Chapter 741

Li Er was left feeling dejected by Li Ke's betrayal.

This blow was truly too great!

If others betrayed Great Tang, it would be one thing.

But he could not understand why even his own biological son would betray Great Tang.

He had many questions he wanted to ask.

But now, they were still in the Great Qin court, and he could not say anything.

He could only suppress it in his heart.

Fang Xuanling was also afraid that Old Li would lose his composure and say something he shouldn't.

"The upper beam is not straight, so the lower beam is crooked"—who was he talking about?

He asked first.

"Prince of Wu, what exactly is this for?"

Li Ke gave a bitter smile.

His experiences were something others might guess, but they could never truly feel.

Even if he told them, they might not understand, but it would count as an explanation.

"Not long after I arrived in Changancheng, I encountered an assassination by the Japanese. The killers were arranged by my younger brother, Li Tai."

"Chancellor Fang, you can guess what this is for, right?"

Ah?

Fang Xuanling and Old Li were both stunned by this news.

In their eyes, although the brothers Li Ke and Li Tai did not get along, they wouldn't go so far as to do such a thing!

Fang Xuanling remembered what Zhangsun Wuji had said when they were in Jin Ling.

The Japanese pirates accused Li Tai of selling their assassin's information to Great Qin.

At the time, he thought it was a Japanese frame-up.

"Prince of Wu, perhaps the Prince of Wei was just framed by someone. That doesn't mean he had murderous intent toward you!"

Li Ke sneered.

"Later, Emperor Qin arranged for a duel between Li Tai and me. Do you know what Li Tai did?"

"He actually went to order poison-tipped darts! And during the duel, he suddenly used the poison darts to ambush me, shooting me!"

This...

No matter how much Fang Xuanling and Old Li wanted to excuse Li Tai, they could find no words.

Li Tai had actually used poison darts against his own brother!

And these poison darts were something he had specially ordered!

This fully explained that his murderous intent was not a momentary impulse, but truly premeditated.

Li Ke bowed to Old Li and Fang Xuanling.

"So, please understand me; I cannot return to Great Tang. From now on, I will stay in Great Qin as an official."

Fang Xuanling had nothing to say.

Old Li, of course, had even less to say.

Back then, it was because his older and younger brothers wanted to kill him that he had to strike hard, creating the Xuanwu Gate Incident.

But he did not want the things that happened to him to happen to the next generation.

That Li Ke could avoid it from afar actually made him feel quite relieved.

"And what about the Prince of Wei? Why haven't we seen him return to Jin Ling?"

At this moment, Qin Mu spoke.

"Li Tai has just left Changancheng; perhaps you missed each other on the road."

Hearing that Li Tai was fine, Old Li breathed a sigh of relief.

No matter how useless this son was, he was still his own biological Imperial Prince.

Naturally, he hoped he would be safe.

"Great Qin Emperor, the matter of the two Great Tang Imperial Princes has made you laugh!"

Old Li did not think much when he said this.