In the courtyard outside the main hall of the East Palace.

The crown prince Li Chengqian's face was flushed, anger and murderous intent were intertwined, and his red and bloodshot eyes stared at Yu Zhining and Zhang Xuansu who were kneeling in the middle of the courtyard.

The guards of the East Palace around him held torches high, and the dim and dim firelight reflected Li Chengqian's hideous and distorted face, which was extremely terrifying.

Yu Zhining and Zhang Xuansu knelt in the middle of the courtyard, and the four guards pressed their heads down, but the two of them raised their heads vigorously without yielding, and compared with the guards, the two pairs of eyes stared at Li Chengqian, showing deep disappointment and chill in their eyes.

Li Chengqian burped, his face became a little redder, seeing the two staring at him, Li Chengqian's drunkenness surged, and he immediately threw his usual feelings for the monarch and his scruples about his father and emperor out of the clouds, pointing at the two and saying angrily: "Lone is the prince of the country, the noble and noble, the pride of the sky, the next emperor of the Tang Dynasty is Lonely, you can't wait for the sour Confucian minister, the slave of the heavenly family, what qualifications dare to roar the East Palace and accuse Lonely?" Zhou Ding Zhou Li, Han Ding Han Li, which etiquette says that a courtier can be so rude to the prince? You can know the guilt! ”

Yu Zhining is a middle-aged man in his forties, with a dignified appearance and upright eyes, he looked directly at Li Chengqian when he heard the words, and said coldly: "The king has no way, the minister admonishes him with death, the world is the world of the people of the world, not the world of one person. Your Majesty is majestic and strategic, dominates the four seas, the world is in the heart, and Lord Wei Zheng in the service is still guilty many times, isn't Your Majesty also good at accepting good advice? When did you see Your Majesty curing Wei Zheng's crimes? ”

With a cold smile, Zhang Xuansu followed up with a divine supplement: "What's more, His Royal Highness is only a prince now, and he has not yet ascended the throne of the Ninth Five-Year Plan. Your Highness, do you think that this throne will be yours in the future? Your Royal Highness should not forget that Your Majesty has seventeen princes, and there are three sons-in-law. Is that really you? ”

These words finally touched Li Chengqian's scales.

When he was young, Li Chengqian was indeed endearing, and he was smart and studious, polite to others, no matter what he said or did, he couldn't find the slightest mistake, even if it was the old-fashioned and stubborn Kong Yingda, Wei Zheng and other old ministers, they had to praise the posture of the sky and the atmosphere of a prince. But the more he grows up, the more temptations he receives, and Li Shimin, the failed father, in order to contain the East Palace, curb the ambitions of the East Palace, and not put his eggs in the same basket, inexplicably brought out a Wei King Li Tai. Not only is he studious and intelligent, but he is also quite good at observing words and feelings. Filial piety and etiquette in front of his father and emperor often made Li Shimin feel very relieved, so he kept giving money and honor guards to show his father's love, until now, Li Tai's residence and honor guards in many places have even been on an equal footing with the East Palace.

As a result, Li Chengqian's pressure increased in vain. In front of outsiders, I have to pretend to be as gentle and kind and polite as before, but the more depressed I am, the deeper my hatred for my father becomes, and the more worried I am in my heart. Afraid that one day Li Tai will eventually replace him, and how the deposed prince will be treated by the new monarch in the future, Li Chengqian can't think about it.

Gradually, the worry of "scrapping the reserves" has become Li Chengqian's eternal nightmare, and Li Chengqian's various absurdity and self-abandonment words and deeds in recent years have all arisen because of this worry, and at this moment Zhang Xuansu bluntly mentioned this matter in front of him, and finally completely angered him.

Furious and drunk, Li Chengqian left all the consequences behind, and his bloodshot eyes stared at Zhang Xuansu and Yu Zhining, who were not afraid and looked at him calmly.

