After Mrs. Wan moved back to Anren Palace, she also reminded me not to act too much, so as not to arouse the suspicion of others, but I knew that Zimin might have been waiting for me outside Luoyang City, and I was tired of the court, so I just wanted to get out as soon as possible.

Calculating the days, Xu Shao should have seen the edict of the first emperor, and sure enough, a few days later, even in Chang'an City, rumors were spreading.

That night, after dealing with the government affairs, I planned to go back to the Wude Hall to rest, and when I came to the Wude Palace, I found a dark red shadowless note on the table in the main hall.

I repelled everyone, looked around, and knew that Du Shu was in the hall, but I didn't know where she was, so I calmly sat down, and when I opened the documents on the table to read, sure enough, an official mentioned the rumors in Chang'an City today.

The person who wrote the book was Wen Daya, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Wen Yanbo's brother. The document said that there are many rumors in Chang'an City now, if the first emperor really has an edict, he should show everyone immediately after his death, why not make it clear to the world until the abolished emperor Li Jiancheng was killed? It is clear that someone wants to shake His Majesty's imperial power, so he made this decision, and the edict must be false, for the sake of safety, His Royal Highness the King of Qi in Shanxi should plan it as soon as possible.

For so long, I didn't know that Wen Daya, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was actually Li Shimin's party.

I was thinking about what to do with this Wen Daya, when a cold voice suddenly said behind me: "Li Shimin, today is your death." I was so startled that I didn't even have time to look back when I felt a chill in my neck and a faint ache.

It's just that the dagger in Du Kill's hand didn't use all his strength, and for some reason he still hesitated.

I knew that Du Kill thought of what I had said to her, so I laughed and said, "Sister Du Kill, why don't you do it?" ”

Du Kill was stunned for a moment, and exclaimed: "You ......"

I said, "Did Mr. Zhang ask you to come?" ”

Du Kill was suspicious, the dagger was still against my neck, and he only said, "Who are you?" ”

I said, "Du Kill sister, Mr. Zhang asked you to kill me to save Yuanji but worry about the future, right?" ”

Hearing this, Du Kill slowly put away the dagger and said, "If you are really a brother, then ...... Where did Li Shimin go? ”

I whispered, "I killed you." ”

Du Kill was shocked again, as if he couldn't believe it, and said after a while: "My brother advised me not to embarrass him, why did I want to kill him?" ”

I said: "Sister Du Kill, I came to Chang'an to persuade you to give up revenge." But what I didn't expect was that it wasn't enough for Li Shimin to kill me, even the other people were spared, Uncle Pei was exiled, died in Jiaozhou, Wei Ting and others were all degraded, if these people helped me and ended up only in this end, then I would be alive, how could I be safe? Since my father is interested in Yuanji, I will stay in Chang'an, clear the obstacles for him, and avoid the military disaster as much as possible. ”

Du Kill was silent for a moment, then turned around to leave.

I stopped him and said, "Although Yuan Ji doesn't have any scheming, Mr. Wei beside him is a deep-minded person, just based on Xu Shao's words, I'm afraid they still have suspicions." Can Sister Du Kill go to Jinyang for me? ”

Du Shu hesitated for a moment, nodded, and asked, "Brother, do you still remember that Zhang Wensu promised his brother that after Luoyang was captured, he would take his brother to visit Chai Xiaohe?" ”

I nodded, "Of course I do." ”

Du Kill said: "Okay." ”

Du Kill's figure flashed, and then disappeared, I looked in the direction she left, thinking that if it had been many years ago, if she had the intention of killing me, I was afraid that there would be no hesitation, and I would not allow me to say half a sentence before she would start.

Five days later, Xu Shao, together with Li Jing and Xu Shixian, declared that in accordance with the edict of the previous emperor, Li Yuanji, the king of Qi who was far away in Jinyang, was the new monarch, and the Sichuan and Shu areas were originally Xu Shao's old department.

Dou Dan killed Zhang Gongjin and controlled the 100,000 army outside Chang'an City with a military talisman, and the 150,000 army of Sanniang and Chai Shao only sent 5,000 elite soldiers to Jinyang, and the rest of the army was still confronting the forbidden army outside Chang'an City, but the power of the forbidden army was in my own hands.

In this way, even if the forces in the DPRK that support Li Shimin want to do something, they will not be able to return to heaven.

Naturally, some people raised this matter at the court meeting, and most people just wanted to protect their lives when they mixed up in the officialdom, and as for Li Shimin's henchmen, they were actually already anxious.

After the court meeting, I summoned Wen Daya alone in the Liangyi Palace.

Wen Daya, like his younger brother Wen Yanbo, was his father's confidant when his father was in power, and now Wen Yanbo has been demoted, but Wen Daya is still doing the errand of the Ministry of Rites, which is much better than the original.

Wen Daya only asked me to talk to him about how to deal with the current situation, and when there were only two of us left in the palace, Wen Daya said: "Your Majesty, now that you are worried about internal and external difficulties, why doesn't Your Majesty summon General Xiao back to the court to take charge of the forbidden army......"

I didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and then said, "Wen Shangshu, I have something I want to ask. ”

Wen Daya arched his hand and said, "Weichen doesn't dare." ”

I said: "In the past, when my father was in charge of the government, what was the official position of Wen Shangshu? ”

Wen Daya looked puzzled, thought for a while and said: "Thanks to the love of the emperor, Weichen was the prince at that time. ”

I laughed, "Oh? It seems that when you lived in the East Palace, did you ever think that one day the world would be me? ”

Wen Daya arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty is wise and martial, although Weichen was in the East Palace back then, he is convinced of His Majesty's qualifications, and he will do something in the future." ”

I said, "After the prince loses power, you will probably not be loyal to your father again?" ”

The more Wen Daya listened, the more puzzled the look on his face became, and when I finished speaking, he looked at me stunned, as if he hadn't heard what I said clearly.

I continued: "After I was expelled from Chang'an, you stayed in Chang'an, and on the surface you were loyal to your father, but in fact you secretly corresponded with Du Ruhui and passed on the news from Beijing, right? ”

Wen Daya saw that something was wrong with the situation, and knelt on the ground and said: "Weichen is loyal to His Majesty, so he naturally tries his best to help His Majesty." ”

I said, "Oh? Wen Shangshu, how can I trust you? As he spoke, he turned back to the imperial case, took out a letter and threw it in front of him, "Wen Shangshu might as well see for yourself, you were able to turn your back on your father back then, and I'm afraid you will also turn your back on me one day!" ”

Wen Daya shook her head again and again, and when she opened the letter to read it, she was so frightened that she was stunned on the spot, and arched her hand: "Minister...... A minister would never do that! ”

I said, "Before I gathered around you, you must have said something similar to my father, but what was the result? Since you can choose me for fame and fortune, now that I am in such a situation, it is not as good as before, I know that Wen Shangshu will not turn his back on me and choose someone else? ”

(End of chapter)