In the Prince's East Palace, Zhang Liang kicked open the door of the East Palace and broke into the Prince's East Palace. The crown princess Zheng Guanyin walked out of the hall of the prince's east palace under the escort of the prince's subordinates, pointed at Zhang Liang and reprimanded: "Zhang Liang, do you want to rebel?" Dare to trespass into the Prince's East Palace, who gave you the guts? Don't you want to live? ”

Zhang Liang sneered: "Rebellion? Early this morning, the crown prince was built and the king of Qi Yuanji plotted a rebellion, and now he has been killed by His Royal Highness the King of Qin. The crown princess is now the family member of the rebel prince Jiancheng, and she dares to frame the official for rebellion, and the princess's courage is inevitably too great. ”

Hearing that the crown prince had been killed by Li Shimin, the king of Qin, the crown princess Zheng Guanyin couldn't help but feel sad and sat on the ground weakly. After a long time, she came to her senses and said to the guards around her very resolutely: "Protect the little master, escape!" When you leave the palace, you must leave your blood for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. ”

After speaking, she looked at Zhang Liang with eyes that could eat people, and said: "He, the king of Qin, Li Shimin, killed his brother and slaughtered his brother, slaughtered his own nephew, and I cursed him to live in pain forever, and he will never be freed." ”

After that, he crashed headlong into the stone pillar outside the hall and died on the spot.

Zhang Liang and Zhang Jinshu were all shocked, their faces shocked. They didn't expect that the crown princess Zheng Guanyin was such a weak woman, so strong and so resolute.

Zheng Guanyin's death made Zhang Liang and Zhang Jinshu feel admiration, but it did not stop the pace of Zhang Liang and Zhang Jinshu's massacre. The prince's family, his sons Li Chengdao, King of Anlu, Li Chengde, King of Hedong, Li Chengxun, King of Wu'an, Li Chengming, King of Runan, and Li Chengyi, King of Julu, were all picked off and cut into mashed meat with knives. Of the more than 1,500 people in the prince's eastern palace, none of them escaped and were slaughtered.

The strong smell of blood permeated the entire palace.

In Taiji Palace, Tang Emperor Li Yuan first heard the shouts and screams in the palace, and then smelled a strong smell of blood, he looked at the crown prince Li Shimin with anger and asked, "Are you killing people?" ”

Crown Prince Li Shimin was silent.

Tang Emperor Li Yuanteng suddenly stood up from the dragon chair, pointed at Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and scolded hysterically: "Who are you killing? Is it to kill the sons of Jiancheng and Yuanji? You brute. They're all your own nephews. You killed your eldest brother and your fourth brother in the morning, and now you don't even spare a few of your nephews. They are all your own nephews, and they are my own grandsons like your sons Cheng Qian, Li Tai, and Li Ke. You brute, you have such a ruthless heart. ”

The crown prince Li Shimin was expressionless, and said coldly: "Father, if this morning, it is not the son who wins, but the crown prince and the king of Qi. Do you think they will let go of their sons Chengqian, Li Tai, and Li Ke? ”

Tang Emperor Li Yuan was silent. He knew in his heart that Li Shimin was right, whether it was the crown prince, the king of Qi, or the king of Qin who won, the son of the other party could not live no matter what, the prince Jiancheng and the king of Qi Yuanji each had their own forces, one side of the people, as long as their son was alive, it was a threat, a huge threat to their own throne. For the sake of his own throne and the stability of the Tang Dynasty, only by completely getting rid of them can he feel at ease.

Crown Prince Li Shimin suddenly said with tears in his eyes: "I don't want to either." I don't want to kill the eldest brother, I don't want to kill the fourth brother, I don't want to kill their sons, but if I don't kill them, they will kill me and my sons. For the sake of myself and my sons to survive, for the sake of the stability of the Tang Society, I can only kill them ruthlessly, the eldest brother was killed by me this morning, only thirty-eight years old, in the prime of life, the fourth brother was also killed by me, only twenty-four years old, a beautiful life has just begun. Actually, this morning, I also died, and I also died from the same childhood that I received from the education of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, and I was only twenty-eight years old. The death of the eldest brother, the fourth brother, and their son is an eternal pain in my heart. They died to be liberated, and I had to endure inner torment and self-condemnation every day, every night, every hour. I will win, but I will be bound to the pillar of morality and condemned by all righteous men. Killing my brother and nephew, imprisoning my father and killing the king, is a notoriety that I will never get rid of in the future, and they will haunt me like a devil all day long, so that I will never be at peace. ”

Tang Emperor Li Yuan looked at the crown prince Li Shimin in surprise, he didn't expect that Li Shimin, the only winner, would be so painful in his heart. After a long time, the Tang Emperor Li Yuan sighed: "Everyone in the world thinks that the emperor is good, but who knows that the most ruthless emperor is the family?" ”

The main peak of Zhongnan Mountain is five Taiwans in the south, thousands of feet from the ground, the dangerous peaks stand tall, straight into the clouds, the momentum is like a dragon raising its head, and the momentum is extraordinary. At night, the mountains are high and the moon is small, looming, doubly mysterious. Li Xuan and Zhao Meng stood on the top of the mountain, looking at the imperial capital of Chang'an.

The waning moon in the sky is as cold and cruel as a scimitar that exudes cold air. The Tang Palace in the distance, the palaces full of joy and crimson, stood on the ground, as if they had been doused with blood, unusually blinking, unusually demonic. The glazed roof of the palace, which was still shining with dazzling golden light in the sunlight during the day, was now emitting a gray light under the cold moonlight, which made people look at it unusually uncomfortable and boring. The two huge dragons under the eaves of the palace are still alive and mighty during the day, but at this time they are hideous, fierce and cruel, like ancient beasts possessed, cold, tyrannical and brutal.

Zhao Meng asked Li Xuan, "Tonight, why did you suddenly leave the palace and return to Zhongnan Mountain?" ”

Li Xuan looked at the direction of the palace and said helplessly: "Something bad will happen tonight, I can't stop it, I can't do anything, I don't want to see it, I don't want to hear it, I can only choose to escape, escape from the palace, and return to the only pure land in the world - Zhongnan Mountain." ”

Zhao Meng asked curiously, "What's the matter?" ”

Li Xuan replied: "Killing brothers and nephews, if the King of Qin wants to start a massacre, the entire imperial capital Chang'an will be bloody and shrouded in a terrifying slaughter." ”

Zhao Meng said: "You have been looking at the palace, but you still can't let go." Why don't you dissuade His Royal Highness King Qin? He trusts you very much, and he listens to you. ”

Li Xuan said helplessly: "What if you can't let it go?" I also hope that I can save them, but this can't, it's not a matter of dissuading His Royal Highness King Qin alone, but the whole damn system is going to kill them. If you kill your brother, you will inevitably slaughter your nephew. The nephews are not removed, the society is uneasy, the country is unstable, whether it is the sons of the prince Jiancheng, or the sons of King Yuanji of Qi, they are all qualified and have the power to sit in that position, there is only one position, it is His Royal Highness the King of Qin and his sons, even if His Royal Highness the King of Qin is now soft-hearted and let them go, the sons of His Royal Highness the King of Qin will completely kill their cousins. There is only one position, and if you succeed, you will be the emperor, the lord of the world, and those who are qualified and have the ability to covet (jiyu) that position must be killed. Ancient and modern emperors are like this. Even if it is one's own father, mother, son, or brother who covets that position, they must all be removed. ”