In the first month of the fifteenth year of Yuanhe, Li Chun had dropped out of the dynasty for several months, and he had been sick for more than a month.

Li Chun hid in the deep hall of the heavy palace of Daming Palace, and completely cut off contact with the scholars. The palace ban is like an invisible wall, blocking the ministers who usually feel good about themselves from the palace wall. There is no Du Huangshang, no Wu Yuanheng, no Pei Du, no Li Jifu, no Li Jiang, and even no Cui Qun, Han Yu, Pei Yan, the scholars have long been a plate of scattered sand, in this sensitive moment when the wind and clouds are changing color and the wind and rain are about to rise, the scholars who usually point out the country and the heroic dry clouds sadly found that they could not do anything, but could only act as helpless spectators. Back then, Han Gaozu was ill for only a few days, and the general Fan Xu dared to enter, but the gentle and elegant scholar was not a reckless man like Fan Xu, so he also lacked the courage and responsibility of a brave man. In the face of the crisis, some of them chose to escape, some chose to wag their tails and beg for mercy, but no one chose to rise up.

During Li Chun's illness, only the lieutenant of the Left Army, Tutu Chengxuan, came and went frequently. Every time Tutu Chengxuan entered the palace, he would have a secret conversation with Li Chun behind closed doors, and the time of the secret conversation became longer and longer, but the interval between entering the palace became shorter and shorter.

In this treacherous dispute between the princes, Tutu Chengguang fully exposed his political naivety and sluggishness in his sensory organs. The mentally handicapped Tutu Chengxuan naively thought that as long as he could influence Li Chun's thoughts, he would be able to influence the current political situation. Obviously, he didn't calm down and seriously think about the old past when he made a fortune.

At that time, the eunuch leader Ju Wenzhen was powerless to change the preference of Li Xu, the son of heaven, for the two kings and eight Simas, so he changed the target to Li Yu himself, and it was the little yellow clothes who were very inconspicuous at that time who completed the final blow. Now, no one can influence Li Chun's preference for Tutu Chengxuan, so will the past repeat itself?

Perhaps, more or less, Tutu Chengxuan also thought of this, but he was too superstitious about the military power in his hands. After all, half of Chang'an's military power is in his own hands, and if anyone dares to plot against him, Tutu Chengxuan will definitely tear him to pieces!

The problem is that after all, Tutu Chengxuan only controls half of Chang'an's military power, while the other half of the military power is in the hands of others. Coincidentally, this person also has the right to enter and exit the Forbidden Palace freely, and he is Tutu Chengxuan's kind and predecessor, the lieutenant of the Right Army of the Shence Army, Liang Shouqian.

According to the usual practice, the status of the lieutenant of the left army should be above the lieutenant of the right army, and the saint of Tutu Chengguang is far more tolerant than Liang Shouqian. However, Liang Shouqian also has his own advantages, which Tutu Chengxuan does not have, that is, qualifications. Over the years, Liang Shouqian has served as the commander of the Inner Government Bureau, the envoy of the Academy, the Decree of the Imperial Court, and the Standing Attendant of the Inner Court, until the fourth year of Yuanhe, when he was "the chief privy councilor" and officially entered the inner circle of power in Chang'an. It can be said that Liang Shouqian has entered the power core circle of Chang'an step by step, which is far from being comparable to Tutu Chengguang's steady progress. Being down-to-earth naturally has the benefits of being down-to-earth, at least the foundation is deep, and it is precisely the foundation that Tutu Chengguang lacks in his steady steps, so he desperately hugged Li Chun's thighs and did not let go even if he was killed.

What's more, Liang Shouqian also has military merits. In the campaign against Wu Yuanji in Huaixi, Liang Shouqian was appointed as the commander of the camp, although it did not play a substantial role, but the victory of the Huaixi Campaign still allowed Liang Shouqian to reap a lot of benefits. The "Merit Inscription" written by Duan Wenchang, a bachelor of Hanlin, even exaggerated his praise of "the merit of destroying Cai, seven out of ten". Such a great achievement made Tutu Chengguang, who returned from the battlefield of Chengde, ashamed of himself.

