Tai Chi Palace is in chaos at the moment.

Xie Shufang, the commander of the East Palace, learned that the King of Qin had murdered the prince at the Xuanwu Gate for the first time, and immediately led two thousand East Palace guards to the East Gate, and countless guards crowded in front of the palace gate to knock on the door and ask to enter. Countless palms slapped the gate, but the guards guarding the door refused Xie Shufang's request to enter the door and fired arrows to expel them.

In desperation, Xie Shufang led his men and horses to the Xuanwu Gate to join the Beiya Forbidden Army.

At the palace gate, the Beiya Forbidden Army and 2,000 East Palace guards attacked the Xuanwu Gate under the leadership of Xie Shufang.

Although the city gate is closed, there is no siege equipment, but thousands of people and horses, trying all kinds of ways to climb the city wall, Xuanwu Gate Chang He is guarding there, in charge of the Su Guards General Jing Junhong led hundreds of Su guards to help, guarding the Xuanwu Gate.

Xie Shufang couldn't help but be secretly frightened when she saw that not only Chang He, but even Li Yuan's henchman Jing Junhong had rebelled against King Qin. Li Shimin actually rebelled against so many people to help him. Xie Shufang said to the city tower at the moment: "Brother Jing, the matter has not been clarified, let's observe the changes in the situation, why rush to join the King of Qin." ”

As if he hadn't heard Xie Shufang's persuasion, Jing Junhong continued to defend the city until he died in battle.

On the other hand, Gao Shilian in Yongzhou Zhizhong, Hou Junji, the general of Sanshui who waited for the car, led Gao Shilian and his nephew Sun Wuji together, led the Chang'an officials to release the prisoners, covered them with armor, and galloped directly to the palace gate, strengthening Li Shimin's momentum.

Within the palace walls, Pei Lian, Feng Deyi, Chen Shuda, Dou Dan, Yan Shigu and others knelt in front of Li Yuan and did not speak. Outside the city walls, the shouts of killing were deafening.

Li Yuan suddenly looked at Chen Shuda and shouted, "Sue me, is this the work of King Qin?" ”

Chen Shuda knelt down and said nervously and tearfully: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen doesn't know." This matter has nothing to do with Weichen. ”

Li Yuan pointed at Chen Shuda and shouted, "Waste, get out of here." ”

"Yes. Be. Chen Shuda lowered his head.

Li Yuan said at the moment: "Li Chongjiu's large-scale invasion is fake, and Li Shentong actually united with the King of Qin to deceive me. How many people did King Qin contact, and how many people in this palace were his henchmen? ”

Halfway through the words, I heard a burst of cheers outside the palace walls.

One person shouted: "The prince has already obeyed the punishment, this is the head of the prince, have you seen it?" Don't go back quickly! ”

As soon as the voice came out, there was a commotion outside, and Li Yuanton felt that his steps were unsteady, and he almost fell to the ground, and stepped forward to support him left and right: "Your Majesty." Please also take care of your dragon's body. ”

Li Yuan was supported and sat on a chair, and soon a general, wearing armor and holding a blood-stained Changyu, led dozens of guards straight into the palace.

All the guards stepped forward to stop them, but when they saw the general take off his helmet, he knelt down far away and said, "The last general, Hou Junji, meet Your Majesty." Long live my emperor, long live! ”

Li Yuan saw Hou Junji and said, "Who is the person who is making trouble today, why is Aiqing here?" ”

Hou Junji said: "The king of Qin raised troops to kill the prince because of the rebellion between the prince and the king of Qi, and the king of Qi has fled to the Wude Palace. His Royal Highness the King of Qin was worried about alarming His Majesty. Therefore, he sent ministers to serve as guards. ”

Li Yuan was sad and happy in his heart when he heard this, sad that Li Jiancheng was killed, and happy that Li Yuanji was still alive.

