When Cui Jian left the Jingzhao Mansion Office, his steps were a little staggering, and an attendant helped him up smartly, but he was pushed away by his fierce arm.

"The old man can still walk, he doesn't need help!"

The door creaked and slowly closed, closing the figure of the prime minister as well. When the two black lacquered wooden doors were closed heavily, Jingzhao Yin Cui Guangyuan's face immediately changed, and the smile that was originally hanging on the corner of his mouth disappeared without a trace.

At this time, a green-robed man appeared from under the corridor, although there was no sound, Cui Guangyuan was keenly aware and turned his head to look at him.

"Since Doctor Qin has decided to have a showdown with the prince, why did he let Cui agree to Cui Xianggong's invitation to ensure that the prince is not lost?"

The man in the green robe said coldly:

"I'm only responsible for informing Da Yin about the news, and I don't know anything about the rest!"

Cui Guangyuan smiled again:

"If the prince makes a mistake, the court will be in danger of overturning, and Chang'an will become a gladiatorial arena for eunuchs and relatives, and in the end, it will not be cheaper for those rebels to rebellious the party?"

After saying these words, Cui Guangyuan exhaled a long breath, and he was not unhappy. Ever since Qin Jin led his army to the battle, he felt like he was sitting in a crater, and that constant sense of crisis made him unable to sleep all night. Everyone is good to be a Beijing official, especially an extremely powerful official like Jing Zhaoyin, but who understands his thoughts at this time? Even if he is far away from being a taishou, he is satisfied, as long as he can stay away from this whirlpool of right and wrong, keeping the people safe is the greatest luxury.

In just a few years since the thieves rebelled, Cui Guangyuan has seen too many century-old families destroyed in an instant, especially these tragedies mostly happened to his old colleagues, and he really didn't know when this kind of bad luck would befall him.

The death of King Jianning was not just the death of a county king, but also indicated that since Qin Jin left, the delicate balance of the Chang'an Dynasty had collapsed. The next thing may be a storm, but fortunately, Doctor Qin's secret envoy came in time, which also shows that although Qin Jin is in Luoyang, he is still concerned about the situation in Chang'an from time to time, which makes him feel somewhat stable.

Cui Guangyuan was not a cowardly person, let him go into battle to kill the enemy, clear the rebellion, and he wouldn't even blink his eyes, but this kind of intensifying political struggle made him afraid like a tiger, and the danger of killing the enemy and quelling the chaos was only in the battle, and the cruelty of this political struggle was that if he was not careful, he would have the risk of destroying his family and clan.

Seeing Cui Lian's faltering and persistent state, Cui Guangyuan felt even more sad from the bottom of his heart. The situation is so unstable, but those in power are all selfish traitors, Li Fuguo is just a lucky eunuch, and Zhang, who sits on the queen's throne, is a cruel woman, with these two people to disrupt the government, Cui Lian's position as prime minister will always be unworthy of the name.

In the final analysis, everything in the current court is in chaos, there is no system to speak of, and the only thing that can decide everything is which side is strong.

Li Fuguo held the power of the Zuowu Guard, and Empress Zhang controlled the Shence Army through the hands of the eunuch Yu Chaoen. These two armies not only guarded the safety of Gyeonggi, but also became bargaining chips for power between the two forces. In comparison, the sixth rate of the East Palace, which is only a few thousand, is much smaller, and the embarrassment of the crown prince Li Yu lies in this.

The prince did not have ready-made soldiers and horses in his hands, so he could only rely on the Shenwu army that was fighting outside. It is precisely because of the powerful Austrian aid of the Shenwu Army that neither Li Fuguo nor Empress Zhang dares to blatantly turn their faces against them. Among them, Li Fuguo even repeatedly got very close to the prince on the bright side.

However, this delicate balance has no basis for maintaining after King Jianning's suicide, as evidenced by the fact that Empress Zhang sent his brothers to lobby.

Empress Zhang is going to do something to the crown prince.

"What is Da Yin worried about?"

The green-robed man suddenly asked, Cui Guangyuan was stunned for a moment, and immediately felt a little embarrassed, because he immediately realized that his mind was seen through by the other party. Originally, he had no intention of hiding his thoughts, so he simply confided:

"We are weak in Chang'an, can, can we be their opponents?"

"Da Yin, please rest assured, General Pei has already fought in Tongguan, once they dare to fight with open fire, the army can reach Chang'an City in one day. Therefore, as long as Da Yin can keep the prince safe, Chang'an will never be in chaos. ”

Hearing this, Cui Guangyuan nodded, what is there to worry about if he is guaranteed?

……

In the secret room, a sharp and hoarse duck-like voice erupted frequently from the mouth of a middle-aged man with a white face and beard, causing the bearded Ren who was sitting opposite him to frown.

"A certain Zuo Wuwei has been mobilized, as long as Her Royal Highness the Queen gives an order, he will be able to capture and kill those shrimp soldiers and crabs of Qin Jin Xiao'er in an instant!"

The bearded man is Empress Zhang's brother Zhang An, especially after Qin Jin led the Shenwu Army to leave Chang'an, with the strong support of his sister, he gradually grasped the dominance of the Shence Army, and faintly became another person to replace Qin Jin.