After a long time, Li Chengqian said calmly: "Left and right, kill these two people in front of the court!" ”

The prince on the side led the generals to hesitate for a moment, and when he saw Li Chengqian's crazy and calm expression, the generals showed fear, gritted their teeth fiercely, and shouted: "Walking stick!" ”

The left and right soldiers held sticks, passed through the armpits of the two, and picked them up in the air, and the four stick shadows fell fiercely, hitting the backs of the two, and the two screamed in pain, gritted their teeth and carried this blow, and the green muscles on their faces jumped violently, and cold sweat poured down.

Since he gave the order to "kill with a cane", he rushed to his death with a stick, so the soldiers on the left and right were no longer polite, and the stormy sticks fell on the two of them, and after only ten blows, the two of them were completely unconscious.

Li Chengqian had already woken up for three minutes at this time, and when he saw the two of them like this, he couldn't help but feel remorse, and his heart gradually sank.

After sobering up, he gradually felt that things were getting bigger, these two people were the concubines of the East Palace appointed by his father himself, if he was really killed by his staff, how could his father spare him tomorrow? Will the ministers' verbal and written criticism be resigned? His father has been a little disappointed in him in recent years, and if this major incident happens, he may not be able to keep his position as the crown prince.

"Stop!" Li Chengqian suddenly stopped.

The soldiers below immediately stopped, and then looked at Yu Zhining and Zhang Xuansu, the flesh and blood on their backs were blurred, lying on the ground and dying, and they didn't see their breathing fluctuating at all.

Li Chengqian's heart hung up, and he was so frightened that cold sweat oozed from his forehead, and the alcohol suddenly disappeared, and he finally realized that he had fallen into a big disaster.

Just as they were about to be called to be carried into the inner hall for healing, there was a sudden sound of messy footsteps outside the East Palace.

A eunuch hurriedly entered, Li Chengqian squinted his eyes, he recognized this person, it was his father's personal attendant, named Chang Tu, Qin Wangfu was already his father's personal attendant, and has been serving his father for nearly 20 years, it is said that he had made a grand oath in front of his father, if his father collapsed, he would kill himself and be buried in the cemetery, so this person only had his father in his eyes, and he did not pretend to other princes, including him, the prince.

Seeing the left and right concubines lying on the ground, Chang Tu's eyes were like electricity, and he looked at Li Chengqian, then nodded, and said coldly: "Your Majesty has three wills, one is not to allow His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to torture the left and right concubines, I am afraid that this decree is too late, and second, His Majesty's edict orders His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to enter Qujiang Garden immediately to meet him, and the third is ......."

Chang Tu said, his eyes showed coldness, and his tone was like an ice cellar in the cold winter.

"Third, order the Yulin guards to enter the East Palace and take down the Turkic thieves who bewitched the East Palace......"

Li Chengqian's sweat was like rain, and his face became more and more pale.

Chang Tu glanced at him coldly, and then waved his hand, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside the East Palace, and a team of Yulin guards swarmed in, and after entering the vestibule, the soldiers divided into two ways, and ran towards the inner hall, and soon there were countless screams of ladies and eunuchs from the inner hall, and it didn't take long for five Turkic men dressed in leather robes and deep facial features to be escorted out by the guards, standing in front of Chang Tu and shouting something in Turkic words with anger.

Chang Tu snorted coldly, looked up at the sky, the guards were unceremoniously, kicked the Turks' knees, and the five Turks all fell to their knees with a few plops.

Chang Tu glanced at Li Chengqian, and when he turned his head to look at the five Turks, his eyes suddenly showed boundless killing intent, and he said coldly: "Your Majesty's edict, bewitch the prince, and all the Turks who are causing trouble in the East Palace will be killed!" ”

Li Chengqian was so frightened that his hands and feet were cold, he really didn't dare to look at the tragic scene that was about to happen, he raised his sleeve and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and said expectantly: "Lonely, lonely...... I went to Qujiang Garden to meet my father. ”

Turning around and raising his feet, he had just taken two steps, and Chang Tu called him coldly.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, Your Majesty has a decree, these five Turks must be killed in front of His Highness, and please ask His Highness to look at it, don't violate Your Majesty's order, come and do it!"

Call!

In Li Chengqian's stunned expression, the sticks wrapped in the sound of wind and thunder struck heavily at the Turks, this time not on the back, but on the head. (To be continued.) )