Li Chengqian sat on the bed with his hair scattered, because he hadn't been groomed for a few days, the whole person looked extremely haggard, and the beard on his chin was also old, if someone saw him at this time, I am afraid no one would dare to believe that he was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty. Ever since the three guards of the East Palace were transferred away and the East Palace was taken over by Long Wuwei, he forbade anyone to come to his bedroom, not even the crown princess. In the past few days, although there has been a lot of noise outside because of his rebellion, he, the party, can only sit here and can't do anything.

Li Chengqian is now full of remorse in his heart, not because he regrets that he shouldn't have rebelled, but because he regrets that he shouldn't have sent the villain of Su Gan Chengji to assassinate Zhang Xuansu. When his father Li Shimin came the day before the incident, although he was executed, he obviously didn't know about his rebellion, otherwise he wouldn't have come to his East Palace with only a few guards, but overnight, the rebellion had been exposed, which was obviously someone who told him that night.

At the beginning, Li Chengqian didn't believe that it was the secret told by Su Gan Chengji, after all, the other party was the guard around him, and he was also the assassin he spent a lot of effort to raise, so he could be said to be the person he trusted the most, so even if the other party disappeared for a few days, it was likely to be arrested, but Li Chengqian believed that even if the other party died, he would never betray himself, so at the beginning, Li Chengqian even suspected that Du He and others betrayed him, but he never thought that it was his most trusted Su Gan Chengji who betrayed him.

Although Li Chengqian is now under house arrest and no one dares to visit the Chinese military forces in the DPRK anymore, he is not ignorant of news from the outside world, such as his mother, Empress Changsun, who often sends people over to betray him. I learned about it through someone sent by Empress Eldest Sun.

Speaking of Li Chengqian's rebellion, the most angry person should be Li Shimin. And the saddest thing is naturally the eldest grandson queen. As the mother of Li Chengqian and Li Tai, she has long seen the fight between her two sons, but the palms and backs of her hands are full of meat. But as the so-called son is incomprehensible, Li Chengqian and Li Tai are already adults, everyone has their own ideas, and there is only one throne. Both of them want it, so they can only fight for it with all their might, and it is precisely because of this that the mediation of Empress Changsun in the middle cannot play a fundamental role, at most it will delay the time for the two to tear their faces.

It's just that what Queen Changsun didn't expect was that her eldest son had the courage to rebel, and he had been preparing for a while. When she first heard the news, Empress Changsun fainted and fell to the ground all of a sudden, and even later she couldn't believe that this thing was true. It wasn't until she saw Li Shimin and heard the news from her husband that she finally faced this cruel truth head-on.

When Li Chengqian thought of his mother, he also felt some remorse in his heart. But then he thought of Li Tai, who was with his mother, and the trace of remorse on his face immediately disappeared without a trace, and turned into a bitter resentment. At the same time, he also said to himself gloomily: "My good fourth brother, my brother is in trouble this time." The happiest in the entire Tang Dynasty, I'm afraid you! ”

Li Chengqian guessed correctly. After his rebellion this time, Li Tai laughed happily in his own house, shouting that God help me, but happy is happy, Li Tai didn't show it outside, especially in front of his father Li Shimin, he even pretended to be sad, and even pretended to intercede for his eldest brother, hoping that his father could spare his eldest brother's life for the sake of father and son.

For Li Tai's attitude, Li Shimin didn't know whether he really didn't see it or pretended not to see it, anyway, he seemed very moved, and especially praised Li Tai for this, saying that he cared about brotherhood, and as a result, Li Zhen, Li Zhi and several other small ones were slandered behind his back.

The evidence of Li Chengqian's rebellion is conclusive, and most of the relevant people have also pleaded guilty, only Hou Junji has outstanding military merits, others are not easy to interrogate, Li Shimin also thinks that the other party has merit in the country, so he didn't want him to be interrogated, so he went to see the other party in person, but Hou Junji did not admit guilt at first, until Li Shimin asked Helan Chushi to confront him face to face, Helan Chushi is Hou Junji's son-in-law, he has already confessed before, and he also took the initiative to confess many things, which is equivalent to a tainted witness in later generations, so he came forward, This made Hou Junji speechless, and finally admitted that he had participated in the rebellion.

With Hou Junji's confession, the prince's rebellion case was finally finalized, and there was no possibility of turning over. In the end, Hou Junji, Du He, Zhao Jie and others who participated in the rebellion were all executed, and Li Yuanchang, the king of Han, was also one of the participants, but Li Shimin thought that the other party was his brother, so he wanted to be exempted from the death penalty, but he did not expect to be opposed by Gao Shilian and Li Ji and others, and finally was given death, which was regarded as a whole corpse, and at the same time, the title of King Han was withdrawn, and the whole family was demoted to a concubine.

