At this moment, it is already 10 o'clock in the evening.

Li You walked out of Li Shimin's study, and Qualcomm immediately came up with a large number of Flying Tiger Army, and Li You walked in the direction of the prison.

"Wait a minute, You'er." At this moment, Empress Changsun stopped Li You.

Li You walked towards the Empress of the Eldest Sun.

Empress Eldest Sun asked, "You'er, is there no room for negotiation in this matter?" ”

Li You shook his head and said: "Queen Mother, it's not that the sons and daughters have no room for negotiation, but he has already made a move, and soon the army outside the city will enter the city, and thousands of people will die at that time." ”

Empress Eldest Sun bit her lip and pondered for a moment, and said firmly: "You'er, you and Cheng Qian should be calm, and I will give you an explanation of Li Tai's matter soon." ”

Li You knew what she was going to do, and he admired this great woman very much, and he also deeply sympathized with her.

He said: "Mother, you don't have to be like this, it is not you who should be responsible for this matter, but that person. He is now reluctant to call Li Shimin his father.

Empress Eldest Sun said firmly: "Li Tai is also my own son, and I should naturally bear the sins he caused. ”

After saying that, she staggered but quickly walked towards the direction of the harem.

Li You looked at her back, sighed, and said to Zhou Pan: "Go and inform Li Duan, let's do it immediately." ”

Zhou Pan immediately left quickly.

Li You took Qualcomm and the others towards the prison. At this time, Li Chengqian had already walked over under the escort of the brigade, and they went to the East Palace together.

As soon as they arrived at the gate of the East Palace, Cheng Su, the general of the prison guard, came over, and he reported: "His Royal Highness the Prince, Your Highness, the people and horses of the right Xiaowei have been found near Jingyao Gate. ”

"Continue to monitor and don't take action as long as they don't attack the city gates," Li You said. ”

"Yes, Your Highness, Your Honor." After saluting, he left.

Entering the study, Li Chengqian said angrily: "I didn't expect my father to have this attitude. ”

Li You said: "Big brother, now we have to rely on ourselves. ”

Li Chengqian asked, "In that case, why don't you do it right away?" ”

Li You thought about Empress Eldest Sun, shook his head and said, "Big brother, let's give them another chance, let's wait until midnight." ”

Li Chengqian nodded and stopped talking.

Even if Li Chengqian and Li You want to launch a mutiny, they must wait until midnight, until Li Shimin makes the first move, and Li Chengqian and Li You are forced to fight back.

Li Chengqian also thought that this was necessary, but after all, he had never experienced such a major event, and he was inevitably a little uneasy in his heart.

Li You had other ideas, he still hoped to be able to control the situation at the last moment.

After all, the change of dynasty will inevitably cause social unrest and cause great trauma, and it will take a heavy price to heal this trauma.

Let's hope a miracle happens.

Empress Eldest Sun returned to the Lizheng Palace, hesitated for a moment, and said to Hai'an, "Go and bring that bottle of Heding Red." ”

Hai An looked at her in surprise, didn't say anything, and left in a hurry.

Soon, Hai'an took a small porcelain vase and carefully handed it to Empress Changsun.

Empress Changsun instructed the attendants outside, "Let someone bring some wine and food." ”

Then, she whispered to Hai'an: "You go to the emperor's bed immediately and call Li Tai." ”

After Hai'an left, Empress Eldest Sun looked at the void with her eyes and muttered, "It's all fate." ”

At this time, it was already half past ten.

At 10:50, Hai'an came back, and she said, "Niangniang, King Li Junwang is sick and refuses to come while lying on the bed." ”

Li Tai is extremely smart, and he can't be trusted by anyone except Li Shimin now. At this critical moment, Empress Changsun suddenly came to spread the word about herself, and Li Tai instinctively became alert.

He must not take risks, and he can only breathe a sigh of relief after seeing Li Chengqian and Li You completely finished.

After Hai'an left, Li Tai was worried that Empress Eldest Sun would come to him in person, so he quickly hid in an ordinary maid's room and hid under the bed.

Northwest Palace.