It was precisely because of his military exploits that when he returned to Chang'an, Liang Shouqian was appointed as a lieutenant in the right army of the Shence Army, holding half of Chang'an's troops in his hands, and became the second eunuch in Chang'an. However, Liang Shouqian is neither satisfied nor reconciled with his current status, because Tutu Chengxuan, who is in front of him, is a junior who is not qualified enough and has no deep roots!

After Li Chun was sick, every move of the younger generation did not escape Liang Shouqian's eyes, because almost all of them were his henchmen inside and outside the forbidden palace. The treacherous and cunning Liang Shouqian can figure out with his nose what the desperate performance of Tutu Chengguang jumping up and down is for. Once Tutu Chengxuan's conspiracy succeeds, Liang Shouqian, who has been subservient for many years, will have no possibility of turning over, which is the last thing Liang Shouqian wants to see.

Since we can't change Li Chun's love for Tutu Chengxuan, then use the butcher's knife in our hands to change Li Chun's fate, just like Li Chun and Tutu Chenghuang used the butcher's knife to change Li Xun's fate! Hmph, the cycle of heavenly principles, retribution is not happy, Li Chun, Tutu Chengxuan, your retribution has arrived!

However, I still need some support, the support of the courtiers, the support of the crown prince, the support of the noble concubine Guo. After all, a eunuch is a eunuch, and no matter how powerful a eunuch is, he is still a eunuch after all, and a eunuch cannot go to the forefront.

Liang Shouqian didn't wait too long, and in the middle of the night when he couldn't see his fingers, two figures floated into his private house. Through the flickering candlelight of the secret room, we can clearly see their faces. one, is the prince's attendant, named Xue Fang; The other, who is also the prince's attendant, is named Ding Gong.

Xue Fang and Ding Gongshu brought Liang Shouqian what he dreamed of, support! The support of some courtiers, the support of the crown prince Li Yu, and the support of the noble concubine Guo.

In this sinful night, the slave betrayed the master, the subordinate betrayed the monarch, the wife betrayed the husband, and the son betrayed the father!

On the twenty-seventh day of the first month of the fifteenth year of Yuanhe, night.

In the middle of the night in early spring, the cold is still pressing.

At this moment, Tutu Chengguang was walking on the road to the Zhonghe Temple.

Tutu Chengguang is one of the few people who can enter and leave the Forbidden Palace at any time, and he is naturally very familiar with the path in and out of the Forbidden Palace in the palace.

Yes, Tutu Chengxuan is familiar with everything here, as if he were familiar with his own home. He was familiar with every palace, every pine and laurel tree, every flower and every little grass, and even, he was familiar with the feeling and atmosphere of walking.

However, at this moment, Tutu Chengguang who was walking in the middle of it faintly felt that something was wrong: the shadow of the trees seemed to be too thick, the sound of the wind seemed to be a little strange, there seemed to be some subtle breath in the wind, and the atmosphere was also a little wrong. Tutu Chengguang stopped suspiciously, and subconsciously looked up at the hook and waning moon in the sky, and the waning moon didn't seem to have any life, just looked at himself coldly.

No, that faint breath in the wind is the breath of people, the breath of many, many people! Danger, Tutu Chengguang instinctively turned his head and prepared to leave.

Several black shadows stood silently on the side of the road, blocking the way when Tutu Chengguang came, and behind the black shadows, there were more black shadows, countless black shadows!

Realizing that something was wrong, Tutu Chengxuan opened his mouth to shout for help, but a black hand covered his mouth hard. Then, a cool, soft and hard filament wrapped around his throat.

"Bowstring, it's a bowstring! Lu Congshi, Lu Congshi is here! At the moment of losing consciousness, Tutu Chengxuan suddenly remembered Lu Congshi, the envoy of Zhaoyi Jiedu, who was strangled by him with a bowstring.

The futile struggle, the distorted face, everything is exactly the same as Lu Congshi back then! It's just that this time, the person who was pushed to the ground and strangled alive by the bowstring became Tutu Chengguang, the torturer of the year.

How can history be like this, this joke is too big and too cruel.

The armor of the Right God Command Army dragged Tutu Chengxuan's gradually cold corpse and disappeared into the vast night. Not far from here, the camp of the Zuo Shence Army was silent, and they were sleeping soundly, no one would have thought that just now, their escort lieutenant had died tragically.

Half an hour later, a black shadow ghostly floated into Li Chun's bedroom.