Hui Fan took the opportunity to say: "Recently, watching the sky at night, there is a comet star, or I will go to the emperor to make a statement, saying that the young master has the possibility of invading the throne, and let the emperor demote him." How is it? ”

Princess Taiping frowned and said: "It's not proper, if he pushes the boat down the river and simply uses this to give up the throne, wouldn't it be self-defeating?" ”

Hui Fan persuaded: "Who doesn't want to be the emperor?" The Emperor of Heaven is more than eighty years old and is reluctant to abdicate. ”

Cui Yu also chimed in and said, "I think this thing is feasible!" ”

Princess Taiping couldn't stand the rhetoric of the two lovers and agreed to give it a try.

That night, Hui Fan wanted to see Ruizong on the grounds of an important astrological performance.

Ruizong is superstitious about astrology, and I heard that Master Huifan asked to see him late at night; And they called him near.

Hui Fan said to Li Dan: "Your Majesty, the poor monk watches the sky at night, and next to the Taiwei star in the west, there is a huixing, several zhang long, which threatens the emperor's throne. According to the poor monk, it is a sign that the young master wants to invade the throne, please prepare as soon as possible. ”

Ruizong was greatly relieved when he heard this, but he deliberately frowned and asked, "Is this true?" ”

"It's true!"

Li Dan waved his hand and said, "You go back first, this matter is very important, I will ask the ministers for their opinions tomorrow!" ”

The sun had just appeared, and Hanyuan Hall was already nervous, and the teams of armor were neat. The guards in front of the hall holding the spear in their hands walked to the two corridors of the Hanyuan Hall from both sides under the leadership of Jinwu on duty, only to hear the rhythmic sound of an iron weapon striking, and then swinging away, the long two columns of guards, rendering the solemn and steady atmosphere of the court thick.

Then, the three-way drum sounded. A eunuch in a red robe walked out from the side with a dust whisk in his hand and preached loudly to the civil and military officials standing outside the Danfeng Gate:

"The hour has come. Hundreds of civil and military officials go to the palace! ”

After a shout, civil and military officials entered the main hall from the left and right corridors according to their grades, and arranged neatly on both sides of the hall.

Wutong drums sounded, and a pleasant sound of Shengxiao drum music came from far and near, and Gong'e Cainu hugged Ruizong, Princess Taiping, and Li Longji into the hall. Ruizong was in the center, Princess Taiping and Li Longji were sitting on the left and right sides of the court, but there was a purple screen in front of Princess Taiping's seat. Only in this way shows its mystery and specialness.

Then, the eunuch checked the list of officials in the court during the incident. Kneel down to Ruizong: "The officials have arrived." ”

The court meeting began.

Sure enough, the young eunuch of the Tianjian Observatory first played: "Your Majesty, a comet has appeared in the sky recently, which indicates that the earth will be removed from the old and clothed with the new. After the comet, both the emperor and the former star change. It indicates that the crown prince should be the son of heaven. Your Majesty, please! ”

When all the ministers heard this, their hearts chuckled. As we all know, this young eunuch of Tianjian Tai is a disciple of Princess Taiping, and he must have reported this matter to His Majesty, which must have been instructed by Princess Taiping. It seems that as soon as Princess Taiping returned to Chang'an, she did not hesitate to make a move to the prince, and this move was extremely insidious and vicious.

Why is this trick insidious and vicious, because there is a name for it here. The throne. It is also called the star of Hercules, and it is the outer seat of the Emperor. Symbolizes the emperor. And the anterior star refers to the anterior star of the Antares, symbolizing the prince. Nowadays, the star symbolizing the emperor and the star symbolizing the crown prince have changed, which means that the prince should be the son of heaven and can no longer stay in the East Palace!

Who doesn't love power, Tang Ruizong has only been the emperor for two years at this time, and he will not let Li Longji be the emperor no matter what. However, according to the astrological signs, Li Longji, the crown prince, obviously has the move to become the emperor, and he is already uneasy about his position. If Ruizong doesn't want him to be the emperor, I'm afraid he has to abolish him. Therefore, the real meaning of the words of the young eunuch of Tiantai is: Depose Li Longji!