Li Yuan said: "You sue the king of Qin." No matter how big the sin of the King of Qi is, he is his sibling. You can't hurt him, you let King Qin come to see me. ”

Hou Junji said: "Yes." Your Majesty, at present, the prince's chaotic party is in rebellion in Chang'an, and the last general is also on the order of the King of Qin, to ask His Majesty, what should I do next? ”

Yu Wenshi and Xian said: "Your Majesty, the crown prince and the king of Qi did not participate in raising volunteers to rebel against the Sui Dynasty, and they did not make contributions to the world. They were jealous of King Qin's great merit and prestige, so they plotted a conspiracy together. Now, the King of Qin has denounced and killed them, the King of Qin has conquered the universe, and the world has returned to the heart, if His Majesty can decide to make him the crown prince and entrust him with national affairs, there will be no more incidents. ”

Chen Shuda, who had just been reprimanded by Li Yuan, stood up at this time and said: "Your Majesty, the prince is ruthless and cunning, how can such a person be the prince, the king of Qin is magnanimous, he is the king of Yao Shun, and I implore your majesty to make the king of Qin the crown prince." ”

Yan Shigu also stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, what Yang Wen did, the prince has already lost his morality, and Weichen has never heard of the prince who committed the crime of rebellion, and he will still be the son of heaven in the future, so King Qin is in line with the people's will." ”

Dou Dan also said: "Your Majesty, right now, the army of Zhao is pressing, and the King of Qin has defeated Li Chongjiu twice. Li Chongjiu was jealous of the King of Qin, so he designed to murder the King of Qin. But the more this is the case, the more we have to let King Qin take charge, so that the future of the Tang Dynasty can be saved. ”

Li Yuan's eyes were filled with tears when he heard this, these people didn't say anything, but now they were saying good things for King Qin, and among the ministers, only Pei Lin and Xiao Yu did not make a sound. Li Yuan looked at them Xiao Yu avoided his gaze, while Pei Lin shook his head and said nothing.

Li Yuan said helplessly: "Zhuqing, what you said is good, passing on the throne to King Qin, this is exactly what I have always wanted!" ”

Yu Wenshi and others were overjoyed when they heard Li Yuan's verbal agreement, and Hou Junji said loudly: "I beg Your Majesty to issue an edict to declare the crown prince, the king of Qi and his party as rebellious, and the abbot of the king of Qin." ”

Li Yuan nodded and said, "Yuwen Aiqing, you can draft a decree for me!" ”

A moment later, Yu Wenshi and the emperor came out of the pavilion to announce the edict and pacify the guards of the Qi palace in the East Palace. After the guards of the Qi Palace's Mansion in the East Palace learned that they would not be pursued north, they immediately scattered away.

At the same time, at the south gate of Taiji Palace, Li Yuanji and several cronies escaped from Taiji Palace on horseback.

He looked at the palace behind him, his eyes were in tears, and his eyes flashed to the scene where Li Shimin personally rode a horse and pulled out arrows to chase and kill himself and Li Jiancheng.

Li Jiancheng, the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, was shot by his second brother Li Shimin and fell under his horse with an arrow.

Li Yuanji looked at his brother, and fell into the dust like this, spurting blood from his mouth, looking at himself from a distance and stretching out his five fingers, while Li Shimin rode his horse from behind and nailed his brother to the ground with a horse lance.

Later, Li Shimin wanted to kill himself, but Li Yuanji forced into the woods, Li Shimin missed several arrows in a row, and Li Yuanji bypassed here with his familiarity with the Wude Palace, and was received by the guards of the Qi Palace. Only then did Li Shimin stop the pursuit and escape with his life.

