At the same time, the crown prince Liu in the Weiyang Palace was told to order a hundred officials, and Jiang Chong, the messenger of embroidered clothes, framed the East Palace, and his crime should be punished.

At the moment, Liu Ju personally supervised Jiang Chong, and he scolded loudly: "The slave of Zhao State, it is not enough to disturb the father and son of the monarch of Ru State, especially if I make trouble in the court, and divide the relationship between father and son in this palace!" The sinister nature of his heart is beyond the reach of words, and he is so guilty of such a heinous crime. ”

Although Jiang Chong was scheming, he never thought that the always benevolent prince would suddenly fight back, let alone that the ending waiting for him would be a different place, thinking of the great wealth in the future, Jiang Chong was unwilling, he shouted loudly: "If you kill me, Prince, Your Majesty will punish you heavily!" ”

Liu Ju looked at Jiang Chong, his eyes were full of disdain, and he said coldly: "Chop!" ”

With Liu's order, Jiang Chong didn't have time to say the second sentence, and his head was cut off, and the eyes on the skull that fell to the ground in the blood widened with horror, looking at this majestic imperial city that had not yet come and passed away with the wind, unwilling to close.

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At noon, the scorching sun is like fire, it is the time when the heat is strong, the streets of Chang'an City are sparsely populated, and a carriage enters outside the Yongmen Gate of the city gate in the northwest, and the sergeant on duty at the city gate stops and says: "Enter the city documents!" ”

A special bronze talisman was handed out in the carriage, and the sergeant guarding the door looked down and said, "Offended!" Please! ”

The carriage was about to set off, when suddenly a voice said, "May I ask if there is a messenger from His Majesty in the car?" Wang Bi followed the sound to raise the curtain of the car, only to see an official in the court lieutenant uniform standing in front of him, Wang Bi has been driving for many years, when he saw this person, he naturally recognized it, and hurriedly said: "Lord Tingwei!" ”

This person is none other than Tingwei Du Zhou.

In the early dynasties, the crown prince Liu personally supervised Jiang Chong in the name of supervising the country, and the rabbit died and the fox was sad and injured, and Du Zhou was terrified when he saw this situation. When he was inspecting the defense of the city gate, he saw the special bronze talisman handed out in the carriage, and Du Zhou suddenly saw hope like a man in the water saw a straw, and immediately stepped forward to stop him.

Du Zhou arched his hand and asked tentatively: "The envoy must have come to Beijing for something important, right?" ”

Wang Bi's heart moved, he was a timid and afraid person, he was already frightened when he heard what Su Wen said in the purple hall, but he didn't expect that the matter of investigating the movements in Beijing fell on his head, and the emperor's order was difficult to disobey, so he had no choice but to come to Chang'an. Tingwei Du Zhou's question may just be able to solve his current problem, thinking of this, Wang Bi said: "Exactly! If it is convenient for Lord Tingwei, the little envoy has a few words to ask your lordship. ”

Du Zhou smiled slightly: "Convenient!" Why don't you and I find a secluded place to talk? ”

Wang Bi was just right, and then found a quiet place not far from the city gate to stop the carriage, Wang Bi got out of the car and waved Du Zhou, and said, "Dare to ask Lord Tingwei, is there something important happening in the palace now?" ”

Du Zhou's face changed, he raised his eyes and looked around, and when he saw that there was no one around, he said in a low voice: "What happened in the palace, doesn't Your Majesty know?" ”

Seeing Du Zhou's expression, Wang Bi couldn't help but say nervously: "I don't know what happened in the palace?" ”

Seeing that Wang Bi was nervous, Du Zhou had a little more guess in his heart, and lowered his voice more and more: "At the end of the day, the prince will cut the messenger Jiang Chong!" ”

"What? Jiang Chong is dead? Wang Bi gasped when he heard this, and his eyes were stunned: "What does this prince want?" ”

"Is the meaning of the prince still unclear?" Du Zhou said in a low voice, "Jiang Chong, the messenger of embroidered clothes, investigated and cured witches at the behest of His Majesty, and dug up the puppets in the prince's east palace, then Jiang Chong was immediately arrested by the prince, but he was beheaded for the crime of framing the prince in one day. ”

"Rebellion?" Wang Bi was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly said to Du Zhou: "Lord Tingwei is cautious!" ”

Du Zhou snorted coldly and shook his head, and sighed: "What else is there to be cautious about, now that the East Palace has complete armor, it is just that it has not been revealed!" His Majesty always thought that the prince was generous, so he was at ease to escape the summer in the Ganquan Palace, but he didn't expect the prince to have such a wolf heart, and he was sad! ”

Seeing this, Wang Bi became more and more hesitant in his heart, if it was really as Tingwei Du Zhou said, this Weiyang Palace was really impossible to enter, but if he didn't go back to the palace, how could he reply to the decree? After thinking about it, weighing left and right, Wang Bi hesitated.