This is a very powerful move, Li Longji's meritorious work is very high, and people like the emperor have always been quite suspicious. At this time, Li Longji did not have the protection of the prime minister. As long as Ruizong said a word, Li Longji would immediately face the catastrophe of annihilation!

All the ministers looked at the prince, but the prince sat upright like a wooden sculpture, motionless, without any expression on his face.

After hearing this, Ruizong did not express his position, but asked the ministers: "I don't know what the opinions of all Aiqing are?" ”

On such a sensitive issue, none of the ministers expressed their position at this time, and even Liu Youqiu, the prince's only confidant, did not speak.

In the end, it was Dou Huaizhen who was smart, and he said to Ruizong: "Everything depends on Your Majesty's decision." ”

"Called me to decide?" Ruizong frowned and looked at the other ministers: "Do you mean the same thing?" ”

"But it's up to Your Majesty to decide!" The rest of the ministers responded in unison.

Zhongzong said: "Since I ascended the throne, I have worked day and night, and I can't sleep and eat, and I want to rest." Since it was Heaven who instructed me to step aside. Well, tomorrow I will call someone to draw up an edict and pass the throne to the crown prince. ”

Dou Huaizhen was shocked when she heard this, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty has just turned half a hundred, and it is the time when you are full of energy, how can there be any reason to abdicate?" The emperor is still in power at the age of eighty. If Your Majesty succeeds to the throne, it will definitely endanger the ...... of society."

Ruizong glanced at the group of ministers and said: "When Zhongzong was in power, the villain was in charge, and the heavens repeatedly warned him. At that time, I advised him to hurry up and obey the will of heaven and set up a good son as the crown prince. Unexpectedly, Zhongzong thought that my motives were not pure, and he was very unhappy. Now that the same thing is my turn, could it be that when I persuaded my brother, I understood, but when it came to my own body, I was confused? I will never repeat my brother's mistakes and decide to pass on the throne! ”

Dou Huaizhen wanted to persuade again, but Ruizong said angrily: "Didn't you say it just now, but by my decision? I have made up my mind, and Dou Aiqing doesn't need to say it anymore. Step aside! ”

Li Longji listened to his father's decision, and hurriedly fell down and grabbed his head and said: "I just made such a little merit, and I am afraid that I will be overwhelmed by the responsibility of being the crown prince, and I dare not accept it no matter what, if you want to pass the throne to me, father, I dare not accept it no matter what." ”

After listening to Li Longji's words, Ruizong said: "The reason why the country can be where it is today and why I can be the emperor is all thanks to you." Now that there is a disaster on the throne and the celestial phenomena are alarming, I will pass on the throne to you, hoping to turn the disaster into a blessing, and you can ascend the throne with peace of mind! ”

Speaking of which, Li Longji had nothing to shirk, and he had mixed feelings and wept. Similarly, when it comes to this, Princess Taiping is also unable to come forward to persuade His Majesty anymore.

Princess Taiping wasted all her scheming, but her cleverness was mistaken by cleverness, which was equivalent to giving the throne to Li Longji, and she was so angry that she pointed at Hui Fan's nose and scolded as soon as she went back.

Just because of Li Dan's unexpected decision to pass on the throne, the whole situation was reversed. Originally, Princess Taiping was full-fledged and had a great chance of winning; And the crown prince Li Longji lost his troops and lost his generals, and it was difficult to protect himself. But, all of a sudden, everything was reversed again. Princess Taiping was busy again in vain, while Li Longji steadily caught the pie falling from the sky and was promoted from the crown prince to the emperor!

In August Gengzi of the first year of Yanhe, Li Longji accepted Ruizong's Zen concession, officially ascended the throne as emperor, and changed the Yuan to the congenital. This year, Li Longji was just twenty-eight years old. (To be continued......)