Li Fuguo fell to Zhang An, and he also made the decision after understanding the balance of forces between the parties in Chang'an.

Zhang An hated Li Fuguo, a two-faced eunuch with three knives in his heart, he still had a strong backer when the Son of Heaven was healthy, and now the Son of Heaven was bedridden with a stroke, and he couldn't even take care of himself, where could he still have the ability to shelter this incomplete eunuch?

He secretly thought that as long as Li Fuguo obediently cooperated with him and killed Qin Jin's henchmen in the city, he would immediately kill this liao in the name of purging rebellion, so as to completely control the situation in Chang'an.

A good idea in his heart, but there was no trace of expression on his face, Zhang An raised his hand and pressed it weakly.

"The general's tone is not low, my ears can be buzzed, but if the sound is thundering, it must not be an ordinary person, and it is the general that my sister takes a fancy to. ”

As he spoke, Zhang An opened his mouth and smiled, revealing a mouthful of uneven yellow teeth, and then asked:

"I heard that the six rates of the East Palace are already secretly assembling? ”

"What about the assembly? This will make Zuo Wuwei catch all these miscellaneous fish!"

Li Fuguo's words are not boasting about Haikou, Zuo Wuwei's foundation is that some of them are militiamen who have participated in the Chang'an Guard War, and some of them are elites selected from the rebels who surrendered. And the prince's Donggong Sixth Rate is a good family recruited after the Chang'an Guard War, and most of these good families have no experience in battle battles.

In this way, the strength of the two sides will naturally be judged.

"That's great!"

A sneer appeared on Zhang An's face, his eyeliner and eyes were all over the East Palace, and Cui Lian and the prince's every move could not escape his eyes. Naturally, the three suggestions that Cui Jian gave to the crown prince Li Yu are also clearly known word for word. After Li Fuguo learned the news of King Jianning's suicide, he took the initiative to ask for help, wanting to capture and kill Qin Jin's henchmen as a vote, and Zhang An was of course optimistic about his success.

At the beginning of Zizheng, the curfew of Chang'an City should have been pitch black, but suddenly, the flames were secretly churning from the north of the city, and in a moment, the fire rose to the sky, illuminating most of Chang'an City. With the firelight, the entire Chang'an City seemed to be in a state of panic and unease.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, something is wrong. Zuo Wuwei attacked strongly, and the sixth rate of the East Palace was defeated by ......"

When it came to the end, Li Yu was no longer panicked, he seemed to sit firmly behind the bookcase, trying his best to control his trembling body.

"The six rates of the East Palace are all warriors who are chosen by thousands of people, how can they not even take half an hour, so they ......"

As soon as the words were knotted, someone rushed to report in a panic:

"Your Highness, the Left Guards have broken the palace......"

At the same time, the sixth rate left prison door was covered in blood and rushed in.

"The palace gate is lost, the East Palace is not guaranteed, Your Highness will leave with the last general!"

Li Yu is reluctant to leave, although he is afraid, but as a prince has the most basic self-esteem, if he is really defeated, even if he escapes from the East Palace, he will not be able to escape from the towering Chang'an City.

"I'm not leaving, I'm not going anywhere, I'm going to see with my own eyes how these thieves killed the prince of the Tang Dynasty!"

I heard the sound of killing outside getting closer and closer, and seeing that the prince was so stubborn, the left prison door was in a hurry, and suddenly he had an idea.

"His Royal Highness can enter the Taiji Palace, the Emperor Taishang is still in the palace, maybe, maybe it can be delayed for a while and a half!"

This sentence hit Li Yu's heart, and gave him hope to live, he believed that Cui Jian would definitely organize people to fight back, as long as he could hold on, there might not be no turnaround.

"Even so, it can only disturb the emperor's grandfather! Let's go, go to Taiji Palace!"

The East Palace and the Taiji Palace are one, there is a palace gate connected between the two, Li Yu went out of the Shunyi Gate under the support of the six rate soldiers, and went straight to the Wude Gate. Fortunately, the guards at the palace gate were extremely loose, and the soldiers of the sixth rate of the East Palace easily entered the Taiji Palace with almost no effort.

When the Taiji Palace was first built, it was the emperor's living and office place, but since the construction of the Daming Palace, it has gradually lost its original function and status, and has become a de facto cold palace. After Li Heng succeeded to the throne, he welcomed Li Longji back to Chang'an from Shuzhong, and was afraid that Li Longji, who had become the emperor, would endanger his position, so he forcibly moved him into the Taiji Palace, which was deeply walled. Since then, this Taiping Emperor, who has been in the world for more than 40 years, has become the only prisoner in the cold palace city.

It has just entered autumn, and the temple of manna, which is still as hot as a furnace in summer, turns cold to the bone. On the couch, Li Longji's thin body was tightly wrapped in a brocade quilt, the undulating snoring stopped steeply, the old hand like a withered branch stretched out from the quilt, and the furrow on half of the old face was full of saliva......

Faintly, there seemed to be a strange sound outside the hall, Li Longji sat up tremblingly, brushed away the gray hair scattered in front of him, and tried to open his cloudy eyes......