Su Gan Chengji took the initiative to report, so he was exempted from death, and he was also appointed as the governor of Youchuan Mansion, and was knighted as the Duke of Pingjian County, which was regarded as a promotion to the rank of knight, but he was not happy to do this captain, and his colleagues around him looked down on him, and even deliberately excluded him, and as a result, he was never promoted again in his life.

In addition, in addition to these people who participated in the rebellion, there were also a considerable number of other officials of the East Palace who did not know anything about the rebellion, such as Zhang Xuansu, Yu Zhining and others, but as ministers who assisted the prince, they had the responsibility of teaching the prince, and now the prince made a rebellion, they were also responsible, so most of them were demoted, and only a few people such as Zhang Xuansu were exempted from punishment because they often advised.

After the princelings were liquidated, in the end, the crown prince Li Chengqian was left unconvicted, and it was a little ridiculous to say, the main culprit of the rebellion was still in the East Palace, but a group of accomplices killed and degraded. The main reason for this situation is that the court has quarreled over how to deal with Li Chengqian, and a considerable number of people believe that rebellion is an unforgivable crime, and no matter who must be executed, even the crown prince is no exception.

However, some ministers believe that although the prince has the intention of rebellion, he has not really rebelled, so he can be extrajudicial and exempt from death, but the position of the prince must be withdrawn, and corresponding punishments must be given. There are not a few people who hold this point of view, among which the eldest grandson Wuji is the leader, after all, he is also Li Chengqian's own uncle, although he usually doesn't like each other, but at this time, he doesn't want this nephew to die, otherwise his sister Empress Changsun doesn't know how sad it will be.

For these two points of view, Li Shimin is naturally more inclined to the second one, after all, he was originally a person who protects his shortcomings, and his favorite son Li You rebelled at the beginning, and he didn't kill the other party, and now this eldest son, who has been valued by himself since he was a child, has also committed the same mistake, is it because of his identity as the crown prince that he will be executed?

However, although Li Shimin didn't want to execute his son, he couldn't clearly support the eldest grandson Wuji, so he had to drag it out like this, and in the end, those who asked for the execution of the prince also saw the mystery in this, and it was really difficult to drag it anymore, so he had to compromise. The final result was that Li Chengqian's position as crown prince was abolished and he was demoted to a concubine.

Originally, Li Shimin still wanted to do the same thing, and also sent Li Chengqian to Li Su, but Li Chengqian was the crown prince after all, and his identity was not comparable to Li You. However, Li Shimin's mind turned very fast, and the minister did not allow Li Chengqian to be sent to Li Su, so he immediately changed his mind and sent this eldest son to Shanghai, which was under construction, which was the land of the Tang Dynasty, and now it was under the management of Li Ke.

With Li Chengqian being sent to Shanghai, the whole rebellion case finally came to an end, but although this matter is over, it is the real beginning of another thing, that is, who should inherit the crown prince?

Originally, there didn't seem to be anything to discuss about this issue, it was Li Tai and Li Chengqian who fought for the throne at the beginning, and now that Li Chengqian has been demoted, then the position of the crown prince should fall on Li Tai's head, at least Li Tai himself thinks so.

However, things are not as simple as Li Tai imagined, after Li Chengqian was demoted, although he did everything he could, his father Li Shimin did have the intention of making him the prince, but the civil and military ministers in the court did not have a good relationship with him, and they were not very satisfied with King Wei taking over the prince's position, although Li Shimin was the emperor, but the prince would rely on these courtiers to assist him in the future, so the opinions of these courtiers were also very important, and it was precisely because of this that Li Shimin showed some hesitation on whether to make Li Tai the prince.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that both the court and the people have discussed the matter of establishing the prince again, and most people have proposed to recall Li Su, who is far away in Sixuan, and he will take over as the crown prince, after all, compared to Li Chengqian and Li Tai, the two elder brothers, Li Su is much stronger than them in all aspects.

Although Li Su made it clear that he would not compete for the throne at the beginning, but now the situation is special, and he will be recalled as the crown prince, not only can he get the support of most of the wealthy Guizhou and hundreds of officials, but also the people will also support him.

Li Shimin was also very moved by the suggestion to recall Li Su, after all, he knew better than anyone that among his many sons, Li Su was undoubtedly the most suitable person to replace him. But he also knew that Li Su had his own ideals and ambitions, and he was probably not interested in the position of the crown prince, even if he took the initiative to ask for it as a father, he might refuse, so Li Shimin was a little undecided about it.

As early as the day after the prince's rebellion, Wang Zihao, who got the news, passed on the news and passed the book through the flying pigeon, and Li Su, who was far away in Sixuan, also received the news quickly. It's just that when he received the news, he suddenly sighed and whispered in a quiet tone: "Big brother, big brother, it seems that you still haven't escaped the mission entrusted to you by history!" (To be continued.) )