Du Zhou looked at Wang Bi's expression, and said even more worriedly: "If the envoy goes to the palace, he must be careful!" ”

Wang Bi's heart trembled again when he heard this, and he pondered for a moment and waved towards Du Zhou, and said: "Lord Tingwei really doesn't hide it, the little envoy went to the palace to investigate the movement at the behest of His Majesty, if the situation is really as your Excellency said, can you ask your Excellency to give a personal testimony in front of Your Majesty, and will truthfully play the situation in Beijing to Your Majesty?" ”

When Du Zhou heard this, he immediately bowed his hand and said: "This is the duty of the lower officials, and it is incumbent on him!" ”

Wang Bi couldn't help but be overjoyed, and thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you, Lord Tingwei, for your righteous deed!" ”

The carriage made a circle at the city gate, and then went out of the city gate and galloped towards the Ganquan Palace in the northern suburbs, the wheels kicking up dust and dancing in the dazzling sun.

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When Yang Jun woke up, it was past noon, and Yang Jun was suddenly shocked in his heart, he was just sleeping for a while, how could he have delayed the big event after so many hours! Carrying the handwritten letter of the prince in his arms, Yang Jun blamed himself.

Seeing that it was not early, Yang Jun hurriedly got up and walked outside the ear room, only to see two palace people guarding the door, Yang Jun hurriedly said: "Prince Zhan has something important to ask to see His Majesty, please pass it on!" ”

The palace man responded: "Madame has already instructed, please wait for Your Majesty to pass on!" ”

Yang Jun said anxiously: "I have been waiting here for four hours, why haven't I seen the news from His Majesty?" ”

The palace people shook their heads and said, "Your Majesty is not feeling well, please wait patiently for Yang Zhanshi!" ”

Yang Jun was helpless when he heard this, so he had to nod and turn around and wait in the ear room.

At this time, Xu Yan, the prince outside the Ganquan Palace, handed over the bronze talisman to see the holy driver, and after the gate marquis let him enter the palace, he was still led into the Hook Yi Palace by a small yellow door, led to an ear room, and said: "Please wait here for the messenger, wait for Your Majesty to pass it on!" ”

Xu Yan waved and said to Xiao Huangmen: "Thank you!" After that, he led the two of his companions to sit down and wait in the ear room.

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The sun was in a hurry, and the missing moment did not stop for a moment, and when it had leaked to Shen, Yang Jun could no longer sit still, got up and said to the two palace people: "I am in a hurry to see Your Majesty on the order of the prince, and I also ask the waiter to convey it on my behalf!" ”

The palace people still said unhurriedly: "Please wait for Zhan Shi to pass on!" ”

Seeing this, Yang Jun took out the silver money from his arms, put it into the hands of the palace people, and begged in a good voice: "There is not much silver money in the office that comes out of the office, and I will make up for the two of you next time, and ask the waiter to convey it for me!" ”

The two palace people glanced at each other, and then pushed back the silver money stuffed in Yang Jun's hand, and said, "Please don't be embarrassed!" ”

Yang Jun was rejected, seeing that it was not early, his heart became more and more anxious, and after hesitating for a moment, he ran out as soon as his heart was sideways, and the two palace people shouted loudly when they saw this: "Catch him!" ”

Before the words fell, he saw several waiters running outside the hall and stopped Yang Jun. Seeing this, Yang Jun immediately understood, the clear water when he first entered the palace, the two palace people who were on duty outside the ear room, and these waiters who were guarding outside the hall, everything in front of him explained a problem, some people didn't want him to face the saint!

Similarly, Xu Yan, the prince's housekeeper who was waiting for the transmission in another ear room, was also very anxious, and his request to the palace to convey it several times was refused, so he had no choice but to continue to wait in the ear room.

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During the unitary hour, the sky is still bright, and only the clouds on the horizon reflect the sunset in the west, reminding the arrival of dusk in the middle of the day.

In the palace, although Liu Ju was sitting in the hall, his heart was already like a burning fire. The two groups of people sent to the Ganquan Palace did not respond, and the anxiety in his heart became stronger and stronger as he saw that the sun was sinking in the west and the day was about to pass.

"Young master, the two groups of people sent by this palace to Ganquan Palace have not returned, what does the young master think?" Liu Ju's eyes looked at Shi De, with uneasiness and anxiety.