Li Yuanji knew that as soon as Li Jiancheng died, he would have a big event, and at this moment he was like a lost dog, but a guard reminded: "Your Highness, since the Emperor of Zhao sent a letter to His Highness, indicating that he has a close heart to His Highness, it is better to attach himself to Zhao State and flee to Zhao." ”

Li Yuanji said to the guards: "Lone and Li Chongjiu are not on good terms, how can Li Chongjiu tolerate Lonely?" ”

The guard said: "His Royal Highness the King of Qi has not forgotten, the sister of the King of Qi is the ninth imperial concubine of Li Chong, how can he not allow His Royal Highness as a brother-in-law?" Below is the people sent by Li Chongjiu to His Royal Highness King Qi, anyway, His Royal Highness King Qi has nowhere to go, and our people can arrange it to ensure that King Qi leaves Chang'an safely. ”

Li Yuanji no longer hesitated when he heard this, in fact, as the other party said, he has nowhere to go now, but he doesn't know when this guard became Li Chongjiu's internal response.

Li Yuanji laughed miserably: "This can only be the case, at the moment, my father and emperor can't save my life, and only the emperor of Zhao can do it." ”

At that moment, Li Yuanji changed his clothes and rode his horse and left the Taiji Palace, but he saw that the people in Chang'an City were panicking. After learning that Li Jiancheng had been killed, many of the guards of the East Palace who had retreated from the front, and the guards of the Qi Palace, plundered the shops in Chang'an on all sides.

Chang'an was in chaos.

Li Yuanji was afraid that he would be recognized, so he could only hide his face and leave. Li Yuanji finally came to a remote warehouse, don't see Cao Wen Li Yuanji, and after calming him down, let Li Yuanji hide in the rice boat, and left Chang'an unconsciously, escorted to Youjing along the way.

In the Beihai Pool, Li Yuanku sat in the main hall, except for Pei Lin and Xiao Yu, the rest of the ministers had already dispersed to the side. They talked to each other, and there was a faint laughter.

And Li Yuan was immersed in grief alone at the moment, and these two courtiers could only accompany Li Yuan wordlessly. The sunset shone away, setting off the three of them extremely desolate.

At this time, the armor outside sounded, and the ministers and generals of the outer Zhou all stood up and said enthusiastically: "See King Qin!" ”

When Li Yuan heard the voice, he immediately restrained his sadness and regained the prestige of the Tang Emperor.

But seeing Li Shimin striding in, his armor and cloak were very neat, but it could be seen that it had been wiped, and there was a lingering smell of blood on it. And the bloodstained gore was on his brother Li Jiancheng.

As soon as Li Shimin saw Li Yuan, he fell to the ground and said: "Father, son, and ministers are also ......."

"Needless to say," Li Yuan stood up and helped Li Shimin up and said gently, "In the past few days, I have almost had the confusion of throwing myself into the tree, and I actually questioned my dearest flesh and blood. You are my good son, and it will not be wrong to hand over Datang to you in the future. ”

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, but saw Li Yuan speaking to him in a gentle tone that he hadn't seen for several years, and this scene seemed to go back to when he was ten years old, when Li Yuan personally taught him to ride a horse. Li Yuan also patiently explained to Li Shimin sentence by sentence.

"This Tang Dynasty was created by me, and it has entered the sixth year of the hegemony of the world, although most of the heroes in the world bow down, but Li Chongjiu's stubbornness is still there, his father is helpless against him, Guanzhong is barren, the national strength is declining day by day, the first few times I have been reckless, exhausting the treasury of my Tang Dynasty, but still not shaking the Zhao State at all, this qiē is all my fault, I can't use people, I don't need to trust people, and finally even my flesh and blood relatives also abandoned me."

"Father!" Listening to Li Yuan's words, the guilt in Li Shimin's heart suddenly welled up, and tears dripped down, "If it weren't for the prince persecuting his sons, his sons would not have ......."

Li Yuan waved his hand and said: "The right and wrong of the prince and you, it is useless to continue arguing, even if the prince is right, he is dead now, then what is right is also wrong." And if you live now, then the burden of the future will be borne by you. Don't mention the past again, I will fully support you, because only by uniting will I, Li Tang, not be defeated by Li Chongjiu. Bury the prince well, give an explanation to the ministers, now you are the heaven of my Tang Dynasty! (To be continued......)