there is still falsehood in your words, that is the true insult."

In other words, after the initial slight concealment was seen through by Li Shimin, although he was unhappy about the deceit, since he privately summoned her to inquire about the case showed that his unhappiness had not reached the point of anger. If under his authority, she continued to deceive, then he would perceive it as a challenge to his authority, truly a kind of insult.

Moreover, those steeped in power schemes often and more appreciate big truths. Furthermore, Ran Yan had admitted when apologizing that the concealment was for her personal and family’s safety, purely a woman’s view.

Li Shimin was not particularly narrow-minded, and much of his attention was on Li Chengqian’s matter, so as long as she did not continue to infuriate him, there was nothing significant to worry about.

Ran Yan slightly curved her lips upward; under such circumstances, she still concealed many things.

She had initially enraged Li Shimin with the issue of an official being abused for a long period, expecting that if he had stayed calm and asked further, she would naturally have continued truthfully, but as she predicted, Li Shimin’s rage reached its peak instantly.

For Li Shimin, it was not necessary to know the entire process of the case. Since he had personally come, he just needed to know the results, to know whether the incident had anything to do with Li Chengqian or not, and Ran Yan’s answer had told him all he needed to know.

"Really going to perform an autopsy?" Liu Qingsong’s tone had a mix of excitement and anxiety, "The Emperor couldn’t possibly watch alone, he will surely need a few medical experts."

To perform an autopsy in front of the supreme ruler of the Great Tang promised immeasurable future prospects. Yet, their autopsy techniques that far exceeded the era, once witnessed by everyone, whether they would receive praise or scrutiny was yet to be determined.

"The acceptance level of the people of the Great Tang is quite strong. Although the autopsy I performed in Suzhou spread a bad reputation, no one dragged me out to burn me as a monster. Now with the title of Divine Doctor, doing something miraculous wouldn’t be surprising," Ran Yan said.

Liu Qingsong laughed heartily, "Miraculous? I never thought you could be so darkly humorous." (To be continued. If you like this work, please consider giving a recommendation ticket, monthly ticket at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation.)