Chapter 2092: The Key of Sui! (1/2)
”Yes!”
Wang Chong nodded.
Gao Lishi needed the approval of Li Heng to build his hut next to the imperial mausoleum.
Wang Chong had learned of Gao Lishi's location from Li Heng.
”Sir Eunuch, Wang Chong has something he doesn't understand, and requests Sir Eunuch's instruction.”
Wang Chong went straight to the point.
”Speak. I will tell you what I can,” Gao Lishi calmly said, his indifferent eyes seeming to see through all.
”This junior wishes to ask Sir Eunuch about a matter from thirty years ago, about the deposed Crown Prince, Li Xuantu,” Wang Chong said.
”Li Xuantu?”
The snow-white brows on Gao Lishi's calm face twitched upon hearing this.
”Why do you wish to find him?”
Wang Chong swiftly described Genesis Supreme's recent activities and his speculations on Li Linfu.
Eunuch Gao's brow creased in thought after hearing Wang Chong's words.
”Li Linfu dares to collude with the men in black? How bold!”
The news Wang Chong had brought was an immense shock to Eunuch Gao.
”Eunuch Gao, forgive this Wang Chong for being presumptuous, but did the deposed Crown Prince really not die in the Divine Dragon Coup thirty years ago?” Wang Chong asked.
He stared at Eunuch Gao, taking in every shift on his face.
Eunuch Gao continued to frown as he pondered the question.
This simple action made Wang Chong's heart thump.
If Li Xuantu was already dead, Eunuch Gao wouldn't have hesitated and would have outright denied it. But his silence indicated that there had been something suspicious about that matter, that the historians had not recorded the truth.
After a long while, Eunuch Gao raised his head and sighed.
”After so many years, I did not think anyone still remembered him!”
Bang!
This simple sentence was like a boulder crashing into the lake of Wang Chong's mind, stirring mighty waves.
Li Xuantu… really wasn't dead!
Although Eunuch Gao had not directly said it, his expression said it all.
”How could this be?!”
Wang Chong's mind was in turmoil.
He had only had some speculations, but alas, his last ember of hope had been extinguished.
But Wang Chong had one thing he didn't understand. Everyone believed that Li Xuantu had been executed after the Divine Dragon Coup. Why had the Sage Emperor left him alive?
As if knowing what Wang Chong was thinking, Eunuch Gao began to speak about that matter of the past.
”Thus, Li Xuantu naturally became His Majesty's strongest foe and rival.
”Who would not like a son like this!? Emperor Gaozong was naturally no exception. In addition, Li Xuantu was the eldest son of the Empress, so Emperor Gaozong was set on having Li Xuantu succeed to the throne, not the Sage Emperor at all.
”If the Sage Emperor hadn't appeared, the Emperor of the Great Tang would probably have been Li Xuantu!”
Eunuch Gao became sentimental as he recalled the events of the past.
He had been raised in the imperial household ever since he was a child, so he naturally understood the situation back then.
Wang Chong listened to all of this in shock.
Eunuch Gao was devoted to the Sage Emperor, his number one confidant. Thus, Wang Chong was surprised to hear that Eunuch Gao would have such a high evaluation of this enemy, even finding him to be superior to the Sage Emperor in some ways.
”Alas, he was too proud and conceited. None of the Princes had been able to surpass him before this, so it wasn't obvious, but when the Sage Emperor appeared, his hidden flaws were completely exposed.
”Before the Divine Dragon Coup, Li Xuantu and the Sage Emperor were already getting along like fire and water, each person gathering many capable subordinates at his side. By that point, the situation was an arrow on the string, and it was no longer the arrow's choice whether it was to be loosed or not. In the end, the Sage Emperor won, resulting in the Great Tang's golden age!!”
Eunuch Gao let out a deep sigh.
No one who had not been deeply involved in that incident could ever understand just how dangerous it was.
It did not matter who had been right or wrong. What mattered the most was that the Sage Emperor was the victor.
And the circumstances showed that this was the best result for the Great Tang!
”What happened after that? Why didn't the Sage Emperor kill him?” Wang Chong said.