Shi De's face was also very solemn, even if the prince didn't ask him, with his decades of experience in politics, he had already smelled a different danger from the past. Therefore, when Liu Ju asked, he did not answer directly, but said slowly: "Prince, the old minister suddenly remembered an old case, is the prince interested in hearing about it?" ”

Liu Ju's eyes were full of doubts, and he said slowly: "This palace is willing to hear about it!" ”

Shi De said slowly: "In the past, when the first emperor of the Qin State was in Bintian, he left an edict to order the crown prince Fusu to ascend the throne, but the edict was tampered with by Zhao Gao, and the joint prime minister Li Si supported the eighteenth son of the first emperor, Hu Hai, to ascend the throne, and forced the prince to commit suicide. Speaking of this, Shi De paused for a moment, only to see Liu Ju's face gloomy and silently speaking, and Wei Zifu, who was the queen, also looked dignified and silent.

Shi De continued: "Since Jiang Chong was ordered to enter the Weiyang Palace to rule witches, the Empress has sent envoys to Ganquan Palace many times to ask His Majesty for peace, but no reply has been made. The prince has always been benevolent, how could he secretly practice witchcraft to curse the saint, but Jiang Chong was able to find the puppet in the stable of the palace! And when the crown prince captured Jiang Chong and sent an envoy to explain the inside story to His Majesty, the envoy did not return for a long time. The old minister thought about it before and after, and felt that there were many doubts about this matter, and now His Majesty was in the Ganquan Palace, and the situation was unknown. ”

After saying that, Shi De got up and slowly bowed to Wei Zifu and Liu Ju. The hall was quiet, only the sound of continuous dripping water was heard, and in silence, Wei Zifu raised his eyes to look at Liu Ju, and said slowly: "According to the son, what do you think?" ”

Liu Ju's face was mixed with shock and sadness, he looked at Wei Zifu's eyes with tears, and choked up: "Queen Mother, could it be that the father... Father..."Liu Ju was silent, and finally failed to finish a sentence.

Although Wei Zifu's eyes were red, he always controlled his emotions, looking at her moved son, she said slowly: "According to my son, what Mrs. Shi said is true, now your father's condition is unknown, as the prince of the Han Dynasty, you must take on the responsibility of the prince at this time, cut off the traitors, and quell the trouble!" ”

Liu looked at his mother and nodded solemnly, suppressed the sadness in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Erchen understands! ”

At three o'clock, Liu ordered the prince guard to lead the palace guards and the carriages and horses that could be mobilized to count them neatly, and started the middle stable carriage of the middle palace, took the weapons arsenal, transferred the guards of Weiyang and Changle, and ordered the hundred officials to live in Ganquan Palace due to illness, and the situation was unknown, and there were traitors who tried to take the opportunity to rebel.

Overnight, the hearts of the people in Chang'an City fluctuated, and the officials were terrified.

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But in Ganquan Palace, hundreds of miles away from Chang'an, it was a different situation.

The time has passed, Xiaohuangmen Wang Bi led the court captain Du Zhou to appear in the Ganquan Palace, although Liu Che has fallen asleep, but he told the palace people in the morning that Wang Bi must report to him whenever he returns. Therefore, although it has been two watches, the palace people did not dare to delay, and stepped forward to wake up Liu Che in a low voice, Liu Che was also full of worries, and woke up when he heard the sound in his sleep, got up and said: "Announce him in!" ”

After a while, Wang Bi bowed in with a frightened face and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty! Big things are not good! ”

Liu Che was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "What happened?" ”

Wang Bi said: "Back to Your Majesty, after the little slave entered the city, he heard that the embroidered messenger Jiang Chong was killed by the prince, and the prince saw that the matter of the private witch Gu curse holy car could not be concealed, and he had already prepared to meet each other..."

"What?" Liu Che stood up and said in shock: "You said that the prince killed Jiang Chong and raised troops to make trouble?" Is what you say true? ”

Wang Bi trembled with fright when he saw the saint's anger, and replied on the ground: "Your Majesty, the court captain Du Zhou is still outside the palace, and Your Majesty will know as soon as you ask!" ”

"Du Zhou?" Liu Che hurriedly shouted, "Hurry up!" ”

Suddenly, Du Zhou entered the palace, and Liu Che said with an angry face: "I heard that the prince killed Jiang Chong, and he even wants to raise troops to start an incident, is this true?" ”

Du Zhou said in a deep voice: "Back to Your Majesty, there is indeed such a thing!" In the early days of the court, the prince charged the crime in front of hundreds of officials, and personally supervised the beheading, and now Chang'an City has been controlled by the prince! ”

"Wow...", the objects on the table in the hall were suddenly thrown to the ground by Liu Che's wide sleeves, Liu Che's face turned pale, and he didn't say a word. Du Zhou was silent, he was very sure in his heart that a storm was coming.