In the council hall of the palace, Xiao Wanyu, Wu Xu, Ruina, Tian Min, Magpie and others wore armor and held knives and guns, their expressions were serious and silent.

Outside the council hall, there were hundreds of people standing in the dark, these people were the people left behind in the palace, including officials, guards, miscellaneous servants, maids, as well as Wang Liao and Gao Zhiming from the imperial dining room, they held all kinds of weapons in their hands, and those who did not have weapons were holding sticks, spoons for stir-frying, etc., and they were all silent.

Everyone was waiting for news from the palace and was ready to rescue Li You at any time.

On the streets of Chang'an, the officers and soldiers of Jin Wuwei had begun to impose a curfew, and a group of officers and soldiers were patrolling in front of the Suzaku Gate, when a carriage came speeding over.

The officers and soldiers of Jin Wuwei were about to come forward to intercept them, when they saw the black panther guarding next to the carriage and the guards of the Northwest Palace, they quickly flashed aside and let them pass.

In the carriage, Li Chunfeng secretly thought to himself: "The prince is also amazing!" I, the real Taoist person, can't get in touch with Taishang Laojun, how does he know what Taishang Laojun is going to do? ”

11 o'clock sharp.

Li Shimin was still in the study of the Liangyi Palace, waiting for the army outside the city to enter the city. Although he knew that the palace had been controlled by Li You and Li Chengqian, he was not afraid, he believed that Li Chengqian and Li You did not have the courage to kill their father and kill the king.

Li You was also a little anxious, because there was no news at this time, and it was already a little too late, because even if everything went according to the arranged plan, if he wanted to persuade Li Shimin to stop his plan, even if he stopped the men and horses of Li Zhixian, the general of the Right Xiaowei, and Huang Zheng, the general of the Left Weiwei, from entering the city, I am afraid that it would be too late.

Li Shimin must be persuaded before 11:30, otherwise he will have to embark on the road of mutiny.

In the event of a mutiny, even if Li Chengqian, Li You and others can control the situation in Chang'an, but there are feudal officials and local officials loyal to Li Shimin in other places, a civil war may be inevitable.

Empress Eldest Sun did not hesitate, she immediately walked towards the Huacui Hall where Li Tai lived. Behind her was a group of sturdy chamberlains, and she decided that even if Li Tai refused to take the medicine, she would force him to take it.

It wasn't that Empress Eldest Sun was ruthless, she had no choice now.

Chai Shao's mansion, according to the plan, Duan Zan and Chai Zhewei's men and horses would come to the outside of the palace near the courtyard where the heavenly prison was located before midnight, and launch an attack on time at midnight, creating the illusion that Li Chengqian and Li You's subordinates were rescuing them.

At this time, it was already 11 o'clock, Chai Shao's mansion was on the east side of the palace, and the court was on the west side of the palace, and they were now moving.

Duan Zan and Chai Zhewei drove out of Chai Shao Mansion with the men and horses of the leading guards, and the officers and soldiers of Jin Wuwei had already received the order to remain neutral, so they did not join in the obstruction of the army's movements.

At 11:05, Li You looked at the incense stick that was about to burn out in front of him and said, "Big brother, if this incense burns out, everything will be fate, and we will only have to embark on a new Xuanwu Gate incident." ”

Li Chengqian was not ready for this kind of result, but he had to accept it head-on.

He nodded silently, his eyes fixed on the incense stick, which was emitting white smoke and burning shorter and shorter.

Although Empress Eldest Sun has made up her mind, her heart is dripping blood, no matter how unbearable Li Tai is, after all, she is her own flesh and blood, she doesn't know how she poisoned Li Tai, how to face Li Shimin in the future, and how to face her inner torment.

At the moment when Empress Changsun walked into the emperor's bedroom, the incense in front of Li Chengqian and Li You finally burned out.

Li Chengqian and Li You glanced at each other, and their eyes were full of disappointment.

"Boom!"

At this moment, there was a loud bang like a landslide cracking, and the entire Chang'an City felt the tremor of the earth.

The Huacui Palace, where Li Tai was located, collapsed, and a sky-high fire ignited.