Cui Riyong is considered to be Empress Wei's person, he found out about Li Longji's abnormal movements, and did not report it to Empress Wei, but began to use his brains. Cui Riyong put Empress Wei and Li Longji on both sides of the scale, and finally decided to take a gamble and support Li Longji! The most critical reason for this is because Cui Riyong obviously feels that Li Tao, the king of Lantian, supports Li Longji. However, how can you show your attitude to Li Tao and Li Longji?

Tianci Temple hosts Purun, and has a good relationship with Cui Riyong. Cui Riyong found Purun and said to him: I know that you have contact with King Lantian and King Linzi, please tell them that Queen Wei is ready to do it, if you have any plans with them, let them prepare quickly, and if there is anything you need my help to say, I can be the answer. When Purun heard the news, of course, he immediately wanted to convey this meaning to Li Tao.

Li Longji listened to Li Tao's words, and was frightened into a cold sweat. Fortunately, Cui Ri used two sides and three knives, and his heart was in Cao Ying, if he had taken a firm stand and reported the situation to Empress Wei, his head would have said goodbye to his neck.

"Tao'er, what should I do now?" Li Longji also ran out of ideas.

"You meet this Cui Riyong first, see what he says, stabilize him first, and I won't come forward."

Li Longji nodded: "That's it!" ”

……

After Li Longji sent Cui Riyong back, Li Tao was already waiting for him.

"What did Cui Riyong say?"

Li Longji sighed and said, "He told me that he knows about my preparation for a coup d'état. Others may not be able to hide it for long, the night is long and there are many dreams, hurry up and do it! Otherwise. Let Queen Wei find out, but it will fall short! ”

Li Tao pondered for a moment and nodded: "Cui Riyong is right, we are now ready to send arrows." ”

Li Longji nodded.

Li Tao stood up and said eloquently: "If you want to succeed, you must know yourself and your opponent, let's take a look at Queen Wei's side first." She has already appointed Her Majesty's youngest son, my Uncle Mao, as the emperor, and she is in charge as the queen mother. All her decrees were issued in the name of the emperor. Whoever opposes her is against the emperor, which is called "coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes". After the death of His Majesty. Empress Wei immediately mobilized 50,000 soldiers and asked them to work with the forbidden army to exercise military control over Chang'an City. She also appointed her nephews, sons-in-law and other cronies as generals. Empress Wei installed Zong Chuke as the prime minister, and the prime minister was the head of the hundred officials. Respond to every call. In this way, Empress Wei has the support of the ministers of the court, and she is quite stable politically. With the three advantages of righteousness, military and courtiers, it is quite difficult to bring down Empress Wei. ”

When Li Longji heard this, his expression changed endlessly, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"On the other hand, looking at the situation on our side, the Son of Heaven has been established, and the name is justified. The coup d'état was out of nowhere. The so-called "if the name is not right, the word is not good, and if the word is not good, it will not be done". In terms of righteousness, it is at a disadvantage. Although the third uncle has Chen Xuanli and Ge Fushun by his side, they are both middle- and lower-level officers, even if they are willing to coup with the third uncle, we have no way of knowing whether the soldiers under them listen to them or not. Chang'an's troops are not only the Yulin Army, but also the Ten Thousand Cavalry, the Flying Cavalry and the Fu Soldiers, and we basically have no strength in these armies. Besides, although Liu Youqiu, Song Jing and others are resourceful, they are soft-spoken, and their influence is very different from that of Zong Chuke. In this case, the coup d'état is indeed not very likely to win, and the risk is not small. ”

"Tao'er, what do you mean by that? Do you persuade me to give up? Li Longji stared at Li Tao and asked.

Li Tao shook his head and said, "No! I mean the opposite. ”

"Oh? What do you mean, Taoer? ”

"Although the situation is not in our favor, we cannot wait any longer. Because the longer the time drags on, the more stable Empress Wei's power is, the more difficult it is to shake; At the same time, the longer the preparation, the more likely we are to be exposed. Speaking of this, Li Tao said with blazing eyes: "Rather than this, it is better to fight against the water." Third uncle, do you dare to take this risk? ”

Li Longji's chest rose and fell, and after a while, he waved his fist and said, "Tao'er, I'll take a gamble and do it!" ”

Li Tao smiled: "This is like my third uncle, don't worry, with me to help you, as long as you plan carefully, our success is great." ”

"Third uncle, there is one thing you have to be mentally prepared." Li Tao suddenly said solemnly.

"What's the matter?"

"You remember, the biggest obstacle to your ascension to the throne in the future is not Empress Wei, not King Xiang, nor your two brothers, but Princess Taiping."

"What? How so? Li Longji was a little unconvinced.

"Princess Taiping's ambition is no less than that of Empress Wei."

"Does she also want to be emperor?"

"Quite possibly! You may not know it, but she did a lot of things you wouldn't have thought of in order to achieve this goal. ”

Li Tao told Li Longji the truth that Zhongzong was poisoned, his palace was attacked, and Shangguan Wan'er was forced to commit suicide.

"If you are willing to be a puppet emperor, you may be able to live in peace. But she knows you too well and knows that you will never do this, so she will try to prevent you from taking the position, and possibly by any means, so I asked you to prepare for it as soon as possible. ”

Li Longji didn't expect this kind of extraneous change, he asked, "Tao'er, then what do you say I should do?" ”

Li Tao explained his plan to Li Longji in detail, and Li Tao explained seriously: "Today, what we said must not be known to a third person, and if it is not confidential, it will be harmed. ”

……

"Tao'er, when did you come back?" When Princess Taiping saw Li Tao sitting next to Li Longji, she couldn't help but be stunned.

Li Tao's face did not change and said: "I just came back for less than two hours. Because of the change, I went to my aunt to discuss it. ”

"What? What's changed? Princess Taiping asked.

Li Longji told the story of his meeting with Cui Riyong.

Li Tao said to Princess Taiping: "Because of the urgency of the matter, it is easy to change later, and the third uncle and I decided to launch a coup d'état tomorrow night, except for the party of Empress Wei, I don't know what my aunt's opinion is." ”

"So you've made up your mind?" Princess Taiping asked.

"Yes!" Li Longji nodded.

"Okay, I have no opinion, I fully cooperate with Tao'er's coup d'état." Princess Taiping pondered for a moment and finally agreed.

"Auntie, you are wrong, it should be the coup d'état launched by the third uncle." Li Tao said with a smile.

"What? Do you mean to let Saburo come out? Princess Taiping couldn't believe it.

"That's right, this kind of thing is the most suitable for the third uncle, so I won't come forward."

Princess Taiping didn't speak, not knowing what she was thinking.

Li Tao said meaningfully: "Tonight, I said that I would live here with the third uncle and help him plan as carefully as possible." Auntie, the news of my return to Chang'an has not leaked out, and it would be bad if Wei knew about it. ”

Princess Taiping nodded: "I know!" (To be continued......)