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When he was a child, Liu Che sealed the edict stamped with the seal, put it in the box and handed it to Du Zhoudao: "Inside is my edict, you quickly go to the mansion of Liu Quyu, the prime minister of Chang'an, the prince can mobilize not many troops, and order him to command the troops in Beijing and control the chaos!" ”

"No!" Du Zhou raised his hands above his head, took the edict and turned away.

At that time, Liu Quyu, the prime minister of Zuo, had received the edict, and after quickly commanding the troops stationed in Gyeonggi, Liu Quyu stood outside the gate of the palace and read the edict: "The prince is immoral, and the world will spit on him!" I ordered Liu Quyu, the prime minister of the left, to gather the troops of the Gyeonggi garrison to crusade against the rebels, and the rebels must not rush out of Chang'an City! ”

"Up!" After the edict was read, Liu Quyu waved his hand and surrounded the imperial palace.

"Prince, Prime Minister Liu Quyu claimed to be on the edict of His Majesty, and led his troops to surround the Imperial Palace." The prince's family commander, who was in charge of the imperial palace, looked panicked, and hurriedly walked into the inner hall and said to Liu Zhiyu.

Liu Ju was dressed in armor and was discussing with Shi De how to take over the garrison of Chang'an City, and when he heard the report, he couldn't help but be stunned: "How could Liu Quyu, the prime minister of Zuo, get the edict of his father?" ”

"Can you see if there is a holy seal on that edict?" Liu asked Xiang Jialing.

The family order shook his head and said: "Zuo Prime Minister Liu Quyu just read the edict outside the palace gate, and his subordinates did not see whether there was a seal on the edict. ”

Shi De paced: "That's it, how can Liu Quyu get His Majesty's edict all the time in Beijing?" It seems that the old minister's expectations were not bad, someone must have colluded with Liu Quyu to fake the edict and force the prince! ”

Liu Ju nodded and said angrily: "Zuo Prime Minister Liu Quyu and Li Guangli are sons and daughters, and they have always been at odds with the palace, but seeing the current situation, they naturally take advantage of the situation!" Young master, wait for the palace to order troops, and kill that fight without leaving a piece of armor! ”

"Good!" Shi De agreed, "Liu Quyu only has a small garrison in his hands, so he is not afraid!" Defeat Liu Quyu first and frustrate the opponent's spirit! ”

Liu Ju nodded accordingly, and ordered Wei to count out 10,000 southern army guards to meet Liu Quyu. Sure enough, Liu Quyu's thousands of troops were far from being the opponent of the Southern Army, and within an hour, Liu Quyu lost his armor and fled with his head in his hands, and even lost the official seal and ribbon in a period of chaos. ”

Shi De said on the side: "Don't take the prince lightly, now the prince only has more than 20,000 people in the two palaces of Weiyang and Changle, if the other party recruits the troops of the three auxiliary places in the name of His Majesty's edict, then our army will also be worried!" ”

"Young Master, this palace has no father's will and cannot mobilize the northern army, if the troops of the land of Sanfu are mobilized, how will this palace respond?" Liu said worriedly.

Shi Dedao: "The old minister has been thinking about this matter for a long time, the prince can send a messenger to pardon and release the prisoners of the 26th official prison in Chang'an, these bad people have gathered about tens of thousands of people, and now the chaos can be used!" ”

Liu Ju nodded and praised: "Young master's clever plan!" ”

Soon, Liu Ju sent his disciple Zhang Guang to the Zhongdu official prison with Fujie, and released all the tens of thousands of prisoners, under the control of Shi De and Zhang Guang respectively. After Liu Quyu was defeated, he fled to Ganquan Palace, and when he saw Liu Che, he cried loudly: "Your Majesty, the prince led tens of thousands of people in the southern army to rebel, and the ministers were incompetent, and they had failed to live up to the trust of the saint!" ”

Liu Che trembled with anger when he heard this, and couldn't help scolding: "Rebel! Unfilial son! I've been pampering you for a long time, it's time to clean you up! ”

"Your Majesty...," Liu Qu wept prostrately, "the crown prince is already full-fledged, and his majesty cannot defeat him!" ”

"Spread my will, issued an edict to requisition the guards of the three auxiliary areas of Gyeonggi, and the officials below 2,000 stone in the imperial court are all under the overall jurisdiction of Prime Minister Zuo." Liu Che's eyebrows were filled with anger, and he said to Liu Quyu: "The army of Sanfu is about 50,000 people, and I will move to Jianzhang Palace in the future. With me here, you can rest assured to fight this battle! ”

"No!" Liu Quyu replied with a raised voice.

Soon under the edict, the guards of Gyeonggi Chang'an and Sanfu were all requisitioned, and Liu Che was also transferred from Ganquan Palace to Jianzhang Palace, taking control of the military power and commanding the suppression of the prince's rebellion.